Conductor's tale of a buried rider and green grave
A railroad conductor recalls a summer tale from his Croat Northern rail route near Great Falls. A cowboy turned deputy marshal died at the mountainside, and friends stopped a train at night to bury him in sight of the snowbound peaks. The grave stays green year round, the conductor notes, unseen by most.
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Pastor Axeiit
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Olerkin
Neaside
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St. Paul
Alewan
Great Falls
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Chicago Tribune
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Rail Way Ad Promises Speed Safety and Comfort
Are You Going East If so why not combine speed and safety with comfort Rio Grande Western Railway promises convenient travel with three routes and world class scenery Readers can order a 25 cent illustrated book Utah a Peep Into the Mountain Walled Treasury of the Gods by J H Bennett Salt Lake City
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Great Rio Grande Western Railway
J. H. Bennett
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oddities and sermons mingle in early 20th century clippings
The column blends humorous misread letters and a Colorado church tale. A timid buyer tests a dangerous device at a county store while a church organist writes a flirty note to the pastor misdelivered to the wrong man, prompting a humorous exchange.
New York firm’s unsettled claim to bill paid in odd fashion
A New York mercantile house pursued a long unsettled claim against a western debtor described as a “lame duck.” A western lawyer replied that the debtor, Bill Johnson, was too poor and bare to pay, prompting the paper to label the exchange a humorous “expressive smile.”
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New York
Bill Johnson
What He Craved and the Courting Book Lore
A Scotsman editor shares a letter seeking a courting book that helps men talk to the lass they love and phrase the words to ask her. The piece also includes a playful exchange about Skinflint’s long service and a clerks cutback, with a mock letter ending in a blessing.
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