Missing London man ends after hat purchase and dinner plan
The missing man travelled from Chard to London and met a servant in his parish before saying he would buy a new hat and dine out. He bought a hat in Warwick Street and left the shop at 5 30, asking it be sent by 7 45. His fate remains unknown after 7 30. An old hat found in Birdcage Walk hints at a thwarted plan.
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Chard
London
Hooleston Square
Cabh
Warwick-street
National Education Society
Westminster
Cotton mill fire at Bakewell shocks Derbyshire
A Bakewell cotton mill was destroyed by fire on Friday with losses estimated around 18000 pounds. The piece notes other unrelated items from the same period including civic projects and anecdotes.
Dickens Arranges Early Admission for Disabled Admirer
A letter from a paralysed fan asks Mr Dickens to open Temple doors earlier for private access to a reading. Dickens responds with sympathetic acknowledgment and ensures accommodation, plus complimentary tickets.
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Dickens
Temple
Bank of England Weekly Account 1880 Balance
Bank of England report for the week ending February 5 1880 shows Notes issued 35 642 785 pounds Government Debt 11 015 100 pounds Other Securities 8 981 907 pounds Gold Coin and Bullion 20 642 785 pounds.
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Victoria
Frank May
Holloway’s Ointment and Pills Hope for All
A promotional note extols Holloway’s ointment and pills as cures for any ailment. It claims the remedies cleanse and invigorate the body, purify digestion, and act on the absorbent system, lungs, heart, and circulation to restore energy and vitality.
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Holloway
Births Marriages and Deaths notices from early January to February
The long list records numerous births marriages and deaths with names like Jenkins Belbig Iredale Travis Cracknell James Rowe Brimble Ackroyd Whithuey Flack Boden Crabtree Walker Watkinson Webster etc with dates from January 80 to February 8 in towns including Aberdare Salford Halifax Wix Leeds Bradford Ipswich Blackburn Baillieston Croft Bradford Reading and Leeds plus notes on ministers and chapels and a memorial for William Strode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iredale—Travis
Congregational Church
Square Road
Halifax
Benjamin Bond
Alfred Iredale
Catherine Travia
Hipperholme
Bristol
R. B. May
Hebditch
Martin
Richard Rowe
Kingsdownparade
Anne
John Brimble
Kitchurch
Bristal
Ackroyd —Whithuey
Zion Chapel
Bradford
J. P. Chown
Isaac Ackroyd
Horton
Rhoda Whiteley
Bowling
Flack —Ring
Independent Chapel
St. Nicholas Street
Ipswich
John Raven
Tarner Flack
Migg Sarah King
Boden—Waugh
James Street
Blackburn
J B. Lister
B. Waugh
Oswald Boden
Eng
Cornbrook Park
Magnohester
Jane
Waugh
Crabtree—Noble
Westgate Chapel
J. Bloomfield
Samuel Crabtree
Eligabeth Noble
Allerton
T. W. Medhurat
Glasgow
Sarah Webster
Coleshill
Goodesson
George
Tetbury
Mary Kendall
J. J. Waite
Hereford
Buck—Banks
Woodford
E T. Eye
Alfred
Cornelius B. Buck
Beech House
Chingford
Essex
Paternoster Row
Eliza
F. W. Banks
Wurstone-lane
Birmingham
J. Crawley
Arches
McVonald
Soom Chapel
East Burleigh
Devon
William Marshall
Tetley
Colin McDonald
Elizabeth Hallett
Otterton
Obituaries and Notices from Early February
February notices announce Elizabeth Anne Spicer of Sydenham Villa Croydon died at Ensenden House Ryde. Also Sarah Fidel widow of John Fidel aged eighty six. Georgina Emily Wiltshire beloved daughter of George and Sarah Wiltshire aged sixteen months.
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Bpicer
Ensenden House
Ryde
Elizabeth Anne Spicer
Sydenham Villa
Croydon
Peaos
Fiveus
Faringdon
Berks
Sarah
John Fidel
Wiltshire
Silverstreet
Enfield
Georgina Emily
George
Sarah Wiltshire
Market Report From London Wheat And Bread Prices
Markets show a weak wheat morning with inferior bulk beyond best samples taken at current rates. Barley firm, beans and peas quiet. foreign oats arrivals small but good parcel show. Necessitous buyers pay 6d per quarter advance to meet needs. Bread prices in London range 7d to 9d for household, 10d to 10d for wheaten.
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London
Metropolitan Cattle Market Returns Foreign Stock Prices
London last week imported 1930 head of foreign stock with heavy demand and declining quotations. Fresh from grazing districts, prime beasts moderate. Ireland and Scotland supplies limited. Scots crosses sold to 4s 10d per 8 lbs. Norfolk Suffolk and Cambridgeshire sent about 1500 Scots crosses. England other parts 700 breeds. Scotland 342. Ireland 170 cattle. Sheep sales remained moderate with tops 5a per 8 lbs. lambs 35–87a per head. Calves moved slowly 48 4d–53 6d per 8 lbs. Pigs abundant but few traded. top 4a 2d per 8 lbs.
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London
Ireland
Scotland
Norfolk
Suffolk
Essex
Cambridgeshire
England
Newgate and Leadbenall Market Reports on Feb 8
Market notes from Newgate and Leadbenall show heavy trade and full meat supplies with quotations barely supported. London imports last week included 44 packages from Hamburg and 26 from Bremen while potatoes and various fruits and nuts are reported with fluctuating prices and mixed demand.
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London
Hamburg
Bremen
Harlingen
Ostend
Rotterdam
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Bakewell
Derbyshire
Masonic Brotherhood of Philadelphia
Susan
Chancery
Cheltenham
Kendal
Lowther
Westmoreland
Avith
Isaac
Berlin
Police
Charles Dickens
Boston Commonwealth
Charleston
Bank OF England
Birtas
Jenkins
Aberdare
D. M. Jenkins
Selbie
Salford
R. W. Belbig
John Lane
Thornbury
Gloucestershire
Donell
Craven-place
Maidstone
Frederic Dubvll
King-atrest Church
Downey
Hlarkets
Kent
Pras
Ee Ae
Norfolk & Suffolk
Metropolitan Cattle Market
Newgate and Leadbenaall
Covent Garden Market
Walter Beurré
Jean de Witte
St. Michael
Borough
Nework
Weald
Mall Park
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