A Story of the Great Norrest by Vingie E Roe
A lumber camp tale follows Walter Landry meeting Daily and Mays a romance with Night Wind, as Strelx tribe ties and stump disputes trigger intrigue. Hampden schemes to seize timberlands, while Siletz and Poppy pursue trust, deception, and shifting loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vingie E. Roe
Siead
Bileiz Ni
Caap
Walter Landry
Famself
John Daily
Ollingworth Lumber Co
Tle
le Hives
Brick Bott
Bilets
Strelx
Elin
Indtuis
Pines
May Ordway
New York
Dally's
Romance of
Orion
Jampden
The
Yellow Pines Co
Santry
Sandry
Hampden
Bandry
Poppy
Tampden
Ponpy
Silemt
Carch
Biletz
Siletz
Sandry Yen
Foopy
Perilous raft voyage grips Siletz frontier workers
On the Oregon coast Sandry and Landry face disaster as a raft hauling Dillingworth logs is wrecked by night, injuring Landry. Foreman Daily organizes rescue with eight Indians, rushes to save him, repairs the nose, plans to tow free, while Hampden looms as a dangerous opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate
Klamath
Sam
Hampden
Daisy
Landry
Siletz
Portland
Dillingworth
Miss Ordway
John Dally
Angudah
Koottah
Swamishta
Memmila
Sandry
Big John
Atll
Dasterner
Kenyon
Dally
Fially
The Big Raft Passes Up the Bay to Landry and Dillingworth
On March fourteenth the wheezyug tows the great raft toward Landry and Dillingworth with Daily and eight armed Indians aboard. Hampden remains calm as the Yellow Pines owner watches from the Toledo mill dock, muttering about hindering the bay with “Togs” or other schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landry
Dillingworth
Gea
Hampden
John
Toledo
Yellow Pines
Tjohn
Shadowed Flight of a Western Girl in Wild Hills
A pallid girl named Ordway reacts to a scene of danger and recovery as she contends with outer world truths. She seeks medical certainty from a physician while fleeing to the hills. Coosnah trails, the pair climb to a ridge where the girl unleashes ancestral rage then quiets under distant birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordway
Coosnah
Riley’s Jingles Early Talent Noted by Old Teacher
Mrs Tibby Dlrey of Athens Tennessee recalls James Whitcomb Riley as a pupil who hid to compose jingles during class. She notes his early habit of jotting verses, his run with a traveling medicine show, and his natural gift for composition.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Tibby” Dlrey
Athens
Tenn
Rica
Covington
Cincinnati Commercial Tribone
Greenfield
Ind
Riley
A Hard Knock Chapter Seventeen in a Western Tale
Walter Landry lies injured after a violent incident as doctors and locals crowd the scene. Poppy Ordway reveals she is Landry’s promised wife and will take charge, prompting shock and moral conflict among the Western group and the patient’s spiritual guardian Siletz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Landry
Si-retz
Poppy Ordway
Siletz
Giant Canadian trees supply Kew flagstaff history
The 226 foot Douglas fir spar from British Columbia was to be erected as a flagstaff in Kew Gardens England. A prior flagstaff of 1609 feet also from BC stood for over fifty years before removal in 1918 due to insecurity. It was transported to England by a waiting ship via Cape Horn in 1861 and lowered after a lengthy rigging operation reported by Pall Mall Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Douglas Jr
British Columbia
Kew Gardens
England
Wild Things a Pest in France
French authorities struggle with overabundant wildlife due to hunting bans. Rabbits hares pheasants and other species are killed on authorized communal hunts supervised by gendarmes to protect crops. Where possible animals are captured alive for restocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Chance to Think and Talky Debates Stir Diggers Study
In a fragment from a dialogue, Miex Godders speaks rapidly and distracts Professor Diggers who must step from his study to meet social duties. She keeps his mind from focusing on pressing issues, yet he concedes her chatter can sharpen attention on key matters.
Asylum Personnel Report Jumbled Disruptions
A fragment notes widespread disruption as many insiders derail operations at the asylum. The report mentions chaotic behavior and staff concerns over safety and order, with references to extraordinary noise and confusion.
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Stictz
Liietz
Blanding
Amila
Indiana
Long Bay
Hampsen
Yaquina
Riverside Drive
Alabastine Co
Grandville
Grand Rapids, Mich
FORD
Wileke-Armstrong Co
Detroit
Mitc
North Texas
Bargai
Flrat
Vernon
Addram Owaher
HOX
Texas
Virginia Farms and Homes Fru
R.B. Ghafin & Co., Inc
Richmond, Va
Interstate Farm Exchange
Spokane
Wataon E. Coleman
Washington
Beat Services
Minnesota
Caus Lake
Rach
Boston Evening Transcript
Cuticurs
Dept. L
Boston
Andy
Asylum
Renfrew
Devonshire
Devonnike Clotn
Wiite Ua
Renfrew Mfg. CO
Tsar
Iowa
Kodaks
Moines
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