Madame Rachel trial and a remarkable Oxford meteor event
The court case features Madame Rachel asserting a link to Lord Ranelagh, with James Minton accused of writing letters for her dictation as the case adjourns. A brilliant meteor is reported at the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford on June 8, described as a white cloud-like trail moving westward with a long train.
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Madame Rachel
Lord Ranelagh
James Minton
Lucas
Urew Majoria
N.W
Leo
Regulup
Rguanp
Longfellow
Wes
Evan
Hetir
Cumberland
Mairie
Edenhall
Musgraves
Citadel
W. Wordsworth
St. Ann’s Hill
Carlisle
Cambridge
London
Alderman
Sheriff Stone
Board of Management
Christian and Benevolent
T. W. Aveling
Ewen Much
Notable Snapshots From Sussex Yet: Sunstroke Death and England Wins
In Sussex nearly 900 pauper lunatics are reported. A five year old dies of sunstroke on the Strand. England wins the International Enfield Rifle Match at Edinburgh with 1068 marks to Scotland 1057 and Ireland 986. A Galienus coin found at Winchester. Channel Islands and France export 1200 tons of potatoes to Southampton. Leeds council fails to wear court hats on special occasions. Bristol cautions on counterfeit half-sovereigns detected in banks. London sees seven of seventy-nine new serials still alive. Various brief anecdotes close the page.
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Sussex
Strand
Edinburgh
England
Scotland
Ireland
Publius Lucinius Gallienus
Winchester
Channel Islands
France
Southampton
Leeds
Bristol
London
Strange church hymn quarrel and folk beliefs in old Wiltshire village
A Bristol Daily Post tale describes a church hymn dispute when a village blacksmith argued over the correct hymn number, leading to the clergyman requiring an apology or the clerk losing his office. The item also covers dental cures, a Halifax accountant joke, and notes on fashion harms and stove painting ideas.
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Blake
Halifax
Little
Long
Short
Tall Short
Big
Wiltshire
Zur
Bristol Daily Post
Germany
Mechanics’ Magazine
Braming
Nam
Plant
Birmingham
Hill
Rowley
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Reedham
Croydon
D.T. Devitt
W. Smith
Patestive Exploration Fund
Patestive Exploration Fund.—The Annual Meeting of the Friends of
Willis
Archbishop of York
Dean Stanley
Lord Shaftesbury
Layard
M.P
Tite
W. Harrison
H. Rawlinson
Warren
Jerusalem
Corps of Engineers
Lieutenant Warren
Grove
Wir. Layard
Holy Land
M. H. Gallagher