Murder mystery on Marrasdale Moor ends with disappearance
Traveling companions Mazaroff and Mervyn Holt stay at Woodcock inn. Mazaroff vanishes. later his murder is discovered near Verner Courthope’s shooting box. Diamonds go missing. Mrs Elphinstone disputes the Merchison link while evidence grows including a Musgrave gun.
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Mervyn Holt
Mazaroff
Woodcock
Marrasdale Moor
Elphinstone
Sheila Merchison
Holt
Merchison
Sheila
Verner Courthope
Maazaroff
Receipt from Cape Town Triggers Bank Plot in England
In the murder case at the Woodcock inn, a receipt stamped January 17 from Cape Town links a transfer to the London Imperial Banking Corp. A note BL. D. 1 on the back suggests a coded clue. Police question Musgrave, Webster, and Crole while Maythorne and Manners weigh the motive of robbery.
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Cape Town
Imperial Banking Corporation of South Africa
Lombard Street
London
Maythorne
Mazaroff
England
Cecil
Crole
Musgrave
Webster
Woodcock
Cloughthwaite Fair
Manners
Uncertain motives and a mysterious visitor in Merchi son case
Characters debate if a theory of murder for robbery is correct and ask who Mazaroff sought and whether the visitor knew him as Mazaroff or Merchison. The dialogue questions the murder’s identity, timing, and local knowledge as Crole echoes the intrigue.
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Mazaroff
Merchison
Crole
York inquest hears identity doubts in Merchison case
The York inquest into Salim Mazaroff's death features Mrs Elphinstone seeking to identify the dead man as Andrew Merchison. Witnesses, including Mr Hassendeane, declare certainty, while solicitor Mr Wetherby challenges the evidence and a new York solicitor Mr Postlethwaite unveils a will naming Mervyn Holt as sole beneficiary.
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Crole
London
Salim Mazaroff
Eccleshare
Reiver's den
Elphinstone
Jean Linton
Andrew Merchison
Merchison
Mr. Hassendeane
Birnside Village Street
Stephen Postlethwaite
York
Postlethwaite
Mazaroff
North Eastern
East
South Africa
Hig London Bank
Imperial Banking Corporation of
Cecil
Mervyn Holt
Jermyn Street
Holt
Wetherby
Relics of King Robert the Bruce Held by Dunfermline Abbey
The trustees of Professor Noel Paton handed to the kirk-session of Dunfermline Abbey several Bruce relics conditioned on fulfillment of specified terms. The items include a metatarsal bone from Robert the Bruce, part of the outer lead shroud, a fragment of the gold-laced coffin wrap, a nail from the coffin, an iron ring fragment, and twelve marble fragments believed from the Bruce monument. The relics are kept in an oak glass-fronted cabinet beside the abbey pulpit above the vault.
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Noel Paton
Dunfermline Abbey
Robert the Bruce
The
Bruce
Dunfermline
the Bruce
London Mail
Rainbow color order in primary and secondary bows
The text explains that the inner primary rainbow shows colors from red on the outer edge to violet inside. It states the outer secondary rainbow reverses this order with colors arranged opposite to the primary bow.
French enjoy fishing as 10000 attend Vichy event
The Paris correspondent of the London Sunday Observer reports at least ten thousand fishermen joined a competition and congress in Vichy. He notes French passion for sport comes from shooting and fishing rather than games, with Gaume shooting seen as a national pursuit across France.
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Vichy
Paris
London Sunday Observer
France
England
Why we Behave Like Human Beings
George A. Dorsey argues character is not fixed but a dynamic mix of habits and emotion. He critiques palmists, phrenologists, and mind readers while noting each person carries a unique personality shaped by family, community, and life choices.
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Duncer
Fifth Avenue
Law of Chance
Chief of Police
New York
United States
George A. Dorsey
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Becomes Global Laxative Staple
Fifteen years after graduation Dr Caldwell gained fame for a single prescription now forty years old. His Syrup Pepsin is described as the world’s most popular laxative used for constipation feverish or bilious symptoms and general weakness. It is made from herbs and pure ingredients and is gentle for women and children, reflecting a safe choice for the bowels.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
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J.s.fletcher
Irwin Myers
Copyright
Alfred A Knop
Chapter
Weatherby
Robert Bruce
George Dorsey
Willie
Turtle
Edward Smith
Raquette Lake
N. Y
Tsatasawassa Lake
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Arkanean State Farm
K-R-O
K-R-O Co
Springfield
Gil
Harold Somers
Brooklyn
N.Y
Income Tax Department
the Columbus
Chicago Daily News
Hiscox Chemical Works Patchogue
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