Curious miscellany and olde world vignettes from a period press
A collage of anecdotes and scraps: quicksilver droplets in a lecture hall, telegraph gibes between operators, a sermon on truth, a Bristol village anecdote, a fortune tellers prank, a Tennessee centenarian tale, a misnamed acquaintance over spells, Bath social changes in 1810, croquet as moral gymnasium, and reflections on daily trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Portland-place
Pall-Mall
Scotland
Hatchett’s
Miss C
Christian Nion
Births Marriages and Deaths Notices
Births, marriages and deaths announced with fees for authentication. Cameron Duthie announces John Cameron to Annie Cowie at Presbyterian Church Camden-road. Conder Conder notices Arnold Clarkson Conder to Caroline Mary. Deaths record Margaret Lockhart Wherriot Graham at Ulsterville Belfast aged 30. Anne Conway of Pontypool noted at Plasmont Pontypool residence of brother W Conway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Ulsterville
Belfast
Margaret Lockhart Wherriot
Robert Graham
Robert Herriot
Kirkcaldy
Conway
Plasmont
Pontypool
W. Conway
Anne
John Conway
Pontrhydyran
London Necropolis Company Funeral Announcement
The London Necropolis Company offers funerals with simplicity and economy. Prospects are free. Chief Office located at 2 Lancaster Place Strand W.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Necropolis Company
Prospectus Free
Lancaster-place
Strand
W.C
Bank of England weekly issue and securities report
The Gazette presents the Bank of England weekly account under the 7th and 8th Victoria chapter 32 for the week ending September 10, 1873. It lists notes issued at £38,305,625 and government debt at £11,015,100 with other securities £8,984,900, gold coin and bullion £23,308,625 and silver bullion £88,305,600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF England
Victoria
Judson's Dyes Promoted in Family Herald Notice
An 1860s advertisement extols Judson's Simple Dyes with eighteen colours at sixpence each and full instructions. It cites the Family Herald remarking that slight acquaintance suffices to use the dyes. Also promoted Holloway's Pills as a summer health aid to purify blood and prevent nausea and fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson
Hollooway
Holloway
Markets Report from Corn Exchange on Wheat and Grains
Continuous wet weather supports firmness in wheat trade. English prices remain high while foreign wheat is dearer by 1s. Barley and peas are clear. New beans rise 2s. Oats saw strong demand last week with 6d per cwt advance. Cargo arrivals are few and wheat and maize prices held steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Exchange
Marx Lang
Essex
Kent
Norfolk & Suffolk
Metropolitan
London
Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
Northamptonshire
Norfolk
Hereford
England
Ireland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hatt
Womnerron Orn Neono
Louisville Journal
Scott
Milan
Gibson County
Tennessee
United States
Grandpap
Snow
Marlon
South Carolina
Andover
Banking Department
R’totr
Government Secu- Reet Ee Enenus Ae
Frank May
Porkers
Metropolitan Meat Market
Normandy
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