Greek wines debate stirs readers and Sunday school notices
A critic defends Greek wines against Beckwith’s praise of French ports and champagnes, while a pamphlet controversy questions wine origins and methods. The issue prompts shifts toward abstinence or Greek wine consumption. Also reviewed are numerous Sunday school books and children’s stories, praising moral instruction and biblical lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Beckwith
France
Spain
Portugal
Denman
Stentorf
Emmry Nonnen
F. Warne
Richard Newton
London
W. Partridge and Co
J. A. Cooper
F.R
Sunday School Union
W. 8. Braufert
E. Laraam
Repton School
Bemrose and Sons
H. B. Browning
M.A
F. Pitman
Christ the Lord
Harriet Cave
Hamilton, Adams, and Co
Christ
J. Nisbet and Co
G. W. Hinspatz
Strahan and Co
The
Biblical Treasury
Father Fernie
James Nicholson
Glasgow
Porteous Brothers
Tragic murder suicide in Liverpool office quarrel
A managing clerk Joseph Jones fought with his wife in his employers office and attempted to kill her with a letter press handle. When cries drew bystanders he killed himself with a razor in their presence. The report also notes bankruptcy examinations of Sir Morton Prio and others and the railway claim dispute. Another case describes infant abuse linked to baby farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Joseph Jones
Jones
Morton Prio
Berts and Crampton
Winslow
London, Chatham, and Dover
Child starved and mistreated in Bethnal Green case
An eight month old child died after prolonged neglect by Mrs Moorer who kept the baby locked in a bedroom for ten to twelve hours at a time with no food. The coroner adjourned the inquest to allow legal aid. The case drew mob reaction from Bethnal Green mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethnal-green
Moorer
Social Science Association
Gladstone
Nottingham
Court of Common Pleas
Lawson
England
Livingstone search tale and London notes from Gleanings
Summary of brief items including E D Young near Livingstone search, Thames embankment traffic first, Mayo haymakers sunstroke deaths, Father Hyacinth’s England visit, open air cafés urged, university matriculation exam record, meat trade rise in Melbourne, Major Downing quote on readiness, Cincinnati Strangers Home by YMCA, fool discovery exam anecdote, whitebait origin debate, umbrella theft ads, parrot cries stop thief, lost dog advertising power, Christchurch drowning prompts bathing place plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Young
Livingstone
Thames Embankment
Castlebar
County Mayo
Father Hyacinth
England
Pall Mall Gazette
St. James’s Park
Lancet
University of London
Melbourne Argus
Jack Downing
Cincinnati
Young Men's Christian Association
A. Gunther
British Museum
Yarrell
Portsmouth
Minnesota
Christchurch
Hants
Broadside Snippets Touch On Faith Taxes and Oysters
A collage of items notes a subscription plan to fund an organist and a blower boy, questions about the Bishop of Oxford, American plans to set up English news aboard mail packets, a Buckland oyster spat report, a legacies tale in Peaback New Jersey, a clergyman’s fib parable, and Cyrus Field banquet words with a daughter’s reply from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Bishop
Frank Buckland
Reformed Church
Peaback
New Jersey
Jacob J. Tiger
Canada
Cyrus Field
Duke of Argyll
Field
New York
Holloway's Pills Promised to Restore Vitality and Digestion
Individuals feeling weak and nervous are urged to use Holloway's Pills as a natural remedy to stimulate the liver, relieve bile buildup, lift spirits, and expel toxins. The ad targets pallid, wasting people with imperfect digestion, claiming immediate ease and long term safety if action is delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloway
Births Marriages and Deaths BIRTHS
Births list several names with dates and places including Trevandrum Kong Kong Belfast Havelock Villa Manchester and Leicester. Marriages record multiple unions at various chapels and churches with names and locales including Auckland Kingsteinton Brixham Chulmleigh and Uppingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfleet
J. J. Robinson
J. Taylor
R. W. Row
Bridgman
Torquay
Martha
Pinsent
Ware
Beadon
Efford
Independent
Brixham
Frank
Thomas Beadon
Exeter
Annie
J. J. Efford
Dartmouth
Sells—Walker
Higher Broughton Congregational Church
Manchester
J. Muncaster
Vincent Perronet Sells
Bristol
Emma
James Walker
Ashley Down
Horfield
Gloucestershire
Bharp—Spink
Hallfield Chapel
Bradford
J. Makepeace
Thomas Sharp
Norwood Green
Hip
Rhoda Pearce
H. Stokes
Belgrave-gate
Comber—Tuke
Chulmleigh
North Devon
John Woodgar
Thomas James Comber
Denmark-road
Lambeth
Harriet
John Tuke
Ibberson—Shearman
Camberwell-green Chapel
CG. Stanford
W. H. Aberaun
Ruth
Mr. Shearman
Camberwell
Stokes—Mawby
Congregational
Uppingham
H. F. Walker
Henry Stokes
Leicester
Lucy Mawby
Stockton—Deaville
Cavendish-street Chapel
Parker
Edwin Charles
J. Stockton
Hulme
Martha Ann
Joseph Deaville
Chorlton-upon-Medloch
Treasure—Guthrie
Trevor Chapel
Brompton
W. M. Statham
Treasure, Esq
North-end
Fulham
Barah
Robert Guthrie
James Wild
North-end Villa
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