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Newspaper
Edinburgh Courant
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 30, 1884
Page
4
An OCR fragment combines ads for Mrs A Allen’s World’s Hair Restorer with brief political notes. It mentions Conservative figures at a Huddersfield meeting led by Lord Cranbrook criticizing government policy on Ireland and redistribution. Also referenced are Liberal candidates and Exchequer receipts data alongside a snowstorm report affecting travel.
An advertisement asserts the Essence of Coffee from SS T. and HH. Smith & Co. is guaranteed pure with only a trace of pure sugar present. The notice references preparation details and mentions Edinburgh and London in connection with the product naming.
The Dundee banking chief Alexander Fleming, tied to a past bankruptcy, was arrested by criminal officers and taken to Edinburgh on charges of falsehood, fraud, and willful imposition. The report also notes a planned Nationalist meeting disrupted by about 1000 troops and broader stock market tremors amid telegraph delays.
A sprawling dispatch details royal progress at Osborne with the Empress Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, then covers Sir Stafford Northcote’s Rector installation at Edinburgh University, a torchlight procession, and social events. It also notes Earl Grosvenor’s health bulletin, Mackenzie opera reception in Hamburg, and a Dundee bank manager’s arrest for alleged falsehood and fraud.
The fifth annual report was presented at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary chapel with Lord Provost Harrison presiding. The society reported 632 payments for families and 2068 aid items to patients, noting income lag and calls for broader public support and better organization.
A public notice records donations to the Courant Fund for Destitute Children via the Bank of Scotland. Contributions include £773 10s previously acknowledged, plus £9 19s from James Wyte of Duns and items of clothing and scrapbooks from multiple donors. The fund thanks supporters and notes bank collections nationwide.
The Courant Clothing Society for Poor Children reports contributions at King Street and surrounding areas. Donations include footwear and linen parcels from Miss MacLean and M R P, with total receipts to date totaling £1 14 6 and funds earmarked to assist boots or shoes for poorer children.
A reader from Edinburgh urges the Courant Fund and Work Society to boost aid for poor children’s footwear. He cites the difficulty of supplying boots and praises secondhand boots from brokers as practical, urging charitable ladies to organize broader, local distribution through the Society to aid children at the Shelter.
Fragmented ad text advertises pens and boxes with post order options. Mentions celebration items and a sample box offering various kinds. Includes stray phrases about happiness and a delivery service.
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