Tiny Tim's feast scandal in Dickens stage play
A backstage tale recounts a child actor's unusual appetite during a Tiny Tim performance. The narrator describes piling food for the delicate girl who then hides leftovers behind the stage fireplace, with her sisters secretly finishing the meal after shows. Dickens himself weighs in on the moral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Cratchett
Tim
Alfred Mellon
Tiny Tim
Bob
Mrs. Mellon
Ellen
Charles Dickens
Toole
Marriages and Deaths from July Events in London and Bristol
Birth announcements for Greenfield and Foster in Bristol and several marriages in Islington Kensington Hastings Headingley Bowden and Bow road with names and affiliations. The Rev Samuel Martin of Westminster Chapel died at 61 on July 5 at Belgrave road.
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Greenfield—Foster
Highbury Chapel
Bristol
Professor Godwin
Arnold H. Thomas
William Smith Greenfield
Wimpole-street
London
Charlotte
Joseph Foster
Cox—Giddins
Union Chapel
Islington
Henry Allen
Henry Norris
Henry Cox
Highbury
Emily Fearn
George Giddins
Toms
Stoughton
Kensington Chapel
J. C. Harrison
Joseph
Joseph Toms
Woodbury
Enfield
Hattie Newell
Ealing
Coward—Bennett
Harley-street
Bow-road
Lewis Pearse
Christopher ‘I’. Coward
Ferns
Burdett
Limehouse
Emily
James Bennett
Turner’s Road
Strickland
Road
N. Smeal
M'‘Kerrow
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Bowden
J. M. M'Kerrow
Birmingham
Peter Barrie Smeal
Manchester
Sarah Christina
William M‘kerrow
Martin
Belgrave Road
Samuel Martin
Westminster Chapel
Holloway's Ointment and Pills Urge Trusted by Sufferers
The notice extols Holloway's Ointment and Pills as effective treatment for eruptions sores ulcers and bad legs. It claims the ointment relaxes swollen muscles reduces inflammation eases pain and can aid long standing illnesses. It notes the remedies work well alone or in combination and come recommended by grateful patients after other methods failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HolLoway
Cadbury Cocoa Essence Promoted by Medical Bodies
Medical professionals order Cadbury's Cocoa Essence in thousands of cases claiming it is more nutritious and flesh forming than other beverages. Consumers are advised to insist on the genuine product as imitations are common. makers to the Queen Paris depot listed at 90 Faubourg St Honoré.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadbury
Paris
Faubourg St
Honoré
Epps's Cachoine and Beauty Preparations Advertised
An 19th century column lists Epps's Cachoine a tongue tasting beverage with cacao properties and notes its almond-like flavor and revitalizing effect. It then catalogs Reckit's Paris Blue laundry blue with caution about imitations and Judson's Violet Dye predicting easy dyeing results. Also promoted are Mrs. S. A. Allen's hair restorers Zylo-Balsamum and restorer preparations claiming hair strengthening and anti baldness benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epps
James Epps
Reckitt
Paris
Judson
A. Allen
Essas Cooke Baines & Co Surveyors Advertise Compulsory Claim Aid
Essas Cooke Baines & Co announces expertise in settlement of compensation claims and offers services where property is taken. An invalid gentleman and wife seek board and residence or furnished apartments for two to three weeks in a tree sheltered country setting. Penn and Fraulein Esser plan to move their school to Grove House Upper Clapton after summer. A detached residence with grounds is available. Vacancies for boarders and morning pupils, inquiries by letter to Lover Clapton Post-office.
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ESSAS
Cooke Baines & CO
Finsbury-place
B.C
A. C. Fuller
Florence-street
Islington
London
Iss Penn
Fraulein Esser Will
D.V
Grove House
Upper Clapton
Lover Clapton
Cambridge Examiner
Du Barrys Revalenta Arabica Food Promises Wide Health Cure
An advertisement extols Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica as a universal remedy for dyspepsia constipation diarrhoea nervous disorders biliousness fevers and many other ailments. It claims 28 years of success 80000 cures and superior nourishment four times that of meat. Testimonials from doctors priests and patients praise its effects and urge purchase in multiple UK and European markets.
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United Kingdom
du Barry
Pye Henry Chavasse
F.R.C
B. F. Routh
Samaritan Hospital For Women and Children
A Barry
Charles Tyson
Monmouth
Peter Castelli
Prunetto
Mondovi
Barry
Marchioness DE Brehan
Naples
U Barry
Wurzer
Bonn
Rud Wurzer
J. Com. Paret
St. Romaine-des-Isles
DU Barry and Co., Limited
Regent-street
London
Place Vendome
Paris
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Doption
John Kennedy
Stepney-green
Mphatholke Hydropathic Establishment
Pitlochry
William Roy, Esq
Blixstowe
Suffolk
Menor ‘Terrace
Felixstowe
Northern Congregational School
Silcoates House
Wakefield
W. Field
Williams Divinity
John Crossley
Enq
Halifax
W.H. Lee
J.P
J. BR. Wolstenholme
Hon
James Rake
Batley
Finance
Revalenta Arabica
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