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The Valley of Fear: The Valley of Fear
Is there not some standard rule not to have a chapter title the same as your main book title - because Doyle's done this twice!
Bondage at this point meant the state of being slaves or otherwise imprisoned. I do not know when it began to acquire its modern more sexual meaning.
Winchester rifles began production in 1866, so the police would have had access to them. Probably the original 1866 model, not the more famous 1873 one.
A flagstaff is another term for a flagpole.
Excommunication in Christianity is where someone is banned from receiving Communion/Mass/the Eucharist and other sacraments (including the Last Rites) for offences against the Church. They would also be barred from social events, shunned by their neighbours (the Amish call it "shunning") and lose the right to a church burial.
The sort of things you can get excommunicated for is:
Administering communion or taking confession when not authorised to do so.
A priest who ordains a woman and the woman in question.
Violating the Seal of the Confessional.
A priest absolving someone they have had an affair with. Remember Catholic priests are supposed to be celibate.
Procuring an abortion.
Heresy.
Refusing to recognise Papal authority.
Physically attacking the Pope.
Sometimes the process is mandatory, sometimes it involves a judicial process.
The ban does not end one's status as a Christian and Catholics would still be obligated to attend Mass. It is also not irrevocable; it can be revoked, and the person have their full rights restored, after repentance. It should be considered a "sin bin", so to speak.
The list of famous people who have been excommunicated is long, including a number of monarchs:
A drygoods store sold consumer goods.
Russia was of course a highly authoritarian country at the time this story is set and many Russians, Jews in particular, would emigrate to the US.
Common cells are far more an American thing than a British one. It would be unheard of here to have a single lock-up for a group of prisoners.
Mattresses were commonly filled with straw and hay, at least for poor people. Or you could just sleep on actual straw.
This must have been fun for those with allegries.
Eyewitness evidence can be unreliable even in a good light, which is why more reliable evidence like forensics or CCTV is preferred today. This case is of course far dodgier.
Straight-forward and low-cost ways to build outdoor mushroom beds for a wide range of mushroom varieties. Put those garden corners and nooks to edible use!