The ceremony took ages – Derby Mercury 26 October 1786: Bristol, October 21. Tuesday was married at Stapleton Church in the County of Gloucester, Mr. John Harford, aged 79, to Mrs Elizabeth Neal, aged 98, both of the same Parish. There was a vast Concourse of...
Astute observation – Derby Mercury 26 June 1794: ANECDOTE. Mr. NEWTON, when formerly captain of a Guinea trader, charging one of his negroes with a theft, the latter denied it. The master doubting the veracity of his slave; this poor, dark, untutored,...
Shameful price to pay – The Suffolk Chronicle; or Weekly General Advertiser & County Express, 28 February 1835, page 2: SALE OF A WIFE. – On Monday se’nnight*, one those disgraceful proceedings, the sale of a wife, took place in Clare market....
This should bring a smile – South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail, 15 August 1868: An American photographer says that ladies, when having their portraits taken, may observe the following rules with some advantage as to their appearance. “When a...
Struck by the electric fluid – Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser, 23 February 1859: On Wednesday last, Achill was visited by one of the most violent thunderstorms which has occurred within memory. A house in Curraun, on the mainland,...
Woolly first-fleecers – Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser, 23 February 1859: After six years of indomitable perseverance, Mr. Charles Ledger, an English merchant, established in Peru, has succeeded in landing safely at Sydney a flock...
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