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From: "markandjanboyes" <>
Subject: Re: The Western Gazette Friday April 22 1898
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:08:17 -0000
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Thanks Jeanne for the information from the Western Gazette.
I love reading things like that, it is so interesting & enables us to find
out a bit of what life was like for our Ancestors.
Best wishes,
Jan.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeanne Helm <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:09 PM
Subject: The Western Gazette Friday April 22 1898


> Hello Listers
>
> From weathered pages of the Western Gazette, which states it is the
> newspaper for the 'counties of Somerset, Dorset, Wilts and Hants.
Registered
> Premises at Yeovil, in the County of Somerset. Guaranteed Circulation:
> Upwards of 46,000 Weekly' - I typed the following, in the hope it may be
of
> interest to someone.
>
> THE WESTERN GAZETTE
> Friday April 22 1898
>
> It is remarkable how slowly the mortality from influenza in London
declines.
> Last week there were 33 deaths from it, and the total since the year began
> is not much less than a thousand, which is more by about 300 than occurred
> during the whole of last year. It is nothing, of course, to what happened
> during the great epidemics of 1890 and the immediately succeeding years,
but
> is larger than has been recorded since 1894.
>
> Advertisement:
> ORIENT LINE to AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, TASMANIA
> Calling at Albany for the Western Australian Goldfields
> Passengers can now travel by the Mail Line for 15 guineas per adult and
> upwards, including Food, Bedding and Cabin Requisites for the Voyage.
From
> London and Plymouth every Fortnight.
> Managers: F. Green & Co., Anderson, Anderson, & Co, Head Offices:-
> Frenchurch Avenue, London. For Passage, apply to the latter Firm at 5
> Fenchurch Avenue, E.C., or to the West End Branch Office, 16, Cockspur
> Street, S.W.
>
> FORTUNE TELLING AT BRISTOL
> Jane Dyer, a middle-aged married woman, was charged at Bristol on Friday
> with fortune telling. Prisoner was stated to have told a girl’s fortune,
> first by palmistry and next by shuffling cards. Prisoner told the
> magistrates that for a pastime she had studied palmistry, astrology, and
> phrenology. She was ‘floored’ for want of money, and when these people
came
> to here without being asked, ‘stupid like’ she took money from them. She
> was very sorry, and threw herself on the mercy of the Court, hoping the
> magistrates would remember the words, ‘to them that are merciful God will
be
> merciful.’ She was sent to prison for a month with hard labour.
>
> WANTED, AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS – WANTED, FARM LADS, from 14 years and
> upwards, for Yorkshire; lads who can milk preferred; must have two suits
of
> clothes and substantial box; liberal wages, with board and lodgings for
one
> year; free railway pass from any station.
> Write at once, enclosing stamped envelope for reply, to W. Alexander Todd,
> Crown Brewery, York. Note, - All men and lads must be seen at or near
their
> respective homes, as Mr. Todd will not be responsible for those who go
north
> on their own account and are not employed, or yet a success. Mr. Todd is
> pleased to state that the men and lads who migrated last year have
generally
> given satisfaction, and most of them have this year visited their friends
> with a week’s holiday and returned to Yorkshire. No farm man or lad who
is
> free, able, and willing need be out of work if he applies direct to W.
> Alexander Todd, Crown Brewery, York who is the largest employer of
> agricultural labourers in England.
>
>
>
> Best wishes
> Jeanne Helm
> Western Australia
>
> ______________________________

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