Poole Election Ends With Seymour Victory By Narrow Margin
From Poole, Sept 26, 1850, the Whig and Free trade candidate Seymour defeated Protectionist Savage by about 19 or 20 votes. The account details pre election bustle, clashes at the hustings, and a dissenting effort to withhold votes through a list of eight pointed questions on trade, franchise, church rates, and state funding for religion.
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Poole
Seymour
Savage
Podle
Mr. Seymour
British Empire
John
Ruthin Borough Gas Lighting Debt Suit Outcome
W Pierce sued the mayor and borough of Ruthin for 113 pounds balance for lighting the town with self generating gas. Judgment went to the plaintiff with one month for payment as the corporation lacked funds. A prisoner at Exeter gaol hanged himself in his cell after being remanded for horse stealing.
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Banxarurt Borovan
Ruthin
W. Pierce
Borough of
Adams
Chester Chronicle
Exeter
Jenny Lind in New York Concert Craze and Charity
The report details Jenny Lind’s New York visit with ticket auctions, crowd eager for access, and high prices. It notes prominent figures praising her, California gun salute interruptions during rehearsals, and the first concert proceeds of £5,200 with gifts to the Musical Fund Society. Barnum plans price cuts and Lind allocates concert proceeds to free schools in Sweden and Norway.
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Jenny Lind
Irving House
Mr. Barnum
Mademoiselle Jenny
Weekly Herald
Hughes
Major Woodhall
New York
Mademoiselle
Malibran
Song
Mademoiselle Lind
California
Sisterhood of States
Castle Garden
Madamoiselle Lind
Musical Fund Society
MM. Loder
Benedict
M. Benedict
Europe
New York Orchestra
Mademoiselle Jenny Lind
America
Sweden
Norway
Glasgow Cattle Dealers Plan New Market Beyond City Limits
Cattle-dealers and farmers of Glasgow seek measures to establish a new cattle market outside the municipality. The move aims to alleviate crowding and improve trading conditions for livestock and buyers.
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Glasgow
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