Tait at Wirry Mallory Aims for a Philippine Elopement
A 1911 synopsis follows Tait Mallory and Marjorie Newton as they plot elopement from Wirry Mallory to the Philippines. A wreck delays their minister meeting aboard a Transcontinental train. Various passengers mingle with love, deceit, and disguise on a Reno divorce track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Whitcomb
Jimimie
Mallory
Rev
Temple
Marjorie
Marjories
Ira Lathrop
Parson misses last train as Mallory and Marjorie chase escape
In a comic chase at the station Mallory and Marjorie watch the pastor flee a departing east bound train. A porter warns the preacher and the wedding hungry couple, while their own train pulls away, leaving them to scramble and wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallory Coud
Mallory
Marjorie
Mrs. Temple
Wellingtons
Anne Gattle
Ira Lathrop
Ira
Anne
Annie
Green River
Jimmie Wellington
Ashton
Fosdick
Foiled Again on the Nebraska Honeymoon Train
Mallory and Marjorie endure a dreary railroad voyage toward Green River Nebraska as their strained marriage tests patience. Passengers speculate on ministers and flirtations while gifts of clothing and comic misadventures unfold among fellow travelers.
Matrimony to and Fro in Frontier Wyoming
In a Wyoming train journey the party moves toward the center of the state past Cheyenne Laramie Bowie Medicine Bow and Bitter Creek while gossip and curiosities swirl around a semi detached bridal couple drawing the attention of Mrs Whitcomb and Mrs Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Laramie
Bowie
Medicine Bow
Bitter Creek
Nervy Youth Astonishes New York Barber
A barber claims to have found the nerviest boy alive. The youth, still young, supposedly will become a prodigy with mature nerve. He asked for a neck shave, and left without paying, insisting the act was worth far less than payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The Big Seller of 1758 Snuff as Eye Treatment
A historical excerpt notes The Compleat Housewife praised snuff as an eye remedy for the elderly. It claims audience members like Sir Edward Seymour Sir John Houbdson and Judge Ayres were said to read without spectacles after long use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Edward Seymour
John Houbdson
Judge Ayres
Beung
Old Mill of New London and its 1651 monopoly
The old mill at New London Connecticut, built by Gov John Winthrop in 1651 on Mill river, still operates in primitive fashion grinding town corn. The history notes a monopoly clause barring new mills, which led to disputes and, in 1712, the monopoly being broken and rival mills established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
John Winthrop
Mill River
New Loncui
Pequett
New Lon
Eithe
Peacock God of Yezidis Bequeathed to British Museum
Queen Mary admired a steel image of the Yezidi sacred peacock in Delhi. The Brit ish Museum now receives the curio. The Yezidis worship Malik-i-Tawua, the redeemed devil in peacock form, believed to exalt him to heaven. The 200 year old image centers on a veiled Shaikh Adi figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
India
Delhi
British Museum
Kurdistan
Armenia
Caucasus
Malik-i-Tawua
Shaikh Adi
Carrier Pigeon Sends Aid After Ailsa Craig Accident
A laborer for the Ailsa Craig Granite company fell from a cliff and was seriously injured while collecting eggs. A carrier pigeon relayed the emergency to the Ayrshire mainland as a lookout signaled a doctor. A boat with a physician was sent, and the man, found unconscious in heavy rain, received medical help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ailsa Craig
Girvan
Ayrshire
Ailsa Craig Granite Company
Patsy the Elder Indian Dies in Hallock Cabin
Patsy, once reputedly the oldest Indian in the United States, died in his dark cabin near Hallock Washington. He was believed to be 128 years old and had told Seabeck's mayor about his life, including twenty five squaws in his first eighty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy
United States
Hallock
Wash
Seabeck
ORGAN CACTUS OF MEXICO
The giant organ cactus grows in western Mexico creating a picturesque desert scene. These tall thorny plants reach 20 to 40 feet with thick trunks and evenly spaced branches. Native Mexicans use the cactus for food drink and fuel tapping water rich portions for edible food and the trunk as fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Hollow log traps catfish along Forked Deer River near Humboldt
In Tennessee a hollow log sunk in the Forked Deer River near Humboldt has long yielded large catches for P. L. Draper and J. L. Henderson. They recently harvested fifty four pounds of catfish in one haul, including a thirty six pound fish and an eighteen pound fish, claiming no law was violated since they did not place the log in the river and are not to blame for the fish entering it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallory
Marjorie
Nebraska
Platte
Pyramus
Thisbe
Hioe
Mrs. Temple
Wedgewood
Ashton
Fosdick
Lfe
Deer River
Humboldt
Tenn
P. L. Draper
J. L. Henderson
Messrs. Draper and
Henderson
Trade of Wife for Two Lots Sparks Divorce Verdict
Ida M. Davis of Cleveland Washington was granted a divorce from James M. Davis after a complaint detailing years of cruel treatment and a sale of his wife to a man named Doc Farrow for two Tacoma lots, with a deed issued for the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Ida M. Davis
Cleveland
Wash
James M. Davis
Davis
Doc” Farrow
Wagner's Cap in Bad Lands
In South Dakota's Bad Lands strange rock formations include balanced pillars honeycomb erosion and mushroom shapes with many rocks bearing facial expressions. A photo shows Wagner's Cap resembling the composer’s crown from some angles, with seven distinct profiles observed. Indigenous myths explain the area as having supernatural influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Vades
Wagner
Monroe Woman Maintains Smith Surname Through Three Marriages
Barbara E. Smith of Monroe New York has married three times yet kept the surname Smith. Her first husband was Warren M. Smith, the second George K. Smith, and her current husband Alva C. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara E. Smith
Monroe, N. Y
Warren M. Smith
George K. Smith
Alva C. Smith
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North Platte
Ifs
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Kumbum
Great Golden Temple
China
Tibet
Mongolia
Lhasa
Shigatse
Tsongkaba
Peacock
God
Cap
Smith
Willington
England
Bedford
Bedford Art Club
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