Plunderers style intrigue and a London visit
The tale follows Patrick Cambel a famed traveler who visits Theodore Shelf a steamer owner in London. Shelf plans a vaulting fraud tying a gold shipment heist to a secret Florida channel while Cambel schemes with Kettle the ship captain. Interwoven are social tensions romance and a mutinous plot line amid a lavish Victorian setting.
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Patrick Cambel
London
Theodore Shelf
Shelf
Hamilton Fairfat
Amy Rivers
Cambel
Ners
Cambell
Florida
Marmaduke Rivers & Shelf
Gulf of Mexico
Cambel A
Owen Kettle
Edes
Falrfua
Kettle
Donkayman
Jn Hfe-boats
Port Eden
Billy Nut
Hank
Theone Son
Nutt
The Trial of Nim and the Sailors
A dramatic chapter shows Nim steering captors during a riot inside a messroom. Chaos erupts as Nutt is slain and Nim threats the enslaved crew, while Wettle and others confront the grim aftermath and ponder accountability and the risks of robbery.
Notorious Florida Poker Scene Reveals England Plan
In a Florida town, Kent Williams and companions discuss Mrs. Duvernay and Miss Kildare while gambling and spying on Kil dare. The group debates marrying into wealth, predicting schemes and a possible English match. A tense poker night ends with four kings as the narrative notes a cliffhanger.
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Devertbelis
Elsie
Miss Kildare
Mr. Kent-Williams
England
Florida
Ordnge
Thotown
Kent Williams
Cambel
Locke
Duvernay
St. Willie
Wille
Turvellas
Tar
Rent Wiliams
Mabel Duvernay
Jove
Hare
Cambridge
Day
Patrick Campbel
Pac
The Great Caticura Cure Adverts Skin Treatment
As well as roughness and redness the advertisement promotes Cuticura products for skin cleansing, soothing and healing. It claims relief in a single application for rough hands and presents a full regimen including baths, old style gloves, and Resolvent to cleanse the blood. The copy touts instant relief and economical results for pimples and eruptions.
Vigo county fair opens and county news highlights
Indiana survey notes Vigo county fair opening Clinton county teachers' institute this week Wheatlend and Daviess county incorporation William J. Lee dies Shelbyville pioneer at 74 Telephone strikes settle Northern state air promotions prize contests for lady riders Lafayette wealth and per capita rankings Vincennes gas company expansion thousands employed Elizabeth Duncan commits suicide Barn struck by lightning Duck season opens Northern marshes full of ducks Skeleton found in Parke City Ivory beads Necklace of missing crane case Terra Haute trip to Arkansas Thieven at New Albany copper wire theft Burlington mishap horse accident Delaware county snake sighting Anderson preachers seek fair boycott drugstore raid Luark random legal notices and local crime reports Robbery and court actions Weather and local business notes ongoing.
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Vigo
Clinton County
Wheatlend
Daviess County
William J. Lee
Shelbyville
Lawrence County
Lafayette
Vincennes Gas Company
Eligabeth Duncan
Knox
W. R. Meridith
Washington
Parkes Ciy
Terra Haute
Arkansas
B.S. Bonar
Noble County
Sylvester Augurklewelz
Hoath Wend
Laporte
Samuel Cogwill
Delaware County
Silesville
Bean Flemont Township
Monroe County
Whippitz
Anderson
Tom Tewell
Vincennes
St. C
Misa Schuster
Joan Adeline
Lagrange County
Peme enBlern
Mut N Companys
Rockefeller
Atart
Mary Ann Quick
Novelv & Muncie
Ann Quick
Muncie Herald
Match in Benzine Explosion Kills and Burns Workers
At a Pittsburgh Pennsylvania paint shop behind 39 Dickson Street Homestead two men were burned in a benzine can explosion. Sada Louchey died after severe burns. Sinusky Wattley and Arton Condusky were injured with burns and facial injuries. The workers were mixing paints when a misflung match sparked the blast.
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Pittsburg
Dickson At
Homestead
Tueassey
Sada Louchey
Sinusky
Wattley
Arton Condusky
Louchey
Qouthey
Bengins
The Smart Set Antice Scored by Clergy Sermon
Rev Dean Redmond Abbott denounces the so called smart set during a Church of the Epiphany sermon on the folly of fashion. He abuses in society, urging christian earnestness and dignity while condemning indecorous display and moral derision by the public toward these trends.
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Abbott
New York
Dean Redmond Abbott
Hl Xermon
Che Hewhhapem
Wenneles Chias
Brieuitet
America
Europe
Indiana Pental College and dental services advert
An old newspaper fragment notes Indiana Pental College at 8 W Cor Delaware and Chioeta accepting patients from 8s for all kinds of dental work. It mentions Mrs Winslow's soothing strap for teething, a children's remedy, and references gas, gasoline, and oil stoves from Mochridg & Bro at 6688 Virginia.
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Indiana Pental College
Delaware and
Chioeta
Mochridg & Bro
Virginia
Many In Contest For McKinley Memorial
Canton Sept 2 It is announced that Mary Bo oriiets sculptors and designers are at work on plans for a McKinley memorial to be erected here Berlin Paris and London are represented New York leads the United States cities in the number of competitors Nearly every state represented Also mentions Dr Fowlers Extract of Wild Strawberry and a barber shop and various travel and baseball items with scattered names and times
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Miss Kildare
Pat
Cumbel
Hundrada
London
Mss Kildare
Mabel
England
Piazza Ponte
Tony
Elsie
Cambel
Minster
Florida
Camble
Lillie
van Liews
Patrick
Duvernay
Marbel
Canton
Mary BO Oriiets
Stomit
Berlin
Paris
New York
United States
Walon le
Lfe
Sargent Perrin
Strawn Building
Cleveland
Ohio
Ame
Lake Erie & Western R Bunday Special Fare Notice
Train schedule note lists a $1.25 Michigan City return fare and a $1 Rochester and Way Point fare. Departure at 6:09 am on Sunday September 6 from unspecified origin with Irdiswanatin spelled oddly.
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Cincinnat
St. Louis
Tas A. m
Dingay Highvite
Conenraville
Homister
Clicinnar
Michigan City
Rochester
Way Pointe
Irdiswanatin
Our Roads Astonish Foreigners In Rail Facts
Edwin A Pratt of the Journal Times toured Grand Central Station and learned the New York Central runs eight daily trips between New York and Chicago covering 939 miles. Four trains complete the distance in a day, the Twentieth Century Limited runs nonstop in twenty hours, and it carries only Chicago passengers. The columnist notes local astonishment at these railroad feats.
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Asto
Edwin A. Pratt
Jaunvten Times
Grand Central Station
Hig
New York Central
New York
Chicago
Dot
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Press
Rattlesnake Pet Beckons Branning Family in Susquehanna
In Susquehanna Pennsylvania Dick Branning keeps a pet rattlesnake named Pete that survived a dynamite incident in Great Bend. The reptile aids the baby, warns intruders, and even faced a house threat when a blacksnake entered the cradle. Branning declined offers of sale, keeping Pete at home despite danger.
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Susquehanna
Dick Branning
Branning
Great Bend Township
Hosson
Pete
Thanning
Mr Branning
Hames
Jessie Phillips Grand Jury Case Reported
Jeserv Philips, 12, confessed to pushing Ray Carr down at JM. W. Washington St. causing injuries that resulted in his death. She appeared before the grand jury on Tuesday without counsel. Hood's Sarsaparilla claimed as health restoration.
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Jessie Phillips
Jeserv Philips
Ray Carr
JM. W. Washingtonst
Cure for Hay Fever with Brazilian Balm and Germ-killing Drops
An advertisement touts Brazilian Balm with 20 drops of Dat in worm water applied to the nose to reach germs and heal mucous membranes. Claims quick cures for hay fever asthma catarrh grip and even typhoid prevention, alleging universal efficacy and urging direct ordering from De B F Jackson & Co and druggists nationwide.
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Datto
Earth
B. F. Jackson & Co
Snd Microscopists
Indianapolis
Ind
All Druggicte
Secret Elixir Promise of Eternal Youth for Men
Promoter claims a mysterious compound grants perpetual youth and vigor. Vows to reveal the “world starting” cure and urges jaded men to join a mission on Earth to access this fountain of youth.
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Earth
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