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Hair Parting Sparks West Virginia Love Storm
Dr John Smith leaves his town over a hair style quarrel with Laura Wilson. She shocks him by adopting a left side parting, then reveals she only intended to test him, ending their romance and sending him to New York where he meets old Pop Bain. Pop’s will gives Laura Bain wealth if she marries Smith, a twist that leads to a comic yet bittersweet ending.
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Dr. Smith
West Virginia
Laura Wilson
Smith
Miss Wilson
New York City
Old Pop Bain
Kith
Old Pop
Bain
Pop
Pop Bain
Pap
Friends of
China
Astener
Eain
Doc Smith
Jacob W. Bain
Blank County
W. Va
John Smith