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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 15, 1874
Page
22
A moonlight prop failure during a curtain ascent causes Brown to drag a candle on a pole as the curtain rises revealing him in shirt sleeves. The cord snaps, eclipses appear, and the curtain crashes down as the manager loses his nerve, ending his career that night.
Births and multiple marriages announced with dates mainly on April 8 9 and 13. Entries include James F Spriggs and Emma Caroline Jackson Halsey and Emma Boothroyd Vaughan and Elizabeth Murrell and Letitia Higgs Harris and Jane Thornely Stewart and Henrietta Alexander Maine Jones Jones Roberts Bunting Smith Roper Stephings Hodge Byles Carey plus survivors and residences across London Ipswich Swansea Bournemouth Clapton Stockport and Teignmouth.
The April 13 market notes show firmer English and foreign wheat with advances of 1s per qr and higher flour costs. Cattle at Metropolitan Market steady with steady foreign stock arrivals and sheep and calves varying, butter and bacon prices firm, Covent Garden reports unchanged supply, hops and potatoes show price trends, and seeds wool oil tallow coal markets all feature modest shifts and steady demand.
The Bank of England releases weekly statement of issues and balances for the week ending April 8 1874. It lists Note issues at 36 602 145 pounds in the Issue Department and total assets on the Banking Department side at 44 603 278 pounds, with details for government securities deposits and specie holdings. Chief Cashier F May signs the report.
A Victorian advertisement bundle warns parents to avoid opium-containing medicines for infants and promotes Stedman's Teething Powders and Materfamilias Pills as safer substitutes. It touts gum lancet branding, Dr Ridge preparations, and Turner's Tamarind Emulsion for bronchial relief, with prices and outlets across London.
Dr Hassall reports analysis of 18 tea samples in The Times on January 7 finds all are adulterated. Samples were colored with Prussian blue turmeric and a mineral powder. He notes inauthentic facing substances serve no real purpose but enable further adulterations.
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