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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
6
In a tangled plot, Hiarew Mallory and Marjorie Newton plan to elope but a taxicab delay on the way to the minister disrupts their bid aboard a Transcontinental train. A lively porter and business figures fuel the pratfalls as themes of love and divorce loom.
Chapter V opens with Miss Anne Gattle clashing with Mrs Jimmie Wellington over seats and manners aboard a train. Mrs Wellington boasts of divorce and cigars while weaving flirtations with strangers, as Miss Gattle fumes at the social snobbery and Reno plans unfold amid chaotic introductions.
In the scene Mrs. Whitcomb details a divorce plan driven by immorality and alimony. Mr. Ashton probes her marriage woes while she feigns heartbreak to secure a favorable outcome. A handsome suitor appears, changing the mood as the chapter closes with a cliffhanger.
Lieut Harry Mallory and Marjorie Newton plot a Manila elopement but fail to reach a minister as friends hijack their train section. Hudson Shaw and Mrs Whitcomb spearhead a bridal setup with rice traps while porters and onlookers react amid comic chaos aboard the transcontinental train. Little Jimmie Wellington crashes the scene seeking sympathy.
A Chicago bound train becomes stage for Walter and Sally Temple and friends in a playful farce. The minister sheds his collar and dons a red tie while Sally reclaims youth and schemes a mock bridal moment with friends as Mallory and Marjorie linger in engaged limbo.
In a crowded smoking room a porter and an usher wheel in a new passenger. She asks if a box of flowers or candy was sent for her and identifies herself as Wellington Mrs James Wellington.
John Wilson, a naval pensioner in Bexhill Sussex, died aged 102 but did not know he was a centenarian. His true age was only discovered after death when naval service papers were examined. baptisms tallied 93 years.
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