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6th January 1899
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TUEL LANE CHAPEL, SOWERBY BRIDGE
Rev.E.GRAY
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Sowerby Bridge
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Messrs. FIRTH and NICHOLL
LIBERAL REGISTRATION AGENT
Mr.J.H.STEAD
ANNUAL TEACHERS' MEETING (United Methodist Free Church Sunday School)
Messrs. W.H.OLDFIELD, J.W.TAYLOR, G.MANSFIELD, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.WILCOCK, T.WASHINGTON,
B.RILEY and G.MANSFIELD.
UNITED SERVICE
Revs.G.S.SMITH, J.SANGER, E.GRAY, W.H.MATTHEWS and J.FOX.
SINGULAR AND PAINFUL BURNING CASES
Mrs.KIRBY, Wakefield Road. Mother of John Henry KIRBY.
Alice Ann KIRBY, 5.
Miss Phoebe RAMSDEN, neighbour of Mrs.Kirby.
Mrs.HOLLAS, Mrs.Kirby's next door neighbour.
Amy KIRBY, 3.
John Henry KIRBY, gas stoker, Hargreaves Terrace, Norland. Father of Alice Ann and Amy.
Dr.WELLBURN.
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Mr.William BUCKLEY, Royal Hotel.
Mr.Thomas BROWNBRIDGE, 93, Epworth, Lincolnshire.
Mr.BROWNBRIDGE, caretaker at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel. Son of above.
SUCCESS OF A MUSICAL STUDENT
Miss Mabel SMITH, daughter of the Rev.G.S.SMITH.
FOOTBALL (Rugby)
CRAVEN, RAMSDEN
BOLTON BROW SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.J.SANGER
Messrs. W.WILSON, H.GREENWOOD and F.W.FOSTER
Misses BROWNBRIDGE and B.WHITEHEAD
FIRE BRIGADE SOCIAL
Councillor and Mrs.HORSFALL
Councillor and Mrs.George WHITELEY
Councillor and Mrs.HOEY
Mr.Chas.DILWORTH, baths manager
Superintendent and Mrs.COLLINS of Halifax
Superintendent HOPKINSON
Firemen SUTCLIFFE, RATCLIFFE, WATERHOUSE, WEBSTER and SHAW
Mr.A.WESTON
Miss SPEAK
Mrs.WEBSTER
Mrs.SUTCLIFFE
Mrs.WATERHOUSE
Mrs.MELLOR
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Norland
MUSICAL SUCCESS
Thomas BINNS of Prospect Terrace, Norland.
Mr.Cookson GREENWOOD, organist of St.Paul's Church, King Cross.
CHILD'S SUDDEN DEATH
Mary Elizabeth WHITTAKER, aged 18 months.
Elizabeth WHITTAKER, domestic servant, Armley. Mother of above.
Charlotte HEMINGWAY, West Bottom, Norland.
Dr.WELLBURN
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE FREE CHURCH
Mr.V.DYSON
WESLEYAN SCHOOL
Messrs. John SCHOFIELD, F.LUMB, S.AINLEY, O.WEBSTER, E.BENNETT, W.NICHOLL, J.W.BROADBENT
and A.E.THOMAS
Misses E. and A.HAIGH
Professor WHITEHEAD
WEDDING AT PROVIDENCE CHAPEL
Marriage of Hedley WILKINSON and Mary Hannah THOMAS.
Rev.J.W.MAWER of Greetland.
Rev.E.GRAY, circuit minister.
Mr.Arthur E.WHITELEY, choirmaster.
SOWERBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.W.C.EVANS, pastor.
Messrs. James LEAH, James LUMB, S.SPEAK, A.KERRIDGE
Misses S.A.SMITH and A.H.ACKROYD.
BOULDERCLOUGH METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
Mr. and Mrs. William HANSON of Halifax
Misses Louisa MITCHELL, Emma HOLLAS and Ada BANCROFT
Mr.Willie PICKLES (William PICKLES)
Masters Sam and Willie MITCHELL (Samuel MITCHELL, William MITCHELL)
Mr.Thomas GREENWOOD of Luddenden Foot.
Miss Ada MELLOR of Highroad Well
Messrs. H.BARRATT and J.T.BENTON
Mr. and Mrs. J.A.WHITWORTH
Mr.and Mrs. Edwin WOOD of Sowerby.
Mrs.W.HANSON of Brantam.
Master M.WADSWORTH of Boulderclough
Miss Annie SPEAK of Halifax.
Messrs. W.WADSWORTH, J.HANSON.
Mr.HILL of Greetland.
Mill Bank
Mr.John BROADBENT A.L.C.M.
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT
Rev.W.HUDSON
Messrs. Fred WOLFENDEN and David TURNER
Mr.A.WHITELEY
Misses A. and H.WHITELEY, L.INGHAM, L.GREENWOOD, M. and F.WOLFENDEN, L.CHEETHAM, FOSTER,
A.SIMPSON, G.RILEY, M.HOYLE and E.HANSON
Masters T.HOWARTH, J.WADE
Triangle
ST.JOHN'S CHURCH
Rev.E.BRIERLEY.
Mr.T.SEED
Miss E.BUTTERWORTH
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Correspondence
Canon Charles LLewelyn IVENS
A.C.COLEMAN, West Street, Sowerby Bridge.
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WHO SHALL HAVE SKIRCOAT?
Mr.F.H.TULLOCH, F.I.C.E.
Mr.J.Balfour BROWN, Q.C. and Mr. A.W.BAIRSTOW
Messrs.W.J.WAUGH and A.T.LONGBOTTOM
Mr.R.W.EVANS
Mr.J.PARKINSON (Brighouse town clerk)
Alderman PILLING
Mr.W. Trevor EDWARDS (West Riding county council)
Mr.Harold MARSHALL (Skircoat parish council)
Major Arthur Hancock EDWARDS of Pye Nest.
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MARRIAGES
Hedley VICKERS, son of Jepthah WILKINSON.
Mary Hannah THOMAS, daughter of William THOMAS of Lower Gaukroger, Sowerby.
Revs.E.GRAY and J.W.MAWER
IN MEMORIAM
Thomas BROWNBRIDGE of Epworth, Lincolnshire.
DEATHS
Emma AINLEY, widow of Thomas Dyson AINLEY, Watson Terrace, Norland
John Mallinson MAUDE, 59, of Hawk Cliff, Norland
Thomas OATES, aged 20 months. Son of George OATES, labourer, Spring Gardens, Burnley Road
Elizabeth SUTCLIFFE,66, wife of Thomas SUTCLIFFE, blacksmith, Canal View, Hilltop
Selwyn SMITH, infant son of James Willie SMITH (John William SMITH), leather strap maker, Leigh Street, Sowerby Bridge.
Susannah WADE, 73, Osbourne Terrace, Luddenden Foot.
13th January 1899
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TUEL LANE CHAPEL, SOWERBY BRIDGE
Mr.W.WILSON
Sister Lucy
Sowerby Bridge
Henry Birtwhistle, Sowerby Bridge
MUSICAL HONOURS
Miss Annie Hudson
Mr.S.PICKLES
FOOTBALL (Rugby)
MALLINSON
LITERARY SOCIETY (Bolton Brow Wesleyan)
Rev.J.SANGER
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. James WOOD, William NOBLE, E.BALMFORTH, H.A.SUTCLIFFE, Harry STORR, Joe HARDING,
Raynor SATCLIFFE [Raynor SUTCLIFFE?], Edward HANSON, S.Riley GLEDHILL, Fred BOTTOMLEY,
Charley H. WILCOCK, Ben TAYLOR, T.KERSHAW and B.WHITELEY.
PULPIT EXCHANGE
Revs.W.H.MATTHEWS, G.S.SMITH, W.HUDSON, E.GRAY, J.FOX
WEST END
Rev.G.S.SMITH
CHILDREN'S COSTUME DANCE
Messrs.HORSFALL and THOMAS.
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ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
CROWTHER, WALKER, THOMPSON
LECTURE
Rev.J.FOX of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.C.BATES
THE BURNING FATALITY
Mr. and Mrs.KIRBY
Miss STANSFIELD, Sowerby Bridge
TEACHERS' MEETING
Messrs. D.BARRETT, S.HOWARD, H.SUTCLIFFE, A.E.ROBERSHAW, THOMAS and HOWE
AN OLD OFFENDER
James MORTON
BULL'S HEAD SMOKE CLUB
Messrs. COPLEY, BRIGGS, A.WESTON, THOMAS, MUNDAY, BENNETT, C.W.MATTOCK, T.BRIGGS, J.T.COPLEY
Sergeant CROSS
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, E.E.POLLIT, R.SIDALL, J.WADDINGTON, HORSFALL, WHITWORTH
Rev. Canon IVENS, M.A.
Misses S.E.SUMMERSCALES and Isabella SMITH (ex-p.t. assistants at Tuel Lane infants' school)
Mr.S.R.WILSON (H.M. Inspector)
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Alderman CLAY
Councillors F.J.SCHOFIELD, J.L.WRIGLEY, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD, S.TURNER, Thomas HOEY,
T.HORSFALL, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY, George WHITELEY, LODGE
Mr.Godfrey RHODES
Mr.Evans
Messrs. Edwin WHITELEY, B.HOLROYD, M.BATES, James GREENWOOD and A.GLEDHILL (ratepayers)
Mr.ROTHERA
J.Vickers EDWARDS
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Mr.J.A.BOOTH
Messrs. BREAR and BROWN (owners of Wharf House Hotel)
Sowerby
SYKES AND LUMB VS. THE SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Mr.E.BOOTH
Judge CADMAN
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY J.P, J.INGHAM, S.AINLEY, J.SHARPE, A.BROADBENT, J.LEACH, J.T.NAYLOR,
J.T.WOOD and J.H.CARTER
Mr.James HEAP
Messrs. Gamaliel SUTCLIFFE, Richard LONGBOTTOM
Mr.FOSTER
Mr.CROSSLEY
DEATHS
Martha CROWTHER, 66, widow of Jonas Crowther, woollen carder, Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ann Elizabeth INGHAM, 16, daughter of George INGHAM, Green Hill, Warley
William RADCLIFFE, 61, mason, Warley Town
Gerald Henry STORR, 17, railway booking clerk, Hanover Street, Sowerby Bridge
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CORRESPONDENCE
Rev.Canon IVENS
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John WESTLOCK
Mr.HOEY
Rev.EVANS
SOWERBY BRIDGE PROSECUTION SOCIETY
Mrs.WESTON
Messrs. J.W.BANCROFT, Albert WOOD, E.E.POLLIT, N.BATES, A.WOOD, G.B.WOOD, H.P.KENDAL,
J.EASTWOOD, T.PARKER, W.H.GIBSON, W.S.MILLIGAN, J.W.HOES, BELL, J.H.SHOESMITH,
J.LONGBOTTOM and WESTON
20th January 1899
CHRIST CHURCH, SOWERBY BRIDGE
Rev.H.W.HOW
TUEL LANE CHAPEL, SOWERBY BRIDGE
Rev.E.GRAY
Sister Lucy
Sowerby Bridge
Henry WILKINSON, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.Herbert England, F.R.C.O, Tuel Lane Chapel organist
Drs. HODGSON, PATON
Canon and Mrs. IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.Howard CLAY of Halifax
Mrs.MARSLAND
Miss STANSFIELD
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Messrs. John H.SCHOLEFIELD, Rowland LUMB and E.MITCHELL
BAD LADS
Thomas H.FRANKLIN, 9
Thomas WYATT, 10
George FRANKLIN, 11
William STANLEY, 7
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Sergeant ROBERTS
THE LIBERAL CLUB
Messrs. WHITELEY, R.LUMB, B.SHEPLEY, John WADDINGTON, John EDWARDS, William GREENWOOD,
J.W.SUTCLIFFE, James HAIGH, A.HOWE, J.W.HOEY, J.HOLDSWORTH, J.SUTCLIFFE, E.MITCHELL,
G.E.WHITELEY, LONGBOTTOM, and George WADSWORTH.
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Mr.J.MARSDEN, assistant organist at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
Mr.ELLIOT was organist at St.George's Church.
THE FLOUR SOCIETY
Mr.BESWICK
SOCIAL
Messrs. H.NICHOLL, W.FIRTH, J.SMITH, HOLROYD and ECCLES.
CO-OPERATIVE EMPLOYEES
Messrs. COCKER, J.E.COCKROFT, F.BARRATT, L.HALLAWELL
Misses A.LEE and E.H.GAUKROGER
SWIMMING CLUB SOCIAL
Mr. and Mrs. WILSON of Halifax
Miss A.M.M.THOMAS of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.NICHOLSON, humorist of King Cross
Messrs. J.H.THOMAS and J.COPLEY
BIBLE SOCIETY
Mr.J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
Revs.G.S.SMITH, C.W.HOWARD, Canon IVENS, E.GRAY, J.SANGER and H.ROBINSON M.A.
Mrs.IVENS
Miss D.FORSYTH, late, of Brockwell
Mr.R.F.CROSSLAND
THE FACTORY ACT
Messrs. SHEPHERD and BLACKBURN's Cotton Spinning Co. Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.D.Prior, inspector
Mr.FEARON, assistant inspector
Mr.R.W.EVANS
Tom HELLIWELL (Thomas HELLIWELL) and Walter SPENCER, twiners
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LABOUR CO-PARTNERSHIP
Mr.Fred MADDISON, M.P.
Mr.Robert HALSTEAD of Hebden Bridge
Mr.George OLDFIELD
WEST END WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. Fred HOOSON, John GRUNDY, B.CULPAN, S.LISTER, J.W.FIRTH, William WHITWORTH,
W.WYLD and W.NICHOLSON
WEST END YOUNG MEN'S CLASS
Mrs.William GREENWOOD
Mr.J.V.SCHOLEFIELD
RE JOHN ASTIN AND SONS (Meeting of creditors at Hebden Bridge)
Mr Cresweller CRABTREE, chartered accountant
LECTURE (at the Church Institute)
Messrs. Walter STOREY and R.W.EVANS
MUSICAL SERVICE (at Christ Church)
Mr.H.GAUKROGER, organist
WEST END BAND OF HOPE
Councillor T.HOEY
Messrs. James HOLT, Edwin WHITELEY, A.LUMB, T.A.SMITH and M.DEAN
Rev.B.C.BARNARD, M.A., of Luddenden Foot
Misses Mina BARKER, BANCROFT, WHITELEY, RUSHWORTH, EDWARDS
Mill Bank
MILL BANK WORKING MEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE
Messrs. J.L.WHITELEY, William STEPHENSON, Fred CHEETHAM, J.SUTCLIFFE, William SMITH,
F.SOUTHWELL, John HOWARTH, Frank HALSTEAD, John PICKLES, John MITCHELL, William WILDE,
D.BROADBENT, W.RILEY, W.HELLAWELL, A.THOMPSON, W.H.HAIGH, A.HOLLAS and W.WHITELEY
Ripponden
A PLUMBER'S BANKRUPTCY
Rowland HILL, plumber of Ripponden.
Mr.BUCKLEY, deputy official receiver
Mr.WILLIAMS, architect
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CORRESPONDENCE
Charles LLewelyn IVENS
Mr.A.C.COLEMAN, Tory agent for the Sowerby Division
Thomas HOEY
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH NEW CONNEXION CHURCH
Messrs. R.BENTON, J.A.WHITWORTH, John HAIGH, R.BRADLEY and A.WADSWORTH
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THE PEACE CRUSADE
W.T.STEAD
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DEATHS
Albert RILEY, 27, woollen weaver, Railway Terrace, Luddenden Foot
Lily STANSFIELD, 3, daughter of Adam STANSFIELD, labourer, Helm's Yard, Sowerby Bridge
Owen SHAW, 56, wine and spirit merchant, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
William WHITELEY, 67, cloth fuller, Egerton Street, Sowerby Bridge
27th Jan 1899
CHRIST CHURCH, SOWERBY BRIDGE
Ven.Archdeacon WILSON
TUEL LANE CHAPEL, SOWERBY BRIDGE
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
MUSICAL HONOUR
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, organist
Thomas F.SMITH, Sowerby Bridge
CHARITY BALL
Mr.COCKER
CHRIST CHURCH (Young men's bible class)
Mr.J.LAWRENCE
A CASE DISMISSED
John BATES of Sowerby Bridge, cotton twiner.
Tom HALLOWELL (Thomas HALLOWELL) of Triangle, cotton twiner.
Walter SPENCER of Halifax, cotton twiner.
P.C.s BARKER and FORDHAM
Mr.EVANS (appearing for defendants)
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
FREE LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD, W.NICHOLL, A.HOBSON. T.M.FLETCHER, Richard ROTHWELL, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
and W.GREENWOOD
Rev. G.S.SMITH
Councillor T.HOEY
CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, Alfred GREENWOOD, Alfred BRIGGS, Harry THOMPSON, T.STOTT,
William HOLROYD, Edwin RILEY, Willie RILEY (William RILEY), John CULPAN, F.KERSHAW, F.DYSON,
W.H.WHITELEY, W.KNIGHT, C.L.WRAY, J.HOLROYD, J.W.WHITELEY, H.SPENCER and John NICHOLL
FOOTBALL (rugby)
MALLINSON
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BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHURCH
Alderman J.F.CLAY and Miss CLAY
HONOURS FOR SOWERBY BRIDGE STUDENTS
Cecil G.RIDDETT, LLewellyn S.FARRAR
STEALING A BOTTLE OF ALE
Ann PEARSON, no fixed abode
Mary HOLLOWS, Sowerby Bridge shopkeeper
Sergeant ROBERTS
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.John H.STEAD
John CROSSLEY and Sons Ltd.
RUDGE WHITWORTH Ltd.
Joseph STOCKS and Co. Ltd.
Messrs. LONGBOTHAM and Sons, solicitors of Halifax
THE LIBERAL CLUB
Councillors Ely WHITELEY, Abraham CLAY and HORSFALL
Messrs. E.MITCHELL, R.LUMB, William LUMB, James HOLDSWORTH, Joseph SUTCLIFFE, James HAIGH,
J.W.HOEY, J.A.WHITELEY, William GREENWOOD, E.MITCHELL, G.E.WHITELEY, John WADDINGTON,
F.HOEY, Albert HOWE, J.W.BANCROFT, Bryan SHEPLEY, Rowland LUMB and Fred BARRETT
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Triangle
TRIANGLE READING ROOM AND CRICKET CLUB
Councillor A.BROADBENT
Messrs. William BROADBENT, Walter AINLEY, Herbert INGHAM, Wilson BROADBENT, Fred RAWNSLEY,
K.WADDINGTON, J.H.BUTTERWORTH, W.HELLAWELL, F.LAWRENCE, H.JENNINGS, A.HAIGH, A.HORSFALL,
J.LUMB, H.HOYLE, W.SHAW, H.SMITH, T.WHITTAKER and J.STEELE
Mr.A HORSFALL, captain of 1st eleven
Mr.H.INGHAM, vice captain
Mr.C.HAIGH, captain of 2nd eleven
Mr.F.LAWRENCE, vice captain
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THE PEACE CRUSADE
W.T.STEAD
CORRESPONDENCE
Canon IVENS
John WESTLOCK
Rev. Canon IVENS
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A.C.COLEMAN, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENQUIRY
Mr.Robert H.BICKNELL, M.I.C.E.
Councillors E.WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, SUTCLIFFE, HORSFALL and LODGE
Mr.R.W.EVANS, clerk to the district council
John HOPKINSON, waterworks manager
Ripponden
RIPPONDEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
Messrs. J.PICKLES, J.W.HODGSON, J.H.RILEY, John INGHAM and W.H.BARRETT
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MARRIAGE
Arthur HELLIWELL to Sarah Ellen MITCHELL, both of Sowerby Bridge
Herbert KIRBY to Hannah SMITH, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Olive ALLINSON, 2, daughter of John ALLINSON, Cote Hill, Warley
Hannah Louisa BULLIMORE, 23, wife of John BULLIMORE, Albion Street, Sowerby Bridge
Clarence HAIGH, 13 months, son of William HAIGH, Raw Lane Bottom, Sowerby
Fred LANES, 14 months, son of John William LANES, Grange Place, Sowerby Bridge
Betty Tetley SMITH, 59, wife of Job SMITH, cloth finisher, Hitchen's Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth TAYLOR, 55, wife of John TAYLOR, Harper Royd, Norland
Maria Ann TURNER, 73, Pickwood Scar, Norland
3rd Feb 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Thomas WYATT, 10
ENTERTAINMENT (2nd girls' class West End Congregational Sunday School)
Misses BROOKE and NAYLOR (teachers)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Misses F.WALLACE, A.TIDSWELL, A.SOOTHIL(A.SOOTHILL?), M.H.GAUKROGER, H.DIXON, BEAUMONT,
G.LUMB, L.HAREWOOD, L.SYKES, A.SHAW, M.E.WHITWORTH, A.SEED, MANN, M.BARKER and
Amy WHITELEY
Mrs.EMMOTT
LICENCED VICTUALLER'S BALL
Madame PARR
Messrs. WADSWORTH, E.C.HORSFALL and Arthur WESTON
Mr.A.SCHOLEFIELD, Wharf Inn
SUCCESSFUL CAREER
Tom CLARKE (Thomas CLARKE), formerly of Sowerby Bridge swimming club, now baths manager in Hackney
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHURCH
Mr. and Mrs. MARSLAND
Mr.G.H and Mrs.B.WOOD
Master J.SCOLEFIELD
Miss Olive HORSFALL
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, West End Prize choirmaster
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, A.R.C.O., Bolton Brow choirmaster
SMOKING CONCERT
Messrs. C.L.WRAY, H.WASHINGTON, A.HALSTEAD, F.HOLDEN, J.WOODHEAD, W.KNIGHT, George WRAY,
H.BUCKLEY, A.HOPKINS, J.H.THOMAS, W.HOLROYD, A.HOPKINSON, W.BUCKLEY, A.WESTON, G.WOOD
and J.HELLEWELL
Mrs.WESTON
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BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHOIR
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, organist and choirmaster
Mrs.HORSFALL
ASSAULTING POLICEMEN
John Edward EGAN, "young fellow"
John WALDRON, "young fellow"
P.C.s GOLDTHORPE and COOKE
P.S.FORD
Mr.WADSWORTH
HALF YEARLY MEETING OF THE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Messrs.George OLDFIELD, Alfred BRIGGS, R.JACKSON, J.WHITELEY of Ripponden,
William SHAW, J.W.HODGSON, PEARSON,
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EASTWOOD, STOTT, T.COOK, Squire JUDSON, COCKCROFT, A.BROADBENT of Triangle,
William NICHOLL, Sutcliffe SUTCLIFFE, Joseph WILKINSON.
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD,J.H.WRIGLEY, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD, S.TURNER,
Thomas HOEY, T.HORSFALL, Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY, George WHITELEY and J.W.LODGE.
Messrs. BREAR and BROWN
Mr.CLAY, the Hollins
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THE PEACE CRUSADE by W.T.STEAD
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MARRIAGE
Fred BENTLEY to Elizabeth Ellen WADDINGTON, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Henry BROADBENT, 64, Centre Vale, Triangle
James CULPAN, 29, engine fitter, Corporation Street, Sowerby Bridge
Phineas HITCHEN, 69, Upper Fieldhouse, Sowerby
Robert HELLIWELL, 24, son of Thomas HELLIWELL, Lower Oak, TRIANGLE
Elizabeth JACKSON, 76, widow of John JACKSON, farmer, Scar Road, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas PEDLEY, 31, chemist, Mill Bank
Eliza SLATER, 26, wife of William SLATER, Ellen Holme, Luddenden Foot
10th Feb 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.S.EASTWOOD
Sowerby Bridge
James FIRTH, ironmonger
John WEBSTER
Mr.William BUCKLEY, former landlord of the Royal Hotel
Mr. Albert Edward BROWN, new landlord
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
CROWTHER and FAIRBROTHER, Sowerby Bridge team
TABRAH and HANSON, Salem team
A HUNGRY TRAMP
Mr.William GLEDHILL, butcher
Mr.BATES, fishmonger
CONSERVATIVE BALL
Captain SUTCLIFFE
Dr.BROWN
Misses STOTT
Mr.A.SCHOLEFIELD of the Wharf House Hotel
Messrs. DYSON and HILEY
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.G.ARCHER of Lockwood
Mr.J.BARNES
Councillor T.HORSFALL
A FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS TRICK
Joshua KENWORTHY
Mr.G.R.STANSFELD of Field House, Sowerby
Arthur BINNS
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Hanson WHITWORTH, 19, son of William Henry WHITWORTH, train driver, Sowerby New Road
Messrs. Albert E.BERRY & Co. Ltd., wood working machine makers, Industrial Road
Dr.ADAMS
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St.GEORGE'S YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Mr.Walter STOREY of Halifax
BOLTON BROW LITERARY SOCIETY
Councillor Thomas HOEY
Mr.B.MORWOOD
A THANK OFFERING FROM ROCHDALE
Archdeacon WILSON of Rochdale
Canon IVENS
FOOTBALL (rugby)
HABERGHAM, SWAINE, THOMPSON
CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIALISM
Rev.J.CARTER, M.A., of Mirfield
PRESENTATION TO MR.J.W.HOEY (Liberal Club)
John William HOEY
Councillors F.J.SCOLEFIELD J.P., Ely WHITELEY and A.CLAY
MESSRS. J.H.STEAD, J.EDWARDS, G.B.WOOD, J.WADDINGTON,
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SOWERBY BRIDGE BRASS BAND
Mr.S.G.PARR, bandmaster
PRIMITIVE METHODIST
Misses E.HOYLE, A.FRANKLIN, E.ROBERTSHAW, E.A.MORLAND, A.MOREHOUSE
Masters H.THOMAS, F.HOYLE, C.G.MATTHEWS, Cecil MATTHEWS
CONGREGATIONAL TEA AND MEETING (St.George's Church)
Revs. S.F.LAYCOCK, C.LIVERMORE, C.W.HOWARD
Messrs. W.B.FIRTH, T.TAYLOR, A.BATTLEY, BERRY, F.WILDSMITH
Misses Annie ACKROYD, LAYCOCK, Carrie LAYCOCK
Triangle
St.JOHN'S, THORPE
Rev.E.BRIERLEY, vicar
[Column 4]
HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY
Messrs. S.WHITELEY, James LEACH, J.W.HODGSON, HALLETT, D.LUMB (Halifax),
Squire JUDSON Halifax Brotherhood Co-operative Society), FIRTH (Batley), Dixon LUMB,
Eli WHITELEY, C.BESWICK, John DAVENPORT of Slaithwaite,
James BROADBENT (Huddersfield), Joseph BARRON (Sowerby Bridge),
Shackleton HELLIWELL (Hebden Bridge), Kenyon BROWN (Brighouse),
James HAIGH of Halifax, Michael JOHNSON (Heckmondwike),
Samuel WALKED [Samuel WALKER?] (Batley), Samuel WADSWORTH, Arthur HOBSON, PARR (Batley),
FIRTH (Batley), COCKROFT (Triangle), John Sykes, Sylvester BOOTH
[Column 5]
THE PEACE CRUSADE BY W.T.STEAD
[Column 6]
DEATH OF MR.JOHN RAWSON
Mr.John Rawson, 85, of Brockwell. Son of William Henry RAWSON of Mill HOUSE.Elizabeth Marianne PRIESTLEY, daughter of John PRIESTLEY of Thorpe, married John RAWSON in 1840.
William Henry RAWSON, brother of John
Frederick RAWSON, brother of John
William PRIESTLEY of Lightcliffe, uncle of John RAWSON
Dr.MANTLE
MARRIAGE
William PATCHETT, boatman, to Amelia BEAN, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Elizabeth ASQUITH, 26, wife of William ASQUITH, bus driver, Willow Street, Sowerby Bridge
Selwyn HOLLAS, 3, son of Charles HOLLAS, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Grace MOORHOUSE, 23, Osborne Terrace, Luddenden Foot
Eleanor THOMAS, 18, Warley Edge, Warley
17th Feb 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.R.HEBBRON
Sowerby Bridge
James HARGREAVES
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES
Bros. T.H.WRIGHT, J.L.CROWTHER, Arthur DEAN, Fred. CARTER, H.EDMONDSON of Burnley,
John WADDINGTON
BAND OF HOPE CONCERT
Misses CLOUGH of Rochdale, daughters of the late Robert CLOUGH, well known temperance entertainer
Mr. and Mrs.TOPHAM
Messrs. John WADDINGTON and T.E.WHITEHEAD
IMPUDENT THEFT
Mr.William GLEDHILL, butcher, Wharf Street
William GLOVER, tramping tailor
William BATES, fish and poultry dealer
Messrs.POLLIT and WIGZELL
P.C.BARKER
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
[Column 2]
HALIFAX EXTENSION GRANTED
Mr.A.BILLSON, M.P.
Right Hon.J.W.MELLOR M.P.
CHRIST CHURCH
Revs. Canon IVENS M.A., S.F.LAYCOCK B.A.
Dr.WHITLEY
Messrs. W.HAIGH, A.COCKER, J.W.WHITELEY, GAUKROGER
ENJOYABLE SOCIAL (Sowerby Bridge Association Football Club)
Dr.DUNN
Messrs. THOMPSON, WRAY, HILEY, DYSON, T.HOEY, L.BROWNBRIDGE
Mrs.SUTCLIFFE of Manchester House
CHOIR SERVICES (Primitive Methodist)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Miss L.WHITELEY
SALE OF WORK (West End Ladies' Sewing Party)
Dr.DUNN
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. J.EDWARDS, S.WADSWORTH
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT by young people connected with St.George's Schools)
Mr. and Mrs. LEAROYD
Miss JONES
Messrs. A.S.HUNTER, E.CROSSLEY, W.LEAROYD, H.S.RAMSDEN, J.SIDDALL
Misses F.RAMSDEN, A.M.HARE, S.J.CROSSLEY
FOOTBALL (rugby)
MORLEY, BUTTERWORTH, WADDINGTON, THOMPSON, HABERGHAM, WHITELEY, BINNS all of Sowerby Bridge
NEGLECT OF PARENT
James RILEY, labourer of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.BATLEY, relieving officer
[Column 3]
Norland
EVADING THE LAW
George GEE(?), farmer of Norland
LECTURE
Mrs.Fred TOPHAM
Mr.John BARKER
NORLAND BAPTIST SCHOOL
Messrs. C.ASPINALL, T.SPINK, L.WHITTAKER, E.WITTAKER[E.WHITTAKER?], A.PLATT, F.ACKROYD,
W.SHAW, S.LUM[S.LUMB?]
Mrs.M.PILLING
Mrs.J.BALMFORTH
Misses WHITTAKER, THORP, E.WHITELEY, E.MILLS, M.MORTON, L.KERRIDGE, L.SUTCLIFFE, CROWTHER, E.LUM[E.LUMB?]
Sowerby
St.PETER'S, SOWERBY
John RAWSON, deceased
Rev.T.HINKLEY M.A., vicar
Mr.Booth SHARPE, A.R.C.O.
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY J.P., J.H.CARTER, J.T.NAYLOR, J.INGHAM, W.WILSON, J.SUTCLIFFE,
A.STOTT, J.WOOD, A.BROADBENT, J.LEACH, J.SHARPE
Mr.J.R.HEAP, property owner
Mr.G.SUTCLIFFE, property owner
Dr.WELLBURN
Mr.HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
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WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION (Sowerby Bridge and District)
Mrs. EVANS, LEACH, W.GREENWOOD, NORMANTON, W.WHITEHEAD, SCHOLEFIELD, T.E.WHITEHEAD,
BROADBENT, MARSLAND, B.WOOD, BANCROFT, STEAD
Misses WHITELEY, EDWARDS, WASHINGTON, WILSON
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR M.P.
Miss Alison GARLAND (Plymouth)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, W.C.EVANS, J.FOX
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P.
Messrs. J.W.BANCROFT, J.MARSLAND
Misses GREENWOOD, STANSFIELD
[Column 5]
Misses GARLAND, WHITEHEAD, BANCROFT, M.BARKER, FEBER(?)
Mrs.William GREENWOOD
Miss STANSFIELD
MARRIAGES
Fred JOWETT to Sara Elizabeth NAYLOR, both of Sowerby Bridge. Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
Harry BROADBENT to Sarah Jane ECCLES, both of Sowerby Bridge
Laban SHACKLETON of Luddenden to Mrs.JENNINGS, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Ada ANDREWS, 6 months, daughter of Dennis ANDREWS, Industrial Place, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen BROADBENT, 67, widow of William BROADBENT, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
Adelaide Dyson, 29, Clay Street, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas DILWORTH, 68, moulder, Bairstow Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah Ann GILL, 76, widow of Frederick GILL, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Rebecca HEIGHINGTON, 67, Cote Hill, Warley
Philip HOLDEN, 83, Thornleigh, Sowerby Bridge
Lucy May HOWARTH, 9 months, daughter of John William HOWARTH, gardener, Field House, Sowerby
Stanley WOOD, 13 months, son of Smith WOOD, Back Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
TO SELL
S.HOYLE, solicitor, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
THE PEACE CRUSADE BY W.T.STEAD
24th Feb 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Pieter VAN GELDER, Sowerby Bridge
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Ephraim SHAW, 44
Sergeant ROBERTS
FOOTBALL (rugby)
MARSDEN, Morley player, county half-back
MR.JOSEPH GREENWOOD'S BIRTHDAY
James GREENWOOD and Sons Ltd.
Messrs. HORSFALL, THOMAS, PINDER of Halifax, RICHARDSON of Bradford, J.HANSON
VISIT OF REV.C.H.GOODMAN TO SOWERBY BRIDGE (African missionary)
[Column 2]
MISSIONARY SERVICES (at Tuel Lane chapel)
Rev.R.HEBBRON of Halifax
Sergeant ROBERTS
Messrs. SIDDELL (boiler house on fire)
Mr.MADEN, night inspector
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, W.HAIGH, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER, J.BACON, W.NICHOLL, A.HOBSON,
W.GREENWOOD
Councillor T.HOEY
CHORAL SOCIETY
Madame Alice BERTENSHAW, contralto
Mr.J.SEDGWICK BRIDGE, solo violin
Mr.H.GAUKROGER
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OPENING OF NEW CONSERVATIVE CLUB AT LUDDENDEN FOOT
Messrs. W.H.RUSHWORTH, Scholefield RYDER, A.C.COLEMAN, H.W.SUTCLIFFE, J.NEWBY,
J.S.LONGBOTTOM, A.LAYFIELD, G.B.WHITAKER, J.R.BRACEWELL, F.BEARDSELL, J.R.COMYNS,
J.C.BAILEY, J.S.RAWSON, E.W.CROSSLEY, A.EARNSHAW, J.T.HORTON, H.G.BINNS, F.S.RYDER,
T.G.TOTTERINGTON, H.LONGBOTTOM, J.TATTERSALL, T.BENTLEY, J.W.WHITELEY, R.WHITWORTH
Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel YELD
Alderman J.S.SPENCER (Halifax)
[Column 3]
Messrs.TREVELYAN, MELLOR, A.EARNSHAW
SERMON TO WOMEN
Rev.Canon IVENS M.A.
[Column 5]
BAPTIST CHAPEL. GRAND SALE OF WORK (Ladies' Sewing Party)
Messrs.D.I.CLAY, G.E.WHITELEY
Revs.J.FOX (pastor), Carey HOOD (Halifax),W.HAIGH (Steep Lane)
Councillor T.HORSFALL
Mesdames MELLOR, A.ASTIN, BRADLEY, JOWETT, SHAW, HAIGH, SHEPLEY, MARSDEN, FOX, HORSFALL,
G.E.WHITELEY, GREENWOOD, HELLOWELL, J.A.WHITELEY, GREGORY, BROADBENT
Misses WADE, ROEBUCK, FOX, DRUCE, J.BARNES, E.ROTHERA, A.ELLIS, Blanche HORSFALL,
Lilian HELLOWELL
Mr.E.RILEY of Halifax
Messrs. P.DYSON, W.ECCLES
Dr.DUNN
Triangle
TELEPHONE CALL OFFICE
Mr.Charles B. CROSSLEY, Lower Kebroyd
Mr.SUTCLIFFE, manager of the National Telephone Company at Bradford
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DEATHS
Robert EASTWOOD, 5 months, son of James EASTWOOD, Milner Royd, Sowerby Bridge
Ben FOSTER, 37, cotton twiner, Charlotte Street, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas JACKSON, 65, Milner Royd, Luddenden Foot
A YOUTH WANTED
J.W.HELLIWELL & Co., Tuel Lane
TO SELL (houses)
S.HOYLE, solicitor, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
THE PEACE CRUSADE BY W.T.STEAD
3rd March 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
LECTURE (Christ Church Institute)
Rev.G.F.Handel ROWE of Halifax
Dr.WELLBURN
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Jane HELLOWELL, 71, spinster of Lower Bentley Royd (near the cemetery). Burler at Hollings Mill
Dr.ADAMS
FRIENDLY YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Messrs. J.C.BATES, S.STOREY, J.HOLLAND, J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.H.ROBERTSHAW, H.HOYLE, CHAMBERS,
TURNER, W.SIDDALL, F.SIDDALL
Misses H.MOORE, A.SEED, E.BROWN, C.HOLLAND, S.STOREY, L.MITCHELL, H.HOYLE, M.CHAMBERS
THE EXTENSION QUESTION
Councillor LODGE
Alderman CLAY
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Messrs.Rawden BRIGGS, J.W.TAYLOR, D.PARKER
Revs. E.GRAY, C.H.GOODMAN (missionary)
[Column 2]
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Councillors J.W.LODGE, T.HORSFALL, W.SUTCLIFFE, Thomas HOEY
Mr.T.H.CARTER, stockbroker, Barum Top, Halifax
Mr.John Henry WILKINSON, manager of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank, Sowerby Bridge
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Councillor David WHITELEY J.P of Sowerby
Rev.J.FOX
Messrs. J.A.WHITELEY, ROSILLA
HALIFAX AND DISTRICT FREE METHODIST UNION
Revs. E.GRAY, R.HEBBRON of Halifax, A.IVEY of Brighouse
Messrs. S.WOODWARD of Salterhebble, J.PEARSON of Hove Edge, J.HORSFIELD of Halifax,
Henry MITCHELL
Miss WOMERSLEY
SOWERBY BRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Alderman CLAY
Councillors WRIGLEY, TURNER, SUTCLIFFE, GREENWOOD, LODGE, HOEY, HORSFALL, Ely WHITELEY,
A.CLAY, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, George WHITELEY
Mr.J.A.BOOTH
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
Messrs. WHITWORTH
[Column 3]
Mr.Charles William SCHOLEFIELD
Mr.HOYLE
Norland
MOUNT ZION PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH
Messrs. R.CLEMENTS of Barkisland, T.BINNS, A.BOOTH, J.BARKER, B.B.SOUTHWELL, W.BARKER
Misses LUM, L.SUTCLIFFE, M.BARKER, E.BARKER, A.BOOTH, N.BUTTERWORTH
Master MELLOR
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MARRIAGES
Tom BROADBENT (Thomas BROADBENT), driver, to Emma LEADBEATER, both of Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Mary WOOD, late of Raven Lodge, Sowerby Bridge, who died March 1st 1895
DEATHS
Alice HOLT, 19, daughter of Abraham HOLT, 3 Charlotte Street, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth Ann WILSON, wife of J.D.WILSON, Manningham, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Sarah HELLIWELL, 51, wife of Edwin HELLIWELL, Scar Road, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Ann Kirby, 63, widow of Edwin KIRBY, iron dresser, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
Gladys GREENWOOD, 16 months, daughter of David GREENWOOD, ballast man, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 4]
St.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES AND MEDALLIONS
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, J.W.BANCROFT, T.W.RICHARDSON, SUNDERLAND, TOLLY
Alderman John Foster CLAY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
Mr.G.E.WHITELEY, shopkeeper in West Street
Awards to (female): Mary AKROYD, Eliza Ann AKROYD, Beatrice CLAY, Lila EASTWOOD,
Annie E.W.LUMB, Annie MARKHAM, Dora PARKER, Edith ROBERTSHAW, Lilian SUNDERLAND,
Alice SUTCLIFFE, Gertrude E.THOMAS, Amy L.TURNER, Florence WHITEHEAD, Mary Ann ROBERTS,
Sarah E.LUMB, Mary ACKROYD, Annie LUMB, Laura Elizabeth BROWN, Martha HARGREAVES,
Sara L.THOMAS, Mary A.HARTLEY
Awards to (male): P.C.BODENHAM, E.BROADBENT, Ernest B.CLAY, John FAIRBANK, P.C.FLANNERY,
R.GREENWOOD, Ernest LUMB, John MITCHELL, Harry MITCHELL, J.W.MANSFIELD, George MAULE,
Harry ROBINSON, George W.TURNER, William TOLLEY, John WOOD, C.J.T.WALTON, P.C.COOKE,
Rev.J.W.MAWER, R.C.M.ECCLES, L.MITCHELL, Charles W.SMITH, William PRICHETT
Misses L.HAIGH, F.BANCROFT, E.TOLLEY, S.SUTCLIFFE, Dora PARKER
Messrs. W.H.WILCOCK, F.SHEPHERD, H.ROBINSON, C.ELLIOT
Mrs.ROBERTS
[Column 5]
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL. THE EXTENSION QUESTION
Messrs. Godfrey RHODES & EVANS
Mr.TULLOCH, inspector
S.B.PROVIS, secretary to Messrs. Godfrey RHODES and EVANS.
Mr.BILLSON, M.P. for Halifax
CORRESPONDENCE
Mr.J.W.MELLOR M.P.
Felix HOLT
[Column 6]
THE PEACE CRUSADE BY W.T.STEAD
10th March 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Messrs. BUTTERWORTH, TAYLOR
Sowerby Bridge
REV.G.S.SMITH
PRESENTATION (Halifax branch of the Millers' National Union)
Messrs. Squire JUDSON, T.CRABTREE
QUARTERLY MEETING (Sowerby Bridge Circuit of Primitive Methodism)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.T.MORGAN of Mytholmroyd
FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR.C.W.FIELDING
Mr.C.W.FIELDING, ginger beer manufacturer who worked in the gas works in winter.
Mr.HILL, deputy coroner
Mr.P.SHACKLETON
Mr.PRIOR, factory inspector
Mr.John MARSLAND, gas works manager
Mr.J.C.BELL, solicitor
Rossie FIELDING [Rosie FIELDING?], daughter of deceased
Walter HOLMES, labourer, Chapel Lane
Dr.PATON
John LAWTON, gas works foreman
Jane WILCOCK of Clough Terrace
[Column 2]
Fred Ward EXLEY, Sowerby Bridge
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr James WOOD
WESLEYAN HOME MISSIONS
Dr.RANDLES
Rev.J.Clapham GREAVES of Manchester
Mr.J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
DEATH OF MR.CHARLES GREENWOOD
Mr.Charles GREENWOOD, 81, Sowerby Street
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
William SUTCLIFFE, contractor.
James GREENWOOD, Lewis ATKINSON, John William LODGE, S.HOWARD, William NOBLE,
Thomas Henry MARSHALL, Henry BROADBENT, James WOOD, Albert WOOD, William GLEDHILL
Thomas HORSFALL, draper
Alfred S.FIRTH, William HAIGH (music dealer)
Mark WILCOCK, tanner
William WOOD, Charles Edward RAMSDEN(?)
Frank CLAY, worsted spinner
Samuel TURNER (Calderdale), James Edward BREARLEY, James BRIGGS, James WOOD,
Rowland SIDDALL, Edward Ernest POLLIT, John A.ADAMS, John E.BREAREY
Thomas Henry LONGBOTTOM, cloth manufacturer
Hellowell HOPKINSON, George OLDFIELD, Albert WOOD, William SUTCLIFFE, John William LODGE,
Samuel HOWARD
John William LODGE, oil sheet manufacturer
Miles BENNETT, Henry STORR, Walter GLEDHILL, Joseph GREENWOOD(Bolton Brow),
John William LODGE, Samuel HOWARD
Edwin WHITELEY, agent
John William LODGE, Samuel HOWARD, William SUTCLIFFE, George WHITELEY
William HAIGH, draper
W.H.GIBSON, Rowland LUMB, Rowland SIDDALL, John W.WHITELEY, D.I.CLAY, John Henry WILKINSON
John Ward BANCROFT, gentleman
Richard ROTHWELL, Sam WADSWORTH (Samuel WADSWORTH)
James Riley ATKINSON, woollen manufacturer
John Henry WILKINSON, Rowland SIDDALL
THE RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION
Messrs. J.W.WHITELEY, William LUMB, T.M.FLETCHER, Rowland LUMB, W.INGHAM, S.H.JEFFREYS,
J.MORTON, A.C.COLEMAN, C.BROWNBRIDGE, E.WHITELEY, W.BRIGGS, F.DYSON
[Column 3]
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor LODGE
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHURCH
Mr. and Mrs. PEARSON of Halifax
Mr. and Mrs. James Clay BATES.
Misses MITCHELL, A.PARKER, EDWARDS
Messrs. J.W.BRIERLEY, THOMAS, M.CLAY
AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. T.W.RICHARDSON, W.H.GIBSON, W.SUNDERLAND, J.HANSON, W.TOLLEY, ECCLES, WOODS,
ROWLETT, RILEY, PRITCHETT, MITCHELL, SMITH, HOLROYD, J.HELLIWELL, J.A.WOODS, J.HOLT,
R.C.M.ECCLES, J.SHAW
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
Councillor T.HOEY
Mesdames ROBERTS, MITCHELL, KERSHAW
Misses FURNESS(?), WHITELEY, GIBSON, LUMB, MARSLAND, MARKHAM, AKROYD, HARGREAVES
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH NEW CONNEXION CHURCH
Miss Sarah THORPE
PROVIDENCE BAND OF HOPE
Revs.E.GRAY (Sowerby Bridge), J.K.ARCHER (Heptonstall Slack)
Messrs.Vincent DYSON, Henry BERRY, Fred TOPHAM
Misses A.SHARP, MAXWELL, MITCHELL, M.E.HOPKINSON, E.HOPKINSON
Mill Bank
MILL BANK WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. James L.WHITELEY, W.SHAW (Halifax), W.COPLEY (Halifax), T.WHITAKER (Elland),
HALL (York)
Mr. John BROADBENT A.L.C.M., organist and choirmaster of St.Mary's Church
Miss Ruth Wowersley (Halifax)
[Column 4]
MEN'S SERVICE (Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS, M.A.
[Column 5]
MARRIAGES
Joe SLATER, Elland, to Ellen ROBINSON, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Charles William FIELDING, 68, Clough Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Harriet BERRY, 68, widow of John BERRY, blacksmith, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth KNOWLES, 61, wife of James KNOWLES, wood dyer Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Eliza MALLINSON, 40, daughter of the late Benjamin MALLINSON, Princess Street, Sowerby Bridge
Levi SIDDALL, 63, stone dresser, Chapel Terrace, Sowerby
William WHITTAKER, 76, cloth fuller, Thorney Bank, Norland
[Column 6]
THE PEACE CRUSADE BY W.T.STEAD
17th March 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Harry GILES
CHURCH INSTITUTE
Mr.W.C.BARBER, principal of the Crossley Porter Orphanage
Rev.Canon IVENS
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Councillors HORSFALL, LODGE, SUTCLIFFE
Messrs. Frank CLAY, Edwin WHITELEY, T.H.LONGBOTTOM, W.HAIGH, J.W.BANCROFT, John SMITH,
Mark WILCOCK
Mr.RADCLIFFE, photographer, Wharf Street
HOME MISSIONS (Yorkshire Congregational Union Home Mission Society)
Revs.A.GILBEY M.A., T.KEYWORTH, G.S.SMITH
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Misses S.BOTTOMLEY, E.BOOTH
Messrs. T.H.WRIGHT, W.BOOTH, E.LAW
Master H.BOOTH, 12, popular boy comic of Manchester
Mrs. W.GREENWOOD
CHORAL SOCIETY
Messrs. W.HILEY, C.DYSON, Herbert W.LAW
Alderman CLAY
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY
Mr.MORWOOD of Ryburn Villas
[Column 2]
U.M.F.C. (Sowerby Bridge United Methodist Free Church Circuit)
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. Jephthah WILKINSON, Daniel PARKER
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mr.O.EATOUGH
Rev.W.R.WILKINSON of Elland
DEATH OF MR.J.R.SCHOFIELD
Mr.John Robert SCHOFIELD, 36, of Rochdale. Former Liberal registration agent for Sowerby division
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon BROWN of Brighouse
Mr. and Mrs. J.WOODHEAD of Sowerby Bridge
WEST END BAND OF HOPE
Revs. G.S.SMITH, T.KEYWORTH
Messrs. T.HOEY, F.GLEDHILL, M.SCHOLEFIELD
Misses M.J.RILEY, E.RUSHWORTH, S.A.WHITELEY, E.SMITH, F.NICHOLL, F.BANCROFT, M.BARKER,
N.RUSHWORTH
THE SWIMMING CLUB
Messrs. T.COPLEY, Godfrey RHODES, W.H.GIBSON, J.P.VAN GELDER, H.CROSSLEY, James A.MAUDE,
E.CROWTHER, L.WHITTAKER, J.H.THOMAS, H.WOODHEAD, J.HELLEWELL, J.HOLROYD, G.WILCOCK,
J.E.MAUDE, J.COPLEY, J.H.WOODHEAD, J.H.BARRACLOUGH, M.WADE, H.COPLEY, J.R.BARKER,
G.VARLEY
FOOTBALL (rugby)
Bob HATTON, AMBLER, REDMAN, THOMPSON, HABERGHAM, MALLINSON, SWAINE, MORLEY, BUTTERWORTH
Harry MYERS, Captain of Keighley team.
AN INFANT'S DEATH
Mr.J.E.HILL
Lizzie DYSON, six week old, daughter of Joe DYSON, cotton operative, Pye Nest Gate, Washer Lane
Drs. DAVIS, DUNN
[Column 3]
Sowerby
WESLEYAN CHURCH
Revs. W.HUDSON, J.SANGER
Mr.W.H.HALL
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mrs.B.WOOD of Sowerby Bridge
Misses ILLINGWORTH of Bradford, BANCROFT, SCHOFIELD
Messrs. James HOLDSWORTH of Sowerby Bridge, J.WILKINSON, J.SCHOFIELD, J.H.STEAD
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY, J.T.NAYLOR, S.AINLEY, J.INGHAM, W.WILSON, A.BROADBENT, A.STOTT, J.WOOD, J.SUTCLIFFE, J.SHARPE, J.H.CARLES(?), J.H.CARTER, J.LEACH
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Messrs. Gamaliel SUTCLIFFE, J.H.CARTER, S.EMMETT, J.RILEY
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Mr.PRIOR, factory inspector
Mr.HARTLY (HARTLEY?), nuisance inspector
Mr.BOOTH, relieving officer
Mr.Thomas FARRAR
[Column 4]
Ripponden
SICKNESS AND BANKRUPTCY
Rowland HILL, plumber, Rishworth
Mr.WILLIAMS, architect
Mr.FISHER, solicitor
THE PEACE CRUSADE BY W.T.STEAD
DEATHS
Sarah BROADBENT, 70, wife of John BROADBENT, cloth miller, Higgin Chamber, Sowerby
Sarah Ann CROSSLEY, 51, wife of William Henry CROSSLEY, blanket finisher, Stubbin, Sowerby
James PELLINGTON, 69, milk boiler, Mill Bank, Sowerby
Mary PRIESTLEY, 56, wife of Henry PRIESTLEY, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
[Columns 5 & 6]
BALANCE SHEET OF THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY
Mr.B.MORWOOD, Ryburn Villa, West End, Sowerby
Mr.H.MOORHOUSE, 115 Bankfield, Ripponden
Mr.T.F.STEWART, Gordon Bank, Luddenden Foot
24th March 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.J.HOLGATE
Sowerby Bridge
Thoro MILLS, Sowerby Bridge
Arthur SEASON and Herbert SEASON, Sowerby Bridge
MR.R.W.EVANS
Mr.R.W.EVANS, clerk to Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mr.J.J.MORSE of London
Prof.Crookes, president of the British Association
Mr.A.WILKINSON, limelight apparatus operator
Messrs.William GREENWOOD, B.LEES, T.H.WRIGHT
WEST END
Messrs. W.CLEGG, Edwin WHITELEY, J.EDWARDS, S.WADSWORTH, M.SUGDEN
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Mr.RATCLIFFE, artist
TEMPERANCE MEETING
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. G.WRIGHT, J.HOLT, M.DEAN
Misses WRIGHT, E.HOLLAS
BOLTON BROW CRICKET CLUB
Misses BARRETT, M.WADDINGTON, JENNINGS, S.BROWNBRIDGE, F.ACKROYD, D.PARKER
Messrs. F.W.FOSTER, A.ASHWORTH, J.HOOTEN, RILEY, MACKRELL, W.THOMAS, F.DRAKE, A.HELLIWELL,
J.LEE
Mrs. J.C.HORSFALL
FOOTBALL (rugby)
HABERGHAM, MORLEY, THOMPSON, MALLINSON
[Column 2]
Mr.E.SEED
MR.ROTHERA
Mr.ROTHERA, district council surveyor
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Mrs.GRAY
Misses BARRON, A.WHITWORTH
THE BEECH ASSAULT CASE (at Leeds assizes)
Whiteley CROWTHER of Claremont Street, Beech
Evelyn BINNS, 8
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Councillor LODGE
CHARGE OF BEGGING
Edward AYLAND, 31, from Armley
PC FORDHAM
WALKING FROM BLACKPOOL TO HALIFAX
William SUTCLIFFE, 45, Margate STREET, Sowerby New Road
[Column 3]
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.Edwin WOOD of Sowerby
Mr.R.BENTON
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Misses Emma LEACH, Edna COCKROFT, WILSON, HELLOWELL, INGHAM, BROADBENT, CLAYTON, LORRIMER,
PICKLES, M.LEACH, E.COCKROFT
Messrs. James LEAH, Joseph HOYLE, B.WILDE, M.WHITWORTH, J.A.PICKLES, W.LEACH, O.MANSLEY,
J.FAIRBANK, A.LEACH, B.SIDDALL, S.PICKLES, Peter WHITELEY
Master VERNEY
JOINT SEWAGE SCHEME FOR THE CALDER VALLEY. INQUIRY AT LUDDENDEN FOOT
Mr.F.H.TULLOCH, M.I.C.E.
Mr.John WAUGH A.I.C.E.
Mr.E.W.IVES C.E. of Derby
Mr.W.H.BOOCOCK, Luddenden Foot district council
Mr.J.E.CRAVEN represented Mytholmroyd
Mr.J.ROBERTSHAW of Halifax represented Warley
Mr.J.PARKER represented Midgley
Mr.John WAUGH
CORRESPONDENCE
Charles LIVERMORE
[Column 5]
CHRIST CHURCH, SOWERBY BRIDGE
Right Reverend F.A.R.CRAMER-ROBERTS D.D., vicar of Blackburn
Rev.Canon IVENS M.A., vicar
Rev.H.Terrington SORTWELL of Pellon
BIRTH
Son of Rowland LUMB, Sowerby New Road
DEATHS
Arthur BALLS, 9, son of Arthur BALLS, Hanover Street, Sowerby Bridge
James DEWHIRST, 55, cotton spinner, Edward Street, Sowerby Bridge
John Henry HELLEWELL, 62, carter, Cote Hill, Warley
Mary HAIGH, 55, wife of Smith HAIGH, Sowerby Green, Sowerby
Elsie LUMB, 2, daughter of Lummas LUMB, plumber, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Arthur MITCHELL, 4 months, son of John Willie MITCHELL (John William MITCHELL), Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
Margaret MADDEN, 11 months, daughter of Dominic MADDEN, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Sam GRUNDY (Samuel GRUNDY) who died March 23rd 1898. Causeway Head, Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.M.WILDE (from Sowerby Bridge), Ryburn House, 78 Palatine Road, Blackpool
[Column 6]
THE PEACE CRUSADE BY W.T.STEAD
31st March 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Fred Ward EXLEY, Sowerby Bridge
Richard KENNEDY, Sowerby Bridge
WESLEYAN METHODIST CIRCUIT
Rev. Joseph SANGER, Walter HUDSON
Messrs. J.H.SCOLEFIELD, J.C.HORSFALL
FOOTBALL (rugby)
MORLEY, BUTTERWORTH, MALLINSON, MILLER, Bob HOTTON
[Column 2]
CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Rev.F.A.CRAMER-ROBERTS D.D., vicar of Blackburn
Revs.Canon IVENS
Rev. H.Terrington SORTWELL of Pellon
Mr.GAUKROGER
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. CLAY, POLLIT, SIDDALL, HORSFALL, WADDINGTON
Messrs. John TURNER and Sons, masons
Mr.LEWIS WHITTAKER, carpenter and joiner
Mr.William ROBINSON, slater and plasterer
Messrs. WALKER and Co., Halifax
Mr.Lummas LUMB, plumber
Messrs. G.GREENWOOD & Son, Halifax
Messrs. J. & W. LUMB, Sowerby Bridge and Traingle, painters and decorators
Messrs. HARGREAVES & Co., iron founders
Mr.J.HORSFALL, Sowerby Bridge, whitesmith
Mr.RAWNSLEY, manager of Yorkshire Penny Bank
Miss E.SUGDEN
Mr.W.H.BOOCOCK, solicitor, Halifax
Tom T.WYATT (Thomas WYATT), at the Liverpool Industrial School
Miss TATHAM of Tuel Lane girls' school, now in Richmond, Surrey
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, E.E.POLLIT
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION (results)
Councillor William SUTCLIFFE, J.W.LODGE
Messrs. Edwin WHITELEY, T.H.LONGBOTTOM, William HAIGH, J.W.BANCROFT, John SMITH,
Mark WILCOCK, EVANS
[Column 3]
Messrs. Alfred and James FIRTH, owners of "Central Buildings"
Mr.STEAD, auctioneer
Mr.J.C.BELL, solicitor
NORLAND BAND CONCERT
Misses Lily BEST, Enid GRIMSHAW
Messrs. Walter J.GLEDHILL, Bert PARRATT, BANCROFT, E.BEAUMONT
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, O.EATOUGH, W.NICHOLL, A.HOBSON, W.GREENWOOD, T.M.FLETCHER,
William HAIGH
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Alderman CLAY
Councillor HOEY
Warley
WARLEY DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.J.ROBERTSHAW, returning officer
Sam SUTCLIFFE (Samuel SUTCLIFFE), Warley Town, joiner and builder
Ibbotson HORSFALL, Luddenden, foreman woolsorter
Henry Miles GREENWOOD, Luddenden, draper
Henry SMITHIES, Longriggen, Wainstalls, farmer
Robert Walker SHOESMITH, Warley Cottage, solicitor
William KERSHAW, Warley, mason and innkeeper
John WADE, 22 Warley Town, gardener
Ripponden
INFLUENZA
PRESENTATION (at Ripponden church)
Messrs. Samuel BOOTH, J.R.WHITELEY, HEWITT
Marriage of Mr.BOOTH and Miss RICHARDSON
[Column 5]
TO THE RATEPAYERS OF SOWERBY BRIDGE
William SUTCLIFFE
John William LODGE
Edwin WHITELEY
Thomas Henry LONGBOTTOM
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SOWERBY
Edgar BOOTH, solicitor, 7 Harrison Road, Halifax
Mill Bank
EDWARD NAVEY TRUST
Mr.John HAIGH, deceased
Mr.Benjamin WHITELEY, Smith Clough, Soyland
DEATHS
Frederick BREARLEY, 39, bootmaker, Mill Bank
Mary BARRON, 73, wife of Joseph BARRON, Mearclough House, Sowerby Bridge
John DAVY, 50, labourer Water Hill, Friendly
Elizabeth HIPWOOD, 13 months, daughter of Charles HIPWOOD, carter, Causeway Head, Warley
James MARSHALL, 65, Pleasant Street, Beech, Sowerby Bridge
George Robert MITCHELL, 2 months, son of John William MITCHELL, wire tinner, Scarr Head, Norland
[Column 6]
THE PEACE CRUSADE BY W.T.STEAD
7th April 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.D.PICKLES
Sowerby Bridge
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS
George OLIVER, moulder
John IBBERSON, Helm's Yard, Bolton Brow, teamer for the Rochdale Canal Co.
CHRIST CHURCH VESTRY MEETING
Rev. Canon IVENS
Messrs. C.E.RAMSDEN, W.H.WHITELEY, J.W.WHITELEY, J.POLLIT, J.H.SWALLOW, W.WOOD, G.SWINDELLS,
J.THORNTON, J.H.WADDINGTON, W.H.WHITELEY, W.WORSNUP, J.C.BUCKLEY, E.E.POLLIT, T.W.WORMALD,
P.SHACKLETON, G.BLACKBURN, HAIGH, COCKER, J.C.BELL
Mr.EVANS, J.P.
FOOTBALL (rugby)
HABERGHAM, Bob HATTON, ELLIS, MALLINSON, RAMSDEN, SWAINE, THOMPSON, MORLEY, CRAVEN
[Column 2]
DEATH OF AN OLD ENGINE DRIVER
Mr.Richard GRUNDY, 79, of Sowerby Bridge. Born in Bolton. Died at the house of his
son-in-law, John Thompson, in Burnley.
Mr.W.HAIGH, vicar's warden
TUEL LANE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Rev.Earl GRAY
Messrs. BENTLEY, WILCOCK, MARSHALL, FIRTH, B.ROBINSON, John WRIGLEY of Bradford,
A.F.LONGBOTTOM, Daniel PARKER, B.ROBINSON, W.WHITELEY, R.A.OLDFIELD, A.WILCOCK,
J.MITCHELL, S.H.MITCHELL, G.WILCOCK, S.J.MATTOCK, J.A.MAUDE
Misses Flossie NICHOLL, Laura HAIGH, Dora PARKER
Professor WHITAKER
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mrs. William GREENWOOD
Misses DEWHIRST, GREENWOOD, F.THORPE
Messrs. E.FIRTH, WRIGHT
THE FOOTBALL BAZAAR
Alderman CLAY
Messrs. GIBSON, Frank CLAY, William HAIGH, A.T.HOPE, Arthur WESTON, Joseph WHITAKER,
W.H.HALSTEAD, Frank RAWNSLEY, Joseph BESWICK, T.WRIGHT
Councillors HOEY, William SUTCLIFFE
Misses BUTTERWORTH, BESWICK, MCMURRAY, MORLEY, WESTON, SWAINE, THOMAS, COPLEY, WRIGHT,
STEEL, BALMER, BROOK, RILEY, BOTTOMLEY, Emily ROBBINS, HABERGHAM, WHITAKER, VICKERS,
Ada RILEY, M.SUTCLIFFE, STUTTARD, Ethel HALL, W.DYSON, Lily WRIGHT, H.BIRTWHISTLE,
EDWARDS
Mr.BROWN, Royal Hotel
Mesdames RILEY, HABERGHAM, STEELE, COPLEY, HORNER, THOMAS, HAIGH, KERSHAW, SUTCLIFFE,
LUMB, E.MORLEY, J.BIRTWHISTLE
[Column 3]
Mr.H.P.KENDALL, G.H.WOOD
Norland
JUMBLE SALE
Triangle
VESTRY MEETING AT THORPE
Messrs. F.G.S.RAWSON, C.HILL, BEDFORD, SEED, Joe HODGSON, Arnold BUTTERWORTH
Mr.J.S.RAWSON, warden of St.John's
Sowerby
INDEPENDENT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
Messrs. Bentley SIDDALL, James LEAH, John HAIGH
PROVIDENCE FREE CHURCH
Revs.E.D.CORNISH of Manchester, W.HAIGH (Steep Lane), W.C.EVANS (Sowerby),
W.R.CLARK (Luddenden Foot), E.GRAY (Sowerby Bridge)
Misses MAXWELL, WOOD
Messrs. Amos GRAHAM, J.WILKINSON, A.WHITELEY
STEEP LANE MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY
Councillor D.WHITELEY J.P.
Messrs. Solomon SMITH, Willie MEADOWCROFT (William MEADOWCROFT)
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Alderman CLAY
Councillors TURNER, SUTCLIFFE, LODGE, HOEY, HORSFALL, Eli WHITELEY, A.CLAY, F.J.SCHOFIELD,
George WHITELEY
Mr.J.C.BELL
Mr.Charles William Fielding, deceased
Mr.F.B.ROTHERA
Messrs. RHODES & EVANS
Mr.FOX, clerk's assistant
[Column 5]
Messrs. LONGBOTTOM & Sons
Mr. Joseph BLACKBURN
Mr. C.W.SCHOLEFIELD, overseer
Mr.J.P.VAN GELDER
Messrs. James GREENWOOD & Son
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
John FOSTER of Keighley to Emily SMITH of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Emma FARRAR, 63, Style, Triangle
Joseph GREENWOOD, 77, Warley Edge, Warley
Ethel PEEL, 13, daughter of Thomas PEEL, Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ada TORDOFF, 27, wife of Albert TORDOFF, Upper Well Royd, Warley
Mary Hannah WHITWORTH, 32, wife of James Henry WHITWORTH, wool warehouseman, Carr Fold, Sowerby
John WOODHEAD, 73, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
W.EDLESTON & Co.
John ATKINSON & Sons
G.FOX & Sons
Standard Wire Company
W.P.EGLIN
WOOD brothers
T.NICHOLL & Sons
Rowland SIDDALL
Bank Brewery Co.
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
C.E. & F.RAMSDEN
Mark WILCOCK
W.MORRIS & Sons
Sowerby Bridge Flour Society
Francis BERRY & Sons
CLAY Brothers
H.CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co. Ltd.
John HORSFALL & Sons
CLAY & HORSFALL
Miles SYKES & Sons
RUSHWORTH & Co.
Hollings Mills Estate Co.
James GREENWOOD & Son
John EDWARDS & Sons
James EASTWOOD & Co. Ltd.
Henry BROADBENT
Baths Committee
H.J.NORRIS Bros.
POLLIT & WIGZELL
WALLIS & Co., Rose Hill
William WARD, inspector
14th April 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Revs. E.GRAY, A.GILBY
Sowerby Bridge
Dr.WELLBURN
SINGULAR ACCIDENT
HABERGHAM
SOCIAL (Bolton Brow Wesleyan Literary Society)
Rev.J.SANGER
Misses NORCLIFFE, A.B.CLAY, A.MARKHAM
Messrs. A.BUTTERWORTH, F.W.FOSTER, A.HELLIWELL, MACKRELL, J.STOTT
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Messrs. William GREENWOOD, J.SUTCLIFFE, B.LEES, A.BUTTERWORTH, T.H.WRIGHT, H.ROBINSON,
E.LAW, H.THORPE
Mesdames GREENWOOD, CAUNT, COPLEY
Miss THORPE
DEATH OF A SOWERBY BRIDGE MANUFACTURER
Mr.George THOMPSON, 76, Longfield House, Burnley Road
Mr.John WALLIS, Rose Hill, deceased
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT
Andrew HALL, grocer, Sowerby New Road
Mr.CRABTREE, county council inspector
Thomas MITCHELL, grocer
[Column 2]
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT (St.George's Sunday Schools)
Sergeant CROSS
THE RIGHT USE OF MONEY
Rev.J.CARTER of Mirfield
Mr.William HAIGH
CHORAL SOCIETY
Mr.Henry GAUKROGER
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS (Church Mission Society)
Mr.R.W.EVANS, J.P.
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
CIRCUIT CONVENTION (Primitive Methodist)
Messrs. Oliver EATOUGH, T.MORGAN (Mytholmroyd), T.MORGAN, J.KERSHAW, W.WARD, J.R.BARKER
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
FOOTBALL (rugby)
HABERGHAM, BUTTERWORTH, FOX, MALLINSON, Bob HATTON, PEATE(?), THOMPSON, MORLEY
[Column 3]
Sowerby
SOWERBY WESLEYAN CHURCH
Revs. Joseph SANGER, Walter HUDSON
Messrs. Hanson HAIGH, James NICHOLL, A.E.THOMAS
Misses Annie HAIGH, Albertina BROADBENT
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.WHITELEY JP, J.INGHAM, W.WILSON, J.SUTCLIFFE, A.STOTT, J.LEACH, J.SHARPE,
S.AINLEY, J.WOOD, NAYLOR, BROADBENT
Mr.Gerald RAWSON, Thorpe Mill
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Mr.HARTLEY, sanitary inspector
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL'S APPEAL
Justices DARLING, CHANNELL(?)
SYKES
Mr.Lawson WALTON, Q.C.
Messrs. W.J.WAUGH, BRYNE
Mr.BUTCHER, Q.C.
[Column 4]
COUNTY COUNCIL ENQUIRY (re Skircoat)
Colonel MACKIE
Aldermen H.ROBERTS, J.C.RHODES
Mr.R.W.EVANS (for Sowerby Bridge District Council)
Mr.Keighley WALTON (Town Clerk of Halifax)
Mr.Harold MARSHALL (for Skircoat parish council)
Mr.JARDIN (from Mr.F.WALKER's office)
Major EDWARDS
Messrs. DARNES (property owners in Skircoat)
Mr.D.GARSED (Elland school board)
Mr.BUCKLEY (West Yorkshire Land Company)
Mr.A.T.LONGBOTHAM (Greetland district council and Halifax rural district council)
Mr.Vibart DIXON (clerk to the County council)
Mr.GRAY (sewage works engineer)
Mr.Joseph GREENWOOD
Councillor J.W.LODGE
[Column 5]
Mr.W.SMITH, clerk of Norland parish council
Councillor CARTER, rural district council
Mr.J.B.SYKES, Upper Greetland parish council
Councillor Joseph BOOTH, Greetland district council
Alderman CLAY
Mill Bank
AMATEUR THEATRICALS
Mr. and Mrs. HADWEN, Kebroyd
Mrs.STANSFOLD/STANSFELD, Field House
Messrs. E.J.REDDIS(?), G.STANSFOLD/STANSFELD, E.OSBORNE, Cyril EMPSON, Arthur HADWEN
Mesdames Cyril EMPSON, AYRE
Misses STANSFOLD/STANSFELD, Helen FLETCHER, Ada SHARPE
Mr. and Mrs. J.R.WHEELWRIGHT
Colonel STANSFOLD/STANSFELD
Mr.Roland WHEELWRIGHT
Master Noel HADWEN
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE
Councillor LODGE
Fred B. ROTHERA, 13 South View, Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, John SMITH, J.W.HELM, J.W.LODGE
MARRIAGE
Albert FIRTH, son of Alfred S.FIRTH, boot and shoe maker to Florence Adelaide CULPAN,
daughter of Richard CULPAN, Montague Street, Sowerby Bridge. Rev.J.HINKLEY
DEATHS
George THOMPSON, 76, Longfield House, Sowerby Bridge
James BINNS, 63(?), Russell(?) Street, Sowerby Bridge
Fred Arnold CROSSLEY, 19, son of William CROSSLEY, woollen finisher, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Ernest GREENWOOD, 3(?) months, son of George Henry GREENWOOD, Stansfold Court, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen GREENWOOD, 31/81(?), widow of John GREENWOOD, Throstle Nest, Warley
Henry MORWOOD, 6, son of Britten MORWOOD, Ryburn Villas, Sowerby Bridge
Joseph HEAP, 76, woollen finisher, Albion Inn, Sowerby Bridge
John WALSH, 67, cotton twiner, Willow Hall Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Henry WALTON, 47, Quarry Hill, Sowerby Bridge
21st April 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
WESLEYAN TWENTIETH CENTURY FUND
Rev.J.SANGER
Alderman CLAY
Mr.Edwin CLAY
Death of William UTTLEY, 50, hairdresser, in Jackson, Michigan, USA.
Mr.E.UTTLEY, hairdresser, Wharf Street. Brother of William
John UTTLEY. Formerly hairdresser in Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge. Father of William.
RATEPAYER'S ASSOCIATION
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY
Councillor LODGE
QUARRELLING NEIGHBOURS
Mary Elizabeth WHITELEY of Charlotte Street
Isabella STANSFIELD of Charlotte Street
Clara STANSFIELD, daughter of above
MAN AND WIFE
John Herbert EASTWOOD, sewing machine agent, Grimsby
Emily Helen EASTWOOD, Sowerby Bridge, wife of above
[Column 2]
FRIENDLY SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
Messrs. J.BATES, S.HARTLEY
Rev.W.H.HEAP
FOOTBALL (rugby)
MORLEY
SUICIDE
Mr.HILL, deputy coroner
John SMITH, 59, dyers' labourer of Chapel Street, Tuel Lane
Thomas SMITH, joiner, Burnley Road, brother of above
George FARKNILL, railway ticket collector
Mrs.Betty TEAL, wife of Robert Teal, woollen carder, Chapel Street
George VARNEY, drayman
COMIC FOOTBALL MATCH AT SOWERBY BRIDGE (rugby)
Licensed victuallers: J.WHITTAKER, J.CROSSLEY, W.BUCKLEY, A.WESTON, NORMIE,
Teddy WASHINGTON, A.SCHOFIELD, T.KERSHAW, B.JONES, A.HALSTEAD, SHOESMITH, A.BROWN,
T.WESTON
Local tradesmen: A.CLAY, T.HAIGH, J.STEELE, W.WRAY, J.GREENWOOD, F.DORMAN, H.COPLEY,
F.WATERHOUSE, T.HARTLEY, J.COPLEY, J.E.CHAMBERS, S.H.JEFFERYS, BINGHAM
Messrs. KENDALL, CHAMBERS, H.HATTON, J.H.THOMAS
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Alderman J.F.CLAY
Councillors F.J.SCHOFIELD JP, J.GREENWOOD, A.CLAY, George WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY,
Edwin WHITELEY, J.W.LODGE, T.H.LONGBOTTOM, W.SUTCLIFFE
Messrs. Evans, James BACON, W.NICHOLL, W.LEACH, Nimrod HOWARTH, H.HOPKINSON,
William REDGRIFT, Arthur HOBSON, John Riley GLEDHILL, W.NOBLE, T.ACKROYD, Edward HANSON,
T.M.FLETCHER
[Column 4]
Canon IVENS
Sowerby
REV.W.C.EVANS
BILLET MATCH
A.SIDDALL of Sowerby
T.GREENWOOD, Hebden Bridge
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors David WHITELEY, J.INGHAM, W.WILSON, J.SHARPE, J.H.CARTER, S.AINLEY, J.WOOD,
A.STOTT, J.LEACH
Mr.Edgar BOOTH, clerk
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, surveyor
Mr.John SCHOFIELD, collector
CORRESPONDENCE
Mr.Vibart DIXON, clerk of West Riding County council
Councillor J.W.LODGE
Joseph GREENWOOD, 2 Beech Villas, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
George Haggerstone MAULE, 26, Concrete Villas, Sowerby Bridge
Maria WOOD, 57, wife of Richard WOOD, wool comber, Albion Terrace, Luddenden Foot
Sarah Hanson THORNTON (nee JACKMAN)
James THORNTON, Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge. Husband of above.
[Column 5]
INTERESTING LETTER FROM NEW ZEALAND
Mr.Ll.(?) SPEAK, son(?) (of) M S.SPEAK, Montague Street
(From passenger list on findmypast.com: Probably Llewellyn SPEAK, mechanic, aged 21)
Rev.W.C.EVANS
[Column 6]
Mill Bank
A HORSE DEALING CASE
John MARSH, 58, no fixed abode. AKA J.BATES
Samuel SMITH, farmer, Soyland
NEWTON
Detective Sergeant MCCAWLEY
28th April 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Councillors LODGE, George WHITELEY
PRESENTATIONS
Mr.F.B.ROTHERA
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Councillors LONGBOTTOM, J.GREENWOOD, Edwin WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, Ely WHITELEY
Messrs. J.H.SWALLOW JP, William GREENWOOD, J.HANSON, D.I.CLAY, W.H.GIBSON, J.HOLDSWORTH,
W.NOBLE, J.W.WHITELEY, J.H.HOYLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Councillors SUTCLIFFE, WRIGLEY, A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, J.F.SCHOLEFIELD JP, James GREENWOOD
Messrs. W.WOOD, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, O.EATOUGH, T.HOEY, W.HAIGH, A.HOBSON, T.M.FLETCHER,
W.NICHOLL, J.BACON, W.GREENWOOD, R.ROTHWELL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
THEFT FROM A BUTCHER'S SHOP
ASTIN, a comparative stranger
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Mr.CHAMBERS, butcher, Wharf Street
COMPLIMENTARY DINNER (football club celebration)
Messrs. F.CLAY, H.BROWN, E.ALDERSON, BERRY, A.HABERGHAM, HOEY, A.WESTON, A.PLATT,
George MARSHALL, E.C.WASHINGTON, H.P.KENDALL, R.W.MALLINSON, H.THORPE
ROUGH WORK
Peter DUNCAN and William VEAL, both strangers
Superindendent WEIGHTMAN
Sergeant ROBERTS
Constables WILSON, GOWTHORPE
[Column 2]
Councillor Edwin WHITELEY
W.SUTCLIFFE, Sowerby Bridge
J.RABEY
FRIENDLY BAND
Mr.SWINGLER
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL AT CHURCH
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE JP, Edwin WHITELEY
Mr.R.W.EVANS JP, council clerk
Canon IVENS
SUDDEN DEATH OF AN INSURANCE AGENT
Mr.Mark OLDFIELD, 53, Summerfield Road, Todmorden. Preached in Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE CHORAL SOCIETY
Alderman J.F.CLAY
Mrs.B.WOOD
Messrs. T.HOEY, BRIGGS, MILLIGAN, W.T.WALTON, William GREENWOOD, W.GAUKROGER, Joseph VARLEY,
W.H.GIBSON, Booth SHARPE, Cookson GREENWOOD, F.WADDINGTON, R.ROTHWELL, Frank CLAY,
William HAIGH (Town Hall Street), J.W.WHITELEY, D.I.CLAY, T.H.WRIGHT
Miss HARGREAVES
[Column 3]
MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A WIFE AT KING CROSS
Joseph NICHOLL, 51, quarryman
Mrs.NICHOLL, Wainhouse Terrace, King Cross. Estranged wife of above
Mrs.WALKER, Mrs.Nicholl's next door neighbour
Dr.MCCAULAY
YORKSHIRE CHALLENGE CUP. WON BY SOWERBY BRIDGE
MALLINSON, NORMIE
Messrs. Frank CLAY, W.H.HALSTEAD
Mill Bank
THE HORSE STEALING CASE
John MARSH aka "J.BATES", NEWTON
Isaac SMITH, farmer of Beeston Hill, Soyland
Fred Ernest SHIELE(?) of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Oxford Street, Manchester
[Column 4]
Sergeant MCCAWLEY
Triangle
A LOCAL WILL CASE
Mrs. Mary SUTCLIFFE of Triangle
John BARRACLOUGH, Mitton BARRACLOUGH and William BARRACLOUGH. Brothers of above.
Mrs.Martha BARRACLOUGH, mother of above
THE LETTER FROM NEW ZEALAND. Continued
[Column 5]
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ACCOUNTS
H.C.Moresey(?) WAITS(?), assistant district auditor
Edgar BOOTH, solicitor, 7 Harrison Road, Halifax
CANON IVENS ON CHURCH REFORM
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Sarah Ann CARTER, 59, widow of John CARTER, Booth Buildings, Mill Bank
Mary FIELDING, 66, wife of Nathan FIELDING, Hollin Well, Norland
Martha Elizabeth MITCHELL, 37, wife of Edward MITCHELL, Broad Street, Sowerby Bridge
5th May 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
William TRIVES, Sowerby Bridge
Councillor T.H.LONGBOTTOM
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.H.J.MORLEY, Manchester Baptist College
Messrs. R.UTLEY, A.W.HORSFALL
FRIENDLY BAND
Mr.G.WADSWORTH of Holmfirth
FREE LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs. William GREENWOOD, W.HAIGH, T.M.FLETCHER, J.BACON, A.HOBSON, W.NICHOLL, O.EATOUGH,
T.HOEY, William WOOD
Rev.G.S.SMITH
MUSICAL SERVICE AT WEST END
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. B.WADSWORTH, Alfred PLATT, H.O.WHITELEY, W.WHITELEY
Mr.H.A.LUMB, organist at All Saints' Church, Salterhebble
Miss Maggie WOOD
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, HORSFALL, BANCROFT, WADDINGTON, SIDDALL, POLLIT, J.C.HORSFALL, J.H.SWALLOW
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
[Column 2]
PIE SUPPER (Sowerby Bridge swimming club)
Messrs. T.COPLEY, W.H.WILCOCK, H.BUCKLEY, J.HELLIWELL, H.CROWTHER, J.WALSH, W.H.GIBSON
Luddenden Foot
A CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH
Mr.J.E.HILL, deputy coroner
Beatrice GREEN, 1
Thomas Henry GREEN, railway storekeeper of Winter Neb. Father of above
Hannah GREEN, sister of Thomas Henry
Dr.DICKSON
Sowerby
WESLEYAN CHURCH
Rev.Joseph SANGER
Mr.Mark OLDFIELD of Todmorden, local methodist preacher
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors William Sutcliffe JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY,
Edwin WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, J.W.LODGE, James GREENWOOD, T.H.LONGBOTTOM, S.TURNER
Mr.EVANS
[Column 3]
Mr.J.VAN GELDER, Sowerby Bridge swimming club
Mr.Eli HOLLOWELL, ratepayers' association
Mrs.IVENS
Canon IVENS
LETTER FROM NEW ZEALAND. Continued
[Column 4]
DEATHS
Jane BENTLEY, 34, Bradley's Court, Sowerby Bridge
James William CROWTHER, 8 months, son of Joseph Leonard CROWTHER, Asquith Bottom, Sowerby Bridge
Ann GREENWOOD, 66(?), Warley Town
Mary Ellen LUMB, 68, wife of William LUMB, grocer, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
Hannah LUMB, 71, widow of George LUMB, Follingworth Hall, Norland
Harold PICKERING, 2, son of Henry PICKERING, Willow Hall Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Annie Amelia STEELE, 1, daughter of Joseph STEELE, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Benjamin THORP, 75, Glenfield Place, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Alfred CARTER, died May 1898
23 Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Edmund WHITWORTH, died May 1897
Brookleigh House, Sowerby Bridge
12th May 1899
(Date at top of paper wrong)
TUEL LANE CHAPEL. SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
Rev.J.W.MAWER
Mr.William ROBINSON
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.H.STAFFORD, general manager of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co.
Mr.S.WARRINGTON, formerly of Sowerby Bridge and a well known local preacher. Went to America.
SWIMMING CLUB
CROWTHER
ROYAL ARCH FREEMASONRY (Ryburn chapter)
Comp. Joseph GREENWOOD, Comp. John SMITH jun., Com. John DUNN H. and Comp. Thomas GILL J.
BOLTON BROW BOARD SCHOOL
Mr.HOLMES, retiring headmaster
Mr.William WHITELEY, new head, previously head of Ripponden Wesleyan Day School
THE FIRE BRIGADE
Mr.HOPKINSON, superintendent
PRIMROSE LEAGUE
Messrs. J.S.RAWSON, A.C.COLEMAN, W.H.GIBSON, T.DORMAN, D.I.MALLINSON, J.LAWRENCE,
G.E.RADCLIFFE, H.WHITWORTH, R.HOWARTH, W.RILEY
Misses RAWSON, RILEY, HARE
Mesdames. RILEY, Priestley NORRIS, N.BATES, HORNER, George WRAY, HOWARTH
Mr.Arthur BATES, Halifax school board
[Column 2]
Mr GARSIDE of Egremont Terrace, Sowerby New Road
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS, Sowerby Bridge, primitive methodist minister
Rev.G.NEWTON, Booth Town, Halifax, primitive methodist minister
NEW FOG SIGNALLING APPARATUS
Mr.Mitchell WATERHOUSE of Sowerby Bridge
THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND SOWERBY BRIDGE EXTENSION
Mr.MACKIE
[Column 3]
Sowerby
WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.J.Roland GLEAVE of Nelson
Miss WOMERSLEY of Halifax
Messrs. Smith AINLEY, A.E.THOMAS
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY JP, J.INGHAM, S.AINLEY, W.WILSON, J.WOOD, LEACH, A.STOTT,
J.SUTCLIFFE, J.H.CARTER
Norland
NORLAND BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.T.R.LEWIS of Elland Edge
Councillor Lewis WHITAKER
J.HILL, 11 Prescot Street, Halifax. Chemist?
Miss TIDSWELL, milliner, 11 John Street, Beech
Miss BONETTI, dressmaker, 159 Ludford Terrace, Warley Road, Halifax
Joseph WHITELEY, organist of Tuel Lane Chapel, Allan Mount, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
Armitage SUTCLIFFE to Annie Elizabeth CROWTHER, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
John BROADLEY, 61, dyer's crabber, Watson Terrace, Norland
Charles Henry COOK, 5 months, son of George COOK, farm labourer, Spring Gardens, Burnley Road
Sam FLEMING (Samuel FLEMING), 4 months, son of Richard FLEMING, labourer, Scar Head, Norland
John HITCHEN, 82, woollen weaver, Far Cotton Stones, Sowerby
Job SHARP, 66, farmer, Jack Hey, Sowerby
Edith SHAW, 11, daughter of Joseph SHAW, iron borer, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Edith Mary ROBINSON, daughter of Eli and Ann ROBINSON of Dob Lane Farm, Norland. Died in May 1898, aged 1
19th May 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Messrs. A.SUNDERLAND, S.WARRINGTON
Sowerby Bridge
Canon IVENS
Mr.R.H.WHITWORTH
Ernest and Harrison REDFORD, both of Sowerby Bridge
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Miss GREENWOOD, Mrs.BANCROFT, Mrs.STEAD (Women's Liberal association)
ST.GEORGE'S SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Rev. J.S.SPICER, vicar of Malow(?), Isle of Man
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. William GAUKROGER, MARSDEN
MR.MELLOR, M.P., AND THE CHURCH CRISIS
HALIFAX JOINT STOCK BANK
Mr.Justice BYRNE
Master HAWKINS
Mr.LEVETT, QC
Mr.BETHELL
Messrs. DICKONS and AKED, solicitors, Halifax
[Column 2]
Mr.COX appointed to Sowerby Bridge council, previously in Bradford
TUEL LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.J.W.MAWER of Greetland, former circuit minister at Tuel Lane
Mr. William ROBINSON of Elland
Mr.J.WHITELEY
MAN AND WIFE
Ann MILNES of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.LONGBOTTOM
SUDDEN DEATH
Farrar HITCHEN, mother lived in Sowerby New Road
Mr Squire JUDSON, brother-in-law of above, 55 Albert Road, Beech
Dr.DUNN
PRESENTATION
Mr.Charles RADCLIFFE, former actuary for the West End branch of the Yorkshire penny bank
Messrs. W.LUMB, J.HANSON, J.W.BANCROFT, M.SUGDEN, S.WADSWORTH, A.SUTCLIFFE, J.EDWARDS
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Rev. G.S.SMITH
HUSBAND AND WIFE
Richard MIDGLEY, Sowerby Bridge coal dealer
Eliza MIDGLEY, wife of above, married 42 years
Mr.STOREY
[Column 3]
Ripponden
SUICIDE OF A BARKISLAND FARMER
Mr.HILL, deputy coroner
William HEY, 49, farmer, Hazel Slack Farm, Barkisland
Arthur HEY, son of above
Lily and Mabel HEY, daughters of William HEY
Thomas JAGGER
Sowerby
PRIMROSE LEAGUE
Messrs. E.W.CROSSLEY, J.Selwyn RAWSON, George STANSFELD, Mr.GAUKROGER
Miss RAWSON
Mrs. STANSFELD
Messrs.John GAUKROGER, George RILEY, J.T.HORTON and DENTON for the Ripponden ward
Mrs. N.BATES, Mrs.MALLINSON, Mr.W.H.GIBSON and Mr.Harry WHITWORTH for the Sowerby Bridge ward
Mrs.STANSFELD (Field House) and Messrs.James Henry CARTER, NAYLOR and Robert CLARK for Sowerby ward
Mesdames Fred WHITAKER, G.LAWTON, GLEDHILL, J.GAUKROGER
Messrs. R.HOWARTH, W.CLARK
Misses F.M.WHITELEY, R.HEY(Barkisland), ALEXANDER
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Harriet GLEDHILL, 49, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
Farrar HITCHEN, labourer, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
Joshua PICKLES, 84, farmer, Chip Hall, Sowerby
Amelia PRIESTLEY, 84, Upper Syke Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Ernest SMITH, 29, iron planer, Boulderclough
William THOMAS, 68, joiner, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Harriet WOODHOUSE, 75, wife of Law WOODHOUSE, Newton Street, Sowerby Bridge
J.HILLS, 11 Prescot Street, Halifax
Miss TIDSWELL, milliner, 11 John Street, Beech
Miss BONETTI, dressmaker, 159 Ludford Terrace, Warley Road, Halifax
Joseph WHITELEY, organist of Tuel Lane Chapel, Allan Mount, Sowerby Bridge
26th May 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.T.MARSH, local government inspector
BOLTON BROW ANNIVERSARY (Wesleyan sunday school)
Revs. J.SANGER, W.HUDSON (Triangle)
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL
YOUTHFUL GAMBLERS
Thomas DOYLE, Rawson TOWNSEND and Wilfred GALLEY. "Young lads" of Sowerby Bridge
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Mr.Mark WILCOCK, Hollins tannery and leather works
George WILCOCK, son of above
Mrs.WESTON
Messrs. A.DORMAN, William BUTTERWORTH, H.THORPE
WILL OF THE LATE MR JOHN RAWSON
Mr.John RAWSON of Brockwell
Messrs. John Selwyn RAWSON, G.S.RAWSON, nephews of above
Miss Constance E. RAWSON and Mrs.CARTER, nieces of John RAWSON
Rev.Arthur RAWSON, deceased, brother of John RAWSON
[Column 2]
Messrs. Fred Gerald S.RAWSON and Charles EMPSON, nephews of John RAWSON
Mrs.Fred E.RAWSON, sister-in-law of John RAWSON
Mrs.Henry RAWSON
Mrs.COOKE
WHITSUNTIDE TREATS (Sunday schools)
Mr.T.E.WHITEHEAD, conductor
Warley
WARLEY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.Thomas MAINE of Halifax
Triangle
[Column 3]
MEETING OF LIBERALS
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Mr. Arthur FISHWICK
Messrs. Joseph HOPKINSON, H.HANSON, Smith AINLEY, James EMMETT, Smith EMMETT, Rev.W.C.EVANS,
Christopher WHITWORTH, D.WHITELEY and Joseph WHITTAKER for Sowerby
Messrs. T.PINDER, A.FISHWICK, T.HALLIWELL and Herbert INGHAM for Triangle
Messrs. A.WHITELEY (Ivy House), John HAIGH, George CHEETHAM and A.WHITELEY for Mill Bank
Mr.J.B.BLAKELEY, new liberal agent
Mr.J.Selwyn RAWSON (Primrose league)
Ripponden
RYBURN MILL COMPANY LIMITED
Mr.COLE, company chairman
Messrs. John SYKES, Eli CRAWSHAW, Ely WHITELEY
Mr.J.R.WHITELEY, manager
Mr.EDWARDS
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Bridget GLEDHILL, 29, wife of John Wells GLEDHILL, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Ellis HELLIWELL, 46, labourer, Cote Hill, Warley
John Harry Selwyn RAWSON, 10 months, son of John Selwyn RAWSON, Haugh End, Sowerby
Wendell SUTCLIFFE, 13 months, son of Jabex SUTCLIFFE, Belmont Terrace, Sowerby
Ann WHITAKER, 78, Victoria Terrace, Mill Bank
J.HILLS, 11 Prescott Street, Halifax. Chemist?
Miss BONETTI, dressmaker, 159 Ludford Terrace, Warley Road, Halifax
Joseph WHITELEY, organist of Tuel Lane Chapel, Allan Mount, Sowerby Bridge
2nd June 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.COX, new surveyor
Mr. De la Hey Moores, dentist. Formerly with Mr.COCKER
Police Sergeant STANCLIFFE, from Triangle, promoted to inspector in the Brighouse division
ACCIDENT TO MR. SAMUEL HOYLE
Mr.Samuel HOYLE, solicitor. Lives at Deerplay, Triangle
Dr.John HOYLE of Ripponden. Brother of above
Dr.George HOYLE of Elland
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO AN OCTOGENARIAN
Mrs.PICKLES, 86, Chapel Street
Miss CROSS, Beech House
Drs. DUNN, PATON
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs. William GREENWOOD, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER, T.HOEY, WARD
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.BALL, librarian
[Column 2]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENQUIRY
Mr.EVANS, district council clerk
RATEPAYERS' MEETING. THE EXTENSION QUESTION
Councillor SUTCLIFFE JP
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, J.R.SWAINE
[Column 3]
Colonel AKROYD, built the village of Copley
Mr.James WOOD
Councillor LODGE
[Column4]
Messrs. J.W.BANCROFT, Mark WILCOCK, J.W.WHITELEY, W.H.BAXENDALE, John NICHOLL, James BACON,
A.COLEMAN, James MORTON
Mill Bank
Joseph JOPLIN, farmer, Broad Hollin Farm, Soyland
Ripponden
TRAP ACCIDENT
Mr.C.GARSIDE, plumber
Sowerby
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (Congregational Sunday school)
Rev.William RILEY of Heckmondwike
Mr.S.PICKLES
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MARRIAGES
John WELLS to Agnes Kate BRAINE, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Emmanuel BARRETT, 1, son of Walker BARRETT
Emma GLEDHILL, 81, widow of William GLEDHILL, cashier, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
James Edward HOLROYD, 10 months, son of Herbert Edward HOLROYD, farmer, High Royd, Luddenden Foot
Johnson MOSS, 62, moulder, Egerton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Hannah PENNINGTON, 76, widow of George PENNINGTON, gardener, Mount Street, Sowerby Bridge
Henry STAFFORD, 58, Chester Street, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 5]
Joseph WHITELEY, organist of Tuel Lane Chapel, Allan Mount, Sowerby Bridge
9th June 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Messrs. J.PICKLES, J.BUTTERWORTH
Sowerby Bridge
BANK MANAGERS' OUTING
Mr.BATES, Bull and Stirrup Hotel, a member of a well known Sowerby Bridge family
CIRCUIT MEETING (Sowerby Bridge Primitive Methodists)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.J.H.ROBERTSHAW
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A CART DRIVER
Fred WILSON, driver for the Hollings Mills Estate Co.
GRAVE CHARGE
Edward Helliwell ACKROYD, grocer's assistant, of Exeter Street, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah Alice ILLINGWORTH, 12, Lower Skircoat Green
Superintendant WEIGHTMAN
Mr.STOREY, defence counsel
DEATH OF MRS. PICKLES
Mrs.PICKLES, 86, of Chapel Street
Mr.J.E.HILL, deputy coroner
Mr.T.COPLEY
Mr. William Henry MITCHELL, accountant of Halifax
Miss CROSS of Beech House
Mrs.FRANKS, neighbour of Mrs.PICKLES
[Column 2]
SOWERBY BRIDGE BAND
Messrs. WRIGHT and ROUND
Mr.J.WALKER of Batley
WORKING A LAME HORSE
Harry HOLDEN, greengrocer, Greenup's Terrace
Inspector THOMPSON
DISTRICT NURSING FUND
Councillor William SUTCLIFFE, J.P.
Revs. S.F.LAYCOCK, G.S.SMITH
Drs. BROWN, DUNN, ADAMS and WELLBURN
Mesdames Hodgson WRIGHT, Mrs.IVENS, C.E.RAMSDEN, DUNN, BROWN
Mr.W.H.GIBSON
Mrs.B.WOOD and Miss CLAY of Oak Lea
Mr.J.HANSON, Joint Stock Bank
Miss BELL
Sowerby
PIE SUPPER (Sowerby Conservative Club)
Mr.Charles BORIES of Triangle
SOWERBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Mr.John BURGOYNE, head master
Johannes PICKLES from St.Peter's School, living at Well Head
Nelson PICKLES from ST.Peter's School, living at Highfield Place
BOULDERCLOUGH NEW CONNEXION CHURCH
Messrs. J.WADSWORTH, R.BENTON, J.PICKLES, James HAIGH, Wright HAIGH, R.BRADLEY
Mr.J.CRAWSHAW, Ripponden
Mr.Sam WADSWORTH (Samuel WADSWORTH), Sowerby Bridge
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY,
J.W.LODGE, James GREENWOOD, T.H.LONGBOTTOM, S.TURNER
Alderman CLAY
Mr. PRIOR
Mr. DYSON, blacksmith, Wharf Street
Mr.Edward WORMALD, Upper Bolton Brow
Mr.WHITWORTH
Mill Bank
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR MEETING
Rev.H.SHAW of Halifax
Revs. T.COWPER, J.FOX, D.B.LEWIS, W.JOHNSTONE
Miss Laura HAIGH
Rev.W.JOHNSTONE, Holywell Green
Rev. J.R.ZIPPEL, Mirfield
Messrs. R.A.HELLAWELL, A.FOWLER
[Column 4]
Norland
THE BAND
Ripponden
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (Ripponden Church Sunday school)
Rev.George THOMPSON, diocesan chaplain
Rev. H.Terrington SORTWELL of Pellon
Rev. R.PHIPPS of Brighouse
LIBERAL GARDEN PARTY (Ripponden branch of the Women's Liberal Association)
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY C.C
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SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. WADDINGTON, POLLIT, WHITWORTH, J.H.SWALLOW JP
Mr.B.HOLROYD, Bolton Brow, tendered for supplying furniture and lino
Joseph WHITELEY, organist of Tuel Lane Chapel, Allan Mount, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 5]
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL. DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT INTO WARDS
Colonel MACKIE
Aldermen J.C.RHODES, DUNN
Mr.W.Vibart DIXON (county council clerk)
Mr.Edgar BOOTH (Sowerby district council clerk)
Councillors David WHITELEY JP, John NAYLOR, John INGHAM, Arthur STOTT, Smith AINLEY
Mr.J.W.HODGSON
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Mr.MORRIS, has a dam on the Ryburn in Triangle
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Luke BRIGGS, 69, railway blacksmith, Claremont Street, Sowerby Bridge
John FARRAR, 73, woolsorter, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Emily CULPAN, 44, wife of Benjamin CULPAN, Broad Street, Sowerby Bridge
John GREENWOOD, 57, tailor, Steps Lane Top, Sowerby Bridge
Harriet GARNETT, 86, wife of Samuel GARNETT, Beech Road, Sowerby Bridge
John JOHNSON, 73, cotton carder, High Lee Green, Sowerby
Susey LAW, 24, woollen weaver, Sowerby Croft, Norland
Peter RAWNELEY[Peter RAWNSLEY?], 41, wheelwright, Clough Head, Norland
James TODD, 53, hawker, Back Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
16th June 1899
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.S.L.DIXON
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Henry Frederick SWAN and Archibald HOGG, both of Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE NURSING ASSOCIATION
Mr.Joseph GREENWOOD
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. T.ROBERTSHAW, TURNER, W.STOTT
SAD DEATH OF A CART DRIVER
Fred WILSON, 36, cart driver for Hollings Mill Estate Co.
Mr.BARSTOW
Mr.Godfrey RHODES
Messrs. CLAY, Fred WILSON's employers
Dr.DICKSON, senior house surgeon at the infirmary
Hannah WILSON, wife of Fred WILSON
George BAXENDALE, cloth finisher, Hollings Mill
Dr.WINDLE
Constable JONES
[Column 2]
James SIMPSON, pianist, pupil of Mr.B.WADSWORTH
SOWERBY BRIDGE BAND
Mr.J.WALKER of Batley
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors LODGE, SUTCLIFFE
Mr.Joseph GREENWOOD
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY (Sunday school)
Revs. J.JACKSON of Manchester, W.HUDSON circuit minister
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, organist and choirmaster
SOWERBY DIVISION LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Messrs.J.W.WHITELEY, G.PARKER, John CROWTHER, John W.BANCROFT, Rowland LUMB, Richard CRABTREE
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD, Abraham CLAY
SLEEPING OUT
Peter JOYCE, no fixed abode
John HINDS
LARGE BIRD
AMBULANCE WORK
Mr.CLEGG, tailor, West End
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A YOUTH
Helliwell ACKROYD, grocer's assistant
Sarah Ann ILLINGWORTH, 12, Lower Skircoat Green
Mr.STOREY, defence
PC RAYNOR
[Column 3]
MOUNT PLEASANT SUNDAY SCHOOL NORLAND
Messrs. Jonathan PICKLES of Sowerby, John William BROADBENT (conductor),
Walker WHITEHEAD (organist)
THE FLOUR SOCIETY
Mr.David COCKROFT
SWIMMING CLUB
E.CROWTHER, A.HAIGH, H.CROSSLEY
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
Councillors J.W.LODGE, Edwin WHITELEY
Sowerby
STEEP LANE BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs. D.R.LOWIS of West Vale, E.E.WALTER from Liverpool
Mr.S.WHITELEY, organist
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITEHEAD JP, J.T.NAYLOR, S.AINLEY, J.INGHAM, W.WILSON, A.BROADBENT, J.WOOD, J.LEACH, A.STOTT, J.SHARPE, J.H.CARTER
Messrs. Timothy HITCHEN, John CULPAN, William CULPAN and James HITCHEN
Mr.Korah CULPAN, son of John CULPAN
[Column 4]
TRIANGLE ATHLETIC SPORTS (Cricket club)
L.BUCKLEY, C.BUCKLEY, A.HELLIWELL (schoolboys)
E.D.KAYE (Burnley), E.WILKINSON (Holbeck), A.HAYWARD (Bradford), G.RAWNSLEY (Barkisland),
R.H.SEDGWICK (Halifax), W.L.ROYLE (Salford Harriers)
Girls skipping rope race: Elsie LUMB, Emily FAIRBANK, Ivy HOWARTH
Joseph WHITELEY, organist of Tuel Lane Chapel, Allan Mount, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 5]
Ripponden
MINISTERIAL
Mr.George William BERRY of Nottingham, son of Mr.Benjamin BERRY of Ripponden
Norland
SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
Master James W.GREENWOOD of Sowerby Croft, Norland. Pupil of Mr.J.BATES, Sowerby Bridge
DEATH OF AN OLD NORLAND RESIDENT
Mr.James NETHERWOOD, stone mason. Born in Sowerby Bridge in 1834. Went to the US in 1859.
[Column 6]
Triangle
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE
PC TATTERSALL, Triangle
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MARRIAGES
George ATKINSON to Sarah FAWTHROP, both of Sowerby Bridge
Thomas Albert Wright to Sarah Ellen SWAINE, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATH
Simeon LISTER, 45, cartwright, Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
Christopher Crowther MANSLEY, 54, painter, Milton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary SMITH, 55, Tuel Street, Sowerby Bridge
Susannah SUTCLIFFE, 70, wife of John SUTCLIFFE, woolstapler, The Grange, Warley
Emma Beatrice TEAL, 23, ??? Lane Farm, Luddenden Foot
Ellen TATHAM, 54, wife of Benjamin TATHAM, woollen fetler, Rawbottom Terrace, Sowerby
23rd June 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Joseph TOOTHILL and Francis Edin RAMSDEN, Sowerby
SOWERBY BRIDGE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS: EXAMINATION RESULTS
Verney PICKLES, A.LEACH, Edwin RADCLIFFE, George WOODHEAD, Leonard HARWOOD, John B.BINNS,
William H.HANSON, Era HOWARTH, Emmeline LORD, Edith HOYLE
WESLEYAN CIRCUIT
Rev.J.SANGER
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL
A WARNING TO BOYS
Dr.DUNN
TWO BROTHERS
John WELCH and Thomas WELCH
A CHARGE OF STEALING PROPERTY
Joseph HIRST, cloth presser, no fixed abode
Andrew BERRY, Chapel Hill, Huddersfield
WEST END ANNIVERSARY (Congregational Sunday school)
Rev.C.LEMOINE(?) of Leeds
Rev.C.DAVIS of Halifax
Mr.WADSWORTH, organist and choirmaster
Misses WADSWORTH, N.WHITELEY, E.SMITH
Mr.J.W.EARNSHAW
HAWKING WITHOUT LICENCE
Michael GUIRE, stranger
Constable WILSON
SUDDEN DEATH OF A FORMER SOWERBY BRIDGE LADY
Mrs.Harriet INGHAM, 65, wife of Richard INGHAM, cloth finisher, Green Lane, West Vale
Dr.BROWN of West Vale
Emma LACEY, sister of Mrs.INGHAM
[Column 2]
Mr.Thomas HOEY, Rev.E.GRAY (Tuel Lane band of hope)
GARDEN PARTY (Bolton Brow sewing class)
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, Woodleigh
RATEPAYER'S ASSOCIATION
Mr.John William WHITELEY
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
James CARTLEDGE, labourer, Sowerby Bridge
Francis Henry LEAK, landlord of the Waggon and Horses Inn, Sowerby Bridge
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
Councillors LODGE, Edwin WHITELEY
WILL OF THE LATE MR ISAAC WEBSTER
Isaac WEBSTER of Willow Field, Halifax, chairman of Samuel WEBSTER and Sons, maltsters
Mrs.Emily WEBSTER, widow of above
Samuel Wentworth WEBSTER, son of above
Charles Moseley DAWSON
Edith Mary MARCHETTI, daughter of Isaac WEBSTER
[Column 4]
Sowerby
SCHOLASTIC SUCCESS
Mr.J.W.BROADBENT
BOULDERCLOUGH METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
Mr.Nathan MOORE of Luddenden Dean
Rev.T.COOPER of Elland
Miss Louisa MITCHELL
Mr.J.A.WHITWORTH, choirmaster
Mr.Walter WADSWORTH, organist
Joseph WHITELEY, organist of Tuel Lane Chapel, Allan Mount, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL - Accounts
H.C.Moresby WHITE, assistant district auditor
James BARRACLOUGH, accountant
Godfrey RHODES and EVANS, clerks
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
Edwin MEADOWCROFT of Luddenden Foot to Sarah Ann LUMB of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Eric George Robert ATKINSON, 2(?), son of Joseph Greenwood ATKINSON, confectioner, Margate Street, Sowerby bridge
Elizabeth SUGDEN, 74, wife of John SUGDEN, Edward Street, Sowerby Bridge
Harriet INGHAM, wife of Richard INGHAM, cloth finisher, West Vale. Formerly of Sowerby Bridge
30th June 1899
TUEL LANE
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
ACCIDENT TO MISS ROTHERA
Miss E.ROTHERA (in Bedfordshire), daughter of Mr.F.B.ROTHERA
SOWERBY BRIDGE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS (Exam results)
Ethel HOYLE, Emmeline LORD, Mina BARKER, Hilda LAWSON, Annie GEE, Willy MITCHELL,
Maud J.EASTWOOD, Annie M.EATON, Emma WILKINSON, Winifred PARSON, Kate PATCHETT,
Gertrude GILL, Edith M.EATON, Amy BLACKBURN, Lucy ARNOLD, Edith A.PLATT, Jane C.COLEMAN
Mr.W.H.UTTLEY, teacher
THE SKIRCOAT ASSAULT CASE
Edward Helliwell ACKROYD of Sowerby Bridge, grocer's assistant
Sarah Alice ILLINGWORTH, 12, Lower Skircoat Green
Mr.PERKINS, prosecutor (instructed by Messrs. INGHAM and HUNTRISS(?))
Mr.E.G.STOREY, defence (instructed by Messrs. STOREY and WILLANS)
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames B.WOOD, Smith EMMETT, MARSLAND, J.H.STEAD, J.W.BANCROFT, J.BARRACLOUGH,
BROWNBRIDGE, Fred BRADLEY, T.HORSFALL, W.HAIGH, Howarth HARKER, James LEACH, NEWSOME
Misses Clara GREENWOOD, BANCROFT, WHITELEY
Mr.A.J.MUNDELLA
Hon.Mrs.Eliot YORKE
Messrs. W.GREENWOOD, T.HOEY
[Column 2]
Abraham COHEN, Sowerby Bridge
THE BAND
Mr.J.GLADNEY
Mr.William MELLOR, Egremont Street
A CHALLENGE (walking)
Austin PATTERSON, Booth Town, Halifax
W.SUTCLIFFE
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY (primitive methodist)
Rev.J.WATSON D.D. of Manchester
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS, circuit minister
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs. William WOOD, W.HAIGH, A.W.HOBSON, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, R.ROTHWELL, W.NICHOLL, T.HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE FREE CHURCH
Mrs.W.R.CLARK of Luddenden Foot
Norland
ST. LUKE'S, NORLAND
Rev.J.MEREDITH, vicar of Luddenden Foot
Rev.J.R.HILL, vicar of Lightcliffe
Rev.H.F.WANNACOTT
Mrs.LIVERMORE
Mrs.HOLROYD nee Miss Florence HALLOWELL
Dr.GREENHALGH
Ripponden
RIPPONDEN AND DISTRICT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (exam results)
Harry MARSDEN, Lucy WALKER, Fanny GARSIDE (Frances GARSIDE), Hannah NORMANTON, Gertrude LUMB,
Gertrude HOLROYD, Florence WADSWORTH, Lizzie WADSWORTH, Winifred NORMANTON,
Constance TATTERSFIELD, Eber CRAWSHAW, Harold NORMANTON, John B.STOTT
Mr.W.H.UTTLEY, teacher, Sowerby Bridge
NEGLECTING TO MAINTAIN A MOTHER
Robinson HEAP, millhand of Soyland
Mr.F.M.BATLEY, collector for the Guardians
[Column 3]
Friendly
Mr.SWINGLER, Friendly band
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. GAS DEPARTMENT
John MARSLAND, engineer and manager
HALIFAX RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL
A.T.LONGBOTHAM, solicitor, clerk to the council
DEATHS
Harriet BROOK, 26, wife of James BROOK, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
7th July 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.J.SCHOFIELD
Sowerby Bridge
Evan SHARPLES and William Jenison SHARPLES of Sowerby Bridge
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.John H.STEAD
Mr.Luke FARRAR of Hebden Bridge
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs.W.WOOD, W.HAIGH, R.ROTHWELL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.HANSON
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, J.W.BANCROFT, J.C.HORSFALL, J.WADDINGTON. E.E.POLLIT
Revs.Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
Mr.John B.BROADBENT, caretaker at Bolton Brow schools
Mrs.Mary SUTCLIFFE, former caretaker of Tuel Lane schools
Miss RICHARDSON
[Column 2]
MILL ACCIDENT
Emma WILCOCK, about 11
Dr.DUNN
(Mothers' meeting)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mrs.BUCKLEY (Willow Lodge)
THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO J.BINNS
Mr.J.BINNS, worked at Honley gas works, full back of Sowerby Bridge football club
THE MEARCLOUGH ROAD
Major EDWARDS
ACCIDENT
Mr.Albert E.BERRY, works on Industrial Road
Harry ATKINSON, son of the late Mr.J.H.ATKINSON, Vale House
Dr.ADAMS
ANOTHER ACCIDENT
James PRIESTLEY of Tavern Hill, Sowerby. Warehouseman for Messrs.William MORRIS and Sons. Cart driver
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. Samuel WARRINGTON, WHITELEY
Miss WOMERSLEY of Halifax
TRUANTS
Elizabeth WHITEHEAD, charwoman of Sowerby Bridge
Joseph SLADDIN, teamer of Sowerby Bridge
Harry SLADDIN, son of above
John LUMB, labourer of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.EDWARDS appeared for school board
Friendly
THE BAND
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY,
J.W.LODGE, James GREENWOOD, T.H.LONGBOTTOM, J.L.WRIGLEY, George WHITELEY
Alderman CLAY
Messrs. WHITWORTH
Dr.BUCHANAN
[Column 4]
Mr.WORMALD, assistant overseer
Mr.Joseph GREENWOOD
Norland
Sowerby
CONFIRMATION (at St.Peter's, Sowerby)
Bishop EDEN
Revs.T.HINKLEY MA, E.BRIERLEY, W.MATTHEWS
DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT
ST.PETER'S CHOIR
Ripponden
Mill Bank
LAMENTABLE DROWNING CASE
Mr.BARSTOW, district coroner
George HELLOWELL, 46, cotton twiner, lived with parents at Shaw Well
Hartley HELLOWELL, brother of above, Shaw Well, Soyland
Mr.James LUMB, owner of Hinchcliffe mill
Joseph WHITELEY, greengrocer, Soyland
Susannah WHITELEY of Auf Hole, wife of above
[Column 5]
TERRIBLE GAS EXPLOSION. FOUR MEN KILLED (Honley Gas Company Ltd., near Huddersfield)
Messrs.DEMPSTER and Sons, gas engineers, Elland.
Drs.DYSON, SMAILES, both of Honley
Thomas CARTER, 25, Elland
John MAKIN, 27, Elland
Joe BINNS, 27, Greetland
Ben PEARSON, 35, Milnsbridge
Ben TAYLOR, 30, Elland
John William Banks of Greetland, foreman
Fred JENKINSON
Mr.BARSTOW
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. GAS DEPARTMENT
John MARSLAND, engineer and manager
HALIFAX RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL
A.T.LONGBOTHAM, solicitor, clerk to the council
MARRIAGE
Ernest L.HUDSON of Pudsey to Clara GREENWOOD of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
James Wainhouse STAFFORD, 46. Family at 9 West Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ann HAIGH, 74, widow of Henry HAIGH, woolsorter. Finkle Street, Luddenden Foot
Abraham HOLT, 64, wool comber, Taylor's Court, Sowerby Bridge
14th July 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Daniel PARKER, United methodist free church
Miss Constance SUTCLIFFE, daughter of Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, West Field House
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Wedding of Mr.BLIGHT and Miss.E.HOYLE, both of Halifax
Mr.J.ARMITAGE, Dewsbury
Mr.H.THORPE, organist
Miss THORPE
A VETERAN CRICKETER
Mr.W.H.GIBSON played with Triangle second team
BOLTON BROW PUBLIC CLOCK (at old Wesleyan school)
Mr.CHARLES RUSHWORTH
MUSICAL HONOURS
Miss Florence SYKES, a pupil of Mr.S.PICKLES
[Column 2]
SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT (Lancashire and Yorkshire railway co.)
Mr.James FIRTH, owns Assembly Room at Central Buildings
SWIMMING GALA (Swimming club)
Councillor Edwin WHITELEY
Messrs. James HELLEWELL, W.WORSNUP, J.E.MAUDE, E.THOMPSON
VAN GELDER and BARRACLOUGH, Sowerby Bridge swimmers
STANDEVEN, Halifax swimmer
Charles ROBERTS, Albert SCHOFIELD, schoolboys
R.GREENWOOD, J.DYSON, H.COPLEY, J.A.MAUDE, D.WILKINSON, H.CROSSLEY, swimming club members
WEST END WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.Walter NICHOLSON
G.H.WEBSTER and R.W.WILKINSON, under 16 swimmers, Sowerby Bridge
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS (exam results)
Harry SIMPSON, Jackson HOLROYD, Harry CROSSLEY, Sam THOMAS (Samuel THOMAS), Harry SUTCLIFFE,
George WOODHEAD, Alvin TOLLEY, Francis E.HANSON, John H.MITCHELL, Vernon PARSON,
Lewis H.CLAY, Bernard WILKINSON, Arthur AVES, Charles HECKINGBOTTOM, Tom WHITEHEAD (Thomas WHITEHEAD),
Samuel N.ACKROYD, Ernest HOWARTH
Mr.Edwin MAGSON and Mr.H.JARVIS, teachers
SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY
Mr.J.BROADBENT of Huddersfield
Mr.John SYKES of Ripponden
Mr.CHILD and Mr.WALKER of Batley
Mr.MACKRELL of Halifax
[Column 3]
Mr.COCKROFT
Mr.J.R.WHITELEY of Ripponden
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY, Sowerby Bridge
CORRESPONDENCE
Messrs.NORRIS Bros.
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, A.CLAY
Mill Bank
MILL BANK WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.J.R.IRVING of Leeds
Mr.Fred WOLFENDEN of Triangle
Mr.Binns HOWARTH, organist
Ripponden
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Menemes HOLROYD, 51, Maude Lane, Ripponden
Norland
TRINITY COLLEGE EXAMINATION
Miriam SUTCLIFFE, pupil of Mr.G.T.BANCROFT
Luddenden Foot
FOUND DROWNED
PC GLOVER
[Column 4]
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors WHITELEY JP, J.T.NAYLOR, J.H.CARTER, S.AINLEY, W.WILSON, A.BROADBENT, J.SHARPE,
A.STOTT, J.WOOD
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Messrs. William CULPAN, Timothy HITCHEN
[Column 5]
MEETING OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (of Sowerby Bridge urban district council)
Councillors LODGE, Edwin WHITELEY, SUTCLIFFE, LONGBOTTOM. F.J.SCHOLEFIELD
Messrs. NOBLE, BACON, HANSON, REDGRIFT, HAWORTH, GLEDHILL, FLETCHER, Nimrod HOWARTH,
R.H.WHITWORTH
Mr.EVANS, clerk
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE
Councillors J.W.LODGE, AINLEY
MARRIAGE
Albert GREENWOOD, mechanic, to Clara COCKING, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Sarah Ann HELLOWELL, 43, domestic servant, Royd Farm, Sowerby
Godfrey MARSDEN, 66, gas stoker, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah Ann TAYLOR, 63, widow of George TAYLOR, mechanical engineer, East Parade, Sowerby Bridge
21st July 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
George HOBES, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.J.A.MAUDE, Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club
Mr.F.B.ROTHERA former surveyor at Sowerby Bridge
CHOIR SERVICES (Baptist chapel)
Messrs. F.WOLFENDEN of Triangle, J.E.THORP of Sowerby Bridge, W.H.MATTHEWS, J.HOOTEN,
H.JOHNSON
Misses BARNES, ORME, BEDFORD
FOOTBALL COMPANY
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, W.A.SUTCLIFFE, Albert WOOD
[Column 2]
Councillor LODGE, chairman of the gas committee
Mr.MARSLAND, gas manager
ENJOYABLE PICNIC (Sowerby Bridge and district licenced victuallers' and wine and beersellers protection association)
Messrs. E.C.HORSFALL, Arthur E.WESTON
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. James WOOD, William NOBLE, H.A.SUTCLIFFE, E.BALMFORTH, T.KERSHAW, B.WHITELEY,
C.H.WILCOCK, H.STORR, S.LUM, E.HANSON, J.HARDING, H.HOLDEN, R.SUTCLIFFE, B.TAYLOR
PRIMITIVE METHODIST ORPHAN HOME
Edmund GAUKROGER, 11, son of the late Mr.GAUKROGER, fish salesman, Sowerby New Road
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
STIRK BRIDGE INN
Messrs. LONGBOTTOM, Richard FORD
Norland
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY (Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Rev.G.NEWTON, Halifax
Messrs. John BARKER, E.B.SOUTHWELL, T.BINNS (organist)
Misses SOUTHWELL, BOOTH
Sowerby
THE RECENT DROWNING FATALITY
Samuel George WILKINSON, 25, of Cleckheaton
OUTING TO THE DUKERIES (Boulderclough Methodist New Connexion Sunday school)
Mr.R.BENTON
Triangle
Paul CARTER of Triangle, H.F.PASH of Chelmsford
[Column 3]
Mill Bank
MILL BANK WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. James L.WHITELEY, William STEPHENSON, J.SUTCLIFFE, W.PARKER, T.SOUTHWELL, W.E.DYSON,
W.SMITH, F.HALSTEAD, J.PICKLES, J.W.INGHAM, W.HELLAWELL, A.THOMPSON, J.HAIGH, W.WHITELEY,
S.MITCHELL, A.HOWARTH, T.BARRETT, E.SUTCLIFFE, G.SACKER, J.HOWARTH
[Column 5]
CORRESPONDENCE
John Ward BANCROFT, Nicholl's Terrace, Tuel Lane
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Rose Ann BLACK, 57, wife of John BLACK, circular sawyer, Glenfield Place, Sowerby Bridge
William Robert CHAPMAN, infant son of Lavinia CHAPMAN, West Bottom, Norland
James MCHALE, 14,Boy's Carr, Luddenden Foot
John William SPENCER, 38, labourer, John Street, Sowerby Bridge
Edward WALTON, infant son of Thomas WALTON, railway signalman, Clough Mill, Luddenden Foot
28th July 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Hugh Sprott CLEMENT of Sowerby Bridge
R.W.MALLINSON, Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. Henry SIMON of Manchester, VAN GELDER
NONCONFORMIST COUNCIL
Mr.CROSSLEY J.P.
CHRIST CHURCH CHORISTERS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
A SCHOLARSHIP
C.H.GILL of Hollin's Terrace
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Rev.George NEWTON, former minister
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. O.EATOUGH, A.HOBSON, W.NICHOLL, T.M.FLETCHER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, T.HOEY
Miss OGDEN (Sowerby Bridge)
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE (Sowerby Bridge Primitive Methodist)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.J.E.THORPE of Sowerby Bridge
CHRIST CHURCH
Mr. and Mrs. RAMSDEN
SCHOOL TEACHERS AND VACCINATION
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR
Frances H.RICHARDSON
Sir John GORST
[Column 2]
SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS (Sowerby Bridge young men)
H.TURNER, G.H.A.VARLEY, Ernest SEED, William B.EASTERBY, E.E.LAW
WORKMEN'S OUTING (Messrs. RUSHWORTH and Co.)
Mr.C.W.RUSHWORTH
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, J.C.HORSFALL, J.WADDINGTON
Messrs. William WORSNUP, K.BROADLEY, W.BELLERBY, J.H.TOMLINSON, A.SUTCLIFFE, teachers
Misses MUIR, HANLEY, teachers
Warley
WARLEY CLOUGH PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mrs.J.GARSIDE of Norland
Madames SIMPSON, THORPE, NORMINGTON
Mr.MCCREA of Warley
Sowerby
OPEN AIR SERVICES (Sowerby Bridge Free churches)
Messrs. John SCHOFIELD, Aquila SUNDERLAND of Sowerby Bridge
Luddenden Foot
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.B.C.BARNARD, M.A., pastor
Norland
THE BAND
Messrs. WRIGHT and ROUND
Mr.G.WADSWORTH
Ripponden
[Column 3]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD ENQUIRY. NORLAND AND UPPER GREETLAND WATER SCHEMES
Colonel C.H.LENARD, R.E.
Mr.A.T.LONGBOTHAM, clerk to rural district council
Mr.WILLANS, Norland parish council
Messrs. HORSFALL, GORDON, William SHEPHERD
Mr.Lewis WHITTAKER, Norland rural district councillor
Mr.LONGBOTTOM, landowner at Grove Head
Mrs.S.HARGREAVES
Mr.BLACKBURN
Mr.Joseph WADSWORTH, overseer of the poor
Mr.John BARRACLOUGH
Councillor L.W.H.SHOESMITH
Rev.C.LIVERMORE
[Column 4]
VICAR'S LIBEL ACTION
Rev.Hamilton YOUNG, vicar of Alne
Mr.Richard KERSHAW of Halifax, father-in-law of above
Mr.Scott FOX
Miss BURTON
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
Lewis HALLOWELL, co-operative salesman to Annie Ada BEDFORD, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Lydia GRUNDY, 78, widow Richard GRUNDY, engine driver, Sowerby Bridge
Matthew LUMB, piano dealer, King Cross, formerly of Bairstow, Sowerby Bridge
William David/Davis WHITWORTH, iron turner, Willow Street, Sowerby Bridge
4th August 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.J.BARNES
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.William LEACH
SWIMMING
George H.WEBSTER, under 14
S.SPENCER, M.WILCOCK, both under 18
H.CROWTHER, J.A.MAUDE
PICNIC (Women's Liberal Association)
Mrs.WALTON
Councillor Lewis WHITTAKER
GILCHRIST LECTURES FOR SOWERBY BRIDGE
Mr.Thomas HOEY
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.S.HOYLE, solicitor, Tuel Lane
TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (exam results)
Jessie MCINTOSH, Jane C.COLEMAN, Mary N.SUTCLIFFE, Sabina HITCHEN, John H.WHITELEY,
Wilfred L.HARTLEY, Percy WHITELEY, Kate PATCHETT, Sarah H.GREENWOOD, Lucy ARNOLD,
Alice WHITELEY, Annie SCOTT, Winifred PARSON, Edith A.STOTT, Emma WALSH, Joe SUTCLIFFE,
Harold RATLIDGE, Hans AUGUST, Lewis CROSSLEY, Arthur FRANCIS, Applina HARWOOD,
Hilda LAWSON, Edith A.PLATT, Lucy ARNOLD, Sabina HITCHEN, Fred COOKE, Bernard WILKINSON,
Crossley BARRACLOUGH, Edith M.HEATON, Gertrude GILL
ACCIDENT
Dr.DUNN
[Column 2]
A PLUCKY DEED
John Arthur CRABTREE, engineer, Back Wharf Street
SWINDELLS ("little girl")
THE SOWERBY BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Messrs. George OLDFIELD, BRIGGS, BANCROFT, THORPE, William NOBLE
Messrs. John WHITWORTH and David BARRETT, central stores
Mr. George SMITH, Mill Bank
Mr. Arthur GREENWOOD, Warley
Mr.Albert HITCHEN, Sowerby
Mr.Richard PARKER, Norland
Messrs. CULPAN, David LUMB, RICHARDSON, HAIGH, J.W.HODGSON, Eli HELLOWELL, COCKROFT
[Column 3]
Messrs. J.R.WHITELEY (Ripponden), John BARRACLOUGH, S.JUDSON
Friendly
Ripponden
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.Thomas PEDLEY, deceased, owned property at Mill Bank
Mr.G.VARLEY
Mr.J.HOLROYD
Messrs. LONGBOTHAM & Sons, solicitors of Halifax
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, T.H.LONGBOTTOM, James GREENWOOD,
J.W.LODGE, George WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY, Abraham CLAY, Eli WHITELEY
Mr.Trevor EDWARDS, clerk to the West Riding Rivers' Board
Mr.LONGBOTHAM, clerk to the Guardians
Mr.William WARD, inspector of nuisances
Norland
SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
Mr.Albert BOOTH of Norland
THE BAND
Mr.J.WALKER of Batley, adjudicator
Albert HAIGH
HUSBAND AND WIFE
William Henry MARSDEN, wool sorter and farmer, Kitty Moor, Norland
Mr.PARKER (from Messrs. LONGBOTHAM & Sons)
[Column 5]
MARRIAGE
Thomas CLAYTON pf Sowerby to Alice SPEAK of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Martha BARKER, 52, wife of Samuel BARKER, Lower Hall, Norland
Mary WILSON, 60, wife of William WILSON, cotton warehouseman, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
11th August 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.HOPKINSON, water manager
CO-OPERATIVE SERVANTS v. TRADESMEN (cricket match)
INGHAM (co-operators), HOUGHTON (tradesmen)
PROPERTY SALE
Messrs. John H.STEAD, C.A.BARRON (Sowerby Bridge)
SAD DROWNING FATALITY
Willie SUTCLIFFE (William SUTCLIFFE), 6, son of Joseph SUTCLIFFE, joiner, Industrial Place, Industrial Road
Mr.HILL, deputy coroner
Messrs. Thomas COPLEY, Thomas HOEY
Albert SUTCLIFFE, 10, brother of Willie
James Arthur MAUDE, blacksmith, Fountain Street, member of Sowerby Bridge swimming club
Mrs.Lydia BARRACLOUGH, neighbour
Mr.T.W.RICHARDSON, St.John Ambulance
"GOING AWAY" CLUBS
Messrs. Richard BERRY, John CARTER, William BRADLEY, all in the West End Working Men's savings club
Councillor Ely WHITELEY, owner of Lower Willow Hall Mills
[Column 2]
SWIMMING CLUB
F.BUCKLEY, N.SPENCER, J.A.MAUDE, swimmers
ASSAULTING THE POLICE
Henry WINTER, travelling hawker
Lizzie WINTER, wife of above
Constable FORDHAM
Sergeant ROBERTS
SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY
Mr.James BROADBENT of Huddersfield
Messrs. DAVENPORT, BESWICK, J.W.HODGSON, BANCROFT, PEEL, COCKROFT, OLDFIELD, F.SUTCLIFFE,
A.BRIGGS, R.CRABTREE, James WOOD, James HOLDSWORTH, John SYKES, COOPER, Edward HANSON
Messrs. William NORTCLIFFE (Dewsbury), Benjamin TATE (Bradford), Samuel WALKER (Batley),
ALLATT (Heckmondwike)
WANTED, a HOUSEKEEPER
S.HOWARDS, 41 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 3]
Ripponden
FIRE AT A COTTON MILL
Messrs. Joshua WHITELEY and Co., cotton spinners, Spring Mill, Rishworth
Joshua SYKES, workman
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.R.HEBBRON of Halifax
Rev.A.RATHMELL, Manchester theological institute
Mr.WHITELEY, organist and choirmaster
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Messrs. J.H.CARTER, WILSON, BROADBENT, STOTT
Councillors AINLEY, LODGE
Norland
ST. LUKE'S READING ROOM
Mr.MAIDEN, churchwarden
MOUNT ZION PRIMITIVE METHODIST
Mr.F.SIDDALL, Sowerby Bridge
THEFT OF BOOTS
Harriet LUMB, 9, Scarr Head, Norland
STEAD and SIMPSON, bootsellers, Sowerby Bridge
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NOTICE
George LYONS, husband of Sarah Jane LYONS
[Column 4]
SUICIDE OF A PUBLICAN'S DAUGHTER AT HEBDEN BRIDGE
Mr.J.E.HILL, deputy coroner
Ellen TAYLOR, 35, unmarried daughter of Paul TAYLOR, landlord of the Fox and Goose Inn, Hebden Bridge
DEATHS
Grace DEAN, 75, widow of John DEAN, Saw Hill, Triangle
William EDMONDSON, 72, cloth fuller, Wets Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen EASTWOOD, 71, Mill Bank
Elizabeth TIMEWELL, 47, wife of Henry TIMEWELL, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Ely WILSON, 71, Lower Red Brink, Sowerby
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
Fred TATHAM to Annie Blanche WASHINGTON, both of Sowerby Bridge
18th August 1899
Sowerby Bridge
Charles Henry MURRAY, Sowerby Bridge
PRIZE WINNERS (swimming)
J.A.MAUDE, E.CROWTHER
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
Councillors LODGE, Edwin WHITELEY
Messrs. BACON, GLEDHILL, HANSON, HOPKINSON, FLETCHER, REDGRIFT, HOWARTH
Rev.G.S.SMITH
OFFENCES AGAINST THE FACTORY ACT
Messrs. James CLAY and Sons, Hollins Mill
Mr.DUNOLLY, assistant factory inspector
Charles MILLS, boy
Mr.William HAIGH, draper
Mr.PRIOR, chief inspector
ASSAULTING HIS WIFE
John JENNINGS, joiner of Sowerby Bridge
Ruth JENNINGS, wife of above
Mrs.HOWARTH, next door neighbour
[Column 2]
THE FOOTBALL CLUB AND IT'S CREDITORS (Sowerby Bridge rugby club)
Mr.BARRON
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Messrs. A.SUNDERLAND, J.W.TAYLOR
[Column 3]
Luddenden Foot
AFTER THE FISHES: GIRL DROWNED
Frances MORAN, 6, daughter of Elizabeth MORAN, widow, Canal Side, Luddenden Foot
Herbert WHITELEY, millhand of Luddenden Foot
Mr.William BARSTOW, coroner
George KEELING, 8
[Column 6]
MARRIAGES
Willie CHAPMAN (William CHAPMAN) to Mary Emma BREARLEY, both of Sowerby Bridge
Joseph HARDING of Sowerby Bridge to Sarah Ann HOWARTH of West Vale
Percy SIMPSON to Elizabeth SUTCLIFFE, both of Sowerby Bridge
Herbert SMITH of Warley to Alice Maud Mary MITCHELL of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Hannah KING, 79, wife of William KING, Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
25th August 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Henry Ramsden MORTELL and Alexander ROBB, Sowerby Bridge
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CHILD
James Herbert CHAPMAN, 1, son of Morris CHAPMAN, cotton scutcher, Glenfield Place
BREWSTER SESSIONS
Joseph WADSWORTH, boot manufacturer
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Mr.J.H.THOMAS
[Column 2]
PROMOTION
Mr.Edgar TAYLOR, clerk to the gas works
Mr.Alfred SUTCLIFFE, meter inspector
BEGGING
James STEWART
THE NEW FOOTBALL CLUB (rugby)
Mr.WORSNUP
TWO LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCES (possible suicides)
Mr.BOTTOMLEY
Mrs.SCHOFIELD
FOUND IN THE CANAL
Isaac BOTTOMLEY, 81, 4 Chapel Lane
Noah TOWNSEND, foreman stoker
Dr.PATON
Mrs.WHITAKER, niece of Isaac
SAD DEATH OF A WIDOW
Kate SCHOFIELD, widow, aged 52, Sowerby Street
Dr.ADAMS
A MAN KILLED ON THE RAILWAY AT TODMORDEN
Frank SHUTTLEWORTH, 27, a point oiler. Former police constable. Leaves a widow and 2 children
[Column 3]
TUEL LANE MINISTRY
Rev.E.GRAY
Mr.MARSH, char-a-bancs owner
A ROUGH CUSTOMER
James HANSBOROUGH of Sowerby Bridge
PC WILSON
Sowerby
TRAP ACCIDENT
John MITCHELL, Rawson's Farm, Mill Bank
John CULPAN, landlord of the Anchor Inn, Mill Bank
Ripponden
FLOWER SHOW
Messrs. J.W.C.AYRE, F.W.HADWEN JP, F.G.S.RAWSON (Thorpe), W.PICKLES (Ripponden),
Thomas MORTON (Oatlane), B.BOTTOMLEY, E.FLEMING, G.WILSON, G.GIBSON, J.PICKLES,
G.GREENWOOD, J.A.BOOTH (Elland), F.OXLEY, Oliver PILLING, P.HOPKINSON (Ripponden), TURNER,
J.E.INGHAM, J,WHITELEY, BOTTOMLEY, BURTON (Elland), J.Selwyn RAWSON, E.WOODS, J.BEVERLEY,
C.TURNER ( gardener to Mrs.WEBSTER of Willow Field), J. and R.CALAM (Catterick Bridge),
ROSS brothers (Sowerby Bridge), H.WALKER (gardener to Mr.T.E.RAWSON of Thorpe),
J.A.WOOD (gardener to Colonel STANSFIELD of Field House), H.CONWAY (Halifax),
R.MCKENZIE (Warley)
Prof. and Madame AINSWORTH, conjurors of Halifax
Prof.Fenton CROSS, lightning cartoonist of Halifax
Messrs.J.W.POTTER and Sons, Huddersfield, provided fireworks
WANTED, a YOUTH
J.MARSH & Co. Ltd., Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
William DENT to Sophia BAKER, both of Greetland
Arthur LAW, railway engineman, Moston, Manchester, to Lucy Ellen WHITTAKER of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
James Herbert CHAPMAN, 19 months, son of Morris CHAPMAN, Glenfield Place, Sowerby Bridge
Martha RYDER, 78, widow of William RYDER, Quarry Hill, Sowerby Bridge
Mary SHAW, 74, widow of John SHAW, Cote Hill, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Eliza SMITH, 28, wife of Sam Bates SMITH (Samuel Bates SMITH), grocer, Beech Road, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah THOMAS, 72, widow of William THOMAS, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
1st September 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
AMBULANCE WORK
Dr.DUNN
Mr.FIRTH, Sowerby Bridge railway stationmaster
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD, W.NICHOLL, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, W.HAIGH, W.GREENWOOD,
T.HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, Ely WHITELEY
A ROUGH CUSTOMER
John David STEELE, a cart driver employed by Mr. John CROWTHER, coal merchant
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
LAST WEEK'S SUICIDES
Mrs.SCHOLEFIELD of Sowerby Street
Isaac BOTTOMLEY of Chapel Lane
Inspector LAWSON
Mrs.Martha Ann WHITTAKER, wife of J.H.WHITTAKER of Chapel Lane, niece of Isaac BOTTOMLEY
[Column 2]
ENTERTAINMENT AT THE BARRACKS (By the Bolton brow Wesleyan Band of Hope at High Road Well barracks)
Misses NORCLIFFE, LEES, Beatrice WHITEHEAD, SUTCLIFFE, TOLLEY
Messrs. FOSTER, T.E.WHITEHEAD, F.W.FOSTER (choirmaster), G.WRIGHT, J.LEES
THE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB
E.THOMPSON, SHEPHERD, BARRACLOUGH, WILKINSON, players
Triangle
KICKED BY A HORSE
George SIMPSON, blacksmith's apprentice, employed at Mr.HEMSWORTH's shop at Ripponden
Mr.James SPEAK of Mill Bank, horse owner
Dr.HUIE(?)
SHIRT MAKER- WANTED, YOUNG LADY
W.J.STORER, Hosier, Sowerby Bridge
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH, NORLAND. HARVEST THANKSGIVING
Revs. I.PARKINSON (vicar of Ovenden), T.HINKLEY MA (vicar of St.Peter's, Sowerby),
H. TORRINGTON-SORTWELL
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY
Messrs. BROADBENT of Huddersfield, J.W.WHITELEY, C.WOOD (King Cross),
T.ACKROYD (Sowerby Bridge), J.W.BANCROFT, Mr.CHILD of Batley, John SYKES of Ripponden,
CRAWSHAW, David COCKROFT (Triangle)
[Column 4]
H.WATTERSON (Triangle)
Norland
VILLAGE FETE (St.Luke's church)
Mesdames. WADSWORTH, DRAKE, CRABTREE, THOMPSON, G.EVERS(O.EVERS?), T.SPINK, W.EVERS, W.BRADLEY,
J.BOTTOMLEY, BINNS, PRIESTLEY
Messrs. SPINK, J.AVES, James WOMERSLEY of Skircoat, Fred SHAW, Tom MAUDE (Thomas MAUDE), Shaw BROADBENT,
J.J.AVES, Robert MAIDEN
Miss SMITH
James GREENWOOD, John AVES, Milton WADDINGTON, A.HORSFALL, A.BATES, Edith SUTCLIFFE,
Ellen HORSFALL, Agnes BARKER, Emily HORRIDGE, Kathleen BINNS, Gladys WILSON,
W.EASTWOOD, all scholars
Sowerby
BOY RUN OVER
Alec EMMOTT, a little boy, son of Smith EMMOTT of Sowerby Town
Mr.John WILSON of Scarr Hall
CHOIR FESTIVAL
Messrs. Wilkinson PICKLES, W.WADSWORTH (organist at Boulderclough)
Luddenden Foot
FAILING TO ATTEND SCHOOL
James MURRAY, a Luddenden Foot labourer
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Betty FARRAR, 88(83?), widow of James FARRAR, Stile, Triangle
Esther GLEDHILL, 73, widow of James GLEDHILL, Wells Farm, Warley
Charley LAYFIELD, 8 months, son of Arthur LAYFIELD, Fern Glen, Sowerby Bridge
William MITCHELL, 56, corn miller, Booth House Terrace, Luddenden Foot
James WILDE, 58, farmer, Hoyle Farm, Sowerby
8th September 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.J.WHITELEY
Sowerby Bridge
William Oliver BAILEY, Sowerby Bridge
Rev.J.FOX, baptist minister
APPOINTMENT OF A NEW MANAGER FOR THE HALIFAX JOINT STOCK BANKING COMPANY
Mr.J.H.HOWARTH, manager of the Bradford branch of the Yorkshire Banking Co.
Mr.J.H.SWALLOW, retiring manager
MARRIAGE AT TUEL LANE CHAPEL (United methodist free church)
Miss Clara FIRTH (only daughter of Alfred S.FIRTH, South View) to Ben ROBINSON,
son of William ROBINSON, Peel Street
Rev.E.GRAY
Mr.J.WHITELEY
Misses S.E.FIRTH and Florence BESWICK were bridesmaids
Mr.Mitchell ROBINSON, brother of Ben
Mr.WILLETT, chapel keeper
DEATH OF A SOWERBY BRIDGE MAN AT ROCHDALE
Mr.Thomas WILKINSON, 60, of Rochdale. Eldest son of the late David WILKINSON, grocer, Sowerby Street
Dr.STEELE of Manchester
Mr.Isaac TAYLOR, deceased, Rochdale Canal company
Mr.David CLEGG, former organist at Providence Congregational Church, Rochdale
[Column 2]
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Tuel Lane chapel)
Rev.E.GRAY
Mr.C.BESWICK
MARRIAGE AT LUDDENDEN FOOT
Edith Mortimer HELLIWELL, daughter of Mr.J.W.HELLIWELL, Tuel Lane, to Thomas Henry TYSON,
architect and surveyor, son of Henry TYSON of Halifax
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Misses Eleanor HELLIWELL and LUCETTA HELLIWELL, sisters of the bride
Misses TYSON and Frances TYSON, sisters of the groom
Mr.A.W.TYSON, brother of groom
THE CHORAL SOCIETY
Mr.Booth SHARPE A.C.O., conductor
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, GAUKROGER, W.A.SUTCLIFFE
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CIRCUIT MEETING
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Messrs. WARD, BARRACLOUGH, EASTWOOD
Warley
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.James MONCRIEFF
Mr.George BELLAMY, conductor
Mill Bank
SOYLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.NICHOLL JP, WILSON, GREEN, BOOTH, WHITELEY, BOTTOMLEY, RILEY, PICKLES
Dr.John HOYLE
[Column 3]
DEATH OF MR. SWALLOW, J.P.
Mr.John Henry SWALLOW of Crow Wood, born 1835. Manager of the Halifax Joint Stock Bank
Mr.John SWALLOW of Sterne Mill. Father of above
Rev.Charles ROGERS, former Sowerby Bridge minister
Mr.John FISHER, former manager of the Halifax Joint Stock bank, died 1882
Miss DAWSON of Liverpool, wife and cousin of John Henry SWALLOW
Mr.J.G.WHEELWRIGHT, former borough treasurer
Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
Revs. I.PARKINSON MA (vicar of Ovenden), T.HINKLEY MA (vicar of St.Peter's, Sowerby),
H.TORRINGTON-SORTWELL
Mrs. LIVERMORE
Messrs. AVES, Jabez WHITTAKER
Sowerby
PICNIC (Christian Endeavour Society at Providence Free Church)
Revs. Earl GRAY, J.W.MAWER
Misses R.WOOD, MAXWELL, MITCHELL
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Methodist New Connexion Church, Boulderclough)
Messrs. James HAIGH, Thomas TAYLOR, Robert BENTON, John William HELLOWELL, R.BRADLEY,
W.WADSWORTH (organist)
Rev. Samuel GORDON
Miss Minnie MITCHELL
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor William SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, James GREENWOOD, J.W.LODGE,
George WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY, Abraham CLAY, Eli WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY
Colonel GRAY
Mr.Lewis ATKINSON
Mr.SIMPSON, solicitor
Mr.EVANS, council clerk
[Column 6]
Triangle
Mr.Arthur E.WHITELEY, organist and choirmaster of Providence Free Chapel, Sowerby.
Studied under Mr.J.H.ENGLAND F.R.C.O.
Mr.Greenwood HOWARTH, owner of cabinet works near Highroad Well Park
MARRIAGES
Ben ROBINSON, bookkeeper to Clara FIRTH, only daughter of Alfred S.FIRTH, boot manufacturer,
all of Sowerby Bridge. Rev.E.GRAY
Thomas Henry TYSON, architect and surveyor, Halifax, to Edith Mortimer HELLIWELL, eldest
daughter of John William HELLIWELL, merchant tailor, Nicholl's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
John R.HAIGH to Mary E. FLATHER, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Thomas WILKINSON, 60, at Hall Bank, Rochdale. Formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Bertha Mary BARDSLEY, 4, daughter of William Henry BARDSLEY of King Cross
Emily GREENWOOD, 7 months, daughter of William GREENWOOD, Cote Hill
Harry GREENWOOD, 2, brother of above
Martha SHOESMITH, 32, wife of William SHOESMITH, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Amy HOWARTH, 5 months, daughter of Richard HOWARTH, Belmont Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Albert SMITH, 5 months, son of Alfred SMITH, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Ambler SUTCLIFFE, 13 months, son of Herbert Ambler SUTCLIFFE, Clifton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Arnold THOMAS, infant son of Squire THOMAS, West End Tavern, Sowerby Bridge
George WARRINGTON, 3 months, son of Arthur WARRINGTON, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
15th September 1899
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.C.S.QUAINTON, B.A.
TUEL LANE
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
HELPING THE INFIRMARY
Nellie DYSON, Edith WADDINGTON, Doris BOOTH, Minnie JOWETT, Mary Hannah THORP, all girls,
living in Clay Street and Newton Street, Tuel Lane
THE NEW BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL (adjoining the baptist chapel on Industrial Road)
Mr.WILD, mason of Luddenden Foot
Messrs. GREENWOOD and BLACKBURN, joiners of Hebden Bridge
Mr.A.FARRAR, plumber
Mr.T.DYSON, roofer and plasterer
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.G.S.SMITH, pastor
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, organist and choirmaster
Messrs. L.HOWARTH, J.W.EARNSHAW, F.HOEY, William WILSON
Miss A.SEED
Mr.C.ELLIOT, organist at St.Mary's church, Luddenden
LECTURE
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
Mr.Alfred ARNOLD M.P.
Miss MIDGLEY of Halifax
Messrs. J.POLLIT, T.DYSON
SOWERBY BRIDGE FREE METHODIST CIRCUIT
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. T.ROBERTSHAW, S.TURNER, J.W.TAYLOR, Greenwood BARRETT, Daniel PARKER
[Column 2]
MONTHLY SWIMMING GALA (Sowerby Bridge swimming club)
F.SUGDEN, H.BUCKLEY, J.A.MAUDE
DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM GILL
Mr.William GILL, 77, printer, Wharf Street
SOWERBY BRIDGE BAND
Messrs. J.WALKER of Batley, H.RICKARD, William HAMPSHAW, Angus HOLDEN
HARVEST THANKSGIVING (Primitive methodist chapel)
Mr.W.NICHOLL of Leeds
Miss H.J.ROBERTSHAW
Revs. W.H.MATTHEWS, W.SAWYER of Halifax, G.NEWTON
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR.T.WILKINSON
Messrs. BROOM, HOLT, NORMANTON, HARGREAVES, WOLSTENHOLME: officials of the Manchester Ship Canal Co.
Mr.BURGESS, engineer to the Rochdale Canal Co.
Mr.W.T.WALTON, Sowerby Bridge agent for the Rochdale Canal Co.
Mr.James BEDFORD of Blackpool, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
EVENING CONTINUATION SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL CLASSES
Mr.WHITWORTH, clerk to the board
Mr.James H.HOYLE, headmaster at Tuel Lane Board school
[Column 3]
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR.SWALLOW
Mr.H.GAUKROGER, organist
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD, R.D.SWALLOW
Misses Edith M.SWALLOW and Margaret H.SWALLOW (daughters of the deceased)
Mr.T.D.SWALLOW, brother of the deceased
Misses Fanny SWALLOW (Frances SWALLOW) and Alice SWALLOW, sisters of the deceased
Mrs.EASTWOOD, sister-in-law
Rev.R.D.SWALLOW, brother
Rev. J.E.SWALLOW, Rev. W.F.STOWE and Rev. A.B.HASLAM, cousins
Messrs. E.D.SWALLOW, Richard SWALLOW, J.F.WRIGHT MD and Rev.J.C.WRIGHT: nephews
Nurse SMITH
Messrs. W.HAIGH, W.WOOD, J.C.BUCKLEY, P/SHACKLETON, J.THORNTON and T.W.WORMALD representing Christ Church
Messrs. J.Whiteley WARD, J.CROWTHER, J.HOYLE, Gamaliel SUTCLIFFE, A.SYKES and R.MOORE from the Halifax Joint Stock bank
Mr.Joseph HANSON, manager of Sowerby Bridge bank
Mr.E.BURTON, manager of Brighouse bank
Mr.W.BURNLEY, manager of Hebden Bridge bank
Mr.R.V.RIGBY, manager of Huddersfield bank
Mr.H.ROBINSON, manager of bank in Queen's Road, Halifax
Messrs. A.F.FIRTH, T.SUTCLIFFE, J.E.SHAW, Alderman G.H.SMITH, County Alderman J.W.SMITHIES,
T.S.SCARBOROUGH and J.ROBERTSHAW (Luddenden Foot) representing the Halifax Chamber of Commerce
Alderman BOTTOMLEY, Alderman J.T.SPENCER, Keighley WALTON (town clerk) representing the Halifax corporation
Messrs. J.T.RILEY, T.COLLINSON, F.PATCHETT and Councillor R.KERR representing the borough magistrates
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, E.E.POLLITT, J.WADDINGTON, R.SIDDALL, J.C.HORSFALL, R.H.WHITWORTH(clerk)
and J.EDWARDS (attendance officer) representing the Sowerby Bridge School Board
Messrs. W.NOBLE, J.H.HOYLE (secretary), W.GREENWOOD, J.HOLDSWORTH, J.W.WHITELEY and
W.H.GIBSON representing the Sowerby Bridge Technical Education Committee
Councillors Ely WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, T.H.LONGBOTTOM and J.L.WRIGLEY representing the
district council
Revs.G.S.SMITH, J.FOX
Councillor LODGE, chairman of the cemetery committee
[Column 4]
Norland
Sowerby
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY JP, J.T.NAYLOR, J.INGHAM, A.SHARPE, J.WOOD, A.BROADBENT, J.LEACH,
A.STOTT, S.AINLEY, W.WILSON, J.H.CARTER
Messrs. J.B.PRIESTLEY, William SMITH and Robert CLARK - lamplighters
Mr.William PICKLES, tendered to paint lamp pillars
Mr.Timothy HITCHEN, owner of property at Providence Place
Mill Bank
WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Mr.Jonathan PICKLES, Sowerby
Rev.W.C.EVANS, congregational minister
Mr.Binns HOWARTH, organist
MARRIAGES
David INGHAM, mechanic, to Amy HILEY (Amy HIGHLEY?), both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
George BOTTOMLEY, 56, coachman, Haugh End, Sowerby
John BROADBENT, 4 months, son of Tom BROADBENT (Thomas BROADBENT), Clifton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Annie HITCHEN, 41, wife of Alber HITCHEN (Albert HITCHEN?), Causeway Head, Warley
Elizabeth Agnes MASON, 6 months, daughter of Joseph MASON, East View, Sowerby Bridge
Amos MILLS, 52, stone mason, Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Martha SHOESMITH, 32, wife of William SHOESMITH, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
John Henry SWALLOW, 64, bank manager, Crow Wood, Sowerby Bridge
Gladys TAYLOR, 14 months, daughter of John Henry TAYLOR, Steps Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Mary WELSH, 56, widow of Anthony WELSH, Milner Royd, Luddenden Foot
Anne WILSON, 39, Beech Road, Sowerby Bridge
TWO respectable MEN LODGERS WANTED
Mrs.TAYLOR, 22 Union Street, Beech
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE
Councillors G.WHITELEY, E.WHITELEY, W.SUTCLIFFE, LODGE, WRIGLEY
22nd September 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Ald.SNAPE, J.P.
Sowerby Bridge
LECTURE
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
Mr.Henry SUTCLIFFE of Underbank
J.R.BARKER of the Sowerby Bridge swimming club
St.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Revs. S.F.LAYCOCK BA (vicar), Canon Lowther CLARKE MA (vicar of Dewsbury),
J.MEREDITH (vicar of Luddenden Foot)
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
WRAY, MITCHELL, CLAY, METCALFE, SHEPHERD, FAIRBROTHER, THOMPSON, NIXON
DEATH OF MR.ALFRED BRIGGS
Mr.Alfred BRIGGS, 52, of Gordon Street, Sowerby New Road
Drs. DUNN, MANTLE
[Column 2]
CHRIST CHURCH
Revs. Canon IVENS MA, Cecil S.QUAINTON BA (of Pellon)
Mrs.W.HAIGH
Misses RAYNOR, BELL, MANSELL, CROSS, SWALLOW, BERRY, BADDELEY
AN INTERESTING EVENT
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan SHEPLEY of Regent Place, Tuel Lane
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL
Revs. J.SANGER, BAILY (BAILEY?) of King Cross
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, organist and choirmaster
Mrs.HELLIWELL (Salisbury Street)
BAPTIST CHOIR
Mr.R.UTTLEY, choirmaster
Miss ELLIS
Mr. J.W.HOOTEN
Mr.J.W.HORSFALL, organist
Mill Bank
HARVEST FESTIVAL (St.Mary's church)
Revs. T.M.TURNBULL MA (vicar of New Mill, Huddersfield), W.P.KINGSTON (Rishworth)
Mr.John BROADBENT, A.L.C.M., organist
[Column 3]
THE LATE MR.J.H.SWALLOW. FUNERAL SERMON AT CHRIST CHURCH
Rev. Canon IVENS M.A.
[Column 4]
Sowerby
MUSICAL APPOINTMENT (Providence Free Church)
Mr.Lewis ESDON, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.WHITELEY
A QUESTION OF LIGHT
Mr.C.H.WORSNUP of Halifax
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Mr.N.ASHWORTH of Halifax
Misses Laura HAIGH, C.PICKLES, R.A.WHITWORTH, B.FARRAR
Messrs. James LEACH, Selwyn HANSON
ST. PETER'S
Revs.T.HINKLEY (vicar), W.Ingham BROOKE (vicar of Holy Trinity, Halifax)
Mr.Booth SHARPE, A.R.C.O., organist
Warley
MARRIAGE OF MISS MARION NAYLOR
Miss Marion NAYLOR, daughter of John NAYLOR, Fern Hill, to George H.ODDY, woolstapler of Bradford
Revs. J.HOLMES (vicar), H.F.WONNACOTT (Lightcliffe), G.WATKINSON (Northowram)
Mr.Walter HOLMES, organist
Misses Edith NAYLOR and Laura NAYLOR, sisters of bride
Miss Maud WILSON, niece of bride
Mr.PERKINS, Bradford, best man
Mr.John MARSH, Halifax
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE CRICKET CLUB. AVERAGES, SEASON 1899. FIRST ELEVEN
L.STANSFIELD, J.DOVENOR, C.HATTON, G.A.WOOD, G.FARRAR, J.PEEL, J.T.DOVENOR, C.E.HELLIWELL,
H.SIDDALL, J.BARRACLOUGH, R.ROTHWELL, C.HORNER, Dr.WELLBURN, H.HATTON, A.YATES
[Column 6]
MARRIAGES
George Arthur SHEPLEY, telegraph engineer of Sowerby Bridge to Ada Louisa STOTT of Halifax
Fred HOLLAS, painter, to Agnes SHEPLEY, both of Sowerby Bridge
George WHITELEY, warehouseman of Mill Bank, to Ada HOWARD of Sowerby Bridge
John Butterworth JESSOP, warehouseman of Manchester, to Selina FARRAR of Greetland
IN MEMORIAM
Olive Ellen CULPAN, died Sept 1898 aged 6
Harris and S.E.CULPAN, parents
Miles and S.A.BENNETT, grandparents
DEATHS
Joseph BENTLEY, 75, Butt's Green, Warley
Alfred BRIGGS, 52, accountant, Gordon Street, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
Mary CLARK, 58, widow of Joseph CLARK, Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Robert COX, 27, general labourer, Clifton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Nelly FOSTER, 7 months, daughter of Frank Upton FOSTER, Albion Grove, Sowerby Bridge
Alice RILEY, 14 months, daughter of Albert RILEY, Railway Terrace, Luddenden Foot
John SIDDALL, 77, Hubberton, Sowerby
Ann SMITH, 72, widow of I??? SMITH, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas STANSFIELD, 15, son of John STANSFIELD, Pickwood Scarr, Norland
Jack WARD, 2 months, son of Robert WARD, Claremont Street, Sowerby Bridge
29th September 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Pieter VAN GELDER, Sowerby Bridge
Levi STANSFIELD of the Sowerby Bridge Cricket club
SWIMMING
Mr.William SCHOFIELD, Wharf Street shopkeeper
CHRIST CHURCH RESTORATION FUND
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
AMBULANCE CLASSES
Drs. DUNN, BROWN
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Bolton Brow Wesleyan chapel)
Rev.Joseph SANGER
Misses Laura BRIGGS, E.J.NORCLIFFE, B.WHITEHEAD
Messrs. F.W.FOSTER, A.BUTTERWORTH, J.C.HORSFALL
CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY (Tuel Lane chapel)
Mr.Thomas SNAPE of Liverpool, ex M.P. for Heywood, Lancs.
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organist
Miss CROWTHER of Luddenden Foot
Mr.Daniel PARKER, limelight lantern operator
Mr.G.HORSFIELD of Boothtown
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. A.SUNDERLAND, J.WADDINGTON
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WEDDING AT THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Walter EATOUGH, son of Oliver EATOUGH, Wets View, Tuel Lane, to Mary Emma HOYLE,
daughter of Eli HOYLE
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
FUNERAL OF MR.ALFRED BRIGGS
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK
SOCIAL EVENING (Sowerby Bridge and District Women's Liberal Association)
Mesdames B.WOOD, W.P.BYLES of Bradford, MARSLAND
Miss Annie SEED
Messrs.THORPE and THOMAS, musicians
Mr.T.HOEY
FOOTBALL
SHEPHERD, CRESSWELL, METCALFE, MITCHELL, CLAY, NIXON, THOMPSON and WRAY: Sowerby Bridge team
COOKSON: Melrose team
(Rugby) SWAINE and BROADBENT
ASSAULTING THE POLICE
John CARROLL, no fixed abode
PC GOLDTHORPE
Peter CRUMLIN
Inspector LAWSON
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Robert ASTIN, labourer
THE SEWAGE SCHEME
Messrs. Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, clerks to the urban district council
[Column 3]
TRADE AMALGAMATION
Messrs. John EDWARDS & Sons, Canal Mills
Messrs. W.H.RAWSON & Co. of Mill House
Messrs. EDWARDS and RAWSON Ltd of Canal Mills
QUARTERLY MEETING (Sowerby Bridge Wesleyan Circuit)
Revs. J.SANGER, W.HUDSON
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, RUSHWORTH, C.W.SCHOLEFIELD, James CLAY, H.GREENWOOD
Mrs.William GILL
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs. W.WOOD, Thomas HOEY, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, A.HOBSON, J.BACON
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
STRANGE AFFAIR AT SOWERBY
Mrs.Sophia GREENUP, of Old Trafford, Manchester. Buried April 1898 at Sowerby Bridge aged 72
Mr.George GREENUP, deceased, from Sowerby Bridge, husband of above
Mr.Thomas NICHOLL
Ann SHAW, mother of George GREENUP
Mr.OXLEY, valet to Mrs.GREENUP
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Ripponden
HANGING LEE COTTON MILL
Messrs. DAVIS and SHOESMITH
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SOWERBY BRIDGE CRICKET CLUB. AVERAGES, 1899. SECOND ELEVEN
S.F.LAYCOCK, J.BARRACLOUGH, T.HALEY, R.SCHOFIELD, W.H.GIBSON, L.BROWNBRIDGE, W.HAIGH,
B.W.WOOD, H.GREENWOOD, D.CLAYTON, C.HORNER, J.A.CROWTHER, T.WHITWORTH, A.MITCHELL, B.WOOD
MARRIAGES
Walter EATOUGH to Mary Emma HOYLE, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Thomas FOSTER, 3, son of Edward FOSTER, Willow Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Jane JONES, 6 months, daughter of Evan JONES, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
William PICKLES, 58, clogger, Sowerby Town, Sowerby
6th October 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.J.PICKLES
Sowerby Bridge
Dr.John DUNN, Ryburn House
PROMOTION
Inspector LAWSON, Sowerby Bridge
Inspector HICKS of Bradford
WEST END (Young men's society)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. J.W.ATKINSON, George HOEY, Lewis WHITELEY
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.LYLES, comic of Bradford
Mr.ILLINGWORTH of Brighouse
Mr.James WOOD
CHURCH INSTITUTE
Rev.Canon IVENS
AESOP'S FABLES (Young Men's mutual improvement class)
Rev.Thomas MAINE of Halifax
Messrs. A.F.LONGBOTTOM, W.H.OLDFIELD, J.WADDINGTON
Misses LEES, E.WHITELEY
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY, organist
SILVER WEDDING
Mr.MOSLEY, railway passenger superintendent
Messrs. NEWTON, BARKER, CROSSLEY, JENNINGS, EASTWOOD, HAIGH, BENNETT, BINDLE(?), NICHOLSON
Friendly
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Mr.F.STELL of Howarth
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN YOUNG MEN'S MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY
Mr.B.WHITEHEAD of Luddenden Foot
Messrs. J.C.BATES, A.CLAY, J.CLAY, J.H.BATES, J.H.LUMB, L.MITCHELL, S.STOREY
[Column 2]
DEATH OF MR. EUSTACE WIGZELL
Mr.Eustace WIGZELL, 77, of Beech House, managing director of Messrs. POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd., Bank Foundry
Mr.Joseph POLLIT of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. John NAYLOR, Joseph HANSON, John Ward BANCROFT, Charles Benjamin CROSSLEY,
Alfred COCKER, John Corrin BELL, George SWINDELLS, Noel C.GODBY, John William HELM,
James Arthur WHITELEY, John EDWARDS, John HORSFALL, Gerald J.MOSSMAN
Norland
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SOWERBY BRIDGE SWIMMING GALA
Dr.ADAMS
Messrs. H.KEIR (Brighouse), C.LODGE, J.HUDSON (Halifax), J.HELLIWELL, J.COPLEY, W.WORSNUP,
W.HOLROYD, T.DICKENSON, W.H.GIBSON, J.P.VAN GELDER, H.CROSSLEY
Swimmers: F.WHITTAKER, A.SCHOFIELD, W.SHEPLEY, J.H.BARRACLOUGH, J.R.BARKER,
W.CALL (Hunslet), L.J.KAYE (Halifax Park), T.ASHBY (Halifax), H.BUCKLEY, L.WHITTAKER,
J.HOLROYD, E.CROWTHER, H.CROWTHER, J.R.BARKER, G.H.A.VARLEY
Under 18 swimmers: W.FAWCETT (Halifax), C.R.BERRY (Sowerby Bridge), H.CROWTHER (Leeds)
Female swimmers: B.SMITH (Leeds), E.WHITWAM (Leeds), S.E.PROCTOR (Whetley Mills)
[Column 3]
SERMON TO MEN
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, James GREENWOOD, J.W.LODGE,
George WHITELEY, Abraham CLAY, Eli WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, T.H.LONGBOTTOM
Alderman CLAY
Mr.C.W.FIELDING, deceased
Mr.J.C.BELL, solicitor
Mr.WARD, nuisance inspector
[Column 6]
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY (Young Men's Society at Boulderclough New Connexion Church)
Mr.W.WADSWORTH, accompanist
Ripponden
FAILURE OF A FIRM OF COTTON SPINNERS
Messrs. Joseph and Whiteley LAWTON, cotton spinners at Victoria Mill and Dyson Lane Mill, Ripponden
Messrs. Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, solicitors of Halifax
Benjamin LAWTON & Son
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MARRIAGES
Ernest HOLLAS, cotton twiner, to Lily WADSWORTH, both of Sowerby Bridge
Sam GREENWOOD (Samuel GREENWWOD), wool blender, to Maria AINLEY, both of Sowerby Bridge
Herbert MARSHALL, policeman, West Vale, to Mary Annie JOHNSON of Sowerby Bridge
Major SHEPLEY, corn miller, to Flora Jane COCKROFT, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Ada MASON, 4 months, daughter of Charles MASON, Steps Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Fred MAUDE, 1 month, son of John MAUDE, Warley Town Lane, Warley
Frank PARKER, 18 months, son of Richard PARKER, Hollins, Norland
Ann PICKLES, 59, wife of Benjamin PICKLES, Dale Street, Sowerby Bridge
Eustace WIGZELL, 77, Beech House, Sowerby Bridge
13th October 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
MISSIONS (Primitive Methodist Missionary Society)
Rev.John SMITH, ex president of "the Conference"
Mesdames. BINNS, MATTHEWS
Misses HOYLE, GAUKROGER
PRESENTATION (St.George's Sunday school)
Mr.Hartley SPENCER
WEDDING FESTIVITIES
Robert Holmes EDLESTON married Miss ACLAND, a Cambridge lady in July. Live in Gainford, Durham
Messrs. William EDLESTON & Co. Ltd.
Messrs. MARSH of Halifax, T.A.SMITH, George FRANKLAND, Daniel STANCLIFFE (worked at Asquith
Bottom for over 60 years), Albert SMITH (manager), WATSON (chairman)
Mr.WATSON (of Messrs. INGRAM & HUNTRIES, solicitors of Halifax)
Mr.Robert EDLESTON, deceased, grandfather of Robert Holmes EDLESTON, West Royd
William EDLESTON, Dickenson EDLESTON, Robert EDLESTON, Joseph EDLESTON,
Thomas Holmes EDLESTON and Grace FARRAR (nee EDLESTON): children of above,
all now deceased
[Column 2]
Dr.Joseph EDLESTON, vicar of Gainford, County Durham, died November 1895. Father of Robert Homes EDLESTON
Misses HORSMAN, WADSWORTH
Mr.FORDHAM (solo tenor at Wakefield Cathedral)
Messrs. Albert SMITH, M.SCHOLEFIELD, NICHOLSON (humorist of King Cross)
FOUND DEAD IN THE ROAD
Mr.James WILKINSON, 65, farmer, of Sowerby New Road. Used to farm at Daisy Lee then worked
for Mr.WAINHOUSE, Wood Lane
Fred HITCHEN of Ing Head Farm, Sowerby
Dr.W.Perrin BROWN
SALE OF WORK (Ladies' Sewing Party)
Rev. Joseph SANGER
Drs. DUNN, BROWN
Mesdames HEWITT, THOMAS, CRABTREE, STANSFIELD, F.SUTCLIFFE, WHITWORTH, T.E.WHITEHEAD,
BRIGGS, W.HAIGH, J.C.HORSFALL, MARSLAND, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, B.WOOD, LEE, James BROADBENT,
BROWNBRIDGE, HOOTEN, F.WADDINGTON, T.H.WOOD, R.WILSON, William WILSON, FOSTER, MORWOOD
Messrs. R.H.WHITWORTH, MORWOOD, F.W.FOSTER
Misses BARRON, GREEN, L.FIRTH, MARSLAND, THOMAS, GREENWOOD, Cissy BROWNBRIDGE,
Louie HAIGH (Louise HAIGH?), Anne Thomas Lilian WILSON, Florence DEWHIRST, CLAY, HIRST,
B.WOOD
Young men's stall: F.LORD, A.ACKROYD, T.TAYLOR, J.STOTT, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, B.MORWOOD,
M.FLETCHER, W.H.PRIESTLEY
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A LOCAL FAILURE: AN UNFORTUNATE MANCHESTER SPECULATION
Percy Fielding BALL in business at Mearclough Mills, Sowerby Bridge, as a drysalter and at
44 Corporation Street, Manchester as an oil merchant (as John Ralph & Co.)
Mr.SCHOFIELD of Manchester, representing Messrs. ALBRECHT & Co.
THE WRONG BOTTLE. SAD DEATH OF A HALIFAX LADY
Hannah THOMPSON, 58, wife of Fred THOMPSON, grocer, of King Cross, Halifax
Clara Jane HARDCASTLE, niece of above
Wife of Councillor MAUDE
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH, TUEL LANE
Mr.T.ACKROYD
Messrs. J.HOLT, Bolton Brow
A.S.FIRTH, Town Hall Street
John AINLEY, West Street
[Column 4]
Sowerby
CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY (Providence Free Church)
Rev.John HOLGATE of Elland
Mr.ESDON, organist
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY JP, J.T.NAYLOR, J.H.CARTER, J.INGHAM, J.SHARPE, W.WILSON,
A.BROADBENT, A.STOTT, A.LEACH, J.WOOD
Mr.WORSNUP
Dr.WELLBURN
Mr. Eli HARTLEY, surveyor
Mr.J.S.RAWSON, owner of land containing Red Brink farm
Warley
FOUND DEAD
Victor Richard FRITH, 11 weeks old, Cote Hill
Victor Richard FRITH, a private in the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment,
stationed at Halifax barracks. Father of above
Mill Bank
CABBAGE SHOW (Mill Bank Working Men's Club and Institute)
Messrs. G.H.HALSTEAD, John PICKLES, Saw Hill
[Column 6]
MARRIAGES
John Albert SUTCLIFFE of Todmorden to Maria GREENWOOD of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
George William RANSLEY, 8 months, son of John William RANSLEY, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
John RILEY, 76, Field House, Sowerby
James WILKINSON, 63, Gaukroger, Sowerby
20th October 1899
(Date at top wrong)
CHRIST CHURCH
Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Thetford, D.D.
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Arthur SIDDALL, West Mills, Sowerby Bridge
Edmund Basil POTTER, Sowerby Bridge
Edward FLEEMING (Edward FLEMING?) of Scarr Head
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.J.FOX
Messrs. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, A.SUNDERLAND, H.SUTCLIFFE
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN SALE OF WORK
Drs. DUNN, BROWN
CHILDREN'S MISSIONARY SALE (Christ Church Junior Association of the Church Missionary Society)
Mrs.FARRAR of Ovenden
WEST END YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. J.HOLT, T.A.SMITH, J.B.BLAKELEY, G.HOEY
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
W.MAUDE, CROWTHER, GLEDHILL (Ravensthorpe), WRAY, METCALFE
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames J.W.BANCROFT, SWAINE, BARRACLOUGH
Miss ORME, L.L.B. of London
Miss BANCROFT
Messrs. BLAKELEY, Joseph SUTCLIFFE
[Column 2]
TUEL LANE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH
Rev.E.GRAY
Misses BARRON, Dora PARKER
Mrs.GRAY
Mr.J.WHITELEY
FRIENDLY BRASS BAND
Mr.SWINGLER, conductor
FORTHCOMING GILCHRIST LECTURES
Messrs. William WOOD, T.HOEY, HANSON, A.LUMB, J.W.BANCROFT, W.NICHOLL, J.WHITWORTH,
J.HOPKINSON, J.WOOD, E.HANSON, R.LUMB, Ernest WHITELEY, A.CROWTHER, John THOMAS,
Joseph GREENWOOD, William LEACH
Revs. C.W.HOWARD, Canon IVENS MA
Alderman J.F.CLAY
Councillor SUTCLIFFE JP
THEFT BY A BOY
Ernest CRAWSHAW, aged 13, Derby Street, Bolton Brow
Richard WOODHEAD, shopkeeper, King Cross Street, Halifax
SPIRITUALIST PROGRESSIVE LYCEUM
Mesdames GREENWOOD, COPLEY, CAUNT, WALLIS, E.H.BRITTEN (died Oct 2nd)
Messrs. LEES, SUTCLIFFE, BOOTH, GREENWOOD, T.H.WRIGHT, A.E.SUTCLIFFE, H.ROBINSON, E.LAW,
H.THORPE (organist and choirmaster)
Miss THORPE
Messrs. John LAMORT (Liverpool), J.J.MORSE
[Column 3]
Sowerby
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION (Providence Chapel)
Revs. W.HUDSON of Triangle, W.C.EVANS
Messrs. George HAIGH, J.SCHOFIELD, J.WHITAKER, S.TURNER, H.WATERHOUSE, H.HANSON,
H.N.BLAMIRES, W.H.LEAH
Misses M.LEACH, WILDE, WHITELEY, MAXWELL, BARRETT, R.WOOD (organist)
Mill Bank
LANTERN LECTURE (Wesleyan)
Rev.W.HUDSON of Triangle
Mr.D.TURNER
PIGEON SWEEP (Anchor Inn, Mill Bank)
Messrs. J.CULPAN, Ellis SOTTONSTALL of Sowerby, William FAIRBANK of Norland, T.LUMB
WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Madame CORRAN of Leeds
Milton ATKINSON, humorist of Keighley
Charles WHITTLE, humorist of Bradford
Bros. HIRST, duettists of Halifax
Mr.W.STEPHENSON, musical director of the Albert Hall Theatre, Brighouse
A FOOLISH TRICK
Bruce STEPHENSON, labourer, Mill Bank
PC FORDHAM
Norland
UNITED SERVICE
Mr.T.HOWARTH
Miss WHITHAM
Mr.SYKES of Mount Pleasant Free Church
Mr.BARRACLOUGH of Mount Zion Primitive Methodist
MOUNT PLEASANT U.M.F.C. (United Methodist Free Chapel?)
Messrs. W.WILSON of Sowerby Bridge, J.H.BUTTERWORTH, E.HELLOWELL, J.WILCOCK, J.WADDINGTON,
C.LUMB, J.W.SYKES
Rev.E.GRAY
Miss Florrie PARKER (Florence PAKER?)
PRESENTATION TO MRS LIVERMORE (St.Luke's Church Working Party)
Mesdames LIVERMORE (her silver wedding), BINNS
Mr.SHACKLETON of Sowerby Bridge (supplied electro-silvered tea urn)
[Column 4]
BRAVE ACT OF A RAILWAY INSPECTOR
Inspector DEAKIN, Halifax railway station
Henry MILLS, engine tenter of Milnrow, near Rochdale
[Column 6]
DEATHS
William Nor??? MARSHALL son of Frank MARSHALL, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
27th October 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
BAPTISMAL SERVICE (Baptist Chapel, Industrial Road)
Rev.J.FOX
CHRIST CHURCH RESTORATION FUND
Mr.GAUKROGER
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
TUEL LANE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH
Revs. W.C.EVANS, E.GRAY, J.W.MAWER of Greetland
Misses F.A.WILCOCK, E.MITCHELL, E.KIDSON, M.H.WILCOCK, A.WHITELEY, E.WHITELEY
Messrs. H.MANN of Hipperholme. F.FIRTH, A.LONGBOTTOM, H.WHITWORTH, WHITELEY (organist)
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, O.EATOUGH, W.NICHOLL, J.BACON, T.M.FLETCHER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, T.HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, A.CLAY, E.WHITELEY
A HARD CASE
Robert WHEELER
Mr.EDWARDS, attendance officer
SERIOUS GAS EXPLOSION
Mr.B.LITTLEWOOD, tobacconist, Walton Street. Lives at Dale House, Greenup's Terrace
Miss STOCKTON, lives with above
Dr.BROWN
[Column 2]
SILVER WEDDING CELEBRATION
Mr. and Mrs. THORP, Clay Street
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Miss Alison GARLAND
Mrs.MARSLAND
THE LIBERAL CLUB
Messrs. W.ASHWORTH, A.W.HORSFALL (accompanist)
SCHOOL BOARD SUMMONS
Joshua FAWCETT of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.EDWARDS
MR.MELLOR M.P., AND THE RITUALISTIC CONSPIRACY
Right-Hon.J.W.MELLOR, M.P.
Earl of Portsmouth
[Column 3]
Norland
Mrs.LIVERMORE, organist at St.Luke's, silver wedding anniversary
Mr.SPINK
Sowerby
PRIMROSE LEAGUE
Messrs. J.S.RAWSON, J.C.BAILEY, Booth SHARPE A.R.C.O. (pianist)
Miss RAWSON
SILVER WEDDING CELEBRATIONS
Mr. and Mrs. WOOD of Sowerby Town. Mr.WOOD is chapel keeper at Providence Free Church
Rev.W.FISON, married them in October 1874
Ripponden
CAPTURE OF A HORSE THIEF
Constable THIRNBECK(?), Ripponden
PRIMROSE LEAGUE SOCIAL. ADDRESS BY MR.J.C.BAILEY
Misses Constance RAWSON, PARKER, JONES
Mrs.Priestley NORRIS
Messrs. J.C.BAILEY, J.S.RAWSON, H.COPLEY(?), J.COPLEY, W.SMITH, Leonard CULPAN,
R.G.MALLINSON
Messrs. A.W.HORSFALL (piano) and THOMAS (violin): musicians
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
John Edwin SUTCLIFFE to Melinda FLETCHER, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
John LEES, 61,mechanical engineer, Foundry Street, Sowerby Bridge
3rd November 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.Asquith, Ladies' Sewing Party
FOREIGN MISSION
Revs. J.SHARMAN, B.A., A.PEARCE: missionaries
Mr.J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION AND THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, T.W.RICHARDSON
SPECIAL MISSION AT BOLTON BROW (Wesleyan Chapel)
Rev.H.Howard MAY
FRIENDLY WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. W.ACKROYD, E.C.WASHINGTON (humorist), DANIELS of Copley (accompanist)
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Messrs. T.ACKROYD, J.WHITELEY, C.BESWICK, J.BATES, B.ROBINSON, J.HELLEWELL, L.WHITELEY,
E.WHITELEY, A.SUNDERLAND, BENTLEY, W.STOTT, H.NICHOLL, D.PARKER (cinematograph operator)
Rev.E.GRAY
Miss BARRON
Mrs.MATTOCK
[Column 2]
James and John WARD, Sowerby Bridge
John Percy SCOTT, Sowerby Bridge
CHILDREN'S GATHERING (The Children's Pleasant Hour Society)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
SUDDEN DEATH
Frances Rebecca COPLEY, wife of Walter COPLEY, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
AMATEUR CONCERT (Ellison Memorial Schools)
Misses CAUNT, JONES, Hilda YATES
Nurse SCANLAN
Messrs. W.A.SUTCLIFFE, J.C.BELL, H.GAUKROGER, J.C.BUCKLEY JP
Dr.BROWN
Rev. Canon IVENS
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (West End Congregational Sunday School)
Mr.Albert SMITH of Sowerby New Road
Messrs. W.GREENWOOD, Edwin WHITELEY, Fred HOEY, James HAIGH, Thomas A.SMITH, G.T.NICHOLL,
J.HOLT, H.CROSSLEY, C.W.RUSHWORTH, J.ATKINSON, B.WADSWORTH (pianist)
THE WARDS QUESTION. COUNTY COUNCIL ENQUIRY
Messrs. J.W.SMITHIES JP, Henry ROBERTS, J.C.RHODES : County Council representatives
Councillors SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, S.TURNER,
Edwin WHITELEY, James GREENWOOD, J.L.WRIGLEY
Mr.EVANS (District council representative)
Alderman CLAY
[Column 3]
Mr.James BARRACLOUGH
NEW BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mrs.J.C.HORSFALL of Cross Hills
Mr.John FAWCETT of Halifax
Messrs. SUTCLIFFE & SUTCLIFFE, architects of Hebden Bridge. One is Mr.G.S.SUTCLIFFE
Thomas WILD, mason of Luddenden Foot
Messrs. GREENWOOD & BLACKBURN, joiners of Hebden Bridge
Albert FARRAR, plumber of Sowerby Bridge
Tom DYSON (Thomas DYSON), plasterer of Sowerby Bridge
Revs. J.WILKINSON of Bramley, W.HAIGH of Steeplane, W.JONES of Hebden Bridge,
G.S.SMITH of Sowerby Bridge, W.C.EVANS of Sowerby, J.FOX (pastor)
Mr.J.C.FAWCETT of Brearley
Messrs. S.HOYLE, A.ASHWORTH, M.SUGDEN, John JOWETT (Sunday School superintendent), A.ASTIN,
William MELLOR, J.ROSILLA, R.UTTLEY (choirmaster), FOX, Levi HAIGH
[Column 4]
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY of Ripponden
Mr.Arthur ASTIN
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, James GREENWOOD, J.W.LODGE,
George WHITELEY, Abraham CLAY, Eli WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY
Mr.MARSLAND (gas manager)
John Foster Clay, quarry owner
Messrs. W.ACKROYD (Halifax), ALLEN (Sheffield), FAIRLEY (Leeds): sewage experts
Colonel MARSH
Messrs. James GREENWOOD & Son
[Column 5]
Alderman CLAY
Councillor Smith AINLEY (Sowerby)
Mr.Lewis ATKINSON
[Column 6]
Norland
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THE SOWERBY BRIDGE CHORAL SOCIETY
Alderman John Foster CLAY
Misses Jessie MOORHOUSE, Mary TAPP
Messrs. Albert BARNES, Cookson GREENWOOD, Booth SHARPE A.R.C.O., T.H.WRIGHT
CORRESPONDENCE
Councillors WRIGLEY, Edwin WHITELEY
Mr.Lewis ATKINSON
John William LODGE
DEATHS
Edith PINDER, 25, wife of Harry PINDER, Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Maria POLLIT, 78, Bank House, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth RADCLIFFE, 78, widow of Squire RADCLIFFE, Belmont Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas SUTCLIFFE, 46, wool comber, Thorpe House, Luddenden Foot
10th November 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Messrs. A.SUNDERLAND, J.W.TAYLOR
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.J.W.MAWER of Greetland
Sowerby Bridge
"PROTESTANT SUNDAY"
Rev.G.S.SMITH
DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN SPIRITUALIST
Mr.John HARWOOD, formerly of Brearley.Died aged 72 in Blackpool.Founder of Sowerby Bridge Spiritualist Society
Messrs. ARMITAGE, LAMONT, both of Liverpool
BAND OF HOPE (West End)
Misses N.RUSHWORTH, G.NICHOLL, F.NICHOLL, REDGRIFT, SEED
Mr.L.HOWARTH
Rev.T.KEYWORTH
TRADESMEN'S ASSOCIATION (dinner at the "New Inn")
Messrs. T.BRIGGS, W.WILSON, Levi MOORHOUSE, JACKSON, DENNIS, THOMAS, SCHOFIELD
Mr. and Mrs.HORSFALL, host and hostess
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, POLLIT, BANCROFT, SIDDALL, WADDINGTON
Canon IVENS
Miss SUMMERSCALES, assistant mistress at Tuel Lane infants school
[Column 2]
THE WAR
Mr.TOLLEY
Messrs. POLLIT & WIGZELL
STAR LAND (West End Congregational Young Men's Class lecture)
Mr.D.PARKER
Rev.G.S.SMITH
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH TWENTIETH CENTURY FUND
Messrs. John WADDINGTON, Jephthah WILKINSON of Sowerby, D.PARKER
Revs. Dr.BROOK MA of Bristol, H.T.CHAPMAN of Leeds, J.W.MAWER of Greetland,
E.GRAY (circuit minister)
[Column 3]
MR.STEAD ON THE CHURCH AND THE PUBLIC HOUSE (meeting in Hulme)
Mr.W.T.STEAD
Professor WILKINS
CORRESPONDENCE
Mr.Albert WOOD, owns a boat that carries coke
J.W.LODGE
WANTED, a Respectable and Intelligent YOUTH
William MORRIS & Sons, Corporation Mill, Sowerby Bridge
SILVER WEDDING CELEBRATION (railway men)
Mr.E.HECKINGBOTTOM, goods inspector, silver wedding
Mr.FIRTH, station master
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Sowerby
DASTARDLY OUTRAGE IN THE CHURCHYARD
Mr.F.E.RAWSON's grave in St.Peter's churchyard
PIGEON SHOOT
W.FAIRBANK of Triangle
SALE OF WORK (St.Peter's church, Sowerby)
Professor ACKROYD, ventriloquist and magician
CONCERT (Providence Free Church, Sowerby)
Mrs.GRAY
Misses Maggie A.HODGE, Annie ROTHERA, Grace COPLEY
Mr.G.H.CROWTHER, Charles M.ESDON(?), J.BRITTON, W.GRACE, W.HAIGH, D.HAIGH,
L.ESDON (Sowerby Bridge), J.ESDON
Norland
FUNERAL OF MR. RAWSON WATERHOUSE
Luddenden Foot
ORGAN RE-OPENING (Luddenden Foot Congregational Church, Sowerby Bridge West End Prize Choir)
Misses E.SMITH, F.BANCROFT, R.WHITELEY
Messrs. EARNSHAW, F.HOEY, B.WADSWORTH (conductor)
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ACCIDENT WITH TOY PISTOLS AT HALIFAX
Robert LAW, 16, son of Charles LAW, wholesale grocer
Drs. TOPHAM, MARSHALL
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DEATHS
James GREENWOOD, 77, woollen weaver, Cote Hill, Warley
George HASSELDEN, 65, licensed victualler, Cote Hill, Warley
Eliza SMITH, 59, wife of John SMITH, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Rawson WATERHOUSE, 36, cabinet maker, Canal Road, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas WHITELEY, 49, Clay Street, Sowerby Bridge
Edward ACKROYD, shop at 22 Town Hall Street. Sell cards.
17th November 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.J.H.ALLCHURCH
Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.CRAWSHAW of Burnley Road (triplets?)
Messrs.WOOD Bros.
WEST END YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.Thomas HOEY
CHURCH INSTITUTE
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. William BATES, Wilfred LAWRENCE, Clarence DYSON, W.ROTHWELL, W.HILEY, B.HILEY,
J.W.BUTTERWORTH
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN LIBRARY
Rev.W.HUDSON
Mr.Barnish BARNSDALE, elocutionist of Rochdale
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mr. and Mrs.S.HOWARD
Mr. and Mrs.W.ROBERTSHAW
Misses L.HOYLE, E.HOYLE, THORP, Maude MATTHEWS
Messrs.N.DYSON, W.ECCLES, WARD
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Messrs. J.TATTERSALL, S.H.HORNE, H.PARK, I.PARK, J.SMITH
Misses HOLGATE, A.A.RAMSDEN, A.SENIOR, L.PARK, S.DYSON, L.IREDALE, L.SPENCER, H.FITTON,
A.IREDALE
CONVERSAZIONE (Sowerby Bridge and District Free Church Council)
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, B.WADSWORTH (West End Choir leader)
Revs. William HAIGH (Steep Lane), G.S.SMITH, Earl GRAY, W.H.MATTHEWS
Misses Dora PARKER, KERRIDGE
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Percy Fielding BALL (bankrupt)
SOWERBY BRIDGE CHORAL SOCIETY
Misses Jessie MOORHOUSE, Mary TAPP: singers
Messrs. Albert BARNES (baritone), Albert PERKINS (flute), Booth SHARP A.R.C.O. (conductor),
Cookson GREENWOOD (accompanist), John BATES (bandleader)
SOWERBY BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Messrs. F.MADDISON MP, W.LEACH
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Messrs. BARRETT, W.NICHOLL
Mill Bank
"AT HOME"
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERTSHAW of Triangle
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, accompanied Bolton Brow Choir
Dr. and Mrs.HOYLE of Ripponden
Mr. and Mrs. HUGILL of Accrington
Mr.MILES of Bradford
Master J.W.INGHAM and Miss L.INGHAM of The Dean, Triangle
Misses M.WOLFENDEN, L.SIMPSON, E.HANSON, L.CHEETHAM, G.RILEY, L.THORPE (accompanist)
Masters G.HEAP, John WADE, Joe WOLFENDEN
Messrs. FOWLER, WHITELEY
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Sowerby
THE EXHUMATION CASE
Mrs.Sophia GREENUP of Old Trafford, Manchester
ST.PETER'S CHURCH
Rev.T.HINKLEY, vicar
Mr.Booth SHARP, organist and choirmaster
Mr.J.R.SYKES of Halifax
Miss Ada SHARP
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY JP, S.AINLEY, J.H.CARTER, J.T.NAYLOR, J.INGHAM, A.BROADBENT, A.STOTT,
J.WOOD, J.LEACH, J.SHARPE
Mr.J.S.RAWSON
Ripponden
FAILURE OF COTTON SPINNERS
Joseph LAWTON and Whiteley LAWTON. Traded as Lawton Bros. at Victoria Mills, Ripponden.
Previously known as Benjamin WHITELEY & Sons, George WHITELEY & Sons
Mr.R.EVANS, solicitor
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Norland
FOUND DROWNED
Mr.W.BAIRSTOW, district coroner
Joseph PRIESTLEY, 54, wool comber of Norland Town
Hannah PRIESTLEY, wife of above
Walter SPENCER, combing overlooker of Mount Pleasant, Sowerby
PC GOLDTHORPE, Sowerby Bridge
George FARRAR, Hollings Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Jane JACKSON of Old Causeway, Sowerby Bridge
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MARRIAGE
John William GAUKROGER, core maker, to Mary Hannah DEWHIRST, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Susanna SCHOLEFIELD, 51, wife of F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, Ashleigh, Sowerby Bridge
Henry HOLLAND, 88, Stansfeld Mill, Sowerby
Tom MITCHELL (Thomas MITCHELL), 10, son of Thomas MITCHELL, Broad Lane, Sowerby
Sarah SPENCER, 60, wife of James SPENCER, Ellen Holme, Luddenden Foot
24th November 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.J.W.CHISHOLM of Ravensthorpe
Sowerby Bridge
LOCAL YOUTH'S SUCCESS
John Varley SCHOFIELD, son of William SCHOFIELD of 9 Wharf Street
DISCHARGING FIREWORKS IN THE STREET
Walter HORNER, John William RADCLIFFE, "lads" of Sowerby Bridge
Thomas HAIGH outporter
ROBBING HIS EMPLOYER
Robert CLARK, labourer, no fixed abode
Squire GOODRICK, employer of above
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL SUMMONED
Mr.EVANS, council clerk
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Rev.A.K.FINNIMORE, missionary from Mauritius
Mr.R.W.EVANS
Miss E.F.TURNER
RATE SUMMONS
Mr.John FAWCETT, collector
WIFE DESERTION
Fred RILEY whose family live in Sowerby Bridge
William BRIGGS, relieving officer
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Miss Ada Ann Briggs, 36
Messrs. Rawdon BRIGGS & Co.
THE PATRIOTIC FUND
Mr.William SUTCLIFFE J.P.
ROWDY CONDUCT ON A SUNDAY
Richard GRUNDY, Arthur WILSON, Taylor FOSTER, David BROOKES, Vincent BESWICK,
Wallace WHITEHEAD, John William HELLIWELL, all youths of Sowerby Bridge
Edleston TOWNEND of Triangle
PC FORDHAM
GAS WORKERS' UNION
Mr.W.WOOD of Leeds
Councillors A.GEE (Huddersfield), B.TURNER (Batley)
Mr.Squire JUDSON (Sowerby Bridge)
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GRAND CANTATA AT THE TOWN HALL (West End Congregational Sunday School)
Misses Edith RUSHWORTH, INGHAM (Mytholmroyd), M.H.GAUKROGER ("a young girl"), Mina BARKER,
A.L.SEED, A.REDGRIFT, A.TIDSWELL, Amy GAUKROGER, Nellie RUSHWORTH
ST.GEORGE'S SCHOOLS
Mr.Rowland SIDDALL of West Royd
Revs. S.F.LAYCOCK, Canon IVENS
Messrs. G.MARSHALL, J.R.RAWNSLEY, William Grosvenor BRADLEY, W.A.SUTCLIFFE, PROWSE
Dr.ADAMS
Mr. and Mrs.Gerald RAWSON
Misses RAWSON, WALKER
Mrs.F.COLLINSON
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GRAND BAZAAR AT THE ELLISON MEMORIAL SCHOOLS
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
Dr.BROWN
Messrs. C.E.RAMSDEN, W.HAIGH, A.COCKER, J.C.BELL, W.H.GIBSON, W.WORSNUP, J.POLLIT,
Alfred GREENWOOD, S.TURNER, J.WOOD (deceased), J.C.BUCKLEY JP,
T.SUTCLIFFE (Cliffe Hill)
Mesdames HAIGH, S.TURNER, SHAW, WILKINSON, FARRAR, J.W.WHITELEY, WELLBURN, ROTHWELL,
J.TURNER, COCKER, WALTERS, GILL, BRIGGS. HORNER, WRAY, RILEY, ROWLINSON, BATES,
HILEY, HELLIWELL, BUCKLEY, RAMSDEN, NORRIS, SUTCLIFFE, H.SHOESMITH, BROWN, IVENS,
EVANS, EASTWOOD, HELM, MILLIGAN, BERRY, HANSON, T.DYSON, SWINDELLS, MALLINSON
Misses TURNER, M.SWALLOW, L.HAIGH, STORER, BATES, SHACKLETON, WESTON, S.E.HAIGH, WHITELEY,
LEAROYD, RILEY, POLLIT, SUTCLIFFE, GAUKROGER, WOOD, BERRY
Miss BELL (Sunday school teacher?)
Miss BADDELEY, Miss ODDY and Mr.WORSNUP: day school teachers
Messrs. DYSON and HILEY, musicians
FRIENDLY
Mr.J.KENDALL of Dewsbury
Mr. H.W.SUTCLIFFE
WANTED, Two Respectable LODGERS-Apply 11 Egremont Street, Sowerby New Road
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
Alfred NORMANTON, wire twiner, to Mary Emily WOOD, both of Sowerby Bridge
Edward ACKROYD's new shop, 22 Town Hall Street
1st December 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
TEACHER'S CIRCLE (Halifax Sunday School Union)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, H.SUTCLIFFE, T.EDWARDS, S.WADSWORTH, A.SUTCLIFFE
SOCIAL (Association football club)
Mr.COCKER'S rooms, Tuel Lane
Messrs. HILEY and DYSON: musicians
Messrs. H.WRAY, J.MAIDEN
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL SUMMONED
Mr.EVANS, for the council
Mr.Trevor EDWARDS for the rivers board
RYBURN LODGE OF FREEMASONS
Bros. William Alfred WOOD, Thomas GILL, William HAIGH, Samuel SMITH, Alfred GREENWOOD,
John Corrin BELL, John Ward BANCROFT, John CROWTHER, Thomas BRIGGS, William Perrin BROWN,
Charles Benjamin CROSSLEY, William HAIGH junior, Walter Collinge MOORES, William WORSNUP,
John Arthur SUTCLIFFE, Arthur Charles QUEST, William BOTTOMLEY, John Hoyle STEAD,
John SMITH, T.BUCKLAND, MILLIGAN, THORPE, BAXTER, ASHWORTH, Henry GAUKROGER (accompanist)
Mrs.WESTON (provided food at the Bull's Head Hotel)
ASSAULTING HIS WIFE
John Wesley COOKROFT(?), platelayer
Mary Ellen COCKROFT, wife of above
PC WILSON
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Samuel TURNER and John TURNER of Sowerby Bridge
John Makant CRYER and William Ernest BULLEN of Sowerby Bridge
LECTURE
Mrs.SMITH of Halifax
Mr.J.HANSON
SALE OF WORK (Baptist chapel)
Mrs.J.FOX, wife of the pastor
Rev.J.FOX
Messrs. A.ASTIN, W.MELLOR, W.MACFARLANE, B.INGHAM
Misses COOPER, WADE, FOX, BAUME, Minnie JOWETT, Hannah WHITELEY, Harriet BENTLEY,
Phyllis FRANKLIN, Florrie ACKROYD (Florence ACKROYD?), S.E.HAIGH, ORME, A.UTTLEY, HELLIWELL, BEDFORD,
ELLIS, A.MAUDE, S.MAUDE, Ethel HORSFALL, Blanche HORSFALL, BARNES, FOX
Mesdames BRADLEY, John WHITELEY, HELLOWELL, MELLOR, A.ASTIN, J.JOWETT, HAIGH, SHEPLEY,
EASTON, HORSFALL, G.E.WHITELEY, BLAGBROUGH
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, W.GREENWOOD, T.M.FLETCHER, R.ROTHWELL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
PRESENTATION (Spiritualist Lyceum)
Mr. and Mrs.William GREENWOOD, moving to Hebden Bridge
Messrs. B.LEES, Joseph SUTCLIFFE, H.BOOTH, E.LAW, T.H.WRIGHT, SHILLITO (Brighouse),
KNIGHT (Bolton), A.KIDSON, LONGBOTTOM (supplied timepiece)
Misses THORP, BURTON (Bury), Lily HOLROYD
Messrs. E.LAW and J.K.LAW, pianists
[Column 3]
CHRIST CHURCH BAZAAR
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, J.W.WHITELEY, Henry SUTCLIFFE, T.DYSON
SMITH, WOOD & CO. LTD.
Messrs. Charles and John SMITH
Messrs. David WOOD and Son
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, Charles RUSHWORTH, Charles SMITH, John SMITH, Frederick WOOD
WAR RELIEF FUND
Councillor William SUTCLIFFE JP
Alderman CLAY
Messrs. Rowland SIDDALL, Joseph GREENWOOD, Charles RUSHWORTH, W.H.GIBSON, J.H.HOYLE
TUEL LANE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Messrs. A.BOOTH, W.H.WILCOCK, H.NICHOLL (pianist), W.FIRTH (violinist),
A.E.CROSSLEY (cornet), A.F.LONGBOTTOM, F.WADE, J.W.MANSFIELD, G.WILLETT,
F.E.LONGBOTTOM, J.A.MAUDE, BENTLEY, J.E.MAUDE, John BATES, B.RILEY, B.ROBINSON,
Percy WHITTAKER, John WADDINGTON, J.W.SHAW, H.NORMANTON, C.BESWICK, T.H.MITCHELL,
W.H.OLDFIELD, D.PARKER, J.MITCHELL, W.WHITELEY, A.S.FIRTH, A.WILDE, R.A.OLDFIELD,
J.HOLT, C.WHITELEY, G.WILCOCK, J.WILKINSON, A.SUNDERLAND, W.STOTT
Rev.E.GRAY
Luddenden Foot
KNUR AND SPELL
W.T.RUDMAN, Soyland
A.WILCOCK, Mytholmroyd
Sowerby
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Boulderclough Methodist New Connexion Church)
Messrs. A.WADSWORTH, J.A.WHITWORTH, R.BRADLEY, A.ARRAND, F.MILNES, J.HANSON (violin),
Walter PICKLES, W.KERSHAW, H.BARRETT, S.MITCHELL, Willie PICKLES (William PICKLES)
Messrs. W.WADSWORTH and F.GREENWOOD, accompanists
[Column 4]
A REMARKABLE CASE AT WYKE
Mr.G.D.JONES, headmaster of Westfield School. Married sister of Rev.G.SLACK of Cleckheaton.
Later married a daughter of Mr.Jonas BRIGGS (of the firm SUGDEN & BRIGGS of Bowling Mills)
Mr.Kit BANKS, tailor of Wyke
[Column 5]
A FEVER STRICKEN TOWN (Todmorden)
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Alice TEAL, 21, wife of Robert Verity TEAL, Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge
Joseph George WELLS, 2 months, son of John WELLS, Egerton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Hannah MILNES, 65, Spring Gardens, Warley
8th December 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Ernest John STAFFORD, Sowerby Bridge
James BARBOUR, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Thomas HOWARTH, Sowerby Bridge (Baptist chapel)
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CIRCUIT MEETING
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Messrs. J.A.KERSHAW (Mytholmroyd), J.H.ROBERTSHAW (Sowerby Bridge), James BOOCOCK
FOUND DEAD IN THE CANAL
Fred CROSSLEY, mechanic, aged 43 of Bolton Brow
MARSHALL, boatman
BOLTON BROW SUNDAY SCHOOL
Messrs. A.GREENWOOD, F.W.FOSTER, F.WADDINGTON, G.WRIGHT, T.E.WHITEHEAD, James BROADBENT,
B.MORWOOD, James STOTT, T.EDWARDS, W.H.PRIESTLEY
Mrs.ROBERTS
Miss BARRON
SUICIDE
James "Cambridge" AKRED (James AKRED), 53, pot hawker of Back Terrace Street
Hannah AKRED, wife of above?
Mark SMITH, son-in-law of Hannah AKRED
Mary Jane SYKES of Broad Street
STEALING LEGGINGS
George FOSTER, a "lad"
Alfred Scholefield FIRTH, shopkeeper of Town Hall Street
BRADLEY
[Column 2]
LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DINNER
Messrs. SCHOFIELD, MARSHALL, WASHINGTON, WESTON, HAIGH (pianist)
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. Frank WILCOCK, A.E.CROSSLEY (cornet), A.BOOTH, H.NICHOLL (accompanist), J.BATES,
B.ROBINSON
Masters MAGSON, J.GREENWOOD
Misses E.H.GAUKROGER, F.PARKER, MANSFIELD, HORNER, WHITWORTH, ACKROYD, RATCLIFFE
MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION
Mrs.WESTON (supplied meal at the Bull's Head Hotel)
Councillor William SUTCLIFFE JP
Messrs. L.WHITTAKER, S.TURNER, J.WILKINSON, E.HORNER, J.RILEY, R.LONGBOTTOM, B.ACKROYD,
J.MITCHELL, J.CRAWSHAW, J.GARSIDE, D.WADSWORTH, T.DYSON, J.H.SHOESMITH, H.FOX,
G.CHARNOCK of Halifax, Sutcliffe HANSON of Halifax, HOYLE, EASTWOOD,
J.WHITELEY (piano)
Sowerby
NONCONFORMIST COUNCIL
Revs. W.HAIGH, E.GRAY, G.S.SMITH
Messrs. J.WILKINSON, William WILSON
CONSERVATIVE CLUB
Councillor J.T.NAYLOR
Mr.W.HILEY, Sowerby Bridge
AN AGED MAN SEVERELY BURNT
Joseph ROBINSON, 86, of Sowerby Town
Norland
FOUND DROWNED
Barker SMITH, about 19, draper. Lived with his parents at Town House, Norland
Charles George SMITH, boatman
Eliza WALSH
PC SIMMS
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, James GREENWOOD, J.W.LODGE,
George WHITELEY, Abraham CLAY, Eli WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, T.H.LONGBOTTOM,
S.TURNER, WRIGLEY
Mr.MURGATROYD of Luddenden
Mr.AMBLER
Mr.MARSLAND (gas works?)
Dr.WELLBURN
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
Mr.T.EDWARDS
[Column 4]
SERMON TO MEN
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE JP, Ely WHITELEY
Alderman J.F.CLAY
Messrs. Joseph HANSON, C.RUSHWORTH, John W.WHITELEY, J.C.BUCKLEY, Albert WOOD, James BRIGGS,
John EDWARDS, J.A.BOOTH, J.H.HOYLE, W.H.GIBSON, Arthur SIDDALL, Joseph POLLITT,
J.R.ATKINSON, W.A.SUTCLIFFE, J.R.BARKER, Alfred SIDDALL, Rowland SIDDALL,
Joseph GREENWOOD, James BATTERSBY, Priestley NORRIS, T.DYSON, Charles WRAY
Dr.J.DUNN
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mrs.Mary HOLLOWS
15th December 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.S.EASTWOOD
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
George HOOKHAM, Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE SOLDIER A PRISONER OF THE BOERS
A.KIRBY, whose parents live in Wakefield Road
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Messrs. J.WILCOCK, F.DRAKE, E.NICHOLL (accompanist)
Rev.E.GRAY
Misses S.E.WILCOCK, F.PARKER, E.HORNER, E.MITCHELL, E.MANSFIELD, J.RATCLIFFE
DEATH OF MR THOMAS ACKROYD
Mr.Thomas ACKROYD, engineer aged 75. Originally from Leeds
FREE CHURCH COUNCIL
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL
Revs. W.H.MATTHEWS, H.VARLEY (Bradford)
Misses HAIGH, HITCHEN
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. T.ROBERTSHAW, A.S.FIRTH, S.TURNER, W.STOTT, J.WILKINSON, G.BARRETT, J.WADDINGTON,
E.HELLOWELL, T.ACKROYD (deceased), A.SUNDERLAND
[Column 2]
FOREIGN MISSIONS (Wesleyan)
Rev.J.E.PARSONSON, African missionary
Councillor A.CLAY
Miss Bertha STANSFIELD, Sowerby Bridge
CONSERVATIVE DINNER
Mrs.WESTON (served meal at the Bull's Head)
Messrs. J.S.RAWSON, E.W.CROSSLEY, Edward E.POLLIT, F.W.HADWEN JP, S.MARKE (Todmorden),
William HAIGH (Raven's Lodge), W.H.GIBSON, John BATES (violin)
SOWERBY BRIDGE DISTRICT WAR FUND
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH, S.F.LAYCOCK
Drs. BROWN, DUNN, WELLBURN
Messrs. BUCKLEY JP, J.A.BOOTH, W.H.GIBSON, J.H.HOYLE, Edwin CLAY, J.VARLEY, J.P.CHAMBERS,
E.E.POLLITT, Francis BERRY, Charles BERRY, J.F.OATES, Mark WILCOCK, Samuel TURNER,
W.H.GIBSON, J.HANSON, Abraham FOX, Henry BROADBENT, J.W.WHITELEY, W.H.HALL,
R.LONGBOTTOM, William INGHAM, William STOTT
Councillor William SUTCLIFFE JP
Messrs. William MORRIS & Sons Ltd
George THOMPSON & Sons
William NEWSOME & Sons
Homfray & Co. Ltd.
[Column 3]
THE RIGHT HON. J.W.MELLOR, M.P. AND MR.BILLSON, M.P. AT THE TOWN HALL
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, D.I.CLAY, J.W.BANCROFT, Thomas HOEY, William SHAW (Norland),
BLAKELEY, Alfred BILLSON (MP for Halifax), F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, John EDWARDS
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD JP, Ely WHITELEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
[Column 4]
Norland
Sowerby
PIGEON SHOOTING
Tom WHITELEY (Thomas WHITELEY)
W.DIXON
ACCIDENT TO AN AGED MAN
Mr.John BROADBENT, 71, Higgin Chamber
Dr.CROWTHER, Luddenden Foot
THE BURNING CASE
Mr.Joseph ROBINSON, 86, of Sowerby Town
Mr.W.BARSTOW, district coroner
Mary ROBINSON, daughter of Joseph
William Henry HOLT, James HELLIWELL (Higham Farm, Sowerby Town), Eli HARTLEY
Dr.BROWN
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY JP, J.T.NAYLOR, S.AINLEY, A.WOOD, W.WILSON, J.INGHAM, J.SHARPE,
A.BROADBENT, J.LEACH, A.STOTT, T.H.CARTER
Mr.RAWSON
Mr.WHITELEY, representative of Mrs.CARTER
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Mill Bank
BILLIARD HANDICAP
E.MITCHELL, E.SUTCLIFFE, George DEARDON
Luddenden Foot
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SHUNTING ACCIDENT AT TODMORDEN
Thomas DEDNOTT, carting agent of Todmorden
DEATHS
Thomas ACKROYD, 75, Woodland View, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Katie STRINGFELLOW, 26, wife of Raymond STRINGFELLOW, Union Street, Beech, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Fred DYSON who died December 1898 aged 29. 6 Stubbins Lane, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
22nd December 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
H.L.WILSON of Sowerby Bridge
AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Drs.BROWN, DUNN
SUDDEN DEATH OF COUNCILLOR THOMAS HENRY LONGBOTTOM
Councillor Thomas Henry LONGBOTTOM, 53, of Park Villas, Bolton Brow
PIE SUPPER AND ENTERTAINMENT (West End Congregational Church)
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Messrs. BARRETT, WHITAKER, SCHOFIELD, WADSWORTH, J.HEMINGWAY, G.CLAYTON, J.G.ASHWORTH,
David LUMB, W.SUTCLIFFE, W.H.LORIMER, W.H.HEMINGWAY, W.GREENWOOD, BLAKELEY,
D.MITCHELL, J.EDWARDS, Thomas HOEY, T.A.SMITH
Rev.G.S.SMITH
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A GOOD EXAMPLE
Mr.GILL, manager for the Industrial Society
Mr.Herbert THOMAS, clerk
WESLEYAN QUARTERLY MEETING
Rev.J.SANGER
Messrs. J.Clay HORSFALL, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, J.C.BATES
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP
EXAMINATION RESULTS - ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
Mary BESWICK, Mary Ann HELLAWELL, Martha Ann MITCHELL, Alice MITCHELL, Harriet NAYLOR,
Esther WHITELEY, Sarah Lily WHITELEY, Mary AKROYD, Eliza Ann AKROYD, Lila EASTWOOD,
Edith ROBERTSHAW, Lilian SUNDERLAND, Alice SUTCLIFFE, Gertrude E. THOMAS, Amy L.TURNER,
Mary E.TURNER, Annie E.W.LUMB, Sarah E.LUMB, Mary Anne ROBERTS, Mary Emma SUTCLIFFE
Herbert CORDINGLEY, Adam Tate HOPE, Norman HALSTEAD, Levi HAIGH, Alfred HANSON,
William LEAROYD, William NICHOLSON, PC Richard TAFFINDER, Ernest BROADBENT,
PC John THOMAS BODENHAM, Ernest B.CLAY, John FAIRBANK, PC NOBEX, Richard GREENWOOD,
Ernest LUMB, John William MANSFIELD, John MITCHELL, Harry MITCHELL Harry ROBINSON,
William TOLLEY, George W.TURNER, John WOOD, PC Richard WILSON, PC Herbert COOKE
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.J.B.BLAKELEY
Mrs.MARSLAND
Mr.MELLOR (MP?)
Councillor SCHOLEFIELD
Mr.BILLSON
WEST END CRICKET CLUB
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. G.E.HOEY, W.THOMPSON, H.WRAY, R.BINNS, J.SUNDERLAND, C.RUSHWORTH, J.A.WHITELEY,
G.T.NICHOLL, E.HELLIWELL, J.V.SCHOFIELD, C.ELLIOTT, J.ATKINSON, H.MITCHELL,
T.BOTTOMLEY, George FOGG(?), J.MAIDEN, W.THOMPSON, R.METCALFE, W.HELLIWELL
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IN MEMORIAM SERVICE AT TUEL LANE. THE LATE MR THOMAS ACKROYD
(Mr.Thomas ACKROYD, 75, originally from Leeds)
Mr.WHITELEY (organist)
Rev.E.GRAY
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CORRESPONDENCE
Councillors Smith AINLEY, LODGE, NAYLOR
J.W.LODGE
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SOWERBY BRIDGE DISTRICT WAR RELIEF FUND. THIS WEEK'S SUBSCRIPTIONS
John HADWEN & Sons
Francis BERRY & Son
Joseph GREENWOOD & Son
WASHINGTON & Co. (A.BARRACLOUGH)
Mark WILCOCK (W.BUTTERWORTH)
W.P.EGLIN
E.TOWNSHEND & B.RILEY
George THOMPSON & Sons
Bolton Brow Working Men's Club (H.STORR)
Sowerby Bridge Cycling Club (J.S.BENNETT)
Henry SUTCLIFFE
John WOOD & Sons
C.E. & F.RAMSDEN
C.RUSHWORTH, J.W.HELM, James BRIGGS, Dr.W.P.BROWN, C.A.BARRON, W.F.HANSON, John MARSLAND,
William WILSON, J.C.BUCKLEY, Edward GOLDING, W.H.UTTLEY, J.BARRACLOUGH, Rowland LUMB,
Wilbraham KNIGHT, E.WORMALD, W.HOLROYD, John HELLEWELL, T.STOTT, E.RILEY, J.CULPAN,
W.INGHAM
WORSTED HEALD RUGS. R.WOOD's, Corporation Street
TO LET,a good COTTAGE in Allan Wood. Charles Henry HELLIWELL, Sowerby Croft, Norland
GOOD LODGINGS. 2 Oxford Street, Willow Park
WANTED, a Middle aged woman. C.W.MATTOCK, Tuel Lane
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DEATHS
Ann CROWTHER, 77, widow of John CROWTHER, Syke Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Eva Sutcliffe GREENWOOD, 4, daughter of Robert GREENWOOD, Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge
Caroline MAUDE, 58, widow of John MAUDE, Hawk's Cliff, Sowerby Bridge
29th December 1899
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.J.SCHOFIELD
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
MUSICAL SUCCESS
Miss Maud MATTHEWS, daughter of the Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Miss SMITH L.R.A.M., The Manse(?), Sowerby Bridge. Tutor of above
THE GILCHRIST LECTURES NEXT WEEK
Professor L.C.MIALL, F.R.S. Born in Bradford
TUEL LANE CHAPEL CHRISTMAS TREE
Councillor W.SUTCLIFFE JP, LONGBOTTOM (deceased)
Messrs. H.MITCHELL, Turner WASHINGTON, Thomas ACKROYD (deceased), J.W.TAYLOR, A.SUNDERLAND,
R.KING, A.S.FIRTH(?), J.WADDINGTON, W.H.OLDFIELD, B.RILEY(?), J.WILCOCK, EASTWOOD,
SIDDALL, WOLFENDEN, WOOD, WILCOCK, MITCHELL, WILKINSON, WHITELEY, WHITTAKER, FIRTH,
WADE, DRAKE, BROWN, BERRY, ELLIS, OLDFIELD, J.OLDFIELD, HITCHEN, GRESHAM, WOODHEAD,
WILLETT, W.STOTT, D.PARKER, A.PARKER, W.WHITELEY, J.BATES, C.PARKER
Misses BARRON, RILEY, ECCLES, MORTON, WOOD, MAGSON, SUTCLIFFE, WASHINGTON, WILCOCK, SIDDALL,
OLDFIELD, AINLEY, BAIRSTOW, WALSH, ELLIS, NORMANTON, GREENWOOD, BRIGGS, BATES,
PARKER, RATCLIFFE, WHITELEY, E.WHITELEY, MERRILL, ACKROYD, BREARLEY, FEATHER,
WOLFENDEN, COCKROFT, A.ACKROYD, JACKSON, FRANKLIN, LONGBOTTOM
Mesdames GRAY, FIRTH, LAW, WADDINGTON, WEBSTER, GREENWOOD, WILCOCK, PARKER, RILEY, OLDFIELD,
ELLIS, BEAUMONT, AINLEY, WOOD, SMITH, WALTON, BARKER, WILLETT(?), MAUDE, LORD,
MILLS, BENTLEY
Rev.E.GRAY
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Councillor T.H.LONGBOTTOM (deceased)
BALL (Sowerby Bridge and District Women's Liberal Association)
Messrs. NICHOLL and FIRTH: musicians
Messrs. W.WRAY, H.WRAY
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHURCH
Messrs. J.Clay HORSFALL (organist), BARNBY, POLLIT, BRIDGE, FOSTER
Miss NORCLIFFE
Rev.W.HUDSON
WEST END
Messrs.Arthur HELLIWELL, Thomas CHADWICK, A.SUTCLIFFE
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Misses L.LUMB, N.HEMINGWAY, E.A.SUTCLIFFE, A.CROWTHER, E.E.SMITH, F.WALLIS, L.HAREWOOD,
M.E.SMITH, A.SOOTHILL, L.YATES, M.SUTCLIFFE
Master W.GAUKROGER
Miss I.ASHWORTH and Master C.ASHWORTH, piano duet
Misses N.HEMINGWAY and F.HEMINGWAY, vocal duet
BAPTIST CHAPEL (first wedding at the chapel)
Miss Isabella BARNES to Harry WHITEHEAD, both of Sowerby Bridge
Rev.J.FOX, pastor
MUSICAL SERVICE AT WEST END CHAPEL
Messrs. J.W.EARNSHAW, F.HOEY, WADSWORTH (organist)
Misses WADSWORTH, WHITELEY, REDGRIFT, BANCROFT, SEED, SMITH
Rev.G.S.SMITH
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD, O.EATOUGH, W.NICHOLL, T.M.FLETCHER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, Thomas HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Misses ASQUITH, LAW, Dora RUSHWORTH, GREEN (piano)
Messrs. PLATT, GLEDHILL, A.ROWSON (violin), H.BOOTH of Manchester, H.THORP (accompanist)
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Messrs. ROBERTSHAW, GREENWOOD, W.MATTHEWS, C.HOWARD
Misses EATOUGH, SUTCLIFFE, ROBERTSHAW, MATTHEWS
Teacher's exam: James E.THORP, Mary KING, H.Ward MATTHEWS
Scholar's exam: Fred STOCKTON, Maud MATTHEWS, Eliza THORP, Fred HOYLE, Cyril MATTHEWS
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SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
J.ATKINSON & Sons (W.RILEY and B.BUTTERWORTH)
CLAY & HORSFALL (J.BALDWIN)
Arthur SIDDALL
D.CLAY & Sons
C.E. & F.RAMSDEN (W.SUTCLIFFE)
MITCHELL Bros.
Industrial Society (G.H.THOMAS)
WOOD Bros.
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
W.H.CRABTREE, Emmanuel MITCHELL, Percival SHACKLETON, W.WORSNUP, William SCHOFIELD, A.WRAY,
W.INGHAM
Mr. and Mrs. Charles PEEL
CORRESPONDENCE
Councillor LODGE, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Councillors WHITELEY, NAYLOR
Smith AINLEY, Hubberton, Sowerby
Mill Bank
ACCIDENT AT SOYLAND PAPER MILL
William HEAPS(?), 16, son of the late Allen HEAP, surveyor to the Rishworth District Council
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Friendly
FUNERAL OF A BANDSMAN
Mr.Edward HITCHEN
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Messrs. Samuel(?) HARTLEY, James Clay BATES, James E.RATLEDGE, William CLAY, E.HELLEWELL,
S.STOREY, J.W.CHAMBERS, Abraham CLAY
Misses M.E.SIDDALL, C.WORMALD, F.A.BROWN, B.A.STANSFIELD(?), M.E.LUMB
Norland
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Mount Pleasant Sunday School)
Grace LUMB, Harry WOOD, Lilian SHARPE, M.J.HITCHEN, Mary A.HELLOWELL, Willie HALL (William HALL),
Florence SYKES, Annie WOOD, Lucy GREENWOOD
Miss E.J.HOUGH
Mr.Bates SOUTHWELL
MARRIAGE
George RILEY, plumber, to Annie Elizabeth HARGREAVES, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Grace BARRACLOUGH, 68(63?), widow of Henry BARRACLOUGH, Style, Triangle
Ellis BRIGGS, 47, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Edith CRABTREE, 1 month, daughter of William Henry CRABTREE, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
William ELLIS, 49, Hollings Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Arthur GREENWOOD, 1, son of George Henry GREENWOOD, Stansfield's Court(?), Sowerby Bridge
Edwin HITCHEN, 31, Spring Gardens, Friendly
Thomas Henry LONGBOTTOM, 53, Park Villa, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth MITCHELL, 76, widow of Robert MITCHELL, Clifton Street, Sowerby Bridge
John William MITCHELL, 53, St.Ann's Square, Sowerby Bridge
Ethel MITCHELL, 5, daughter of Walter MITCHELL, Hill Top
Harold WHITELEY, 1 month, son of George Herbert WHITELEY, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge