ARKHAMA Living Survey · Autumn 1926

The Arkham Gazette

No. 16882 · Sunday, 31 October 1926 · Rain, clearing late.

WAREHOUSE NO. 7: INQUIRERS HURT

Further to our report of Wednesday. Arkham General reports minor injuries. The building is said to be unsafe.

Cornelius Vance, a retired lawyer and collector was seen leaving The Stair Below in some haste late yesterday.

A doctor at Arkham General spoke of 'a fall on old stairs'.

Sergeant Mahoney of the River Street station described the reports as 'high spirits'.

The file: The Cold Fire at Carver & Sons Warehouse No. 7

POLICE NOTES

The police have been asked, quietly, to keep an eye on The Hulk of the Marjorie Rose.

Burglary at Ropewalk Tenements: a quantity of silver and a clock taken.

Police called to Hobb's Tavern (est. 1714) after a disagreement about a card game.

Police raid on The Plough: forty gallons of Canadian whisky seized.

Police raid on The Southgate Arms: forty gallons of Canadian whisky seized.

Revenue men visit The Wayside Roadhouse; the Gazette is told nothing was found.

AROUND TOWN

Several householders near Blackwood Observatory (closed) complain of a well-dressed gentleman who stands for long periods opposite their windows. The officer who called found nobody. The Gazette offers no opinion, but advises householders to keep their gates latched.

TALK OF THE TOWN

A reader tells us that a group of people were seen standing outside Miskatonic University Library, asking for the old records on The Carroll Boarding House, in the morning, up to no good, by the sound of it.

From the editor

A WORD FOR THE POLICE — Our constables walk the river in all weathers. Whatever the Chief's views on the Gazette, we have none but gratitude for the men on the beat.

Comings and goings

Isaac Mercer returned to Arkham following a week away.

Notices

SUNDAY SERVICES — First Congregational 10.30; St. Mary's 8, 10, 12; Christ Church 11.

FOUND — A gentleman's umbrella, at Arkham Depot (Boston & Maine). Apply to the stationmaster.

The Arkham Gazette is a fictional newspaper, printed inside the survey from what the town saw and heard the day before.

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