Desirable London Advertising Medium for Schools Books and Philanthropic Appeals
The ormist offers a wide circulation suitable for advertisements about schools books general consumption items situations and philanthropic religious appeals. Rates: eight lines and under six shillings sixpence and a further two lines is sixpence per line. Half column one pound. Column two pounds. Subscriptions 26s yearly 13s half-year and 6s 6d per quarter. Payments via post office order at Ludgate-hill office or by reference in London.
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London
Ormist
Ludgate-hill
Christmas Charity Plea and Social Reform Notes
A Havering-style essay urges readers to share abundance with the poor during Christmas. It highlights ragged schools and housing for workers, plus Lord Ashley’s work and the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes. It criticizes meat prices and rails against state church debates, while praising the late Queen Dowager and noting Franco‑British ties through Paris travel and passport abolition.
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Lord Ashley
Tufnell
Spitalfields
Earl of Carlisle
Metropolitan Association
St. Pancras
Tmes
Times As
England
Privy Council
Paris
Mr Sidney Herberts Plan Of Human Drainage Amid Social Debate
Discussion surrounds Sidney Herbert's proposal to emigrate London’s surplus population, focusing on needlework workers and the female underclass. The piece analyzes sex ratios, emigration costs, and the social causes driving poor women to urban labor, highlighting urban crowding and the state’s absorbent role.
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Sidney Herberts
Mechanics
Sidney Herbert
Madame Veto
London
Great Britain
Australia
South Australia
New South Wales
Hoyden
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