The Adventure of the Empty House Continues
Holmes thwarts Colonel Moran, the air gun chief of Moriarty's gang, in a London house ambush. Moran is captured by Lestrade and Holmes explains Moran's motive tied to Adair’s death and Moran's past crimes. Watson returns to Baker Street, where Holmes analyzes Moran's career and the case's implications.
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Baker Street
Holmes
Markeman
Lestrade
London
Westrade
Reichenbach Fall
Iman
Colonel Moran
Mr. Holmes
von Herder
Moriarity
Sebastian Moran
Ronald Adair
Park Lane
Watson
Mycroft Holmes
Mas. Hudson
Hugh
Shikari
India
James Moriarity
Morgan
Matthews
Charing Cross
Moran
Sebastian
Sir Augustus Moran
Persia
Eton
Oxford
Jowaki
Sherpur
Cabul
Himalayas
Conduit Street
Tankerville
Bagatelle
Morlarity
Mortarity
Stewart
Lauder
Switzerland
Reichenbach
France
Sentinel
Adair
Scotland Yard
Sherlock Holmes
Impetuous Courier Sparks Rural Romance
Nora schemes to send a secret love letter by a stranger to Enderby Mills. A cyclist delivers the note, sparking a mistaken identity and a double romance as Nora’s sister Dora watches with mischief. Lawrence Pembroke pursues Nora’s friend Dora’s admirer, while Charles Manners contends with love for Dora. The pairings unfold with mistaken names and fast courtship.
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Milchester
Nora
Enderby Mills
Charles Manners
Hewland Square
Charlie
Lawrence
Nis Ins
Manners
Goosberry
Dora
Noray
Charlie Manners
Charle
Charlie's
Mr. Manners
Mr. Manner
Lawrence Pembroke
Portune
Fads of the Wealthy
Saturday Evening Post notes the fads of rich men. It cites Mr. Keene liking race horses and Mr. Morgan liking pictures. It mentions Mr. Whitneys rugs priced at 35000, Mr. Brady tied to black pearls, and Bay State Gas chief Addicks with emeralds. Mr. Lawson favors numerology motifs and owns a copper mine called the Trinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Keene
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Whitney
Mr. Brady
The
Tobacco Trust
Addicks
Bay State Gas
Lawson
State Street
Trinity
The 400 and the city’s social set described
A Trenton Gazette column humorously explains who is meant by the term the 400. It depicts society figures in various settings from streetcars to theaters, noting their loud voices, boisterous laughter, ostentatious dress, and conspicuous manners as unmistakable indicators.
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Trenton
N. J
Gazette
Pop
Tommy
The
400
Mamma
Idol of His State: Wandering Lawyer Finds Hospitality
A prominent Pickens County Georgia figure helps a weary traveler in mountainous country. The visitor, posing as a lawyer, seeks shelter but is turned away until revealed as Weldon Henley’s father, the baseball player’s dad. The hospitality shifts to the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Pickens County
Georgia
Squire Dickey
Democratic County Committee of
Pickens
Dickey
Weldon Henley
Weldon
Henley
Paris congress to curb medical crank practices
A congress of medical men will meet in Paris to devise methods to stop illegal competition by witch doctors tone setters faith heaters and every kind of medical crank.
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Paris
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A. Conan Doyle
Collier's
McClere
Phillipe
Europe
Reett
Her Majesty
Elice Beere
Y W.R Hearst
Great Britain
Dorothy
Eleanor Conynghame
Ijror
Ferrymore Mills
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