Torrential floods and storm wreck reports across Britain
Descriptions from Warwickshire to Somerset show floods submerging thousands of acres and hampering farming. Paris and Boulogne report massive damage with chimneys down, roofs wrecked, and ships disrupted. Hastings suffers severe destruction with seawall damage, broken cables, and extensive property loss along the shorelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwickshire
Cambridgeshire
Somersetshire
Dover
Portand
Portsmouth
Weymouth
Edinburgh
Dundee
Cardiff
Jersey
Paris
Seine
Boulogne
Charles Dickens
Calais
Denpmark
Pall Mall Gazette
Hastings
Iounday
Old Hastings
Beachterrae
Yench
Mitati
Decapitated brigand chief and church college plans
Reports from abroad note the beheading of Di Pasquale near Palermo after a 25 000 lire bounty. Jesuits in Marseilles prepare a large college with 400 000 francs for land near Notre Dame de la Garde. Other items include an inquiry party for Mr Margary’s murder leaving Hankow for Yunnan and a political flare in Quebec over the lieutenant governor’s speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
di Pasquale
Palermo
Marseilles
Notre Dame de la Garde
Margary
Grosvenor
Baker
Davenport
Hankow
Yunnan
Quebec
Grant
Khokand
Syr Daria
Naryn
M. Menier
Faubourg Montmartre
Parc Monceaux
New York
Daily News Telegraphs
Beecher
Gleanings and Quips from a Witty Era
A collection of light notices and jests. A married man jokes about a spring chicken as a costly bargain while nitroglycerine promises easier carving. Professor Tyndall allegedly conquers fog with a giant trumpet. Dickens and Thackeray banter in Covent Garden over oyster prices. The New York Daily Witness faces failure, prompting a sharp remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyndall
Dickens
Thackeray
Covent Garden Market
New York Daily Witness
Minnesota Climate Attracts Invalids In Mild Humorous Tale
A St Paul Pioneer Press excerpt recounts colorful Illinois-Denver dialogue on health and climate. A Detroit visitor praises Minnesota's air for reviving a bedridden man who weighs nine pounds and recovers limbs sight and voice after moving to Minnesota. The piece lampoons sensational health claims and parables of the prodigal son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Errect
Ciimatr
Detroit
Mich
Minnesota
St. Paul
Tea adulteration alert from 1874 Hornimans samples
An 1874 report notes Dr Hassatt analyzing 18 tea samples from Hornimans at the docks. All were adulterated with artificial colorings and mineral powders, including Prussian blue and turmeric, rendering them impure and unsafe for consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tua Times
Hassatt
Waccarr
Chemi
Enery Town
Hornimans Packet
Various Home Remedies and Advertisements From London Listings
An assortment of 19th century advertisements promotes throat remedies with glycerine jujubes, hair restorer claims, anti asthma cigarettes, and a dye product for fabrics. It lists makers such as James Epps and Co., Treloar and Sons, Mrs. S. A. Allen, Slade, and Jupson, with prices and shop addresses in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Epps and Co
Threadneedle Street
Piccadilly
London
Treloar and Sons
Ludgate-hill
A. Allen
Southampton-row
Thomas Slade
Long-acre
Jupson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Constantinople
Allgemeine Zeitung
Aigub
Cappadocia
Cesarea
Porte
Urge
Arnim
Berlin
Zurich
M ‘Thiers
Count Arnim
Count. Arnim
Prince Bigmarck
Sidis
Prince Bismarck
Europe
Wilhelmstrasse
Bismarck
Foreign Office
Monsieur Chauvin
Brook
Bulow, Manteuffel
Horniman
BHAI
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