The Episode of the Hotel Neva in London Fog
Russian exile Paul Demidoff arrives in London seeking a contact at the Hotel Neva in Soho. He fears detection among refugees, notes the grim district, and debates extending his stay as fog and damp press on his resolve. He enters the dingy hotel, where suspicious signals hint at danger and a hidden agenda.
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Paul Demidoff
London
Charing Cross
Continent
Paris
Sfaleur Square
Landoverians
Neilson
Hozard
Neva
Soho
Morley
Charing Cross Road
Demidoff
Grand Hotel
Wardour Street
Hotel Neva
Peter and Paul
Siberia
Petrosky
Demidof
Boulevard d'Italiens
The Hotel Neva Mystery and the Paris to London Chase
Secret police agent Demidoff traces Nihilist Pogram to London with the aim of extracting information. A daring hotel confrontation ends with Demidoff escaping through a window aided by Helene, a mysterious savior who turns out to be Olga Nesteroff. Later Demidoff learns Helene saved him years earlier and stumbles upon her in St. Petersburg years after he returns home.
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Demidoff
London
Alexis Pogram
Pogram
Demidoff Re
Russia
England
IL. Demidoff
Demidorff
Soho
Helene
Paul Demidoff
Demdoff
Neva
Hotel Neva
Demidoffs
Petrosky
Grand Hotel
Europe
Demidoft Jong
Bureau of Police
Nevski Prospekt
St. Petersburg
Olga Nesteroff
Revolutionary Party
Madame
Court Quay
Out of the Ordinary Facts in 19th Century News
A survey of world facts notes ship speeds, theater size in Paris, Texas cotton and peach production rankings, and the heaviest man in Wisconsin. It cites naval pay, tiling stoves in Austria, Glasgow population, massive pine logs, London port costs, coal mining labor, hospital access, and global merchant marine totals. It also mentions pasteboard armor tests and a North Carolina constitutional amendment pending July 1, 192.
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Paris
France
Texas
Georgia
America
Lee Trickey
Glenwood
Wis
United States
Austria
Glasgow
Leith
England
Louisiana
London
New York
Liverpool
Great Britain
Copenhagen
North Carolina
Fragmented Historical Note on Global Progress and Trade
The excerpt surveys diverse topics from road construction costs in New Jersey to women gardeners as income sources, French naturalization, and cooking customs, then shifts to Greek filbert trees, Australian apple production, and Civil War costs in the United States. It cites trade balances among major nations, New York trolley profitability, and concludes with silk production rankings and exports, ending with a garbled list of Italian items.
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Paris
New Jersey
France
United States
Greece
Australia
Canada
Tasmania
Argentine Republic
Bulgaria
Egypt
British India
Mexico
Philippi Islands
Russia
Uruguay
New York State Board of Tax Commissioners
United
Britain
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Indianapolis
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Axminster
Saxony Axminster
Nottingham
H. FP. Wasson & Co
Iwo Yards
China
Sidar
Saxony
Brussels
Edison
Kipp Brothers CO
South Meridian St
Japan
Italy
Segoe Hees
Ee Potada Wal
Big
Ind
Sireuy
Plainfield
Indiames Polis
Vandaila Beliwar
Eley
Johnson-Woodbridge CO
Delaware St
Wholesale and Retail
JAC. Metzger & CO
Tel
the Reporter Publishing CO
Fitzgerald Building
Henry C. Smither
Pennsylvania Street
Gibson
Messrs
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