He took down the great book in which, day by day, he filed the agony columns of the various London journals. “Dear me!” said he, turning over the pages, “what a chorus of groans, cries, and bleatings! What a rag-bag of singular happenings! But surely the most valuable hunting-ground that ever was given to a student of the unusual!”–The Adventure of the Red Circle
If Sherlock Holmes happened to be glancing through the agony columns on March 21-26, 1881 (and we have no reason to believe that he didn’t) here’s what he would have seen…..
The London Standard, March 21, 1881:
The London Daily News, March 21, 1881:
The London Standard, March 22, 1881:
The London Standard, March 24, 1881:
London Daily News, March 24, 1881:
London Standard, March 25, 1881:
London Daily News March 25, 1881:
The London Standard, March 26, 1881:
London Daily News, March 26, 1881:
