Political and legal appointments and a nobility surge
A North Lancashire candidate may be made a Lord of the Admiralty succeeding Mr Du Cane. Lord Chief Baron Kelly and Vice-Chancellor W Page-Wood are named as new law lords. Rumor says Sir B Brett may join judges for election petitions. Sir B O Pine named Governor of Western Australia. Adelina Patti wed Marquis de Caux at Clapham park road chapel London.
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North Lancashire
Admiralty
du Cane
Kelly
W. Page-Wood
B. Brett
B. O. Pine
Western Australia
Madlle
Adelina Patti
Marquis de Caux
Clapham Park-Road
London
London Miscellany Highlights Strikes and Public Works
Week ending Aug 1 reports 1388 patients at Great Northern Hospital 496 new cases. Cab drivers protest railway monopoly. Westminster Abbey hosts working men tea. Embankment footway opens with notable officials. Abbey Mills drainage inspected. Swindon faith cure case draws attention. Peace Society urges Parliament to curb excess military and public works spending amid crisis.
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Great Northern Hospital
Caledonian-Road
Walter Cave
London Working Men's Association
Institute Union
Tuames Embankment
Westminster
Essex-street
Strand
John Thwaites
Metropolitan Board of Works
Lord John Manners
Tite
Ayrton
Cowper
Bazalgette
Westminster-bridge
Waterloo Bridge
Abbey Mills
Plaistow
Axiecep
Wiltshire
Swindon
F. R. Young
Joseph Jones
New Swindon
Young
Wilts and Gloucester
The
Peace Society
House of Commons
Senate approves women lawyers in Iowa
A bill passed the Iowa Senate allowing women to practice as lawyers. The report also notes varied items from royal gossip, pricing changes in copper coinage, and anecdotal curiosities about public life and notable figures. The miscellany includes jokes about windmills and references to Disraeli era theater.
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Iowa Senate
Roscrea
County Tipperary
Fisherton
Salisbury
Highfield
Lady Cust
Leasowe Castle
Cheshire
Times
Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and Co
Pampas
Bloss
R. R
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Termagant
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Quebec
Ind
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Brazil
Antilles
Mediterranean
Birmingham Gazette
Bannerman
Sierra Leone
West African Herald
Ahquah
Winnebah
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St. James’s Gate
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the Figaro
England
Thomas
Biddulph
Paris
Switzerland
Figaro
Royal Kitchen of England
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Edward Lytton Bulwer
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