Old English pleasures and the brutal amusements of the past
The piece surveys historic English entertainments from bull and bear baiting to cockfighting and gambling, noting royal disapproval, evolving sports like boxing and fencing, and the shift to outdoor, genteel pastimes. It contrasts dusty old rings with modern London tea gardens and public parks, preserving a critical view of cruelty and societal change.
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Dot
Elizabeth
Shakspare
Tynsmouth
Whitechapel
Spitabelis Market
Cambridge
Birmingham
Shrewsbury
Stock Exchange
T. George Grey
Norwich
West Indies
London
James Harris
Horee Guards
Queen Anne
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Clerkenwell
Hannah Highfield
Hanoah Highfeld
Newente Market
Salisbury Plain
Henry VIII
James J
Charles TI
Gloucester Journal
George Inn
Boulonim
Vica
England
Sackville West case heard on appeal over legitimacy and estate
In the Court of Appeal on Tuesday the Sackville West suit challenged the plaintiff Ernest Sackville Wests claim to the Knole estate as the rightful son of Lord Sackville. Judges allowed the appeal though casting doubt on the legitimacy and noting possible action under the Legitimacy Declaration Act.
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Kekewich
West
Lord Sackville
Knole
Lora Sackville
Josephine Duran de Ortegs
Spain
Yeckville
Tithe
Vaughan
Author seeks royalties in Westminster court over sketch The Fighting Parson
In Westminster County court Judge Woodfall heard journalist Chris Davis claim 221 pounds from music hall artist George Gray for royalties on The Fighting Parson. Davis said his original sketch succeeded at the Royal Holborn. Gray admitted commissioning a play but claimed to have written it himself. The judge found for Davis with costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster County Court
Woodfall
Chris Davis
George Gray
the Royal, Holborn
Erry Lundy
Bees disperse from Swaffham post office dome in Norfolk
A large swarm of bees clung to the Swaffham post office dome in Norfolk. Local beekeepers failed to hire them, the Fire Brigade used a hose to wash many into gutters. The sun revived the rest, keeping an angry swarm hovering over the doorway and delaying entries. Six Brotumrs in THR Poutcu. George Dowty of Alderbury Wiltshire had six sons serving in the Metropolitan police. Two, Henry and Albert Edwin, were still in service. Many letters praise discoverers of Antivon, called a powerful remedy by various papers. ads detail prices and availability from The Antivon Company.
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Swaffham
Norfolk
Fire Brigade
George Dowty
Alderbury
Wiltshire
Metropolitan Police Force
Henry
Albert Edwin
Antivon
Sheffield
Lendon
Peany Illustrated
Merks
Antifon” Company
Buckingham Street
Strand
London
W.C
Ladve
Town and Country Tale Of York Gifts And Tragic Deaths Inquiries
The Archbishop of York receives a anonymous gift of 10000 in aid of the Poor Benefices lands in York diocese. Reports note deaths including William Baddock formerly of Thomas Wallis and Co and others in London and across England. Incidents include a railway assault, a decapitation near Southampton, and a child’s fatal accident. A coal store fire at Brighton, tramway debates, and multiple inquests mark a day of varied edifying and tragic events across several counties.
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York
Diocese of
William Baddock
Messrs. Thomas Wallis and Co
Drapers
Holborn
Arthur Peak
Hounslow
New Barnet
Great Northern Railway
Leonard Patchett
Lincoln
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Brighton Central
Preston
William Varley
Whio
Lily Dukes
London
Southampton
Warman
Folkestone
Board of Education
H. F. Heath
University of London
Special Inquires
Renorma
Joan White
Isle of Wight Union
Hatfield
Liverpool
Weater Street
Tom JerJun
Mallock
Bath
Derwent
John Maslechlan
Cast
Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Messrs. Fleminganil Co
Tannera
Warrington
Christis
Louis XV
H.C. Kay
Victoria
Hammersmith
Edmonton County Court
Dickson
Norris
Thomas Orrell
Foremark
Derbyshire
Lome
William Fetton
Lave
Chilton
Sudbury
Trat
Phebe Newall
Bredlow Ridge
Chiltern Hills
Lowestoft
Whitsuntire
Harrogate
White
Dragoon Guards
Bangalore
Australia
Colonias
Thorpe
Essex
Cameron Keith
Kirby
A. Burness
Burness
Murdar
St. Albans
Albert Hall
Irish Guards
St. Peter’s Church
Stockbridge
Margaret Kate
Afr
Thomas Cannon
Ernest Piggott
Susannah Kate Hailey
Southend
Tilbury
Monds
South-Western Ramway Company
Windsor
James Gell
Isle of Man
Ramsey
Jarrett
Funsday
Edgware Road
Mary Ann Jeffries
Welwyn
Horta
Thornaby-on
Desborough
Market Harborough
Edward Collins and Co
Kelvindale
Maryhill
Pepper-street
Middlewich
Cheshire
Harry Seddon
Messrs
Phillips
Napoleon
Field of
Waterloo
Dean's Backache Kidney Pills Promise Bright's Cure
An advertisement extols Dean's Backache Kidney Pills as a cure for Bright's disease and kidney disorders. It quotes a London reader's testimonial praising relief and lasting recovery after use, then notes availability from chemists and the proprietors in Oxford Street London.
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Hright
Dean
A.W. Smith
Fulham-road
London
Bright
Dread Bright
A. W. Smith
Mr. Smith
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Vauxhall Garden
Lambeth
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Corporation of Loud
Parliament
St. Stephen’s Church
Clewer
Bess
J. Froude
Ayr
Robert Burns
Slesford
George Rudolph Hunt
Brotherhood of the Charterhouse of London
Earl of
Douglas
Alderman Webb
Werrington
Kettering General Hospital
House Snrs
Winifred Thorpe
J. J. Eliott
Elliott
Fry
Bakerstreet
Hadley Hone
Barnet
William le Quenx
San Marino
Republic
Italy
Highgate
The-Court
Mr. Forbes
Prussia
Hogarth
M. G. L. Watson
St. John’s Church
Patsy
Mia Marie Lovibond
Edward Lovibond
Lord Drumraven
Thomas Lipton
St. Andrew's Church
Murray Sueter
R.N
S. Latona
Islinor
Andrew Clarke
St. Mary Abbots Church
Kergington
EH. G. Fellows
Suffolk
Margaret
Cevond
F. Wils
Ellen Smith
Leeds
Robert Livingstone
H. Byron Crouch
Queen Street
Cardiff
Baden -Powell
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Borouch
Walter Cottersil
Boarder Regiment
York Military Prison
A. Shaw
Stretford
T. Storrell
Upton Manor
West Ham
Scotland
Ireland
Dover
Devonport
Larden
George Styles
The
Magnificent
Leytonstone
Ethel Colman
Grove-green Road
Bristol
Select Committee
House of Commons
Foster-McCretusay Co
Wells St
Oxford St
Meribe
Vis
Boster-McCrrison Cin
Wells Street
Oxford Street
Lloyd's Weekly
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