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Before the publishing house of George Newnes Ltd., just off London's Strand, a hansom cab stopped and out stepped an elegant young man in top hat and frock coat. He was Arthur Conan Doyle, come to deliver the manuscript of a short story entitled A Scandal in Bohemia. Published in the six-month-old Strand magazine, in July 1891, the story's hero was a sleuth named Sherlock Holmes. He was an instant hit and so was the Strand...
...that a Government tree should grow. After five months as head of Rich-land's frustrated, ineffectual city council, McDonald discovered that there was no government in Richland except the Atomic Energy Commission, and its contractor,, the General Electric Co. Late one night, Mayor McDonald labored over the manuscript of his first public speech, delivered it next day in a cold drizzle to 45 citizens and the American Legion band. Said he: "Our local government here is not a democracy. It could be called a benevolent dictatorship...
...translators' problem will come later, Pfeiffer continued. At present the great task is to unroll the manuscript without destroying it. The job has been turned over to Rutherford J. Gettens, the Museum's Chief of Technical Research, who is an expert on antiquities and their preservation...
...lost the ability to keep bidding at the fever pitch that he first showed more than 50 years ago in his first auction, when he sold a $20 gold piece for $100. In his galleries the hammer has swung on such fabled items as the fifth and final manuscript of the Gettysburg Address ($54,000), the Bay Psalm Book, first book published In the U.S. ($151,000), the manuscript of Alice in Wonderland ($50,000), and a lock of George Washington's hair. His biggest sale was in 1928, when Lord Duveen, British dealer and collector, paid...
...order to encourage interest in the annual Christmas story contest, $25 will be awarded the prize winning manuscript. Another change in the Christmas program will be the revival of the candle-light service in Christ Chapel prior to the refreshments and entertainment...