As I waited, I lifted the unopened newspaper from the table and glanced my eye over it. It rested upon a heading which sent a chill to my heart.
(Adventure V, pg. 70)
An London newspaper called "Evening News", from July 21st, 1881.
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Rifle
"'Ku Klux Klan. A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound produced by cocking a rifle.
(Adventure V, pg. 69)
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Sailing ship
"There is at least a presumption that the vessel in which the man or men are is a sailing-ship. It looks as if they always send their singular warning or token before them when starting upon their mission.
(Adventure V, pg. 68)
(Adventure V, pg. 68)
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American Encyclopaedia
Kindly hand me down the letter K of the 'American Encyclopaedia' which stands upon the shelf beside you.
(Adventure V, pg. 68)
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Watch
In the latter, as may be remembered, Sherlock Holmes was able, by winding up the dead man's watch, to prove that it had been wound up two hours before, and that therefore the deceased had gone to bed within that time--a deduction which was of the greatest importance in clearing up the case.
(Adventure V, pg 60)
The pocket watch was a common accessory in the 1900s.
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Cigar holder
"Is a tall man, left-handed, limps with the right leg, wears thick-soled shooting-boots and a grey cloak, smokes Indian cigars, uses a cigar-holder, and carries a blunt pen-knife in his pocket. There are several other indications, but these may be enough to aid us in our search."
(Adventure IV, pg. 55)
The habit of smoking cigars developed around the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s. The image above shows an antique 1900s cigar holder.
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Telegram
We were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the maid brought in a telegram. It was from Sherlock Holmes and ran in this way:
(Adventure IV, pg. 44)
Telegrams were a very common method of communication in the Victorian Era. The telegram in the image above was sent by Mr Ronald Ross to his wife in November 1902, having just found out he’d been awarded a Nobel Prize.
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