The Adventure of Golden Pince Nez
Holmes and Watson discuss the Yoxley Old Place mystery as Stanley Hopkins recounts the murder of Willoughby Smith. A lone gardener and two long-time household staff inhabit a sealed, weatherbound estate, where a cryptic dying clue points to a masked suspect.
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Crosby
Bar- Tow
Sturet
Holmes
Order of the Legion of Flower
Yoxley Old Place
Willoughby Smith
Baker Street
London
Oxford Street
Watson
Halloa
Stanley Hopkins
Hopkins
Charing Cross
Mr. Holmes
Professor Coram
Milloughby Smith
Uppingham
Cambridge
England
Young Smith
Mortimer
Chathman Road
Susan Tarlton
Mr. Willoughby Smith
Wolmes
Susan
Mr. Helmes
Arsenic Mix up at Drugstore Curiosity Sparks Alarm
A town topics entry reports a pharmacist confessing a serious error in a prescription by substituting arsenic for powdered sugar. He asks which direction the man went and who he was, while noting arsenic costs ten times sugar and charging only for sugar. The dialogue captures shock and plea for guidance as the incident unfolds.
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Sherlock Holmes
Stanley Hopkins
Holmes
Hopkins
Watson
Betty
One Rochester Plan Cuts Infant Deaths by Pure Milk
Health officer George W. Goler led a program of clean milk stations in Rochester New York that cut infant deaths by over 30 percent during July and August. Stations collected prepared milk at low cost, emphasized cleanliness from cow to bottle and educated mothers, reducing bacteria counts from typical milk.
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Rochester
N. Y
George W. Goler
Goler
Rochester Health Bureau
Health Bureau
LSU Taam
Rochester Milk Commission
Rochester Academy of Science
Tow of the Dewey Sets Ocean Record for Long Distance Haul
The steel dry dock Dewey reached Olongapo in the Philippines after towing 14,000 miles in about six months and eleven days. Built by Maryland Steel, it weighs about 11,000 tons and rode the seas with a 134 foot prow. Three colliers Glacier Brutus and Caesar hauled the ship with twenty hawser lines.
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New York World
Olongapo
Philippines
Maryland Steel Company
Manila
Virginia Capes
Far East
Suburban Record Breaker Delivers Wireless Quips
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell discusses the slow pace of turning ideas practical in a suburbia setting. He notes inventions require time for commercialization and reflects on a humorous anecdote about a suburban morning race to catch a train and breakfast.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Mamma Wants Butter Like Last Time in East German Town
A Philadelphia Record item recounts a young boy requesting butter “exactly like what you sent her last” from a busy grocer in an East German town. The grocer assures careful service and prompts the boy to beware visiting relatives, while the scene unfolds amid comic exchanges and other snippets.
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Philadelphia Record
East Germantown
Pop
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Sherlock Kolmes
A. Conan Doyle
Collier's Weekly
Smith
Delirum
Miss Angles
Miss Plumpleigh
Paddem & Co
Mr. Slimurse
Mr. Watpurse
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