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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 19, 1877
Page
9
The author discusses a proposed outward medicated pad as a cure based on the principle of absorption. He notes uncertainty about its efficacy since it has not been tried, but argues it offers a more pleasant alternative to swallowing medicine if the absorption principle proves valid.
The piece notes the sixteenth edition of Short and Simple Prayers for Children with new illustrations, a forthcoming Gentleman's Magazine article on Mission work near Lake Nyassa, and a review of Sir Tollemache Sinclair MP's resignation and possible reentry. It also covers charitable fund drives across Europe, and a report on two Portsmouth bakers linked to Blackheath highway robberies, with details of their arrest and related evidence.
At Greenwich Police Court on Saturday two men faced remand over a bank robbery. Weapons included a Newham Portsmouth revolver capable of killing at 200 yards and a six-barrel bull dog revolver. Main evidence involved altering banknotes. a coachman who drove the stopped fly testified. Bail was refused.
A collection of miscues and vignettes from an era long past, linking gossipy tales about Brigham Young a dutiful note on trespass in Durham to old jokes and curios about the Chelsea watchmaker and the two bankers at Carlsbad. Witty anecdotes on hymns, arsenic in dyes, and the Turkish physician who treated typhus with cabbage juice, plus Haydn’s London experiences and naval marches.
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