Easter romance scheme on the range folds into a wedding plan
Monty Levering, a Harvard man turned cowpuncher, receives a prank romance plot from Billy McDermott and the ranch crew. They draft a fake letter to Miss Helen Oldham in Boston, proposing an Easter wedding at Arapahoe with a minister, to spur Monty’s marriage prospects. Monty returns to headquarters amid surprised, secretive whispers.
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Monty
Harvard
Dudge
West
Patra
Billy McDermott
Wes
Billy
Arapahoe
Helen Oldham
Alston Court
Boston
Jivten Oldhwra
Monty Levering Ie
California Limited
Seb
Shorty
Mouly
Easter Romance Ends in Marital Nuptials on Rails
Monty Levering marries Miss Helen Oldham after a staged Easter romance causes a wild chase from Arapaho station to San Francisco. Billy McDermott receives news of the wedding by special delivery letter, while Judge Oldham grants forgiveness and the newlyweds set off for Beaton to start their life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty
Helen
Billy
Shorty
Mr. McDermott
Miss Oldham
San Francisco
Mles
Helen Oldham
Billy McDermott
Monty Levering
Beaton
Bill McDermott
Boston
Fixing Easter Day and Milk Bottle Hygiene
The date of Easter is the first Sunday after the fourteenth day of the calendar moon following March 21, with emphasis on the method noted for calculating Easter. A separate aside notes that milk bottles are always handled by the top fastidious women who wash off the bottle before removing the paper cap.
Truth and Quality in Laxatives Promoted by Cal Fig Syrup
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a reliable family laxative. It claims natural, gentle action without debility or dosage increases, credits physicians for its ingredients, and urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Druge Gista
His Great Fault. Gardener remarks spark country home plot joke
A humorous exchange from the Catholic Standard and Times features a would-be author boasting of a country home and a large plot, and Crittick retorting that he could never handle a plot. The brief vignette plays on wordplay about gardening and writing ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crittick
Catholic Standard and Times
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Irvin Cobb anecdote feature
Fragmented OCR excerpt discusses catarrh cures and a Hall's Catarrh Cure claim touting blood and mucous relief. It includes an anecdote about Irvin Cobb and a lecture engagement, noting Cobb's wife as the proposed lecturer. The passage reflects ad style and testimonial framing from an old newspaper page.
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Hla
Irvin Cobb
New York
McVeigh
Irvin
Tye
Lyceum and Taldat
Grape-Nuts Restores Health After Diet Errors
A rich young woman recovering from nervous dyspepsia after six years and $300 spent on drugs reports rapid improvement with Grape-Nuts. She notes weight gain, quick relief from indigestion, and urges others to try the cereal, citing her success and recommending The Road to Wellville as reading.
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Pontum Co
Batt Creek
Mich
Wellvine
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Cattis
de Gustilue
Alia
Hall
Eurluy
Tee
F.J. Cieney & CO
Dropgrass
Price Tac
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Sastipatiog
Eldor
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