Oddities and marvels from a Victorian newspaper reel
A column mixes strange science notes on carbonic gas danger and mosquito fertilizer, a Titiens ticket incident at Gloucester, advertising swindle schemes, a giant cuttlefish sighting near Newfoundland, and a skeptical burst about Orientalist claims on folklore. It also mentions Dick Whittington myths and a Cork tomb epigram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Stratford
Connecticut
Titiens
Gloucester
Cathedral
el Dorado
Victor Hugo
Conception Bay
Newfoundland
Lord Kimberley
Frank Buckland
St. John’s Museum
Cinderella
Jack and the Beanstalk
Gubernatis
Beddgelert
Llewellyn
London
Dick Whittington
Cat
Richard Whittington
Wasser
Whittington
Kaisar
Siraf
Deaths Mary Jane Holborn and Mary Howard Listed
DEATHS HOLBORN September 16 at Huyton Mary Jane wife of the Rev Alfred Holborn M A daughter of the Rev John Stoughton D D HOWARD September 18 suddenly at Beeches Green Stroud Mary widow of James Hammet Howard Esquire late of Townsend House Dursley Gloucestershire
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holborn
Huyton
Mary Jane
Alfred Holborn
John Stoughton
D.D. Howard
Beeches Green
Stroud
Mary
James Hammet Howard
Townsend House
Dursley
Gloucestershire
London Necropolis Company Funeral Services
The London Necropolis Company advertises simple economical funerals. Prospec tus offered 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 account and notices
Bank of England weekly Gazette shows the 1874 account for the week ending Sept 9 with balances in the Banking Department and Government securities. It lists notes issued, deposits, and coin totals and includes further notices advertising Holloway's Pills and Ointment as cures and remedies with addresses for customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF England
Victoria
Department
Banking Department
Inc
Williams
Oxford Terrace
Hyde Park
London
Holloway
Tea Samples Endorse Horniman's Teas Quality at Docks
Dr Hassay notes that samples from Horniman's Warehouse and at the docks show pure tea of superior quality. He confirms purchases from Agents for Horniman's Teva, with contents matching purity and excellence from stock at the docks.
Judson's Dyes Offer Quick Wool and Silk Dyeing
Jupson's Simple Dyes described as highly useful for home dyeing of woollen and silk items. Shetland shawls that yellowed are suitable for beginners with a basin of water and five minutes. Judson's Dyes priced at 6d per bottle with eighteen colours available in chemists and stationers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupson
Shetland
Judson
Market Report From London Port and Markets
Markets report fair wheat supplies and steady foreign arrivals with unchanged prices for flour and barley. Meat and bacon markets show slow demand but firm bacon prices with lard scarce. Hops demand mixed with high ranges, potatoes dull at lower terms, seeds firm with steady to firm quotes across cloverseed and rapeseed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Exchange
Mary Lang
S. d
Ireland
Borovan
Mid
Spitalfields
London
Hamburg
Terneuzen
Antwerp
Ostend
Lisbon
Essex
Kent
New Chevalier
Suffolk
Metropolitan
Lincolnshire
Leicester
Shire
Northamptonshire
England
Scotland
Also Mentioned on This Page
India
Inqwirer
St. Mary’s
Youghal
Co. Cork
Walter Raleigh
Edmund Spenser
Clove
Russel
Susanna
Cap
Robert Russel
Ano
Dni
Stephen Cloue
Cloue
Robert
F. May
Metropolitan Meat Market
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