Criticisms and literary notes from a late periodical
A dense review of contemporary essays and fiction. The piece critiques Matthew Arnold and praises various magazine features. It highlights poems, stories, and essays across The Cornhill and Saint Pauls, noting Proctor on Jupiter, a Civil List article, a cruise in the Mediterranean, and a Fall of Paris poem. It calls the issue strong, with several high quality items and notable authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Arnold
Royal Commission
Old Ebony
Gentleman's Magazine
Niagara
Braila
Cowden Clarke
England
Saint Pauls
Trollope
George Macdonald
Mr. Craik
Proctor
Harvey
Mr. Capples
Mediterranean
Robert Buchanan
Paris
Cornhill
South Africa
Priga
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Gleanings of oddities and curiosities from 1871 notes
A collection of brief anecdotes and facts including religious quirks, clergy salaries, family deaths, cuckoo sightings, a large nugget find in Victoria, an aurora display near London, a calendar oddity, a Bible reference note, a sharp joke about strong minded women, and a short dialogue about stairs and rents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupper Wilkes
Minnesota
Brigtan Young
Streatham
Johnstown
Victoria
London
Archbishop Thomson
Smith
Tony
A New Sensation and Oddities From a 19th Century Paper
A collage of humorous and curious items including a Dickensian quip on birth, a domestic squabble over cakes, a Methodist choir advert in Philadelphia, Booth’s balloon drama spoof, a Tennessee Predestinarian Baptists sect note, a dramatic Arctic sunset scene, and a garden bulb naturalization method with spring bulbs naturalized along fences and borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Mamma
Maggie
Philadelphia
F. R. Thomas
Harry Barnhurst
Booth
New Zealand
New York Christian Union
Tennessee
Stony Creek
Wayne Co
Little Sistern
Johnston
Taylor's Hall
Edgecomb Co
Norway
Heaven
Gardener's Magazine Entry on Muckheap Handling
A brief remark notes consigning items as usual to the muckheap, reflecting disposal practice referenced by Gardener's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardener’s Magazine
Notice on Column Submissions and Postage Remittance
Public notice states that all announcements for this column require a remittance of half-a-crown in postage stamps. The directive specifies postage as a condition for processing submissions to the column.
Anthony Rooke marriage at Cross-street Chapel Islington
Anthony Bennett William of Belper Derbyshire marries Clara Elizabeth daughter of Thomas James Rooke of 3 Highburghhill London on April 5 at Cross-street Chapel Islington. Elizabeth Mullinger dies at 69 at 8 Gibraltar-place Chatham, widow of late George Mallinger Esquire, on April 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony—Rooke
Cross-street Chapel
Islington
William Bennett Anthony
Belper
Derbyshire
Clara Elizabeth
Thomas James Rooke
Highburghhill
London
Mulling&r
Gibraltar-place
Chatham
Elizabeth
George Mallinger
Breakfast Cocoa and patent remedies advertised in Civil Service Gazette
An OCR laden advertorial fragment promotes James Epps & Co cocoa and a thin evening beverage. It touts digestion benefits and medical usefulness, with pricing or labeling notes. Holloway's ointment is urged for seasonal illnesses, claiming deep penetration and blood purification. Kinahan's Irish Whisky is also advertised with depot locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps
James Epps & Co
Homeopathic Clemista
London
Holwoway
Holloway
Krvanan
S. LG
Kinahan
Great Titchfield-Street
Oxford-street
Bank of England Weekly Account Figures 1871
The Bank of England reports for the week ending April 5 1880 show total assets of 36,766,625 pounds with Government Debt 21,015,? acce Other Securities 3,084,900 and Gold Coin Bullion 21,766,625. Public Deposits stand at 10,521,035 with Other Deposits 20,151,913 and Bills 582,146. April 6 1871 shows Government Securities 212,? 143 and Other Securities 22,865,668 with Notem 12,481,220 and Gold Silver Coin 679,638. Chief Cashier: Fornes, Gro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banking DE Proprietors
Eeeremenenpeeve
Government Securities
Inc
Markets and cattle trade update from April market day
Corn Exchange notes a short English wheat supply with fair foreign arrivals and steady prices from last Monday. Cattle market shows steady demand with prices up about 2d per stone, 12,736 foreign stock imports last week, including 270 Spanish cattle. Sheep show moderate turnout and healthy demand. Local cargoes and regional inputs listed with varied yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Exchange
Manx Lawn
Morket
Metropolitan
London
Oporto
Norfolk
Suffolk
Essex
Cambridgeshire
England
Scotland
Ireland
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Bank OF England
Gro, Fornes
Kent
Chevalier
Harrow
Norfolk & Suttuck
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