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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 09, 1870
Page
10
A Wales gathering endorses the ballot principle amid farmer distress and landlord pressure. Attendees pledge to aid the eviction fund for those harmed by exercising the franchise, and urge Parliament to act next session. Letters from Miall, Sir Titus Salt, and W Pollard send regrets and financial contributions to the fund.
Reports note 1,400 subscriptions toward the Faraday Memorial and mention a bicycle fatality in Birmingham. Returns from America include a Sheffield trades unionist, Indiana rings, inquest verdicts of starvation, a Manchester colliery disaster, and plans for world rail and steamship through tickets. Other items cover a fox hunt on bicycles, Dickens’ new London New York story, Atlantic and French cable deals, and various social and financial notes from London.
A London observer reports on the Bishop of Orleans facing an English Protestant challenger, Mr. David Urquhart, in a spirited exchange. The piece threads through linguistic quirks, a drowning by suicide report, coffee leaf usage, French gallantry, and toxic adulteration fears in British beer trade.
The Aranchester Guardian notes that liquor offered to the working classes is often drugged and laments the past passion among the middle and upper classes for ports and sherries. It asserts improved wine-drinking habits and urges the decay of strong draughts to spread through all social levels for national gain.
On and after January 5 the column will accept notices only if sent with a remittance of half a crown in postage stamps. The rule applies to all announcements intended for this column.
Births marriages and deaths notice from a local paper lists the January 29 marriage of Mary Anne Shaw to W. Carey Rees at Bocking Congregational Church, with remarks on family relations and officiants. Other notices include the February 2 wedding at Maidenhead for Agnes Silver and Charles Vardy, the January 23 death of Miss Whitty in Yeovil, and obituaries for William Thorn and infant Percival Edgar Theobald with brief life details.
The weekly Bank of England account shows issue department notes at £82,571,150 and total assets and liabilities across government debt £411,015,100, other securities £3,984,909, gold coin £18,571,160, and deposits £21,100,910. Chief Cashier Geo. Forses notes figures for week ending February 2 with totals of £45,697,238 in various holdings and £45,697,238 overall.
The text claims Holloway remedies ease sciatica rheumatism neuralgia gout and related pain. It describes fomenting with tepid brine then applying ointment and taking pills as prescribed to relieve severe pain, reduce swelling relax tendons and strengthen affected limbs.
Fresh supplies at today’s market were moderate while demand remained inactive. English wheat fell 28 per year from Monday’s low, foreign wheat 1s. qr lower, flour and bread products down, oats and Indian corn weaker, and barley and peas seeing limited sales. Metropolitan cattle market saw modest arrivals with fewer top quality animals, firmer meat prices, and overall quiet trade.
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