Death in the Cards Chapter XVII Wedding at the Padre Camp
Selwood and Christie marry at dawn after a river flood rescue and a perilous night. Haynes recounts Meg Star buck’s death in the canyon. Meg Hyde dies in the arms of her former husband as Christie consoles Selwood in the hotel office.
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James McAlpin
Selwood
Christie
Padre
Kistie
Roper
John Roper Selwood
West Point
Sleepy Cat
John
Pardaloe
Bob Scott
Scott
Pardalee
Carpy
Big Haynes
Haynes
Bob
Starbuck
Meg
Medicine Bend
Crawling Stone Creek
Panhandle
Margaret Starbuck
Margaret
Doc
MecAlpin
Margaret Hyde
Selwood Chooses to Stay at Sleepy Cat After Tense Talks
In a Sunshine porch scene at Sleepy Cat, Selwood and Christie reveal they will stay, resisting departure to California or East while Wentworth and Carey propose a new partnership. Tensions rise over a rough frontier life and loyalties as the crew contemplates future at the Sleepy Cat hotel.
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Selwood
Wentworth
Carpy
Cat
Doctor Carpy
Jing
Sleepy Cat
Christie
California
Thief River
Carey
John
Rocky Mountain Divide
McAlpin
Lefever
Pardaloe
Bob Scott
Birch-Bark Canoe Fades From Indian Life In Canada
Courtney Ryley Cooper notes in the Saturday Evening Post that birch-bark canoes, once central to northern Canadian Indians, are now rare among those in Ontario and Quebec trading posts and mining camps. The piece contrasts old craft with modern speed, noting new wealth via ermines and motorized canoes alongside the thrill of watching transcontinental trains pass.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Saturday Evening Post
Driven Not Drivers
A compact quotation highlights a contrast between those who act by inner conscience and those who merely follow guidance, likening moral agency to a coachman guiding horses. The line emphasizes responsibility and initiative in choice.
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Whately
Gooses and Geese in Language and Money Quips
The note contrasts goose and geese as plural forms and adds a quip about someone with money to burn. It frames the proverb that only a man with burning pockets has funds to spend.
Castoria Trusted For Safe Baby Care Says Ad
An advertisement touts Castoria as harmless for infants and suitable for colic constipation and sleep. It claims the product is pure veget a ble and prescribed by physicians with a genuine Fletcher’s Castoria bottle and a care book valued by parents.
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Fletcher
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A plain pleasant tasting tablet from any drugstore is said to conquer a bad cold. The column claims Pape's Cold Compound is harmless and effective, breaking up chronic colds with a bit more time.
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Pape
Pape's Cold Compound Delivers Humorous Actions
A brief item notes that funny actions by some people stem from a lack of sense of humor. The piece uses light tone to comment on behavior and wit.
How to Recover Lost Strength Abilene Texas
A testimonial endorses Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic for fall and spring use to prevent colds and grippe. The speaker describes a severe 1919 influenza episode, consuming two bottles to regain strength, and notes availability from all dealers with a 10 cent trial tablet offer from Dr. Pierce's Invalids Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Abilene
Texas
J. B. Matthews
Gen
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Serwood
Frank H. Spearman
Mr. Selwood
Bull
Plum
Ecards
Calabasas
Meg Hyde
Hearts In the West
Okee
Castoria
Pastor Koenigs Nervine
N. Wells ST
Chicago, Ill
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