Drought Presses Stamford Area and Malton Crops
Agricultural prospects grow gloomier as dry heat and lack of rain reduce hay yields to half expected. Water sources fail on hills, stock costs rise, and early crops show drought damage. Farmers face poor yields. prayers for rain and cautious market signals follow, with potential for an unusually short harvest.
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Stamford
Malton
Grasn
Wolda
Markhana
Hapress
Atrvan
Patiie
Queen's Tillyfour visit showcases prized polled cattle
The Queen and Duchess of Athole inspected the Tillyfour herd of polled Aberdeen cattle with Mr. M Combie. Cows Fancy Charlotte and Pride of Aberdeen drew special notice as prizes. The visit included cups and medals valued near 700 guineas and a wish to educate the late King Theodore’s son in Britain. Parliament adjournment looms mid July, with Electric Telegraph Bill urged.
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Windsor Castle
Onorne
Trig
Germany
M‘gombie
Aberdeenshire
Hoane
Saave
Invernesa
Charlotte
Paris
Aberdeen
Highland and Agricultural Society
M‘combie
Stirling
Tillyfour
Mtia
Theodore
Remarkable Will and Suffrage Debates in Bradford and Salford
The week’s summary notes Salford overseers proposing female voters on the next Parliamentary list, Bradford seeking Home Secretary input, and Mr Hardy’s remark that Parliament did not intend to grant women’s votes. It also covers eccentric will provisions from Mr John Younghusband of Abbey Holme, and commentary on Eyre trials, university politics, and juvenile literature at George Yard Ragged Schools.
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Caledonian Road
Salford
Bradford
Home Secretary
Hardy
John Younghusband
Abbey Holme
Cumberland
Silloth
John Irving
Silloth Line
Younghusband
Justice Buacksurn
Hyre
Justice Blackburn
Eyre
Gordon
Blackburn
Inglis
Edinburgh
Times
Thomas Carlyle
University Council
Carlyle
Mr. Carlyle
Gladstone
T. Carlyle
Pall Mall Gazette
Mixt
M.P
John Stuart Mill
Jamaica
Mill
England
Georgeyard Ragged Schools
Whitechapel
Earl of Shaftesbury
Pure Literature Society
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Florence Pepple
King
Bonny
John Bull
House of Lords
Pall Mall
Gazette
Disraeli
Edinburgh Reform League
Bright
University College, London
Lord Brougham
Globe
Windsor
Prise
Princess Louis of Hesse
Lord Rowator
Hib
Jousshold
House
India Office
Bombay
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