Fortune from a Portmanteau in San Francisco
A dusty San Francisco auction of unclaimed trunks exposes a young miner Harry Flint who buys a portmanteau. Mistaken identity with Shelby Fowler leads to a daring defense and a fateful transformation into a successful $ fortunes as Fowler. The tale ends with Flint and a woman bearing a shared secret.
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Lowefin
San Francisco
Harry Flint
Barry “Ine
Mrnsistent
Aarim
Fowler
Fiint
Vilot
Axtio
Aston
Fitot
Rhine
Aston Tebtony
Isis
Pilnt
Powler
Sydney Duck
Pete
D—D Cork
Enid
Nick
Mr. Powler
Winer
Flint
Shelby Fowler
Tom Flynn
Nevada
Shelby Vowlar
Europe
London
An & Compartment
Ife
York
England
Harrogate
West
al Io
California
Compszion
Soca
Secret Orders Visit to Liberty Lodge No 26
Reports from the Masonic fraternity describe Wheeling brethren visiting Liberty Lodge No 26 in West Liberty to assist in mill work and initiate a candidate. The event included a large lodge gathering, an East selection, a banquet at Bethany House, songs sung on the return ride, and plans for future meetings and joint gatherings with Wheeling.
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Wheeling
Weat Liberty
Liberty Lodge No
West Liberty
Josph Hall
Liberty Lodge
Bro
Nelson
Bellaire Lodge
Bellaire
Ohio
Rodgers
Hethany Lodge
Brooke County
W. Va
McCahon
Dagrah
Albright
J. W
WI. Dudley
Bro. Grabe
J. D
Hall and Richey
Bethany House
Short Creek
Nail City Lodge No. 112
LO. of
G. T
West Virginia veterans and benevolent orders marked in notes
Wagging reports from Wheeling Martins Ferry and Biola highlight reunions and honorary collars for lodge activities. Security orders note the Sixth Annual Reunion of the Society of the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry to be held October 6 1891 in Martins Ferry Ohio with Camp Fire ceremonies. Zone Lodge No 1s leads Shield of Honor growth as Knights of the Golden Eagle promote benevolence and recruitment. A balloon ascent near Wilmington NC ends with a dangerous escape by a black aeronaut helper. In Monte Alabama a distilling case ends in violence as Sims escapes but two others die and a posse member is fatally wounded.
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Geo. B. Crawford
Society of the Army of West Virginia
Wheeling
Society of the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Twelfth
West Virginia Infantry
Carlins Battery
Gro. B. Canwronp
West Vic
Biola
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Bima
Monte
Ala
Robert Sins
W. C. Stribling
Bladon Springs
Choctaw County
Stribling
Sims
Hoe
A.B. Pugh
Canadian lottery ads trigger post office crackdown
Canadian papers face detention and opening orders as the Post Office Department launches a wide action against issues containing lottery advertisements. The Ottawa United Canada, Toronto Mail, Empire, and News are among those detained, with further offices instructed to enforce the crackdown.
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Saint Ste Mantes
Mica
Post Office Department
Toronto Mail
Empire, News
Ottawa United Canad
Queen Victoria Welcomes French Fleet Amid Praise and Doubt
August 22 dispatches note Liberte praising England for cordial reception of the French fleet while some writers question constraint. British government bans British officers from serving in the Chinese navy after China refused to explain an insult to Admiral Lang during the 1900s Hone Kong incident.
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Pants
Queen Victoria
Gervais
The
Liberte
England
China
Lospex
Admiral Lang
Hone Kong
Grimesville’s Two Churches See One Man’s Deathbed
In Grimsville, Hiram Gates, a famed local figure, lies between life and death sparking a church clash. Rev. John Page visits him to urge repentance, but Gates wakes and becomes the center of a poignant, townwide debate over faith, sect, and salvation among North and South churchgoers.
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Mr. Page
Mr. Locke
Hiram Gates
Moses
Hi Gates
Hiram
Juniper Loa
John Page
Rly
Page
Grimesville
Locke
Mr. Pago
Hamlet
Pastor Locks
Rival preachers spark Grimesville church conflict
In Grimesville a church dispute grows after Rev. Locke and Rev. Page clash over Hi Gates. Hi Gates faces social scrutiny, repentance, and shifting loyalties as sermons fuel town tensions and one man seeks reform through humility and faith.
Marriage Claim Targets Miss Mildred in Evening Courtship
A young man declares his intent to marry Miss Mildred, but she resists. He is warned by a base bell umpire who detains him, fining $25 for back-talk as he tightens his hold.
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Mildred
Mouth of the Missouri contains cheeky exchange at parting
In a whimsical exchange, Algie chats about a romantic moment with Miss Chowan. He recalls asking for a kiss at parting, and she quips in recalling she hails from St. Louis and her mouth is not built for such teases. Charlie reacts with curiosity about the tale.
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Missouri
Manary
Wally
Algie
Miss Chowan
Charlie
St. Louis
Forced remedies claim blood cleansing by skin pores
The text touts a remedy named FORCE THEM OUT as vastly ahead of medicine, alleging it expels microbes from the blood and cures diseases. It asserts the only way to cure illness is to force out bacilli through the skin and references a doctor connected to skin disease treatments, with questionable anecdotes about cures.
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Jia
Pilot
Strand Magazine
Masonic Fraternity
Shield of Honor
Army of West Virginia
Knights OF Honor
Alpha
Wheeling Park
Joseph Wiesgerber
I. H. McFadden
W. W. Ripley
William A. Stoetzer
Good Templars
Wildey Lodge No
C. F. Daughters
Rebekah
Chapline Streets
Leo
Wildey Lodge
Knights Golden Eagle
Whatmaron
N. C
Wilmington
Charlie Williams
Williams
Wall
Ee Fae
Doyo
Life
Rapint
Hirax
Grimmvilly
Commientep
Grimenville
Rey
Gates
Gates House
Neek
Grimesyilla
Pastor Page
Pastor Locke
Hood
Deon
Brg Goods
I S. Rhodes CO
Sateens
Grenadines
India
Rhodes
Evererertion
Gunre
Krogaine
Low
D. C. Kurne
Belizo
Kurner & C
Sekai
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