Choppings and Wedding in Blany Rands
A long treatise on historic and biblical marriage customs contrasts ancient capture and betrothal with modern courting. It describes Arab and Bedouin practices from securing brides to the wedding procession, dowries, ceremonies, and the role of the bride, noting brutal penalties for broken vows and referencing Ruth and Boaz symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Txaac
Rebekah
Arabia
Burckhardt
Mount Einai
Lhere
Sinai
Puen
Boaz
Ruth
Mecca
London County Council Resumes Sessions at Spring Gardens
The London County Council met after the Whitsuntide recess with Lord Monkewell presiding. Proposals included renaming the Metropolitan Fire Brigade to London Fire Brigade, British-made materials for the Vauxhall bridge superstructure, and limits on commemorative tablets funding. A misinterpreted Stoke Newington incident prompted a council chuckle as the Fire Brigade was vindicated. the session adjourned at seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London County Council
Spring Gardens
Lord Monkewell
Metropolitan Fire Brigade
London Fire Brigade
Bridges
Vauxheil Bridge
Ward
Bringea
Greenwich
Beachcroft
Conrail
Parks Committee
Rome
Stoke Newington
Tee
Fire Brigade Committee
Blake Newington
London School Board okays final budget after holidays
Lord Reay chaired the first London School Board meeting post Whitsuntide at Victoria Embankment. Sir Charles Eliott, Finance Committee chair, unveiled what he called the likely last budget, detailing past year expenditure at 5,250,486l with 132,003l rise, receipts at 790,317l, and a precept of 2,436,426l. For the current year, projected expenditure 3,387,000l and receipts 30,000l. balancing 2,552,792l, with rate rise and valuation gains. Eliott warned high expenditure remains a public concern. debate postponed.
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Lord Reay
London School Board
Victoria Embankment
Charles Eliott
Joans
London
George Eliott
Trade in Soldiers Medals Brings Court Action
Lionel Green a Wardour Street jeweller was summoned at Westminster police court for buying medals from a private soldier. Detectives linked the case to stolen Omdurman campaign and good conduct decorations. Green admitted purchases and was ordered to pay treble Government value 3s 12d and a 10s fine or five months in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Green
Wardour-street
Westminster Police Court
Maxwell Earle
Grenadier Guards
Watts
Wellington Barracks
Omdurman
Brook
Aldershot
Green
Sunday trading in Accrington sparks fines for shopkeepers
Town clerk brands Sunday trading a breach of the law as five local shopkeepers are fined five shillings each after Watch Committee fiat against Sunday openings. A Burkenhead religious disturbance leads to several prison terms and fines, including a 40s fine or one month for John Morris. In chancery court, Justice Byrne hears Robert Peel junior’s case over estate rents, declining to appoint a receiver and reserving costs. An advertisement promotes Clarke’s Blood Mixture as a remedy for multiple conditions.
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Accrington
Watch Committee
Burkeny@an
Birkenhead
John McKeever
Kensit
James
John Morris
Peter Corley
Chancery
Justice Byrne
Robert Peel
Robert Peal
Peel
Elecama
Clarke
Bellian
Worybless
jAdrvial
Johm Dyson
Leeds
Valdie
Richmond
Whitchurch
Seleph F. Whittle
Jones
Emden
Lambeth County Court
Anne Daweron Brodie
Stirling
T. Dawson Brodie
Lons
Morecambe Bay
Sunderland
Preston
Lancaster
London
Robert Lyall Guthrie
Piper-kuidines
Temple
Yarrow
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Tynemount Castle
Spanish Battery
Clifford's Fort
South Shields
Frenchman's Point
T. Healy
Gray’s Inn
St. Mark’s
North Audrey Street
W. HE. Guiness
Lord Iveagh
Hivelyn Hilda Stuart Ereking
Earl of Buchan
Great Western
Windsor
Norwich Board of Guardians
Stepnacy Boorough Council
London County Council
Burdett
Queen Victoria
Newbury
George Sanger
Airs
Reaves
Liverpool
Vauraday
Ernest Lake
Stanwick
Northamptonshire
Milby
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
George Eliot
Bournemouth
Bawzber Beale
H.M
Sappho
North Sea
St.Margaret’s Church
Westminster
R. M. Groves
B.N
J. G. Groves
M.P
Cicely
Tilbury
Jay’s
Regent-street
Phillips and Son
Marlborough-street
Campbell
C.lv.’S
Bartholomew's Hospital
Rochester
Annia Murphy
Warlingham
Croydon
Coronation painting and court awards in London items
Bir Edwin Abbey paints the coronation representation for Buckingham Palace. A jury awarded 3500 pounds against the London County Council for compulsorily acquiring the White Lion, Vere Street. Other notes include prison, coroner, and public works actions, plus various fatalities and civic events across England.
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Edwin Abbey
R.A
Buckingham Palace
London County Council
White Lion
Vere Street
Claremarket
Strand
Holborn
Middlesex Guildhall
Justice Wright
W. F. Barry
Henry C. A. Bingley
E. Bullock
L. D. Powles
Dover
Bohine
Thornton-heath
St. George-in-the-East
Lambeth
George A. Cook
Etruria-street
New-road
Battersea
Nine Elma
Lupson
Brighton
Rottingdean
Devon
John Milford
Bridgerale East
Williams
Burr Road
Southfield
Wandsworth
Wandle
Thames
William Henry Swanson
Rose Wood
York Street
Stepney
Union Castle Company
Douns Castle
Plymouth
Capetown
Davis
Kingston-on-Thamas
George Ditlmar
Lady Rothschild
Walter Rothschild
Aylesbury Literary Institution
Christie’s
N. Daneret
OC. F. Mackim
White House
Washington
Royal Institute of British Architects
Derwent
Mon
Corporation Museum
Newport
Keighley
Michael Cairns
County Roscommon
Leeds
Stonehenge
Croydon
Mouday
Charles Harding
Church-street
Borough
W. Brown
Kiose
Kenley
Henry Davis
Lackawanna
Anglo-American Oil Company
Belfast
Boulthorpe
Fakenham
Handcock
John Hawke
Keycam Extension Works
Sheriff Jamieson
Scottish Coal Trade Conciliation Board
Liverpool
Thomas Connor
J. Robinson
A. James
Delestaphs
Glasgow
Chester
Wr. A. Frazer
Londonderry
Southport
B. A. Hignett
Ilkley
T. Helmes
Buckingham
Ludlow
Emily Tidzer
Brunswick Place
Hove
Pte
A. Davidson
D Company
Scots Guards
Chertsey
Guards
Wellington Barracks
Robert W. Hanbury
Board of Agriculture
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