Charity Home Aims to House 300 Boys at Horton Kirby
At Horton Kirby near Farningham the charity home was the setting for a fundraising soirée led by Mr. Wilson and Mr. Alexander. The event opened with a boy examination and toured trades in the basement, followed by dissolving views of the school and its pleasant location. Subscriptions were urged to expand capacity from 260 to 300.
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Wilson
Alexander
Lancashire
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Bolton
Torpey
Messrs
London
Ryder
Marylebone Police Court
Parkes
Miss Goodrich
Southampton
Dagina Gazette
Enaspaston
Birmingham Gazette
Edgbaston
University of London
The
Church of Great Britain
Emanuel Swedenborg
Stockholm
Tafel
America
Lords of the Treasury
York
Canterbury
Westminster
Henry James
Metropolitan Asylums Board
Grieve
Hampstead Smallpox Hospital
Shoreditch
Bethnal-green
St. Saviour’s
Weavers Strike Over Steam in Blackburn Sheds
About 200 weavers in Blackburn employed by a local firm have stopped work after the firm introduced steam into the weaving sheds. A note from a physician laments a “horrible crisis” with no sick people in the district.
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Blackburn
Musical Standard
Boston
Crystal Palace
London
Improved principle for the transmission of messages and coin notes
The article notes satisfaction with a new sovereign coin but criticizes the die sharpness and copper alloying. It recalls a humorous grace joke about James Taylor and a reverent hymn anecdote. It warns that gas from lighting contributes to ill health in indoor workers, and reports Dublin Public Health findings on poisonous colouring in sweets and lozenges urging caution.
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George and the Dragon
George IV
Grace
James Taylor
Hall
British Medical Journal
Dublin Corporation
Dublin
Bank of England Issue Depart notes and government debt totals
Bank of England issue department reports totals for notes issued and securities. Government debt and other securities amount to millions, with gold coin and bullion listed, dated June 26, 1871, signed by Geo. Forses, Chief Cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ISBUE
Vic
Holloway's Ointment and Pills Relieve Scrofulous Eruptions
The text touts Holloway's Ointment as a universal cure for sores ulcers bad legs and scrofulous eruptions. It notes thousands testify to its healing powers and that pills used with the ointment in mild doses boost cures, especially in chronic cases. Also mentions Kinahan's Irish Whisky with depot address at 64 Great Titchfield Street Oxford Street W.
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Holloway
Kinanan’s
Lo& Wairsky
Kinahans
Great Titchfield Street
Oxford Street
English Wheat Market Report Monday January 30
CORN EXCHANGE notes a small show of English wheat with short arrivals from abroad. Political news pushes prices higher with English wheat at 1s to 28s per quarter above last Monday. Foreign wheat up 1s per quarter. Flour gains 1s per load and 2s per sack on export demand. Nominal top price up to 50s. Peas beans and Indian corn and barley show full demand.
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Corn Exchange
Marx Lanz
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Holborn
St. Pancras
Marylebone
Islington
Chelsea
Medical Department of Privy Council
Homerton
Stockwell
Limerick
Monsell
Vere de Vere
Archdeacon Croghan
Terva
Liberal Party
England
Scotland
Liberal
House of Commons
J. Taylor
Office of Works
Gleanings
McCallum
Craignestock-place
Glasgow
Gilbert McCallum
Wardlaw Congregational Church
Bellgrove Street
Bank OF England
Victoria
Van
Geo
Forses
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