THE ARKHAM ADVERTISER

Wednesday, October 7, 1925

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Tommy the Prize-winning Terrier Amputated; Leg found on Lawn

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A brutal act of animal cruelty has left the mayoral dog Tommy without a left back leg. Arkham's favorite pooch was found whimpering on Mayor Bryce's front lawn early on Wednesday morning. The Arkham Police Department subsequently received a tip to search a neighbor's house for the cruel culprit. and a brutally severed canine leg was supposedly found. At least one suspect was arrested, but the Arkham PD has not shared any further details.

Tommy the Terrier

Daring Escape from the Arkham Sanitarium

Peter Maxwell, M.D. escaped from the High Security Ward of the Arkham Sanitarium just before midnight on Tuesday. Maxwell managed to strangle a warden, Paul Blakeley, after feigning to be securely immobilized in his cell, and he managed to break out of the sanatorium after securing some medical equipment and certain experimental chemicals. Maxwell was committed to the Arkham Sanitarium after the Topsfield Power Plant explosion in April this year, when he was found running around in then forests north of Arkham in a state of acute mental distress. He had no memories whatsoever, and he was dressed in a full surgeon's outfit, including facemask, gloves, goggles, and a scalpel.  

Dr. Maxwell graduated from the Miskatonic University Department of Medicine in 1924. He was a recipient of the Francis B. Peabody prize for Academic Achievement together with Mr. Herbert West that same year. Dr. Maxwell was subsequently left in the caring hands of Dr. Herbert DeVos and Head Nurse Abigail Dawson at the Arkham Sanitarium.  

Dr. Maxwell

Feds Close up Pleasantville - Population Relocated

Federal troops have closed the mining community of Pleasantville, located in the Halliburton Hills in northern Massachusetts. According to Federal representatives, the site is deemed too contaminated to be inhabited by humans, and the population has been relocated to Boston, Gloucester, and Arkham. Anton Szypczyk, one of the miners, told the Arkham Advertiser that he was glad to finally have a modern apartment and access to a good public school for his eleven children.

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