Eloping couple on a train the Green River scene
On a transcontinental train bound for Reno, Lieut Mallory and his eloping partner face comic misadventures. A cinder in the eye scene with Mrs Wellington inspires a humorous reconciliation attempt. Passengers including Little Jimmie Wellington and Dr Temple provide running gags as they chase a preacher and deal with a missing buffet porter.
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Harry Mallory
Newton Wilippines
Porter
Ira Lathrop
Jimmie
Wellington
Reno
Sammy
Whitcomb
Mallory
Temple
Marjorie
Anne Gattle
Jory
Mittle Jimmie
Ira
Lathrop
Light
Ashton
Green River
Peach
Doctor Temple
Doc
Ashton Bagely
Wedgewood
Dr. Temple
Lucretia
Himmie
Well’n'ton
Fosdick
Ogden
Utah
Srisco
Smoking Room Divorce Breakfast Reminds Ashton of Story
In the smoking room chapter, Wellington’s breakfast memory prompts Ashton, a member of the That-Reminds-Me clan, to explain the tale to a bemused Jimmie Wellington and Dr. Temple who hides behind a Scientific American issue. The exchange ends with a dawning comprehension.
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Wellington
Ashton
Jimmie Wellington
Dr. Temple
Scientific American
Fosdick
Russia Leads Among White Races in Population and Size
Extract from the Russian Year Book noting a population of 160,748,400 in 1910 and 163,778,800 with Finland. It states Russia is the largest white race nation, with minorities such as Tartars and Poles, and outlines occupational distribution across agriculture and industry. It also quotes dire urban conditions in a city, with crowded denuded streets and poverty in gypsy vans and cabs, as observed by M. Enault via the London Chronicle.
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Russia
Empire
France
Central Asia
Siberia
Poland
Caucasus
Asis
Dena
M. Enault
London Chronicle
London as a Frenchman Sees It
A brief portrait notes how a young French reader gains a vivid sense of London through a 19th century geography volume. The compilation cites an English excerpt from M. Enault and sketches the London of this century as presented to the little French boy.
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London
M. Enault
Smuggling Diamonds Hidden in Dog Fur
A Belgian dog used by a frequent Atlantic traveler carried a hidden stash of diamonds under a second skin worn as an artificial coat. Customs officials only revealed the ruse after many crossings, noting the dog bore a small fortune in gems upon every New York landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atlantic
New York
Pre Glacial Man Found Near Ipswich England
A report notes a tall well formed skeleton found under the red crag near Ipswich resembles Neanderthal in skull shape but has unique leg bones tibia and fibula. The London Times suggests the leg peculiarities may reflect walking manner and their significance remains inexplicable.
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Suffolk
Ipswich
England
London Times
It's So Long Since You Called Upon Me
The girl laments the gap since the last visit while the young man replies he is forgetting her and explains he invited her tonight. Their exchange hints at rekindled expectations in a parlor scene.
Live stock as home grain market makers on Indiana farms
Purdue professor of dairy husbandry outlines corn silage and meal consumption by dairy cattle in Indiana. Based on 1910 census yields, the article estimates dairy cows consume about 24,975,000 bushels of corn annually, highlighting a practical Ten Days Short Course at the National Dairy Show in Chicago for farmers seeking profit through up to date dairying demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunziker
Department of Dairy Husbandry
Purdue
Indiana
Chicago
Had Already Learned Words From A Tough Exchange
A brief dialect exchange shows a parent remarking on a son at college studying to be an author and the other replying that he does nothing else now. The rustic tone captures generational pride and concern about future earnings.
Clergyman Testimony Boosts Dodds Kidney Pills
Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigeton Pa suffered dropsy with swollen limbs and exhaustion. After using Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling subsided and he felt renewed. He reports ongoing faith in the remedy and invites correspondence. Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo N Y offers 50c boxes and free household hints and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Heslop
Wigeton
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
Ady
Tide talk and remedies drift through Cape land sale chatter
Dialogue over a land purchase on the cape leads to tides and talk of patients. An unrelated advert touts Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and Cole's Carbol salve for cataract with prices 2c to 50c.
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Irs
Winslow
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Well’n’ton
Tom Collins
Phot
Henry W. Savage
E. Heslop
Bunkeed
Griggs
Cape
Briggs
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