Bearded farm jubilees and ancient inns in Worcestershires
A fragment mentions an inn near Evesham in Worcester shire owned by a family for 600 years where brewing appliances centuries old are kept. It notes 65 Texas farmers pledging not to shave for a month under penalty of £1 and calls for bearded men for a pioneering days jubilee. Britain’s war pensioners and dependants total under 1,000,000 with expected decline to 50,000 yearly, lasting to 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evesham
Worcestershire
Britain
Eccentric fortunes ruin rich and poor alike
A 95 year old recluse John Horatio Pitcher burned in a Sussex bungalow amid inquest remarks on how eccentricity cost him wealth after spurning land agents and mortgages. Other cases include Mrs Marchant the Button Mad, Miles Curtis who hoarded cash then burned it, Robert Marshall who battled customs over curios, and Ben Arkwright who died without a will after shunning lawyers.
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John Horatio Pitcher
Sussex Wood
Hamilton Forsyth
Marchant
Mrs. Marchant
New York
Miles Curts
First National Bank
Miles Curtis
Robert Marshall
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Marshall
Italy
Robert
United States Customs
Ben Arkwright
Tim
Ben
Sydney and Maitland stock sale reports mixed cattle prices
Commercial Homebush and Maitland stock sales detail yarded cattle including 7826 at Homebush with prime prices 22/ to 30/ per 100 lb and 25/ to 38/ for yearlings, unchanged market. Maitland fat cattle 950 yarded with best bullocks to £10, cows to £5/10, calves light supply. Pigs and hogs described with prices across heavy, medium and light weights and suckers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homebush
Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd
Pitt, Son, & Badgery, Ltd
Maitland
Gloucester
A. Tenl
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Cowardly Assassins Denounced by Waterford Bishop
An Irish murder near Dungarvan, where 24-year-old John Egan was shot in the presence of his mother, drew condemnation from Dr. Kinnane, Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford, calling the killers cowardly and degenerate and urging state action to protect citizens.
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John Egan
Dungarvan
County Waterford
Kinnane
Waterford
Digging Amid Wealth Unearths Ancient Coins and Relics
Workmen at a Dorchester site uncover two 2000 year old pavements and a cache of 24,000 coins in a liver-coated trove. Coins and artifacts, some sent to the British Museum, may be declared treasure. coroner’s inquest awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
England
British Museum
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Grime & Small
Na_realist
A.M.P
D. E. Walker Ier
New South Wales
Victoria & Pulteney
Taree
W. B
G. Davidson
T. M. Breckenridge
May
Batger
W. Batger
Church Street
Moore’s
Moore’s Modern Pharmacy
Shop
London’ Fire Brigade
S.he
Duke of Kent
The
Order of St Michael and St. George
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. George's
British Railways
Let Street & Parish Ltd. Be
Berle
Fitting Express
Berka
Street & Parish Ltd
S.W. W
Burson
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