Amusing riddles and curious notes from a bygone era
A collage of light verse and jokes about illiteracy and penpuns, brief anecdotes of train delays and weather musings, plus letters and curiosities from the times. It mentions post office notices, election voting anecdotes, and a long savant’s note on solar heat experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich Hospital
Ong
Jemmy
Times
Kent
Great Britain
S. Jones, Brown
Suire
Monmouthshire
John Ramaden
Pendidete
Brown
Nee Gues
Smiths
Rameden
Kina Lon
Arnold
Southampton
Todd
Ji Smary
England
J Ny Soran
M. Mouchat
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Reedrsdale
Lord Rodesdale
Jeames
Morning Post
Lord
Bnnsy
Bank of England Week Ending December 28 Summary
The issue department reports notes issued totaling 82,191,035 pounds. Government debt stands at 611,015,100 pounds. Other securities total 8,984,909 pounds. Gold and bullion value reaches 17,191,935 pounds, with total assets 33,101,986 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Lother Securities
Eta Oata & Bullion
Banking Department Statement of Capital and Securities
Officials report figures for the Banking Department showing Proprietors Capital 14 558 000 Government securities 8 051 totals and other assets including Seven Day and other notes 9 251 750 Gold and silver coin 1 099 686 and total values as of December 2 1888 signed by Deputy Chief Cashier Frank May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank May
Holloway Pills Offer Purifying Digestive Aid
The article extols Holloway's purifying digestive and laxative pills as beneficial for those facing life’s struggles and poverty. It claims the pills improve stomach function, awaken a torpid liver, enhance kidney activity, and stimulate the bowels, placing organs back to their natural standard.
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I Borwawane
Holloway
Obituary Notices From a London Area Newspaper
Several death notices dated December detail the losses of Rev J P Fowls long-time Diss pastor, James Alexander Bruce infant son of Bingster in Hampstead, James Chalmers inventor of the Chalmers tin, Richard Mayne Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, a child of Rev A Scott, and Mrs Mary Robertson Ross wife of Rev J Robertson Ross, with ages and brief locations across Norwich Hampstead St John’s Wood and Ash near Whitchurch.
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Cresostit
Norwich
J. P. Fowls
Baptist Church
Diss
Sangster
Hampstead
James Alexander Bruce
James
Annie Bingster
Paternhster Row
Chalmers
Havarstock
London market updates show steady rates across meats and produce
London dec 28 reports mixed livestock and commodity activity. Foreign stock arrivals at the metropolis cattle market were moderate with generally quiet demand and prices near last week, while prime oxen and Down breed sales varied. Meat and bacon markets held steady amid ample imports from Hamburg Harlingen and Rotterdam. Fruit vegetables and potatoes faced tight supply and weak weather but onion and orange volumes remained sizable.
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London
Lincshire
Leicestershire
Northamptonshire
Scotland
Ireland
S. A
Smithfield
Hamburg
Harlingen
Almeira
Bordeaux
Belgium
Waterford
Borovch
Spitalfields
Antwerp
Dunkirk
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Arlingen
Births Marriages and Deaths Featured in Local Notices
Births and marriages listed from Jersey to Leeds with dates December 16 to 25 and Swindon Ossett and Horsforth. Notable entries include Robinson-Williams and Dixon-Oakes marriages along with Plaister-Forward and Walding-Addis nuptials. Death of Richard Parsons formerly of Ellington and editor of Newland News. James Morley obituary from Lausanne.
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Robinson—Williams
St. Luke's Church
Helier
Jersey
Edward Guile
Barmanet Robinson
Highbury
London
Dinahlizabeth
B. O. Williams
Hay
Campbell Terrace
Lure Booth
Queenstrest Chapel
Leeds
W. Thomas
William Turner
Leeda
Mary, Aly
John Booth
Rawden
Dixon—Oakes
Ossett-green Chapel
Oddie
Charles Dixon
Morley
Anne
Samuel Oakes
Storr’s Hill
Ossett
Plaister
Victoria Church
Swindon
J. H. Street
Snell
William John
Baptist Chapel
Horsforth
John Harper
Elijah Hudson
Mary Ann Hollings
Hereforth
Parsons
Wanganui
New Zealand
Richard 3. Y. Parsons
B. Parsons
Bbley
Stamp Office
Ellington
Newland News
Wellington
Auckland
Lausanne
James Morley
Richard Morley
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. de Créty
de. Montuoeishaw
Academy of ‘Sciénciés
Bank OF England
Wednesddy’s Gazette
Pnairkets
Ted
Foreigh
Chevalier
Eaton
See & Suffolk
Batur
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