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5th January 1900
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
WATCH NIGHT SERVICES
Rev. IVENS (Christ Church)
Revs. J.SANGER, W.HUDSON and Mr.R.MOSLEY (Bolton Brow Chapel)
Revs. E.GRAY, J.FOX, W.H.MATTHEWS (Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT (Spiritualist Lyceum)
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Messrs. R.UTTLEY (bandleader), William WILSON of Bolton Brow, A.W.HORSFALL (organist)
CHRIST CHURCH BIBLE CLASS
Rev. Canon IVENS
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. WM. MELLOR
William MELLOR, 66, foreman meter inspector for the District Council
BOLTON BROW
Rev.J.SANGER
Messrs. E.R.HOLMES, G.WRIGHT, R.MOSELEY, T.EDWARDS, W.THOMAS, A.BUTTERWORTH
Misses G.ACKROYD, BROWNBRIDGE, WADDINGTON, L.HAIGH
Master R.FLETCHER
Messrs. H.GREENWOOD, T.E.WHITEHEAD, E.MACKRELL, F.W.FOSTER
WEST END
Rev. G.S.SMITH
Messrs. S.WADSWORTH, J.B.BLAKELEY, F.HOEY, H.HOYLE, SUTCLIFFE, EARNSHAW, S.CROWTHER,
T.EDWARDS, G.CLAYTON, B.WADSWORTH (organist)
Misses MOORES, REDGRIFT, WADSWORTH
[Column 2]
Albert CLAY, hatter, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ernest BROWNBRIDGE, son of Mr.BROWNBRIDGE of Bolton Brow
THE LYCEUM
Mr.J.K.LAW
TUEL LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.E.GRAY
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.J.FOX
Messrs. ROSELLA, J.BARNES
BOATMEN'S QUARREL
Robert COATES, boatman of Sowerby Bridge
William GOODIER, boatman
BEGGING
George WHITE, ex-soldier of no fixed abode
PC GOLDTHORPE
ASSAULTING A POLICEMAN
John LORD, no fixed abode
PRIZE DOGS (Elland and District Fanciers Association)
Mr.F.R.WOOD, Sowerby Bridge
THE BARBER AND THE CIGARS
William HIGGS, barber of no fixed abode
Harry WHITEHEAD, hairdresser and tobacconist, Sowerby Bridge
Constable GOLDTHORPE
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND. LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
Miss MARCHANT (Methodist Christian Endeavour Society)
Messrs. Richard CROWTHER, Albert SMITH, R.H.WHITWORTH, WHITELEY (collection at lecture),
F.BRAYSHAW, W.E.EGLIN, W.H.EGLIN, John FAWCETT, James HALL, William INGHAM
Rev.IVENS
James GREENWOOD & Sons
William NEWSOME & Sons
POLLIT & WIGZELL
W.P.EGLIN
Mr.W.HAIGH (Centre Mill)
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
[Column3]
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 (deceased), AINLEY (of Sowerby)
Mr.William MELLOR, meter inspector, deceased
Dr.WELLBURN
[Column 4]
Mr.Walter EMMOTT, electrical engineer
Mr.MARSLAND, gasworks manager
Ripponden
Mill Bank
MILL BANK WESLEYAN SCHOOL
Rev.J.SANGER
Mr.B.HOWARTH and Miss L.THORPE (accompanists)
Norland
MOUNT ZION PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Messrs. Joseph BINNS, J.BARRACLOUGH
Mr.Walker WHITEHEAD, organist of Mount Pleasant Chapel, Norland. Pupil of Joseph WHITELEY,
organist at Tuel Lane Chapel
NORLAND PARISH COUNCIL
Messrs. S.TURNER, SMITH
[Column 6]
IN MEMORIAM
Gerald Henry STORR, died January 1899 aged 17(?)
DEATHS
Joseph Garside STANSFIELD, 74, woollen spinner of Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth BARRETT, 66, widow of Nathan BARRETT, Clyde Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ada EASTWOOD, 25, daughter of Henry EASTWOOD, Green Hill, Warley
Arthur ELLIS, 6, son of the late William ELLIS, Hollings Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Florence SMITH, 3, daughter of Ernest SMITH, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
Susanna Esther STOTT, 2(should be 42-FreeBMD), wife(?) of Joe STOTT, Royal Oak Inn, Sowerby Bridge
Ada TAYLOR, 26, wife of Fred TAYLOR, Leigh Street, Sowerby Bridge
Willie WILD (William WILD), 3, son of Walter WILD, Steps Lane, Sowerby Bridge
12th January 1900
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev. Canon GORE MA
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Revs. E.GRAY, J.SANGER
Sowerby Bridge
William HEPWORTH of Sowerby Bridge
PATRIOTIC CONCERT
Mrs.W.H.MITCHELL (soprano)
Messrs. F.W.FLEMING (tenor), Harry SHEPLEY (bass), Booth SHARP (choral society conductor),
John PRIESTLEY (band conductor), Cookson GREENWOOD (piano), W.A.SUTCLIFFE (singer)
GILCHRIST LECTURE
Professor MIALL of Yorkshire College, Leeds
Revs. G.S.SMITH, W.HAIGH
Messrs. William WOOD, James WOOD
PROSECUTION SOCIETY
Mr. and Mrs.SCHOFIELD, host and hostess at Wharf House Hotel
Messrs. H.P.KENDALL, J.W.BANCROFT, James EASTWOOD, W.H.GIBSON, N.BATES, G.E.WHITELEY,
Albert WOOD, George Bilton WOOD, E.E.POLLIT, W.H.BAXENDALE, J.W.HOEY, E.BROADBENT,
Thomas HOEY, J.C.BELL, J.H.STEAD, William HAIGH, C.B.CROSSLEY, D.MALLINSON,
SCHOFIELD, MARSHALL, PLATT, H.THORPE (piano)
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
[Column 2]
Mr.BAILEY (former Conservative candidate for Sowerby)
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Messrs. T.W.RICHARDSON, NICHOLL (piano), FIRTH (violin), E.C.WASHINGTON, PC WILSON, R.C.M.ECCLES, W.E.HOLROYD
Mesdames. KERSHAW, MITCHELL
Misses MARKHAM, UTTLEY, Dora PARKER, GIBSON, HARGREAVES, MARSLAND, FURNESS
CONSERVATIVE BALL
Messrs. H.THORPE (band leader), Priestley NORRIS, J.LONGBOTTOM of Stirk Bridge Inn
Major MORRIS
Misses STOTT
ENTERTAINMENT (Sowerby Bridge Amateur Minstrel Troupe)
Messrs. E.HOLLAS, F.ASHWORTH, EWART, THOMAS, BORRELL, J.O.ACKROYD, W.H.WIDOWSON, F.WORSNUP,
F.SHEPHERD, J.K.FALKNER
GAS PATENT
Mr.J.S.MARSLAND, Ovenden, (son of John Marsland, gas manager)
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Misses MAUDE, BARRON
Masters DRAKE, FIRTH
Mr.E.E.NICHOLL (piano)
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, J.WADDINGTON, R.SIDDALL, E.E.POLLIT, J.C.HORSFALL, F.ROCKCLIFF of Halifax,
T.M.HOLROYDE
Revs. IVENS, F.H.ROBINSON of Halifax
Misses Lucy WALKER, Isabel SMITH (Tuel Lane Schools teachers)
[Column 3]
Mr.MORWOOD of Ryburn Villas
CHILDREN'S DANCE (Sowerby Bridge and District Women's Liberal Association)
Messrs. T.HOEY, W.HAIGH, H.THORP (piano), J.THOMAS (violin)
Miss Beatrice WHITEHEAD
Sowerby
WAINHOUSE CHARITY
Mr.George Reginald STANSFELD of Field House, Sowerby
SICK AND FUNERAL SOCIETY
Messrs. Herbert HOWARTH, Joseph HELLIWELL, J.H.BUTTERWORTH, Eli HELLIWELL, Joe WILKINSON,
Hedley WILKINSON
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY JP, J.T.NAYLOR, S.AINLEY, J.SHARPE, J.INGHAM, W.WILSON, J.WOOD,
W.LEACH, A.STOTT
Mill Bank
SOCIAL
Mr.Fred EASTWOOD (string band leader)
MESSRS. JOHN HADWEN'S SILKDRESSERS
John HADWEN & Sons Limited, Kebroyd
Messrs. F.FOSTER, J.BERRY, F.HALSTEAD, W.MIDGLEY, E.BUTTERWORTH, F.BUTTERWORTH (piano)
Norland
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
George FOX & Sons
SIDDALL & HILTON
POLLIT & WIGZELL
W.P.EGLIN
Mr. W.HAIGH (Centre Mill)
Beatrice WHITEHEAD
Messrs. Joseph BUCKLEY, William TAYLOR, G.UTTLEY, B.M.MORWOOD, A.C.COLEMAN, William INGHAM,
F.RILEY
[Column 5]
DEATH FROM GAS POISONING
William SENIOR, 76, retired cloth weaver of Heckmondwike
FAILURE OF A LIBERAL REGISTRATION AGENT. A TODMORDEN SENSATION
Mr.Thomas CROWTHER, accountant and estate agent, Gurden Street, Todmorden.
Liberal registration agent for Middleton.
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Harold DEAN, 2 months, son of Robert DEAN, Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Lily HELLIWELL, 22 months, daughter of Mallinson HELLIWELL, Linden Place, Sowerby Bridge
John WALTON, 67, Albion House, Luddenden Foot
19th January 1900
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sister Mary
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.John C.BAILEY and Hon.Sarah LYTTLETON (eldest daughter of Lady LYTTLETON) to be married
BAPTIST CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY
Mr.J.WALTON of Mytholmroyd
LECTURE (West End Congregational Vestry Class)
Messrs. Wilkinson PICKLES, J.B.BLAKELEY, D.PARKER, lanternist
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Misses Maggie WOOD, L.WOOD
THE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY'S BONUS
Mr.Alfred BRIGGS deceased
BULL'S HEAD SMOKE CLUB
Mrs.S.WESTON hostess
Messrs. HORSFALL, BARKER, WHITELEY, E.WILSON of Halifax, WESTON, E.WASHINGTON, HELLIWELL,
J.H.THOMAS, KERSHAW, CROSS, E.UTTLEY
Sergeant CROSS
[Column 2]
PULPIT EXCHANGE
Revs. J.SANGER, J.FOX, G.S.SMITH, E.GRAY, W.H.MATTHEWS, W.HUDSON
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Rev. E.GRAY
Mr.F.TOPHAM of Halifax
WILLOW PARK BOYS' BIBLE CLASS
Messrs. TOMLINSON, C.W.SMITH, Daniel PARKER (lanternist)
Master Harold FARRAR
TRADESMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Messrs. H.THORP (piano), J.THOMAS (violin), T.BRIGGS, J.H.THOMAS, J.JACKSON
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. James WOOD, William NOBLE, H.A.SUTCLIFFE, E.BALMFORTH, BINNS, WHITELEY,
Thomas KERSHAW, G.KIRBY, Thomas MITCHELL, W.SHAW, J.HARDING, H.STORR, Edward HANSON,
H.HOLDEN, C.H.WILCOCK, B.TAYLOR, O.CROTHERS
TEACHERS' CIRCLE
Mr.DENNIS of Halifax
[Column 3]
Mr.Abraham COWGILL, died aged 55, worked in Shrewsbury. Sister in Manchester.
WEST END WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. Walter NICHOLSON, B.CULPAN, J.GRUNDY, W.WYLD, W.H.SPEAK, G.THOMPSON, W.BRADLEY,
M.WADE, Smith HELLOWELL
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Councillor Howard CLAY of Halifax
Mrs.MARSLAND
Messrs. J.W.HOEY, EATOUGH, Rowland LUMB
SOWERBY BRIDGE LIBERAL CLUB
Councillors Abraham CLAY, Ely WHITELEY
Messrs. Rowland LUMB, John EDWARDS, BLAKELEY, J.HOLDSWORTH, J.W.HOEY, William GREENWOOD,
W.LUMB, Joseph SUTCLIFFE (deceased), John WADDINGTON, E.MITCHELL, J.W.BANCROFT,
Fred HOEY, H.CORDINGLEY, James HAIGH, H.THORPE (accompanist)
JAMES GREENWOOD & SON LIMITED
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD (managing director), T.HOEY, John SMITH, G.H.WOOD
Messrs. J.BARRON & Sons (auditors)
FOUND DROWNED
William Henry WHITELEY, 20, labourer, Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas WHITELEY, father of above
John FLITCROFT, canal wharfman
DEATHS OF THREE WELL KNOWN MEN
Mr.Samuel GARNETT, 91, died at his daughter's house in Cleckheaton.
Mr.James GREENWOOD, deceased, former leader of Bolton Brow choir
Mr.Joseph SUTCLIFFE, 79, joiner and builder, Sowerby Street
[Column 4]
Messrs. William HAIGH, HEY, Will PHILLIPS of Manchester, Albert KITSON of Dewsbury,
Joseph ARMITAGE of Dewsbury
Mr.Alfred WARWICK, 54, died at North Woolwich. Helped form Bolton Brow Working Men's Club.
Mill Bank
WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. John SUTCLIFFE, William STEPHENSON, W.PARKER, C.SACKER, Thomas SOUTHWELL, W.E.DYSON,
J.LUMB, J.PICKLES, F.HALSTEAD, W.HELLAWELL, J.W.INGHAM, J.WILDE, W.SMITH,
S.MITCHELL, E.SUTCLIFFE, A.SIMPSON, J.CHEETHAM, J.W.HELLAWELL
Sowerby
TEA AND MEETING (Boulderclough Methodist New Connexion Church)
Messrs. W.HANSON, J.A.WHITWORTH, J.HAIGH, W.A.WADSWORTH, J.WADSWORTH, R.BENTON,
Walter PICKLES
Mrs.J.A.WHITWORTH
Misses Lily HANSON, Minnie MITCHELL
Ripponden
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mrs.HOYLE
Councillor Edwin WHITELEY of Sowerby Bridge
Misses M.A.NICHOLL, BROADBENT, WHITELEY (accompanist)
Warley
SUDDEN DEATH
Mr.BROOK, coachman for Mr.MCCREA of Warley House
George WOODS, butler for Mr.MCCREA
[Column 5]
MONTHLY MEN'S SERVICE AT CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.GORE of Westminster
Mr.GAUKROGER, church choirmaster
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, Nathaniel BATES, S.WADSWORTH, T.WASHINGTON, E.E.,POLLIT,
Mr.and Mrs. Albert RILEY, William INGHAM
William HAIGH
John HADWEN & Sons, Kebroyd
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
W.P.EGLIN
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Fred BARRETT, 1, son of James BARRETT, Annie(?) Street, Sowerby Bridge
Joseph BROOK, 47, Warley Town
John NORMANTON, 72, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
26th January 1900
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Sister Mary (from Bowron House, London)
Sowerby Bridge
George Reginald CUTLER of Sowerby Bridge
STANDARD TOOL CO.
Messrs. WHITHAM, SUNDERLAND
RIPPONDEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY LTD.
Messrs. John PICKLES, J.W.HODGSON, James H.RILEY, John INGHAM, William H.BARRETT
UNITED DEBATE (Tuel Lane and West End young men's societies)
Councillor Edwin WHITELEY
Messrs. BLAKELEY, B.RILEY, A.F.LONGBOTTOM, W.HAIGH
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Messrs. HANSON, T.A.SMITH, J.A.WHITELEY, J.W.BANCROFT
LETTER FROM THE SEAT OF WAR
Private Edward GREENWOOD of Sowerby Bridge
[Column 2]
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LIBERAL CLUB
Councillor Abraham CLAY
Messrs. William LUMB, James HOLDSWORTH, J.W.BANCROFT, T.HORSFALL, James HAIGH, J.W.HOEY,
J.A.WHITELEY, E.MITCHELL, G.E.WHITELEY, J.WADDINGTON, A.HOWE, F.HOEY, R.LUMB,
F.BARRETT, W,MACFARLANE, A.J.BUTTERWORTH, H.CORDINGLEY, BLAKELEY (liberal agent)
FROM THE FRONT
Tom BULCOCK (Thomas BULCOCK)
LOCAL FAILURE
Albert CLAY, hatter of Wharf Street
Mr.BELL, solicitor
GILCHRIST LECTURE
Mr.A.P.LAURIE, MA, FRSE
Mr.GARBUTT of Leeds, lanternist
Revs. E.GRAY, W.H.DALLINGER
Messrs. E.POLLIT, W.SUTCLIFFE JP
Edgar E.DEANE, new official receiver for Halifax
[Column 3]
LIBERAL MEETING AT THE TOWN HALL
Mr.C.P.TREVELYAN, MP for Elland
Alderman SUGDEN of Brighouse
Messrs. T.HOEY, Rowland LUMB
[Column 4]
Messrs. G.PARKER, J.W.BANCROFT
Sowerby
LANTERN LECTURE (Young men's mutual improvement society)
Miss Grave Alice WOOD
Mr.John HAIGH senior
SOWERBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Mr.A.HIRST of Halifax
Norland
AMONGST HIS FRIENDS
Wilfred GREENWOOD, grenadier guards reservist. His mother lived in Norland.
Mill Bank
ALLEGED ASSAULT
William HEAP, farmer, Soyland
Charles SUTCLIFFE, worked for above
Mr.BOOCOCK, defence
A RISHWORTH FARMER MISSING FROM HOME
Henry SCHOFIELD, 64, retired farmer of Moselden, Rishworth
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
Abraham CLAY, John A.ADAMS
SUMMERSKILL Brothers
Mr.JACKSON
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
W.P.EGLIN
RUSHWORTH & Co.
William HAIGH
William INGHAM
ROOMS TO LET
S.HOYLE, solicitor
[Column 6]
SERIOUS FIRE AT BARKISLAND
Mr.George WHEELWRIGHT, fancy woollen manufacturer, Firth House Mill, Scammonden
DEATHS
Alvin HEAP, 13, son of William HEAP, St.Peter's Square, Sowerby
Elizabeth THOMSON, 69, wife of Joseph THOMSON
2nd February 1900
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.Canon IVENS
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Henry PALMER of Sowerby Bridge
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Messrs. Joseph SUTCLIFFE (deceased), Benjamin LEES, John SMITHSON of Dewsbury
LECTURE (West End Congregational School)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. J.EDWARDS, T.A.SMITH, J.HOLT
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, A.HOBSON, T.M.FLETCHER, William HAIGH, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD,
Richard ROTHWELL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
FREE CHURCH COUNCIL
Messrs. J.Clay HORSFALL, F.W.FOSTER, B.MORWOOD
Revs. E.GRAY, W.H.MATTHEWS
OFF TO THE FRONT
Mr.Mark WILCOCK, Hollins Tannery
Mr.R.ROTHWELL, 1st V.B. West Riding Regiment
Messrs. DORMAN (foreman currier), BUTTERWORTH
[Column 2]
LECTURE (Bolton Brow Chapel)
Rev.Howard MAY
Mr.J.Clay HORSFALL
SOCIAL (Girls' Friendly Society)
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
Misses JONES, BELL, M.GREGORY
Nurse SCANLAN
Messrs. W.HILEY, T.DORMAN
ANNUAL MEETING (West End Congregational Band of Hope)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, W.JOHNSTONE of Holywell Green
Misses BOTTOMLEY, P.LORIMER, A.SEED, M.J.RILEY, N.RUSHWORTH
Masters BOTTOMLEY, J.CORDINGLEY
Messrs. NICHOLL, HOLT, WILLETT, A.LUMB
BILLIARD HANDICAP
Messrs. Smith NICHOLL, George E.HOEY, A.INGHAM, F.HORNER
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mesdames RUSHWORTH, W.GREENWOOD
Miss THORPE, LAW, BOTTOMLEY, Mabel GREENWOOD, DEWHIRST, F.THORPE, CAUNT, FARRAR, BRIGGS,
JACKSON
SOWERBY BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Messrs. William LEACH, A.BRIGGS (deceased), NICHOLL, WATTERSON, John WADDINGTON,
David KIDSON, William NOBLE, J.R.WHITELEY (Ripponden), David COCKROFT (Triangle),
Thomas THORPE (West Vale), A.E.SEED (Ripponden), W.H.BAXENDALE, David LUMB,
Tom WOOD (Thomas WOOD), W.A.HEIGHINGTON, J.W.HODGSON, BANCROFT, E.HELLOWELL
[Column 3]
Mr.J.P.Van GELDER
Mr.Ernest BROWNBRIDGE, ambulance volunteer
DEED OF ARRANGEMENT
Merab HALSTEAD, widow of 42 Sowerby Street
William Henry HALSTEAD, Egerton Street. Trading as H.& A.HALSTEAD, wheelwrights, Victoria Street.
John F.DYSON
BOYS IN TROUBLE
Harry SLADDIN, Thomas Henry BROCKLEHURST, both of Sowerby Bridge
William DARNES, contractor
PC FIELDING
Benjamin ROTHWELL
A SOWERBY BRIDGE SOLDIER KILLED
Private Ernest KERSHAW, 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. About 27.
William KERSHAW, Tuel Lane, father of above
FATAL ACCIDENT
Squire THOMAS, 54, labourer, Bolton Brow. Employed by Messrs. Craven ROBINSON & Sons
William GALLAGHER, employed by Messrs. Craven ROBINSON & Sons, builders of Halifax
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB
Messrs. T.H.MORRIS JP, W.KNIGHT, C.GREENWOOD, A.BRIGGS (deceased), A.GREENWOOD, W.H.GIBSON,
A.HOPKINSON, A.C.COLEMAN, W.H.WHITELEY, J.HOPKINSON, J.S.BENNETT, C.BUTTERWORTH,
W.RILEY, J.CULPAN, F.PLATT
Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
Mrs.S.HELLIWELL, Scar Head
Messrs. HELLIWELL, WHITELEY, DRAKE, NICHOLL (piano)
Miss REDGRIFT
Mrs.HOLROYD (formerly Miss Florence HALLOWELL)
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
C.& J.SMITH
HOMFRAY & Co.
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
Mr.W.WORSNUP (Boy's national school, Sowerby Bridge)
Ely WHITELEY
William HAIGH
W.P.EGLIN
J.WHITAKER, James RILEY, F.HAIGH, F.HALL, C.METCALFE, William INGHAM
COMFORTABLE LODGINGS
Mrs.GIBSON, Mearclough Hall, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
IN MEMORIAM
Harry TASKER, died February 1898
DEATHS
Elizabeth FARNELL, 67, wife of Joseph FARNELL, Warley Town, Warley
Hannah HOLT, 62, widow of James Normanton HOLT, Albion Terrace, Luddenden Foot
Susannah KAYE, 78, widow of James KAYE, Court, Warley
Robert John WHEELER, 3, son of Robert WHEELER, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Martha WHITELEY, 58, wife of John WHITELEY, Hanover Street, Sowerby Bridge
9th February 1900
Sowerby Bridge
BOLTON BROW LITERARY SOCIETY
Rev.W.HUDSON
GILCHRIST LECTURE
Dr.DALLINGER
Mr.Joseph GREENWOOD
LORD WHARTON'S TRUST
Rev.G.S.SMITH
(Young Ladies' Select Class, West End Congregational School)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. J.EDWARDS, J.HOLT, T.CHADWICK, S.WADSWORTH
Miss Lucy CROSSLEY
SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY
Mr.James BROADBENT
Messrs. Thomas ROBINSON & Sons of Rochdale, D.COCKROFT, H.WATTERSON, J.W.BANCROFT,
George OLDFIELD, F.SUTCLIFFE, WALKER, Kenyon BROWN (Brighouse),
James HAIGH (Halifax), James LEACH (Sowerby Bridge), Henry ALLOTT (Heckmondwike),
Abraham WEBSTER (Hebden Bridge), Albert Percy FOX (Cleckheaton),
Joseph BARRON, W.COCKROFT (Bradford)
PRIMITIVE METHODIST (Mount Zion Chapel)
Mrs.Richard FLEMING of Scarr Head
Mr.J.E.THORP of Sowerby Bridge
[Column 2]
(Rates excused for active servicemen)
John B.HELLIWELL (Beech), William HOWARTH (Beech), Robert WHEELER (Gratrix Lane),
George SANKEY (Clifton Street), Walter HOLMES (Chapel Lane), Thomas TURNER (Glenfield)
"AT HOME" (Women's Liberal Association and Liberal Club)
Mr and Mrs J.H.WHITLEY of Halifax, host & hostess
Master A.HUGH
Misses A.ASQUITH, Beatrice WHITEHEAD, SUGDEN, SCHOFIELD
Messrs. F.GLEDHILL, A.SMITH
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES
Brothers T.W.RICHARDSON, J.L.CROWTHER, John WADDINGTON, Joseph BINNS, G.WILCOCK, J.BENTLEY,
J.WILKINSON
Miss BESWICK
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors W.SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, George WHITELEY,
Edwin WHITELEY, J.W.LODGE, J.GREENWOOD, S.TURNER, Alderman CLAY
Messrs. J.SHAW & Sons
Mr.J.T.NAYLOR of Sowerby
[Column 3]
Mill Bank
LECTURE
Mr.Fred TOPHAM of Halifax
Rev. W.HUDSON of Triangle
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.Dan CROSSLEY (vendor)
Mr.Joseph STANDEVEN of Soyland (bought "Upper Far" and "Green Lane Top" farms)
Mr.John SIDDALL of Soyland (bought "Junction Cottage")
Mr.Samuel HOYLE of Sowerby Bridge (solicitor for vendor)
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TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.W.G.HOWE (East African missionary)
Mr.B.RILEY
[Column 4]
SERMON TO MEN (Christ Church)
Mr.GAUKROGER (organist)
Rev. Canon IVENS
[Column 5]
COMFORTABLE LODGINGS
Mrs. GIBSON, Mearclough Hall, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
Friendly
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Rev.F.M.RYLE of Greetland
Messrs. E.WHITEHEAD & Co, Sowerby Bridge
Triangle
ST.JOHN THE DIVINE, THORPE
MR.JOHNSON
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SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd
W.P.EGLIN
William HAIGH
Mr.J.L.CROWTHER (I.O.O.Rechabites)
William INGHAM
DEATHS
Ann DYSON, 51, wife of Benjamin DYSON, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
David FENTON, 78, Sowerby Croft, Norland
Emily HELLEWELL, 10 months, daughter of Frank HELLEWELL, Boulderclough, Sowerby
Eliza SUTCLIFFE, 53, wife of Wilkinson SUTCLIFFE, Boys Carr, Luddenden Foot
Gertrude Elizabeth WHITMORE, 42, wife of Albert George WHITMORE, Exeter Street, Sowerby Bridge
16th February 1900
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.J.J.MARTIN
Sowerby Bridge
EX-ALDERMAN GREENWOOD'S BIRTHDAY
Mr.Joseph GREENWOOD of Beech Villas, 78.
BULL'S HEAD SMOKE CLUB
Mrs.WESTON (hostess)
Messrs. A.HORSFALL and J.THOMAS, musicians
"AT HOME" (Women's Liberal Association and Liberal Club)
Councillors J.H.WHITLEY of Halifax, Abraham CLAY
Messrs. John MARSLAND, F.W.FOSTER, H.BARRETT, F.HOEY
Masters A.HAIGH, H.SCHOFIELD, A.BARRACLOUGH
Misses M.WOOD, F.NICHOLL, M.LORIMER, A.WADSWORTH, Mina BARKER, SUGDEN, SCHOFIELD,
B.WHITEHEAD
APPEAL TO LADIES. Help FOR OUR SOLDIERS' COMFORT IN SOUTH AFRICA
Alderman John Foster CLAY
Messrs. Frank CLAY, Arthur SIDDALL, Albert SMITH, W.T.WALTON
[Column 2]
MISSIONARY MEETING (Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.W.G.HOWE (East African missionary)
Mr.B.RILEY
GREAT SNOWSTORM
WEST END (Congregational Church)
Rev.E.A.LAWRENCE of Halifax
[Column 4]
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE FREE CHURCH (Ladies' Missionary Auxiliary)
Mesdames GRAY of Sowerby Bridge, SHARP, TATTERSALL
Rev.Earl GRAY
Misses THOMAS, Dora PARKER, WOOD, MITCHELL
Messrs. G.A.NORMANTON, L.ESDON (organist)
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY JP, INGHAM, SHARPE, STOTT, LEACH, NAYLOR, AINLEY, WOOD
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
Captain STANSFELD
Mr.J.S.RAWSON
Triangle
ICE ACCIDENT
Mr.Samuel EARNSHAW, roller coverer at Messrs. W.MORRIS & Sons Ltd.
Dr.ADAMS of Sowerby Bridge
THORPE CHURCH
Mrs.Fred RAWSON
Mr and Mrs BOOTH of the Queen Hotel, Ripponden
Messrs. S.HOWARTH, L.FARRAR, J.BERRY
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
Clarris PICKLES and Ethel BROADBENT
J.WASHINGTON and J.BANCROFT
POLLIT & WIGZELL
RUSHWORTH & Co.
W.P.EGLIN
M.BRANCROFT (M.BANCROFT?), Sowerby Bridge Agricultural Society
William HAIGH
William INGHAM
Mr.C.W.SCHOLEFIELD
DEATHS
George BAXENDALE, 27, woollen finisher, Hollings Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Mary CROSSLEY, 79, widow of Abraham CROSSLEY, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
John CROSSLEY, 75, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Hannah GIBSON, 71, widow of James GIBSON, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Esther MELLOR, 74, wife of John Mills MELLOR, Bolton Brow
Ellen NICHOLL, 81, widow of James NICHOLL, Daisy Bank, Luddenden Foot
Hiram SENIOR, 63, Camden Street, Sowerby Bridge
William WALKER, 63, King Street, Sowerby
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. ANNUAL CONTRACTS
GODFREY RHODES & EVANS, clerks to the council
23rd February 1900
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Messrs. THORPE, SCHOFIELD
Sowerby Bridge
Joseph Robert TETLOW and Abel BLACKBURN, both of Sowerby Bridge
Frederick TURNER, Sowerby Bridge
Franz PUFF, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.A.C.QUEST, former Sowerby Bridge police inspector
WEST END CRICKET CLUB
Misses NICHOLL, RUSHWORTH, MARKHAM
Messrs. A.PARKER, J.H.GREENWOOD
GILCHRIST LECTURE
Dr.Andrew WILSON
Rev. Canon IVENS
DEATH OF Mr.W.F.HANSON
William Furness HANSON of Ryburn Terrace. Worked at Messrs. RAWSON of Mill House.
THE LATE REV. WALTER MITCHELL (Monument in Cleckheaton cemetery)
CONVENTION (Sowerby Bridge primitive methodist)
Messrs. WALTON, WARD, L.FIELDING, B.SOUTHWELL, A.HOWE, J.E.THORPE, J.BOOCOCK, F.SIMPSON,
J.BARRACLOUGH
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS
Messrs. J.HOLDSWORTH, A.HOBSON, CROSSLEY (comic of King Cross), CLEGG,
J.DANIELLS (accompanist)
[Column 2]
COLLECTION FOR THE WAR FUND (Baptist Chapel)
Mr.J.H.HOYLE
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Mr.WADSWORTH of Ripponden
Rev. A.GILBY MA
CONCERT FOR RAILWAY SERVANTS' ORPHAN FUND
Messrs. Harry LAWTON (humorist), Tom ALLOTT (Thomas ALLOTT), Tom CHILD (Thomas CHILD,tenor), John MARSHALL (baritone),
Arthur W.HORSFALL (accompanist)
Miss BRADLEY (soprano)
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY
Messrs. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, William HAIGH, D.PARKER (lanternist), Oliver EATOUGH
Revs. G.S.SMITH, IVENS, C.W.HOWARD, E.GRAY, F.D.THOMPSON BA
[Column 3]
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND PRIVATE DRAINS. SYKES v. THE SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Lords Justices A.L.SMITH, COLLINS, BRUCE
Mr.Lawson WALTON
[Column 4]
DEATH OF A WORKHOUSE CELEBRITY. NINETY-SEVEN YEARS OLD
Margaret RYAN, 97.
SERIOUS MILL FIRE AT BRIGHOUSE (Wood Vale Mill, Bradford Road)
Messrs. William SMITH and Sons Ltd., cotton spinners. Mill tenant
Alderman KERSHAW, mill owner
William SUTCLIFFE, workman of Clayton Buildings, Southowram
Inspector GAUDIN, corporation fire brigade
Mr.William SMITH, recently deceased, former owner of William SMITH & Sons Ltd.
Dr.SKEELS of Brighouse
[Column 5]
Norland
TAXATION OF LAND VALUES (Sowerby division Liberal association)
Messrs. C.H.SMITHSON of Halifax, J.B.BLAKELEY
Councillor Lewis WHITTAKER
Sowerby
ENTERTAINMENT (Sowerby Wesleyan chapel young men's society)
Messrs. John SCHOFIELD, Lewis HELLOWELL, R.WILSON, E.HAIGH, E.HELLOWELL, M.HELLOWELL,
C.LANCASTER, J.A.BOTTOMLEY, Fred SUTCLIFFE, W.HAIGH, A.E.THOMAS (accompanist)
Councillor Smith AINLEY
LECTURE (Sowerby division liberal association)
Councillors MIDDLETON of Oldham, Smith AINLEY
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Messrs. J.B.BLAKELEY, Henry HANSON
Councillor PARKER, Halifax Labour candidate
Mr.John LISTER, former Halifax Labour candidate
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
T.WASHINGTON
W.WORSNUP (boy's national school)
POLLIT & WIGZELL
W.P.EGLIN
William HAIGH
William INGHAM
MARRIAGES
George MIDGLEY to Nancy RAWCLIFFE, both of Sowerby Bridge
Albert William MITCHELL of Sowerby Bridge to Ellen THOMAS of Sanghall(?) Mansie(?), Cheshire
DEATHS
William Furness HANSON, 76, Ryburn Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Grace HALSTEAD, 67, widow of John HALSTEAD, Sutcliffe's Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
John HEAP, 70, Long Royd, Sowerby
Elizabeth HELLOWELL, 75, wife of Joseph HELLOWELL, Salisbury Street, Sowerby Bridge
Emma MCGEE, 19, Milner Royd, Luddenden Foot
Ann MITCHELL, 76, widow of John MITCHELL, East Parade, Sowerby Bridge
Samuel TAYLOR, 51(?), grocer, Triangle
Martha WALTON, 64, widow of John WALTON, Albion House, Luddenden Foot
Arthur William WHITWORTH, 12, son of the late Joseph WHITWORTH, Clough Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Martha WILCOCK, 38, Milner Gate, Luddenden Foot
2nd March 1900
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Joseph Edward LEECH of Sowerby Bridge
Dr.DUNN
FROM THE FRONT
Private Willie CLAYTON (William CLAYTON) from Luddenden.
Mrs.HOYLE, Edward Street. Sister of above.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, O.EATOUGH, W.NICHOLL, A.HOBSON, W.HAIGH, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER,
J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, T.HOEY, J.HANSON
Rev.G.S.SMITH
SOWERBY BRIDGE CRICKET CLUB
Messrs. F.CLAY, G.A.WOOD (captain of 1st eleven), C.HORNER (captain of 2nd eleven),
J.A.CROWTHER (vice captain), B.W.WOOD, C.HATTON, H.SIDDALL, W.H.GIBSON, C.W.LAYCOCK,
C.BROWNBRIDGE, J.DOVENOR, J.H.ELLIOTT, F.FLETCHER, H.GREENWOOD, T.HALEY,
C.E.HELLIWELL, James HELLIWELL, E.LAWTON, R.ROTHWELL
Dr.WELLBURN
[Column 2]
Mr.Joseph POLLIT, philanthropist
(Bolton Brow Literary Society social)
Misses BROWNBRIDGE, MARKHAM, NICHOLL
Mrs.HORSFALL
TEA AND CONCERT (Primitive Methodist school)
Misses ASQUITH, EASTWOOD
Messrs. EASTWOOD, MARSHALL, T.BINNS (accompanist)
RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION
Messrs. NICHOLL (owned dining rooms), J.W.WHITELEY
SALE OF WORK (West End Congregational church)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. William LUMB (president of the West End deposit bank), BLAKELEY, T.A.SMITH, J.HOLT
Mrs.J.W.BANCROFT
Misses GAUKROGER, N.RUSHWORTH (pianist)
Councillor and Miss WORMALD, mayor and mayoress of Ossett
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. Joseph POLLIT, GAUKROGER
Master Percy WILSON of Halifax
THE TRAMWAY QUESTION
Councillor William SUTCLIFFE JP and Mr.R.W.EVANS JP of Sowerby Bridge district council
[Column 3]
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK (vicar)
Messrs. Rowland SIDDALL, W.B.FIRTH, HUNTER, GAUKROGER, ELLIS, H.RAMSDEN, WHITTAKER,
Arthur EASTWOOD, Herbert SIDDALL
Mesdames LAYCOCK, WRIGLEY, CROSSLEY, HERON, RAMSDEN, DAWSON
Misses A.ACKROYD, BUTTERWORTH
Master T.AINLEY
[Column 4]
Norland
ST.LUKE'S SCHOOL
Misses CRABTREE, MITCHELL, Edith WATERHOUSE, Lizzie BROADBENT, M.J.BERRY, E.BERRY, B.MARSDEN
Messrs. W.SPINK, Gerald MOSSMAN
Friendly
WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Messrs. J.C.BATES, Lewis MITCHELL, J.S.COCKROFT, C.W.SMITH, PRIESTLEY, J.CHAMBERS (violin),
HALL, CHAMBERS, TURNER, FAWTHROP, E.FAWTHROP (accompanist) of Mirfield
Mrs.CLAY (Willow House)
Misses A.GAUKROGER, H.REDGRIFT, E.BROWN
Sowerby
SOWERBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Messrs. James LEAH, James LEACH, H.SMITH, Beezley WILD, S.S.SPEAK
Mrs.EVANS and Willie EVANS (William EVANS)
ST.PETER'S CHURCH
Revs. T.HINKLEY MA (vicar), W.N.MATTHEWS (curate)
Misses MAUDE, ALEXANDER
Messrs. SYKES, HOWARTH, BORIES, ROWNTREE, HARDY, BAIRSTOW, LUMB, Booth SHARPE ACO (pianist)
Ripponden
A RIPPONDEN MAN'S DEATH IN AMERICA
Samuel R.SUTCLIFFE, born in 1837, went to America in 1876. Used to live at Upper Flat Head Farm, Soyland
[Column 5]
CANON IVENS AND CHURCH DAY SCHOOLS (meeting in Huddersfield Parish Church School)
Mr.J.A.BROOKE
CORRESPONDENCE
Timothy HITCHEN
Council v. SYKES & LUMB
William CULPAN, Standing Stone Cottage, Sowerby
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
J.EDWARDS and J.C.NEWCOME (Sowerby Bridge U.D.Flour Society)
S.STOREY (Friendly Wesleyan young men's mutual improvement society)
POLLIT & WIGZELL
W.HAIGH
RUSHWORTH & Co.
W.P.EGLIN
William INGHAM
MARRIAGES
Henry Sutcliffe GREENWOOD to Mary Elizabeth MALLINSON, both of Sowerby Bridge
Edwin GREENWOOD, Cote Hill, to Mary Hannah OLDFIELD of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Thomas Mitchel BOLTON, 79, Little Wood Lane, Sowerby
William CULPAN, 30(?), Long Royd, Sowerby
Edward GREENWOOD, 42, Brantom, Sowerby
Albert PEEL, 7 months, son of Albert Harding PEEL, John Street, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas SMITH, 61, farmer, White Stone Clough, Sowerby
Lily SPENCER, 5, daughter of Walter SPENCER, Clifton Street, Sowerby Bridge
James SUNDERLAND, 61, Mill Bank
Jerry WADSWORTH, 32(?), Vine Terrace, Ripponden
Hannah WHITAKER, 52, wife of William Henry WHITAKER, Park Crescent, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
J.WHITAKER, Thorny Bank, Norland
William WHITAKER, died March 1899 aged 76. Father of above
9th March 1900
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.T.M.TURNBULL BA
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Messrs. J.W.SYKES, W.WILSON
Sowerby Bridge
Robert ADAMS of Sowerby Bridge
THE NEW RATE
Councillors Abraham CLAY, LODGE
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Messrs. Edgar NICHOLL (accompanist), W.H.OLDFIELD
Rev.E.GRAY
WEST END (mutual improvement society)
Messrs. Thomas W.RICHARDSON (local ambulance association), HOEY, BLAKELEY, HOLT, T.A.SMITH,
James HOLT, Thomas CHADWICK
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor WRIGLEY
WEDDING CELEBRATION
Mr.Albert MITCHELL, butcher, of Town Hall Street
Mr and Mrs HORSFALL (host and hostess at the New Inn)
Messrs. Fred JOWETT, H.HOLLAS
Edward ACKROYD, stationer, 22 Town Hall Street
Private Arthur COLLINS of the Royal Marine Light Infantry. His sister lives in Sowerby Bridge.
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT THE STATION
Charles SMITH, labourer, Hopwood Lane, Halifax. His wife aged 42.
Mr.STORER
John CRABTREE, ticket collector
Mrs.HAMMOND of Willow Street
[Column 2]
YORKSHIRE CONGREGATIONAL UNION
Revs. G.HUTLEY of Booth, G.S.SMITH
TUEL LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev. Earl GRAY
Messrs. G.WILCOCK, Thomas ACKROYD (deceased), A.F.LONGBOTTOM, J.WILCOCK, E.THORP, F.KITSON,
BENNETT
Misses E.MANSFIELD, D.PARKER, L.BROADBENT, I.RADCLIFFE, E.MAUDE, S.E.WILCOCK, C.ACKROYD,
ASHWORTH, Edgar NICHOLL (accompanist)
Master J.GREENWOOD
THE ELECTION
Messrs. Joseph SUTCLIFFE (deceased), LONGBOTTOM (office at Carlton Street, Halifax),
EVANS (returning officer)
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY
Mr.B.MORWOOD, Ryburn Villas, West End, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.H.KINDER, Gordon Bank, Luddenden Foot
Mr.H.GARSIDE, 155 Bankfield Terrace, Ripponden
PATRIOTIC ENTERTAINMENT (Ambulance association)
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, T.W.RICHARDSON, Daniel PARKER (lanternist)
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, conductor of West End Prize Choir
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
[Column 3]
Councillor William SUTCLIFFE JP
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.Rowland SIDDALL
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors W.SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY,
Edwin WHITELEY, J.W.LODGE, J.GREENWOOD, S.TURNER, Alderman CLAY,
George WHITELEY, Abraham CLAY
Messrs. Albert WOOD, John H.STEAD, C.W.SCHOFIELD
Mrs.BAYFORD
[Column 4]
Messrs. Arthur SIDDALL, R.H.WHITWORTH, J.H.HOYLE
MEN'S SERVICE (Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 5]
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE BAND OF HOPE
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Messrs. Arnold BROADBENT, John DICKENSON (Bradford town missionary),
John DRIVER of Sildsden(?), H.BERRY
Misses Sarah E.BUTTERWORTH, S.MITCHELL, M.E.HOPKINSON, E.HOPKINSON
Mr and Miss D.MAXWELL
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
Mr.ROWLETT (Sowerby Bridge Ambulance Association)
POLLIT & WIGZELL
W.HAIGH
W.P.EGLIN
Wilfred GREENWOOD and Harold SUTCLIFFE
William INGHAM
Mill Bank
LECTURE (Mill Bank Wesleyan Chapel young men's mutual improvement society)
Messrs. Alfred INGHAM, Alfred WHITELEY
Rev.W.HUDSON
MILL BANK WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Misses Bertha GARTSIDE of Oldham, Florence HALLOWELL of Stainland
Messrs. Albert BARNES of Halifax, Harry LEYBOURNE (humorist) of Ripponden,
F.W.EASTWOOD (accompanist) of Ripponden
Professor ANDERSON, ventriloquist of Halifax
Ripponden
ORDINATION OF A CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER (at Barnsley)
Mr.G.W.BERRY of Ripponden
Revs. W.C.EVANS of Sowerby, Professor MITCHELL of Nottingham Institute, E.Baldwin BRINDLEY
SUDDEN DEATH AT RISHWORTH
Mrs. Mary Jane ROWDEN, 63
Mr. William ROWDEN, labourer, Temple Terrace, Rishworth. Husband of above
Dr.HOYLE of Ripponden
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.Rowland LUMB of Sowerby Bridge
Misses HEY, JACKSON, PICKLES, NICHOLL, WHITELEY
Mrs.HOYLE
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MILL FIRE AT LUDDENDEN FOOT
James CLAY & Co. Ltd., woollen manufacturers, Danny Lane Mill, Luddenden Foot
MARRIAGE
Fred Farrar HOYLE, joiner, Sowerby Bridge to Alice BLAY, Luddenden Foot
DEATHS
James ACKROYD, 48, railway labourer, Exeter Street, Sowerby Bridge
Andrew CARTER, 36, dyer's labourer, Sutcliffe's Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
Lilian DIXON, 9, daughter of Thomas DIXON, Norland
Robert Mansley FARRAR, iron turner, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
Florrie HITCHEN, 2 months, daughter of Phineas HITCHEN, Hubberton, Sowerby
George MALLINSON, 40, cotton spinner, New Longley, Norland
Mary NORMANTON, 75, widow of Matthew NORMANTON, Bank Buildings, Mill Bank
Susey SMITH, 76, widow of John SMITH, Dob, Sowerby
Sarah SCHOFIELD, 69, wife of Joseph SCHOFIELD, Sowerby Green, Sowerby
Ellen TAYLOR, 47, wife of Edward TAYLOR, Moorcock Inn, Norland
16th March 1900
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
Edmund CHADWICK of Sowerby Bridge
NOMINATION FOR GUARDIAN (Halifax Board of Guardians)
Mr. Joseph SUTCLIFFE (deceased)
Mr.John Ward BANCROFT, gentleman, Nicholl's Terrace, Tuel Lane
Mr.James Clay HORSFALL, Woodleigh, worsted spinner
Mr.Oliver EATOUGH, Ann Street, Tuel Lane, commercial traveller
Mr.John William LODGE, Wharf Street, oil cloth manufacturer
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Rev.A.GILBY of Ripponden
Miss SUGDEN
Mr.J.B.BLAKELEY
Mesdames MARSLAND, BANCROFT
MARRIAGE OF FRED HOEY
Mr. Fred HOEY married Miss Lily SMITH
Misses Alice RICHARDSON, Gertrude LUMB
Messrs. George HOEY, B.WADSWORTH
Rev.G.S.SMITH
NOMINATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Joseph Lee WRIGLEY, Ryburn Terrace, gentleman
William SUTCLIFFE, Marsh, contractor
William Henry GIBSON, 31 Hollins Lane, cashier
George UTTLEY, Canal View, basket maker
Frank CLAY, Wood View, worsted spinner
John William LODGE, 14 Wharf Street, oil sheet manufacturer
Alfred Scholefield FIRTH, South View, boot dealer
John Foster CLAY, Oakleigh, manufacturer
Abraham CLAY, Willow House, woollen manufacturer
Fred Jowett SCHOLEFIELD, Ashleigh, oil cloth manufacturer
Albert HOWE(?), 16 East Parade, cotton doubler
James MORTON, 96 Wakefield Road, machine tool maker
John William LODGE, 14 Wharf Street, oil cloth manufacturer
Turner WASHINGTON, East Parade, engineer
Ely WHITELEY, Myrtle Villa, cotton doubler
John Charles BUCKLEY, Willow Lodge, gentleman
John TURNER, Shepherd's Villa, oil distiller
Samuel TURNER, Marsh, contractor
Abraham MAUDE, Scarr Head House, gentleman
William Henry GARSIDE, Egremont Terrace, cotton doubler
George WHITELEY, West Street, plasterer
Edwin WHITELEY, 27 Bankfield Terrace, insurance agent
John Foster CLAY, Oakleigh, manufacturer
Frank CLAY, Wood View, worsted spinner
CIRCUIT MEETING (United Methodist Free Churches)
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. W.STOTT, A.S.FIRTH, S.TURNER, J.WHITELEY, W.H.OLDFIELD and W.WHITELEY (Tuel Lane),
J.W.SYKES (Norland), G.BARRETT (Sowerby), E.HELLOWELL, J.H.BUTTERWORTH, J.W.TAYLOR
[Column 2]
LECTURE (West End Young Men's Society)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. J.Ward BANCROFT, Thomas HOEY
CHORAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT
Misses Clara BROADBENT, ENTWISTLE
Messrs. Tom OWEN (Thomas OWEN), A.S.KINNELL, Booth SHARP (conductor)
HOME MISSIONS (Yorkshire Home Missionary Society)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, W.JOHNSTONE (Holywell Green)
SPIRITUALIST "AT HOME"
Mr and Mrs T.THORPE
Misses Emma BOTTOMLEY, S.A.BROWNBRIDGE, Lily HOLROYD, F.THORPE, C.DEWHIRST,
Dora and Ivy RUSHWORTH, Marion and Mabel GREENWOOD, Emily HOLLAND, BROADBENT, N.LAW,
Alice LAW, S.A.BOOTH, CAUNT, ASQUITH
Messrs. F.W.ROSTER, D.SCHOFIELD, A.ROWSON, E.LAW, Peter LEE (Rochdale), J.HARGREAVES,
T.H.WRIGHT, J.BATES, BOWKER, F.GLEDHILL, H.THORPE
Masters Willie ROBINSON (William ROBINSON), Frank RUSHWORTH, Harry COPLEY
Mesdames RUSHWORTH, GREENWOOD, BOTTOMLEY
Mr.and Mrs.B.LEES
WINTER GARDEN PARTY (Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Councillors A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY
Messrs. O.EATOUGH, A.HOWE, TUCE, A.GAUKROGER, H.BARRETT, T.GIBSON
Misses EASTWOOD, GAUKROGER
[Column 3]
ACCIDENT
Mr.KELLY, West End
NATIONAL FREE CHURCH FEDERATION
Revs. Earl GRAY, W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL
Friendly
"AT HOME" (Wesleyan School)
Mr.and Mrs.Samuel HARTLEY of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.and Mrs.John BARKER of Mount Tabor
Ripponden
SOYLAND URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Whiteley BOOTH, Gough, Ripponden, farmer
John NICHOL, Heyhouse, grocer
John PICKLES, Smallees, gentleman
John Hoyle STEAD, Dyson Field, Ripponden, auctioneer
Walter Collinge MOORES, Bridge Terrace, painter
Norland
Councillors WHITTAKER, CARTER
Warley
WARLEY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (Yorkshire Congregational Home Missionary Society)
Revs. J.MONCRIEFF (pastor), George HUTLEY of Booth
Luddenden Foot
LUDDENDEN FOOT URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
John SUTCLIFFE, blacksmith, Willow Bank, Luddenden Foot
Lewis WHITELEY, cotton doubler, Bank View, Luddenden Foot
James WORMALD, confectioner, Central Buildings, Luddenden Foot
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ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION. SOWERBY BRIDGE CENTRE
Mr. T.W.RICHARDSON
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
Mrs.F.E and Mr. G.E.RAWSON of Thorpe
PC TATTERSALL, Oak Hill
[Column 4]
Triangle
A SAD END
Mr.W.BARSTOW, coroner
Sam EARNSHAW (Samuel EARNSHAW), 52, of Industrial Terrace, Triangle
Dr.GRANT
Sowerby
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Smith AINLEY, Hubberton, Sowerby, insurance agent
Hanson HAIGH, Sowerby Green, tailor
Jonathan Turner NAYLOR, Sowerby, schoolmaster
Joseph WOOD, Fieldhouse, Sowerby, farm bailiff
John WADSWORTH, Glen View, foreman fuller
John INGHAM, Crown Buildings, Triangle, gentleman
Arthur STOTT, Old School House, Sowerby, mason
David TURNER, Upper Oak, Triangle, gardener
James Henry CARTER, Stones, farmer
Watson GREENWOOD, Wood View, joiner
Alfred WHITELY, Ivy House, mill manager
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY JP, WOOD, NAYLOR, AINLEY, INGHAM, SHARPE, STOTT, BROADBENT, LEACH,
CARTER, WILSON, J.H.CARTER, A.STOTT
Messrs. BAXENDALE, Eli HARTLEY (nuisance inspector), Joseph RILEY, Arthur BINNS, WALTON
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
SYKE & LUMB v. the council
[Column 5]
CORRESPONDENCE
Messrs. John Ward BANCROFT, Joseph SUTCLIFFE (deceased), J.C.HORSFALL, Oliver EATOUGH,
John William LODGE
Mr.Edward ACKROYD, 22 Town Hall Street
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
W.P.EGLIN
POLLIT & WIGZELL
W.HAIGH
William INGHAM
MARRIAGE
Fred HOEY to Lily SMITH, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Samuel EARNSHAW, 52, Triangle
Sarah FARRAR, 73, widow of John FARRAR, Almshouses, Sowerby
Joseph Ernest Johnson, 18, cotton piecer, Montague Street, Sowerby Bridge
William KING, 81, Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah MITCHELL, 71, John Street, Sowerby Bridge
Hannah MIDDLEBROOK, 62(?), Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Emma SHERWIN, 54, widow of William Pickering SHERWIN, Russell Street, Sowerby Bridge
James Albert SHERWIN, 26, Russell Street, Sowerby Bridge
23rd March 1900
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Revs. E.GRAY, W.HAIGH
Sowerby Bridge
James WILSON of Sowerby Bridge
PRIMITIVE METHODIST SCHOOL
Mr.J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
A SUCCESSFUL SOWERBY BRIDGE BOY
Master Norman COCKER, 10.
Mr.Alfred COCKER, Tuel Lane. Father of above
Mr.Henry GAUKROGER
ELECTION OF A GUARDIAN (Halifax board of guardians)
Messrs. Joseph SUTCLIFFE (deceased), John Ward BANCROFT, James Clay HORSFALL,
Oliver EATOUGH, John William LODGE
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. J.W.SYKES of Norland, F.WADE, W.WHITELEY
Masters M.FARRAR, E.SIDDALL, S.HOLLAND, R.ACKROYD, E.NICHOLL (accompanist)
Misses A.E.MIDGLEY, E.MAGSON, A.FRANKLIN, E.SIDDALL
CHARGE AGAINST A 'BUS DRIVER
Ernest SMITH, 'bus driver of Sowerby Bridge
FOR THE WAR FUND (Tuel Lane Sunday School)
Messrs. J.WILCOCK, G.WOODHEAD, H.MITCHELL, F.FIRTH, A.WOOD, F.DRAKE, J.OLDFIELD,
M.GREENWOOD, J.WALSH, E.NICHOLL (piano)
THE ELECTION (district council)
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, Abraham CLAY, John William LODGE
Messrs. Albert HOWE, James MORTON, William SUTCLIFFE, George UTTLEY, J.W.LODGE, A.S.FIRTH,
J.L.WRIGLEY, W.H.GIBSON, Frank CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, J.C.BUCKLEY, J.TURNER,
Sam TURNER (Samuel TURNER), George WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, Abraham MAUDE
Alderman J.F.CLAY
[Column 2]
PRESENTATION (Loyal Lily of the Valley Lodge of Odd Fellows)
Brothers Thomas BORRELL, RUSHTON of Accrington, Dr.ADAMS
Messrs. A.HALSTEAD, A,PLATT, E.BERRY, J.ELLIS, J.MARSHALL, H.GREENWOOD, C.ELLIOTT,
George BINNS of Halifax
Friendly
FRIENDLY "AT HOME"
Mr.and Mrs.Charles FAWTHROP of Mirfield
Master Frank Barber CLAY
Miss Olive HORSFALL
DEATH FROM MISADVENTURE AT HALIFAX
Mr.W.BARSTOW, coroner
John WORMALD, 58, former quarryman, Ashbourne Grove, Gibbet Street
John Henry WORMALD, son of above
Dr.KNOWLES
[Column 3]
CANON IVENS ON "WOMANLINESS"
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 4]
Triangle
PROPERTY SALE
Messrs. John H.STEAD (auctioneer), Jonas KNOWLES, John HOLROYD,
Samuel HOYLE (solicitor, Sowerby Bridge)
[Column 5]
Sowerby
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Sowerby Congregational Church)
Misses Emma LEACH, M.CLAYTON, S.A.SMITH, A.RILEY, M.LEACH, C.PICKLES, L.STANDEVEN, E.LUMB,
L.HOYLE, A.A.ACKROYD, C.LEACH, L.KERRIDGE, H.WILKINSON
Messrs. W.LEACH, J.G.FAWCETT, J.HOYLE, M.WHITWORTH, H.WHITWORTH
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.Hanson HAIGH
Mr.John WADSWORTH, Glen View, foreman fuller
Mr.Smith AINLEY, Hubberton, Sowerby
Mr.Jonathan Turner NAYLOR, schoolmaster, Sowerby
Mr.Joseph WOOD, farm bailiff, Fieldhouse, Sowerby
Mr.John INGHAM, Crown Buildings, Triangle, gentleman
Mr.Arthur STOTT, Old School House, Sowerby, mason
Mr.David TURNER, Upper Oak, Triangle, gardener
Mr.James Henry CARTER, Stones, farmer
Mr.Watson GREENWOOD, Wood View, joiner
Mr.Alfred WHITELEY, Ivy House, mill manager
Luddenden Foot
LETTER FROM THE WAR
Private W.ROWAN
Mrs.ROWAN, 20 Duke Street, Luddenden Foot. Mother of above
CORRESPONDENCE
Messrs. James Clay HORSFALL, O.EATOUGH, BANCROFT, J.W.LODGE
Mr.W.SUTCLIFFE JP, G.S.SMITH
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd.
RUSHWORTH & Co.
HOMFRAY & Co.
William INGHAM
J.H.WILSON, Shepherd's Rest Hotel
J.MARSHALL (Jolly Sailor Company)
Master Percy WILSON
MARRIAGE
Fred Turner HOYLE, joiner, Sowerby Bridge to Alice CLAY, Luddenden Foot
Richard Scissons TAFFINDER, police constable, Sowerby Bridge to Blanche Agnes SPIERS of Morley
William DALBY, police constable to Fanny BAILEY (Frances BAILEY?), both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Mary Isabella ROGERS, aged 76, 43 Moorfield Villa, Halifax. Daughter of the late Rev.Charles ROGERS of Sowerby Bridge
Robert GREENWOOD, 79, Town Lane, Warley
Mary HANSON, 66, Jack Hey, Sowerby
Albert JESSOP, 1 month, son of James Albert JESSOP, Foundry Street, Sowerby Bridge
Lily KNOWLES, 14, daughter of the late Thomas KNOWLES, John Street, Sowerby Bridge
Martin PROUT, 55, mason's labourer, Causeway Head, Warley
Elizabeth SUTCLIFFE, 66, widow of Thomas SUTCLIFFE, Blackwood Hall, Luddenden Foot
Mary WILSON, 63, wife of Job WILSON, Sowerby Green, Sowerby
Lily WILSON, 15 months, daughter of Fred WILSON, Old Causeway, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Sam GRUNDY (Samuel GRUNDY), died March 1898 aged 18
William Henry and Hannah Mary GRUNDY, 48 Causeway Head, Warley. Parents of above
30th March 1900
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
WESLEYAN CIRCUIT MEETING
Revs. J.SANGER, W.HUDSON
SAILOR'S ORPHANAGE (Hull)
Right Hon. J.MELLOR MP
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE JP, Edwin WHITELEY
Revs. Thomas PEARSON, G.S.SMITH
Mr.Oliver EATOUGH
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs. W.HAIGH, A.HOBSON, T.M.FLETCHER, W.WOOD, T.HOEY, William WOOD
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSION
Miss Florence TURNER (Chinese missionary)
Rev Canon IVENS
THE ELECTION
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD, CLAY, LODGE
Mr.Albert HOWE, Joseph SUTCLIFFE (deceased)
MARRIAGE OF Mr.C.W.RUSHWORTH
Mr.C.W.RUSHWORTH married Miss Eleanor HELLIWELL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, H.CHADWICK
Misses Beatrice Annie, Lucetta and Tottie HELLIWELL (sisters of the bride)
Misses Edith and Nellie RUSHWORTH (sisters of the groom)
Messrs.RUSHWORTH & Co.
[Column 2]
John Walter FORD of Sowerby Bridge
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.Edward E.POLLIT
Mr.B.WADSWORTH (conductor of West End Congregational Prize Choir)
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mr.J.COWARD JP of Durham
Mr.S.HOWARD
PEDESTRIANISM
W.SUTCLIFFE of Sowerby Bridge
A.PATTERSON of Booth Town
WOMERSLEY of Elland
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT UNITED CLUBS BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED
Joseph WHITELEY, Ripponden, joiner
William NOBLE, Sowerby Bridge, engineer
Tim HELLIWELL, Finkle Street, Sowerby Bridge, farmer
William H.PARKER, Triangle, warehouseman
Joseph BARRETT, Luddenden, gentleman
William BAIRSTOW, Halifax, mechanic
William E.DYSON
RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB
Judge CADMAN
William SUTCLIFFE, contractor
Edward HANSON, cloth finisher
John CRABTREE, Willow Hall Lane, engine tenter
J.WHITAKER, Sunnyside Terrace, mechanic
Whitley JOWETT, Arnold Street, cotton spinner
John WHITELEY, West End, plasterer
Albert CHAMBERS, East View, waste dealer
Mr.EARNSHAW, Mr.J.CLARKSON appeared for the plaintiffs
Mr.Herbert BOOCOCK defended
Mr.William Henry HALSTEAD, wheelwright
Henry SCHOFIELD, 64, weaver of Broad Ings, Rishworth
[Column 3]
Sowerby
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Boulderclough Methodist New Connexion Church)
Mr.Henry WADSWORTH of Huddersfield
Mesdames R.MARSDEN, PLOWS, J.INGHAM, J.A.WHITWORTH, T.H.BARRETT, William HANSON
Messrs. J.HAIGH senior, H.N.BLAMIRES, J.A.WHITWORTH, R.BRADLEY, E.WOOD, J.T.BENTON, J.HOYLE,
A.WADSWORTH, Howarth BARRETT, Walter WADSWORTH (accompanist)
Mr.and Mrs.R.BENTON
Triangle
A RARE VISITANT
Mrs.Samuel CARTER of Spent Field Farm
Mr.Gerald RAWSON, ornithologist of Thorpe
[Column 4]
WEST RIDING COUNCIL. TECHNICAL EXHIBITIONS
J.H.MITCHELL, Rose Cottage, Greetland
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL
A.HOWARTH & Sons
William HAIGH
W.P.EGLIN
William INGHAM
MARRIAGE
Charles William RUSHWORTH to Eleanor HELLIWELL, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Betsy JOWETT, 31, third daughter of the late Charles Henry and Ellen JOWETT, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
William Henry AKROYD, 49, Margate Street, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
Hubert BREARLEY, 2, son of Joseph BREARLEY, Rose Tree Cottage, Warley
Emily Jane HECKINGBOTTOM, 41, wife of Charles HECKINGBOTTOM, Langton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah PALFREY, 65, Cleckheaton, formerly of Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Leonard THOMAS, 28, Lower Gaukroger, Sowerby
6th April 1900
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.S.A.BOYD, vicar of Macclesfield
Rev.Canon IVENS
Sowerby Bridge
MUSICAL SERVICE (West End Congregational Church)
Messrs. B.WADSWORTH (organist), A.SMITH, W.S.MILLIGAN
Miss HORSMAN of Halifax
Rev.G.S.SMITH
COLD LODGINGS
Sam STOTT (Samuel STOTT), newsagent of Sowerby Bridge
NOT HAVING CONTROL OF HORSE AND CART
Thomas HAIGH, outporter at the station
JOHN MARSH & Co. LIMITED TO BE WOUND UP
Messrs. J.T.RILEY, J.DUFF (liquidator of Halifax)
THE ELECTION (Urban District Council)
Councillor J.W.LODGE
Abraham CLAY, Willow House
Albert HOWE, East Parade
Fred J.SCHOLEFIELD, Ashleigh
John Charles BUCKLEY, Willow Lodge
John TURNER, Shepherd's Villa
Ely WHITELEY, Myrtle Villa
Frank CLAY, Wood View
William Henry GIBSON, Hollins Lane
J.L.WRIGLEY, Ryburne Terrace
Abraham MAUDE, Scarr Head
Edwin WHITELEY, Bankfield Terrace
George WHITELEY, West Street
James MORTON
Messrs. Oliver EATOUGH, J.C.HORSFALL, J.W.BANCROFT, EVANS (returning officer)
[Column 2]
GOOD NEWS
Messrs. EDLESTON's dyeworks
Mr.HELLIWELL of Leeds
FIRE
Constable MARSDEN
William TUCK, nightoilman, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, BANCROFT, HORSFALL, WADDINGTON, POLLIT
Rev.Canon IVENS
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR
WEST RIDING COUNTY COUNCIL. TECHNICAL EXHIBITIONS
J.H.MITCHELL, Rose Cottage, Greetland
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors W.SUTCLIFFE JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, Edwin WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, A.CLAY,
J.L.WRIGLEY, J.GREENWOOD, S.TURNER, Alderman CLAY
Messrs.MURGATROYD and AMBLER, Luddenden property owners
Dr.BURGHARD of Manchester and Mr.ACKROYD of Halifax, sewage system report
Mr.GRAY, engineer
[Column 6]
Messrs. EVANS, BARRACLOUGH
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
William HAIGH
W.P.EGLIN
William INGHAM
DEATHS
Mary BEDFORD, 69, wife of James BEDFORD, Saw Hill, Triangle
Elizabeth FRANKLAND, 70, widow of Thomas FRANKLAND, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Ellen SHAW, 11, daughter of John Law SHAW, Helm's Yard, Sowerby Bridge
Louisa TILLOTSON, 31, wife of William TILLOTSON, Albion Square, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth Ellen WALSH, 44, wife of William Henry WALSH, Lower Watt Ing, Norland
13th April 1900
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Gypsy SMITH
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHURCH
Gypsy SMITH
Sowerby Bridge
SUDDEN DEATH
Mrs.Frances CRABTREE, widow, of Beech Terrace
Mrs.HARTLEY, neighbour of above
CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Revs. S.A.BOYD (vicar of Macclesfield), Canon IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
MISSION
Gypsy SMITH, evangelist
Revs. W.H.MATTHEWS, J.FOX, G.S.SMITH, W.HUDSON, E.GRAY
FOUND DEAD
Benjamin NUTTON, 69, West End
Mallinson WILD
Dr.DUNN
THE LICENSING LAWS
Mrs.WESTON, Bull's Head Hotel
Police constable SMITH
Inspector HICKES
Sarah ADAMS, gypsy
Tom WESTON (Thomas WESTON)
Mr.BOOCOCK, defence
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
[Column 2]
THE RACE TO BLACKPOOL
W.SUTCLIFFE of Sowerby Bridge
A.PATTERSON of Booth Town
HUMOROUS CONTEST
Messrs. Harry LEYBOURNE (humorist of Ripponden), W.H.WOOD of Halifax, Walter WADE of Leeds,
Matt KILDUFF of Manchester, Jimmy CROSSLEY of Halifax, BERT PARRATT of Leeds,
Clifton JONES of Halifax, Tom ENTWISTLE (Thomas ENTWISTLE) of Bury, J.E.PRIESTLEY (accompanist of Halifax)
RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION
Mr. J.W.WHITELEY
ANNUAL MEETING OF ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Councillor William Henry GIBSON
Messrs. T.W.RICHARDSON, W.TOLLEY, W.SUNDERLAND, J.HANSON
Rev.G.S.SMITH
[Column 3]
Triangle
MAJOR MORRIS AND THE YEOMANRY
Major MORRIS JP, new commander of the Halifax Squadron of the Yorkshire Dragoons
Lieutenant HOLDSWORTH, newly commissioned officer in the Halifax Squadron of Dragoons
Messrs. Albert BARNES, Walter BINGLEY, E.CROSSLAND, G.PARR (accompanist)
Sowerby
Herbert Edward HUGHES of Sowerby
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION (Sowerby Bridge and district)
Messrs. Rowland LUMB of Sowerby Bridge, BLAKELEY, Smith AINLEY, Thomas HOEY
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Mrs.MARSLAND
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors WHITELEY JP, CARTER, INGHAM, WILSON, SHARPE, LEACH, STOTT, WOOD, AINLEY, NAYLOR
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
Mr.WHEELWRIGHT, representing Rishworth council
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
RUSHWORTH & Co.
William INGHAM
CORRESPONDENCE
Mr.POLLIT
Canon IVENS
[Column 6]
Luddenden Foot
THE TRAMWAY QUESTION
Mr.Alfred YATES, president of the Tradesman's Association
Messrs. H.B.SPENCER, James GREENWOOD, George MITCHELL
MARRIAGE
John William PILLING, son of the late George PILLING, Saville Park, Halifax, to Emily SMITH, daughter of Charles SMITH, Ryburn Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
John FLETCHER, leather belting manufacturer of Town Gate, Midgley to Delena CULPAN of Friendly, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Ellen WORSNUP, 42, wife of William WORSNUP, Hollins View
Frank FARRAR, 26, carpet weaver, Union Street, Sowerby Bridge
William HALSTEAD, 69, East Parade, Sowerby Bridge
Harry HITCHEN, 42, lacksmith(?) of Manchester, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth LONGBOTTOM, 76, widow of Thomas LONGBOTTOM, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Fred Arnold CROSSLEY, died April 1899
William and Elizabeth CROSSLEY, parents of above, 74 Sutcliffe's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
20th April 1900
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHURCH
Gypsy SMITH
Rev.W.SAWYER
Messrs.M.SCHOFIELD, J.E.COCKCROFT
Sowerby Bridge
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Messrs. BATTLEY(?), ELLIS, EATON, SENIOR
W.SUTCLIFFE of Sowerby Bridge
A.PATTERSON of Booth Town
LOCAL PATENT
Mr.T.GREENWOOD, Myrtle Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
WORKPEOPLE'S TREAT
Messrs. RUSHWORTH & Co.
Mr. and Mrs.SCHOFIELD, Wharf Hotel
Mr.C.W.RUSHWORTH (recently married)
Messrs. J.S.COATES, WASHINGTON (Sowerby Bridge comedian), S.PICKLES (accompanist)
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev. Canon IVENS
Messrs. W.HAIGH (vicar's warden), E.E.POLLIT, J.W.WHITELEY, R.W.EVANS JP, G.SWINDELLS,
J.C.BELL, T.DYSON, J.LAWRENCE, H.GAUKROGER, J.THORNTON, SMEETON, WILKINSON,
A.GREENWOOD
Councillors J.C.BUCKLEY, W.H.GIBSON
[Column 2]
ADULTERATED SWEET NITRE
Mallinson HELLEWELL, grocer of Sowerby Bridge
FOUND DROWNED
Mr.Hill, deputy coroner
George PLATT, finisher
Mrs.JACKSON, Old Causeway
Triangle
Major MORRIS, Yorkshire Dragoons
Captain BROOKS
Norland
FUNERAL OF A TRAMWAY GUARD
Charlie Franks PARKER (Charles Frank PARKER?), Halifax Tramways conductor, son of Richard PARKER, Hollings, Norland
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.S.BOOTH, undertaker
Sowerby
(New well and drinking fountain at Sowerby Hall)
Messrs. Selwyn and Gerald RAWSON
John RAWSON, deceased, uncle of above
(St.Peter's Church)
Messrs. NAYLOR, Arthur STOTT, FARRAR, RILEY, BINNS, CARTER
PROVIDENCE FREE CHURCH
Revs. J.PERCIVAL(?) of Bristol, W.C.EVANS, E.GRAY, William HAIGH
Messrs. Joel HITCHEN of Halifax, Levi HAIGH (right hand man of Rev.William HAIGH),
Jephthah WILKINSON, L.EDSON (choirmaster)
Miss Amy WOOD
Ripponden
LIBERAL CLUB BAZAAR
Councillors Abraham CLAY of Sowerby Bridge, Ely WHITELEY
Messrs. John H.STEAD, John PICKLES
WANTED, an intelligent OFFICE BOY
William MORRIS & Sons Ld., Stansfield Mill, Triangle
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY, Edwin WHITELEY,
Albert HOWE, Abraham MAUDE, Frank CLAY, W.H.GIBSON, J.C.BUCKLEY,
George WHITELEY, John TURNER
Mr.KENWORTHY, acting for Mr.EVANS
Godfrey RHODES, 50, partner of Mr.EVANS
[Column 5]
OPENING OF A NEW CONSERVATIVE CLUB IN RIPPONDEN
Messrs.HORSFALL & Sons of Halifax
Messrs. E.W.CROSSLEY, T.H.MORRIS, J.S.RAWSON, F.W.HADWEN, J.POLLIT (Sowerby Bridge),
Fred WALKER, A.C.COLEMAN, S.LANDIN(?), J.C.BAILEY, J.W.C.AYRE,
Sir Francis S.POWELL, Bart, MP
[Column 6]
Messrs. J.W.AYRE, ?? COLE, E.W.CROSSLEY, S.LANDIN, ???, W.WARD, J.R.H.WHEELWRIGHT, ????,
J.R.WHITELEY, J.COCKROFT (mason, Rishworth), ? WHITELEY (joiner, Rishworth),
Charles ?????????, F.G.S.RAWSON, W.CROSSLEY, J.W.CROSSLEY(?), ???, F.W.HADWEN, ??,
J.S.RAWSON, ???, J.RAWSON(?), ???, J.C.BAILEY, G.STANSFIELD, J.Lawton(?) LANDIN,
J.A.INGHAM of Tod????, J.W.C.AYRE
Misses BRISCOE(?), WHEELWRIGHT
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ld.
W.P.EGLIN
William INGHAM
DEATHS
Mary PRICKMAN, 32, (wife?) of J.D.PRICKMAN, solicitor, Okehampton. Daughter of C.W.HATTON, late of ?????
John HATTON, infant son of the above
Charlie Frank PARKER (Charles Frank PARKER), 23, tram conductor, Lower Longley(?), Norland(?)
David STOTT, 78, ?? Street, Sowerby Bridge
Samuel SUTCLIFFE, 71, Stile, Triangle
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mrs.Frank FARRAR, Union Street, Beech
27th April 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Frederick James TOLCHARD, Sowerby Bridge
SUDDEN DEATH
Fred WILCOCK, about 60, of Corporation Street
Messrs. HARGREAVES iron foundry, Halifax
WIFE DESERTION
William Henry BALDWIN, plasterer
Mr.William BRIGGS, relieving officer
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, J.C.BUCKLEY, W.H.GIBSON, A.HOWE,
Edwin WHITELEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. W.HAIGH, H.STORR, A.HOBSON, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER, J.HANSON, T.HOEY, William WOOD
J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
GYPSY SMITH'S MISSION (Bolton Brow Wesleyan Church)
Revs. W.H.MATTHEWS, W.SAWYER of Halifax, E.GRAY, G.S.SMITH, J.FOX, W.C.EVANS, A.K.JOHNSON,
W.HUDSON
Mr.James CLAY
FOOTBALL DANCE (Sowerby Bridge Association Football Club)
Dr.DUNN
Messrs. J.V.SCHOFIELD, J.MAIDEN, HILEY and DYSON (musicians), Duke SCHOFIELD, T.HOEY
Mrs.SUTCLIFFE, Wharf Street
Councillor GIBSON
HIGH GRADE BELTING
Messrs.G.THOMPSON & Sons, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 2]
THE COTTON TRADE
Mr.James MAWDSLEY (Sowerby Bridge and district cotton spinners' and twiners' association)
Messrs. SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
Messrs. RAMSDEN
Messrs. John WOOD & Son
Councillor Abraham CLAY
Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
Rev.C.LIVERMORE
Mr.AVES
SINGULAR DEATH
Thomas Henry DIXON, 49, cart driver of Harper Royd Lane
Ripponden
Rev.C.W.FULLMER, vicar of Barkisland
Rev.Harry BULLIVANT, deceased, former vicar of Lower Whitley, near Mirfield
RISHWORTH MAN'S BODY FOUND ON WADSWORTH MOOR (near Hebden Bridge)
John GREENWOOD, 63(?), Temple Terrace, Rishworth
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FOUND DEAD ON GREETLAND MOOR. AN OLD MAN'S SUDDEN END
Mr.Charles FIELDING, 75, retired millhand, who resided with his sister in the row under the Church School, Greetland
Police constable LINFOOT
Dr.DENNING of Elland
DEATHS
Sarah Ann GREENWOOD, 47, wife of Thomas GREENWOOD, Moor End Farm, Sowerby
Hephzibah HELLIWELL, 83, widow of William HELLIWELL, Dean Lane, Sowerby
Lydia HOWARTH, 31, wife of Newton HOWARTH, Providence Place, Sowerby
Jane LUMB, 73, widow of William LUMB, Holly View, Triangle
John O'DONNELL, 5, son of John O'DONNELL, Boy's Scarr, Luddenden Foot
Mary Ann REED, 51, wife of George Reed, West Parade, Sowerby Bridge
Samuel SHAW, 76, Washer Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Martha SUTCLIFFE, 82, widow of William SUTCLIFFE, Booth House, Luddenden Foot
Charles WRIGLEY, 36, greengrocer, Luddenden Foot
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ld.
W.TOLLEY (HIND, HOYLE & LIGHT Ltd)
William HAIGH
RUSHWORTH & Co.
W.P.EGLIN
William INGHAM
[Column 3]
Friendly
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY (Friendly Wesleyan Sunday School)
Rev.J.JACKSON of Manchester
Mr.HARTLEY, conductor
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR, J.WADSWORTH, J.H.CARTER, J.INGHAM, S.AINLEY, J.WOOD, A.WHITELEY,
A.STOTT, D.TURNER, W.GREENWOOD
Mr.Edgar BOOTH, clerk
Messrs. MARSH (bus company)
[Column 4]
THE SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL AT WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, J.L.WRIGLEY, A.CLAY, George WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, Frank CLAY, J.C.BUCKLEY, W.H.GIBSON, Albert HOWE, John TURNER
Rev.G.S.SMITH (pastor)
Messrs. WADSWORTH (organist), Godfrey RHODES (council clerk), BARRACLOUGH (accountant),
MARSLAND (Gas manager), COX (surveyor), HOPKINSON (water manager),
DILWORTH (baths manager), J.HANSON, J.H.HOYLE, R.SIDDALL, E.E.POLLIT,
R.H.WHITWORTH (Sowerby Bridge School Board)
Messrs. W.HAIGH and J.W.BANCROFT (Halifax Board of Guardians)
Superintendent HOPKINSON
[Column 5]
4th May 1900
Sowerby Bridge
James ANDERSON of Sowerby Bridge
JOSEPH FOX
Joseph FOX, former curate at Heptonstall Church
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
Councillor DODD of Halifax
Dr.DUNN
Messrs. GROCOTT(?), H.CARTELL(H.CATTELL?), referee
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs. J.K.ARCHER of Heptonstall Slack, H.DAVIS of Halifax
Mr.R.UTTLEY, choirmaster
A FAMILY GATHERING (at King Cross Liberal Club)
Mr.Abraham LEES, 73 years old
Mr.and Mrs.Thomas MITCHELL of York Crescent, King Cross. Sister and brother-in-law of above
Mr.George SUTCLIFFE of Bradford, aged 92. Uncle to Abraham LEES
Mr.Thomas TAYLOR of Halifax, aged 88. Brother in law to Abraham LEES
Mrs.LINNEY. Sister to Abraham LEES
Master Frank RUSHWORTH
Messrs. A.SUTCLIFFE, C.LINNEY
Misses Dora and Ivy RUSHWORTH
Misses H.MITCHELL, A.MITCHELL
Mrs.RUSHWORTH
Mr.CLEGG (pianist)
[Column 2]
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN BAND OF HOPE
Messrs. T.E.WHITEHEAD, LUMB of Ripponden
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR MP
THE RECENT MISSION (West End Congregational Church)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Gypsy SMITH
THE CHORAL SOCIETY
Alderman CLAY
Messrs. J.GREENWOOD, D.I.CLAY, W.S.MILLIGAN, W.A.SUTCLIFFE, E.E.POLLIT, E.CONSTANTINE,
J.W.WHITELEY, Joseph VARLEY, W.H.GIBSON, Booth SHARP (conductor),
Cookson GREENWOOD (accompanist), William GAUKROGER, William HAIGH, T.H.WRIGHT,
T.HOEY, J.ASHWORTH, W.T.WALTON, F.CLAY, Albert SMITH, W.H.GIBSON
THE LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD
Mr.MELLOR MP
Messrs. E.WHITELEY, J.HOLDSWORTH, D.BARRETT, D.MACFARLANE, E.MITCHELL, Thomas HOEY, A.HOWE,
J.C.HORSFALL, W.SHAW (Norland), BLAKELEY
THE PERIL OF TOUCHING A BROKEN ELECTRIC WIRE (Halifax)
Harry BEDFORD of Shakespeare Street
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, A.CLAY. J.L.WRIGLEY,
Edwin WHITELEY, Abraham MAUDE, A.HOWE, Frank CLAY, W.H.GIBSON, George WHITELEY,
John TURNER
Mr.John FOX, landowner
Messrs.W.G.GRAY & Sons
Mr.WORSNUP, headmaster of Ellison Memorial Schools
Mr.DIXON
[Column 6]
Norland
Sowerby
Ripponden
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SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
William HAIGH
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd
W.P.EGLIN
William INGHAM
MARRIAGE
Mr.E.WADSWORTH, worsted inspector of Halifax, to Miss Mary Eliza BARKER of Mount Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Elizabeth BREARLEY, 58, widow of Albert BREARLEY, Steps Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen CAUSTON, 9 months, daughter of James CAUSTON, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah Ann COLLINSON, 63, wife of Rawden COLLINSON, Siddall Square, Sowerby Bridge
David HITCHEN, 72, grocer, Cavendish Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
Milton HELLOWELL, 23, cotton twiner, Pinfold Green, Sowerby
John HOWARTH, 45, silk dresser, Bank View, Mill Bank
Dinah INGHAM, 61, wife of Oates INGHAM, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth THOMAS, 42, woollen weaver, Chapel Terrace, Sowerby
Grace WHITWORTH, 70, widow of James WHITWORTH, Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
11th May 1900
Sowerby Bridge
William Howard RAYLOR, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Ernest Benjamin CLAY
FIRE BRIGADE
Mr.COLLINS, superintendent of the Halifax Fire Brigade
Mr.J.HOPKINSON, superintendent of the Sowerby Bridge Fire Brigade
THE 'BUSES
Messrs.John MARSH & Co. Ltd
Mr.John MARSH (deceased)
PRIMITIVE METHODISM
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.D.BARRETT, Sowerby Bridge
SUDDEN DEATH AT THE STATION
Thomas FOSSIT, 45, labourer of Hebden Bridge
Dr.BROWN
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A RAILWAY MAN
Helliwell CROSSLEY
Mr.R.W.EVANS for the defence
Mr.WILLANS for the prosecution
Edwin HIGGINGBOTTOM, goods inspector
J.BACON, locomotive foreman
[Column 2]
(Technical Instruction Committee)
Councillor W.H.GIBSON
BAND OF HOPE UNION
Messrs. T.HOEY, T.E.WHITEHEAD, E.WHITELEY
SANITARY WORK
Mr.William WARD, sanitary inspector
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB
Dr.DUNN
Mrs.WESTON (Bulls' Head Hotel)
Messrs. T.HOEY, W.HAIGH
Councillor GIBSON
ORGAN RECITAL (Christ Church)
Mr.H.GAUKROGER (organist)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Miss TURNER CMS (missionary to China)
[Column 3]
Luddenden Foot
ST.MARY'S CHURCH
Rev.O.F.WILLIAMS of St.James', Halifax
Rev.R.T.PECHEY MA, vicar of All Saint's, Salterhebble
Rev.Canon IVENS MA, vicar of Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby
SOWERBY WESLEYAN SCHOOL
Rev.H.Howard MAY of London
Mr.A.E.THOMAS, organist
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.H.NAYLOR JP, S.AINLEY, J.WOOD, T.H.CARTER, J.INGHAM, J.WADSWORTH, A.WHITELEY,
A.STOTT, D.TURNER, W.GREENWOOD
Messrs. Trevor EDWARDS, Mr.UTTLEY (deceased)
[Column 5]
Norland
FOUND DROWNED
Sam Netherwood HARDY (Samuel Netherwood HARDY), 34, of Bethel Terrace, teamer
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.J.BARNES of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Anwyl ARTHUR of Golcar
Mr.BROADBENT, choirmaster
RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL
Mr.SYKES
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE
S.T.LAYCOCK, St.George's, Sowerby
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd
W.P.EGLIN
William INGHAM
DEATHS
Joseph BAILEY, 30, coachman, Spring Bank, Norland
Hannah BARKER, 36, wife of Albert BARKER, Sparkhouse Farm, Norland
Emily FIRTH, 36, woollen weaver, Centre Vale, Triangle
Kezia STANDEVEN, 82, widow of James STANDEVEN, Nether Ends, Sowerby
Arthur WIDDOP, 22, woollen spinner, Maude's Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
18th May 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Fred MALLINSON and Samuel SHEARD of Sowerby Bridge
WAGES IN THE COTTON TRADE
Messrs.SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
Messrs.C.E.&F.RAMSDEN
Messrs.John WOOD & Son
Messrs.CLAY Bros.
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (Tuel Lane Sunday School)
Revs. J.HOPKINS of Leeds, J.W.DAVIS of Elland, Earl GRAY
Mr.WHITELEY, organist
A LETTER FROM THE FRONT
Private EDWARDS of the 1st Wets Riding Regiment
Mrs.COCKROFT of Wood's Court, Sowerby Bridge
MESSRS. MARSH'S SALE
[Column 2]
Messrs.CROWTHER and Co., Lower Willow Hall
FIRE
Messrs. Daniel CLAY & Sons, Hollings Mills
Mr.HOPKINSON
THE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Messrs. Frank CLAY, H.WORSNUP, A.BUTTERWORTH (Captain), J.A.WHITELEY, F.HELM, T.GREENWOOD,
J.HOOTON, J.HELLIWELL, W.J.WHITWORTH, J.HOPKINSON, J.A.BOOTH, H.A.SUTCLIFFE,
H.SCOTT, H.WORSNUP, J.A.CROWTHER, J.C.NEWSOME
RILEY (player)
CONFERENCE (Sowerby Bridge Primitive Methodist Circuit Sunday Schools)
Messrs. W.WARD of Sowerby Bridge, J.E.THORP, J.H.WALTON, Helliwell ROBERTSHAW (deceased?)
[Column 3]
Warley
A CUSTOMER WHO WOBBLED
James TOOLAN
Thomas TAYLOR, landlord
Mr.H.C.MCCREA, aged 90, of Warley House
Alderman ROBINSON of Halifax
DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN RESIDENT
Mr.William BOWERS, 71, india rubber merchant of Warley Town
Mill Bank
ST.MARY'S CHURCH
Rev. R.J.IRVING (vicar of Rastrick)
Rev. W.E.CHAPMAN (rector of Freshford and former vicar of St.Mary's)
Norland
FOUND DROWNED
Sam Netherwood HARDY (Samuel Netherwood HARDY), 33, of Bethel Terrace, Norland
Mr.HILL, coroner
Martha Ann HARDY, widow of Sam HARDY (Samuel HARDY)
PCs SPENCER, MARSHALL
Hannah WATERHOUSE of Sparkhouse Lane
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd
William HAIGH
HIND, HOYLE & LIGHT (W.TOLLEY)
W.P.EGLIN
William INGHAM
DEATHS
Alma BROADBENT, 16 months, daughter of Daniel BROADBENT, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
Harry BAXENDALE, 5 months, son of Joss BAXENDALE, Perserverance Street, Sowerby Bridge
Achsah MORLEY, 89, wife of Jonathan MORLEY, Steep Lane, Sowerby
William Henry MITCHELL, 56, Spring Gardens, Luddenden Foot
Sarah SHEPLEY, 72, widow of George SHEPLEY, Sparkhouse, Norland
George Mitchell WALSH, 62, Stile, Triangle
[Column 6]
SALES BY AUCTION
Mr.John H.STEAD, auctioneer, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. JOWETT (1 John Street), CRABTREE (3 John Street), HELLIWELL (34 Beech Road),
SUTTON (36 Beech Road)
Messrs. HARWOOD (5 John Street), PEEL (7 John Street), HARDY (38 Beech Road),
WILCOCK (40 Beech Road)
Mr.T.H.TYSON, surveyor, 11 Fountain Street, Halifax
Messrs. JUBB, BOOTH & HELLIWELL, solicitors of Halifax and Brighouse
Messrs. NICHOLL (54 Beech Terrace), CROWTHER (56 Beech Terrace), BAILEY (58 Beech Terrace)
Messrs. HARGREAVES (29 John Street), TURNER (31 John Street), BALMER (33 John STREET),
HAIGH (35 John Street), SHAW (37 John Street), QUARMBY (39 John Street)
Messrs. Nathaniel BATES (1 Joseph Street), Fred MEDLEY (3 Joseph Street),
North BATES (5 Joseph Street), BEARD (2 Charlotte Street),
STANSFIELD (4 Charlotte Street), WILKINSON (6 Charlotte Street)
Messrs. RILEY (7 Joseph Street), HARWOOD (9 Joseph Street), SMITH (8 Charlotte Street),
KILNER (10 Charlotte Street)
Messrs. DILWORTH (11 Joseph Street), ACKROYD (13 Joseph Street),
CLEGG (12 Charlotte Street), EASTWOOD (14 Charlotte Street)
Messrs. J.BARRON & Son, accountants of Sowerby Bridge
25th May 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Frederick Edward WHITAM of Sowerby Bridge
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.G.S.SMITH
A LETTER OF THANKS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR
Alderman John Foster CLAY
Lieutenant Colonel A.R.WYLLIE of the 3rd West Riding Regiment
PROPERTY SALE
Messrs. John H.STEAD (auctioneer), Abraham FOX
Mr.Samuel HOYLE, solicitor
Messrs. JUBB, BOOTH & HELLIWELL, solicitors of Halifax
THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE
[Column 2]
OUTDOOR TEMPERANCE MEETING
Messrs. T.HOEY, William PEARSON of Leeds, F.TOPHAM of Halifax
FOUND DROWNED
James STANSFIELD, aged 38, shoemaker, Kirkcliffe, Soyland
John BREARLEY, boatman
BOLTON BROW SUNDAY SCHOOL
Dr.T.Bowman STEPHENSON of London
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS of Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. T.E.WHITEHEAD (teacher), J.Clay HORSFALL (organist)
RELIGIOUS EXAMINATION
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
A CASE OF SMALLPOX IN HALIFAX
[Column 3]
Warley
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY (Warley Congregational Church)
Rev.Mark PEARSON of Heywood Chapel, Northowram
Sowerby
Mill Bank
Messrs. John HADWEN & Sons Ltd
CRICKET MATCH AND PIE SUPPER (Triangle Cricket Club and Mill Bank Working Men's Club)
Messrs. DYSON, INGHAM, J.BARRATT, HOYLE, BOTTOMLEY, SPEAK, BROADBENT, T.BARRATT, LUMB,
NICHOLSON, W.SMITH and F.BUTTERWORTH (accompanists)
Ripponden
Mr.Jeremiah NORMANTON of the Golden Lion Inn, Ripponden
Messrs. MARSH & Co
[Column 5]
WANTED, an APPRENTICE to WATCHMAKING
G.RHODES, 3 Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge
Fred LIVSEY, Royal Hotel Livery Stable, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Mr.G.A.E.WHITELEY, 46, 4 Grafton Road, West End, Morecambe. Formerly of Triangle
Sarah BAUME, 50, wife of John Wesley BAUME, Town Hall, Sowerby Bridge
James MAGSON, 70, engine fitter, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary MAGSON, 72, widow of George MAGSON, Peel Street, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas MAIDEN, 66, railway labourer, Hope Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Ann SUTCLIFFE, 46, wife of Joseph SUTCLIFFE, Stile, Triangle
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd
Masters T.L. and J.R.ATKINSON
Masters V.S. and P.J.TOLLEY
RUSHWORTH & Co
Master C.E.HOWARTH
William INGHAM
1st June 1900
Sowerby Bridge
PRESENTATION TO POLICE SERGEANT
Police Sergeant TROTTER
Inspector HICKES
Police Sergeant BENN of Luddenden
Mr.BROWNBRIDGE, in South Africa, ambulanceman
Mr.Charles BROWNBRIDGE of Gratrix House. Father of above
ST.GEORGE'S SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs. C.H.OSLER (vicar of St.Thomas', Halifax), Canon IVENS, G.H.HIRD (vicar of St.Mary's, Halifax)
Mr.William GAUKROGER, choirmaster
INQUEST
James STANSFIELD, aged 38, shoemaker, Soyland
A YOUTHFUL ORGANIST (at Tuel Lane and West End Chapels)
Darwin WOOD, aged 10, American organist
Misses WADSWORTH, Ethel SMITH
Master T.GREENWOOD (violin)
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs. William WOOD, O.EATOUGH, A.HOBSON, W.HAIGH, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, J.HANSON, T.HOEY,
BALL (librarian)
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, Ely WHITELEY JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, W.H.GIBSON, A.HOWE
THE SWIMMING CLUB
Messrs. T.COPLEY, H.CROSSLEY, J.P.VAN GELDER, M.WADE, J.H.BARRACLOUGH, Godfrey RHODES,
J.HOLROYD, H.WOODHEAD, J.R.BARKER, G.VARLEY, W.H.GIBSON, G.WILCOCK, J.H.THOMAS,
E.THOMPSON, C.E.LODGE, F.KERSHAW, W.HOLROYD, J.HAIGH, D.W.WILKINSON, J.HELLIWELL
Masters C.ROBERTS, C.RATLEDGE, J.BRAIN, E.WILKINSON
[Column 2]
John TATTERSALL of Bolton Brow
Bezack TAYLOR, Scholes Farm, Greetland
THE NEW CONSERVATIVE CLUB
Councillor W.H.GIBSON
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, HORSFALL, WADDINGTON, BANCROFT, POLLIT
Rev.Canon IVENS
ORGAN OPENING (Friendly Wesleyan Chapel)
Revs. Silvester WHITEHEAD of Bradford, W.H.O.LAKE of Hebden Bridge
Mr.W.L.SAVILLE, organist at Square Church, Halifax
Miss Rachel CROWTHER
Messrs. SHELDRAKE of Halifax, J.Clay HORSFALL (organist)
Misses A.MARKHAM, NORCLIFFE, BRIGGS and Messrs. F.W.FOSTER, J.STOTT (Bolton Brow Methodist Choir)
Messrs. CONACHER & Co., Huddersfield
Messrs. WHITEHEAD & Co., Sowerby Bridge
[Column 4]
Sowerby
ACCIDENT
James PICKLES, farmer of Sowerby
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY (Congregational)
Rev.W.RILEY of Heckmondwike
Mr.Simeon PICKLES, organist
Mill Bank
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A HORSE TRADE AT SOYLAND
Judge CADMAN, Halifax County Court
James KERSHAW (farmer, Brown Hill, Soyland) v. John SUTCLIFFE (coal merchant, Huddersfield Road, Elland)
John KERSHAW, son of James
Mr.J.L.KERSHAW and Mr.S.HOYLE, prosecution
Mr.R.SHEPHERD and Mr.BASTIDE, defence
Mr.READYHOUGH, worked for John SUTCLIFFE
John Henry LUMB, Bedford Street, Elland
Mr.COOPER, vet of Huddersfield
Mr.R.PEARSON, vet of Halifax
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd
W.P.EGLIN
Masters C.E.HOWARTH and P.J.TOLLEY
William INGHAM
MARRIAGE
Edward SCHOLEFIELD to Sarah Ann WILDSMITH, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Earl Leslie BROWN, 13 months, son of Walter Brown, Victoria Square, Sowerby Bridge
Fanny GREENWOOD (Frances GREENWOOD), 16 months, daughter of Sam GREENWOOD (Samuel GREENWOOD), Cote Hill, Warley
William WHITELEY, 70, Canal Road, Sowerby Bridge
GREAT BRITISH VICTORY. THE GREATEST SUCCESS ON EARTH. ELEPHANT V. MAN (football match)
Lord John Sanger & Sons' Ltd, Royal circus, Hippodrome, Menagerie and Museum
Mr.W.WRAY, hairdresser of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.H.WRAY (Sowerby Bridge Association Football Club?)
8th June 1900
Sowerby Bridge
James Edmund LONG of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.John SMITH, coal merchant. Lived at Ryburn Buildings
SUDDEN DEATH
Mary SMITH, aged 77, 12 West Street
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mrs.W.GREENWOOD
Mr.Walter HOWELL, resident speaker at the Keighley Lyceum
OPENING OF A NEW BOWLING GREEN
Councillors W.H.GIBSON, Ely WHITELEY JP
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, E.E.POLLIT, William HAIGH
Drs. DUNN, BROWN
WHITSUNTIDE
Mr.J.S.RAWSON
[Column 2]
SUNDAY SCHOOLS' DEMONSTRATION
Mr.T.E.WHITEHEAD (conducted the singing), T.A.SMITH
Rev.E.GRAY
QUARTERLY MEETING (Sowerby Bridge Primitive Methodist Circuit)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.J.H.ROBERTSHAW
Mrs.H.ROBERTSHAW of Mytholmroyd (recently widowed)
WILLOW PARK MISSION ROOM
Revs. D.THOMAS, T.C.GREENWOOD
Messrs. J.C.BUCKLEY, J.FIRTH
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, George WHITELEY, A.HOWE, A.MAUDE,
Edwin WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY, A.CLAY, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, W.H.GIBSON, Frank CLAY
Mr.W.WARD of Halifax (plumber?)
Major EDWARDS
Mr.Richard HORSFALL
Canon IVENS
Mr.Kelsall BROADLEY, leased Milner Royd farm
Messrs. Samuel TURNER, J.W.LODGE
[Column 5]
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Norland
THE BAND
Mr.A.OWEN
Triangle
DEATH OF MR. GEORGE HOYLE
Mr.George HOYLE, 75, of Lower Deerplay
Sowerby
WHITSUNTIDE TREATS (Sunday Schools)
Mr.Joseph NICHOLL, owner of field at Castle Hill
Mr.Wilson SHARP, owner of Field at Jack Hey Farm
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TRIANGLE SPORTS (promoted by Triangle Cricket Club)
Messrs. H.BERRY, H.INGHAM, W.H.PARKER, W.H.SHAW, W.HELLIWELL, Wilson BROADBENT
Masters C.BUCKLEY (Sowerby Bridge), J.UTTLEY (Luddenden Foot), W.HEY (Barkisland)
Misses Henrietta HORNER (Halifax), Florrie HELLIWELL (Triangle), Emily HANSON (Triangle)
Messrs. HIRST, MARSDEN, HELLIWELL, S.ATHA (London), H.E.BROWN (Halifax),
F.PICKERING (Oldham), J.C.HARPER (Hunslet), G.RAWNSLEY (Barkisland),
R.J.WHITAKER (Keighley), J.WARD (Wakefield), J.GIFFIN (Halifax),
J.DAWSON (Buttershaw), P.RILEY (Huddersfield), P.CARTER (Essex), S.ATHA,
H.CLAPHAM (Bradford), J.RIDSDALE (Rastrick), H.GOMERSALL (Halifax)
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL
William HAIGH
Mrs.IVENS
William INGHAM
Canon IVENS
MARRIAGE
Charles HATTON, son of C.W.HATTON of Manchester, to Harriet (Tottie) LAWTON, daughter of J.LAWTON of Ripponden
DEATHS
William ACKROYD, 2, son of Edward and Annie ACKROYD, Town Hall Street. Grandson of William ACKROYD, printer (Printer of the Sowerby Bridge Chronicle?)
George HOYLE, 75, Lower Deerplay, Triangle
Alfred GREENWOOD, 68, Warley Town Lane, Warley
Sarah HANSON, 74, widow of Abraham HANSON, Higgin Chamber, Sowerby
Michael HELLIWELL, 67, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
Robert PEEL, 49, iron moulder, West View, Sowerby Bridge
Frances PICKLES, 85, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
John SUGDEN, 75, 30 Pinderfields Road, Wakefield. late of Sowerby Bridge
Mary SMITH, 74, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
Dyson Farrar STOTT, 18 months, son of James STOTT, Sutcliffe's Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
GREAT BRITISH VICTORY. THE GREATEST SUCCESS ON EARTH. ELEPHANT V. MAN (football match)
Lord John Sanger & Sons' Ltd, Royal circus, Hippodrome, Menagerie and Museum
Mr.W.WRAY, hairdresser of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.H.WRAY (Sowerby Bridge Association Football Club?)
15th June 1900
Sowerby Bridge
H.JOWETT, Sowerby Bridge Church Institute 'Wednesday' cricket team
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL
Revs. Marcus BROCKHAM of Didsbury, A.P.ATHERTON of Bradford
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, organist and choirmaster
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION
Councillor Ely WHITELEY JP
Mesdames RAMSDEN, IVENS, DUNN, J.H.ATKINSON, BELL, BROWN, WELLBURN
Misses CLAY, RILEY
Mr.J.HANSON
CIRCUIT MEETING (United Free Churches)
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. W.STOTT, D.PARKER, S.TURNER, J.WHITELEY, Daniel PARKER, J.WILKINSON, W.H.OLDFIELD,
W.WHITELEY
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Messrs. Peter LEE of Rochdale, Benjamin LEE, A.ROWSON, Thomas H.WRIGHT, R.ROBINSON,
Thomas BOOTH, J.K.LAW, H.ROBINSON
Mesdames RUSHWORTH, BOOTH
Misses JACKSON, THORPE, C.HOLROYD, C.DEWHIRST
DEATH OF MR. JOHN PRIESTLEY
Mr.John PRIESTLEY, 63, violinist and music seller of Halifax. Born in Ripponden
Mr.W.HEMINGWAY, shopkeeper in Northgate
[Column 2]
THE WEST RIDING DEPUTY CORONERSHIP
Mr.J.E.HILL, solicitor and West Riding deputy coroner
Mr.E.H.HILL, son of above
DEATH OF MR. W.J.WARREN
Mr.W.J.WARREN, solicitor of Leeds. Agent for below in the last general election
Mr.J.C.BAILEY Conservative candidate in the last general election
STEALING COALS
Alfred KING, labourer, of Old Causeway
INDUSTRIAL ROAD
Mr.EVANS
Samuel WILKINSON, Sarah Ann SUTCLIFFE,C.and J.SMITH, J.LONGBOTTOM, J.Sutcliffe THOMAS,
C.W.MATTOCK, T.A.SMITH
Mr.COX, surveyor
Robert WRAY, clerk in the office of Messrs. Godfrey RHODES and EVANS
A THUNDERBOLT IN WIDDOP RESERVOIR
Mr.PASKIN, Waterworks Engineer
[Column 3]
Sowerby
STEEP LANE BAPTISTS
Revs.R.BRIGGS of Blackley, H.C.WAGNALL of Blackpool
DEATH OF A SOWERBY MAN AT THE FRONT
Harold TATHAM, aged 24, 1st West Yorkshire Regiment
Mr. Benjamin TATHAM of Rawbottom Terrace. Father of above
Rev.W.C.EVANS, pastor
EVENING CONTINUATION SCHOOLS
Mr.S.E.BOTTOMLEY, Sowerby boys teacher, of Siddal
Misses S.A.HELLOWELL and A.STOTT, Sowerby girls teachers
Misses Ruth FOSTER and Polly PEDLEY, Triangle girls teachers
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR JP, S.AINLEY, J.H.CARTER, J.INGHAM, W.WOOD, A.STOTT, J.WADSWORTH,
A.WHITELEY, D.TURNER, W.GREENWOOD, Joseph SHARPE, W.NICHOLL
Messrs UTTLEY and HEBBLETHWAITE of Halifax
Mr.WILKINSON
[Column 5]
H.C.Moresby WHITE, assistant district auditor
James BARRACLOUGH, accountant
Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, clerks
Norland
MOUNT PLEASANT SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
Rev.J.W.MAWER of Greetland
Ripponden
RIPPONDEN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Messrs. J.PICKLES, W.H.BARRETT, BALLANTYNE
Rev.A.GILBY
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CORRESPONDENCE
Colonel G.E.LLOYD
Major H.D.THOROLD / H.W.THOROLD, 1st West Riding regiment
Messrs. FOSTER and CLAY
Arthur SIDDALL
Messrs. CLAY and HORSFALL
Messrs. J.HANSON, J.Foster CLAY, W.T.WALTON
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd.
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd.
[Column 6]
FUNERAL OF MR. GEORGE HOYLE
Mr.George HOYLE, 75, of Lower Deerplay, Triangle
Messrs. S.HOYLE, Arthur HOYLE, Eli HOYLE, Joseph HOYLE , Dr.HOYLE (Ripponden), Dr.John HOYLE (Ripponden) : sons of deceased
Misses Lydia, Ellen, Annie and Florence HOYLE (grand daughters of deceased)
Miss Beatrice HOYLE
Mrs. CULPIN
Messrs. John HOWARTH, S.GLEDHILL, George WHITELEY, J.H.CARTER
Mrs. and Miss HABERGHAM
Mr. and Mrs. INGHAM
Mr. and Mrs. HOLT
Mrs.DYSON
Miss FIRTH
Mr.and Mrs. Gerald RAWSON
Messrs. John WHITELEY (Southport), James BEDFORD, J.W.HODGSON
Rev.E.BRIERLEY
Mr.W.H.LEAH, undertaker of Triangle
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IN MEMORIAM
Eric George Robert ATKINSON, died in June 1899 aged 2 years and nine months
1 Margate Street, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Master BARKER, 1 day old, son of Edward BARKER, Mount Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
22nd June 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Joseph THOMPSON of Sowerby Bridge
GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY
Mrs.IVENS
Rev. C.Wilfred HOWARD
WEST END SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev. S.PEARSON of Tynemouth
Alderman H.SUGDEN JP of Brighouse
Mr. WADSWORTH, organist and choirmaster
WILLOW PARK MOTHERS' MEETING
Rev.C.Wilfred HOWARD
Mesdames HAIGH, BELL
Miss WOOD
CRICKET (Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club)
Mr.Frank CLAY
PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE
WASHINGTON and BARRACLOUGH (manufacturer of electric cables and machinery at Sowerby Bridge)
Mr.Justice BUCKLEY (High court)
WESLEYAN QUARTERLY MEETING
Revs. Walter HUDSON, Joseph SANGER
Messrs. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, SUGDEN (deceased), George HOYLE (deceased)
[Column 2]
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Rev.E.GRAY
Misses S.E.WILCOCK, A.WOODHEAD
Masters J.A.LORD, F.HELLAWELL, S.GRAY
Mr.William WARD
THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE
Messrs. J.S.RAWSON, BAILEY (candidate), MELLOR (MP?), W.H.GIBSON, H.WHITWORTH, A.C.COLEMAN,
D.J.MALLINSON, J.LAWRENCE, R.HOWARTH, H.WHITWORTH, W.RILEY
Mesdames RILEY, Priestley NORRIS, BATES, KERSHAW, HORNER, George WRAY, HOWARTH, KERSHAW
Misses AYRE, FURNESS, RILEY
SQUARE CHURCH, HALIFAX
Mr.W.HAIGH of Raven's Lodge
[Column 3]
SMALLPOX IN HALIFAX
[Column 4]
Ripponden
THE FLOWER SHOW (Ripponden Horticultural and Floral Society)
Messrs. F.W.HADWEN JP, J.W.C.AYRE
Mrs.A.C.RAWSON, Haugh End
THE SERVANT AND THE JEWELLERY
Isabel THOMAS, in service at the vicarage. Parent living near Durham
Rev. Joseph GLEDHILL, vicar of Ripponden
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Luddenden Foot
THREATENING HIS STEP-DAUGHTER
Thomas HIGGINS of Luddenden Foot
Agnes (step-daughter of above)
CASE DISMISSED
Arthur BAKER, mill operative, Luddenden Foot
Bridget WARD, Luddenden Foot
Mary WARD
Dr.THOMPSON
Triangle
ST. JOHN'S ANNIVERSARY (Thorpe Church Sunday school festival)
Mrs.RAWSON
Revs. G.A.HERVEY, G.P.CROOKENDEN, T.HINKLEY
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH ANNIVERSARY (Methodist New Connexion Sunday School)
Mr.David PICKLES of King Cross
Rev.S.GORDON of King Cross
Mr.John HANSON, teacher
Mr.W.WADSWORTH, organist
Mr.David HAIGH of Halifax
GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION
Mr.John HITCHEN, aged 73, Crutch Nook
Mrs.Mary Ann HITCHEN, aged 71 of Crutch Nook. Born in Hebden Bridge. Wife of above
A FATAL FALL
Mr.E.H.HILL, deputy coroner
Harriet NICHOLL, aged 74 of Clough, Sowerby
Mary Ellen BROADBENT, niece of above
Josiah BROADBENT, quarryman, husband of above
Thomas Herbert BROADBENT, son of Mary Ellen and Josiah
Dr.THOMPSON of Mytholmroyd
Mary MARSHALL of Sand Green
[Column 6]
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
W.EDLESTON & Co
John ATKINSON & Sons
G.FOX & Sons
W.P.EGLIN
WOOD Brothers
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
C.E.& F.RAMSDEN
Mark WILCOCK
W.MORRIS & Sons
Francis BERRY & Sons
CLAY Brothers
H.CROWTHER & Co
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY & HORSFALL
Miles SYKES & Sons
RUSHWORTH & Co
James GREENWOOD & Son
EDWARDS & RAWSON
James EASTWOOD & Co
Henry BROADBENT
H.J.NORRIS Bros
POLLIT & WIGZELL
WALLIS & Co
SIDDALL & HILTON
William WARD, inspector
DEATHS
Harry CROSSLEY, 48(43?), woollen piece dyer, Causeway Head, Warley
Gladys Ellen SALTONSTALL, 18 months, daughter of Walter SALTONSTALL, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL
William HAIGH
Evelyn ACKROYD, Laura SUTCLIFFE and Clara ACKROYD, three little girls
29th June 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Albert REAME and Charles WOKES of Sowerby Bridge
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES
Revs. G.PARKIN (Principal of the Theological Institute, Manchester), Rev.W.HUDSON of Triangle
ST.GEORGE'S SCHOOLS
John TURNER & Sons, masons
Joseph SUTCLIFFE & Sons, joiners
James STAFFORD, plumber
G.WHITELEY, slater
Mr.S.WILKINSON, architect
A BRAVE LAD
John IBBERSON, young boy, of Wakefield Road
George Walter PICKLES, a youth, of Chapel Lane
JUVENILE PICNIC (Lily of the Valley and Youth's Glory Lodges of the Independent Order of Oddfellows)
Mr.Albert WOOD, boat owner
CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTING THE FOOTPATHS
Harry KILBURN, Vincent BESWICK, Taylor FOSTER, Arthur WILSON, Harry GAUKROGER, Fred KING,
John Thomas NORMANTON and Richard GRUNDY, lads of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.STOREY, defence
Mrs.GRUNDY
Mrs.MAGSON, neighbour of above
ST.MARK'S MISSION ROOM
Revs. Daniel THOMAS of DEWSBURY, C.W.HOWARD, C.GREENWOOD, Canon IVENS
Messrs. FIRTH, BUCKLEY
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TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Arnold Arthur GIBSON of Sowerby Bridge
CHILDREN'S BAZAAR
Doris Augusta BOOTH, Nellie DYSON, Edith WASHINGTON, Minnie JOWETT, Cissie THORPE - young children
RE P.F.BALL
Percy Fielding BALL, former drysalter of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.RICE-JONES, legal chap
OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID FEVER
BOTTOMLEY, young man
Mr.WARD, sanitary inspector
Dr.WELLBURN
ROWDY SCENE
Margaret BURKE and Mary Ann CARTRIDGE of no fixed abode
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames MARSLAND, BANCROFT, BLAKELEY, GREENWOOD, HANSON (Peel Street), John WADDINGTON,
BROWNBRIDGE, B.WOOD, W.HAIGH (Town Hall Street), Thomas HORSFALL, NEWSOME,
F.RADCLIFFE, G.E.WHITELEY, John WHITELEY, T.E.WHITEHEAD, MCKENZIE, J.E.NORMANTON,
BATES, SHAW
Messrs. Thomas HOEY, William ASHWORTH, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
Misses BANCROFT, GREENWOOD, MARSLAND, WHITELEY, SUMMERSKILL, EMMOTT
[Column 3]
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB
Messrs. E.THOMPSON, W.THOMPSON, R.METCALFE, E.B.CLAY, J.H.BARRACLOUGH, H.CROWTHER,
L.BROWNBRIDGE, H.WRAY, H.RAMSDEN, W.ASHWORTH, H.TURNER, J.MAIDEN,
L.WHITELEY, H.CROSSLEY, H.MITCHELL, J.CRESSWELL (J.CROSSWELL?), R.NIXON, T.HOPKINSON,
J.WALKER, J.FAIRBROTHER, W.LEE
[Column 5]
Norland
Rev.C.LIVERMORE
Ripponden
THE THEFT OF JEWELLERY AT RIPPONDEN
Isabel THOMAS. Father lived at Ferry Hill, Durham
Rev.Joseph GLEDHILL, vicar of Ripponden
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
[Column 6]
DEATHS
William DENTON, 15 months, son of George Henry DENTON, Russell Street, Sowerby Bridge
Edgar Booth FEARNSIDE, 12 months, son of Alfred FEARNSIDE, Bottoms, Luddenden Foot
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
RUSHWORTH & Co
6th July 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Malcolm LANDER of Sowerby Bridge
THE LATE MR. SWALLOW
Mr.J.H.SWALLOW JP
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, BANCROFT, J.C.HORSFALL
Revs. G.S.SMITH, Canon IVENS
[Column 2]
Rev. Earl GRAY
BAPTIST CHOIR
Rev. D.R.LEWIS of West Vale
Mr.W.B.FIRTH of Sowerby Street
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CHOIR
Mr.Edwin CLAY
THE TYPHOID FEVER OUTBREAK
Mr.John MARSH
Mr.WARD, sanitary inspector
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.A.IVEY of Brighouse
Miss D.PARKER
ASSAULTING THE POLICE
Joseph HOLROYD of Sowerby Bridge
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
SAD DROWNING CASE
Harry INGHAM, aged 6
Mr.and Mrs. Wilfred INGHAM, Dusty Miller Inn, Back Wharf Street. Parents of above
Harry WHEELER, aged 6
Rose Hannah MARSHALL, daughter of the lock house keeper
John MARSHALL, lock keeper
Dr.BROWN
[Column 4]
Norland
AN UNDERTAKER'S CLAIM
Judge CADMAN, Halifax County Court
Thomas TAYLOR, joiner and undertaker, Spring Gardens, Warley
John HITCHON (John HITCHEN?), Lower Harper Royd, Norland
Mr.J.W.SUTCLIFFE, prosecution
Mr.S.HOYLE, defence
Joseph Leonard CROWTHER
NORLAND AND THE RURAL COUNCIL
Councillors JACKSON, MITCHELL, CARTER
Warley
WARLEY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev. William MONCRIEFF, assistant pastor
Rev. Dr.MACKENNALL, Bowdon Congregational Church, Manchester
Mrs.S.SUTCLIFFE
Mr.F.SUTCLIFFE
Sowerby
OPEN AIR SERVICE (Sowerby district Free Churches)
Councillor Smith AINLEY
Mr.C.B.STOTT of Halifax
SOWERBY CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.G.E.ASPINALL, rural dean of Halifax
Rev.G.F.Handel ROWE of Halifax
Rev.R.PHIPPS, vicar of Brighouse
Mr.Booth SHARPE, organist
SOWERBY WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY CC of Stones House, Rishworth
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, A.CLAY, J.L.WRIGLEY,
J.TURNER, George WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, A.MAUDE, A.HOWE, W.H.GIBSON, F.CLAY
Messrs. J.Selwyn RAWSON, J.W.LODGE, Trevor EDWARDS
Mr.BRIGGS, shopkeeper on Wharf Street
Messrs. George WALLER & Co
Mr.W.WARD, plumber of Halifax
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.John WHITLEY, treasurer of the Halifax Infirmary
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE
Mr.MARSH, cab owner
William WARD, sanitary inspector
DEATHS
Dora Evelyn BATES, 7, daughter of Joseph BATES, Lane Bottom, Norland
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd
13th July 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Thomas WALTON of Sowerby Bridge
W.THOMPSON of the Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club
Gledhill HALLAS, stock and share broker at Halifax and Bradford
SWIMMING CLUB
J.H.BARRACLOUGH, Mark WILCOCK, G.H.WEBSTER
ENGINE DRIVER AND STOKER
Albert SLEIGHT, stoker
Thomas MORRIS, engine driver
Mr.Walter STOREY, prosecution
Mr.BOOCOCK, defence
[Column 2]
J.A.MAUDE of Sowerby Bridge, swimmer
BIBLE SOCIETY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
TUEL LANE BOARD SCHOOL
Master Richard Arnold LUMB, scholar
Mr.David LUMB, father of above
NEIGHBOURS QUARREL
Sarah MITCHELL, married, of Back Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth HOWARTH, neighbour of above
William HOWARTH, husband of above
PROPERTY SALE
Messrs. DAVIS and SHOESMITH
Mr.Joseph SHOESMITH
CHILDREN'S SEASIDE FUND
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
Mr.PARKER
PLEASANT OUTING (West End Congregational Church)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor WHITELEY JP
FATAL ACCIDENT AT MEARCLOUGH
Messrs. Miles SYKES & Co, oilcloth works
Albert LIGHTOWLER, colour grinder, aged 17 of Chapel Lane
Mr.GARVIS, factory inspector
Mr.LONGBOTHAM, represented Messrs. SYKES
John LIGHTOWLER, father of Albert
Adam STANSFIELD, workman at Messrs. SYKES
[Column 3]
Frank HOOSON, workman at Messrs.SYKES
Mr.George GARSIDE, manager at Messrs. SYKES
Mr.GARVIE
Drs. WEST-SYMES, ADAMS, PATON
[Column 4]
Warley
ST.JOHN'S CHURCH
Revs. G.E.ASPINALL MA, G.T.JOWETT (West Vale)
Sowerby
OPEN AIR SERVICE (Free Church Council)
Mr.R.BENTON
Rev.Earl GRAY of Sowerby Bridge
ACCIDENT
Mr.Job WILSON, aged 64, of Sowerby Green
Mr.Leonard PICKLES of Well Head Farm
Dr.ADAMS of Sowerby Bridge
BOULDERCLOUGH SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.TILLOTSON, wagonette owner
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR JP, D.TURNER, J.WOOD, J.INGHAM, J.WADSWORTH, A.WHITELEY, A.STOTT,
S.AINLEY, J.SHARP, W.GREENWOOD
Captain STANSFELD
Ripponden
PROPERTY SALE AT RIPPONDEN
Mr.John H.STEAD, auctioneer
Mr.J.LUMB, bought Hutch Royd Farm, Rishworth, "for the tenants"
Mr.W.J.HOLROYD of Swift Cross, Soyland, bought Hard Knot Farm, Soyland
BRAVE CONDUCT
PC DYSON
Mr.B.DYSON of Sowerby Bridge, late of Ripponden. Father of above
BARKISLAND CHURCH
Revs. H.F.WONNACOTT (new vicar), C.W.FULLMER (current vicar), Canon IVENS (Sowerby Bridge),
SMITH (Leeds)
Messrs. WHITWORTH (organist), CLARK
Mrs.HORTON of Howroyd
Mrs.FULLMER
Miss FULLMER
[Column 5]
Mill Bank
CRICKET MATCH AND PIE SUPPER (Mill Bank Working Men's Club, at Triangle Cricket Ground)
Messrs. W.SMITH, F.FOSTER, A.LUMB, A.HOWARTH, W.BOTTOMLEY, J.BARRETT, W.E.DYSON,
J.GREENWOOD (accompanist)
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES (Mill Bank Wesleyan Sunday School)
Revs. E.GELDER of Louth, formerly Sowerby Bridge
Rev. W.B.JOHNSTONE of Handsworth College, Birmingham
Misses C.NORMANTON, S.WHITELEY
Messrs. H.LEAVER, H.SYKES
Mr.Binns HOWARTH, organist
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Edwin BOTTOMLEY, 43, innkeeper, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
20th July 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Joseph ASPINALL of Sowerby Bridge
BRAVERY REWARDED
IBBITSON, a boy
George Walter PICKLES of Chapel Lane
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS (Exam results)
Henry MORTON, Joseph RAWNSLEY, Fred S.KITCHEN, John WHITELEY, Fred STOCKTON, R.C.GIBSON,
Ethel M.HOYLE, Mina BARKER, Annie GEE, Winifred PARSON, Willy MITCHELL,
Hanson WHITWORTH, Sam BYROM (Samuel BYROM), Simpson VAN GELDER, Jessie MCINTOSH, Florence E.PATCHETT,
Annie TIDSWELL, Annie GOTT, Ethel GAUKROGER, Arthur BARRACLOUGH, Eli BARRACLOUGH,
John H.WHITLEY, Henry P.SOPPITT, Emmeline LORD, Ethel M.HOYLE, Ada ARNOLD,
Helen GEDDES, Alice M.NAYLOR, Edith A.STOTT, Lena HORNER, E.WALSH, Sarah E.WALSH,
Edith A.PLATT, Lucy ARNOLD, Annie GEE, Willy MITCHELL, Rebecca CULPAN, Arthur HAIGH,
Arthur LEACH, Verney PICKLES, Arthur UTTLEY, Ernest HOWARTH, George WOODHEAD,
Simpson VAN GELDER, Lewis H.CLAY, Hanson WHITWORTH, John B.BINNS, Alvin E.TOLLEY,
Willie VAN GELDER (William VAN GELDER), Joe SUTCLIFFE, Leonard HARWOOD
CRUELTY TO A HORSE
George HIRST, Edward Street, Sowerby Bridge
Constable MITCHELL
Inspector RIGG
Mr.J.F.HIRST, defence
Mr.KNIGHT, Sowerby Bridge vet
[Column 2]
CHRIST CHURCH
Mr.H.GAUKROGER, organist
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Messrs. Daniel PARKER, J.DICKENSON of Bradford
RAMBLE (Tuel Lane Sunday School)
Mr.MURGATROYD, owner of Castle Carr?
FLOWER SERVICE (Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS, vicar
Mrs. Hodgson WRIGHT, Halifax
A DANGEROUS POSITION
John DISLEY of Sowerby Bridge
SUDDEN DEATH
William HARRISON, aged 41, woolfettler, Causeway Head
GRAND GARDEN PARTY (at White Windows)
Professor LYNK, conjuror
Sergeant CROSS
Mr.and Mrs.NUGENT (owners of White Windows)
PRESENTATION TO MR.S.HARTLEY
Samuel HARTLEY, former choirmaster at Friendly Wesleyan Church
Messrs. George HARTLEY, James E.RATLIDGE
[Column 3]
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Thomas Marmaduke HARTLEY, former hairdresser of Beech
George CREAMER, engine tenter
OPENING OF THE NEW BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.Joseph HORSFALL, deceased
Mr.Thomas HORSFALL, Town Hall Street. Son of above
Messrs. John CLAY (deceased, Halifax), Charles SMITH (deceased, Golcar)
Revs. Henry HALL (deceased, Hebden Bridge), J.WILKINSON, H.HUGHES,
John FOX (current minister), T.COATES (of Todmorden), F.SLATER (of Halifax)
Messrs. George Edgar WHITELEY, Thomas HORSFALL, George RHODES (supplied silver key),
William MELLOR
Councillor Ely WHITELEY JP
Messrs GREENWOOD & BLACKBURN, joiners
Ripponden
Triangle
A SUCCESSFUL SCHOLAR
Harry CARTER of Triangle
[Column 4]
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOWERBY DIVISION LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Councillors J.W.WHITELEY of Ripponden, BARKER, A.CLAY (Sowerby Bridge)
Messrs. F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, Rowland LUMB (of Sowerby Bridge), J.B.BLAKELEY, STEAD,
John BARKER CC (Todmorden), G.PARKER, J.D.CROSSLEY JP,
J.W.BANCROFT (Sowerby Bridge), R.CRABTREE ACA (Hebden BRIDGE),
CROWTHER (Hebden Bridge), PICKLES (Ripponden)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Rt.Hon. J.W.MELLOR MP
[Column 6]
Norland
ANNIVERSARY (Norland Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Rev.E.W.GIBSON of Batley
MARRIAGES
Arthur William SUGDEN, son of Morris SUGDEN, Town Hall Street, to Janet (Jessie) LORIMER, daughter of William H.LORIMER, Concrete Villa, Tuel Lane
Annie Lee WRIGLEY, councillor J.L.WRIGLEY, Ryburn Terrace, to Kelsall BROADLEY, son of James BROADLEY, Mill Bank
DEATHS
Mary Ann EATON, 69, widow of George EATON, Parsonage Cottage, Warley
Edith Willoughby KNOWLES, 4, daughter of Wilson KNOWLES, Russell Street, Sowerby Bridge
Hannah SUTCLIFFE, 30, wife of George SUTCLIFFE, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Samuel SUTCLIFFE, 54, worsted warehouseman, Triangle
Thomas WHITELEY, 46, railway labourer, Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge
Albert LIGHTOWLER, 17, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge. Mrs. WOOD - his sister
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
SIDDALL & HILTON Ltd
27th July 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Rev.J.SANGER, Sowerby Bridge Wesleyan Circuit
Ernest SEED and William B.EASTERBY of Sowerby Bridge passed City & Guilds in cotton spinning
FLOWER SERVICES (Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Messrs. William FOWLER of Halifax, Oliver EATOUGH
THE SEA-SIDE FUND
Rev.G.S.SMITH
SWIMMING (Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club)
G.H.WEBSTER, Fred WHITTAKER, H.CROSSLEY, J.A.MAUDE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, J.HANSON, T.M.FLETCHER, T.HOEY, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, A.HOWE
RESERVISTS' RETURN HOME FROM AFRICA
Richard FLEMING, Scarr Head
Robert WHEELER, Wharf Street
[Column 3]
SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT REDUCED
Joseph Hepworth VARLEY of Mixenden
Mr.BRAITHWAITE, solicitor of above
Sowerby
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.J.W.HODGSON, acting for Colonel STANSFELD, bought Salt Pie Farm, Crow Hill, Sowerby
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CHILD
Squire HELLOWELL of Sowerby
Luddenden Foot
JAMES CLAY & CO., LIMITED
[Column 6]
Ripponden
SAD DEATH OF A FORMER RIPPONDEN SCHOLAR
Rev.J.A.CLEGG, curate of Hebden Bridge, former scholar at Rishworth Grammar
THEFT OF A COAT
Martin LYDAN, labourer, no fixed abode
Benjamin PRIESTLEY, farm labourer, Barkisland
Mr.LUMB of Ripponden
Norland
SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
Mr.Albert BOOTH of Norland
THE BAND
Messrs. OWEN (conductor), John LEADER (of Horbury)
MARRIAGE
Thomas CLEGG to Lily FISHER, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
John HOLT, 80, Hollin Well, Norland
Christopher Thomas STOTT, 71, at 54 Brewery Street, Salford. Mount Street, Sowerby Bridge
3rd August 1900
Sowerby Bridge
William LISSON(?) of Sowerby Bridge
Alfred HEAD of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.and Mrs.Ben CHADWICK, new school caretakers
A PAINFUL CASE
William James ALLEN, aged 6
James ALLEN, labourer, father of above
Hannah ALLEN. Mother of William
Mr.E.H.HILL, deputy coroner
Mr.J.W.LODGE
Dr.PATON
THE SEWAGE WORKS
Mr.EVANS, representing Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, E.E.POLLIT, R.SIDDALL, J.W.BANCROFT, J.WADDINGTON, J.A.BOOTH,
WHITWORTH (clerk)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.PRIESTLEY of Streeton, new headmaster of Sowerby New Road Board School
Miss Clara H.TOMLINSON of Thirsk, new headmistress
[Column 2]
Mr.John CROWTHER, coal merchant
Robert GREGORY, driver for above
BOAT ON FIRE
Mr.Albert WOOD, boat owner
PRIZE GIVING
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, J.W.BANCROFT, E.E.POLLIT, J.WADDINGTON
Rev. Canon IVENS
Rev. J.Patchett BURT of Manchester to replace Rev.E.GRAY at Tuel Lane Chapel
ELLISON MEMORIAL SCHOOLS
Lucy ARNOLD, Edith PLATT, Ada ARNOLD: students
A YOUNG GIRL CHARGED WITH THEFT
Lily DIXON aged 13 of Sowerby Bridge
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Miss HELLIWELL, milliner, Wharf Street
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY'S MEETING (Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society)
Messrs. William LEACH, HELLIWELL, James A.BOOTH, WHITELEY (Ripponden), WATTERSON,
Squire JUDSON, William NICHOLL, Alfred BROADBENT, H.N.BLAMIRES, J.WILKINSON,
J.W.BANCROFT, W.A.HEIGHINGTON
[Column 3]
PRESENTATION: NATIONAL INFANTS' SCHOOL
Rev.Canon IVENS
Miss J.C.COLEMAN, teacher
AMBULANCE MAN'S RETURN FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Mr.Ernest BROWNBRIDGE, ambulance man
Mr.BROWNBRIDGE, Bolton Brow
[Column 4]
CORRESPONDENCE
Councillor BUCKLEY
Ripponden
Messrs. HOLDSWORTH of Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
Benjamin RILEY, mason, Halifax
Charles WHITELEY, woodworker, Rishworth
Joseph HOYLE, slater and plasterer, Triangle
Mr.J.STAFFORD, plumber, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.R.MOORES, painter, Ripponden
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, A.CLAY, J.L.WRIGLEY,
J.TURNER, George WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, A.MAUDE, Frank CLAY, GIBSON
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. James GREENWOOD and Son Ltd.
(Scarlet fever)
Messrs.HOMFRAY
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
[Column 6]
Register! Register! Register!
John B.BLAKELEY, liberal club, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Charles CLAY, 61, mason, Causeway Head, Sowerby Bridge
Parker HORSMAN, 33, carter, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
May Evers HENNESSY, 10 months, daughter of William HENNESSY, Charles Street, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE WAR RELIEF FUND
HOMFRAY & Co. Ltd.
RUSHWORTH & Co.
10th August 1900
Sowerby Bridge
William FENN, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Walter BEARD of Causeway Head
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.Canon IVENS, vicar
Mr.Frank FIRTH
SAVINGS CLUBS
Councillor Ely WHITELEY JP
INQUEST
Mr.E.H.HILL, deputy coroner
Mr.J.W.LODGE
Mr.David CROWTHER (lodging house keeper)
Patrick MCDERMOTT, stayed in above's lodging house
Dr.BROWN
Sergeant ROBERTS
James STEWART, 66, Gloucester or Scotland
[Column 2]
SEASIDE FUND
Rev.G.S.SMITH
OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES
Lily FARRAR, 13
A SUCCESSFUL SCIENCE STUDENT
Mr.L.S.FARRAR of Lower Brockwell
INTERESTING GATHERING OF ENGINEERS (Sowerby Bridge branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers)
Messrs. William NICHOLL, Arthur HOBSON, G.W.SYKES of Manchester
[Column 3]
NEW MINISTER FOR BOLTON BROW (Wesleyan)
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS, Haslingden
Rev.John M.PILTER, deceased, former local minister
SWIMMING GALA (Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club)
Mr.G.W.PICKLES
H.COPLEY (schoolboy), H.LAW, A.LAW, H.HOYLE
J.H.BARRACLOUGH (Sowerby Bridge), E.CLEGG (Halifax)
F.MAUDE, R.H.WILKINSON, H.CROWTHER: swimming club members
SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY MEETING
Messrs. James BROADBENT, E.MITCHELL, Benjamin TATE (Bradford), Samuel WALKER (Batley),
William NORCLIFFE (Dewsbury), George SPENCER (Great Horton),
James WOOD (Sowerby Bridge), Fred J.HART (Shipley),
Richard CRABTREE (Hebden Bridge), J.W.BANCROFT (Sowerby Bridge),
Joseph BARRON (Sowerby Bridge)
[Column 4]
Warley
Mr.J.C.BAILEY, Conservative
Sowerby
Mr.Thomas SPEAK of Hubberton
ACCIDENT AT A FOUNDRY (POLLIT & WIGZELL's)
Abraham KERRIDGE
Norland
SERIOUS ROBBERY
Mr.Edward BARTER, designer, Milner Royd Lodge
Ripponden
A RIPPONDEN FARMER'S CLAIM
Judge CADMAN, Halifax County Court
Edward TAYLOR, farmer and carter, Ripponden
James Edward BROADBENT, concretor, Manchester
Mr.WILLANS, prosecution
Mr.FARRAR, defence
GARDEN PARTY AT HAUGH END. PRESENTATION TO MR J.C.BAILEY
Mr.J.C.BAILEY, former Conservative candidate
Mr.J.Selwyn RAWSON, Haugh End
Mr.S.H.MARKO(?)
Colonel H.P.YELDS
Mr.A.C.COLEMAN, agent
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Harriet FARNELL, 49, Leeds, wife of John William FARNELL, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Lily DYSON, 2, daughter of James DYSON, John Street West, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
17th August 1900
Sowerby Bridge
James WALKER of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.George NICHOLL of Sowerby Bridge, dog owner
MINISTERIAL
Rev. F.E.HEAPE of Buxton, new minister at the Primitive Methodist Chapel
Rev. W.H.MATTHEWS, current minister
SWIMMING (Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club)
J.A.MAUDE, J.F.HOLROYD
CRICKET AMONG CORN MILLERS (Millers' National Union: Halifax branch v. Calder Vale branch)
F.CRABTREE, E.SUTCLIFFE, G.HOEY, T.CRABTREE
[Column 2]
Thomas TAYLOR, formerly of the White Horse Inn, Spring Gardens
Joseph YARDWELL of Quarry Hill, Sowerby Bridge
CHARGED WITH BEGGING
George PHIPPS, an old man, no fixed abode
Sergeant ROBERTS
CHILD SWALLOWS A HALF-PENNY
Bartholomew COSTELLO, mason's labourer, Gaol Lane, Halifax
Master COSTELLO, deceased, aged five and a half
Dr.SPROAT
[Column 5]
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE (Christian Endeavour Society)
Mrs.Francis HELLOWELL
STEEP LANE BAPTIST
Mr.J.WHITELEY (organist and choirmaster)
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR JP, S.RAWSON, J.INGHAM, J.WADSWORTH, TURNER, J.WOOD, A.WHITELEY,
A.STOTT, William NICHOLL, SHARPE (injured)
VISIT OF A FORMER SOWERBY RESIDENT TO HIS NATIVE VILLAGE
Mr.Benjamin PICKLES, born c.1855
Philip PICKLES, deceased, of Sowerby Green. Father of the above
Mr.Edward WHITEHEAD, went to America
[Column 6]
MARRIAGES
Johannes Pieter VAN GELDER, son of Pieter VAN GELDER, Bank Royd, Sowerby Bridge,
to Theresa GRANT, daughter of Felix GRANT of Oldham
Albert CHAMBERS of Halifax to Julia Agnes GOLDING of Sowerby Bridge
Percy DYSON to Clara COCKROFT, both of Sowerby Bridge
Austin HEYWOOD, Sowerby Bridge, to Adeline AVILL of West Molton(?), Rotheram
John Arthur SHEPLEY to Sarah Ann FLEMING, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Elsie BARRETT, 20 months, daughter of Walter BARRETT, Acre Farm, Luddenden Foot
Mary CROSSLEY, 59, widow of Japheth CROSSLEY, Shepherd's Rest, Sowerby
Percy HELLIWELL, 17, worsted operative, Finkle Street, Sowerby
Annie PEEL, 9, daughter of Thomas PEEL, Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
SERIOUS ACCIDENT (at POLLIT & WIGZELL's)
James THOMAS, labourer
Dr.PATON
24th August 1900
Sowerby Bridge
John SHARP, Sowerby Bridge
SAD FATALITY
Mr.J.E.HILL, deputy coroner
Joe SUTCLIFFE, aged 16, engineer's apprentice, of Peel Street
Mr.J.W.LODGE
Dr.DUNN
ALLEGED IMPROPER USE OF THE WORKHOUSE
Messrs. William HAIGH, R.THORNTON, HODGSON, F.KING, TILLOTSON
[Column 2]
BREWSTER SESSIONS (licencing)
Mr.T.H.MORRIS
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
[Column 5]
Luddenden Foot
CRUELTY TO A HORSE
John PRICE, bus driver
Samuel TILLOTSON, bus proprietor, Luddenden Foot
Mr.James L.DEE, RSPCA inspector
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CRICKET
Mr.Frank CLAY's team: H.SIDDALL, W.H.MORLEY, F.WATSON, T.PRIESTLEY, C.CLARKSON, H.SAGAR,
W.H.CRABTREE, W.DIXON, T.LISTER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, J.C.HORSFALL
Sowerby Bridge team: G.FARRAR, J.T.RUSHWORTH, H.GREENWOOD, C.HATTON, W.FARRAR, J.T.DOVENER,
J.H.BOLTON, Dr.WELLBURN, B.WOOD, R.ROTHWELL, W.FIRTH
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Hubert HALSTEAD, 7 months, son of Frank HALSTEAD, Victoria Buildings, Mill Bank
Bertram WHITELEY, 2, son of Thomas WHITELEY, Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge
31st August 1900
Sowerby Bridge
ACCIDENT WITH AN AIR GUN
Mr.NUGENT, White Windows
ACCIDENT TO THE AMBULANCE CARRIAGE
Mr.Tom BRIGGS (Thomas BRIGGS), shopkeeper, Wharf Street
FRIENDLY BAND
Mr.R.STEAD of Slaithwaite
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Revs. J.FOX, E.GRAY
Mr.William WILSON
THE LATE MR. JOSEPH SUTCLIFFE
Mr.Joseph SUTCLIFFE, deceased
Mr.L.RADCLIFFE, photographic artist, Wharf Street
Messrs. B.LEES, Mr.SMEDLEY of Belper, MORSE, T.H.WRIGHT, R.LAW
Miss THORPE
Mrs.GREENWOOD
[Column 2]
BOLTON BROW CHOIR AT HALIFAX BARRACKS
Mr.B.MORWOOD
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
John LOFTUS, employee of below
Messrs.ROSS Brothers, hay and straw dealers
FREE LIBRARY
Mr.William HAIGH
Councillor BUCKLEY
Messrs.DIGBY, LONG & Co
WIDENING THE RAILWAY
Messrs.HOLME & KING, stone & clay contractors
Mr.Thomas WRIGHLEY
[Column 6]
Sowerby
WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Rev.J.H.BAILEY of King Cross
Mr.A.E.THOMAS
FREE CHURCH CIRCUIT (Sowerby Bridge Free Methodists)
Rev.Earl GRAY
Miss Amy WOOD
Ripponden
SWALLOWING A PIN
Amy MELLOR, aged 13
Joseph MELLOR, bookseller, Ripponden. Father of above
THE FLOWER SHOW
Mr.J.W.C.AYRE, owned a field adjoining Brig Royd
Oliver PILLING, Frank FIELDING, T.MORTON, F.OXLEY, O.PILLING, Sam GREENWOOD (Samuel GREENWOOD), J.PICKLES,
F.G.S.RAWSON, J.S.RAWSON, Platt HOPKINSON, A.&A.BOLTON, F.W.HADWEN, Thomas MORTON
Triangle
TRIANGLE CRICKETER'S DEATH
Mr.John STEELE, recently died at Wakefield, formerly of Triangle Cricket Club
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DEATHS
Sam BROADBENT (Samuel BROADBENT), 41, Bethel Terrace, Norland
Agnes DYSON, 16, daughter of William DYSON, Nether Ends, Sowerby
Nellie TAYLOR, 9, daughter of William TAYLOR, Walker Lane, Sowerby Bridge
7th September 1900
Sowerby Bridge
SERIOUS BICYCLE ACCIDENT
AINSWORTH of Bradford
Dr.DUNN
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, WHITWORTH (clerk), CROSS (drill instructor), BANCROFT, HORSFALL, POLLIT,
WADDINGTON
Messrs.MALLINSON, painters
Messrs.LUMB, painters
Miss M.E.BROOKE, assistant mistress at Tuel Lane Board School
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 2]
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
Thomas Henry NOWELL of Sowerby Bridge
PC TAFFINDEN(TAFFINDER?)
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Revs. E.GREY (GRAY), W.C.EVANS of Sowerby
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organist
MAN AND WIFE
Eli WHITTAKER of Bradford
Jane WHITTAKER of Sowerby Bridge. Wife of above
THE CHORAL SOCIETY
Mr.Joe R.R.SYKES
Madame A.MULLEN
Miss Mabel CARLTON
Messrs. Henry BEAUMONT, Dan BILLINGTON
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CIRCUIT MEETING
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.KERSHAW of Mytholmroyd, Ward MATTHEWS (son of the above)
THE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
Mr.EVANS (council clerk)
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor Ely WHITELEY JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, A.CLAY, W.H.GIBSON,
J.TURNER, George WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, A.MAUDE, Frank CLAY, A.HOWE
Messrs. HOMFRAY & Co
Mr.William HAIGH
Messrs.W.A.SUTCLIFFE and J.R.BARKER, repairing Watson Mill Lane
Mr.Michael BATES
[Column 5]
Mr.S.GAUKROGER, coal merchant, Halifax
Mr.J.W.LODGE
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH HARVEST FESTIVAL (Methodist New Connexion Church)
Mr.Nathan MOORE of Midgley
Mr.James HAIGH, Halifax
Miss Grace Alice WOOD
Mr.W.WADSWORTH, organist
Triangle
TRIANGLE MISSION ROOM
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Mr.Binns HOWARTH
[Column 6]
Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
Revs. Canon IVENS, R.PECHEY (Salterhebble), Cecil QUAINTON (Pellon)
Luddenden Foot
DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT
Mr.William BARTON, aged 92
SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. GEORGE HORSFIELD
Mrs.HORSFIELD, aged 65, wife of below
Mr.George HORSFIELD, joiner and wheelwright
MARRIAGE
Stephen HEY, gas engineer's clerk of Middleton Junction, son of George HEY of Ovenden,
to Elizabeth Ann SUTCLIFFE, daughter of Frederick SUTCLIFFE of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Howard AINLEY, 59, Belmont Street, Willow Park, Sowerby Bridge
Mary SIMPSON, 79, wife of John SIMPSON, late contractor, formerly of Sparkhouse, Norland
William BARTON, 92, Balleyne(?) Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Frederick PEARSON, 52, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Squire STOTT, 76, farmer, Nook Farm, Sowerby
14th September 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Joseph EVERARD, Sowerby Bridge
DEATH OF A SOWERBY BRIDGE SOLDIER IN INDIA
Fred HAMMOND, aged 28, gunner. Parents live in Park Street
"THE PITY OF IT"
Joseph NORMANTON, greengrocer, West End
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
U.M.F.C. QUARTERLY CIRCUIT MEETING (Methodist)
Rev. E.GRAY
Mr.D.PARKER
ROBBERY FROM A SHOP WINDOW
Mr.Kennedy GILL, printer and stationer, Wharf Street
Sergeant ROBERTS
John William ROBERTS, aged 16
Thomas MCHUGH, aged 17
FOOTBALL (Rugby)
Sowerby Bridge team: BOOTHMAN (from Brighouse), BUTTERWORTH, WADDINGTON, HABERGHAM, RILEY
Bingley team: CHAFFER
[Column 2]
LORD and LEE (Sowerby Bridge Association football team)
PRIZE WINNER
John BLACKBURN, driver
"DISCIPLINE IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL" (Tuel Lane)
Messrs. Arthur LONGBOTTOM, J.WADDINGTON
SWIMMING (Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club)
H.ROBERTS, W.WILD, H.CROWTHER
DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM CLEGG
Mr.William CLEGG, 76, tradesman, West Street
BEGGING
Police Sergeant ROBERTS
SOCIAL EVENING (School Board and the Technical Instruction Committee)
Councillor W.H.GIBSON
Messrs. R.H.WHITWORTH, J.H.HOYLE, D.I.CLAY
SUDDEN DEATH
Sarah HILEY, 59, Belgrave Street. Her daughter lives at Byrom Street
Mr.John HILEY, deceased, husband of above
Dr.ADAMS
HARVEST FESTIVAL (West End Congregational Church)
Messrs. T.A.SMITH, B.WADSWORTH (organist), W.CLEGG (deceased)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Misses L.SEED, WADSWORTH
FISH REMAINS IN YORKSHIRE
Dr.Edgar D.WELLBURN, F.G.S., Sowerby Bridge
Dr.TRAQUAIR
Mr.William HORNE of Leyburn
MORE BEGGING
William BARLOW of Burnley
Police Constable WILSON
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Thomas FARRELL, french polisher
[Column 3]
DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH POLLIT
Mr.Joseph POLLIT, aged 86
Revs. John ELLISON (former vicar), Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
Messrs. T.GREENWOOD, J.LEACH, D.KIDSON, G.INGHAM, J.W.WHITELEY and W.WISEMAN: foremen at POLLIT & WIGZELL
Messrs. ARNOLD MP, Joseph GREENWOOD, GAUKROGER (organist), W.TOLLEY, John R.POLLIT,
Charles T.POLLIT, Edward E.POLLIT, T.H.HAMPSHIRE, Henry SUTCLIFFE,
Charles B.CROSSLEY, SUTCLIFFE (Cliff Hill), W.H.GIBSON, W.S.MILLIGAN, RAMSDEN,
Charles TAYLOR, John Faulkner OATES
Mrs.John WATERHOUSE
WILLIAM CLEGG, Deceased
William CLEGG, tailor, 82 West Street, Sowerby Bridge
Samuel HOYLE, solicitor, Penny Bank Chambers, Sowerby Bridge
Misses MANSELL, CROSS
[Column 5]
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR JP, CARTER, AINLEY, INGHAM, WADSWORTH, STOTT, WHITELEY, WOOD(?),
NICHOLL
SYKES v. the council
MESSRS. LONGBOTHAM
Norland
MOUNT ZION PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Messrs. M.JONES of Liverpool, W.TYSON
Miss L.TAYLOR
NORLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL
Mr.SMITH, clerk to the Norland Parish Council
Councillor CARTER
Mr.LONGBOTHAM
HEALD RUGS FOR SALE
R.WOOD, Corporation Street Works, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL (Tenders)
Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, council clerks
DEATHS
Elizabeth BROWN, 69, wife of James BROWN, Winterburn Hill, Warley
William CLEGG, 76, tailor, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
Jane OGDEN, 67, widow of John OGDEN, Cote Hill, Warley
Martha LAW, 81, widow of Matthias LAW, Charlotte Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ada NORMANTON, 3, daughter of Riley NORMANTON, Dean Lane, Sowerby
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mr.John SIMPSON, Milner Royd Cottage, Norland
21st September 1900
CHRIST CHURCH. HARVEST THANKSGIVING
Rev.H.P.DEMPSEY, vicar of Hebden Bridge
Sowerby Bridge
Carl LANDEKER, Sowerby Bridge
CONCERT (Ellison Memorial Schools)
Nurse SCANLAN
Miss JONES
Messrs. BELL, MILLIGAN, J.GREENWOOD, R.W.MALLINSON, Henry GAUKROGER (accompanist)
Masters Norman COCKER, Walter COCKER, H.R.ROWBOTHAM
Rev.Canon IVENS
WEST END (Congregational Church)
Mr.J.HANSON
Councillor Ely WHITELEY JP
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, organist
STEALING BOOTS
Mrs.Catherine CLARKE of Charlestown, Halifax
Mr.A.S.FIRTH, Sowerby Bridge
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Mr.CRAVEN, pawnbroker, Halifax
THE ELECTION
Messrs. MELLOR, J.C.BAILEY, J.Selwyn RAWSON, J.A.INGHAM of Todmorden, E.W.CROSSLEY
[Column 2]
Mr.Arthur WESTON, formerly of the Bull's Head Hotel
Mr.and Mrs.NOBLE, Bull's Head Hotel
(Cotton mills running short time)
Messrs.SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
Messrs.CLAY Bros.
Messrs.John WOOD & Sons
Messrs.C.E and F.RAMSDEN
Messrs.GREENWOOD & Son
Messrs.G.FOX & Sons
MONTHLY BAND OF HOPE MEETING
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs.E.NICHOLL (accompanist), W.WHITELEY
Misses E.HANSON, A.FRANKLIN
Councillor G.H.WADSWORTH of Halifax
[Column 4]
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT CHURCH. THE LATE MR. JOSEPH POLLIT
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. John WOOD, Henry NORRIS, SWALLOW, WIGZELL
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
[Column 5]
Sowerby
FOUND DROWNED
John MARSHALL, 29, labourer of Newbold, Rochdale. Brother lives at Hollins Gate
SOWERBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Mr.S.PICKLES, organist
YORKSHIRE CONGREGATIONAL UNION
Revs. G.HUTLEY of Booth, G.S.SMITH, A.D.JEFFERY (Park Church, Halifax),
Harold STOREY of Lightcliffe, W.C.EVANS, Mark PEARSON (Northowram), A.W.BROOM (Wyke)
Messrs. J.W.CALVERT JP, R.M.KERR
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL (tenders)
Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, council clerks
MARRIAGES
John William BARKER, son of J.R.BARKER, Croft(?) House, Sowerby Bridge to
Mary Emma (Sissie) WRIGLEY, daughter of Councillor J.L.WRIGLEY of Ryburn Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
John Henry BOLTON of Halifax to Robina MCMURRAY of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
David CRABTREE, 64, woolsorter, Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen HALSTEAD, 68, widow of William HALSTEAD, Taylor's Court, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
William HELLOWELL, 45, cotton twiner, Highfield Place, Sowerby
Allen SUTCLIFFE, 67, Brook Cottage, Mill Bank
28th September 1900
Sowerby Bridge
George Ashby CAMPBELL, Sowerby Bridge
CHRIST CHURCH
Revs. Canon IVENS, H.P.DEMPSEY (vicar of Hebden Bridge)
TWO INQUESTS ON ONE DAY
Mr.E.H.HILL, deputy coroner
Annie HELLIWELL, aged 23 of Undercliffe, Skircoat
Clara HELLIWELL, sister of above
Wilson EARNSHAW, father Annie
Edward EARNSHAW, Gibbet Street, Halifax. Annie's sweetheart
Mr.LODGE
Margaret POLLARD, aged 61, widow, Chapel Lane
Mrs.HANSON, Halifax
Mrs.WILSON
James WOODHEAD, 6 Wakefield Road
[Column 2]
QUARTERLY MEETING (Wesleyan)
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
ST.GEORGE'S DAY SCHOOLS
Revs. S.F.LAYCOCK, Canon IVENS
Mr.Rowland SIDDALL, J.S.RAWSON (field owner)
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mr.William WOOD
BOLTON BROW (Wesleyan)
Rev.T.KIRKNESS
Messrs. T.E.WHITEHEAD, J.C.HORSFALL (organist), W.SUNDERLAND (Halifax), W.THOMAS,
F.H.GREENWOOD
Misses B.A.WHITEHEAD, Louise HAIGH
PRIMITIVE METHODIST BAND OF HOPE
Messrs. Jephthah WILKINSON, Fred HOYLE
Misses ROBERTSHAW, Lizzie and Emily AINLEY
CONVERSAZIONE (St.George's Schools)
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK
Messrs. William GAUKROGER (organist), R.SIDDALL, W.H.BAXENDALE, W.GAUKRODGER(W.GAUKROGER?),
G.MILNES(?)
Miss HARE
FOOTBALL (rugby)
Sowerby Bridge team: PORTER, HABERGHAM, BOOTHMAN, WHITELEY, BUTTERWORTH, RILEY
[Column 3]
THE ELECTION
Messrs. D.SUTCLIFFE of Todmorden, SAGAR (deceased)
Conservatives: E.W.CROSSLEY, A.C.COLEMAN
Liberals: George Parker (solicitor, Hebden Bridge), MELLOR, J.B.BLAKELEY
MR. BAILEY'S CAMPAIGN
Messrs. J.C.BAILEY, J.S.RAWSON, J.Sutcliffe THOMAS (Hebden Bridge), G.SUTCLIFFE, A.W.J.MORRIS,
Julian RILEY, J.A.INGHAM (Todmorden), Rowland SIDDALL, E.W.CROSSLEY, J.T.HORTON,
Priestley NORRIS, F.G.S.RAWSON, J.J.AVES(?), H.W.SUTCLIFFE, W.C.EMPSON,
J.W.AYRE, J.W.WHITELEY, J.R.WHITELEY, S.LANDIN(?), MELLOR, POLLIT (deceased),
Edward HALEY (Halifax)
Dr.THOMPSON
Captain FEDDEN
Revs. E.G.PENNINGTON, J.C.PENNINGTON, E.BRIERLEY (Thorpe)
Messrs. John HADWEN & Sons, Kebroyd Mills
Mr.John BREARLEY
Mesdames J.C.BAILEY, RILEY
Messrs. J.W.WHITELEY, Arthur HOPKINSON
[Column 4]
MR. MELLOR'S CAMPAIGN
Messrs. John BARKER (Todmorden), Joseph GREENWOOD, CROSSLEY JP (Hebden Bridge)
Right Hon, J.W.MELLOR QC
Mr.John PICKLES
(Women's Liberal Association)
Mrs.MARSLAND
Messrs. T.HOEY, J.EDWARDS
[Column 5]
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Councillor W.H.GIBSON
Misses A.TIDSWELL, A.MARKHAM, L.SUTCLIFFE, E.M.TOLLEY, Dora PARKER, GIBSON, HARGREAVES,
FURNESS
Messrs. M.SCHOLEFIELD, T.H.WRIGHT, Teddy WASHINGTON, J.T.DANIELS, RICHARDSON, Thomas HOEY,
A.BRIGGS, A.CARTER, R.C.M.ECCLES, W.E.HOLROYD, W.TOLLEY
Revs. G.S.SMITH, G.A.WILSON
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
Messrs. W.FIRTH and H.NICHOLL, musicians
Mesdames KERSHAW, MITCHELL
Sowerby
THEFT OF FOWLS
Ben CROWTHER, labourer, Sowerby
Fred LUMB (chicken keeper)
Mill Bank
Mr.Alfred WHITELEY, manager of LUMB Spinning Co., Triangle
Mr.Joseph COCKER, secretary to the Ripponden Commercial Co. Ltd.
Luddenden Foot
STRANGE STORY FROM LUDDENDEN FOOT
Willie FARRAR (William FARRAR), moulder, Luddenden Foot
Miss Harriet Ann BARRETT(?), Luddenden Foot
Mrs.WHITELEY, sister of Willie
[Column 6]
ELECTION ADDRESS. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 1900
John W.MELLOR
MARRIAGES
Harry STURGESS of Derby to Annie WILLIAMS, niece of the Rev.T.Rhondda WILLIAMS and daughter
of the Rev.J.Pandy WILLIAMS, pastor in Derby and formerly pastor of West End
Congregational Church, Sowerby Bridge
Alfred CROSSLAND, Lindley, to Mrs.Mary RADCLIFFE, Montague Street, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Amy RUSHWORTH, 22(?), of Triangle
5th October 1900
Sowerby Bridge
C.R.BERRY, Sowerby Bridge association football player
ST.GEORGE'S CHURCH
Revs. S.F.LAYCOCK (vicar), T.C.GREENWOOD of Halifax
Mr.GAUKROGER, choirmaster
FRIENDLY YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Messrs. J.C.BATES, J.CLAY, J.H.BATES, S.STOREY
Councillor A.CLAY
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHOIR
Messrs. J.R.ATKINSON, A.SMITH, J.EDWARDS
Rev. G.S.SMITH
OBJECTION TO RENEWAL OF A LICENCE
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Mary HOLLOWS, eating house keeper at Ryburn Buildings, Sowerby Bridge. Widow
Constable GOLDTHORP(GOLDTHORPE?)
Mr.W.STOREY, representing Mary HOLLOWS
[Column 2]
Daniel PARKER, coal merchant of Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL TEAM
Sowerby Bridge players: W.THOMPSON, R.METCALFE
MUSICAL SERVICE
Misses WOMERSLEY, ARCHER, TURNER
Messrs. A.SMITH, GREENWOOD
CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY (Tuel Lane)
Rev.H.T.CHAPMAN of Leeds
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organist
SOWERBY BRIDGE YOUNG MAN'S SUCCESS
Mr.J.H.BARRACLOUGH, son of Mr.BARRACLOUGH, council accountant
TUEL LANE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Messrs. WILCOCK, B.ROBINSON, G.WOODHEAD, A.PARKER, F.WADE, R.GREENWOOD
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, WRIGLEY, BUCKLEY, GIBSON, Edwin WHITELEY
SWIMMING GALA (Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club)
Dr.ADAMS
A.LAW, W.E.WHITEHEAD, S.WILCOCK, J.R.BARKER, J.H.BARRACLOUGH, L.WHITTAKER,
J.R.GARBUTT (Batley),H.BATTYE (Batley), R.H.WILKINSON
Ladies: C.PROCTOR (Wheatley Mills), B.H.SMITH (Leeds), S.E.PROCTOR (Wheatley Mills)
MOVLEY (Hunslet), STOCKS (Hunslet), GREENWOOD (Dewsbury)
M.MORTON, HAIGH, BARRACLOUGH
R.H.WILKINSON, LODGE, J.A.MAUDE
J.F.HOLROYD
L.WHITTAKER
Councillor W.H.GIBSON
DEATHS
Rachel CROWTHER, 60, widow of Henry CROWTHER, Siddall Square, Sowerby Bridge
Samuel MARSDEN, 39, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Annie SAMWORTH, 22, woollen operative, Bank End Farm, Warley
Samuel STANSFIELD, 60, mechanical engineer, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 3]
THE ELECTION
Messrs. D.SUTCLIFFE, BAILEY, J.S.RAWSON, E.W.CROSSLEY, PARKER
Right Hon.J.W.MELLOR
MR.MELLOR'S NOMINATIONS
Fred Jowett SCHOLEFIELD, James Clay HORSFALL, William SHAW, James Henry HOYLE,
Henry BROADBENT, Alfred S.FIRTH, O.EATOUGH, John Herbert SCHOLEFIELD,
James William MITCHELL, John FOX
John William WHITELEY, John PICKLES, George MURRAY, Abraham WHIPP, John SUTCLIFFE,
Joseph BARRETT, Frederick MASON, Thomas BOTTOMLEY, William Henry PICKLES,
James Herbert HEAP
Joseph GREENWOOD, Abraham CLAY, George Samuel SMITH, D.I.CLAY, John ASTIN,
Charles BESWICK, Britton MORWOOD, William Henry MATTHEWS, Brian SHEPLEY, S.HOWARD
Ely WHITELEY, John Ward BANCROFT, Rowland LUMB, John William HOEY, Emmanuel MITCHELL,
Charles W.IBBERSON, James HOLDSWORTH, Sam WADSWORTH (Samuel WADSWORTH), Thomas HORSFALL,
George Edgar WHITELEY
John BARKER, William ORMEROD, Barker CLEGG, Barker CRABTREE, Abraham CROSSLEY, John STOTT,
Sugden SUTCLIFFE, Joseph HEATON, William JACKSON, John DAWSON
Daniel Jones CROSSLEY, James JACKSON, Pharoah BROADBENT, Richard Sutcliffe BLACKBURN,
Thomas SUTCLIFFE, Thomas Mitchell SUTCLIFFE, Joseph CRAVEN, William GREENWOOD senior,
William THOMAS, E.SUTCLIFFE
James SIMPSON, David SMITH, George Henry CLEGG, Arthur James SMITH, Thomas GREENWOOD,
Joseph ROBERTSHAW, John Henry GREENWOOD, Samuel FIELDING, John Edward HELLIWELL,
Emmott GREENWOOD
Sutcliffe HEYHIRST, James WHITAKER, James HODGSON, Law HETHERWOOD, Marshall HELLIWELL,
John THOMAS, James HEYHIRST, William FIELDING, John William HIRST, Herbert FIELDING
John GREENWOOD, Thomas GREENWOOD, Charles HALLOWELL, Thomas Henry GREENWOOD,
John GREENWOOD, Thomas HARGREAVES, Samuel SUTCLIFFE, William MARSHALL,
Abraham MARSHALL, John GREENWOOD
Eli FIELDING, Richard REDMAN, Robert Fielding HARTLEY junior, HAIGH, Young WALTON,
William ASHWORTH, E.MITCHELL, Albert HORSFALL, Robinson GREENWOOD, Walter FIELDING
Henry WALTON, Thomas GREENWOOD, Sam HELLIWELL (Samuel HELLIWELL), Frank BARKER, Thomas STOTT, Young BARKER,
Frank ELDERS, John William BENTLEY, Richard STEPHENSON, Samuel HOLDEN
Joseph CLAY, William GILL, Thomas Smith HELLIWELL, Richard SUTCLIFFE, Cornelius HART,
Henry STANSFIELD, Charles William CROWTHER, James HARWOOD, Daniel SUTCLIFFE,
Samuel EASTWOOD
MR.BAILEY'S NOMINATIONS
John Selwyn RAWSON, George Reginald STANSFIELD, Nicholas NUGENT, William Cyril EMPSON,
William HAIGH, Joseph GLEDHILL, Joshua Thomas HORTON, Frederick Walter HADWEN,
Herbert SIDDALL, Rowland SIDDALL
Thomas Heary MORRIS (Thomas Henry MORRIS?), Frank CLAY, Alfred William Johnson MORRIS, William A.SUTCLIFFE,
Richard HOWARTH, Sidney BARRACLOUGH, Joseph LONGBOTTOM, Heaton COCKROFT,
William WOOD, William GLEDHILL junior
John William Carr AYRE, John Wilkinson CROSSLEY, William Edwin CARTER, Jeremiah NORMANTON,
Thomas WHITELEY, Thomas PRIESTLEY, William BOTTOMLEY, George GAUKROGER,
Walter HOPKINSON, George NORMANTON
Edward Ernest POLLIT, William Scott MILLIGAN, William Henry GIBSON, Hubert Percy HOLMES,
Joseph BUCKLEY, John William WHITELEY, Frederick PLATT, James HELLIWELL,
Joseph HOLROYD, Fred FLATHER
Henry EASTWOOD, John TURNER, William WATSON, William GREENWOOD, Thomas PARKER, John WADE,
Benjamin WOOD, Arthur THOMAS, Fred EASTWOOD, John BROWN
Thomas COPLEY, William Edward FLIGHT, Fielden GARSIDE, Willie RILEY (William RILEY), John Edward SHOESMITH,
Percy SHACKLETON, Tom DYSON (Thomas DYSON), James WOOD, Frank WATERHOUSE, Frederick KERSHAW
John Hoyle WHEELWRIGHT, Richard H.ELLIOTT, Johnson WADSWORTH, Sydney WYLDE,
William James NORMANTON, Arthur STOTT, Robert TAYLOR, Benjamin BERRY, Joseph WOOD,
Leyland WHITELEY
Frederick Gerald Selwyn RAWSON, James PICKARD, Christopher Henry HILL, Charles PRATT,
Charles HACKETT, Edward BRIERLEY, James BEDFORD, Thomas THOMAS, Eli SUTCLIFFE,
Henry WATTERSON
Francis BERRY, Charles BERRY, John NICHOLL, George DYSON, John LAWRENCE, John HELLIWELL,
John SHAW, Albert HALSTEAD, Joseph JACKSON, Alfred HELLIWELL
Jonathan Turner NAYLOR, James Henry CARTER, Arthur BINNS, Arthur STOTT, Harry CARTER,
Ernest HOWARTH, William John George CARTER, James WOLFENDEN, Alfred JUDSON,
Robert FARRAR
William Henry WHITELEY, Alfred SIDDALL, Robert CLARK, Ernest William HORSFALL,
William HOLROYD, Charles BUTTERWORTH, William WORSNUP, Robert WOOD, John CROSSLEY,
George Charles EATON
John MURGATROYD, John EASTWOOD, John MURGATROYD junior, John LONGBOTTOM,
William Mitchell EASTWOOD, John WORMALD, William Henry WORMALD, Enoch MURGATROYD,
Abraham ELLIS, Thomas Parker HICK
William Henry RUSHWORTH, Henry William SUTCLIFFE, Job ASPINALL, Joseph RILEY,
John GREENWOOD, William PICKLES, John COWDELL, Joseph DYSON, John NEWBY,
John Robert BRACEWELL
Abraham GREENWOOD, Samuel MARKE, Holt CHADWICK, Henry BELL, Frederick William DALE,
Charles WOODHEAD, James HOWARTH, Marshall GREENWOOD, Thomas SMITH,
William Henry THOMAS
William SUTCLIFFE, John BARKER, Harry Smith STANSFIELD, Walter RATCLIFFE, William DEAN,
John SUTCLIFFE, John CORBETT, Ernest Banks STANSFIELD, John Thomas WALKDEN,
Samuel Baron CROSSLEY
James Sutcliffe THOMAS, Gamaliel SUTCLIFFE, Henry PAGE, Ingham MITCHELL, Richard THOMAS,
Charles Clay SMITH, Mark KING, Herbert SUTCLIFFE, George ATACK, Benjamin GRINDROD
MR.BAILEY
Colonel STANSFIELD
Messrs. J.S.RAWSON, J.R.STANSFIELD, E.EMPSON, NUGENT
Captain FEDDEN
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR, A.STOTT
Hon.Mrs.BAILEY
Mr.& Mrs.STANSFELD
Miss RAWSON
[Column 4]
Mr.MELLOR
[Column 5]
Mr.J.S.RAWSON
Mr.MELLOR
MR.MELLOR
Right Hon.J.W.MELLOR QC
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, Abraham CLAY
Revs. G.S.SMITH, W.C.EVANS
Messrs. John BARKER, Joseph GREENWOOD, John William WHITELEY, James Clay HORSFALL,
Daniel Ingham CLAY, John Ward BANCROFT, Oliver EATOUGH, John MARSLAND, Thomas HOEY,
John WADDINGTON, Edwin WHITELEY
Mesdames MARSLAND, BANCROFT
Miss GREENWOOD
Messrs. BAILEY, RAWSON, COLEMAN
[Column 6]
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, John BARKER
Councillor A.CLAY
ELECTION ADDRESS
John W.MELLOR
12th October 1900
CHRIST CHURCH
Mr.J.FIRTH
Sowerby Bridge
A.H.GIBSON, son of Councillor GIBSON
Frederick William BARRET, Sowerby Bridge
Cyrus Sing LLOYD, Sowerby Bridge
ELECTION OF PROCTORS
Revs. C.HALMSHAW, Canon IVENS, G.T.JOWETT (vicar of West Vale)
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN LITERARY SOCIETY
Messrs. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, D.SCHOFIELD, F.W.FOSTER, G.H.WOOD, S.A.BENNETT,
J.C.HORSFALL (accompanist)
Misses L.BRIGGS, F.GREENWOOD, B.WHITEHEAD
BAPTIST SALE OF WORK
Mrs.G.H.SMITH of Halifax
Rev.J.FOX
Mr.Arthur ASTIN
Mesdames John WHITELEY, J.A.WHITELEY, W.HAIGH, SHEPLEY, MELLOR, A.ASTIN, HORSFALL,
G.E.WHITELEY, BRADLEY, BLAGBOROUGH, ASTIN, JOWETT, HELLEWELL, BROADBENT, SHAW,
FOSTER, GREENWOOD, GREGORY, TRIPPEAR
Misses Ethel HORSFALL, WADE, BEDFORD, HELLEWELL, UTTLEY, ORME, ELLIS, MARSDEN, HITCHEN,
MITCHELL, BAUME, WILSON
[Column 2]
Mesdames VAUCE, MARSDEN, FOX
Misses Blanche HORSFALL, E.BENTLEY, S.H.ASTIN, COOPER, FOX, BAUME
Mr.John HOLT of Halifax
ACCIDENT
Dr.BROWN
Mr.J.E.WORMALD, son of Mr.James WORMALD, confectioner, Tuel Lane
Mr.G.B.WRIGHT of Hebden Bridge (chemist?)
SAD FATALITY
Kate BLACKBURN, aged 22, daughter of Mr. James BLACKBURN, Queen's Road, Halifax (formerly of Sowerby Bridge)
THE ELECTION (result)
Messrs. MELLOR, BAILEY
MR.MELLOR AT THE LIBERAL CLUB
Rev.G.S.SMITH
[Column 3]
Messrs. BARKER, SCHOLEFIELD, ORMEROD, AMBLER
MR.BAILEY AT THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB
Major MORRIS
Inspector HICKES
Triangle
THE LATE MR.SAMUEL HORSFALL
Mr.George CHEETHAM, monumental mason, Mill Bank
Sowerby
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR, J.WADSWORTH, A.STOTT, J.INGHAM, J.WOOD, D.TURNER, J.H.CARTER
BOULDERCLOUGH METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
Messrs. Thomas SPEAK of Leeds (former teacher here), T.H.BARRETT, W.PICKLES (Halifax),
Robert BENTON (Boulderclough)
Revs. B.C.BARNARD (Luddenden Foot), J.CROTHERS (Brighouse), T.COOPER (Elland)
Mill Bank
MILL BANK WESLEYAN YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Rev.W.HUDSON of Triangle
Messrs. Alfred WHITELEY, F.WOLFENDEN, A.INGHAM
[Column 4]
WESLEYAN CHAPEL, FRIENDLY
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
GENERAL ELECTION 1900
Messrs. John C.BAILEY, E.W.CROSSLEY
[Column 5]
SERVICE FOR MEN (Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 6]
DEATHS
James SHEPLEY, 57, millwright, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Amy WHITELEY, 14, daughter of George Allen WHITELEY, Finkle Street, Luddenden Foot
Hannah WILKINSON, 62, widow of William WILKINSON, Spring Field Villa, Norland
19th October 1900
(Date at top wrong)
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.T.T.SMITH
Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN Ltd.
SALE OF THE MR.POLLIT'S FURNITURE
Messrs. John H.STEAD, Joseph POLLIT (deceased)
ACCIDENT
Miss PITT
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Messrs. Benjamin LEES, T.H.WRIGHT, E.LAW, A.E.SUTCLIFFE, William GREENWOOD, H.BOOTH,
O.SEYMOUR, T.THORPE, J.K.LAW, H.ROBINSON
Miss THORPE
Mesdames William GREENWOOD, CAUNT
FOREIGN MISSIONS (Methodist)
Revs. W.H.MATTHEWS, W.CHAPMAN (African missionary)
Mr.J.THOMAS
Mesdames MATTHEWS, ROBERTSHAW
Misses Ellen HOYLE, GAUKROGER
THE ELECTION
Messrs. George PARKER, MELLOR
PROPERTY SALE
Messrs. John H.STEAD, GARSED of Elland, J.LUMB (Longley, Norland),
Edward HUNTRISS (solicitor, Halifax), John R.FARRAR (Halifax)
FOOTBALL (Rugby)
RILEY, DAWSON, PEEL, WADDINGTON, HABERGHAM, BOOTHMAN
[Column 2]
John Guthrie GRAHAM, Sowerby Bridge
NOMINATIONS FOR PROCTORS
Archdeacon BROOKE
Revs. G.T.JOWETT (vicar of West Vale), Canon IVENS (vicar of Sowerby Bridge),
C.HALMSHAW (vicar of Copley), Canon Walsham HOWE, Canon GREENSIDE (rector of Thornhill),
J.HEATON, C.E.CLIWORTH(?) (vicar of Hanging Heaton),
Canon Lowther CLARKE (vicar of Dewsbury), R.PHIPPS (vicar of Brighouse)
DEATH OF MR.JOHN SIMPSON
Mr.John SIMPSON, about 79, of Milner Royd Cottage
Joseph SIMPSON, deceased, brother of above
Messrs. S.GARNETT (deceased), J.R.RAYNER (deceased)
J.& J.SIMPSON
MR.WILLIAM HAIGH'S SUGGESTION AT THE BOARD OF GUARDIANS
SUCCESS OF A LOCAL SURVEYOR
Mr.A.ROTHERA, assistant surveyor at Rawtenstall, previously at Sowerby Bridge
A ROUGH CUSTOMER
Frank GALLAGHER, wooden-legged pedlar
James PULLAN (tramway night watchman?)
[Column 3]
SERIOUS EXPLOSION
Messrs.William NEWSOME & Son
Fred HOOSON, foreman at above
Dr.DUNN
Mr.Mitchell WATERHOUSE
FIRE AT LUDDENDEN FOOT
Messrs. James CLAY & Co. Ltd.
Councillor GREENWOOD
GENERAL ELECTION 1900
Messrs. John C.BAILEY, E.W.CROSSLEY
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames B.WOOD, J.W.BANCROFT
Messrs. Thomas HOEY, J.B.BLAKELEY, B.MORWOOD
Councillor Edwin WHITELEY
Friendly
CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY (Wesleyan)
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Mill Bank
Mr.Harry LEYBOURNE, humorist of Ryburn Valley
MILL BANK WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Madame H.CLEGG
Messrs. C.BOWKER, W.BINGLEY, Arthur BINGLEY, H.KINGSTON, H.CLEGG, A. & W.BINGLEY
Professor DE WINN
Norland
USING BAD LANGUAGE
Arthur HURST, millhand of Norland
Ernest NORMANTON, mechanic of Norland
Police Constable WILSON
Sergeant ROBERTS
Triangle
ASSISTANT OVERSEER'S REMUNERATION
Messrs. H.Gawan TAYLOR, J.ROBERTSHAW (assistant overseer), THORNTON, W.H.GREENWOOD
[Column 6]
MARRIAGES
George William TURNER, police constable of Rochdale, to Mary Alice ROWLINSON of Sowerby Bridge
Eli WEST, mechanic, to Eliza NEWSOME, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
John SIMPSON, 80, contractor, Milner Royd Cottage, Norland
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mrs.STANSFIELD, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
26th October 1900
Sowerby Bridge
William Henry DAWSON and James STOTT of Sowerby Bridge
THE COTTON TRADE
Messrs. SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN, cotton spinners
(Primitive Methodist Sunday School)
Misses Ida EATOUGH, E.H.GAUKROGER, E.THORP
Messrs. C.SMITH, John WADDINGTON
MISSIONARY MEETING (West End Congregational)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, W.H.REES (missionary to China)
Messrs. S.WADSWORTH, J.BARRACLOUGH
SERVICE FOR WOMEN (Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.E.GRAY
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organist
THE REV.C.T.GREENWOOD
Rev.C.T.GREENWOOD of St.Jude's, Halifax. Formerly curate at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
ELECTION OF PROCTORS
Revs. Canon IVENS (Sowerby Bridge), Canon GRENSIDE(GREENSIDE) (Thornhill),
Canon Lowther CLARKE (Dewsbury)
Archdeacon BROOKE
HORNE, registrar
[Column 2]
TUEL LANE CHAPEL (Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour)
Messrs. W.H.OLDFIELD, Watson WHITELEY, J.H.BUTTERWORTH of Sowerby, F.FIRTH, J.G.WILCOCK
Misses PRIESTLEY of Halifax, KIDSON, E. and A.WHITELEY, Dora PARKER
Revs. Earl GRAY, J.M.WARD of Halifax
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Christ Church)
Mrs.R.W.EVANS of Willow Royd
Revs. T.T.SMITH (former missionary in Athabasca), S.S.FARROW (former African missionary)
Messrs. J.C.BUCKLEY (St.Mark's), W.M.SMEETON (Ellison Schools)
THE LATE ELECTION
Miss Clara GREENWOOD (Sowerby Bridge Women's Liberal Association)
Messrs. MELLOR, George PARKER
SALE OF WORK (Ladies' Sewing Party at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel)
Mesdames KERSHAW, MARSLAND, WOOD, Fred SUTCLIFFE, THOMAS, WHITWORTH, MORWOOD,
William WILSON, KIRKNESS, WHITEHEAD, HAIGH, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, BRIGGS, HOYLE, LEE,
R.WILSON, T.H.WOOD, BROWNBRIDGE, F.WADDINGTON, FOSTER
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, R.H.WHITWORTH, John H.SCHOLEFIELD, T.E.WHITEHEAD, FOSTER
Revs. W.HUDSON, T.H.KIRKNESS
Misses GREENWOOD, BARON, BARRON, MARSLAND, THOMAS, KIRKNESS, Emily TAYLOR, Elsie BROADBENT,
Edith WADDINGTON, CLAY, Lilian FIRTH, Laura BRIGGS, WINDSOR, MARSDEN,
Mary SCHOLEFIELD, Ethel HOYLE, Mary WADDINGTON, Letitia CROWTHER, Ada BROADBENT,
HOOTON
[Column 4]
Norland
FUNERAL OF MR. JOHN SIMPSON
Mr.John SIMPSON, died aged 79, of Milner Royd Cottage, Norland
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. John SIMPSON (son of deceased), J.W.CARTER, Percy CARTER, Arthur RILEY, A.H.RILEY,
J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, James FIRTH, SUTCLIFFE (solicitor), BROADLEY, T.ROWLINSON, WALSH,
T.DYSON, T.BREARLEY, M.HITCHEN, Lewis WHITAKER (undertaker)
Messrs. T.HOEY, Arthur Hirst MALLINSON, Joseph MALLINSON: executors
Mrs.Alfred CARTER
Misses Mary CARTER, Francis and Gertrude CRAVEN, APPLEYARD
Mr.F.W. and Mrs.CRAVEN
Mr. and Mrs.HODGSON, Sheffield
Mr. and Mrs.ELEE(?)
Mesdames KETCH, GAUKROGER, WIDDOP, MILLS
Mr. and Mrs.THOMPSON
Mill Bank
BILLIARD HANDICAP (Working Men's Club)
Messrs. E.STEPHENSON, Herbert HALSTEAD, James BARRETT, Fred HALSTEAD, W.SMITH
Luddenden Foot
FOUND DROWNED
William CRABTREE, green grocer at Bridge End
Sam TILLOTSON (Samuel TILLOTSON)
Police Constable MILLS
[Column 5]
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES (meeting at Tuel Lane Chapel)
Revs. Ralph ABERCRAMBIE (Huddersfield), W.J.HOPPER (Birkenshaw), J.C.BREWITT (Cleckheaton),
James HARRISON, G.HAYNES, Thomas WATSON, S.LOBLEY, J.WHITELEY, B.LOCKWOOD,
J.W.MAWER (Greetland), J.T.OLIVER, W.REDFERN(?)
Mr.G.HAYNES of Farsley(?)
Mr.J.WHITELEY, choirmaster
[Column 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE CRICKET CLUB. BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES
George THOMPSON, James DOVENER, George FARRAR, W.THOMPSON, A.GIRLING, G.A.WOOD, C.HORNER,
W.FARRAR, C.HATTON, H.GREENWOOD, L.BROWNBRIDGE, J.T.DOVENER, T.HALEY, H.LAYCOCK,
J.H.WILKINSON, W.SMITH, J.A.CROWTHER, T.WHITWORTH, A.SUNDERLAND, W.ASHWORTH,
W.H.GIBSON, J.H.BOLTON, W.HAIGH, B.W.WOOD, R.SCHOLEFIELD, J.H.BALL, F.HELLIWELL,
E.BALMFORTH, F.ASHWORTH
DEATHS
Emma A.WATKINS died at Swansea. Wife of Richard WATKINS and daughter of the late
Henry SIDDALL of Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth SMITH, 60, widow of Samuel SMITH, Stile, Triangle
2nd November 1900
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY
Sowerby Bridge
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Mr.John BATES, local cotton operatives association
HORSE IN THE CANAL
George Arthur CALVERLEY, canal boatman of Wakefield
Inspector RIGG
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs.William WOOD, W.HAIGH, J.HAMER, H.STORR, R.ROTHWELL, BARRACLOUGH, BALL (librarian)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, A.HOWE, Edwin WHITELEY, W.NICHOLL, A.HOBSON,
T.M.FLETCHER, T.HOEY
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mesdames BURCHELL of Bradford, BATIE of Halifax, HARWOOD, SUTCLIFFE, COPLEY, STANSFIELD,
SHEPLEY, FARRAR, DEWHIRST, LINNEY, HAIGH, LONGBOTTOM, RUSHWORTH, WILCOCK,
BROADBENT, ACKROYD, BUTTERWORTH, CAUNT, WHITWORTH, THORPE, GLEDHILL, GREENWOOD,
HARWOOD
Messrs. Hanson G.HEY of Halifax, T.H.WRIGHT, Joseph SUTCLIFFE (deceased),
John HARWOOD (deceased)
Misses BROADBENT, THORPE, DEWHIRST, GREENWOOD, JACKSON, HOLROYD, Emily HARTLAND,
Olive FAWTHROP, Ivy and Dora RUSHWORTH, Cissie THORPE, Marion GREENWOOD,
Bertha DEWHIRST, Clarinda and Emma BOTTOMLEY, Lily HOLROYD, E.THORPE, A.COPLEY,
A.LAW, M.F.THORPE, L.CAUNT, H.E.HOLROYD, M.E.MITCHELL, WHITAKER, BRIGGS, S.A.BOOTH
[Column 2]
KNUR AND SPELL
F.CARTER of Mill Bank
J.CARTER of Sowerby
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Revs. J.FOX, W.HAIGH, J.CAMERON (Congo missionary)
Mr.D.DOBSON of Halifax
BAND OF HOPE MEETINGS
Revs. Canon IVENS, E.GRAY
Mr.John WADDINGTON
FRIENDLY WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.E.C.WASHINGTON, humorist of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.DANIELS of Copley
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Messrs. A.T.LONGBOTTOM (Tuel Lane School), KENNISH of Bradford
Miss BOLTON of Halifax
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Mr.John WATSON, elocutionist of Burnley
Miss Mabel WATSON, daughter of above
Mr.Edwin CLAY
LIBERAL CLUB DEBATING SOCIETY
Messrs. T.HOEY, J.E.MAUDE, Edwin WHITELEY, J.B.BLAKELEY, R.LUMB, J.A.MAUDE, L.WHITELEY,
G.E.HOEY
FOOTBALL (Rugby)
NAYLOR of Brighouse, LUMB of Sowerby Bridge, SWAINE
[Column 4]
INTERESTING CEREMONY AT WARLEY. PRESENTATION OF A DRINKING FOUNTAIN BY MR.A.S.MCCREA
Mr.A.S.MCCREA of Warley House
Revs. J.HOLMES (vicar of Warley), J.MONCRIEFF (pastor of Warley Congregational Church),
T.LEWTHWAITE (vicar of All Soul's, Halifax)
Messrs. G.APPLEYARD, E.R.S.ESCORT, W.H.MITCHELL, J.F.WALSH, R.W.SHOESMITH,
J.ROBERTSHAW (council clerk), J.F.WALSH (designed the fountain),
T.WHITTAKER (built the fountain)
Councillors S.GREENWOOD, T.SUTCLIFFE, J.CROWTHER, I.HORSFALL, W.HOLLAND, S.SUTCLIFFE,
J.BROTHERTON, S.PARKE, T.BINNS
[Column 5]
Luddenden Foot
INQUEST
William CRABTREE, aged 66(60?) of 1 Bridge End, Luddenden Foot
Margaret CRABTREE, widow of above
Ed.WESTON, landlord of the Victoria Hotel
Samuel TILLOTSON, coach proprietor
Constable MILNE
Elizabeth WHITELEY
STEALING PIGEONS AT LUDDENDEN FOOT
John WILSON of Luddenden Foot
Fred LONGBOTTOM, dyer of Cooper House, Luddenden Foot
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Police Constable FORDHAM
Mill Bank
WESLEYAN YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Messrs. Alfred WHITELEY, James A.WOLFENDEN, Herbert WATERHOUSE, George HARDY,
Binns HOWARTH (accompanist), G.COLLINS of Stainland
Miss ROBERTSHAW of Sowerby Bridge
Ripponden
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
Abraham KING to Florence TEMPLETON, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Harry BRIGGS, 5, son of George Briggs, Lower Brockwell, Sowerby
Stephen HALL, 8, son of Albert HALL, Norland Old Hall
Elizabeth LUMB, 81, widow of Lewis LUMB, Beech Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Rawson WATERHOUSE, died November 1899. 6 Canal Road, Sowerby Bridge
9th November 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Alfred SUTCLIFFE, clerk at Sowerby Bridge gasworks
LIBERAL CLUB DEBATING SOCIETY
Messrs. T.HOEY, John BARKER of Todmorden
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mrs.WHITEHEAD of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.B.LEES
CHURCH HUNDRED
Revs. H.WHITELEY (Diocesan Inspector of Schools), Canon IVENS
LANTERN LECTURE (Primitive Methodist Band of Hope)
Miss A.HEYWOOD
Messrs. Fred TOPHAM, W.WARD
FOUR BAD LADS
Levi COCKROFT (aged 11), James MORAN (12), Willie STANLEY (William STANLEY, 10),
Thomas Henry BROCKLEHURST (14)
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
THE SCHOOL BOARD - NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO BE INCREASED
Mr.D.I.CLAY
[Column 2]
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. DIAMOND JUBILEE BAZAAR
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
Alderman WORMALD, mayor of Ossett
Mr. and Mrs.J.BERRY of London
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, Edwin WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY
Messrs. J.HANSON, C.RUSHWORTH, J.R.ATKINSON, J.W.BANCROFT, T.HORSFALL, C.E.RAMSDEN,
A.COCKER, J.BARRACLOUGH, T.HOEY, C.W.DIXON, J.W.BERRY, SMITH, J.A.WHITELEY
Dr.ADAMS
Mesdames J.H.ATKINSON, J.W.BANCROFT, W.NEWSOME, G.S.SMITH, J.A.WHITELEY, J.G.ASHWORTH,
A.J.BUTTERWORTH, J.B.BLAKELEY, J.W.BARKER, T.HOEY, J.NICHOLL, T.A.SMITH,
J.EDWARDS, W.A.SUGDEN, J.DUNN, J.HANSON, VAN GELDER, J.BARRACLOUGH, W.H.BERRY,
J.BULCOCK, J.CROWTHER, J.HORSFALL, F.RADCLIFFE, C.RUSHWORTH, C.W.RUSHWORTH,
G.RILEY, W.SCHOFIELD, A.SMITH, A.W.SUGDEN, M.SUGDEN, J.L.WRIGLEY, BISHOP,
H.BARRETT, BARKER, T.BESWICK, B.CROWTHER, CROAD(?), HAREWOOD, HODGSON, HOPKINSON,
HOYLE, D.LUMB, G.W.LUMB, E.MITCHELL, J.NUTTON, W.PARKER, REDGRIFT, SEED, SPEAK,
SYKES, TRAVIS, WRAY, J.SWAINE
Misses F.NICHOLL, Mabel SMITH, SMITH, TAYLOR, S.M.F.M.BANCROFT, S.DOVENER, E.A.SHAW,
H.REDGRIFT, E.ACKROYD, GAUKROGER and MAULE (teachers), MCMURRAY, L.CROSSLEY,
LORIMER, HANSON, D.BULCOCK, J.EDWARDS, M.E.GREENWOOD, A.HABERGHAM, L.HOLROYD,
H.MOORE, A.L.SEED, M.SUTCLIFFE, J.SUGDEN, E.BARKER, A.BARRETT, M.DOVENER, EDMONDSON,
M.E.GAUKROGER, C.SCHOFIELD, TIDSWELL, R.WADSWORTH, E.WHITELEY, WORMALD, N.RUSHWORTH
E.SMITH, J.WRAY
Misses E.BESWICK, A.BISHOP, A.COPLEY, N.DYSON, L.HAREWOOD, E.HOWARTH, M.E.LUMB, A.SHAW,
A.SOOTHILL, F.SWAIN, W.SUGDEN, A.WILLOTT (all scholars)
Messrs. J.BARRACLOUGH, A.SUTCLIFFE, A.HELLIWELL, W.ANDERTON JP (Cleckheaton), E.E.POLLIT,
W.H.CHAMBERS, J.C.NEWSOME, Joseph GREENWOOD, S.TURNER, A.BENN (Manchester), N.BATES
Mr. and Mrs.W.H.LORIMER
Councillor W.H.GIBSON
[Column 3]
Messrs. E.LAPTHORNE (Gosport), A.WHITELEY (Halifax), J.SMITH (Surrey), J.R.ATKINSON,
J.HANSON, Edwin CLAY, W.A.SUTCLIFFE, SHACKLETON (Hebden Bridge), CONWAY (Halifax),
J.R.BARKER, James BARRACLOUGH, T.A.SMITH
Rt.Hon.J.W.MELLOR
Dr.J.CROSSLEY-WRIGHT
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Mrs.GAUKROGER
SERMON FOR MEN ONLY (Christ Church)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.H.GAUKROGER (organist)
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, J.C.BUCKLEY JP, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, A.MAUDE, John TURNER,
J.L.WRIGLEY, Edwin WHITELEY, W.H.GIBSON, F.CLAY, A.HOWE, A.CLAY
Mr.FAWCETT, rate collector
Mr.BROADLEY, tenant of Milner Royd Farm
Mr.BELL
Norland
Mr.S.TURNER, Norland parish council
Councillors WHITTAKER, JACKSON, CARTER :Halifax rural district council
Mr.ROWE, sanitary inspector
[Column 6]
Sowerby
ENTERTAINMENT AT BOULDERCLOUGH (Methodist New Connexion Sunday School)
Messrs. A.WADSWORTH, Robert BENTON
Misses Angelina TAYLOR, S.A.MARSDEN, Elsie HANSON, H.M.MITCHELL, Dorothy BENTON, E.THORPE,
Susie BARRETT
Masters W.BLAMIRES, Percy PICKLES, Joe BANCROFT
DEATHS
Joseph BEDFORD, 51, King's Square, Sowerby
Annice HAIGH, 27, Pickwood Scarr, Norland
Sarah PLATT, 52, widow of Joseph James PLATT, Hollings Mill, Sowerby Bridge
Harry RADCLIFFE, 30, Porter's Lodge, Sowerby
James STANSFIELD, 56, New Marsh, Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge
16th November 1900
Sowerby Bridge
CHURCH INSTITUTE
Miss TURNER
Rev.W.C.HOWARD
HOMING SOCIETY
Mr.James BERRY, Albion Inn, Scarr Road
A BIRTHDAY AND IT'S RESULT
Alfred HAMER of Sowerby Bridge
PC GOLDTHORPE
TUEL LANE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Messrs. J.E.MAUDE, John BATES, B.ROBINSON, A.F.F.LONGBOTTOM, H.NORMANTON, P.WHITAKER,
T.H.MITCHELL, A.MITCHELL, A.PARKER, J.A. MAUDE, C.WHITELEY, W.WHITELEY, J.G.WILCOCK,
T.GREYSHAN, W.H.OLDFIELD, A.WILD, W.BESWICK, John WADDINGTON, HUDSON
Rev.E.GRAY
CHURCH BANK
Mr.EVANS, council clerk?
THE RECENT ELECTION
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR
CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.W.C.HOWARD
Miss BADDELEY (girls' school)
Messrs. A.COCKER and J.W.WHITELEY (boys' school)
Misses GILL and HOLDSWORTH (infants' school)
Messrs. H.SHAW, A.HOBSON, John THORNTON, J.C.BELL
[Column 2]
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.J.H.STEAD, auctioneer
Mr.William CLEGG, tailor, deceased
Mr.FARRAR of Hebden Bridge
Mr.S.HOYLE, solicitor
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL BAZAAR (school)
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, A.BENN (Halifax)
Revs. Reuben BRIGGS, G.S.SMITH
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, Sam WADSWORTH (Samuel WADSWORTH), J.TOWNEND (of Failsworth, former scholar), G.B.WOOD,
WATTS (Manchester), J.DAVENPORT, James DOVENER, S.WADSWORTH, C.RUSHWORTH,
J.A.WHITELEY, T.A.SMITH
Miss THOMPSON
Revs. A.K.STOWELL and J.P.WILLIAMS, former ministers of West End church
[Column 3]
Ripponden
SOYLAND METHODIST NEW CONNEXION (Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society)
Mrs.H.BOTTOMLEY
Rev.F.H.ROBINSON of Halifax
--------------------------------
Mary Ann HOWARTH, 49, Chapeltown
[Column 4]
Sowerby
SUCCESS IN ART
Mr.J.W.SALTONSTALL, a Sowerby young man
HISTORICAL OPERETTA (St.Peter's Temperance Society)
Messrs. E.BENNETT, J.RILEY, G.HOCKNEY, A.LUMB, H.K.LUMB, E.BARKER, S.LEACH
Misses A.BARKER, E.CLARKE
SOWERBY WESLEYAN CHURCH (missions)
Mr.J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
Revs. Edward STRUTT (Ceylon missionary), T.H.KIRKNESS, W.HUDSON of Triangle, W.C.EVANS,
A.D.JERMAN of Rishworth
Messrs. Wilfred LUMB, Smith AINLEY, Albert HITCHEN, J.NICHOLL, A.E.THOMAS
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR JP, S.AINLEY, T.H.CARTER, J.INGHAM, S.WADSWORTH, A.STOTT, D.TURNER,
A.WHITELEY, J.WOOD, W.GREENWOOD
Triangle
CRUELTY TO A HORSE
Daniel GREENWOOD, farmer of Triangle
Mr.STOREY, defence
Constable SIMS
Inspector RIGG
Fred SHARP, milk dealer, Netherlands, Triangle
Walter AKROYD, vet of Hebden Bridge
[Column 5]
DEATHS
Martha BARNES, 25, daughter of Edward and Grace BARNES, 9 Upper Fountain Street
Sarah Hannah ACKROYD, 36, cotton reeler, Joseph Street, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas BROWN, 57, cloth miller, Steps Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Olive Eveline Florence HELLOWELL, 7, daughter of David HELLOWELL, Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen MITCHELL, 42, wife of Alexander MITCHELL, Charlotte Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen WHITEHEAD, 58, wife of Luke WHITEHEAD, Hollin Well, Norland
[Column 6]
SCHOOL BOARD for the Parish of SOWERBY BRIDGE
Richard H.WHITWORTH, clerk
Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, solicitors and clerks to the Urban District Council of Sowerby Bridge
23rd November 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Miss STANSFIELD of Sowerby Bridge
(Primitive Methodist Band of Hope)
Misses E.SUTCLIFFE, H.J.ROBERTSHAW, EATOUGH
Mr.O.EATOUGH
Frederic Edward WHITHAM of Sowerby Bridge
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Mr.J.W.HAIGH of Greetland
Misses HAIGH
WEST END
Messrs. Joseph HANSON, BANSON, BANCROFT, T.A.SMITH, J.A.WHITELEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
HOMING SOCIETY
Mr.William INGHAM of the Dusty Miller Inn
LIBERAL CLUB DEBATING SOCIETY
Councillor Edwin WHITELEY
Messrs. J.B.BLAKELEY, T.HOEY, William GREENWOOD, H.GREENWOOD, John H.SCHOLEFIELD,
John EDWARDS
OUTBREAK OF FEVER (Scarlet)
Mr.WARD, sanitary inspector
SUPERHEATING (lecture for Yorkshire Engineers and Firemen's Association)
Mr.J.H.HELLIWELL of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.WHITLEY MP
[Column 2]
BOLTON BROW LITERARY SOCIETY
Mr.John BATES
FOREIGN MISSIONS (Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel)
Revs. T.Galland HARTLEY of Manchester, T.MCKENZIE (Indian missionary)
Miss Evelyn BEDFORD
Mr.Edwin CLAY
THE CHORAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT
Messrs. Booth SHARP (conductor), J.R.SYKES of Halifax (tenor)
Miss Ada SHARP (daughter of the conductor)
[Column 3]
CHRIST CHURCH SALE OF WORK
Revs.Canon IVENS, H.G.HIRD (Halifax), S.F.LAYCOCK, G.S.SMITH, C.W.HOWARD
Messrs. J.C.BUCKLEY JP, C.E.RAMSDEN, J.R.ATKINSON, J.HANSON, W.HAIGH, A.COCKER,
J.W.WHITELEY, G.SWINDELLS, T.DYSON, J.C.BELL, E.E.POLLITT, J.W.BANCROFT,
W.S.MILLIGAN, Joseph POLLIT (deceased, uncle of E.E.POLLIT)
Mesdames SWALLOW, HAIGH, J.TURNER, S.TURNER, J.W.WHITELEY, WALTERS, ROTHWELL, SCHOFIELD,
BARLOW, JONES, BATES, HORNER, COLEMAN, RILEY, ROWLINSON, HELLIWELL, WRAY, RAMSDEN,
SUTCLIFFE, EVANS, BUCKLEY, P.NORRIS, BROWN, IVENS, A.GREENWOOD, MILLIGAN, HELM,
GREENWOOD, BERRY
Misses TURNER, L.HAIGH, SWALLOW, BATES, WHITELEY, M.SWALLOW, SHACKLETON, LEAROYD, S.E.HAIGH,
Florence HAIGH, Alice HAIGH, RILEY, LEAROYD, CROSS, MUNSELL(?), RAYNER, WOOD, BERRY
Mr.GAUKROGER, choirmaster?
Miss BELL, teacher?
Misses BADDELEY, ODDY, girls day school teachers?
Councillor Ely WHITELEY JP
[Column 4]
Norland
SUCCESSFUL INSTRUMENTALISTS
Ernest and John BEAUMONT, Shaw BROADBENT, George RAMSDEN: all of Norland Brass Band
Mr.Edwin SWIFT, celebrated conductor
Ripponden
THE LATE MRS. SUGDEN
Mrs.SUGDEN, nee BATES
Mr.John BOOTH, deceased, owned foundry at Dam Top
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Messrs. J.PICKLES, A.B.WAKEFIELD of Hipperholme
Misses FARRER (FARRAR?), WIDDOP, WHITELEY
Master Ernest WAKEFIELD
Mesdames J.WADSWORTH, SIMPSON
Mill Bank
FOUND DROWNED
William RILEY, 34, silk cutter, Turn Lee Farm, Cotton Stones
Albert HALEY, blacksmith, Sowerby
Susannah RILEY, wife of James RILEY, mother of William
Caroline HALEY
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE. CAUTION AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
William WARD, sanitary inspector
DEATHS
Esther BROADBENT, 10 months, daughter of John William BROADBENT, Roughs, Norland
John BUCKLEY, 71, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Emma GLEDHILL, 37, wife of John GLEDHILL, Back Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
30th November 1900
Sowerby Bridge
James Morton ANDERSON, Sowerby Bridge
CHRIST CHURCH BAZAAR
Messrs. George SWINDELLS, W.H.BAXENDALE
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
SPIRITUALIST GUILD
Mr.A.WILD
OUTBREAK OF FEVER
Frederick GALE, Wakefield Road
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD, J.HANSON, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, R.ROTHWELL, W.NICHOLL, H.STORR, T.HOEY,
C.W.HATTON of Manchester
Rev.G.S.SMITH
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Mr.WADDINGTON, Tuel Lane, decorator
Rev.T.COTES of Todmorden, Carey HOOD of Halifax
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, W.H.GIBSON, A.HOWE, Edwin WHITELEY
A GENEROUS GIFT
Rev.Canon IVENS
Misses MALLINSON, Thorn Tree Terrace, King Cross, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Mrs. John WOOD, deceased, of Raven Lodge. Sister to one of the above
HALIFAX CHARITY CUP (rugby)
Messrs. F.W.HANSON of Bradford, H.WORSNOP, T.SUNDERLAND
Arthur BROOKS/BROOKE (Brighouse team)
Ben MELLOR, Sowerby Bridge team?
[Column 2]
NEGLECT OF DUTY
Arthur LISTER, labourer, Sowerby Bridge
CART DRIVERS' TEA (Halifax and District Carters', Draymen's and Horsemen's Association)
Mr.PICKLES, Royal Oak Inn
Messrs. C.WHITELEY, J.WHITELEY
DIOCESAN CONGRESS
Rev.Canon IVENS
BILLIARD HANDICAP (Bolton Brow Working Men's Club)
Messrs. J.W.BANCROFT, T.TAYLOR, T.UTTLEY, William THOMAS, B.TAYLOR
BAND OF HOPE FESTIVAL (Bolton Brow Wesleyan)
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Messrs. T.E.WHITEHEAD (choirmaster), F.FLETCHER, CRAWSHAW, John DRIVER of Silsden
Misses L.HAIGH, A.WHITWORTH
Master W.HOLROYD
RYBURN LODGE OF ANTIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
Brothers William HAIGH, John DUNN, Thomas GILL, William Alfred WOOD, John CROWTHER,
John Ward BANCROFT, William Perrin BROWN, John Corrin BELL, Walter Collinge MOORES,
John Hoyle STEAD, John SMITH junior, Henry GAUKROGER (organist),
William HAIGH junior, John Arthur SUTCLIFFE, William SCHOFIELD, William BOTTOMLEY,
Samuel HOYLE, George BLACKBURN, William WORSNUP, Thomas GILL, John SMITH senior,
RICKARD, BUCKLAND, DONALD (London), MILLIGAN, KINDON, BLAGBOROUGH
Mrs.NOBLE, Bull's Head Hotel
[Column 3]
Arthur ROTHERA, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
ENTERING A TRAIN WHILST IN MOTION
Frederick NAYLOR, millhand, Sowerby Bridge
Herbert SUTCLIFFE, inspector at station
ALARMING RAILWAY COLLISION AT BRIGHOUSE
[Column 4]
Sowerby
George ROSLING, Sowerby
Norland
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION (Sowerby Bridge branch)
Messrs. Joe W.SYKES, J.B.BLAKELEY, L.WHITTAKER, W.SHAW
Councillor Edwin WHITELEY
MAN AND WIFE
Samuel BARKER, labourer, of Norland
Eliza BARKER, wife of above
Mr.FISHER, prosecution
Mr.Walter STOREY, defence
Mr.John TURNER, employed Samuel BARKER?
Mill Bank
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR (Wesleyan Young People's Society)
Messrs. John CARTER, A.DOBBIN (Halifax)
Misses E.HELLOWELL, INGHAM
Rev.T.R.LEWIS (Rastrick), W.HUDSON
Warley
DRAWING ROOM RECEPTION (congregational)
Mayor and Mayoress of Halifax
Councillor William BREAR
Mr.T.SUTCLIFFE, Cliffe Hill (Thomas?)
Rev.James HOLMES, the Vicarage
Rev.James MONCRIEFF, pastor
Misses ABERCROMBIE, WOMERSLEY, L.AMBLER, Ada SCOTT LRAM, Ella APPLEYARD
Messrs. S.SCHOFIELD, Pliny SUMMERSKILL (conductor), H.TURNER
[Column 5]
Luddenden Foot
(LIB)ERAL REJOICING
Messrs. W.BIRTWHISTLE, George PARKER (Hebden Bridge), J.P.FARRAR (Midgley), MELLOR,
SHELDRAKE, GREENWOOD, J.NICHOLSON
Alderman BARKER of Todmorden
Councillors PICKLES (Midgley), MARSHALL (Luddenden), John BARKER
Misses HORSMAN, WOOLFORD
ELECTION CELEBRATION AT SOWERBY BRIDGE
Messrs. F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, Joseph GREENWOOD, John BARKER, Gerald PYN (Leeds), SHELDRAKE,
Cookson GREENWOOD (accompanist), W.BRIGGS, HORNER and THOMAS (musicians)
Right Hon.J.W.MELLOR MP
Misses HORSMAN, WOOLFORD
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Florrie BACKHOUSE, 14 months, daughter of Mary Emma BACKHOUSE, Siddal Square, Sowerby Bridge
Josiah BINNS, 48, Beech, Sowerby Bridge
George Lister GALE, 4, son of Frederick GALE, Hitchen's Buildings, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Squire GOODRICK, 45, pavior(?), Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
John HITCHEN, 52, mason, Carr, Sowerby
Frank HOWARTH, 6, son of the late George Arthur HOWARTH, Triangle
7th December 1900
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.C.W.HOWARD
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.A.C.COLEMAN, Conservative
LIBERAL CLUB DEBATING SOCIETY
Messrs.Percy H.WHITTAKER, R.LUMB
SWIMMING CLUB
Mrs.NOBLE, Bull's Head Hotel
SPIRITUALIST GUILD
Mrs.William GREENWOOD
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.J.C.BELL
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.J.FOX, pastor
Messrs. Isaac PRIESTLEY, FOSTER, B.INGHAM, H.BROADBENT, R.UTTLEY
Misses ORME, BEDFORD, A.UTTLEY, L.HITCHEN, L.HELLIWELL, E.WADE (organ)
THE CHRISTADELPHIANS
Messrs. T.STANDEVEN, J.BRIGGS
PRIMROSE LEAGUE SOCIAL
Messrs. George STANSFELD, R.W.MALLINSON, J.S.RAWSON, HORNER and THOMAS (musicians)
Nurse SCANLAN
Miss MAUDE
Misses STOTT
DEATH OF MR.JOHN BULCOCK
Mr.John BULCOCK, landlord of the Commercial Inn, former railwayman
Revs. S.F.LAYCOCK, G.S.SMITH
FREE CHURCH COUNCIL
Revs. E.GRAY, C.W.SKEMP, W.H.MATTHEWS, W.HUDSON, G.S.SMITH, J.FOX, W.C.EVANS
Gipsy SMITH
Mr.WHITELEY (organ)
[Column 2]
ST.GEORGE'S SCHOOLS
Mr.HUNTER, (head?)teacher
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL (Ladies' Sewing Class)
Mesdames J.HELLIWELL, A.HELLIWELL, A.CROWTHER, J.L.CROWTHER, A.NORMANTON, MITCHELL
Misses BERRY, FOSTER, WILCOCK, HELLIWELL, RADCLIFFE, SCARGILL, THOMAS, GLEDHILL,
SHEARD and WOOD (accompanists)
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Rev.Earl GRAY
Messrs. C.B.STOTT of Halifax, Frank WILCOCK, J.GREENWOOD, F.BROADBENT, W.THOMAS
Misses A.MARKHAM, PEARSON, A.COCKER
BOLTON BROW SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Messrs. F.WADDINGTON, F.SUTCLIFFE, F.WADDINGTON junior, E.ACKROYD, T.E.WHITEHEAD,
S.AKROYD, A.SUTCLIFFE, F.LORD, A.UTTLEY, T.EDWARDS, W.H.PRIESTLEY, B.MORWOOD,
J.BROADBENT, J.WADDINGTON, E.AKROYD, H.GREENWOOD, G.H.WOOD, J.LEE,
F.FLETCHER (choirmaster)
Miss BARRON
Mrs.ROBERTS
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, F.CLAY, W.H.GIBSON, A.MAUDE, Edwin WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY,
F.J.SCHOLEFIELD JP, J.TURNER, A.HOWE, A.CLAY, George WHITELEY
Mr.WOOD
[Column 3]
MR.JOSEPH POLLIT'S WILL
Mr.Joseph POLLIT, Bank House, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Thomas SUTCLIFFE, Warley, proved the will
Messrs E.E.POLLIT and H.J.POLLIT, nephews of Joseph
POLLIT & WIGZELL
Thomas POLLIT, deceased, brother of Joseph
John POLLIT, deceased, brother of Joseph
Ada and Clara POLLIT, nieces of Joseph
Friendly
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN SCHOOL
Rev.W.HUDSON of Triangle
Messrs. W.WHITEHEAD (organist), W.SIDDALL, W. HOWARTH, J.E.RATLEDGE,
J.HALL (string band leader)
Misses H.LAWSON, H.A.SCHOLEFIELD, M.E.WEBSTER, E.BROWN, E.HOLLAND, Eva BROWN
Norland
MOUNT PLEASANT UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH
Misses M.WOOD (Norland), F.NICHOLL (Sowerby Bridge), F.EDWARDS
Messrs. F.GLEDHILL, G.HARDY (Triangle), M.SCHOLEFIELD, E. and J.BEAUMONT, S.BROADBENT,
G.RAMSDEN, T.BINNS (accompanist)
Mrs.G.WILLET of Sowerby Bridge
CHURCH BANK IMPROVEMENT
Mr.P.SHACKLETON, Dr.BROWN, Mrs.WOODWORTH and the executors of Mr.John SIMPSON
Messrs. WAUGH, HUMPHREYS, J.C.BELL: Represented the above
Mr.R.W.EVANS JP
Mr.POLLIT's executors
MARRIAGE
Samuel Mitchell BALDWIN, iron turner, to Sarah Louis MITCHELL, both of Sowerby Bridge
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REV.CANON IVENS ON THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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DEATHS
John BULCOCK, 54, Commercial Inn, Sowerby Bridge
William FARNELL, 11 days, son of Thomas FARNELL, Winterburn Hill, Warley
James THOMAS, 75, Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Giles WADSWORTH, 48, farmer, Milner Place, Luddenden Foot
John William TAYLOR, 60, commercial traveller, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
14th December 1900
Sowerby Bridge
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Rev. G.BICHENS
Mr.J.W.WALTON of Halifax
BOLTON BROW BAND OF HOPE
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. J.WILCOCK, F.DRAKE, H.GREENWOOD
Misses A.E.MIDGLEY, F.BAKER, A. and E.WHITELEY, J.RADCLIFFE, Z.LONGBOTTOM, A.E.MAUDE,
A.FRANKLIN, A.BUTTERWORTH
Masters E.SIDDALL and S.HOLLAND: violin
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames WRIGHT of Halifax, EVANS of Sowerby Bridge
CIRCUIT MEETING (Methodist Free Churches)
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. J.WADDINGTON, A.S.FIRTH, S.TURNER, J.WILKINSON, E.HELLOWELL, J.W.TAYLOR (deceased)
Mesdames GRAY, MITCHELL (Sowerby), TAYLOR
ANNUAL MEETING (Primitive Methodist Band of Hope)
Rev.Canon IVENS
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT INQUIRY (sewage)
Messrs. FAWCETT, EVANS (council officer), LONGBOTHAM, LODGE, G.BINNS
Colonel MARSH
Councillor Joseph WADSWORTH
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DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION AT SOWERBY BRIDGE (West End Congregational Church)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, R.BRIGGS (of Heckmondwike, old Sunday School scholar)
Revs. A.K.STOWELL (Leeds),J.P.WILLIAMS (Derby), MOFFATT: former ministers at West End
Messrs. H.H.CLEGG, organ, T.A.SMITH, J.W.BANCROFT, MAGSON (Sale), Charles RUSHWORTH,
C.HOLLAS (Wibsey), Mr.C.CROSSLAND (Lindley), J.NAYLOR (Weston Super Mare)
G.FRANKLAND, J.NICHOLL (Ovenden), J.EDWARDS, Martin STOTT,
William BRIGGS (lamented), Ishmael OGDEN, FIELDING, D.WILKINSON, T.GREENWOOD,
W.H.BERRY, J.H.SHAW, J.H.ATKINSON, W.CLEGG, John WADDINGTON (Tuel Lane Church),
W.GREENWOOD, Henry SUTCLIFFE, WADSWORTH (choirmaster), J.HARGREAVES
Mesdames W.BRIGGS, E.MITCHELL, MOFFATT (widow of former pastor at West End), MIDGLEY
Dr.DUNN
Councillor J.L.WRIGLEY
Misses Ethel SMITH, H.MOORE, E.WADSWORTH
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Sowerby
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Mr.M.WHITWORTH, accompanist
CIRCUIT CONVENTION (Wesleyan)
Revs. H.Owen RATTENBURY of Halifax, J.Grange BENNETT of Bolton, T.H.KIRKNESS
Sisters Edith of Leeds, Alice
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors NAYLOR JP, AINLEY, CARTER, INGHAM, WADSWORTH, STOTT, TURNER, WOOD, GREENWOOD,
NICHOLL
Messrs. EVANS, BOOCOCK
Ripponden
SUICIDE AT BARKISLAND
Mr.E.H.HILL, deputy coroner
Mr.Aquila FOSTER, cotton spinner, Ripponden
James SCOTT
SENSATIONAL AFFAIR AT RISHWORTH
Thomas Herbert CRAWSHAW, aged 15
George William CRAWSHAW, caretaker at Intake House, Rishworth. Father of above
Mr.HILL, deputy coroner
DEATHS
Joseph HELLIWELL, 71, grocer, 2 Rose Mount, Sowerby Bridge
Hannah CROSSLEY, relict of the late Samuel CROSSLEY, Belmont Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
James Booth PRIESTLEY, 77, Crown Buildings, Triangle
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MEMORIAL SERVICE AT TUEL LANE (Methodist)
Mr. John William TAYLOR, deceased, born in Kirkburton in 1840
Messrs. WHITELEY (organist)
Revs. E.GRAY, G.A.WILSON
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Mr.W.H.OLDFIELD
21st December 1900
Sowerby Bridge
Percy REDFORD of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Walter STAFFORD, Turk's Head Inn
Mr.T.TAYLOR
LIBERAL CLUB DEBATING SOCIETY
Mr.MCHUGH of Halifax
Mr.James HOLDSWORTH
A SOWERBY BRIDGE YOUNG MAN'S SUCCESS
Mr.Walter BEARD
Mr.W.WARD, sanitary inspector
WHARF HOTEL SMOKE CLUB
Messrs. E.UTTLEY, J.SCHOFIELD, S.HOYLE, J.EASTWOOD, E.BERRY
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mesdames WILCOCK, GRAY
Miss I.RATCLIFFE
Rev.E.GRAY
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organ
QUARTERLY MEETING (Wesleyan)
Rev.T.H.KIRKNESS
Messrs. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, J.C.BATES, Joseph BARRON
THE SCARLET FEVER EPIDEMIC
Mr.RANSLEY, boatman, Chapel Lane
THE BEER SCARE
Dr.WELLBURN
Mr.WARD, sanitary inspector
Messrs. BOSTOCK & Co., Liverpool
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DEATH OF COUNCILLOR BUCKLEY
Mr.J.C.BUCKLEY JP, aged 51, of Willow Lodge
Dr.BROWN
Revs. Canon IVENS, Anthony HALL
Mr.and Mrs.C.RAMSDEN
Miss RAMSDEN
Mr and Mrs James BUCKLEY
Mr and Mrs PATTEN
Mrs HALLAM (Romiley)
Mrs ATKIN (ALKIN?), Denton
Mrs LEIGH (Hastings)
Misses Annie and Rose BUCKLEY
DEATH OF MR GODFREY RHODES
Drs. MANTLE, RUSSELL of Leeds, WELLBURN
Mr.Godfrey RHODES, aged 50, solicitor, son of the late Samuel RHODES
Mr.EVANS, partner of above
Miss GOMERSAL(?) of Dewsbury. Godfrey's wife
Mr.Louis RHODES, son of Godfrey
Mr.C.T.RHODES, brother of Godfrey
Dr.STRONG of London, brother in law
Messrs. R.W.EVANS, W.HORSFIELD
Messrs. Godfrey RHODES & EVANS
Councillors Ely WHITELEY JP, J.L.WRIGLEY, George WHITELEY, Edwin WHITELEY, John TURNER,
A.HOWE, W.H.GIBSON, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, Abraham CLAY
Messrs. James BARRACLOUGH, John MARSLAND, A.W.COX, W.WARD, J.FAWCETT, J.HOPKINSON,
C.DILWORTH, ROTHERA (former surveyor): All council officials
Messrs. Thomas COPLEY and J.H.THOMAS of the Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
Revs. R.F.PECHEY, T.G.JOWETT, Canon IVENS
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Mr.F.B.ROTHERA, former surveyor at Sowerby Bridge
USING OBSCENE LANGUAGE
George JACKSON, aged 50, no fixed abode
PRESENTATION TO MR ARTHUR ROTHERA
Mr Arthur ROTHERA, engineer, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
PROPERTY SALE
Mr Jo SHOESMITH JP
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Rev Canon IVENS
Messrs. Edward E.POLLIT, Rowland SIDDALL, John WHITELEY
Councillor GIBSON
Messrs Daniel Ingham CLAY, John Ward BANCROFT, James Clay HORSFALL, John WADDINGTON,
John BATES
[Column 4]
Sowerby
CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB
Councillor J.T.NAYLOR
Messrs DEAN, HORSFALL, J.W.BARKER, E.CROSSLEY: Sowerby Glee Union
Mr.R.CLARKE of Mytholmroyd, accompanist
Mr.M.M.SYKES of Huddersfield
Mill Bank
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (St.Mary's Church)
Messrs. W.EASTWOOD, J.BROADBENT, H.RAWNSLEY
Misses S.A.HOLROYD, ALDERSON, M.LUMB, E.HALSTEAD, A.OLIVER, PODLEY (accompanist)
Luddenden Foot
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.B.C.BARNARD, pastor
TESTIMONIAL TO A LUDDENDEN FOOT MAN
Benjamin HARRIS, Luddenden Foot
RETURN OF A SOLDIER FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Trooper J.T.SIMPSON of the 14th Hussars, of Luddenden Foot
W.WORSNUP. RENT AND DEBT COLLECTOR, INSURANCE AND COMMISSION AGENT.
INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SOWERBY BRIDGE
MRS.HINDLE
Teacher of SHORTHAND and TYPEWRITING. 5 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SOWERBY BRIDGE
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Godfrey RHODES & EVANS
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Ripponden
PROPERTY IN THE MARKET
Mr.J.E.DENTON, deceased, nephew of the late Edward DENTON
Mr.George MITCHELL, auctioneer
Mr.J.W.CROSSLEY, solicitor of Ripponden and Halifax
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames H.WHITELEY, J.W.HALLEWELL, J.BOTTOMLEY, Stanley WADSWORTH, G.HELLIWELL, R.H.LUMB
Misses E.RADCLIFFE, C.WHITELEY, M.L.NICHOLL
Messrs. L.WHITELEY, W.JACKSON, J.RILEY (Triangle), S.LEACH (Triangle), R.H.LUMB,
J.E.Nettleton COPLEY, J.W.SIMPSON (piano)
Master A.SIMPSON
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SAD CASE AT ELLAND
Mr.E.H.HILL, deputy coroner
Mrs Jane HUGILL of Halifax
Robert BOLTON, grocer, Elizabeth Street, Elland. Father of above
Emma BOLTON, Jane's sister
Sergeant HUGILL, volunteer company of the West Riding Regiment. Jane's husband
Dr.MACKAY(?)
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DEATHS
John CROWTHER, 53, coal merchant, Sowerby Bridge
Mary HOLROYDE, 75, widow of William HOLROYDE, Cavendish Buildings, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
William HELLEWELL, 59(?), carpenter, Bairstow Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Wilfred HOLDSWORTH, 18 months, son of Benjamin Jackson HOLDSWORTH, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
Eliza LEES, 47, wife of William LEES, Wells Farm, Warley
Harry RAWNSLEY, 7 months, son of Fred RAWNSLEY, Allan Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
James Henry SUTCLIFFE, 50, carpenter, Beech Road, Sowerby Bridge
28th December 1900
Sowerby Bridge
James JENKINS, Sowerby Bridge
ST GEORGE'S CHURCH
Mr.William GAUKROGER, choirmaster
CINDERELLA DANCE (Trademen's Association)
Messrs. HORNER, THOMAS, J.H.THOMAS, J.JACKSON
THE FEVER CASES
Mr.Frederick GALE, Wakefield Road
CHRIST CHURCH
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
Messrs. S.CLAYTON, J.GREENWOOD
AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (first aid exam results)
Smith HITCHEN, George NORMANTON, Herbert TAYLOR, Albert WOOD, Frank WILCOCK
Herbert CORDINGLEY, Norman HALSTEAD, Levi HAIGH, Alfred HANSON, Adam T.HOPE,
William LEAROYD, Police Constable Richard TAFFINDEN
Ernest BROADBENT, John FAIRBANK, Richard GREENWOOD, Ernest LUMB, John W.MANSFIELD,
John MITCHELL, Harry MITCHELL, Harry ROBINSON, William TOLLEY, John WOOD
Lily BENTLEY, Sarah DERRICOTT, Ada ELLIS, Eveline M.GIBSON, Susannah HEATON,
Clara NUSSEY(?), Ada PICKLES, Alice WHITEHEAD, Annie WILLETT
Mary BESWICK, Mary A.MITCHELL, Alice MITCHELL, Sarah L.WHITELEY, Esther WHITELEY
Lila EASTWOOD, Annie E.W.LUMB, Edith ROBERTSHAW, Lilian SUNDERLAND, Alice SUTCLIFFE,
Gertrude E.THOMAS, Mary E.TURNER, Amy L.TURNER
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Messrs. H.SUTCLIFFE, E.GREENWOOD, H.CROWTHER, F.STOCKTON, F.HADFIELD, A.ARNOLD, J.E.THORPE,
T.STOREY, W.MATTHEWS, W.H.MATTHEWS (accompanist)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
CURIOUS LICENCING CASE
Friend ROBERTSHAW, beer retailer of Providence Place, Sowerby New Road
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Mr.STOREY, defence
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Misses THORPE, DELICOT(?)
Messrs. J.J.MORSE of London, F.GLEDHILL, T.H.WRIGHT, H.BARRETT, Thomas H.WRIGHT,
A.ROWSON (violin), H.E. and E.E.LAW (piano)
[Column 2]
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mr.William WOOD
MUSICAL SERVICE AT WEST END (chapel)
Messrs. J.W.EARNSHAW, A.SMITH
Misses E.WADSWORTH, E.SMITH, F.M.BANCROFT, A.L.SEED
Rev.G.S.SMITH
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Messrs. NICHOLL and FIRTH, musicians
Messrs. W.WRAY, J.WHITELEY
TUEL LANE CHRISTMAS TREE (United Methodist Free Church, Ladies Sewing Class)
Dr.DUNN
Messrs. Joseph WILCOCK, A.S.FIRTH, W.H.OLDFIELD, J.WADDINGTON, A.SUNDERLAND, F.A.ROBINSON,
George MANSFIELD, James HOLT, A.ELLIS?, W.WHITELEY, W.H.OLDFIELD junior, F.FIRTH,
Percy WHITAKER, A.FIRTH, F.BENTLEY, Percy OLDFIELD, T.H.MITCHELL, W.STOTT
Misses BARRON, SIDDALL, RILEY, WOOD, SUTCLIFFE, MORTON, Francis A.WILCOCK,
Antoinette WASHINGTON, Edna BAIRSTOW, Lucy A.BATES, S.E.WHITWORTH, A.ELLIS?,
F.OLDFIELD?, M.AINLEY?, I.EASTWOOD, A.COCKROFT, M.HOLT, A.WOODHEAD, L.COOKE,
C.MANSLEY(?), N.HORNER, E.WILCOCK, E.MITCHELL, SIDDALL, EASTWOOD, JACKSON,
S.E.WILCOCK, M.H.WILCOCK, J.FEATHER, F.PARKER, Ellen SIDDALL, S.COCKROFT,
TAYLOR, PARKER, LONGBOTTOM, HELLEWELL
Mesdames MARSLAND, LAW, GRAY, MATTOCK, WEBSTER, R.MITCHELL, J.WADDINGTON, A.S.FIRTH, ELLIS,
GREENWOOD, WILCOCK, MANSFIELD, PARKER, RILEY, WOOD, A.FIRTH, J.BRIGGS, F.SMITH,
ECCLES, Charles FIRTH, ROBINSON, BEAUMONT, BATES, OLDFIELD, WILLETT, Fred BENTLEY
WANTED, at once, two GIRLS- Apply C.W.MATTOCK, Industrial Road
[Column 5]
Friendly
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Messrs. J.H.BATES, J.C.BATES, J.E.RATLEDGE, W.CLAY, E.HELLEWELL, S.STOREY, S.HARTLEY,
J.W.CHAMBERS, Abraham CLAY
Norland
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH
Mr.J.W.SYKES
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH CHAPEL
Mr.John HANSON, choirmaster
WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Messrs. John SCHOFIELD, William HAIGH junior, Joseph WHITTAKER, W.H.HALL, A.E.THOMAS (accompanist)
Mill Bank
Mr.S.G.PARR supplied the music
YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY (Wesleyan)
Messrs. B.HOWARTH (accompanist), Alfred WHITELEY
WARLEY
CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.J.MONCRIEFF
Messrs. Milton CLAY, COCKROFT, HOWARTH
Misses LEES, M.GAUKROGER, BARRETT, M.SHAW
Masters F.RAWSON, J.WHITELEY
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MARRIAGES
John William WADDINGTON to Lily Ann YATES, both of Sowerby Bridge
Harry WADSWORTH, tailor, to Ann Elizabeth HAIGH, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Sophia HORSFALL, 75, wife of Benjamin HORSFALL, Edward Street, Sowerby Bridge
Daniel Stansfield BINNS, 57, Hanover Street, Sowerby Bridge
Squire BROADBENT, 72, Wood Nook, Norland
William BUTTERWORTH, 4, son of James Benjamin BUTTERWORTH, Mearclough Yard, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth Spence EASTWOOD, 57, wife of John EASTWOOD, Belmont Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Florence May GALE, 3, daughter of Frederick GALE, Hitchen's Buildings, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Charles SOUTHAM, 14 months, son of Henry Edward SOUTHAM, Russell Street, Sowerby Bridge
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Mrs.CROWTHER, recently widowed, Lower Willow Hall, Sowerby Bridge