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Elope Plot Aboard Reno Train Sparks Bridal Rascality
In a Transcontinental train car bound for Reno, Marjorie Newton and a West Point classmate plot an elopement after a Philippines assignment. Friends secretly arrange a bridal section with baited props as Little Jimmie Wellington, in recalled romance, staggers through the chaos while other passengers scheme to surprise the couple with a rice shower trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porterhuaa
Ira Lathrop
Sywarree
Elopers
Jimmie
Reno
Irda
Mra
Anne Gattle
Miss Gattle
Mrs. Wellington
Mr. Ashton
Sam Whitcomb
Chicago
Ashton
Mia
Sammy Whitcomb
Mallory
Shaw
Hudson
Mra. Whitcomb
West Point
Philippines
Marjorie Newton
Manila
Mrs. Whitcom
Mrs. Whitcomb
Cama
Wellington
Buttercup
Young Hudson
Shentemen
Wallton
Ike