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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 11, 1843
Page
7
A collage of oblique fragments recounts accidental death from a bad stomach pain and a lamp-lit catastrophe. prose and verse pieces mourn lost friends and political friends, lampoon eccentricities, celebrate Bartholomew the Great, a widow’s museum, a fat man anecdote, and Horace Smith's Death as a moral lament.
The Paris scene swirls around a narrow Guizot majority on a Syria paragraph. Supporters wobble, opponents claim the vote signals overthrow. Guizot defends Levant policy while press critiques his eloquence and stance toward England. Madrid and Barcelona reports add unrest and military discipline overseas.
Lord Abinger agrees to defer the trial of the prisoner while guarding him with strict custody at Newgate. Insanity evidence is expected to be strong, with witnesses from the gaol and doctors prepared to testify on his mental state. Meanwhile a separate incident at the House of Commons sees a tailorlike man resisting police attempts to remove him, sparking a brief court appearance.
A married woman told magistrates her husband repeatedly struck her after she returned from her mother's. She alleged a black art man, Jenkins, sent letters revealing her actions. The magistrate advised a summons. the man with the sorcery affair withdrew.
A 1812 Horncastle letter reports Parr's Life Pills as wonderfully effective with large retail sales, citing machine-maker Grounsell's praise and orders of 196 dozen boxes in six months. The advert claims cures after other methods fail, urges buyers to verify the government stamp and proprietors' signature, and lists box prices.
In this old medical advertisement James Cockle promotes Antibilious Pills as a cure for nervous disturbances linked to stomach disorders. The piece argues that stomach crudities affect multiple organs and mood, urging mild evacuants and tonics to restore the stomach liver and bowels. Located at 18 New Ormond Street, London.
An old advertising notice touts Stirling's Stomach Pills as cure all for stomach and bowel disorders. It claims quick relief from indigestion, headaches, fatigue, and nervous symptoms, noting suitability for all ages and women. Pills sold by J. W. Stirling, Whitechapel, with government stamp required.
Sworn testimony at the Mansion House in March 1842 describes a man afflicted with extensive arm and leg ulcers who failed at four hospitals yet recovered fully in three weeks using Holloway's Pills and Ointment on Dr Bright's advice. The case promotes Holloway's remedies, detailing prices, availability, and related medical works and patent medicines for various ailments.
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