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...catch lobsters in their naked hands, make Scotch moonshine in the veiling mists. With barnacle-like fervor they cling to the briny customs of their fathers. Silent (when sober) almost as clams, they are also prone to stew in their own juice. Peter Macrae is clever, his younger brother Fergus is strong. In all useful pursuits, fishing, seal-hunting, Fergus outstrips his brother. Peter hates him for his open disposition, his drunken glees with Captain Aeneas M'Grath, a roisterous old seadog who settles nearby. When Patriarch Hector Macrae dies soon after a terrible "rowing" to settle a family...
...Fergus Falls, Minn., one Maurice Larson while being shown through an insane asylum became violent, was put in a straightjacket, kept there...
...Olund of Fergus Falls, Minn., wrote and offered John Coolidge a position in his National Bank. John Coolidge declined; said he already had accepted a position; did not say what position...
MONTANA: Four thousand five hundred acres of land in Fergus County were thrown open to ex-serv-ice men, by order of the U. S. Department of the Interior...
...these is the grand march and the award of prizes, the first one of which, for the most unique and striking costume, will be a box for tomorrow's matinee of "To the Ladies", at the Wilbur Theatre. Other specialties will include a tango dance exhibition by Mr. Calum Fergus and a dance in Spanish costume by Mrs. Mark Lawton...