A Study in Scarlet Part 1 Opens with Watson Meets Holmes
In 1878 Doctor Watson recounts his army years in India and England after a failed Afghan campaign. He and Stamford visit Sherlock Holmes, a brilliant yet eccentric medical student, who shows off a potent blood test he has discovered and discusses his cryptic studies.
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University of London
Netley
Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers
India
Bombay
Candahar
Berkshires
Maiwand
Murray
Peshawar
England
Portsmouth
London
Strand
Criterion Bar
Stamford
Bart's
the Holborn
Watson
Devil
Chemical Laboratory
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes
Great Hospital
Bensen
Waetson
Stannord
Afghanistan
von Bischoff
Frankfort
Mason
Bradford
Muller
Lefevre
Montpelier
Sameon
New Orleans
Brevity in a West Philadelphia meeting tale
A Philadelphia Times recounts a village tale where Jim and Zach, two farmers, discuss what they gave their horses for botts. Both answer turpentine, sparking the humorous moral that laconic speech can kill meaning. The joke underscores the dangers of terse dialogue.
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Philadelphia
Jim
Zach
Philadelphia Times
Atchison Man Says Sweet Things to Old Maid
Atchison Globe notes a man told an old maid she is a sweet old thing and she has lay awake nights dreaming of him. The item reflects local social chatter about flirtation and reputation.
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Atchison
Atchicon Globe
Poker tells in a tense Chicago exchange
White says he dislikes poker with Brown and Green questions the assumption. White explains Brown rages at the game, revealing tension over the matchup in a Chicago News item.
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Brown
Chicago News
Lady Lecturer Declares Love For All Animals
The speaker declares she loves every animal and would never harm them. She mentions caring for a family of pets and even catching flies for them to eat. A boy questions the idea, asking if flies are animals.
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Miette
Happenings Of The Week: Cholera In Upper Egypt War Dept Allotment
Cholera rages in Upper Egypt with fatalities. The widow of Lord Pawnecefote to receive a larger pension than usual. A steamship sinks on the Elbe with 30 of 185 saved. Chas Stahl of Portland drowns at Seaside. War Department allotments noted.
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Elbe
Germany
Chas Stahl
Portland
Seaside
Gunboats clash in Panama canal area engagement
Insurgent gunboats Padilla and Darien traded heavy cannon fire with government ships Chuchuito and Clapet between Framenico and Ottique islands near Panama. The Darien was seen towing the Padilla, possible damage suspected. US steamer Ranger stood within fire line during the assault.
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Panama
Colombia
Padilla
Darien
Framenico
Ottique Islands
Salazar
Chuchuito
Clapet
Nationwide turmoil and disasters dominate early 1900s news
Reports detail a $450000 grant for a Chickamauga military post, transport arrivals in San Francisco from Manila, Mississippi levee failures flooding Missouri Iowa and Illinois, and 6 million in damages. Lightning deaths in Illinois and a looming Panama crisis follow, with fires in Rhode Island hotels and varied international tensions.
American Pacific Cable Signs London Contract for Honolulu to Manila Run
The Commercial Pacific Cable Company in London signed a deal with Telegraph Construction Company to manufacture and lay a cable from Honolulu to Manila, stopping at Nam. The firm guarantees completion by June 1903 or later if soundings delay. Two 6,000 mile-capable steamers speed progress. Silverton at Woolwich loads the San Francisco Honolulu segment and sails to San Francisco in August. About 1,800 miles of cable already manufactured and aboard.
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London
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Telegraph Construction Company
Honolulu
Manila
Nam
Silverton
Woolatch
San Francisco-Honoluly
San Francisco
Southern Pacific strike in Houston settled on eight percent
Houston July 22 strike of Southern Pacific shopmen settled in Houston but not in El Paso or San Antonio. About 750 men are affected. Workers sought ten percent raise after a six percent offer and reached an eight percent settlement.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific
Fi Paso
San Antonio
Treasury to issue war warrants for Exposition salaries
By direction of the secretary of the treasury war warrants covering the salaries of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St Louis and other government employees will be issued at once. Payment has been withheld two months pending the fair directors signing the contract to keep the exposition closed Sundays. The withheld warrants total 8000 dollars.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
St. Louis
Growth and Happenings Across Oregon Industries
A broad review notes La Grande street fair plans this fall and Baker City preparations for a September event. Clackamas hop growers sold 2,000 pounds at 20 cents per pound, while Salem canneries closed with 4,000 cases packed this year. Anticipated rural mail routes start from Ashland in September, and timberlands in Klamath County are moving fast with about 200 filings this season. Real estate values rise near La Grande, a five acre fruit farm sold for 3250 after three years at 1100, and posts offices Irma and Waldron discontinued. A violent wind storm injures Umatilla County. Hood Mountain climbers report heavy snow and ice. a Hubbard Creek bridge collapse near Millwood causes fatal injuries. Residents discuss ridding Crook County of rabbits, and a Soldiers' monument in Portland gains two howitzers and relics from Fort Sumter. The Eastern Oregon Medical Association met at Hot Lake with 48 of 65 members present. next session scheduled for La Grande in January 1903. The Salem cannery shut down, awaiting better pear and apple quality for canning. Two post offices are discontinued.
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Eastern Oregon Medical Association
Hot Lake
la Grande
Montreal bans ignorance of children lives
In Meriden Connecticut William McGovern commits an eighth murder in two months. A cnicide club is suspected. The First Church of Christ Scientiat in Boston votes to pledge toward a $2,000,000 auditorium project.
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Montreal
William McGovern
Meriden
Conn
First Church of Christ, Scientiat
Boston
Count Matsuyata Warns of U S Economic Crash
Vienna July 21 Count Matsuuata ex minister of finance Japan says after a U S visit that America’s rapid progress risks a near term setback. He cites borrowed capital and weak banks as triggers for a possible panic if harvest or other misfortune occurs. He notes European impact from U S expansion.
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Vienna
Matsuuata
Japan
United States
Associated Press
Europe
America
Navy names announced for new battleships and cruisers
The navy department names two battleships to be Louisiana and Connecticut and two cruisers Tennessee and Washington. Connecticut to be built at New York yard cost 4 412 000 dollars. cruisers 4 659 000 dollars each. Two tugs planned at Mare Island and Boston. Admiral Bowles plans cost accounting for Connecticut to compare government and private yard costs.
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Washington
Navy Department
Louisiana
Connecticut
Tennessee
New York Navy Yard
Mare Island Yard
Boston
Admiral Bowles
Devastating Fire Rips Guayaquil Two Days Burns 90 Blocks
A two day blaze in Guayaquil Frecator July 91 destroyed 90 city blocks. The fire damaged merchandise and buildings worth about 5 million dollars, including the custom house and railroad station. The city lacks gas and only river water is available.
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Guayaquil
Frecator
Chicago Mystery of Missing Bookmakers Funds
Three Washington Park bookmakers report $22,185 in cash and two $800 checks vanished from the Masonic Temple Safety Deposit Vault after a vaulting incident. Boxes show scratched varnish and separate keys for each man and the watchman. Police investigate as total losses near $35,000.
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Chicago
Washington Park Racetrack
Masonic Temple Safety Deposit
Colny
Washington Park
Typhoon causes heavy damage and fatalities in Hong Kong
A typhoon of unusual severity has damaged Hong Kong and surrounding areas with an estimated 20 deaths.
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Hong Kong
Chinese Accept Conditions for Restoration of Tin-Tien
Pekin reports Chinese officials notified the ministers of the powers that they accept the restoration terms for Tin-Tien to China.
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Pekin
Tien Tein
China
Cape Town Fraternity Presents Mrs Steyn With 1000 Purse
In Cape Town on July 10 the women presented Mrs Steyn wife of the ex president of the former Orange River colony with a purse of 1000 before she sails for Europe with her husband. Mr Steyn suffers enteric fever with partial paralysis of limbs and eyelids. Censorship over telegr ames ends except for press dispatches.
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Cape Town
Steyn
Orange River Colony
Europe
Presse
Racial tensions rise in Natal scouts split spillover in South Africa
From New York July 19 the London correspondent reports unease in official circles over South Africa. The note says the day of complete racial reconciliation in the Transvaal remains distant and smoldering Boer burgher animosity toward Natal scouts is threatening to flare.
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New York
South Africa
London
Natal
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Marion County
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Fort Sumter
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Curry County
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Sheep Rock
Sanger
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Rabbita
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Hood
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