School mourns death of secretary Brewer and considers site move
A local school notes the death of secretary Brewer and praises head master Rev E A Abbott and staff. The 1870 balance sheet shows receipts of 7807 and expenditures of 7509, leaving a 278 balance. The Court of Common Council has sent the matter to the School Committee to decide if relocating to a more convenient site with playground is advisable, possibly at Whitecross Street Prison.
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E. A. Abbott
Brewer
Court of Common Council
Henry A. Isaacs
Whitecross-street Prison
Aurora and arsenic in pink note paper spark questions
Readers are told of an aurora display and a solar halo described by correspondents. Dr Wohl notes arsenic in fuchsine dyed papers. The piece also surveys anecdotes on church dog protests in Maine, social customs in England, and a French critique of Parisian dress tastes.
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7 Times
H. Wohl
Maine
Patty
Soul Sleepers
Virginia
Willie
Warnine
John Bull
Carter
Union
Ohio
Paris
The
Standard
M. Taine
England
Birth notices from August weddings and births in London area
The column records several birth notices and marriages: Fuller a daughter to Rev W H Fuller at Grafton Villa Winchester. Mackennal a son to Rev A Mackennal at Leicester. Davies Pretious Robert Oswald Davies to Hannah Elizabeth Pretious at Maizehill Congregational Church Greenwich. Beament Gardner Joseph Beament of City road to Eliza Gardner of Aldgate.
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Fuller
Grafton Villa
Edgar Road
Winchester
W. H. Fuller
Mackennal
Leicester
A. Mackennal
Davies—Pretious
Maizehill Congregational Church
Greenwich
Robert Marten
Robert Oswald Davies
Hannah Elizabeth
Samuel Pretious
Lloyd’s. Beament
Gardner
Poultry Chapel
Geo. Verrall
Bromley
Kent
Joseph
Joseph Beament
Westmoreland-place
City-road
Eliza
Christopher Gardner
Aldgate
City
Advertised Home Remedies and Fortifying Spirits
An assortment of early 19th century patent medicines and tonics is promoted. Epps’s Cocoa with directions to use boiling water or milk is praised for digestion and health, Kinahan's Irish Whisky is extolled for purity, and Holliway's Pills are advertised as purifying with broad health benefits from stomach to nerves.
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Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps
Great Tichfield-street
Oxford-street
W. Hollioway
Pitts
Bread Prices In Metro Pete Market Headline
Prices for Wheaton Bread reach 4 lb loaves at 74d to 8d and Household Bread at 63d to 7d 3 in the Metro Peter market on a Saturday.
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Ousehold
Bank of England Weekly Account Figures August 23
The Issue Department reports notes issued 39,648,465 pounds for the week ending August 23. Government debt stands at 11,015,100 pounds, other securities 3,984,900 pounds. Gold coin and bullion total 24,648,465 pounds and silver bullion equals 39,648,465 pounds.
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Bank OF England
Victoria
Issue Department
Aeopety
Secu-ion
Frank May
Markets Report from London Corn Exchange and Metropolitan Cattle Market
English wheat prices held where they were last week as small supplies and favorable harvest weather reduced activity. Metropolitan cattle show steady demand with good stock from Lincolnshire and Scotland, lambs quiet, and a muted meat market across the capital.
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Corn Exchange
Marx Lang
France
Tondon
Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
Northamptonshire
England
Scotland
Ireland
Jersey
Middle Kent
Belgium
New York State
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Hampton Court
Peter Peter Wreatt
Essex
Pras— Reg. i
Norfolk & Suffolk
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