Glasgow church funds and church extension drive outlined
The article details last year’s religious contributions of 338 378 for church use and a decade total of 2 970 2331, noting Glasgow’s Presbytery as the largest in the connexion with 81 congregations and 39 707 members. It reports 58 0110 6s 4d raised for congregational work and 27 6591 8s 2d for missionary benevolence, totaling 5 670 148 6d for all purposes, and cites a plan to extend church presence in Glasgow through an elders association and new congregations. The Supreme Court in Edinburgh urged intensified church extension and the synod backed rapid measures via the Presbytery of Glasgow and Home Mission Committee. The Elders' Association trades hall meeting and next month’s presbytery session will address the issue. The United Presbyterians emphasize maintaining gospel ordinances and spreading them globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Ofcotland
Glasgow
Society of Elders
Supreme Court
Edinburgh
Presbytery of
Home Mission Committee
Elders’ Association
Trades Hall
United Presbyterians
Amused Fragments and Oddities From A Past Era
A collage of wry anecdotes and quirks about letters, libel, library life, Irish MPs, school humor, a preacher’s caution on charity, and American advertising. It notes a Terre Haute street-corner cry for shoes, a Crystal Palace cat show with hundreds of felines, and a playful, mischievous mousers’ ruse surrounding a cat show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick
Illinois
Chicago
M.p.’S
O'Sullivan
Limerick
Drogheda
Leary
O'Gorman
Waterford
Terre Haute
Avenue Road
Smith’s
Paris
Crystal Palace
Recto ptron upright camera device praised by photographers
A Margate photographer introduces the Rectoptrcon, a device fixed to cameras to upright the image with three times brighter light and color, enabling easier evaluation of pose and lighting. The invention is hailed by pros and amateurs as essential to artistic success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryne
Margate
Railway News
Spurgeon
Daily Telegraph
Births and Marriages Notice Listings
Births and marriages announced with names and dates including Gasquoine Morris Evans Charlier-Bessemer Smith-James Horsewood-England Thomas-Newall Cressland-Woodhouse. Details list spouses and residences from Sept. 23 to Sept. 24 in various churches and chapels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleford
John Cannon
Joseph Horsewood
Ferrybridge
Eliza
Francis England
Knottingley
Thomas—Newall
Highbury
Cotham
Bristol
D. Thomas
J. Arnold Thomas
Waling
Middlesex
Emily Georgina
Death notices for Stallybrass Attenborough Pellatt Bartholomew Colman
Deaths listed for Mary Ann Stallybrass at Bounds Green aged 56, Rev T B Attenborough Newark aged 64, Margaret Elizabeth Pellatt Staines aged 80, Charles Eugene Bartholomew Upper Holloway aged 24, Edward Colman Clapham and Cannon Street aged 66, with locations and dates provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apsley Pellatt
Falcon Glass Works
Blackfriars
Staplefield
Sussex
Barktholomew
Cathcart-hill
Upper Holloway
Charles Eugene
Eugene George
Lucy Bartholomew
Colman
Edward Colman
Clapham-common
Cannon-street
City
Fragmented 1874 Bank Ledger and Advertisements
A historical bank note ledger lists deposits and securities with figures like 37,530,915 pounds in notes and 14,553,000 pounds proprietor’s capital, alongside government securities and other deposits. The page also advertises Judson’s Dyes and Holloway’s Ointment and Pills, claiming easy use and cure claims for various ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF England
Victoria
Banking Department
Tor
Government Secu
Nee Securities
Tea Sample Analysis At Horniman’s Docks Sparks Purity Claim
Dr Hassauu reports sampling Horniman teac at the docks and at their warehouse. He states analyses show the tea is pure and of superior quality. The purchase of jackets from agents for Horniman’s Tea aligns with the same purity and quality in stock inspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassauu
Afessia
Horniman
Market report on corn exchange prices and wheat sales
Monday market notes fair English wheat supplies and liberal foreign arrivals with subdued trade. English wheat down 2s per qr from last Monday, foreign wheat generally reduced, Indian corn up a penny per qr, oats steady, barley inactive, maize firm at one penny advance. Prices at ports not large. flour trade in buyer’s favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Exchange
Mark Lane
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Triuuneral RE
London Necropolis Company
Prospectus Free
Lancaster-place
Strand
W.C
F. May
Jupson
Shetland
Judson
Williams
Oxford Terrace
Hyde Park
London
Holloway
Essex
Kent
UeWw
Pale
New Co
Norfolk
Suffolk
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