Liberal split over concession signals shift in leadership
The piece notes growing Liberal discontent and hints Mr Bright's return to office as a sign of concession. It cites parliamentary timing for notices of claims and objections, revising barrister sittings, and a broader critique of clerical dictation at Hell Corner. It also reports on starvation deaths and the year’s public bills across Houses.
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Liberal Party
Bright
the Spectator
Matthew Arnold
Heyford
Northamptonshire
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Quips and Quotations from a Prairie Farm Scene
A collage of humorous lines and anecdotes features a grandmother admonishing a boy to steal his father’s hat, an Irish officer condemning Calcutta as deadly yet literary, Mark Twain’s playful moment with his baby, and a funeral undertaker’s wife joke, followed by a note on foreign gnats invading Thames harvest fields causing stinging incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
India
Calcutta
Mark Twain
Samuel
Fortman
Harvest bugs plague reapers in Gravesend fields
A compact notice recounts harvest woes in Gravesend where crops suffer from bugs. It includes quips about Rev. George Gilfillan in Dundee reacting to a biblical reading and a witty Chicago commentary on New York society. The piece ends with a quip about Mormon hymns and a San Francisco Chronicle remark.
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Gravesend
George Gilfillan
Dundee
Fitzjames Stephen
Stephen
Moorin Sinaine
Chicago
New York
Julia
Bishop Cox
Hanson Cox
Presbyterian Church
Arthur
Itate
San Francisco Chronicle
Births Marriages and Deaths Notice
Birth notices list Stephens Burt Sweet Spencer-Reid Nash-Wontner with details of locations and dates. Death notices report Coombe Mitchell and Tucker with ages and residences, including Melbourne Bristol Totnes and Mount Pleasant Totnes.
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Coombe
Hawthorn
Melbourne
Australia
W. D. Coombe
Mitchell
No.1
Belmont
Clifton
Bristol
Mary Andrews
Thomas Mitchell
Leicester
Thomas Grundy
Lutterworth
Tucker
Mount Pleasant
Totnes
William Tucker
Bank of England Weekly Account Figures August 13 1873
Accounting figures show issue department notes 38 100 090 pounds and total assets 42 480 532 pounds for the Bank of England as of August 14 1873. Chief Cashier Frank May signs the weekly account. Also an advertisement for Judson's Simple Dyes promises quick clean results for fabrics with notes from The Family Herald.
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Victoria
Banking Department
Tor’s Cae
Government Secua Hwanndah
Cities,inc
Frank May
Wheat and cattle market report from London and Metropolis prices
Wheat trade firmer with old crop selling near last week's rates and new crop meets buyers at high, irregular prices. Foreign wheat for French account boosts sentiment. barley oats and beans show strength. Metropolitan cattle market notes limited foreign stock, firmer demand for best breeds, top prices up to 6s 4d per 8lbs, sheep and lambs steady, meat market dull, provisions and butter prices rise, potatoes seed and wool notes.
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Metropolitan
London
Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
Northamptonshire
Lincoln
England
Ireland
Patent nostrums and pens advertise in a shabby miscellany
A scattered ad page extols Dr Ridge's Food for infants and invalids, Macniven and Cameron pens, Naldire's Tablet for dogs, and Holloway's medicines. Trade notes claim reliability, household utility, and nervous-system benefits with seasonal health warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridge
Shrewsbury Journal
Pickwick
Owl
Macniven and Cameron
Post
Blair Street
Edinburgh
Nairdire
Naldire
Frank Buckland
Edgar Hanbury
N.B
Solloway
Holloway
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Glennings
Stephens
West View
Birchfield
Birmingham
Frederick Stephens
Burt
Carlisle Terrace
Askewroad
Shepherd’s Bush
C. W. Burt
Adelaide
South Australia
Sweet
Romford
Frederick Sweet
Spencer—Reid
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
James Sugden
Scarborough
Thomas Blandford
Herne Bay
William W. Spencer
Ipswich
Isabella
W. Reid
Hastings
Ambrose Perkins
Darlington
Nash—Wontner
Clapton Park Congregational Chapel
Edward White
Searle James Nash
Clapton
Rachel Margaret
Schopenk Ontner
Islington
Bank OF England
Judson
Corn Exchange
Mark Lang
Metropolitan Meat Market
Boroucu
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