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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 13, 1850
Page
24
Fragmentary OCR text lists names and dates with garbled phrases including February and March references. No clear event, action, or outcome is identifiable to summarize a coherent news item or notice.
In Rutgers market notes the Monday supply of stock was limited and of middling quality. Beef trade was largely inactive due to poor slaughter weather with top beef at 3s 10d. Norfolk Suffolk Essex and Cambridgeshire sent 14840 Scots and Short-horns. Herefords Devons and other breeds appeared in small numbers. Sheep numbers were small. mutton values fell with weak demand.
Market summary from Dorset and London outlines bread prices, milk cost per dozen, and oats payments with varying pounds and pence. It notes weak demand across most items, including wheat bread and household quantities, with broad street and regional price references.
Market report notes heavy supply by rail in SouthwarKk WA and rising stocks for potatoes, wool, tallow, and hides. Yorkshire Regents and Wisbech potatoes quoted from 60s to 120s per ton, wool prices steady with Laid Highland and Cheviot types listed, public wool sales begin next Thursday with 12 000 to 13 000 bales declared. Tallow and hoarded goods show subdued demand, with prices easing and buyers scarce in London and St. Petersburg reports hinting at higher future values.
Market reports indicate coal prices steady with little fluctuation on Monday February 11. Trade notes mention stable levels for various grades and limited activity as buyers assess ongoing demand amid festival periods.
The market notes firmer import buying for Magritine with two thirds of 9,000 bags traded amid a 6d decline. Sugar prices near Friday levels, coffee markets steady with small parcels bought, and Ceylon bids quoted 59s to 68s. Indigo sales reported 14,300 thefts at quarterly sale, Madras and Kurpaha goods moved with modest gains. Overall market activity dull with general heaviness across trades.
Advertisement by R Halse the Medical Galvanist claims galvanism, when scientifically applied with proper apparatus, can cure invalids and gentlemen. The copy notes testimonials including a clergyman of the Established Church and a patient brought by his wife, though details are garbled and unclear.
A letter to the editor recounts a patient’s recovery after treatment with galvanism by Mr. Hale. The writer describes initial skepticism and a dramatic early improvement including walking unaided within a week and regained arm use in six weeks. The letter urges cautious patient trials and supports galvanic therapy while praising the practitioner’s results for various conditions.
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