The Norwood Builder continues Holmes and Lestrade clash
Holmes questions the will draft and a possible train journey theory. Lestrade accuses McFarlane, while Holmes probes Kept papers and bank checks, seeking hidden deeds and Cornelius connections at Deep Dene, as the Norwood disappearance case advances toward a dramatic revelation.
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Holmes
Lestrade
Norwood
London Bridge
Jonas Oldacre
Oldacre
Hwinally
Mrs. Lexington
Watson
Bert Stevens
Cornelius
Scotland Yard
Sherlock Holmes
McFarlane
Deep Dene House
A Long Long Time Waiting Conversation
A diner complains to a waiter about a long wait, joking that the guest has endured the delay longer than the staff. The exchange captures a humorous, crowded restaurant scene with no further details about location or outcome.
Simply Misunderstood Him
A Detroit Tribune item records Mrs. Smith accusing a drunken voice near her window of mispronouncing John while the speaker claims to be Hamlet the Nena, a misunderstanding underscoring misunderstandings or drunken bravado.
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Detroit Tribune
The Social Hour Keeps Cool At Hotel Fire
A Boston Herald item recalls a couple awakened by a hotel fire. The husband slips his watch into his vest and helps his wife escape while keeping calm. Afterward he notes the value of staying cool. The wife notes he should have wore trousers.
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Boston Herald
William
The Quiet Chess Analyst Refutes Libel Accusation
Gutave Reichhelm of Philadelphia, a noted chess analyst and problem composer, faced a libel suit in New York. In cross examination a defense attorney asked if he would testify for more money. Reichhelm calmly replied he would not switch sides for pay, then posed a counter question to the lawyer.
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Gutave GC
Reichhelm
Philadelphia
Heichhelm
New York
One-Armed Applause Spoils Paris Debut
Mme Bernhardt recalls her triumph on the Paris premiere night of L Algion. As the third act ended, laughter rose from the top gallery until two one-armed men in the front row rose and clapped with their remaining hands, drawing observed applause.
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Mme. Bernhardt
Paris
The German Students and a Humorous Name Mix
An Oxford student defends his fellows against a blanket charge of drunkenness noting Germans face similar rumors. Tit Bits humor sketches child naming confusion as Hepzibah is debated and Harriet reasserted as the baby's name amid a light domestic exchange.
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England
University of Oxford
Percival Farrar
Oxford
Detroit
Germany
Heidelberg
Min Leader
Hepzibah
Leader
Harriet
Hephzibah
Mrs. Leader
Smith of Iowa urged to defend fortifications tale
Secretary Shaw recounted Representative Smith of Iowa then a young attorney seeking fame. In a Iowa criminal court a prisoner could not afford a lawyer and eyed the group of junior lawyers. the judge named several and the prisoner chose Mr Alexander.
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Smith
Shaw
Iowa
Walter T. Smith
John Brown
George Green
Mr. Alexander
Alexander
Appropriations Committee
Portland
New England
Committee On
Mississippi Valley
Willina to Oblige. From an Exchange.
Two girls on a crowded tramway car mistake a stranger’s hand for a friend's. One girl, in fright, clutches a man’s hand and apologizes for the mix up. He responds with a polite offer to accept the other hand.
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Norwood
Watson
Blackheath
Willina
Bess
The Sunningdale Mystery Engagement
In 1899 Mildred Dalrymple faces a torn vow as war and romance test her. Engaged to Eustace Elborough, she discovers a Boers betrayal and a missing fiancé Rodney Brookes in South Africa. She wonders if she must keep her word or seek the lover she fears is alive.
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Girl
Sunningdale
Mildred Dalrymple
Rodney Brookes
Reibock
S. Africa
Rodney
Mildred
Eustice Elborough
Crowhurst Park
Eustace
South Africa
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein Hospital
Rodaney Brookes
Eell
I. Y
Africa
Reithock
Fle
Lfe
Eustace Elborovgn
Land of the Living
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A. Conan Doyle
Collier's Weekly
Notine
Bleakheath
Mr. Holmes
Aviary
List
Deep den
Dr. Watson
John McFarlane
Council Bluffs
Nto
Britain
Mr. Brooke
H. C. Burton
M. R. GC
Asia
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