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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 21, 1872
Page
10
A young woman, about nineteen, died after a candle set on the floor ignited her archer dress, enveloping her in flames despite immediate medical aid. In a Brockengate Hall incident, a cook and house maid were found unconscious and dead from coke-fume suffocation in the same room.
The article notes H Richard MP plans to press a motion on international arbitration. It reports on a bill proposed by Gilpin Fowler MLaren Gray to abolish capital punishment, replacing it with life penal servitude for murder and for high treason. It also covers Sir Rompel Palmer’s pension stance and a large funeral in Darlington.
An ancient aqueduct position may correspond to Hezekiah’s upper watercourse from Gihon to the west side of the City of David. It could also be the conduit of the Upper Pool referenced in Isaiah and Kings. The find supports City of David on Mount Moriah and may locate the Upper Gihon near the Pool or nearby source.
A Milwaukie judge uses a seven shooter to restore order in court. Waterville Maine youths form anti corset and anti tobacco societies. Chicago rues not keeping fire until a Russian grand duke arrives. Missouri paper jokes about local ads and flamboyant journalism. Notes on a Tichborne trial bon mot, a swindler in Birmingham, dangers of aniline dyes, a plain spoken bishop, Lent dispensations from Archbishop Manning, and debunking a circulating comet scare with reference to Kepler and Arago.
Birth Humphreys Feb 13 at Trafalgar Square Brompton wife of Henry T Humphreys Esq a son. Marriages Harrison Haldane Feb 13 Park Chapel to Jane Hamilton eldest daughter of T Haldane of Adelaide. Atkinson Addyman Feb 7 Zion Chapel Sunderland Mary Addyman. Needham Taylor Feb 15 Cemetery Road Congregational Sheffield Francis Needham to Mary Anne Taylor. Pease Wilson Feb 15 Saltburn on the Sea Joseph Beaumont Pease to Mary Wilson. Death Lankester Feb 18 Russell House Southampton Mary wife of William Lankester J P aged 65.
The advertisement extols Horniman's Pure Teas for consistency and low cost, citing 2,588 agents and the appeal of strong quality. It also promotes James Epps & Co cocoa and Moxtioway's Pills as safe, effective family remedies, claiming mild operation and no mercury content.
The English wheat supply was small with moderate arrivals and prices steady from last week. Flour and oats showed limited change with old and new prices. Large foreign stock imports entered London last week totaling 11,749 head, up from prior years, signaling steady demand for cargoes in port markets.
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