The Horror Presses at Dawn in Dark House
On the second floor landing Katrine Lydia and others learn the alarm came from a death in Colonel Capel's room. The old butler Preenham reports blood and a locked door and confirms Mr Ramoblood is dead. The group, led by Capel and Girtle, await full details as the mystery deepens.
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Mr. Girtle
Paul Capel
Gerard Artis
Greenham
Miss Lawrence
Katrine
Jydia
Anne
Lydia
Colonel Capel
Capel
Artis
Reyou
Gear
Charles
Les
Mr. Girdle
Will
Preenham
Ramo
Duck
Thompson
Mr. Capel
Mr. Ramo
Jonze
Murder at the Mews Inn The Colonel's Servant Slain
In a London manor a window is found open and the Colonel's servant lies dead in a pool of blood. A brutal struggle is evident with a blood smeared Indian knife found near the body. Detectives, notes and a possible robbery motive surface as investigators chase the truth.
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Mr. Girtle
Capel
Artis
Alveres
Ramo
Strajzegle
Mnaster
Girtle
Preenham
Scotland Yard
Mhumph
Death in the Bedchamber Declares Hidden Man
The constable uncovers the body of a man beneath a bed in a death chamber. The room reveals a killed footman with a throat wound and bloody prints. The dying servant is identified as Hindoo and as the faithful helper of the deceased colonel's friend, defending the master's property.
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Capel
Charles
Mr. Girtle
Hindoo
Circus Cuts Out Freaks At Garden With New Plans
The New York Tribune reports that Willard D. Coxey ends the freak shows at the circus. The old curio hall will become a tropical garden with animals and birds. The show opens March 10 at the Garden and Coxey foresees no trouble, even a potential police appeal if needed.
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Barnum
Circus
Tody Hamilton
Willard D. Coxey
Tody
Sle
Jan Mirzka
Pelen
Troy
Andalusia
Curio
Pawnee Bill
Garden
Tody U
New York Tribune
Miniature Locomotive Fitted In A Thimble
A tiny American built the smallest locomotive weighing 12 grains with a boiler filled by three drops of water. Though it fits inside a thimble, the engine contains 140 pieces and 52 screws. The piston stroke is one twelfth inch, yet it runs with the power of a full sized locomotive.
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Kansas City Journal
Studying Mars The Imaginative Astronomer Prefers Beyond Telescope
The eminent astronomer says for Mars viewing one should not rely on telescopes. He notes that even the best instruments hinder the imagination and prefers a broader, unconventional approach to studying the red planet.
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Mars
Philadelphia Ledger
Tasser's Phrases From a Sixteenth Century Writer
The quotation collection presents Thomas Tasser offering adages such as its an ill wind that turns no good, better late than never, look before you leap, and the stone that is tolling can gather no moss, reflecting early modern proverb venom.
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Thomas Tasser
A Scandal in Bohemia Begins to Unfold
In London on March 1888 Holmes receives a royal visitor the King of Bohemia seeking help to recover compromising photographs from Irene Adler. The king seeks discretion and offers funds while Holmes promises secrecy and to pursue the matter, with progress to be reported next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock Holmes
Irene Adler
Holmes
Europe
England
Dr. Watson
Count von Krama
Ormstein
Bohemia
Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein
Grand Duke of
Cassell-Felstein
Prague
Warsaw
Tium
New Jersey
la Scala
Prima Donna Imperial Opera
London
Thlmes
Clotilde Lothman von Saxe
Meiningen
Scandinavia
Hellines
Langham
von Kraam
Mademoiselle
Briony Lodge
St. John’s Wood
Watson
Jiu Jitsu Bubble Bursts After Showdown With Cadets
The Binghamton Press recalls a Japanese wrestler challenging West Point cadets to fall based on jiu jitsu rules. When Americans ignored rules and used raw power, the Easterner was thrown about and forced to retreat, puncturing the fad’s hype.
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West Point
Ber
Binghamton Press
What makes these blamed things go
The owner of an automobile, who had just paid a repair bill, wonders what makes the blamed things go as the Chicago Tribune reports on automotive quirks and driver frustration.
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Rustic
Chicago Tribune
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Mr. Ry
Was
Crie
Mr. Ramo— _ blood
Ydia
Ipting
Constabte
Cutler
Tasser
Cona
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