Reminiscences of a Raconteur: Between the ’40s and the ’20s

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Author

Ham, George H. (George Henry), 1847-1926

Title

Reminiscences of a Raconteur, Between the '40s and the '20s

Credits

Produced by David T. Jones, Al Haines, Alex White & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at www.pgdpcanada.net

Language

English

LoC Class

F1001: North America local history: Canada

Subject

Journalists -- Canada -- Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59962

Release Date

July 21, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CHAPTER I
2. 2.When I Was at School
3. 3.Some of My Boyhood Friends
4. 4.Getting to Work.
5. 5.The Rod Was Never Spared
6. 6.A Cub Reporter
7. 7.Other Adventures in Employment
8. 8.Put Off the First Train — CHAPTER II
9. 9.I Own a Race Horse
10. 10.A Sailor Bold
11. 11.Stories of Pets
12. 12.Poetry—and Me
13. 13.An Exaggerated Report
14. 14.A Brief Summary — CHAPTER III
15. 15.The Live Wires of the Seventies
16. 16.The Rivalry Between Smith and Schultz
17. 17.The Political Leaders
18. 18.I Strike Winnipeg
19. 19.Something About Hotels
20. 20.The Trials of a Reporter
21. 21.Not Exactly an Angelic City
22. 22.The First Iron Horse
23. 23.The Pembina Branch
24. 24.Lord Strathcona—and Profanity
25. 25.The Republic of Manitoba
26. 26.The Plot to Secede — CHAPTER IV
27. 27.Winnipeg the Wicked
28. 28.Interviewing a Murderer
29. 29.Schofield’s Escapade
30. 30.An Express Robbery
31. 31.The Case of Lord Gordon-Gordon
32. 32.The Farr Case
33. 33.Some Prominent Old-Timers
34. 34.The Inside Story of a Deal
35. 35.Real Trouble Arises
36. 36.Always Have Proof
37. 37.Winnipeg Doctors Play Practical Jokes
38. 38.A Big Scandal
39. 39.Donald McEwan and the Waiter
40. 40.Mistaken Identity — CHAPTER V
41. 41.An Adventure With Colonel Denison
42. 42.The Riel Rebellion
43. 43.Middleton and the Queen
44. 44.Selected for Dangerous Mission
45. 45.Lost on the Trail
46. 46.A Naval Battle in the West
47. 47.Rescuing the Maclean Family
48. 48.A Church Parade in the Wilderness
49. 49.Indian Signals
50. 50.Some Curious Indian Names. — CHAPTER VI
51. 51.The Highland Laddie.
52. 52.The Kindness of Princess Louise.
53. 53.The Marquis of Lansdowne.
54. 54.Talking to Aberdeen
55. 55.A Great Horseman.
56. 56.Earl Grey.
57. 57.The Grand Old Duke.
58. 58.The Duke of Devonshire. — CHAPTER VII
59. 59.Intrepid Scotch Voyageurs.
60. 60.The Tale of a Cat.
61. 61.Indian Humor and Imagery — CHAPTER VIII
62. 62.Hon. Frank Oliver and Yours Truly.
63. 63.When Sir Wilfrid Didn’t Blush.
64. 64.A Scotch Banquet.
65. 65.Banquets in Winnipeg.
66. 66.Bouquets and Brick-Bats and Democracy.
67. 67.Mayor Hylan and the Queen — CHAPTER IX
68. 68.Adventures in the Occult.
69. 69.”Getting the Dope” on the “Prof.”
70. 70.Telepathy and Fortune Telling.
71. 71.Story of the Haunted House. — CHAPTER X
72. 72.Mark and the “High-brows.”
73. 73.The Human Cash Register.
74. 74.My Old Friend, the Chicago Cub Reporter.
75. 75.Several Gory Sequences.
76. 76.Stead and Hinky Dink. — CHAPTER XI
77. 77.With “Kit” in St. Louis.
78. 78.The Mormons. — CHAPTER XII
79. 79.The Leader’s Drill Shed Story.
80. 80.When “Three Pair” Won.
81. 81.The Toronto Press.
82. 82.The Markham Gang.
83. 83.Comic and Other Papers.
84. 84.Toronto’s Chief Magistrates.
85. 85.”Ned”—Hon. Edward Farrer.
86. 86.Theatrical Recollections.
87. 87.Bonifaces of the Old Days. — CHAPTER XIII
88. 88.Col. Irvine’s Services Against Riel.
89. 89.Treating With Sitting Bull.
90. 90.The Why of the Scarlet Tunic.
91. 91.Western Justice As It Was.
92. 92.Passing Death Sentence on a Nuisance.
93. 93.Grand Old John Kirkup.
94. 94.A Lethbridge Pirate.
95. 95.The Mounted Police To-Day. — CHAPTER XIV
96. 96.A Really “Substantial” Breakfast.
97. 97.An Afternoon of Gloom.
98. 98.To be “Queen of the May”
99. 99.Down in Washington
100. 100.Case of “Much Wants More”
101. 101.Some Anecdotes
102. 102.Canadian Club — CHAPTER XV
103. 103.Pawn All But Christmas Stockings.
104. 104.Everybody Should Believe in Christmas. — CHAPTER XVI
105. 105.A Man Who Mastered Self.
106. 106.Youth With Strange Power.
107. 107.All Faiths Among Patrons. — CHAPTER XVII
108. 108.Political Tragedies.
109. 109.A Wit-Provoking Stairway.
110. 110.The Old War Horse From Cumberland.
111. 111.Sir John’s Trusted Lieutenant.
112. 112.Laurier’s Magnetic Personality.
113. 113.Two Tom Whites.
114. 114.A Few Veterans.
115. 115.The Jims.
116. 116.A Soured Senator
117. 117.Familiar Faces in the Old Days.
118. 118.The Social Side of the House.
119. 119.Not Good Mixers.
120. 120.When Hansard “Mixed” Metaphors.
121. 121.Some of the Other Good Fellows.
122. 122.Some Well-known Members.
123. 123.Appointing a Governor.
124. 124.The Wrong Hat.
125. 125.A Telephone for Each Language. — CHAPTER XVIII
126. 126.Big Undertaking, Broad Policy.
127. 127.Conspicuously Canadian.
128. 128.The First President.
129. 129.A Temporary President.
130. 130.Sir William Van Horne.
131. 131.He Helped Make History.
132. 132.A Well Informed Porter.
133. 133.Early Advertising.
134. 134.His Work in Cuba.
135. 135.Lord Shaughnessy.
136. 136.Lord Shaughnessy’s Big Heart.
137. 137.He Eschewed Public Honors.
138. 138.His Repartee Like Rapier Thrust.
139. 139.Hats Off to the Chief.
140. 140.The Present President.
141. 141.His Father a Transportation Pioneer.
142. 142.David McNicoll of the Old Guard.
143. 143.Vice-President Ogden.
144. 144.My “Fidus Achates.”
145. 145.Floored James Oborne.
146. 146.Haunted by Presentiment.
147. 147.Captains Courageous.
148. 148.Masters of the Inland Seas.
149. 149.The Active Men of To-day.
150. 150.Some of the Western Men.
151. 151.Prominent Passenger Men.
152. 152.The Train Staff.
153. 153.The Advertising Men.
154. 154.The Ocean Service.
155. 155.On the Retired List.
156. 156.Politics Interfere With Business.
157. 157.Company Never Evicted a Settler.
158. 158.Other Old-Timers.
159. 159.Some Who Have Passed Away.
160. 160.Some Reminiscences.
161. 161.Others Gone But Still Remembered.
162. 162.Medical Staff.
163. 163.Officials Honored by King.
164. 164.The Dominion Express Company.
165. 165.The Live Wires.
166. 166.Important “First” Trains.
167. 167.Greeted Train With Music.
168. 168.A Belated Prosperity.
169. 169.An Old-Time Roadmaster.
170. 170.When Coal Was Costly.
171. 171.Gate-Keeper, I Hope, in Both Worlds.
172. 172.Don’t Own the Alphabet.
173. 173.Flour for Lady Macdonald.
174. 174.Good-bye, My Reader, Good-bye. — TRANSCRIBER NOTES

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