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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
3
Harry Mallory and Marjorie Newton plan to elope but a taxicab wreck and a hijacked train delay them. On board a jokey voyage through misadventures, Marjorie stops the Trans-American to rescue Snoozbums the dog, while tempers flare and a conductor becomes an unlikely ally.
On a Utah bound express, Mallory and Marjorie quarrel over a dog then reconcile as Ira Lathrop schemes. Lathrop arranges a Mormon minister via telegram for a train wedding while the crew and passengers watch, with Mallory hoping to wed Marjorie in the baggage car.
A rare albino muskrat, pure white with pink eyes, was trapped in the Pierce swamp near Fairfield New Jersey, marking the first recorded capture of its kind in the state.
In a desolate observation room Marjorie remains subdued as Snoozbums is carried in by the conductor. She thanks him softly for the powder-puff and offers help with a possible future job, while the scene hints at broader tensions around the Trans-American.
Brian G. Hughes quips at dinner that he dislikes pranks on humans but tolerates jokey tricks about answers. He recalls two artists bragging about pig iron painted to look like cork and a roast of beef, noting one joke crossed a line when a pig iron roast was partly eaten before the mistake was found.
A rural correspondent quips against machine methods in elections. Farmer Corn tessel counters by wishing the steam roller be removed from politics and restored to road building duties, reflecting a debate over modernization and practical infrastructure.
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