The Larkton Garden Mystery and Holmes
Sherlock Holmes explains his method of deduction to the narrator and investigates a Brixton case at Lauriston Gardens. A commissioned note from Tobias Gregson invites Holmes to aid in a puzzling death with no clear wounds or robbery.
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Mr. Lestrade
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Ives and the Number EightCuriosities of a Modern Financier
The Providence Journal summarizes Henry Ives’s dramatic rise and fall as a legendary financier dubbed the Napoleon of Finance. From an office boy at Harper & Bros to banker and railroad controller, his career climbs to millions before arrest, imprisonment, and a final death at age thirty.
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The Hypnotic Nurse At City Hospital
A Cincinnati Enquirer account describes Mrs. Mutchler, a city hospital nurse, who reportedly controls violent female patients with a gaze and a velvet touch. She calms hysterical or combative women without physical force, guiding them to undress, bathe, and obey doctors, while colleagues note her quiet demeanor and demand proof beyond hypnotism.
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A Fish Out of Water Abroad in Indian Grasslands
Observes perch that leave water to travel on damp grass at night or dawn, sometimes across hot dusty roads under the sun. Notes behavior as unusual for the species, reflecting a diversification beyond aquatic life and adaptation to terrestrial excursion.
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India
The Training of Children in Texas Siftings
A Texas mother scolds Fanny for beating a doll with a heavy stick while she defends her method. The girl insists the sawdust must come out, arguing that people would say her children were spoiled if her discipline is too soft.
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Fanny
Separating the Hones of the Skull Anaromists Tale
Fragment from a historical piece explains a method to separate skull bones using small beans soaking in water. Beans swell and rind the skull apart at the sutures, illustrating an old or misread description of anatomical manipulation.
Writings on temper, law, and land area insights
The excerpts urge personal usefulness and joy shared with others while warning against vanity and misused ambition. They note religion shaping temper, rest, and contentment, and compare morality with law, suggesting it is better to commit illegal acts than immoral ones when both clash. The piece also mentions uncertain land areas in older states and clearer surveys for newer states.
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Hetter
United States
Nailing O Thy Mother I Do Not Wish You to Have Any Involvement
A fragmentary dialogue shows a mother admonishing her daughter about a rumored wage of eight dollars a week. The daughter protests, and a character named Ami claims he was informed of the higher amount eight dollars and sixty cents, exposing conflicting figures in a domestic exchange.
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