The Richest Man in The Worup: J P Jones of California
A Hereford correspondent recounts J P Jones a California senator and famed financier who rose from modest roots in Herefordshire to wealth. He built a banking network in San Francisco, mined silver in Nevada, and led Savage Mining to immense profits. His 50 000 monthly share places him as one of the era’s wealthiest figures and a U S senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chubb
Max Adeler
Worup
Hereford
J. P. Jones
United States Congress
California
Herefordshire
Pritchard
Mr. Jones
Nant-y-Gloster
Hay
Jones
Ohio
U.S.A
Cleveland
Henry Jones
San Francisco
Senate
San Francisco Exchange
Nevada Territory
Savage Mining Company
Swansea
American Congress
Monetary and Mining Gazette
Holloway Ointment and Pills touted for cures
Holloway's Ointment claims to heal burns scalds wounds and ulcers by soothing pain protecting nerves and aiding healthy tissue. Holloway's Pills are said to enhance purification and soothing effects along with the ointment. The ad asserts universal efficacy and urges a fair trial to relieve pain or cure disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holllloway
Holloway
Births Hlerringes and Benths
Births, marriages, and death notices announce entries from Leicester and Camberwell. Brown-Winks wedding takes place June 2 in Leicester with Charlotte Ann Winks as bride. Hose-Fieldwick wedding occurs June 4 in Camberwell with Jemima C. Fieldwick as bride. Death note reports Mary Robinson aged 62, widow of C B Robinson, of The Shrubbery Leicester.
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Robinson
Mary
C. B. Robinson
Teicester
London Necropolis Company Funeral Notice
The London Necropolis Company offers simple economical funerals. Prospec tus free. Chief Office at 2 Lancaster-place Strand W C.
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London Necropolis Company
Prospectus Free
Lancaster-place
Strand
W.C
Bank of England account for week ending June 3 1874
The issue department reports notes issued amounting to 36 551 060 with government debt 11 015 100 and other securities 3 934 900. Gold bullion 21 551 000 silver bullion 5655 060. Banking department shows proprietors capital 14 553 000 and government securities rest 8 122 400. Other deposits 17 487 664 and other securities 18 338 146 totaling 43 591 590. June 4 1874. F. May chief cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Department
Tor
F. May
English Wheat Prices Drift as Supplies Rise at Mang Lang Market
Markets report a small English wheat supply with larger foreign arrivals. Trade remains quiet under fine weather as prices ease for red wheats, barley feeding qualities drop, oats sell at a 6d reduction, and Indian corn stays in demand after a week of lower red wheat prices.
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Corn Exchange
Mang Lang
Essex
Kent
Suffolk
Metropolitan
London
Norfolk
Cambridge
Market Notes From Deptford and Borough Livestock Prices
A report details stock at Deptford and Borough markets with 150 Hamburg beasts and a mix of Spanish Dutch Gotpape Danish and Christiania stock. Prices show Devons, lambs, calves and pigs varying by quality, while provisions butter bacon hops potatoes and seeds are listed with steady or cautious trends.
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Scotland
Christiania
Anette
Breda
Deptford
Hamburg
Household Dyes and Infant Foods Featured in Advertisements
An advert block extols Judson's Dyes as simple and quick for wool and silk, notes H. Walker's needles and patent crochets, and promotes Dr Ridge's Patent Food for infants. It warns against opium-containing soothing medicines and advertises Stedman Teething Powders and Materfamilias Pills with a Hoxton depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupson
Shetland
Judson
H. Walker
Kingsland
Stedman
Children’s Hospital
Tea samples show purity and superior quality at docks
Dr Tassany reports Alessia Horniman's Warehouse teas are pure and of superior quality after analysis. Zoraiman's Teas sampled at the docks also deemed pure. Purchases from Dorniman's Tea agents match purity and excellence in stock at the docks.
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Arizes
Tassany
Alessia
Horniman
Zoraiman
Dorniman
Also Mentioned on This Page
LS. Selag
Bank OF England
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Pes and Co
Threadneedle Street
Piccadilly
Euston-road
Messrs
James Epps
Treland
Corks
Boroucnu
Ecood
Mid
East Kent
Weald of Kent
Sunsex
Farnham and Country
Farnhams
Gibraltar
Valencia
Antwerp
Boulogne
Lisbon
Dunkirk
P.Y.C
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