Word: clew
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...clew has been found as to those concerned in the recent explosion in London, and an arrest will be made today...
There is no clew to the murder of Mrs. Carlton in Watertown on Sunday evening...
...thorough investigation of the two bodies revealed the presence upon each of tickets for lectures to be given under the auspices respectively of the Philosophical and Philological Societies. It seems that the most intense rivalry has existed for some time between these two organizations. This fact affords the clew to the whole mystery. We can picture to ourselves the meeting in the lonely cellar (far from mortal care retreating); the first words of greeting; the conversation on various subjects; the first mention of either society; the lowering of the brow and darkening of the eye when at last they...