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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 21, 1874
Page
10
The Rev. H Ward Beecher urged young readers to treat fiction as a spice for life not a staple. He warned excess may dull duty, sour mood, and isolation, while moderation can heighten cheer, duty, and kindness.
Births marriages and deaths listed with names and dates. Announcements require sender name and address for authentication and a charge of one shilling. Includes births from Glenlark Villa Ashgrove Bradford Epsom and Leamington. marriages at Clifton Down and Colchester. deaths in Plymouth and Leeds with brief family references.
The weekly account ending January 14 1874 reports Government Debt £11,015,100 and other securities £3,984,906. Banking Department shows Proprietor's Capital £14,553,000 and total deposits £20,835,733 with other securities £16,695,803. Gold and silver coin totals £607,108 and overall sums £43,840,477. Chief Cashier F May signs.
An advertisement extols Epps Cocoa for digestion and nutrition, noting its refined flavor and potential to reduce medical bills. It mentions James Epps & Co London as makers and urges boiling water or milk preparation. Also promotes Jupson's Simple Dyes and Judson's Dyes for wool, silk, and shawls with quick results.
Market notes show English wheat steady from last week with higher Indian corn and malting barley gains. Metropolitan cattle market reports quiet imports and varied prices, with sheep and calves steady to soft and pork dull. Also covered are meat market totals, Irish butter, bacon prices, Covent Garden goods, and regional price movements in hops potatoes seeds wool oils tallow coal.
Advertisements promote Stedman's Teething Powders free of opium for infants and Materfamilias Pills as a substitute for Castor Oil. Dr Ridge's Food tins and Cassell's Guide extract praised. Holloway remedies touted as cures for both general and female health, claiming cleansing, nerve stimulation, and blood purification benefits.
Advertisements boast EWING MACHINES from £2 2s to £25 and claim London’s only venues to inspect all sewing machines. SMITH and CO. promise impartial recommendations with a one month trial and no charge to exchange for another machine if needed.
An annual Court of Governors meeting will elect forty five children from the orphan working school at Haverstock Hill. The session on Thursday the 29th at the London Tavern Bishopsgate street will also hear a report and cash statement and elect officers for the year. The chair will be taken at eleven o'clock. Joseph Soul, See, Office, 73 Cheapside. A widow lady near Buckhurst Hill seeks a cheerful lady to board with her. Address ER 1 Buckhurst Hill Post-office. Removal notice for H J Cave and Sons basket makers to No 40 Wigmore Street near Weylbeck and Wimpole streets. Catalogues for 1874 available by post for two stamps.
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