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Review: A Pocketful of Lodestones by Elizabeth Crowens

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As scholars of the Holmes canon, many Sherlockians often find themselves exploring the other literary work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Despite the canon being his “highlight,” there are many intriguing novels and stories that highlight Arthur Conan Doyle’s writing style.<br />
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Two such examples are found in Elizabeth Crowen’s novels in the <b>Time Traveler Professor</b> series: <i><a href="https://amzn.to/35tFf6O" target="_blank">Silent Meridian</a></i> and the recently published follow up <i><a href="https://amzn.to/2qbTrRN" target="_blank">A Pocketful of Lodestones</a></i>.<br />
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Both books center around John Patrick Scott, a man who partners with Conan Doyle around issues of spiritualism...and time travel. <i><b>Silent Meridian</b></i> consists of a series of adventures in time travel with a healthy dose of intrigue (including a shift in Scott’s relationship to Conan Doyle, the activities around a mysterious red book, and shifting encounters with a variety of Victorian-era historical figures).<br />
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As the initial entry into the series, <i><b>Silent Meridian</b></i> reads more like several vignettes rather than a single novel, but that plays to Crowen’s strength as a writer. Ideas, plot strands, and characters are woven into the narrative in prose that reads like an approximation of Conan Doyle’s style yet maintaining a unique tone and voice.<br />
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But <i><b>A Pocketful of Lodestones</b></i>, the second book, is where Elizabeth Crowens solidifies her voice and vision. Building on the events of <i>Silent Meridian</i>, Crowens crafts a more cohesive story by documenting Scott’s activities during World War I. Both books have a unique charm due to their wide panoply of clever and imaginative ideas that never feel forced or self-conscious. Elizabeth Crowens tells a very unique story across both volumes that serves as a delightful, enjoyable read.<br />
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One of the delights of the book is how Crowens uses Arthur Conan Doyle as one of the lead characters. Although many Sherlockian pastiches integrate historical characters into their tales, Crowens’ inclusion of Conan Doyle never feels forced — in fact, Conan Doyle becomes a very intriguing character throughout both books.<br />
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Although difficult to explain without spoiling, some of the events surrounding Scott’s and Conan Doyle’s relationship will be especially intriguing to Sherlockians. (And yes, Sherlock Holmes plays a key role throughout both books, but not in the way you might imagine). And there’s a passage in <i>A Pocketful of Lodestones</i> that will have you rethinking—and possibly revisiting—Conan Doyle’s work on <i>The Lost World</i>.<br />
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Both books in the Time Traveler Professor series are available in <a href="https://amzn.to/2VFZVUH" target="_blank">softcover</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/35vXcBz" target="_blank">Kindle</a> form and both books provide for great, pleasurable reading.<br />
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Elizabeth Crowens deserves kudos for crafting a unique story through both <i>Silent Meridian</i> and <i>A Pocketful of Lodestones</i>, and will make you eager to catch a potential volume three. <br />
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Review: A Pocketful of Lodestones by Elizabeth Crowens

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Baker Street Elementary – Abstract Thinker

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Early on in the Sherlock Holmes stories, we learn about Sherlock Holmes's aptitude with regard to philosophy. In his famous list titled "<i>Sherlock Holmes</i>—his limits," Watson lays out Holmes's strengths and weaknesses.<br />
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Holmes's philosophical bent was the second item on Watson's list, and Holmes didn't fare well:<br />
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2. [Knowledge of] Philosophy.—Nil.</blockquote>
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And yet, he didn't have difficulty in defeating Professor Moriarty, who, as a professor of mathematics, Holmes also called "a genius, a philosophy, an abstract thinker." [FINA]<br />
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Perhaps because Holmes himself was also an abstract thinker.<br />
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Yes, he relied on data to form his opinions (“Data! data! data!” he cried impatiently. “I can’t make bricks without clay.” [COPP]), but he also was imaginative enough to consider different perspectives or possibilities that didn't occur to the traditional police.<br />
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Take "Silver Blaze" for example. Holmes knew to look for the wax vesta that was buried in the mud, he observed animals (the dog, the sheep, etc.), and had this to say about the inspector who was in charge of the case:<br />
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“Inspector Gregory, to whom the case has been committed, is an extremely competent officer. Were he but gifted with <i>imagination </i>he might rise to great heights in his profession.” [Emphasis ours.]</blockquote>
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And in that triumvirate of traits is much of what makes up a philosopher's approach.<br />
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Baker Street Elementary – Abstract Thinker

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New Essay Contest From the Beacon Society

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Nearly a year and a half ago, we shared <b><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2018/07/remembering-joel-senter.html#.XZf4TkZKjb0" target="_blank">a remembrance of Joel Senter</a></b>, founder of the online Sherlockian shopping site Classic Specialties. His widow Carolyn wanted to do something to remember him to the Sherlockian world as well and approached the <a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/" target="_blank">Beacon Society</a> to express her desire.<br />
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If you know the Beacon Society as we do (as co-founder and first Head-Light, I qualify), you'll know that its leadership is made up of the most selfless, creative and generous people of our corner of the world.<br />
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They decided, thanks to generous contributions to people from around the world who knew Joel, to endow the <b><a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/joel-senter-essay-contest.html">R. Joel Senter, Sr. Essay Contest</a></b>. The essay contest brings together two worlds that meant so much to Joel: education and the great detective.<br />
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Designed for students <b>between 4th and 12th grades</b> who have an interest in Sherlock Holmes, the award will be granted in three categories (based on grade level) for an essay concerning one of the selected stories authored by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.<br />
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The primary rules for entering the contest:<br />
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Essays must be emailed and received by the Beacon Society, in care of <b>Art Renkwitz</b> at <a href="mailto:renkwitza@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">renkwitza@gmail.com</a>, by February 1, 2020 to be eligible for the prizes.<br />
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The full instructions / rules are included in the booklet for each category below:<br />
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<li><b><a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/uploads/3/7/3/8/37380505/joel_senter_essay_content_--_4th-6th_grade_--_the_red-headed_league.pdf">4th to 6th Grade</a></b> – Essay based on “The Adventure of the Red-Headed League” from <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>. Essay length: 300 words minimum; approximate maximum: 500 words.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/uploads/3/7/3/8/37380505/joel_senter_essay_content_--_7th-9th_grade_--_the_copper_beeches.pdf">7th to 9th Grade</a></b> – Essay based on “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” from <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>. Essay length: 500 words minimum; approximate maximum: 750 words.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/uploads/3/7/3/8/37380505/joel_senter_essay_content_--_10th-12th_grade_--_the_greek_interpreter.pdf">10th to 12th Grade</a></b> – Essay based on “The Greek Interpreter” from <i>The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</i>. Essay length: 750 words minimum; approximate maximum: 1000 words.</li>
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Prizes for each category are a plaque, plus: $300 cash (1st prize); $200 cash (2nd prize); $100 cash (3rd prize).<br />
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More about the prize, rules, and other information can be found at the <a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/joel-senter-essay-contest.html">Beacon Society website</a>.<br />
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If you have a friend, grandchild, student, child, neighbor or anyone else who fits into the categories above, please let them know about this wonderful opportunity.<br />
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We can all keep green the memory of Sherlock Holmes and Joel Senter by paying close attention to not only this but all of the activities of the Beacon Society.<br />
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New Essay Contest From the Beacon Society

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Episode 177: Being Sherlock

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Since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first began the tradition in 1927, Sherlockians worldwide have debated which are the "best" Sherlock Holmes stories. There have been polls, surveys and lists. Articles, books, and debates. The core list is usually consistent, with a few variables along the way.<br />
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Ashley Polasek—a familiar name to listeners of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere—took up the challenges as only she could: considering the stories and their reinterpretation over the years. The character of Sherlock Holmes has evolved over the years in multiple media, and as someone with a doctorate in adaptation studies, Ashley was in the perfect position to write <i><a href="https://amzn.to/2mMRFFz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Being Sherlock: A Sherlockian's Stroll Through the Best Sherlock Holmes Stories</a></i> (Lyons Press).<br />
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She joins us to share the thinking that led to her curated list of ten short stories and one novel from the Canon. And she has a suggestion for a future potential I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere gift.<br />
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<li>Ashley Polasek on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/sherlockphd" target="_blank">@SherlockPhD</a></li>
<li>Listings of <a href="http://bestofsherlock.com/story/storyhm.htm" target="_blank">the "best" Sherlock Holmes stories</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose109" target="_blank">Episode 109: Behind the Sherlockian Screen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose143" target="_blank">Episode 143: P.G. Wodehouse and Sherlock Holmes</a></li>
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Baker Street Elementary – Get a Whiff of This

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One of the pleasures of collecting Sherlockian books is walking into old bookstores and—<i>sniff</i>—smelling that wonderful odor of old books. It brings with it a sense of contentment and anticipation, that soon you'll be enjoying something between the covers of an old book.<br />
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One of the things we don't pause to reflect on though, is the odor of the streets in Victorian London. Stepping out for a walk as Holmes and Watson did in "The Resident Patient," they must have been overwhelmed with the vapors emanating from the thoroughfare.<br />
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In the Winter 2016 <i><a href="http://ihose.co/BSJ" target="_blank">Baker Street Journal</a></i> (Vol. 66, No. 4) the late Peter Calamai, BSI ("<i>The Leeds Mercury</i>") referenced the "pervasive daily filth" that had "been largely scrubbed clean in the Canon." And Steve Mason, one of the trio that provides us with Baker Street Elementary every fortnight—and an administrator at the EPA—gave a talk at the Norwegian Explorers conference three years ago on sanitation and smells in Victorian London.<br />
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As Calamai observed, the absence of mentioning the filth in the Sherlock Holmes stories could have been because it was such a commonly-experienced occurrence that it didn't warrant additional ink.<br />
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<li>Holmes detected "the distinct odour of lime-cream" in Henry Baker's hat in "<b>The Blue Carbuncle</b>."</li>
<li>Watson noted the "subtle and aromatic aroma" of Thaddeus Sholto's hookah, and later that the air in Bartholomew's chamber "was heavy with a peculiarly pungent, tar-like odor" in <b><i>The Sign of Four</i></b>. Fortunately, Toby was able to track "the pungent smell of the creasote [that] rose high above all other contending scents."</li>
<li>Holmes mentioned a "faint but incisive scent" from gloves "that the curious tarry odour was oozing" in "<b>The Blanched Soldier</b>."</li>
<li>There was "a pleasant almondy odour" that arose from the jar of Prussic acid in "<b>The Veiled Lodger</b>."</li>
<li>Josiah Amberley chose to fill "his house with strong odors" to cover up some other smell in "<b>The Retired Colourman</b>."</li>
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Baker Street Elementary – Get a Whiff of This

“At the very first whiff of it, my brain and imagination were beyond control” [DEVI] One of the pleasures of collecting Sherlockian...

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Episode 176: The Man Who Would Be Sherlock

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Discovered – THE Cardboard Box

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[<b>Editor's note:</b> This is James O'Leary's contribution to <i>The Newspapers: An Irregular Journal of Sherlockiana, Vol. 3</i>. Ordering information is below; <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=t2phDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR1&lpg=PR1&dq=The+Newspapers,+An+Irregular+Journal+of+Sherlockiana&source=bl&ots=zb13qm_kDa&sig=ACfU3U2Xdg0wGMA0_jKTWHatELl_cJvjMQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS-oXd_MvkAhXRrJ4KHU0GBfUQ6AEwD3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Newspapers%2C%20An%20Irregular%20Journal%20of%20Sherlockiana&f=false" target="_blank">Volume 2 can be found via Google Books</a>.]<br />
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In July 2013, the late <a href="https://multichannelmerchant.com/news/remembering-don-libey/" target="_blank">Don Libey</a> posed this question on an online forum: “Dr Watson uses the word ‘honeydew.’ Full particulars please; not just the Google gloss.”<br />
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I was intrigued and had some questions that I wanted to answer; how did honeydew tobacco get its name, what was it origins, what brand could the cardboard box received by Sarah Cushing have been? One does start by googling but the paucity of information does force the researcher to delve deeper.<br />
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The first thing that turns up in a Google search of “honeydew tobacco” is the sweet secretions left like drops of dew by aphids or naturally secreted by the plants themselves.  In <i><a href="http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/157227/2/tb1175.pdf" target="_blank">History and Status of the Green Peach Aphid as a Pest of Tobacco in the United States</a></i> by Frank Shirley Chamberlin (USDA, 1958) there is this quote:<br />
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“Heavy infestations of aphids can severely stunt the growth of young tobacco plants in the field. As the initial distribution of aphids in a field is likely to be irregular, an uneven crop can result from early attacks. Stunting of older plants and withering of leaves may be caused by large populations of aphids. Their feeding on the foliage produces tobacco leaves of an inferior or worthless quality, this condition being accentuated in the relatively thin cigar-wrapper types. On such types of tobacco, which are harvested by cutting the whole plant, the yield and quality may be reduced by premature ripening of the lower leaves. Feinstein and Hannon have shown that aphid-damaged tobacco contains less nicotine than comparable undamaged tobacco. Injury is believed to be due mainly to the removal of plant juices, but may be caused in part by injected salivary secretions absorbed and translocated by the plant. The deposition of prevents normal curing and causes disfiguration due to the presents of adhering cast skins and sooty molds.”</blockquote>
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Does this have anything to do with honeydew being a “kind of tobacco moistened with molasses?” There is no evidence that growers took the damaged tobacco and sweetened it to hide a substandard product. There is, in fact, evidence that growers took pride in producing a superior product. Early use of quotation marks around the term “honey-dew” would indicate it was perhaps named by analogy.<br />
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According to <b><i><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=EtQrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA527&dq=History+Of+American+Manufacturers+From+1608+To+1860,+honey+dew+tobacco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DY8nUobMG-r94AOtkoDgBw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=History%20Of%20American%20Manufacturers%20From%201608%20To%201860%2C%20honey%20dew%20tobacco&f=false" target="_blank">History of American Manufactures From 1608 To 1860, Volume 3</a></i></b>, James Thomas, Jr., a manufacturer of plug tobacco, specialized in lighter, “bright” tobaccos that made him well-known in the US and Europe.<br />
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Plug or cut tobacco are cured leaves pressed together into a cake or “plug” and wrapped in a tobacco leaf, twisted and/or pressed, usually for chewing but can also be smoked in a pipe. It was sweetened with molasses, licorice, or rarely, honey.<br />
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“The art of sweetening tobacco with mass licorice was discovered about this time [“[s]ixty years ago”] by Mr. Jesse Hare, also of Richmond, and this discovery may be said to be the first step taken towards elevating the business to one of national importance. 'Honey Dew' tobacco, as several of the varieties containing this ingredient were afterwards called, yielded its supremacy at length to the bright-assortments subsequently introduced, and of which James Thomas, Jr., may be considered the pioneer and founder." (p. 527)</blockquote>
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Another well-known name associated with honeydew tobacco is that of the Gravely family of Henry county, Virginia.  According to Steve Rucker in “<a href="http://www.mhchistoricalsociety.org/2018/05/15/the-tobacco-industry-in-the-city-of-martinsville-and-henry-county/" target="_blank">The Tobacco Industry in the City of Martinsville and Henry County</a>,” in 1792 “B. F. Gravely and Sons built a factory in Leatherwood.  Benjamin is credited with adding the essence of licorice to improve the flavor of plug tobacco. Around 1800, Gravely became world famous as a processor of plug tobacco.”<br />
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Their flue-cured bright tobacco was sold as the popular brands “Payton Gravely,” “J.G. Gravely Fine pounds,” “Honey Dew,” “Kate Gravely Fine 9 inch.” </div>
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John Redd Smith’s article “<a href="https://amzn.to/32HKcH5" target="_blank">Early Settlers of the Territory Now Occupied by Patrick and Henry Counties in Virginia</a>” notes:<br />
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"When I (the writer) was an undergraduate medical student in New York City, something over a half century ago, I walked into a fashionable tobacco store on Broadway and requested the proprietor to show me a plug of the very finest chewing tobacco. Without the slightest hesitation he reached up to a shelf and took down a plug of B. F. Gravely’s 'Superior,' and laid it on the counter with an air of finality, as if there could be no room for discussion….Many years ago, when the great explorer, Henry M. Stanley, forced an expedition through six hundred miles of seemingly impenetrable forests to the rescue of Emin Bey [Mehmed Emin Pasha  b. March 28, 1840  d. October 23, 1892], and when he and Emin met formally on the shore of the lake [Lake Albert, 1888], it seemed the proper thing for them to exchange diplomatic presents. Emil [sic] Bey’s gift to Stanley included a pound of Peyton Gravely’s 'Honey Dew' tobacco."</blockquote>
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Honeydew was a popular chewing tobacco enjoyed as “chaw” or in a pipe by both men and women in the U.S. Chaw was also very popular with sailors, from many nations, especially because of the fire hazard of smoking on wooden ships. <br />
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Honeydew spread throughout Europe and the world. Honey-dew tobacco was advertised for sale in <i>The New Zealander</i> in Auckland at 4 shillings a pound in 1852 and described as "The best in town."<br />
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How did Jim Browner use tobacco? There is actually no evidence within the story to form an opinion. No pipe or sealskin tobacco pouch in evidence; no quid in his mouth. No cigarettes or cigars. </div>
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In fact, the cardboard box might even have been someone else’s discard picked up from the trash. While English sailors were more likely than the average Briton to chew tobacco, any conclusion one could make would be mere guesswork.<br />
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While one can find many vintage honeydew tobacco tins, especially W.D. & H.O. Wills Gold Flake Honey-Dew cigarettes, cardboard would appear far more ephemeral. A clue, though, can be gleaned from W.R. Loftus’ <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aAAAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=The+Tobacconist%E2%80%9D+A+Practical+Guide+to+the+Retail+Tobacco+Trade+in+all+its+Branches&source=bl&ots=jybcR6E5JP&sig=ACfU3U3C9L7L0ozFLZKVx3S_r2RexT1fsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV14vX-cvkAhUYs54KHQS5BQ8Q6AEwAHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">The Tobacconist: A Practical Guide to the Retail Tobacco Trade in all its Branches</a> (1881).<br />
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"<b>Cut Honeydew</b>. --- Honeydew is a general name given at the present day to leaf-tobacco of a light colour that has been pressed after a slight damping into frames of moulds, and then sold either in a cut or an uncut state. Not having undergone fermentation to any extent like shag or birdseye, honeydew is of necessity strong-smoking. It is, in fact, cavendish without the dark colour which the great bulk of cavendish possesses, unless sold in stamped custom wrappers, without the molasses or liquorice used in the preparation of sweet cavendish. As very little water is added to the leaves employed in the making of honeydew, it is requisite to charge a higher price for it that for shag or birdseye, in order to compensate for the loss of the profit realized by selling these tobaccos in a damp condition. Hence honeydew is consumed chiefly by the well-to-do classes, and by those only amongst them who can tolerate or enjoy a strong smoke. It is rarely sold loose. The different makers send it out almost entirely done up<b><i> in fancy packets of various sizes</i></b>." [Emphasis added.]</blockquote>
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"The increasing sale of almost every kind of tobacco in packets of definite weight, ready made up and labelled, has greatly changed the character of the retail trade throughout the country. All difficulty as to loss of weight by drying up in stock is thus removed; for, apart from the cases in which the tobacco is enclosed by the manufacturer in leadfoil, which practically prevents evaporation of the moisture, each package is sold to the customer as of the weight invoiced by the manufacturer, no allowance being made or expected for any difference of weight caused by keeping, so long as the tobacco remains enclosed in the original package, and has evidently not been tampered with since it came into the hands of the retailer."</blockquote>
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Under the subhead <b>Cake and Roll Tobacco</b>, Loftus says both cavendish and honeydew come in two types, sweetened and unsweetened and “sweetened tobacco must, by law, be enclosed in stamped Government wrappers before it can go into home-consumption. A heavy fine is imposed for any violation of this rule.”<br />
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In my online search I came across a photo of a yellow(ing) cardboard box of honeydew tobacco. In 2012, renovations of the Inverness Steeple, in Inverness, Scotland, uncovered papers wrapped in wax paper tied in sisal string. Those papers along with other modern day items, including a Nokia cell phone were placed in a time capsule that November, to be opened in 100 years’ time, in 2112. </div>
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“Joiners working at Inverness town steeple on the corner of Bridge Street and Church Street have uncovered another time capsule during the historic building’s renovation works. This earlier find is believed to date from 1878 and is the second discovery within the past 8 months. It predates, by 45 years, another package dating from 1923 which was discovered during October 2012 in the steeple. Tony Russell and Jordan Fraser of D.Y. Fraser Joiners, Inverness were carrying out works on the interior of the steeple building for The Highland Council when Tony revealed the find on Thursday 9 May 2013.”</blockquote>
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In a recess that was later covered over by a staircase Russell and Fraser found a Havana cigar box which contained:<br />
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<li>A Savings’ Book of Inverness Bank dated 1878; </li>
<li>A notebook with the signature of Angus McNeill; </li>
<li>A small envelope with a Penny Brown Stamp posted in Manchester on Jan 1878 and addressed to – Mr D.C.Taylor, Tobacconist, 1 Church Street, Inverness; </li>
<li>Inside the envelope were receipts dated 1877 from Sutton Company Parcel Express and their agents Robert Paton of Glasgow; and a Happy New Year message on a memo from Alexander Taylor, Pawnbroker, Manchester to Mr Taylor in Inverness. </li>
<li>Headed notepaper of the Prudential Assurance Company, 62 Ludgate Hill, London; </li>
<li>3 Promotional cards itemising “Free Fishing Days on the River Ness” published by the Inverness Advertiser in February 1878, and </li>
<li>A small ‘Honey Dew’ tobacco box containing coins including old pennies and shillings with dates ranging between 1851 and 1877. </li>
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Based on the coins inside the box, <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose128" target="_blank">Greg Ruby</a>, in a private conversation, surmised the box was about three inches square (the average human ear is about 2.6 inches square).  The cover has a printed red ribbon reading “Bright Flaked Honey Dew” but no other markings as to size or brand. </div>
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