Murder at the Dark House ends with locked clues
In a dim mansion a servant is found dead after a night of unexplained alarms. The investigation by Mr Girtle and Capel uncovers a window, a bloody knife, and hidden doors. The butler Preenham becomes a suspect as police suspect a concealed motive of robbery and betrayal.
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Mr. Girtle
Paul Capel
Gerard Artis
Greenham
Miss Lawrence
Katrine
Lydia
Anne
Colonel Capel
Capel
Capeley J — B
Preenham
Charles
Artis
Mr. Capel
Ramo
Girtle
Scotland Yard
Butler
Dead in the Death Chamber Mystery Revealed
In a dim room the constable uncovers the dead footman under the bed with a fatal throat wound. The discovery shifts the scene to a defense of a master’s property as the Hindoo servant is identified, deepening the chilling mystery.
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Capel
Charles
Mr. Girtle
Hindoo
Circus Drops Freaks From Big Show In New Policy
The circus announces the elimination of its freak acts led by Willard D. Coxey. The Garden show opens March 10 with a plan to replace curiosities with a tropical garden display as Coxey braced for possible protests from performers and possible police involvement.
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P. T. Barnum
Circus
Tody Hamilton
Willard D. Coxey
Tody
Jan Mirzka
Helen of Troy
Andalusia
Curio
Pawnee Bill
Garden
Coxey
Toxon Worm
Wells Hawks
Henry Edward Warner
New York Tribune
A Scandal in Bohemia Part I unfolds royal intrigue
Sherlock Holmes contends with a Bohemian king who seeks to recover a compromising photograph of Irene Adler. The monarch confides a dangerous secret linking the Ormstein line, a marriage threat, and Adler’s steel nerve as Holmes agrees to investigate within three days and secrecy.
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Sherlock Holmes
Irene Adler
Holmes
Europe
England
Dr. Watson
Count von Kramm
House of Ormstein
Bohemia
Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein
Grand Duke of
Cassell-Felstein
Prague
Warsaw
New Jersey
la Scala
Prima Donna Imperial Opera
London
Clotilde Lothman von
Saxe- Meiningen
Scandinavia
Irene’ Adler
Langham
von Kramm
Serpentine Avenue
St. John’s Wood
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Watson
Tiny American Locomotive Weighs 12 Grains In Miniature
The smallest locomotive engine in the world weighs 12 grains and fits inside a thimble. Built by an American innovator the miniature engine contains 140 distinct parts held by 52 screws. The piston stroke is one twelfth of an inch yet its motion rivals the greatest locomotives.
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Kansas City Journal
No telescope needed for Mars study says eminent astronomer
The eminent astronomer notes that a telescope hampers imagination when studying Mars and that reliance on tools should be minimized. He emphasizes inner insight over equipment and recalls his habit of skimming the heavens at rapid pace.
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Mars
Philadelphia Ledger
Tasser's Phrases from a Sixteenth Century Writer
A fragment notes Thomas Tasser, a sixteenth century writer, citing maxims: It’s an ill wind that does no one any good, Better late than never, Look before you leap, and The rolling stone gathers no moss.
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Thomas Tasser
The Jiu Jitsu Bubble Burst at West Point
A Japanese wrestler challenged West Point cadets to try a fall, exposing the limits of jiu jitsu rules. When Americans abandoned rules they overpowered the Easterner, ending the craze and puncturing the bubble for good.
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West Point
What Makes These Blamed Things Go
A terse note from Chicago Tribune records a riddle about motion and repair costs. The owner, recently paying a car bill, faces the question of what makes the blamed things move.
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Chicago Tribune
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