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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
6
A romantic elopement plot aboard a cross country train collides with comic misadventures. Harry Mallory and Marjorie Newton rush toward Reno while passengers including Ira Lathrop and Mrs. Wellington spark clashes and risqué pranks. Dr Temple and companions navigate liquor, cards, and a smoky banter-filled voyage.
On a Nebraska stop Mallory and Marjorie meet a clerical figure as they stretch their legs. A preacher, eager about harvest and a wider ministry, hints at relocation from Omaha as the scene ends awaiting continuation.
Old article notes coal miners heal wounds quickly but fear lung ailments from dust. Experts argue fresh coal is as good as sterile, yet damp clothes provoke colds when leaving the mine. They urge warm dry outfits at mine mouth, though miners resist change.
A mother questions her daughter Sadie about constant quarrels with her brother. Sadie answers that their bickering mirrors family patterns with she taking after the mother and he after the father. The brief exchange underscores parental-children dynamics.
Lieut. Harry Mallory is ordered to the train as a bride and groom story unfolds aboard a transcontinental journey. A Yankee businessman, wedding confusions, and a parade of characters including Little Jimmie Wellington and Mrs. Jimmie drive a comic melodrama with missing preachers, disguises, and a staged medical ruse.
Mallory and Marjorie endure a dreary honeymoon train journey across the Platte as quarrels reappear and errands for mislaid belongings multiply. The couple shirks crowd attention while passengers gossip and secret romances surface among Anne and Ira, with the Wellingtons rising to notice as Green River nears.
Chapter Continuation shows Mrs. Deacon praising the pastor as Mallory chases a fleeing minister through station chaos. Marjorie and Mallory pursue as the east-bound train pulls away, the porter quipping that the pastor is left behind. The pair watch their own train depart amid chaotic cheers and comic misreadings.
On a train crossing Wyoming the travelers discuss diverse places like Cheyenne Laramie and Medicine Bow while Mrs Whitcomb remarks on a strange bridal corpse aboard. The talk centers on the eighth wonder of the world and the ominous bridal mystery emerging from the journey.
A New York barber recounts a teenager who claims to be the nerviest man alive. The youth refused to pay for a neck shave, arguing the small task required no payment and joking he could shave himself with a safety razor he could not reach.
In 1758 a magazine cites the Compleat Housewife advising eye snuff with Portugal scuff for eye aid and claims it cured figures like Sir Edward Seymour and Sir John Houblon so they could read without spectacles after years of use. The piece notes readers might favor spectacles over such remedies.
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