The Adventure of the Norwood Builder Snap Shocks Holmes
Holmes and Watson confront a dramatic Norwood case where banker Jonas Oldacre vanishes. A young London solicitor, John Hreetor McFarlane, is arrested on murder charges as Lestrade and Inspector Lestrade probe a strange will, a bloody room, and a staged crime scene. Holmes teases out key clues, hinting at wider intrigue.
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Ering
Daily Telegraph
Holmes
Hnlmes
Lower Norwood
Holmen
London Bridge
Tam Autre
Kioon
Watson
Tate
Lower Norwich
Jonas Oldacre
Mr. Oldvery
Ian Hyves
Sydenham
Gael
Bendon
John Hreetor Mefarlanes
Graham & McFarlane
Greshary
Melarlaye
Jonny Oldacre
Leest
Norwood
Pallee
Vietum
Uberty
Warrington Lodge
Tlackheath
Amy
Jane Oldacre
Daorway
John Heetor McFarlane
Lestrade
John Oidacre
Scotland Yard
Osay
McParlane
Cty
Pte Bank
Mefartune
Hardy
Dillon
Mrr. Holmes
Mefarlane
McFarlane
Blackheath
Anderley Arms
Sherlock Holmes
Absent minded sea captain’s odd kitchen carpentry tale
A Boston Herald item notes Captain Alexander Hutchins of Millworth Me famed for forgetfulness. He built a spare chamber at home, lathed and plastered it, then forgot the door. His astonishment upon completion end with the line Doorless room and pride in the work.
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Mindék
Boston Herald
Alexander Hutchins
Millworth
Ality
Alec
Prom
Boston “Transcript
Ory Hard
Worth Knowing That Alloucks Genuine Porous Piasters
From the Philadelphia Press a crude dialogue shows a husband confessing his lack of money and his wife blaming him for it. The piece plays on suspicion and social impropriety with comically crude language.
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Allouck
Philadelphia
Susehman
Terrible Scaly Eczema Cured by Cuticura Claim
Eyewitness account describes skin eruptions covering chest face neck and limbs. Patient used Cuticura remedies instead of a physician, reports rapid clearing after five years with no recurrence.
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Koti Wilson
Largest Banana Cargo Arrives by Espada at Port
The Espada from Port Timon Rica delivers 60 000 bunches of bananas, 190 boxcars worth, the largest shipment ever at any world port. Sister ship Limon brings 14 000 finishes, the Maparta surpasses the Limon by 6 000. Cargo to Houston Seattle Vancouver and more, routed across the West Coast and inland via Southern Pacific.
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United Fruit Com
Espada
Port Timon
Rica
Phi
Sparta
Southern Pacific
St Louis
Vancouver
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Los Angles
San Francisco
Seattle
Chicago
Omatm
Kansas City
Detroit
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Esparta
Norway
Trae
Postum claims health gains from coffee alternative
A testimonial from a Northwest state leader asserts quitting coffee for Postum food Coffee cured headaches and grip spells. She credits the product with improved health and a husband who promotes it, noting stronger Postum equals better nourishment while coffee equates to poison.
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Northwest
Postum Kood Coffer
Wellyville
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Oh John Sargent's Daughter and a City of Lost Hearts
In a flashback of a vanished romance, Dorothy Sargent mourns her lover in a grand family mansion. She shreds three love letters from suitors, choosing a single future with a husband she cannot name, while legends of a tragic past and a city of dead memories swirl around her.
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John Sargent
Charles Cutter
Charlie
Slater
Baother
Dorothy Sargent
Metropolitan Club
Thomas Otis
Sewell
Mozart's Twelfth Massachusetts and Gilmore Anecdotes
Pittsburg Dispatch report recites Cardinal Gibbons recalling Gilmore and his band. He joked about the Trish ladies choir of Dublin and asked which member was oldest. The Cardinal also shared how Gilmore played Mozart's Twelfth Massachu getty in Coney Island and a North Carolina town misprint.
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Mozart
Massachusetts
Pittsburg Dispatch
Carolinal Gibbons
Trish Ladies’ Choir of
Dublin
Gilmore
Cardinal Gibbons
Coney Island
Cardinal
Maryland
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Arid
Peru
Howe
Sherlock Mulaes
Tia
Yale
Mr. Holies
Webber
Dean
Gur Clei
Tholmes
Jimas
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Mian
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Stara
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G. W. Grove
Philadelphia Ledger
Interior
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Louise Clarr
James
Poole
Marion
John H. Norton
Crocaus
Sylvester Nesycomb
Dorothy
John Norton
Sylvester Newcomb
Thomas Otis Sewell
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