The Flounder’s Riddle and Global Curiosities
A miscellany of oddities and quips from far and near. Notes on a Dublin milk fraud crackdown with stiff fines, a California epitaph, and tales of curious notices, while a New York man seeks debt via a Boston steelyard wager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
China
Tennessee
Missouri
Anna
Hannah
Corporation of Dublin
Youne Lapres
A. M‘auslane
Whitechapel
Tabitha
Moses Skinner
Trombone
Coleman’s
Colyton
Sherborne Journal
Dixon
Mitchell Henry
M.P
Galway
Charles Reed
Mr. Henry
Royal Institution
Professor Rutherford
King’s College
London
Sharp
New York
Boston
Squire
Bunker Hill Monument
Sposin
Tremont Street
Bill
Births Marriages and Deaths Notices Summary
Births and marriages announced for Ritchie Beale Geary Pinckney Jevons Taylor Campbell Dent and Walker with dates and locations such as Wrentham House Maize-hill Broadmead Chapel Cross-street Chapel Rosneath Milton St Louis Missouri. Public notice requests prepaid charges and sender authentication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beale—Beale
Maize-hill
Joseph Beale
Old Kent-road
Hannah
J. T. Beale
Vale-cottage
Greenwich
Geary—Pinckney
Broadmead Baptist Chapel
E. G. Gange
Edwin Geary
Lorneville
Elmgrove
Cotham
Henry Geary
Windsor
Rosamond Steer
Stephen Pinckney
Cheltenham Buildings
Bristol
Jevons—Taylor
Cross-street Chapel
Manchester
William Edgar
T. Jevons
Bridgwater
Mary Ann
J. E. Taylor
Campbell
Rosneath
Dumbartonshire
N.B
John McLeod Campbell
Dent
Milton
Northampton
Elizabeth
John Dent
Walker
St. Louis
Missouri
United States
Edward Walker
Bank of England weekly note and debt report
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria cap 32 for the week ending Wednesday Feb 28. Issue Department notes issued £37,853,610. Government debt £11,015,100. Other securities £3,984,900. Gold coin and bullion £22,853,610. Silver bullion £37,853,610.
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Victoria
Issue Department
Banking Department
Ener
Gro, Forses
Value for money teases cautious buyers in 19th century ad
The text praises Horniman's Pure Teas for long standing quality, strength, uniformity, and low price. It notes Epps's Cocoa as a wholesome breakfast beverage and mentions Epps's Cacacine for evening use, all tied to James Epps & Co. London and Civil Service Gazette style endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horniman
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps
Grain market slips after Monday decline with dull demand
Starkets CORN EXCHANGE reports a dull grain trade on Wednesday March 6 with English wheat supplies ample and foreign lots showing well. Overall demand inactive after Monday's 1s per qr drop. flour barley oats maize beans and peas traded slowly amid maintained or nominal prices and a quiet seed market.
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Corn Exchange
Marx Lanr
Prices in the Metro Pelis and London markets March 4
London market notes show Wheaton Bread 7d to 8d per 4lb loaf and Household Bread 6 2d to 7d. Cattle imports last week total 12 775 head with Scots and crosses selling 5s 2d to 5s 4d per 8lbs. Provisions and hops trends, with butter bacon imports, and potato market activity also reported.
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Metro- Pelis
Ousehold
London
Norfolk
Suffolk
Essex
Cambridgeshire
England
Scotland
Covent Garden
Alicante
Grosse Guillaume
Mid
Kent
Weald
Sussex
Farnham and Country
Mid and East Kent
Weald of Kent
Old
Porkers
Metropolitan
Hamburg
Harlingen
Holloway Remedies Promise Quick Skin Relief
Holloway's Ointment treats skin irritations sores burns and gland enlargements while Holloway's Pills improve general health. The duo is praised for reducing inflammation cooling blood and stopping unhealthy discharges and for restoring strength and appetite in infants and adults alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollllloway
Holloway
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bank OF England
Starkets
Peter Wueatt
Chevalier
Norfolk & Suffolk
Borovuah
Spitalfields
Dunkirk
St. Malo
Antwerp
Y.C
Hettons
South Hettons
Haswell
East Hartlepool
Ditto
Kelloe
Tunstall
Hartley
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