A Study in Scarlet: Holmes Emerges in London
Dr Watson recounts his Afghan campaigns and meets Sherlock Holmes at the laboratory where Holmes tests a blood stain assay. Stamford introduces Watson to Holmes, who expresses a keen scientific drive and hints at a brisk Baker Street partnership.
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Tory
Afghanistan
the Holborn
Stamford
Stanford
Feelow
Holmes
Nivarre Shane
Chemical Laboratory
Pye
Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes Adopts Quiet Life at Baker Street Rooms
The narrator and Holmes arrange a flat at No. 221 Baker Street with two bedrooms and a large airy sitting room. They move in that evening, unpack gradually, and settle into a routine. Holmes appears easy to live with and maintains regular habits.
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Baker Street
Shays
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes
Bishop Potter Sermon Delights Adirondack Listener
An Adirondack summer congregation hears Bishop Potter preach. A gaunt backwoodsman praises the sermon and reveals a new insight that Sodom and Gomorrah were not twins, eliciting humor in the exchange.
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Bishop Potter
Adirondacks
Sodom and Gomorrah
New York Times
Cautious British Diplomat Evades Press Inquiry
Arthur S. Raikes, first secretary of the British embassy in Washington, deftly avoids a late interview with reporters seeking Japan Russia relations details. He remarks it is embarrassing for him, then quietly shuts the window.
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Arthur S. Raikes
Washington
Raikes
Japan
Russia
revivalist in a small virginia town ends with a rabbit foot
Colonel Dick Bright recalls a Virginia revivalist who preached to draw crowds while an old man with a rabbit’s foot stood apart. The exchange, noted by the Senate sergeant at arms when Democrats held the chamber, reflects on faith and superstition in small towns.
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Sherlock Holmes
von Bischoff
Frankfort
Mason
Bradford
Muller
Lefevre
Montpelier
Samson
New Orleans
Stamford
New York World
Senator’s Word Dispute Sparks Dictionary Dossier
A Nevada senator argues over the word intrinsic during a committee speech. The exchange turns into a clash over Webster’s dictionary with another member accusing the source of being a jumble of words.
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Stewart
Nevada
Webster’s Dictionary
Senator Stewart
Philadelphia Inquirer
Grocery order and social estimate in Utah tale
Elder Brown tells Tabitha over the telephone that he has ordered a grocery store and sixteen coops of chickens plus four dressed cows for the house. Sister Brown reacts with surprise as he mentions inviting Elder Smith and forty two of his children to Atlanta Constitution.
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Elder Brown
Tabitha
Sister Brown
Hiram
Elder Smith
Atlanta Constitution
Grinder-What Awake At Work Slips Up In Office
A brief Atchison Globe exchange shows a worker sleepy at the desk and told to have brought the item to the office. The banter underscores a restless night affecting duties and prompts a cheeky reply about preparation.
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Grinder
Atchison Globe
Paddy Leicester and Lucy Bolingbroke Wed at Brightside
Paddy Leicester leaves the Brightside hotel with Miss Lewiston as the new heiress arrives. His romance with Lucy Bolingbroke culminates in a late wedding after moral opposition from her father, Mr. Bolingbroke, who is outraged when he learns of the union. The couple spends their honeymoon at Brightside before departing for a new life.
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Stamford
Afghanistan
Myra
Brightside
Paddy
Leicester
Lexington
Myra Lewistop
Julie de Peyster
Paddy Leicester
Bob Pinnell
Bellef
Trousseau
Lewiston
Myra Threysh Lewiston
Mrs. Mayo-Robins
Miss Lewiston
Lynn Haven
Clendower Heights
Percy Neale Bolinebroke
Lucy
Inman
Bolingbroke
Glendower Heights
Maria
Mr. Bolingbroke
Europe
Mr. Lewiston
Aunt Maria
Mrs. Leicester
Waverley
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Murray
Peshawar
England
Portsmouth
Aoman
Strand
Thesar
Criterion
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Loondon
Watson
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