Elopement Scheme Amid Train Wrecked Plans
Harry Mallary and Marjorie Newton plan to elope but a taxi wreck delays their minister. A Transcontinental train brims with passengers including Ira Lathrop and rivals bound for Reno divorces. The couple faces misadventures, mistaken preachers, jumbled romances, and a stopped train ending with a lovers quarrel.
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Harry Mallary
Philippines
Marjorie Newton
Porter
Ira Lathrop
Jimmie
Wellington
Reno
Sammy Whitcomb
Jimmies
Mallory
Temple
Marjorie
Stone
Annie Gattle
Lovers' quarrel ends in cold parting over Snoozbums
Marjorie and Harry Mallory confront jealousy over the dog Snoozbums. Both refuse to yield, each insisting they love the other yet unable to bridge the rift. They part without words, amid mutual regret, convinced their world may end.
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Marjorie
Mallory
Harry Mallory
Marjory
Mr. Mallory
Miss Newton
Hamlet
Yorick
The Woman-Hater's Relapse Ends in Silence
In an empty observation room Marjorie remains doleful as Snoozbums is brought in by the conductor. The Trans- American stoppage is treated as a grand event only by outbursts of awe, while Marjorie offers no joy at the prodigal's return.
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Marjorie
Mar Jone
Train Car Weddings and a Minister on Board
On the Utah bound train a revelry unfolds as Ira Lathrop plans to marry Anne with a Mormon clergyman dispatched from Ogden. Mallory hopes to wed Marjorie using a real minister obtained through Lathrop, while Dr Temple endures a risky whisky binge and the locomotive crew chuckles at the escalating ruse.
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Ira
Mallory
Wedgewood
Ashton
Green River
Lathrop
Brattleboro
Anne
China
Don
Charlie Selby
Utah
Charlie
Ogden
Dr. Temple
Peanut Stand Cure Tale Highlights OlD Surgeon Biography
The article recounts 19th century surgeon Dr Me known for tuberculosis cures including the peanut cure. It tells how a rosy cheeked Irish peanut stand girl led to the discovery and how the sister later proved cured by outdoor work. The story links to Archduke Franz Ferdinand and notes his literary debut and later works.
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New York
Hapsburg Author Among Royals After Carmen Sylva
A fragment notes a Hapsburg author described as one of the most voluminous among contemporary royals after Carmen Sylva, suggesting prominence in literary output within noble circles.
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Hapsburg
Carmen Sylva
Royal Au
Achievements in Art Joke Draws Line on Animals
Brian G. Hughes remarks at a recent dinner that practical jokes on animals cross a line. He recalls two artists bragging with pig iron pranks, noting one floated in the East River while the other’s roast-beef likeness was eaten by a dog, sparking debate on harm and humor.
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Brian G. Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Los Anggeles Times
A Fine Foundation Questioning a Brilliant Boy
A parent asks about a twelve year old boy's academic progress. The reply praises his vast array of questions and imagines that if he finds all answers he could become the wisest man since Solomon.
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Solomon
No Sleeping Bag for Them
Sir Henry Lucy recounts a Nansen tale from Cornhill Magazine about the explorer and three Laplanders. Nansen’s bag slept them all last night but the Laplanders escaped the heat and found shelter behind a snow hill claiming the bag was too hot for comfort.
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Sir Henry Lucy
Cornhill
Nansen
Greenland
The Right Soap for Baby's Skin
The Cuticura Soap and Ointment are praised for purity fragrance and gentle emollients. They soothe irritations redness roughness and chafing and aid infantile eruptions such as eczema and rashes. The soap lasts longer than ordinary soap and is economical. Sample given with a 32 page Skin Book by mail from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Skating Tips Prompted by Windy Conditions
Harold notes a cap that pulls down over the ears is worn for skating, while Hilya agrees it seems absolutely necessary when skating against the wind.
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Harold
Hilya
Patent remedies and topical cures ad copy
An 19th century style advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething with gum relief and claimed wind colic cure, a Cole’s Carbolisalve for piles itching and pain, and general exhortations to virtue and social influence. Items priced 25 cents or 50 cents.
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Cole
Tired Blood and Vitality Cure Claim
An advertisement asserts that tired blood causes fatigue and low spirits. It promotes Tonitives as the surest method to enrich blood with nutriment and oxygen, offering 75 cents per box through dealers or by mail from The Tonitives Co of Buffalo N Y.
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The
Tonitives Co
Buffalo, N
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Orlando
Jimmie Wellington
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Malterf
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Thors
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Pettits Eve Salve
Piso
Draggirte
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