Train Wreck and Elopement Pranks on Transcontinental Ride
Lieut Harry Mallory is ordered to the Pininess and Marjorie Newton Gedtue to elope but a taxicab wreck and a crowded Transcontinental car create comic delays. A preacher hunt falters while passengers barter comforts and clothes. Mallory and Marjorie drift through foiled plans, with suitors, weddings, and mistaken intentions aboard.
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Harry Mallory
Pniinnines
Marjorie Newton Gedtue
PTC
Porter
Ira Lathrop
Elopera
Little Jimmie
Wellington
Reno
Jimmie
Sammy i
Mallory
Temple
Marjorie
Anne Gattle
Preacher
Allory
Chapter XXII Continues with Mallory’s traveling misadventures
Mallory endures a boozy train journey marked by social blunders and flamboyant attire. He frets over his wardrobe while bantering with the conductor and friends Fosdick and Temple as Snoozleums entertains the porter.
Mrs Jimmie Wellington Smokes Across the Train Scene
In a tale of travel and social daring Mrs Jimmie Wellington begins a campaign for female smoking as a refined habit. Her bold stance on observation platforms alarms and amuses passengers while Ira and Anne debate how to disclose the affair to others.
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Jimmie Wellington
England
America
Jimmie
Nebraska
Wyoming
Mrs. Wellington
Mrs. Temple
Ira Lathrop
Anne Gattle
Anne
Ira
Wellington
Romeo
Ducky Darling
Prince Albert
Tunnel Promise Sparks Tense Trainroom Intrigue
In a luxury car the Fosdicks plot to reach Utah while passengers flirt and spy. A detective, Temple, and Wellington observe, as a tunnel turns whispers into bared emotions and a night of kissing and mischief erupts aboard the train.
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Utah
Yaseah
Aspen
Fosdick
Ashton
Dr. Temple
Dearile
Fosdicks
Wise Sayings of Confucius
A compilation of Confucian maxims on knowledge sincerity duty and virtue. It contrasts the great and ordinary man noting humility respect kindness and justice in governance and personal conduct. The piece also includes a brief anecdote about a comedian and a king illustrating the theme of believing warnings or insights.
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Confucius
Forrest’s Fury Over Stage Slip in Richard III
The tragedian Forrest acted in Richard III when a low comedian misdelivered the line My lord, the duke of Buckingham is taken. Forrest clenched his fist in rage and the audience witnessed a charged moment of backstage tension.
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Forrest
Richard
Catesby
Duke of Buckingham
Unexpected Testimonial at Dinner Table
The tale centers on Mr. Bilderson who enjoyed a hearty meal and entertaining a host family. A six year old daughter compliments his wit and wishes him to dine daily. She quips that his presence would prevent leftovers from cooling the next day. His smile reflects pride in the joke and his appetite.
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Bilderson
Damages Awarded Over Nursing-Home Dog Bite
A German court awarded $500 to the guardian of a three year old girl bitten by a yard dog. The claim cited not pain but the scar reducing her future prospects of marriage, and the court upheld the guardians' case.
Hippocrates Shuns Persian Offer for Greek Medicine
A summary of Hippocrates, the Greek physician regarded as the father of modern medical science, who stressed studying disease symptoms before treatment and who refused a Persian king's generous rewards to depart Greece.
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Greece
Hippocrates
Persia
Hppocrates
Resinol Soap Ad and Local Anecdote Feature
An 11 year old boy describes severe facial sores and itchiness later cured in two weeks by Resinol Soap and Ointment from a Y M C A official. The piece includes product claims and an anecdote about a mayor and a wife beating case, ending with a Mack's National Monthly note.
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St. Louis
Ernest le Pique, Jr
Dickson
Timely Reminder Highlighting Nonpolitical Production
An American host tells a foreign visitor the country continues mining ore growing cotton and manufacturing steel. He emphasizes the nation produces more than politics and urges focus on tangible outputs beyond government.
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Abney
Savage
Mr. Wellington
Millory
Mr. Welington
Mr. Fosdick
Mr. Ashton
Fouick
Roger Ashton
Walter
Mrs. Fosdick
Mr. Forrest
Chemical Company
Baltimore
Mack
National Monthly
FOLEY
Absorbine, JR
W.f.young
P.D.F
Templa St
Springfield
Mass
Pal Whittemore Bros. & CO
Albany &J
Cambridge
Mase
Aly
Prawer 2
Plains
Kansas
Phillips Co. Ark
St. Lobr
r.Hasy
B.b.campbell
Helosa
Art
Montgomery Co
Ind
Andrew Clements
Crawfordsville
Sunnyside
Houston
Texas
U. S
Rice University
Bunnyarde
G. D. Samuels
Louisiana St
Tex
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