Will of Napoleon Tate Emperor Revealed in Daily Papers
The will dated April 24, 1865 leaves the Empress private property. Estate sworn at £120,000 but claims may cut about half. Mr Gzoror Smith reports Discoveries in Assyria with eighty new inscriptions from Mosul to Babylon. He details tablets, stele, parthian relics, and a new Tiglath Pileser text. Smith says excavations at Nimroud yield vast remains including lion-headed figures and winged symbols. He reports progress as Be a and everything proceeds satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Papers
Napoleon
Gzoror Smith
Assyria
Daily Telegraph
Smith
Mosul
Koyunjik
Tigris
Babylon
Euphrates
Hillah
Birs Nimroud
Tell Ibrahim
Merodach-Baladan
Milihu
Kurigalzu
Vulniari
Assurabalid
Belnirari
Sul
Vulninari
Cambyses
Darius
Nimroud
Esarhaddon
Nebo
Tiglath- Pileser
Gleanings of Witty Misstatements and Humorous Incidents
A collection of humorous schoolroom blunders, sharp retorts, and social gaffes. Anecdotes include a New England school committee remark on women, a critic and fiddler exchange, a nursemaid and a dinner tease, Sir Fletcher Norton’s pun, a telegram mishap about a will, a starch in germination joke, and a Broadway omnibus grab incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paganini
New England
Charley
Fletcher Norton
Fletcher
Pocket on the other side in a humorous wardrobe mishap
A woman points out her pocket is sewn on the wrong side of her dress while a neighbor struggles to locate it. The incident ends with the man leaping up and leaving in haste, the lady remaining calm and amused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Union
New York
Larenrss
Sprina
America
C. R. Cranch
New York Independent
Arctic Pole
Boreas
Marriages and Deaths Notice from Isle of Wight
A births and marriages column lists multiple April unions including Luntley Baker in Southampton Johnston Will in Stoke Newington Bennett Edwards Hodgkin Pease Edwards Allen Hole Toll er James Rees Adeney Hampton and a death for Mr. John May of Ipswich age eighty seven at Newport Isle of Wight.
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Luntley — Baker
Portland Chapel
Southampton
W. Goodman
Belvidere
W. Emery
Philip Henry Luntley
Bromley
Kent
Jane Saunders Baker
Jas. Baker
Andover
Hants
Johnston
Will
Milton Road
Stoke Newington
McAuslane
Mr. Smith
John Johnston
Janet Christina
Thomas Will
Frundville House
Bennett—Edwards
Redland Congregational Church
A. R. Thomas
John Ryan
Henry Bennett, Esq
Bedminster
Catherine
Francis Edwards
Engg
Bristol
Hodgkin—Pease
Friends’ Meetin House
Darlington
J.B. Hodgkin
Hodgkin
Lewes
Mary Anna
J. Pease
Edwards—Allen
Westminster Chapel
Elvery Dothie
John Edwards
Waterloo Road
London
Victoria Lodge
Hounslow
Wm. Morgan
Carmarthen
Job Miles Gwilym
Christor
Chas. H. James
Merthyrydvil
Elizabeth Margaret
Jno
A. F. Muir
Kilburn
Walter Frederic Adeney
Acton
Janie
William, Hampton
Brookes House
Reigate
May
Newport
Isle of Wight
John May
Ipswich
Judson Dyes and Kinahan Whisky Advertisements
A mix of old trade notices tout Judson's Simple Dyes in eighteen colors with full instructions, urging quick results without effort. Also promoted Kinahan's Irish whisky with notes on purity and quality, highlighting its red seal pink label and cork branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson
Merald
Kinahan
Great Titchfield St
Oxford St
Bank of England Accounts for Week Ending April 23 1873
The Gazette lists the Issue and Banking Departments figures with notes issued 36,232,940 pounds and totals for government securities, bullion, and deposits. It records the Deputy Chief Cashier Frank May signing the balance as of April 24 1873 and includes an advertisement for Holtoways Pills and Ointment claiming health benefits and digestive aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF England
Victoria
Banking Department
Tor
Government Secu
Rities
Inc
Sithee Securities
Frank May
Market report from CORN EXCHANGE and Metropolitan totals
Wheat arrivals moderate with firm trade and 1s per qr advance for good quality. Flour demand improved. oats and corn prices up. coast cargoes light with wheat dearer. Metropolitan cattle market shows quiet trade, broad stock show and firm rates. sheep weaker. some Norfolk and Lincolnshire imports. Provisions and butter prices steady to higher. hops and potatoes mixed with steady demand and scarce top grades.
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Corn Exchange
Mark Lang
London
Gothenburg
Christiana
Norfolk
Suffolk
Essex
Cambridgeshire
Lincolnshire
England
Scotland
Ireland
Deptford
Berlin
Hamburg
Metropolitan Meat Market
Normandy
Dutch
Cork
Borovuca
New York
Mid and East Kent
Weald of Kent
Sussex
Farnham and Country
Kent
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