Railway Speeds Record Show High Classic Locomotives
An article reprints examples of peak railway speeds with locomotives from Brunel to Stirling. It notes speeds from 66 to 78 miles per hour, based on trials with multiple carriages, and highlights outside cylinder bogie express engines and the Great Northern Leeds to miles run. The piece also reports on free entertainments at Victoria Park and debates on war costs and spiritualism prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunel
Courier
P. Stirling
Great Northern
Great Britain
Lord of the Isles
Iron Duke
Great Western Railway
Paddington
Didcot
Midland
Leeds
King’s College
Leone Levi
Levi
American
France
China
New Zealand
England
Slade
Bow-street
Simmons
J. Algernon Clarke
Central Chamber of Agriculture
R. H. Hutton
Senate
The
University of London
the Spectator
Walter Herries Pollock
Bar
Alexander James Duffield
Hutton
Mr. Hutton
George Lewis
Flowers
Sims Reeves
Bir Minghamm
Birmingham
German Newspapers in the United States Exceed Three Hundred
The Philadelphia Ledger notes over 300 German newspapers are published in the United States. It mentions the Goldwin Smiths due in Oxford in November to be hosted by Professor Rolleston. A waiter boasts folding napkins in 300 birdlike styles. A theft defense cites iron overconsumption. A Paris patent shop ad warns against confusing shops with a nearby quack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Goldwin Smith
Oxford
Rolleston
Paris
Philadelphia Ledger
Odd Bits and Antiquities in a Humble Column
A collection of short anecdotes and reflections on manners with jokes about drinking Indians and a quip about a Jewish sect. It also recounts Jacob's Well in Palestine from the Palestine Exploration Fund, detailing its depth, structure, and a funded plan to clear and memorialize the site for Scriptural associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Darkey
Pete
Hisself
Johnny
Mamma
Leigh Hunt
New Quarterly
The
Palestine Exploration Fund
Palestine
Nablus
Mukhna
Mount Gerizim
Anderson
Rogers
Iece
Cocoa adulteration feared as starch mixed in many brands
Thousands cannot drink cocoa as starch adulteration thickens the beverage. Cadbury's Cocoa Essence is claimed genuine and three times stronger, yielding a refreshment like tea or coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadbury
Marriages Listed in Local Church Notices
Births, Weddings and Deaths column records several marriages on October 17 to 19. Atkins Hyslop wed Annie Sarah of Nithsdale House Stoke Newington. Franklin Dennes wed Lucy Hannah of Eastbourne. Cook wed Lucy Louisa of Combe. Ingham Ish erwood wed Alice Darwen. Kirby Shaw wed Anne Martha Leicester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkins—Hyslop
Middleton-road Congregational Church
Dalston
G. Matthews
H. Atkins
Annie Sarah
W. Hyslop
Nithsdale House
Stoke Newington
Franklin—Denne
St. Saviour’s
Eastbourne
G. C. Franklin
F.R.C.S
Leicester
Lankester Webb
Enq
Combe
Ingham
Isherwood
Belgrave Independent
Darwen
James Macdouugall
Harold
James B. Ingham
Shuttleworth
Bury
Alice
John Isherwood
Kirby—Shaw
Victoria-road
F. B. Meyer
Harry Whalley Kirby
Newport
Isle of Wight
Anne Martha
W. Shaw
Wilton-street
Epps CocoA Beverages Backed By Diet Knowledge
Civil Service Gazette lauds Epps CocoA as a wholesome drink that aids digestion and nutrition. It claims regular use builds a strong constitution to resist disease and reduce doctors' bills. Prepared with boiling water and milk, sold in aickets labelled James Prey & Co Homoeopathic Chemists London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Prey & Co
Hommopathic Shemists
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arabella Goddard
Madame Goddard
Mr. Pyatt
Birmingham Daily Post
Liverpool Social Science Congress
Mark Pattison
F. W. Cheason
Hamilton
Point Macleay
Bridgman
Mackay
Queensland
Mauritius
South Africa
Confederated Territories
Missionary Institution
Lovedale
Mary Carpenter
R. N. Fowler
John Westlake
Q.C
Cape Colony
Glewnings
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