London Metropolis Holiday Brace for Two- Day Silence
Fog lifts over London as holiday business slows across the metropolis with transport disruptions likely until Monday. Reports detail railway accidents, punishments, and prosecutions while political figures like Mr Winterbotham are mourned as a promising talent ends early.
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London
Metropolitan
Great Eastern Railway
Liverpool Street
Newgate
Clerkenwell
Marylebone
Dublin
Culnane
Churchtown
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bolton
Manchester
Laslock Junction
Southport
Secon
Edinburgh Infirmary
Worcester and Hereford
Great Western Railway
Malvern Link
Worcester
Harrison
Wolverhampton
Dorrington
Stroud
Winterbotham
Daily News
House of Commons
Liberal Party
Home Department
Death notices and obituaries span three prominent figures
Obituaries report the death of Mr Winterbotham MP after illness in Italy while on health leave. Also noted are deaths of Prof Anassiz and Mr Mason Jones, highlighting their careers in science and religious equality advocacy. The notices emphasize public service and contributions, with brief biographical details and dates.
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Winterbotham
M.P
Home Department
Italy
Rome
H. Winterbotham
Lindsey Winterbotham
Stroud
Amersham School
Bucks
University College
London
Hume
W. H. P. Gorse Laneton
Somerset
Newton Park
Bath
Anassiz
New York
M. Agassiz
Europe
America
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Mississippi
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Brazil
Gulf Stream
Mason Jones
Kensington
Jones
Trinity College
Dublin
Boston
Free Trade Hall
Manchester
Lancashire
Exeter Hall
Lambeth Baths
Metropolitan
Gleanings from Criprens Toys Display
Curious shop windows in the West attract children and adults as they admire a mix of home and foreign toys. Figures with flaxen hair, doll chests, and tissue paper dresses share space with toy soldiers, a snow-dusted Carthusian monk, a clown, and even a masked head. The display includes Wurtemberg carriages, clockwork trains, Bavarian miniatures, Prussian metal toys, and Coburg paste toys among others.
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Criipren
Wurtemberg
Bavaria
Prussia
Coburg
Curious Toy Catalog and Monster Octopus Tale
A description of a toy shop catalogue featuring animals and mechanical toys that delight children, followed by a Pall Mall Gazette note on reports of a giant octopus seen near Newfoundland. Fishermen described a sixty-foot creature with a parrot beak and arms, but experts doubt such beasts exist, citing sensational natural history.
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France
Trousseaux
Neroa
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Portugal Cove
Conception Bay
Pall Mall Gazette
Messiah Performance in Exeter Hall A Christmas Event
The Sacred Harmonic Society presents its 42nd annual Messiah at Exeter Hall on Friday the 19th inst. Dr. Beke advances on his Mount Sinai expedition seeking aid from the Viceroy of Egypt while the Khedive backs Schweinfurth and funds the Libyan Desert venture under Dr. Ohlfs. The railway board notes and responses discuss safety measures and passenger data from the North Western system with directors defending practices and urging continued precautions.
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Sacred Harmonic Society
Exeter Hall
Beke
Mount Sinai
Egypt
Schweinfurth
Libyan Desert
Gerhard Ohlfs
Railways
Board OF Trade
Castleman
London and South-Western Railway Company
Moon
London and North- Western
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