Queen Alexandra’s Birthday Celebrated At Sandringham
The fifty ninth anniversary of Queen Alexandra’s birth was celebrated at Sandringham with messages of congratulations and gifts from leaders including the German Emperor, Czar and Czerina, King of Portugal, King of Italy, and the Crown Prince of Denmark. The King hosted a shooting party, and guests will be invited through early January as the royal party plans to visit Chatsworth. Princess Henry of Battenberg opened bazaars in Islington and Shoreditch to aid church restoration and St John’s Church efforts, with local officials attending.
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Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
Czar
Czerina
Portugal
Italy
Chatsworth
Duke and Duchess of Devonshire
Prince and Princess of Wales
Lord and Lady Mount Stephen
Brockethall
Hertfordshire
Princess Henry of Battenberg
Bishop Wilson
Upper-street
Islington
Royal
Princess Henry of Bathenberg
Hoxton
Henry
Eric Farrar
Shoreditch
Stepney
Shoredites
Kings to ship 200 fat stock to Slouch Christmas Gale
The King will send about 200 head of fat stock to the Slouch Christmas cattle sale next Tuesday. From Windsor Royal farms the shipment includes 16 prime Devon bullocks 100 choice Down sheep and 80 bacon logs and porkers.
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Windsor
Cabinet meeting at Foreign Office presided by Balfour
Cabinet held a two hour noon session at the Foreign Office with most ministers present except Gerald Balfour and Lord Ashbourne. It was understood dual approval was given for the Parliament opening date to be submitted to the King at Tuesday's Privy Council.
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Foreign Office
Balfour
Gerald Balfour
Lord Ashbourne
Privy Council
New Director of Naval Ordnance Named
The Admiralty announced on Friday that Capt Henry D Barry R N has been appointed Director of Naval Ordnance and torpedoes replacing Rear-admiral Angus Macleod with effect from January 1, 1904.
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Admiralty
Henry D. Barry
R.N
Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes
Angus Macleod
Delayed War Honours Additions in London Gazette
The London Gazette announces addenda to the South Africa Honours list as a special case. Names amended include Natal forces with Meritorious Service notices. Major G Lenehan receives Companion of St Michael and St George, and Major B A W Sangmeister earns the same honor. Troopers Miller Shaw and Watts of the Natal Carbineers receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
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London Gazette
South Africa
Natal
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Order of St. Michael and St. George
G. Lenehan
Umvoti Mounted Rifles
B.A. W. Sangmeister
Border Mounted Rifes
C. E. J. Miller
D.A. Shaw
Rowland Watts
Ell
Natal Carbineers
Royal Commission Warns on Arsenic in Foods and Drinks
The final report urges official standards under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. It supports penalties for vendors of beer and liquid foods with arsenic at or above 1-100th grain per gallon and solid foods with 1-100th grain per pound, noting easy detection.
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Royal Commission
Norwich silk orders and naval shooting feats in 19th century news
The Norwich silk weaving industry gains royal favor with a new double order as Princesses Charles of Denmark and Victoria select silk cloth and patterns from local craftsmen. In naval news, the Majestic wins Lord Bernsford's long range shooting cup, with Horne second and notes of notable marksmen Carter and Trimmer. An envelope issue change is announced due to low demand, with embossed stamps ending this year. Also listed are assorted advertisements for wholesale supplies, fabrics, and beauty lotions.
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Norwich Wallavers
Norwich
Charles
Denmark
Princess Victoria
Majestic
Lord Charles Bernsford
Vesgel
Horne
Guid
Carter
Jupiter
Trimmer
Homer
R.M.A
Annibal
Channel Fleet Marine Rifle Association
Emsoesep Postan
UBS
Univers Wholesale
Farrigrs
Fom
London
Halaseee Apa
DeBer Airpet
Tata
Harman
East London Unemployment Crisis Prompted Borough Conference
A Poplar mayor led a council and clergy meeting to address deep cold weather distress and unemployment in East London. A proposed scheme would enable farm colony work for male heads of households while families stay at home, with London united under a single unemployed district if powers allow. A deputation of 14 was chosen to press the Local Government Board and raise funds for immediate relief.
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Poplar
Yeo
High-street
Metropolitan Poor Law
London
Barge
Sydney Buxton
Local Government Board
Long
Avea
London unemployed conference backs farm colonies plan
At Mansion House London the conference on unemployment resumed after 1895 delay with the Bishop of Stepney outlining farm colonies and potential winter work for about 1 003 men at 25s to 30s per week per family. Critics urged boroughs to fund start up. motion to organize relief for a set number and seek funds passed.
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Conference
London
Mansion House
Stepney
Percy Alden
W. ©. Stenshaan
New President of the Royal Society Named
Sir Archibald Geilxie is introduced as the new President of the Royal Society. A renowned geologist and geographer born in Edinburgh in 1835, he joined the Geological Survey in 1855 and led it from 1867, earning multiple doctorates and honors from universities worldwide.
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THE
Royal Society
Sir Archibald Geilxie
Edinburgh
Geological Survey
Geological Survey of Scotland
D.C.L
Oxford
Cambridge
Messia, Maull and
Fox
Oddfellows Pension Plan At Spalding Lodge Proposed
The Perseverance Lodge of Oddfellows at Spalding, holding 1.4701 in balance, plans to allocate 8001 for old age pensions over 60 unable to work, 2501 to raise sick pay, with full pay rising to 12s and reduced sick pay to 6s, and death allowances also increased, alongside an advertisement for Cuticura skincare products.
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Oddfellows
Perseverance Lodge of Oddfellows
Spalding
Winter Skating Fatalities Reported Across British Coast and Moor
A string of winter deaths from cold and ice across Gateshead Scarborough and Plymouth. John Wilson 14 drowned after falling through ice on a pond. Henry Lawrence 28 of Banffshire aboard Victory in White Hills Banffshire disappeared after slipping overboard. John Taylor nearly 70 perished after falling from Blacher during a snowstorm. Ann Haddock and Jane Jones both died in Birmingham coroner reports. Alfred Green frozen to death near Dartmeet while en route to Ashburton.
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Gateshead
John Wilson
Scarborough
Henry Lawrences
Victory
White Hills
Banffshire
Lawrence
John Taylor
Folkestone
Blacher
Birmingham
Ann Haddock
Fisher-street
Jane Jones
Water Company arbitration on under takings continues at Westminster
Arbitrators hear updates on compensation for London water companies acquired by the Water Board. Proceedings cover Clerkenwell Estate profits, New River Company filtration concerns, Grand Junction Waterworks claim, and Water Board offers. A Medical Officer of Health report on Southwark and Vauxhall and Lambeth water is debated.
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London Water Companies
Water Board
Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Westminster
Clerkenwell
A. Binnie
Dr. Klein
The
New River Company
East London Company
Hnd
Grand Junction Waterworks Company
Bermondsey
Southwark and
Vauxhall and
Lambeth
Moulton
Bk. Fry
Walter Hunter
Grain Junction Waterworks
Boyle
K.C
Lady killed on the railway in Hertfordshire
A fashionably dressed young woman found mutilated on the London and North Western main line near Boxmoor Hertfordshire. Miss Hyacinth Mary Deane 36 of Huston Road London identified at inquest. Jury returns verdict death probably due to accident.
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Boxmoor
Herts
London
Hyacinth Mary Deane
Huston Road
Bonar Deane
Dublin
Holyhead
Miss Deane
Rugby
Willesden
Lady Doctor Dies After Inquest At Watford
Inquest held on Wednesday at Watford into the death of Miss Euretta Margaret Forsyth a lady doctor of Harpley Stratford road Watford. She suffered kidney disease and was attended by Dr Ethel Vernon. It was found that Forsyth secretly procured and injected morphia on Monday a tube of tabloids was found and a syringe under a pillow. She told her parents she had taken an overdose. Medical evidence cited death from internal disease likely accelerated by morphia. Verdict given accordingly.
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Watford
Euretta Margaret Orsyth
Harpley
Stratford Road
Ethel Vernon
Misa Forsyth
Cannon from Colenso given to Roberts family heirloom
A gun from Colenso, won by Captain Roberts who died rescuing comrades, arrives at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich. An inscription by the War Office will mark the heroism and the cannon will be presented to HarRoberts as a family heirloom. Seeger's hair dye ad follows.
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Colenso
Cant
Roberts
Coltenso
Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
War Office
Har
Roberta
The Shots in the Bank. Dramatic Arrest Story
George Frederick Robinson 27 a mining engineer from Westbourne Street Sloane Square faced Alderman Crosby after firing shots in the Bank of England on November 24 He stood charged with feloniously discharging a loaded revolver at Kenneth Grahame and at George Tolmie with intent to murder and threatening detectives Digby and Bacon The court heard how Robinson approached the bank sought Sir A Frevost and aimed a revolver at Grahame after presenting a coded note He was overpowered by bank staff and police with a water hose and rope While remanded for trial the prisoner argued the revolver misfired and asserted the bullets were tampered with All cartridges were found to fit the weapon and 14 cartridges at his lodgings matched the revolver The arrest was described as a dramatic struggle with officers Robinsion is committed for trial
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Honora
George Frederick Robinson
Westbourne-street
Sloane-square
Bank of England
Alderman Crosby
Threadneadle-street
Kenneth Grahame
George Tolmie
Samuel Bacon
Thomas Digby
Douglas
Buscombe
Bow
Rank Parlour
Witness
Digby
Nunn R
Nona
Tie
Mr. Freshfield
Chaklaine
Froehield
Soms
Basen
Vlerk
Bacon
Lreen
Jie
England
Sadhly
The
Alversian
Hic Bean
Prisoner with revolver confronts witness in tense arrest
Detective-inspector Bacon details a dramatic arrest scene as a prisoner wields a revolver. The witness describes the prisoner aiming, threats to shoot, a struggle to seize the weapon, and the tense standoff by a fireplace before the man calms.
Death of the Earl of Stair in Lochinch Castle
The Earl of Stair died at Lochinch Castle near Stranraer after a brief illness. Born in 1819, John Dalrymple, the 1st Earl of Stair, served as MP for Wigtownshire and held roles as Lord Lieutenant of Wigtownshire and Ayrshire, Chancellor of Glasgow University, and Bank of Scotland governor. The Dalrymples, an ancient Scottish family, saw the title pass to Viscount Dalrymple with lineage linked to historical events and the family line maintained by a third son.
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Earl of Steir
Lochineh Castle
Stranraer
Wigtownshirve
John Vaniten Dalrymele
K.T
Earl of Stair
Neots Fusiter Guards
Wigtownshire
Ayrstire
Glasgow University
Bank of Scotland
Carymplea
Janet
Stair
Court of Session
Dunbar
Buldioon
Seutr
Lammerimnour
Warl
Gieucoe
Hamplton Dalrymple
Star
Louisa
Duc Dis Coigny
Tiarre Antoinette
Viecunnt Dalrymple
Royal Horse Guards
John Dalrymple
Cois Guards
South Africa
Notable Victorian Journalists and Engineers Pass Away
Obituaries list Sir J I Nobinson and Mr. ww Innes, both prominent journalists, with Nobinson once editor of the Daily News. Also Sir Frederick Lramwell, civil engineer and past Institution president, and John Howard Wershaw, Lancashire cricketer, among others. Deaths span London Kensington Lambeth and Western Australia, with details of careers and ages.
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J. I. Nobinson
Addison-crescent
Kensington
Douglas Serrold
Daily News
Ww. J. Innes
Denth Lambeth-road
Frederick Lramwell
London
de la Hague
School of Mechanical Engineers
Putan
Institution of Slevianical Engineers
John Howard Wershaw
Lancashire
Manchester
James Lee Steere
Legislative Assembly of
Western Australia
Herr Mayer
Christ
Oberammergau
Blunich
John Suelgrove
Marshall and Suelgrove
Oxford Street
la Residence
Kensington Palace Gardens
Suelgrove
Somersetshire
James Marshall
Mondux
Frant
Sussex
Idr. F. &. Hunt
Winchester
Junior Naval Lord Appointment for Capt Frederick Inglefield
The King approved Capt Frederick Samuel Inglefield R N to be Junior Naval Lord of the Admiralty after Rear Admiral John Durnford leaves to command the Cape of Good Hope station. Inglefield has served at the Admiralty as Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence under Prince Louis of Battenberg, will not be 50 until next April, and has held rank of captain for eight years.
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Frederick Samuel Inglefield
R.N
Admiralty
John Durnford
Cape of Good Hope
Inglefield
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Constipation Fro ChildHoop Remedy Noted in Testimonies
A stream of personal anecdotes promotes Chas, Fern as a mild remedy for constipation and related disorders. Testimonies describe relief from abdominal pain head pains and toothache, with individuals claiming marked improvement after taking the medicine.
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Mare Makelay
Woodlands
Park Road
Woodring
Bilious
Seth
Vineeur
Piles cured by Zam-Buk praise from patient letter
A patient recounts relief from piles after using Zam-Buk poultice and magnetized treatment. The writer describes severe suffering, failed local doctors, and a dramatic recovery with the remedy, praising its effectiveness and requesting others to try the product.
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Tapp
Zam-Buk claim includes skin healing and soothing powers
An early Zam-Buk advertisement touts the balm as a remedy for many skin conditions and injuries. It stresses rapid soothing and curing effects for burns, wounds, and rashes, claiming strong family use and widespread efficacy.
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Liely
Boxed Trade Form Ad Fragments Incomplete
A damaged OCR fragment notes a box for a trade form and mentions offices and a shop name Lioyds or Leo, with a price 6 99. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear actions or dates.
The Dear Gear Promises Quick Deafness Relief
A claim describes The Dear Gear as relieving deafness from any cause including scarlet fever typhoid and brain fever. It asserts immediate effect and that the device halts roaring and buzzing in a simple scientific manner.
Deaf 24 Years Relates Hearing Breakthrough and Help
A terse letter from a deaf 24 year old describes twenty one years of deafness and a sudden improvement after a bar strain insertion. He offers to help others and provides contact at 143 St Ann's Road, Tooting.
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Mr. Ht
Sinitit
St Ann’s-road
Tottentillon
Cure Ed At 90 In Belated Birthday Note
A fragment from a personal note. Mrs FY of Lelfords at 44 East Parade Huarraysute writes of reaching her ninetieth year in a few months and praises ear dream comforts during scrented days.
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Mrs. FY
OG. Lelfords
East Parade
Huarraysute
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