Wheat Crops Strong Across England Despite Shortages Elsewhere
A Cornish observer notes England’s wheat crops showing vigor with 48 to 56 bushels an acre in Mechi’s fields. Deep steam cultivation on farms like Prout’s and Middleditch’s yields surpass previous seasons while barley and oats lag. Potatoes and fodder vary, with treacle-fed hay and stock food costs rising as labour remains abundant and harvesting machines become universal but underused due to labour availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Midland
Mechi
Prout
Middleditch
England
Scotland
Ireland
Bucks
Leicester
Somerset
Saintfoin
Lucerne
National Temperance Fete at Crystal Palace Draws Crowds
The National Temperance League fete at Crystal Palace drew large crowds despite a drop in attendance from 53,000 to about 38,000. Speakers including Canon Babington and Baboo Mazoomdar, plus bands of hope choirs, concerts, and outdoors events highlighted the day. The event featured temperance lectures, a public meeting, music, athletic contests, and a balloon race, ending with secretary Rae declaring the year’s hard work complete.
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National Temperance League
Crystal Palace
W. B. Robinson
Portsmouth
Manchester
Handel Cossham
Samuel Bowly
R. M. Grier
Rugeley
Paterson
Mahan
Oberlin College
America
Maine
Baboo Pratap Chunder Mazoomdar
Calcutta
India
Prenads
Froome Talfourd
Samuel Knell
Bailey
Samuel Capper
William Dunn
Opera Theatre
G. C. Campbell
Jabez
Atkin
Whittaker
T. A. Smith
J. W. Kirton
Birmingham
Joseph Malins
Bands of Hope
Frederic Smith
Nden
Hope
Chatham
Rochester
Strood
Milton-next-Sittingbourne
Chelmsford
Colchester
Kettering
Leicester
Henley-on-Thames
High Wycombe
Reading
Oxford
Yde
Isle of Wight
Hastings
Maidenhead
Untic
Banda of Hope
Drake
Royal Poland-street
D. S. Miller
Temperance Hospital
Welsh Choral Union
John Komas
Mr. Rae
Temperance Work
Ballot Declares Liberal Win in Stroud Seat
The Stroud vacant seat ballot occurred Friday with Brand receiving 2,695 votes and Stanton 2,613, a 52 vote majority. The Liberal claim stands at one seat amid reports Breud voters spent 50,000 on elections and petitions in six months and another petition may follow.
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Stroud
Baron Bramwell
Brand
Stanton
Breud
Royal social whirl and political notes from Osborne to Goodwood
A royal progress from Osborne to Scotland includes divine service and balls at Marlborough House and Apsley House with uniform and fancy dress. Prince Leopold's illness is easing, Gladstone travels to Hawarden, and ministers consider a Greenwich fish dinner. Local items note a Thames low water, a drowning at South Shields, and trials over Epping Forest enclosures.
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Osborne
Scotland
Beatrice
George Prothero
Marlborough House
Prince and Princess of Wales
Apsley House
Duchess of Wellington
Grace
Hurlingham
Royal Horse Guards
9Th Lancers
Prince Leopold
Gladstone
Hawarden Castle
Chester
Greenwich
Lusk
London
Middlesex
Titus Salt
Bradford
Duke of Devonshire
Twickenham
Thames
Thomas Hurt
Worth Shields
South Shields
Kidderminster
G. H. Lea
William Fraser
Newmarket
H. Chaplin
M.P
Queen’s Bench
Leamington
Avenue
London and North- Western Railway
Chatham
Northampton
Edwin James
Marylebone
Commissioners of Sewers
City of
Epping Forest
Thames Embankment
Gumnery
Oxford
Huntingdon
Kelly
Duke of Richmond
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