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7th January 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
Royal Hotel sold to Messrs. Tetley & Co., brewers, Leeds
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.James WOOD, president, portrait done
Councillor L.GREENWOOD
PUBLIC PLAY GROUNDS
Captain STANSFELD, owned land in the Holmes
THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Mr.LONGBOTTOM, clerk to the guardians
Rev.Canon IVENS, Messrs. J.H.SWALLOW J.P., Arthur BENTLEY, E.E.POLLITT : candidates
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD, WILSON, WRIGLEY, FIRTH
PRACTICAL SOCIALISM (Wesley Guild)
Mr.George WRIGHT, chairman
Misses F.WILCOCK, WHITWORTH, WOOD, Florence HELLIWELL, GLEDHILL; Mrs.WOOD; Messrs. Whitworth GLEDHILL, SMITH : provided entertainment
TUEL LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Messrs. W.H.OLDFIELD, J.W.TAYLOR, superintendents
Messrs. J.G.WILCOCK, C.WHITELEY : secretaries
Messrs. A.S.FIRTH, T.WASHINGTON : sick visitors
Messrs. J.WILCOCK, B.RILEY : absentee visitors
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev. G.S.SMITH
Messrs. T.CHADWICK, James HOLT : speakers
Misses E.SMITH, BISHOP; Messrs. J.W.EARNSHAW, J.SCHOFIELD : musical items
Miss EDWARDS gave recital
Mr.B.WADSWORTH : accompanist
Messrs. D.LUMB, T.A.SMITH
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James HODGSON of Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Mr.J.WADDINGTON : chairman
Mr.O.EATOUGH of Sowerby Bridge gave address
Miss N.RATCLIFFE and Master E.VARLEY gave recitations
Master M.FARRAR :violin
Master E.NICHOLL, accompanist
UNITED SERVICES (C of E and non conformists)
Revs. S.F.LAYCOCK, A.P.RIDDETT, Canon IVENS, J.W.MAWER
ANNUAL MEETING (Bolton Brow Wesleyan Sunday School)
Rev. A.P.RIDDETT
Messrs. F.WADDINGTON, T.EDWARDS, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
Misses JENNINGS, S.BROWNBRIDGE, STOTT, L.WHITTAKER, F.BREARLEY; Messrs. W.FOX, A.HELLIWELL, G.THOMPSON, BUTTERWORTH, MACKRELL : entertainment
SCAFFOLDING ACCIDENT AT LUDDENDEN FOOT (building Catholic Church at Denholme)
Dr.CROWTHER
E.BREAR of Luddenden and Dominick MADDEN of Sowerby Bridge were badly injured
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SERMON TO MEN (by Canon IVENS at Christ Church, sermon text given)
Friendly Brass Band
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., W.WILSON, W.SUTCLIFFE, J.W.LODGE, T.HORSFALL, L.GREENWOOD, E.WHITELEY, A.S.FIRTH, J.GREENWOOD, J.L.WRIGLEY
Mr.WYLDE, Improvement Department employee
A SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE SURVEYOR : ONE SIDE OF THE QUESTION
Councillor LODGE
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
Mr.GREY
Mr.WRIGHT and his son
Mr.ROTHERA lost his temper
Councillor FIRTH
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Councillors WRIGLEY, WILSON, L.GREENWOOD, SUTCLIFFE, WHITELEY
A COSTLY RIGHT OF WAY (Chapel Lane)
Councillor LODGE
A QUESTION OF WATER CLOSETS
Councillors Leonard GREENWOOD, LODGE, WRIGLEY, WILSON, FIRTH
Mrs. NEWSOME, owned property
THE IMPROVEMENT MINUTES
Councillors FIRTH, WILSON
GRATRIX LANE
Councillors LODGE, WHITELEY
VARIOUS
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
GAS AND CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Messrs. James CLAY & Co. Ltd. and Messrs. WHITWORTH asked for a gas price reduction
Mr.A.C.BOLTON of the Willow Hall Laundry
Councillors LODGE, HORSFALL
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FIRE BRIGADE DEPARTMENT
Robert MELLOR, Thomas BAXENDALE and W.H.GRUNDY retired from the fire brigade
BATHS DEPARTMENT
Mr.Daniel PARKER and Messrs. C.SMITH and J.SMITH : tendered for coal
SPECIAL SEWERAGE MEETING
Mr.CRAVEN, owned houses in Wakefield Road
IMPROVEMENT, SEWERAGE, SCAVENGING AND PLAN COMMITTEE
Captain STANDFELD, owned reservoir in Sowerby New Road
Mr.HORSFALL
Eli JONES, deceased, owned houses in Willow Street
Southowram Stone Co.Ltd.
Mr.HARGREAVES written to re. well in Fall Lane
Major EDWARDS
Mr MAUDE re. Sowerby Croft footpath
Messrs. INGRAM and HUNTRISS said member of EDLESTON family refused to sell land near Scarr Road
Messrs. CLAY, owners of Step Farm
Messrs. James, D.I.CLAY
DEATHS
Ann CLAY, aged 55, wife of Joseph CLAY, Blackwall Farm, Sowerby Bridge
Constance DEAN, aged 4, daughter of Alfred DEAN, engine fitter, Mill Bank
Harry DUNKLEY (Harold DUNKLEY), aged 10 months, son of Frederick DUNKLEY, labourer, Sutcliffe's Building, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth HANSON, aged 72, widow of Sam Hanson, Lower Water Hill, Friendly
14th January 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
Louis Grand BROEL of Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
LECTURE (at Ellison Memorial Schools)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Miss TURNER, missionary,planning to build a mission room in China
BEGGING (Halifax West Riding Court)
James TOMLINSON, the accused, from Sheffield
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
FOOTBALL (Sowerby Bridge v. Shipley)
FOOKES, HABERGHAM, WARD, MALLINSON, LAW, MORLEY : Sowerby Bridge team
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.S.WRIGHT, limelight operator
Messrs. HORSFALL, THOMAS: music
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CO-OPERATION (talk at St.George's Young Men's Society)
Mr.T.WOOD gave the talk
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK
PULPIT EXCHANGE (non-conformists)
Revs. A.P.RIDDETT, J.W.MAWER, J.FOX, G.S.SMITH, W.H.MATTHEWS
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. James WOOD (president), William GAUKROGER (vice president), E.BALMFORTH (librarian), H.A.SUTCLIFFE (secretary)
Messrs. J.WELLS, B.TAYLOR, S.R.GLEDHILL, W.WHITEHEAD, F.BOTTOMLEY, J.ACKROYD, J.WILKINSON, E.W.BERRY : committee
PRESENTATION (West End Sunday School)
Mr.Thomas HOEY, retiring co-superintendent
Mr.Thomas CHADWICK, co-superintendent
Rev. G.S.SMITH
Messrs. T.CHADWICK, J.EDWARDS, H.SUTCLIFFE, D.LUMB, S.WADSWORTH
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, J.W.BANCROFT, J.C.HORSFALL, John WADDINGTON : non-conformist candidates
Mr.F.O.SMITH : I.L.P. candidate
Mr.John BATES, president of the Trades and Labour Council : candidate
Rev.Canon IVENS, J.H.SWALLOW J.P., Arthur BENTLEY, E.E.POLLIT, D.I.CLAY, J.W.W.BANCROFT (J.W.BANCROFT?), J.C.HORSFALL, John WADDINGTON, F.O.SMITH, John BATES :candidates
SOWERBY BRIDGE PROSECUTION SOCIETY (annual meeting)
Mrs. WESTON, new landlady of the Bull's Head Hotel
Mr.J.W.BANCROFT, president
Mr.E.E.POLLIT, treasurer
Mr.J.C.BELL, solicitor
Messrs. G.B.WOOD, J.EASTWOOD, G.E.WHITELEY, A.WOOD, T.PARKER, C.M.STREET, W.H.GIBSON : committee
Messrs. ALLOTT, J.EASTWOOD, N.BATES, Alfred CARTER, William HAIGH, STEAD, J.W.HOEY
Mr.Arthur WESTON, landlord
Messrs. A.PLATT, G.MARSHALL, W.BUCKLEY, E.E.POLLIT, J.H.THOMAS, A.WESTON : sang
Mr.Arthur W.HORSFALL : piano
DEATH OF MRS. OATES
Mrs.OATES, wife of Mr.J.F.OATES of Bullace Trees, born in Glasgow, married 25 years earlier
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
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OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID FEVER (at Glenfield Place)
Son of Mr.Morris CHAPMAN died two weeks earlier
PRESENTATION TO COUNCILLOR ABM. CLAY (at Friendly Wesleyan Sunday School)
Councillor Abraham CLAY of Willow House, recently married, Sunday School teacher
Messrs. William CLAY, James C.BATES
Mr.Milton CLAY, accompanist
Mr.T.ILLINGWORTH of Halifax, portrait painter
Triangle
ACCIDENT TO MAJOR MORRIS
Mr.T.H.MORRIS, J.P., of The Lodge, Triangle
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Norland
CONSERVATIVE DINNER (Norland Conservative Association)
Held at the Blue Ball Inn.
Mr.G.BINNS, chairman
Messrs. J.S.RAWSON, A.BENTLEY, J.J.AVES, A.MAUDE, James CROWTHER of Elland : conservatives
Mrs. BRADLEY, hostess
Warley
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Messrs. Arthur GREENWOOD, John Edward GREENWOOD, William Henry HARWOOD : withdrawn
A FARMER'S LOAN TRANSACTION (Halifax Bankruptcy Court)
William KITCHERMAN, farmer and labourer of Warley Edge Farm
Triangle
INTERESTING AFFAIR AT TRIANGLE
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel CARTER of Crown Buildings, Triangle celebrated their golden wedding
ROSE OF THE VALLEY LODGE (of the Independent Order of Oddfellows)
Mr.Alfred BROADBENT, secretary
Messrs. S.BOTTOMLEY, A.BROADBENT, W.AINLEY, D.CRABTREE, J.BARRATT, H.FARRAR, J.W.BARRATT : entertainment
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY presided
Sowerby
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.H.CARTER J.P., H.HAIGH, D.WHITELEY, J.SHARPE, John INGHAM, George CHEETHAM, H.MIDGLEY, Arthur STOTT, J.T.NAYLOR, A.WOOD
Mr.MITCHELL re. Ivy House footpath
Mr.MEADOWCROFT of Myrr Hill farm
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Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Luddenden Foot
LOYAL ROSE LODGE (Friendly Society)
Held at the General Rawdon Hotel, Luddenden Foot
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BULL'S HEAD FRIENDLY SMOKE CLUB
Mrs.WESTON, landlady?
Mr.J.BENNETT, president
Messrs. P.HAIGH, HARGREAVES, PLATT, HOWARD sang
Messrs. T.COPLEY (new president), T.BRIGGS, J.COPLEY, J.H.THOMAS, J.S.BENNETT
Sergeant CROSS
Mr.STEWART, an old army man
Mr.HOWARD of Littleborough
Mr.HORSFALL, retiring organist
Mr.J.BATES, violin
Mr.A.W.HORSFALL, new organist
THE LAND QUESTION (lecture at the Liberal Club, lecture text outlined)
Mr.Howard CLAY of Halifax : speaker
Mr.James HOLDSWORTH presided
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DEATHS
Jane Walker OATES. aged 59, wife of John Faulkner OATES, Bullace Trees, Sowerby
Stanley TUCK, aged 2, son of William TUCK, canal boatman, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Denis WILKINSON, aged 68, Dale Street, Sowerby Bridge
21st January 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
Bolton Brow Chapel old day school to be sold
Messrs.STOCKS, brewers of Shibden have bought the Royal Hotel
Mr. and Mrs. R.W.EVANS gave tea at Willow Park School for Christ Church choristers
THE TYPHOID OUTBREAK (at Glenfield Place)
Mrs.CHAPMAN died
BIBLE SOCIETY
Rev.G.S.SMITH, honorary secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society
Mrs.FORSYTH of Brockwell left money in her will
CHRIST CHURCH TEMPERANCE SOCIETY AND BAND OF HOPE
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.J.LAWRENCE
Mr.HYNDMAN, to give lecture in connection with the I.L.P., founded the Social Democratic Foundation
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Miss WILCOCK sang
Miss A.WHITWORTH recited
Rev.J.W.MAWER
NONCONFORMIST COUNCIL
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Mr.O.EATOUGH, president
Rev.W.HAIGH, Rev.W.C.EVANS, Messrs. E.WHITELEY, J.WILKINSON : vice presidents
Mr.J.WADDINGTON, treasurer
Rev.J.W.MAWER and Mr.T.E.WHITEHEAD : secretaries
Rev.G.S.SMITH, magazine editor
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(Trademens' Association social)
Messrs. T.BRIGGS and T.MARCHANT
Messrs. HORSFALL and THOMAS : musicians
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mr.J.J.MORSE of London gave lecture
Mr.WILKINSON, magic lantern operator
BOLTON BROW CHAPEL
Councillor William WILSON read a paper at a meeting of the Social and Literary Society
Mr.John Holmes (president), Councillor WILSON (secretary), Mr.J.W.TAYLOR (visitor), Mr.J.C.HORSFALL (auditor) : Wesleyan Local Preachers' Mutual Aid Society
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Messrs. J.W.BANCROFT, JOHN BATES, Arthur BENTLEY, D.I.CLAY, J.C.HORSFALL, E.E.POLLIT, J.H.SWALLOW J.P., Feargus O.SMITH, John WADDINGTON and Rev.Canon IVENS, : candidates
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES (Morning Star tent)
Brother F.WADDINGTON, chief ruler
Brother ASHWORTH of Rochdale
Brothers WRIGHT, DEAN, Eli AINLEY, J.H.BARNES : entertainment
Brothers A.HOWE, R.C.M.ECCLES
WEST END BAND OF HOPE
Mr.James LEACH, W.WHITWORTH, Misses M.H.LEAH, S.A.SMITH, H.WILKINSON, L.KERRIDGE, Masters Willie EVANS (William EVANS) and Ernest LEAH : entertainment, Sowerby Congregational Band of Hope
Mrs.EVANS presided
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BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.D.JERMAN of Rishworth
NEW INN SMOKE CLUB
Mrs. and Mrs. HORSFALL : hosts
Mr.T.F.STEWART, president
Messrs. R.WHITWORTH, H.THORPE, E.C.WASHINGTON, J.H.THOMAS, T.JOWETT, J.WHITELEY, T.W.UTTLEY, J.UTTLEY
Messrs. STEWART, WASHINGTON, THORPE, T.WESTON (secretary), PLATT, THOMAS and MARSHALL sang
Mr.A.W.HORSFALL, piano
WEST END WORKING MEN's CLUB
Messrs. GRUNDY (secretary), F.HOOSON (president), B.CULPAN (treasurer), J.GRUNDY (secretary)
Messrs. Willie BEARD (William BEARD), J.W.FIRTH, Atlas SPEAK, Berry HELLOWELL, William WHITWORTH : committee
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT THE STATION. A MAN FOUND CUT IN TWO (Ripponden branch line)
James HARTLEY, railway employee
Joseph WHITELEY, aged 68, retired millhand of Rushy Holme, Ripponden, cut in two
RAILWAY ACCOMMODATION
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., LODGE, HORSFALL
Mr.R.W.EVANS, council clerk
Mr.Edward CROSSLEY, chairman of the Hebden Bridge District Council
Mr.VARLEY, town clerk of Colne
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Warley
FRIENDLY (Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society lecture)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.James Clay BATES presided
Mill Bank
WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.James L.WHITELEY, president
Mr.James BARRETT, vice president
Mr.William STEPHENSON, secretary
Mr.John HOWARTH, assistant secretary
Mr.Thomas SOUTHWELL, treasurer
Mr.W.BROADBENT, librarian
Messrs. W.E.DYSON, W.H.HAIGH, J.BREARLEY, H.LUMB, J.SUTCLIFFE, H.INGHAM, A.HOLLAS, G.CHEETHAM : committee
Messrs. Frank HALSTEAD, John PICKLES : auditors
Messrs. John WHITELEY, M.COCKROFT : arbitrators
Norland
ST. GEORGE'S MINSTRELS
Sowerby
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Revs. E.BRIERLEY, W.C.EVANS : candidates
Messrs. J.H.CARTER (farmer), J.INGHAM (gentleman), J.S.RAWSON (woollen manufacturer), A.STOLL (mason, A.STOTT?), A.WHITELEY (mill manager) :candidates
Councillor D.WHITELY (piece looker) : candidate
CONGREGATIONAL BAND OF HOPE (West End)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Misses BANCROFT, BARKER, LORRIMER, BISHOP : sang
Miss BULCOCK : recited
Mr.HIRST of Halifax
Miss N.RUSHWORTH, accompanist
SUMMERSKILL Bros., Hollings Mill Lane, want apprentice
Harry H.CLEGG (Harold H.CLEGG), piano, organ and singing teacher, 19 Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Messrs. J.W.BANCROFT, D.I.CLAY, J.C.HORSFALL, John WADDINGTON : "Progressive Four" candidates
John W.HOEY
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
W.EDLESTON & Co.
John ATKINSON & Sons
G.FOX & Sons
W.P.EGLIN
WOOD Brothers
T.NICHOLL & Sons
Rowland SIDDALL
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
C.E.RAMSDEN & F.RAMSDEN
Mark WILCOCK
W.MORRIS & Sons
Francis BERRY & Sons
CLAY Brothers
H.CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
John HORSFALL & Sons
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY & HORSFALL
Miles SYKES & Sons
RUSHWORTH & Co.
John DYSON
James GREENWOOD & Son
John EDWARDS & Sons
James EASTWOOD & Co.
Henry BROADBENT
H.J.NORRIS Bros.
Walter SWAIN, inspector
MARRIAGES
Fred BRADLEY, grocer, married Hannah SUTCLIFFE, both of Sowerby Bridge
James Herbert HAIGH, of Sowerby Bridge, married Jane UTTLEY of Mill Bank
DEATHS
Sarah Elizabeth CHAPMAN, aged 37, wife of Morris CHAPMAN, Glenfield Place, Sowerby Bridge
William PICKLES, aged 63, Dean Lane, Sowerby
David WHITWORTH, aged 31, labourer, Victoria Square, Sowerby Bridge
28th January 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
HALIFAX JOINT STOCK BANKING COMPANY LIMITED
Mr.J.Whiteley WARD (chairman)
BAPTIST CHAPEL, INDUSTRIAL ROAD
Rev.J.K.ARCHER of Heptonstall Slack
Councillor T.HORSFALL
Messrs. William MELLOR, Arthur ASTIN, J.BARNES, ROSILLO
Rev.J.FOX, pastor
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Messrs. W.WOOD (chairman), R.ROTHWELL, A.HOBSON, T.M.FLETCHER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, W.GREENWOOD, T.HOEY, W.LEACH, BELL (librarian)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors A.CLAY, E.WHITELEY
THE TYPHOID FEVER OUTBREAK
Mr.SWAINE, sanitary inspector
St.GEORGE'S SCHOOL
Miss Maggie WOOD (Margaret WOOD) of Norland, soprano
Miss CROWTHER of Luddenden Foot, contralto
Mr.BOWKER of Halifax, tenor and elocutionist
Mr.SHELDRAKE of Halifax, bass
Mr.Josef NICHOLSON (Joseph NICHOLSON?) of Halifax, humourist
Mr.ELLIOTT, organist at St.George's
FOOTBALL (rugby)
BOTTOMLEY, MORLEY, MALLINSON, SWAINE : Sowerby Bridge team
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT LIBERAL CLUB
Councillors Ely WHITELEY (president), T.HORSFALL (treasurer)
Mr.F.B.ROTHERA
Messrs. James HOLDSWORTH, O.EATOUGH, William LUMB : vice presidents
Mr.James HAIGH, secretary
Messrs. H.BALSAM, F.HOEY, J.WADDINGTON, J.W.BANCROFT, William GREENWOOD, Bryan SHEPLEY (Brian SHEPLEY?), G.E.WHITELEY, A.HOEY, E.MITCHELL, R.LUMB : committee
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SOCIAL (at the Spiritualist Lyceum)
Mr.Ernest LAW, music
A WOMAN'S "SPREE" (Halifax West Riding Court)
Hannah PHILLIPS of Edinburgh
Police Constable TATTERSALL
MISSIONARY SERMONS (at Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.R.SWALLOW, President of the United Methodist Free Churches Assembly, and former missionary to China
Mr.Henry MITCHELL presided
Revs. A.P.RIDDETT, J.W.MAWER
PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF A MILL (Carlton Mill, near Wharf Street)
Mr.NICHOLL, previous owner of the mill
Mr.Thomas NICHOLL, built the mill just over forty years earlier
THE SURVEYOR AND COUNCILLOR LODGE
Councillors LODGE, WRIGLEY, FIRTH, WILSON, SUTCLIFFE, Leonard GREENWOOD
Mr.ROTHERA, surveyor?, had a son
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
Mr.T.WRIGHT, assistant collector
Mr.M.WATERHOUSE of the water department
Mr.FAWCETT's office
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GOVERNMENT ORDER (Admiralty contracts for cloth and blankets)
Messrs. D.CLAY & Sons, Messrs. John ATKINSON & Sons, Mr.William EDLESTON : Sowerby Bridge firms who got work
Messrs. J.W.WHITWORTH & Co. (Longbottom Mills)
SOCIALIST LECTURES
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SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION (results)
Messrs. John Ward BANCROFT, Daniel Ingham CLAY, James Clay HORSFALL, John WADDINGTON : progressive candidates
Rev.Canon IVENS, Messrs. J.H.SWALLOW, E.E.POLLIT, Arthur BENTLEY : church party candidates
Messrs. John BATES (Trades and Labour Council nominee), Feargus O'Connor SMITH (I.L.P. nominee) : Labour candidates
Rev.G.S.SMITH, Mr.SWALLOW : retiring board members
Mr.LONGBOTTOM, returning officer?
Sowerby
MISSIONARY LECTURE (at Providence Chapel)
Rev.R.SWALLOW, missionary from China
Mr.Wilkinson PICKLES of Halifax, chairman
Ripponden
RIPPONDEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
Mr.John PICKLES presided
Mr.LAWTON
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MARRIAGES
Alfred BERRY to Ada FIRTH, both of Sowerby Bridge
GOLDEN WEDDING
Thomas ACKROYD, engineer, married Mar? WHIT???, second daughter of the late Charles WHITE???? of Sowerby Bridge, in 1848.
(Bride's name was Martha WHITELEY - FreeBMD)
DEATHS
Frederick BRIGGS, 17, son of J??? BRIGGS, rope maker, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah CARVER, 77, widow of W??? CARVER, drayman, Lower Waterhill, Sowerby Bridge
James HELLOWELL, 58, farmer, Sowerby Croft, Norland
John HORSFIELD, 33, wheelwright, Osborne Terrace, Luddenden Foot
Emily Jane INGHAM, 37, woollen weaver, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
Judith LUMB, 59, wife of John LUMB, cotton doubler, Perseverance Street, Sowerby Bridge
Benjamin HINDLE, 80, Warley Clough, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Willie HAIGH (William HAIGH), son of Wilson and Ellen HAIGH of Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge. Died in 1897, aged 23.
4th February 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Rev.Canon IVENS, Messrs. J.W.BANCROFT, E.E.POLLIT, A.BENTLEY, J.D.I.CLAY (D.I.CLAY?), WADDINGTON, J.C.HORSFALL : new board members
HOME MISSIONS (Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel)
James C.HORSFALL presided
Rev.H.H.KELSHAW of Manchester
Rev.A.P.RIDDETT
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION (Ratepayer's Association meeting at NICHOLL's dining rooms, West Street)
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., Messrs. S.JUDSON, John SMITH (Tuel Lane), Thomas HOEY, J.H.STEAD, J.WADSWORTH, S.HOWARD, Edwin WHITELEY, George WHITELEY : suggested candidates
TUEL LANE (Scholars' Connexional Exam results)
Frank FIRTH, Upper Middle Division
Emmeline LORD, lower middle division
Mr.S.CHESTER M.A., examiner
Rev.J.W.MAWER, helped pupils prepare for exam
CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT
Alderman CLAY, president
Mr.PRIESTLEY of Halifax, band leader?
Mr.W.T.WALTON
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Messrs. George OLDFIELD (ill), David LUMB, David BARRETT
Messrs. Richard PARKER (Norland), Albert HITCHEN (Sowerby), George SMITH (Mill Bank), Arthur GREENWOOD (Warley)
Messrs. LAWRENCE, FLETCHER, SHEPLEY, LEAH, WADSWORTH, HANSON : election committee
Mr.John SCHOFIELD, Thomas H.MARSHALL
Councillor David WHITELEY of Sowerby
Mr.John HOPKINSON
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WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Miss Dora PARKER gave lecture
Mr.Daniel PARKER worked magic lantern
Miss E.WHITELEY sang
Miss L.HAIGH, piano
Mrs.EVANS of Sowerby
Messrs. O.EATOUGH, John WADDINGTON
Mrs.S.WRIGHT cancelled due to family bereavement
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (exam results)
Drs.WEST-SYMES, DUNN, BROWN
Herbert COOKE, Henry BROMLEY, Robert FEARNLEY, Charles W.SMITH, John W.MAWER, Roderick C.M.ECCLES, William PRITCHETT,
Lewis MITCHELL, John J.ROWDEN, William Edward HOLROYDE, John William SUTCLIFFE, Fred SUTCLIFFE, Mary Ann ROBERTS,
Lettice HELLAWELL, Clara DYSON, Emily SOUTHWELL, Sarah E.LUMB, Mary TURNER : passed first aid
Annie LUMB, Sarah L.THOMAS, Martha HARGREAVES, Mary A.RILEY, Laura HAIGH, Mary E.SUTCLIFFE, Elizabeth BROWN,
Mary AKROYD, Annie SMITH (Ann SMITH), Rachel R.GIBSON, Eva FURNESS, Alice KERSHAW, Fanny HITCHEN (Frances HITCHEN),
Alice CROSSLEY, Clara MARSLAND : passed nursing
Mr.W.H.GIBSON, hon. secretary
FOOTBALL (rugby)
MORLEY, SWAINE, MALLINSON, HABERGHAM : Sowerby Bridge team
JOHNSON : Featherstone team
GOLDEN WEDDING AND ANNUAL SOCIAL AT TUEL LANE
Mr. and Mrs.Thomas ACKROYD, married 50 years earlier, worked for school and church since 1852
Mesdames Joseph WILCOCK, MAWER, D.JENNINGS, A.S.FIRTH, T.GREENWOOD, ELLIS, WOOD
Rev.J.W.MAWER
Mr.T.WASHINGTON prayed
Misses PARKER and KIDSON directed The Swiss Maids (entertainment)
Mr.John WRIGLEY, former scholar and chorister, now living in Bradford
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY, Tuel Lane Choir leader
Mrs.Joseph WHITELEY recited
Miss BARRON, Ladies' Sewing Meeting treasurer
Messrs. W.H.OLDFIELD, J.W.TAYLOR
Messrs. W.H.WILCOCK, James HELLIWELL sang
Messrs. J.WADDINGTON, T.GREENWOOD, G.MANSFIELD, C.WHITELEY
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TECHNICAL CLASSES
Mr.J.H.HOYLE
BRUTAL ATTACK ON A WOMAN (Halifax Police Court)
William Frederick CROSSLEY, about 30, of Haley Hill, Halifax. Lived with mother and aunt : accused
Eliza WILSON, wife of Philip WILSON, dyer of Liversedge : victim
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Inspector LAWSON
Norland
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH
Mr.George WILLET of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.H.CLEGG, accompanist
A FARMER FINED (Halifax West Riding Court)
Frank DIXON, farmer, Norland : accused
Police Constable HARRISON
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., W.WILSON, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD, J.W.LODGE, T.HORSFALL, Ely WHITELEY,
A.S.FIRTH, Alderman CLAY, A.CLAY, J.L.WRIGLEY
COUNCILLOR LODGE AND THE SURVEYOR. AN UNSATISFACTORY REPORT
Councillors WRIGLEY, LODGE, WHITELEY, HORSFALL, A.CLAY
THE PURITY OF THE GAS
Councillors LODGE, WILSON
THE WATER COMMITTEE PASSES ONE RESOLUTION
Councillors LODGE, L.GREENWOOD, Alderman CLAY, WILSON
Mrs.CHAPMAN (typhoid)
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Councillor SCHOLEFIELD
COUNCILLOR GREENWOOD'S RESIGNATION
Councillor L.GREENWOOD
CORRESPONDENCE
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Messrs. BANCROFT, CLAY, HORSFALL, WADDINGTON
Samuel F.LAYCOCK
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. SWALLOW, CLAY, HORSFALL, BANCROFT
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
Mr.WHITWORTH, clerk
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VI-COCOA. LOCAL AGENTS
Abraham ALTHAM (Ltd.) opposite Town Hall
Jonathan GREENWOOD, Cash Supply Stores, 28 West Street, Sowerby Bridge
E.MALMSHAW, J.NEWBY : Luddenden Foot
S.W.BOWNESS, The Central Pharmacy, Ripponden
DEATHS
Charles JENNINGS, 30, carter, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas LONGBOTTOM, 74, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah MOORE, 66, widow of Simeon MOORE, gardener, Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
William SUTHERS, 63, blacksmith's striker, Beech Road, Sowerby Bridge
Ann WALSH, 65, widow of Sutcliffe WALSH, woolcomber, Triangle
11th February 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
John MARSH & Co., omnibus proprietors
THE POLITICAL SITUATION (address to the Women's Liberal Association)
Mr.Rowland LUMB gave address
Miss STANSFIELD presided
Misses N.WHITELEY, N.BARKER sang
Miss WHITEHEAD recited
Mrs.W.GREENWOOD, piano
PRIMITIVE METHODIST (school)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.R.EATOUGH, secretary
Messrs. D.BARRETT, S.Howard : superintendents
R.EATOUGH, secretary
D.BARRETT, treasurer
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Mrs.GOODALL, plan for 3 shops in Wharf Street approved
Councillor LODGE
VIEWING THE ROADS
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., A.S.FIRTH, A.CLAY, T.HORSFALL, Alderman CLAY
SUDDEN DEATH
Lilly MOORE (Lily MOORE?, Lillian MOORE?), waitress at the railway station, who lived near Morecambe, died aged 28
Rose Ann MOORE, sister of the above
Lillian BENNETT, waitress at the station
Dr.ADAMS
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COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.WHITWORTH, assistant overseer
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM (concert)
Mr.T.WRIGHT arranged the programme
Mrs.N.HOWARTH, Miss LAW, Messrs.J.HARGREAVES and T.H.WRIGHT performed
Mr.H.ROBINSON sang
Miss ROTHERA, violin
Mrs.T.BOOTH and Miss DODGSON recited
Mr.E.LAW, accompanist
Mr.James LAW, piano
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Rev.Canon IVENS, Messrs. J.W.BANCROFT, D.I.CLAY, E.E.POLLITT, J.C.HORSFALL, J.WADDINGTON and A.BENTLEY : board members
Mr.WHITWORTH, clerk
A CASE FOR THE CORONER (inquest at the Ram's Head Inn)
George GREENMAN died aged 58
Walter GREENMAN, son of the deceased
Sydney DRINKWATER and George NASH : young men
Inspector LAWSON
Dr.ADAMS
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SOWERBY BRIDGE FLOUR SOCIETY
Mr. S.WHITELEY (president for sixteen years, ill)
Mr.James LEACH presided
Messrs. J.W.HODGSON (secretary), J.BARRON and S.HELLIWELL (auditors)
Messrs. S.WADSWORTH, A.HOBSON and James LEACH (representing private shareholders)
Messrs. JOHNSON, K.BROWN, S.WALKER (co-op representatives)
Mr.Dixon LUMB of Halifax
Millers' National Union
Mr.ALLOTT (Heckmondwike)
Mr.J.W.MITCHELL (Halifax brotherhood)
Mr.Arthur HOBSON, director and trades unionist
Mr.T.REDFEARN (Heckmondwike)
Mr.J.S.PARR (Batley)
Mr.Kenyon BROWN
Mr.COCKCROFT
Norland
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev.J.FOX of Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.John LUM served tea
Misses STOTT, LUM, BARRETT, CROWTHER, JENNINGS, WHITTAKER and Mr.WHITTAKER sang
Miss WHITELEY and Masters F.ACKROYD and WILDE recited
Miss FARRAR and Mr.H.AYRES : violin
Miss STOTT and Mr.Charles ASPINALL : piano
Mr.HOWARTH
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SERMON TO MEN AT CHRIST CHURCH (sermon text given)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
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CORRESPONDENCE
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK, vicar of St.George's Church, Quarry Hill
J.W.HOEY, secretary to the Progressive Council
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.H.CARTER J.P., Hanson HAIGH, David WHITELEY, Joseph SHARPE, John INGHAM, George CHEETHAM, J.MIDGLEY, J.H.NAYLOR, Arthur STOTT, H.WOOD
Mr.Clarence GREENWOOD of Mytholmroyd wanted ground rent for Mirey Lane cottages
Mr.J.S.RAWSON wanted to use sewers
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
Mr.William HITCHEN of Upper Field House owned land near Steep Lane Bottom
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PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL : "AT HOME"
Mr. and Mrs. J.HANSON, host and hostess
Mr. and Mrs. S.WHITELEY of West Street, host and hostess
CONSERVATIVE BALL
Mr.J.S.RAWSON, president of the Conservative Council of the Sowerby Division
Miss RAWSON, ruling councillor of the Rawson Habitation of the Primrose League
Major T.H.MORRIS, J.P., president of the Sowerby Bridge Constitutional Club
Messrs. A.S.MCCREA, N.C.NUGENT, J.C.BELL, E.W.CROSSLEY
Drs. WELLBURN, ADAMS, W.Perrin BROWN
Messrs. C.B.CROSSLEY, C.L.WRAY, J.COPLEY, W.HOLROYD, W.RILEY, A.CROWTHER, D.MALLINSON, W.DYSON, C.BUTTERWORTH, W.BEAN,
H.WHITWORTH
Messrs. DYSON and HIGHLEY : music
Mr. and Mrs.BEAN : refreshments
Mr.CLAYTON of Brighouse decorated the hall
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
W.EDLESTON & Co.
John ATKINSON & Sons
G.FOX & Sons
W.P.EGLIN
WOOD Brothers
T.NICHOLL & Sons
Rowland SIDDALL
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
C.E.RAMSDEN & F.RAMSDEN
Mark WILCOCK
W.MORRIS & Sons
Francis BERRY & Sons
CLAY Brothers
H.CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
John HORSFALL & Sons
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY & HORSFALL
Miles SYKES & Sons
RUSHWORTH & Co.
John DYSON
James GREENWOOD & Son
John EDWARDS & Sons
James EASTWOOD & Co.
Henry BROADBENT
H.J.NORRIS Bros.
POLLIT & WIGZELL
Walter SWAIN, inspector
DEATHS
Elizabeth MASON, 70, wife of John MASON, Albert Road, Beech
Sarah HEAP, 72, widow of John HEAP, Spring House, Sowerby
William HERON, 68, Booth House Road, Luddenden Foot
Sarah Alice HITCHEN, 46, wife of James HITCHEN, labourer, Slaughter House, Sowerby
James MITCHELL, 52, goods carrier, Mill Bank
Jane SIDDALL, 66, Milner Royd, Luddenden Foot
Mary Ann SIMPSON, 77, widow of Joseph SIMPSON, Stile, Triangle
Rachel WHITELEY, 73, widow of William Whiteley, mechanic, Green Head, Norland
18th February 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
Mr.James FOULDS appointed organist and choirmaster at St.John's Church, Windermere
THE FEVER OUTBREAK AT GLENFIELD
Mr.Maurice CHAPMAN
SOCIAL (for the Church party)
Mr.COCKER, presided, owned rooms
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.W.HOLDSWORTH, of Messrs.W.HOLDSWORTH and Son, auctioneers, Halifax
Mr.William HEIGHINGTON, rented and sub-let premises opposite the Industrial Stores in West Street, Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. J.E.HILL and E.H.HILL, solicitors of Halifax
FOUND DEAD IN A FIELD
Police Constables MAWER, COOKE
Mary WELSH, a hawker, died aged 68, had stayed at CROWTHER's lodging house
LOCAL FAILURE (Halifax County Court)
Mr.R.M.STANSFELD, registrar
Willie Walter UTTLEY (William Walter UTTLEY) of Sowerby Bridge, hatter in Wharf Street. Formerly organist at Luddenden Foot
Mr.SWAIN, debtor's solicitor
Mr.MOORE, money lender
RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION
Mr.S.JUDSON (presided)
Mr. Mark WILCOCK and Mr.John SMITH (Ryburn Buildings)
Messrs. T.HOEY (president), R.LUMB (vice president), Eli HELLOWELL (secretary), William LUMB (of Belgrave Street, treasurer)
[Column 2]
(Halifax Congregational Union)
Revs. G.S.SMITH (secretary), J.WILSON of Eastwood (chairman)
GREATER BRITAIN (Nonconformist council lecture)
Rev.W.J.WILKINS (Secretary of the Religious Tract Society), gave lecture
Mr. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
Revs. J.W.MAWER, G.S.SMITH, J.FOX, W.C.EVANS
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY, Tuel Lane organist
Misses HERSMAN, ARCHER, GIBSON and Mr.FIELD : members of the choir of Hanover Chapel, Halifax
Mr.C.HAIGH, choirmaster at Hanover Chapel, Halifax
Mr.A.FAWTHROP, organist at Hanover Chapel, Halifax
THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST "AT HOME"
Mr.and Mrs.J.HANSON, Mr. and Mrs.S.WHITELEY of West Street, Dr.DUNN and Mrs.MATTHEWS : hosts and hostesses
Mr.J.R.BARKER, organist
THE CHORAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT
Misses Jessie MOORHOUSE (soprano), COCKER (contralto)
Messrs. John HEYWOOD (tenor), A.S.KINNELL (bass)
Mr.GAUKROGER conducted
Messrs. PERKINS (flute), CALVERT (clarinet), HOLT (oboe)
Mr.H.LAW, piano
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COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION (Liberal party meeting)
Alderman CLAY
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD J.P., LODGE
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB (social)
Mr. Tom WADDINGTON (Thomas WADDINGTON), humourist
Master W.SHARPE, soprano
Mr.A.W.HORSFALL, band leader
Mr.James WOOD, president
Mr.J.WELLS, M.C.
TEA PARTY AND ENTERTAINMENT (Young Men's Select Vestry Class)
Misses THOMAS, SCHOFIELD and Mr.THOMAS : piano
Misses EDWARDS, B.WHITEHEAD : recited
Misses E.RUSHWORTH, REDGRIFT, N.WHITELEY, M.WOOD : sang
Messrs. M.SCHOLEFIELD and A.HITCHEN sang
Messrs. James HAIGH, F.HOEY, C.W.RUSHWORTH : the "West End Excelsior Minstrel Troupe"
Messrs. L.HAWORTH, M.SCHOLEFIELD, G.H.WHITTAKER, W.WRAY, Fred HOEY (Frederick HOEY), J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.HAIGH :sang
J.V.SCHOLEFIELD spoke
Mr.H.WRAY, accompanist
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY
THE LEAKAGE IN METHODISM (Wesleyan, essay competition)
Rev.R.Starling BOULTER of Stainland came first
Rev.James FEATHER of Wolverhampton, second
Revs. Charles O.ELURIDGE and T.F.RAWLINGS of Swansea :joint third
[Column 4]
CORRESPONDENCE
THE RECENT SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Mr.J.W.HOEY
Messrs. BANCROFT, CLAY, HORSFALL, WADDINGTON
Samuel F.LAYCOCK
THE REVEREND CANON IVENS AND "LOOKING BACKWARDS"
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.BELLAMY, wrote the book "Looking Backwards"
Sowerby
SOWERBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev.J.W.MAWER of Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.H.SIDDALL recited
Miss M.WOOD of Norland sang
Rev.W.C.EVANS presided
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society)
Mr.William LEACH
Mr.KILLON of Bury gave address, CWS director
Misses WOMERSLEY (of Halifax, soprano), WADSWORTH (of Sowerby Bridge, contralto)
Mr.J.NICHOLSON, humourist of King Cross
Mr.R.CLARKE, junior, was the accompanist
[Column 5]
Mill Bank
THE ANCHOR INN (sold at auction)
Messrs.BREAR & BROWN Ltd., Hipperholme
Norland
MOUNT ZION CHAPEL
Mr.T.MORGAN of Mytholmroyd
Misses A.MITCHELL, S.E.NORMANTON, R.E.MITCHELL : recited
Messrs.J.BARKER, B.B.SOUTHWELL, J.W.EARNSHAW, A.BOOTH, W.SOUTHWELL, E.L.SOUTHWELL : sang
Misses N.BUTTERWORTH and N.BOOTH sang
Misses E.NORMANTON and B.BINNS and Mr.T.BINNS : piano
Mr.John BARRACLOUGH
Mr.Samuel PARKINSON moved to Leicester
Ripponden
DEATH OF MRS.J.W.WHITELEY (and funeral)
Mrs.WHITELEY of Stones House, Ripponden, died aged 35. Buried at Rishworth Baptist Chapel
Professor MARSHALL of Manchester
Rev. Mr.JERMAN, resident minister
Messrs. J.W.WHITELEY, SHEARER, MCCALL, T.F.WHITELEY (Ryburn Villa), MARSHALL, PEARSON, B.WHITELEY, S.HOYLE, THORP, HENRY
Drs.HOYLE, WATSON, OAKLEY (sent his carriage)
Revs.A.GILBY, SCOBIE
Misses Isabel SHEARER and Jessie SHEARER
Mrs.CULPIN (CULPAN?)
Mr.S.HOYLE and Miss HOYLE
Miss FAWCETT of Greenfield
Mr. and Mrs.Thomas WHITELEY of King Cross
Mr. and Mrs.J.C.HORSFALL of Cross Hills
Mr. and Mrs.C.WILLIAMS of Halifax
Mr. and Mrs.J.MIDGLEY of Ovenden
Miss Gladys HOYLE of Elland
Dr. and Mrs. KERR of Rochdale
Mr. and Mrs.A.INGHAM of Triangle
Mr. and Mrs. H.SAGAR of Sowerby Bridge
Mr. and Mrs.MCCALL of Leicester
Mr. and Mrs.DAVIES of Rochdale
Mr.W.D.SHAW of Huddersfield
The servants at Stone House
Mr. and Mrs.CONWAY
The workpeople at Stones Mill
Nurse ROBINSON of Morecambe
Mr.ROBERTSHAW of Halifax, undertaker
Mr.H.WHITELEY of Rishworth made the coffin
[Column 6]
DEATH OF SIR JAMES STANSFELD (Obituary)
Sir James STANSFELD, late M.P. for Halifax died
Mr.James STANSFELD of Moorlands, Judge of the Yorkshire County Court at Halifax. Died in 1872, born in Halifax in 1820
Father of the above
MARRIAGES
John MARSDEN, cloth finisher, to Alice NICHOLL, both of Sowerby Bridge
Herbert SHAW, wine and spirit merchant, to Elizabeth BEARD, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Sarah Jane GARSIDE, 43, wife of Benjamin GARSIDE, cotton spinner, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
William HELLOWELL, 53, farmer, Upper Lumb, Sowerby
William RADCLIFFE, 57, tailor, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
James SHEPLEY, 34, gas stoker, Hanover Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen WILD, 64, widow of James WILD, Clunders, Sowerby
25th February 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
SCHOOL BOARD
Mr.BANCROFT, chairman
DEATH FROM EXPOSURE (see last week)
Mary WALSH died
TUEL LANE (service for women)
Miss WHITELEY sang
Miss G.TAYLOR recited
Mr.ELLIOTT, organist at St.George's Church
Rev.J.W.MAWER
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL BAND OF HOPE
Mr.George WRIGHT presided
Misses FOSTER, SUTCLIFFE and F.WILCOCK sang
Miss WOOD and Mr.F.WOOD sang
Misses F.BERRY, H.WOOD, J.BARRACLOUGH, WILCOCK recited
Mr.Fred WOOD, secretary
PRESENTATION (Rawson Habitation of the Primrose League)
Mr.and Mrs.H.WHITWORTH married
Miss RILEY (Dale House)
Mr.J.S.RAWSON presided
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD (chairman), LEACH, ROTHWELL, FLETCHER, HOBSON, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, W.GREENWOOD, T.HOEY, EATOUGH
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD J.P., E.WHITELEY, T.HORSFALL
Mr.BALL, librarian
PRIMITIVE METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL (good attendance prize-giving)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Maud MATTHEWS (senior division)
H.J.ROBERTSHAW, S.A.VINE : upper middle division
F.HOYLE, E.A.MORELAND, E.ROBERTSHAW : junior division
CHRIST CHURCH (tea)
Revs. J.R.HILL (Lightcliffe), S.F.LAYCOCK, C.W.HOWARD
Messrs. William HAIGH, Alfred COCKER, J.W.WHITELEY, H.SUTCLIFFE
Messrs. COCKROFT and GREENWOOD sang
Masters ACKROYD and STOTT sang
Mr.GAUKROGER, piano
SALE OF WORK (Ladies Working Party at West End)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.J.W.BANCROFT
Mesdames. J.H.ATKINSON, J.SWAINE
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WESLEY GUILD
Misses B.FARRAR, S.WHITELEY, E.RUSHWORTH, WHITEHEAD
Messrs. A.DEAN, F.GREENWOOD
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.Joseph SUTCLIFFE presided
Mesdames William GREENWOOD, C.GREENWOOD
Misses LORIMER, WOODHEAD, Mabel GREENWOOD, Maude THOMAS, C.GREENWOOD
Messrs. B.ROBINSON and GREENWOOD
OVER-CROWDING (West Riding Court, Halifax)
Benjamin SUTCLIFFE of 128 West Street, had wife and five children. Lived in one room with one bed
Mr.EVANS, for the council
Dr.WELLBURN
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., J.W.LODGE and Mr.Charles RUSHWORTH nominated
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, James CLAY, Thomas HOEY, John Rothsay SWAINE, Charles CRAWFORD, J.A.DODDS, John W.BANCOFT,
J.L.CROWTHER, Lewis WHITAKER, William SHAW, Ely WHITELEY, Albert HOWE, Arthur BENTLEY, Squire THOMAS,
Henry BROADBENT, William Henry WHITELEY, James WOOD, William A.GAUKROGER, Nathaniel BATES, Edward BROADBENT,
Francis JAKEWAYS, Miles BENNETT
Eliza J.ATKINSON, Sarah CROSSLEY
FOOTBALL
FOOKES, BOTTOMLEY, BINNS, AMBLER, MALLINSON : Sowerby Bridge team
BAKER : Elland team
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHURCH
Mrs.RIDDETT
Mr.J.RATLEDGE sang
Mr.S.HARTLEY, organ
Mr.J.SCHOFIELD preached
SOWERBY BRIDGE FOOTBALL CLUB (concert)
Miss Kate WELCH, soprano, Manchester
Miss Amy FAWTHROP, contralto, Brighouse
Mr.Ernest LEEDS, tenor, Pudsey
Mr.J.Agur PRIESTLEY, bass
Mr.J.T.WOOD, humourist
Mr.A.LINCOLN of Low Moor, accompanist
G.SCHOFIELD, 3 Cow Green, Halifax, house to let in Scarr Road
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[Column 4]
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION. A SUCCESSFUL GATHERING
Mrs. William GREENWOOD presided
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR Q.C., M.P.
Mrs. TOMKINSON of Wellington Hall, Cheshire
Mesdames B.WOOD, MARSLAND
Miss GREENWOOD
Mr.and Mrs.J.C.HORSFALL
Mr.and Mrs.J.W. BANCROFT
Mr.John WADDINGTON
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., John BARKER (Todmorden), WHITELEY
Revs. G.S.SMITH, J.FOX
Councillor J.W.WHITELEY's wife died
[Column 5]
Misses ROTHERA, HORSFALL, BARNES, BERRY, LEES, WOODHEAD sang
Master F.ACKROYD sang
Mr.E.C.WASHINGTON, comic song
Miss Maude TOMAS, accompanist
ELECTION ADDRESSES
Fred Jowett SCHOLEFIELD, Ashleigh, Sowerby Bridge
Charles RUSHWORTH, 6 Egremont Street
Sowerby
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY of Stones House, Soyland elected
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CORRESPONDENCE
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK
J.W.HOEY, secretary to the Progressive Council
MARRIAGES
Herbert BAIRSTOW, cloth finisher of Sowerby Bridge to Mary Ann BATESON, Triangle
Harry WALSH (Harold WALSH), millwright, to Lydia PARKER, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Wilfred BEAUMONT, aged 3 months, son of Walter BEAUMONT, Waterloo Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ann CRABTREE, 77, wife of John CRABTREE, Hullen Edge, Norland
Ann MACKENZIE, 52, wife of William MACKENZIE, storekeeper, Egerton Street, Sowerby Bridge
James WILSON, 79, Chapel House, Sowerby
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Martha HOLLINGS of Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge, died February 1895
4th March 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
John PEARSON, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
TUEL LANE SUNDAY SCHOOL (tea and entertainment)
Rev.J.W.MAWER
Mr.J.G.WILCOCK, secretary
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Mr.J.W.LODGE, Charles RUSHWORTH, F.SCHOLEFIELD J.P.(winner) : Sowerby Bridge candidates
Messrs. J.W.HOEY, John NICHOLL
Judges JEFFERYS, LYNCH, AMBLER
COUNCILLOR LODGE FINED FOR ASSAULTING MR.JOHN SMITH (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mr.John SMITH, coal merchant
Mr.STOREY, for the plaintiff
Messrs. Leonard CULPAN, Alfred DRAKE and Police Sergeant FORD : witnesses
[Column 2]
Rev.Mr.RIDDETT to leave Bolton Brow to go to Morley
Rev.Joseph SANGER of Horncastle to take over
SERVICE FOR MEN (at Christ Church)
Dr.EDEN, Bishop of Wakefield, gave address
CRICKET CLUB
Messrs .W.KNIGHT (president), J.CROSSLEY of Triangle, G.H.WOOD (batting prize)
ACCIDENT
Mr.MARTIN, inland revenue officer for the district drove TILLOTSON's trap
Drs. THOMPSON, ADAMS
SOWERBY BRIDGE SWIMMING CLUB
Mr.Godfrey RHODES, president
Messrs. J.R.BARKER, G.WILCOCK, auditors
Mr.J.H.BARRACLOUGH, captain
Mr.E.CROWTHER, vice captain
Mr.W.H.GIBSON, treasurer
Mr.G.VARLEY, assistant secretary
Mr.Y.VAN GELDER, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge, honorary secretary
Sowerby
SOWERBY CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION
Messrs. J.S.RAWSON (president), J.T.NAYLOR (vice president), Fred AINLEY (secretary). Arthur STOTT (treasurer),
M.STOTT and A.BINNS (auditors)
Messrs. G.R.STANSFELD, J.H.CARTER, J.T.NAYLOR, A.STOTT : Conservative Council
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., W.WILSON, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD, J.W.LODGE, T.HORSFALL, Ely WHITELEY, A.S.FIRTH, Alderman CLAY, A.CLAY, J.L.WRIGLEY
Councillor LODGE v. surveyor
PROPOSED GAS EXTENSIONS
Messrs.CLAYTON, contractors
Councillors LODGE, WILSON
THE NUISANCE INSPECTOR'S REPORT
Councillors SUTCLIFFE, LODGE
Mr.SWAIN, sanitary inspector
THE SURVEYOR'S SALARY AND OTHER MATTERS
Councillors LODGE, WRIGLEY, WILSON
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Mr.ROTHERA, surveyor
Councillor FIRTH
APPOINTMENT OF OVERSEERS
Mr.C.W.SCHOLEFIELD and Councillor Abraham CLAY appointed
NEW RATE
Councillor A.CLAY
COUNCILLOR LEONARD GREENWOOD'S RESIGNATION
Councillor L.GREENWOOD, ill health
Alderman CLAY
Councillors WILSON, LODGE
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JAMES ROYSTON, SON & CO. LIMITED (wire drawers of Shroggs Mill, Halifax to become a limited company)
Mr.Alfred ARNOLD, M.P. for Halifax, and his son, run it
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION
Fred Jowett SCHOLEFIELD, successful candidate
John William HOEY, agent for above
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[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE
THE RECENT SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
Samuel F.LAYCOCK
DEATHS
John ALDERSON, 65, pavior, Warley Town Lane, Warley
Jane FIELD, 177, Triangle, Sowerby
William GARNET, 76, Throstle Nest, Luddenden Foot
Hannah GARSIDE, 82, widow of James GARSIDE, cotton spinner, Sowerby Town, Sowerby
William LUMB, 80, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Evelyn May MITCHELL, 5, daughter of James MITCHELL, stone quarrier, Warley Edge, Warley
Ellen THWAITE, 69, wife of Benjamin THWAITE, Princess Street, Sowerby Bridge
Edward Jacob TWYCROSS, 51, engineer, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Arthur WADSWORTH, 10 months, son of John WADSWORTH, corn miller, Stepe Lane (Steep Lane?), Sowerby Bridge
VI-COCOA
LOCAL AGENTS
Abraham ALTHAM Ltd, opposite Town Hall, Sowerby Bridge
Jonathan GREENWOOD, Cash Supply Stores, 28 West Street, Sowerby Bridge
E.MALMSHAW, J.BREARLEY : Luddenden Foot
S.W.BOWNESS, The Central Pharmacy, Ripponden
11th March 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
The Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR, M.P.
Mr.J.F.CLAY of Sowerby Bridge, re-elected as Alderman
Francis BERRY, Charles BERRY, Thomas HENWOOD, Sidney Herbert NEWCOMBE, all of Sowerby Bridge, applied for patents
THE ASSISTANT SURVEYOR
Mr.Arthur ROTHERA moving to Rawtenstall
James ROYSTON, SON & COMPANY LIMITED
PRIMITIVE METHODISM (meeting at Sowerby New Road)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS presided
Mr.WALTON of Mytholmroyd, circuit secretary
THE FACTORY ACTS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Messrs. John WOOD & Sons, cotton spinners
Mr.PRIOR, factory inspector for this district
Herbert SYKES, twiner, overlooker employed at Lock Hill
Lewis RILEY, spinning overlooker at Lock Mill
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD J.P., WRIGLEY, WILSON, FIRTH, Leonard GREENWOOD, WRIGLEY
Messrs. Mark WILCOCK, John SMITH (coal merchant), George WHITELEY (plasterer), George E.WHITELEY (draper),
Tom DYSON (plasterer), S.H.JEFFERIES (chimney sweeper) : probable candidates
SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs.SWALLOW, BANCROFT, POLLIT, HORSFALL, WADDINGTON
Mr.EDWARDS, attandance officer
Rev.Canon IVENS
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(West Riding Court)
Phoebe WILD, draper, Sowerby Bridge, fined for not renewing dog licence
Abraham CLAY, manufacturer, fined for not renewing dog licence
BAND OF HOPE GATHERING (Halifax and District)
Mr.Thomas HOEY, chairman
Mr.J.J.HATCH of Halifax, gave lantern illustrations
LOCAL LAW CASE (Perfecta Seamless Steel Tube Company v. Messrs. WOOD Bros., held at Birmingham)
Mr.E.J.POLLOCK, official referee
Messrs. WOOD Brothers, engineers
Mr.Justice CAVE, Birmingham?
Mr.Hugo YOUNG and Mr.Robert NOBLE appeared for the plaintiff
Mr.C.F.VACHELL (instructed by Messrs.JUBB, BOOTH and HELLIWELL, Halifax)
Messrs. HICKS, HARGREAVES & Co. of Bolton, made steam engines
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FOUND DROWNED AT SALTERHEBBLE
Walter YATES, lock-keeper at Salterhebble
Alfred HOLDSWORTH, about 50, woolsorter of West Parade, Halifax. Employed by Messrs.RILEY & Co.
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Sowerby
SOWERBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Mr.John BURGOYNE, head master
Hanson HAIGH, a boy from St.Peter's School, Sowerby, got scholarship
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.H.CARTER J.P., David WHITELEY, Hanson HAIGH, F.WOOD, Jonathan PICKLES, John INGHAM, Joseph SHARPE,
George CHEETHAM, Arthur STOTT, L.J.NAYLOR
Mr.William HITCHEN of Upper Field House, owned land at the bottom of Steep Lane
Mr.William COCKROFT, builder?
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
Mr.MORRIS, property owner
Colonel LEDGARD
Messrs. Smith EMMETT, Joseph RILEY : overseers
PROVIDENCE BAND OF HOPE
Mr.J.H.SCHOLEFIELD of Sowerby Bridge
Rev.T.NAYLOR
Councillor W.T.POSTLETHWAITE
Miss MAXWELL sang
Miss M.H.WILSON and Mr.H.BERRY recited
Mr.V.DYSON, secretary
[Column 5]
Mr.J.THORNLY of Sheffield, Secretary of the United Methodist Free Church Temperance League
Mr.J.H.FIRTH of Huddersfield
Mr.Fred SYKES, speaker at Sowerby Green
Mr.DOBSON of Blackburn, agent to the British Temperance League
Norland
NORLAND BAPTIST
Mr.Samuel MOSS of Elland
Mill Bank
PIGEON SHOOTING (run by the landlord of the Sportsman Inn, Damside)
W.PICKLES won
Ripponden
OFFENCES AGAINST THE FACTORY ACT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Messrs. LAWTON Brothers, cotton spinners, Ripponden
Mr.PRIOR, factory inspector
Mr.LAWTON
James TAYLOR, Charles WADSWORTH, William HEAP : overlookers at Messrs. LAWTON Brothers
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ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT (Halifax West Riding Court)
John T.BOTTOMLEY, 18, millhand of Stainland : accused
Clara GREENWOOD, 14, lived with parents at Holywell Green : victim
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THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY
Mr.B.MORWOOD, Ryburn Villas, West End, Sowerby Bridge :local superintendent
MARRIAGES
Willie AINLEY (William AINLEY), blacksmith, to Phyllis HOWARD, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Ruth HOWARTH, 66, widow of Matthias HOWARTH, blacksmith, Branch Inn, Sowerby Bridge
Frances MITCHELL, 39, wife of John MITCHELL, Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge
Susan Elizabeth SUTCLIFFE, 58, wife of Sutcliffe SUTCLIFFE, iron turner, Lower Hollins, Sowerby Bridge
ALLOTT BROTHER, mineral water manufacturer, Steps, Sowerby Bridge. Estd. 1869.
18th March 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
ELECTION OF GUARDIANS
Messrs. Joseph SUTCLIFFE, William HAIGH and Frank DYSON (grocer, Sowerby Street) : nominated
Mrs.Adelaide MARSDEN of 10 Concrete Villas nominated
LOCAL FAILURE (Halifax County Court)
Fred UTTLEY of 1 Milton Street, Sowerby Bridge and Frank AINLEY of Lily Street, Sowerby Bridge, trading as Fau Knitting
Company at Town Hall Buildings
PRESENTATION (by the accountant's office)
Mr.Arthur ROTHERA appointed assistant surveyor at Rawtenstall
Mr.James BARRACLOUGH
WEST END (tea and social by the select vestry class of West End Sunday School)
Misses BARKER, GAUKROGER sang
Miss EDWARDS recited
Mr.H.H.CLEGG, piano
Mr.BARNES, violin
BAPTIST HOME MISSIONS
Revs. J.FOX (pastor), R.H.RIGBY (of Brearley)
PRESENTATIONS
Mrs.MAWER, Tuel Lane Sewing Class
Miss BARRON, secretary, Tuel Lane Sewing Class
Rev.J.W.MAWER
Messrs. T.ACKROYD, T.WASHINGTON, W.H.OLDFIELD, Joseph WILCOCK and Miss BARRON presented with "Quiver" medals for long
service at the Sunday School
SOWERBY BRIDGE CYCLING CLUB (newly formed)
Mr.William HAIGH, president
Mr.H.A.LUMB, hon. secretary
U.M.F.C. CIRCUIT MEETING (United Methodist Free Church)
Rev. J.W.MAWER
Messrs. J.WILKINSON, W.SYKES
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TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY of Peterborough to replace Rev.J.W.MAWER
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Mrs.MAWER presided
Mrs.W.C.EVANS gave address
Misses LONGBOTTOM and ACKROYD recited
Miss E.LORD and Mr.W.STOTT sang
Master E.NICHOLL, piano solo
Mr.H.NICHOLL, accompanist
AN AUCTIONEER'S AFFAIRS (Halifax County Court)
Thomas ATKINSON, auctioneer and valuer, of Third Avenue, Manor Drive and Bull Close Lane, Halifax : debtor
Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, solicitors
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Mr.Fred SIDDALL, employer
LIBERAL SOCIAL
Mr.Rowland LUMB presided
Misses THOMAS, BANCROFT, LORIMER and BARKER sang
Messrs. WHITEHEAD and CLAY sang
Miss Dora PARKER, Miss EDWARDS and Mrs. HELLIWELL recited
Messrs. HORSFALL and THOMAS : accompanists
A CHILD KILLED AT LUDDENDEN FOOT
Maud Adelaide NEEMS died aged four. Daughter of Mrs.Margaret NEEMS, widow of Frederick NEEMS, shipping broker,
of Milner Royd, Luddenden Foot
Dr.CROWTHER
John PUGH, road labourer
William Henry WILCOCK, greengrocer, Sowerby Bridge
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Mr.J.C.BATES
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Tom DYSON (Thomas DYSON), Clarence House, Greenup's Terrace, plasterer and slater
Charles Ll. IVENS, William Perrin BROWN
John Ward BANCROFT, 17 Nicholl's Terrace, Tuel Lane, mill manager and cashier
James WOOD, William Alderson GAUKROGER
Mark WILCOCK, Hollings Mill Lane, tanner
Charles E.RAMSDEN, William WOOD
John SMITH, Ryburn Buildings, coal merchant
Charles E.RAMSDEN, William WOOD
Rowland SIDDALL, West Royd, bedstead and wire mattress manufacturer
James CLAY, Thomas HOEY
Fred Jowett SCHOLEFIELD, Ashleigh, oil cloth manufacturer
Henry SUTCLIFFE (Underbank), John NAYLOR
James HOLDSWORTH, 14 Edward Street, mechanic
James FIRTH, John Hoyle STEAD
Thomas HOEY, 25 Hollings Mill Lane, commercial clerk
Richard ROTHWELL, Harry BALSAM (Harold BALSAM)
Edwin WHITELEY, 27 Bankfield Terrace, insurance agent
Thomas HOEY, Albert FARRAR
George WHITELEY, 13 West Street, painter and paperhanger
William BUCKLEY, Harry BALSAM (Harold BALSAM)
Joseph Lee WRIGLEY, Ryburn Terrace, dyer
Lewis ATKINSON, William SUTCLIFFE
James Augustus BOOTH, 20 Newton Street, railway passenger guard
William EVANS (9 Annie Street), Joshua BEAUMONT (6 Montague Street)
Sidney Herbert JEFFERYS, 20 Wharf Street, chimney sweeper
Frank WATERHOUSE, George PICKLES
Nimrod HOWARTH, 56 Lower Hollins, woollen operative
George OLDFIELD, William FENTON
Joseph GREENWOOD, 2 Beech Villas, woollen manufacturer
Thomas EDWARDS, Edward ROSS
Joseph WADSWORTH, 28 Wharf Street, boot manufacturer and leather merchant
William KERSHAW, Sam SHAW (Samuel SHAW)
William Henry BAXENDALE, High Field, Sowerby Bridge, accountant
Alfred DORMAN, William BUTTERWORTH
William Henry WHITELEY, 10 Mount Street, storekeeper
Arthur BENTLEY, John CROSSLEY
William Henry GIBSON, 31 Lower Hollins, cashier
William HOLROYD (West Street), William HAIGH (Raven's Lodge)
Samuel TURNER, Burnley Road, contractor
John William HELM, William Henry THOMPSON
Thomas Henry LONGBOTTOM, Park Villas, Bolton Brow, worsted coating manufacturer
John William HELM, Samuel TURNER
Hellowell HOPKINSON, Willow Hall, Mill Fold, manager
John William LODGE, James GREENWOOD
Luddenden Foot
Mr.Henry MOSES, newsagent, Milner Place, Luddenden Foot, on Halifax Board of Guardians
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Messrs. John WADSWORTH (fuller), James STOTT (knitter), Henry MOSES (newsagent), Henry Bairstow SPENCER (manufacturer),
William BIRTWHISTLE (general draper), James WORMALD (grocer and confectioner), Amos GRAHAM (saddler),
James GREENWOOD (cotton spinner), John SUTCLIFFE (mill manager) : candidates
Mill Bank
Mr.Arthur WILSON, Brookside House, Damside, Triangle, guardian for Soyland
Norland
Mr.Lewis WHITTAKER, joiner and builder, Bethel Terrace, Norland rural district councillor
ELECTION OF PARISH COUNCILLORS
Messrs. John BARRACLOUGH (New Longley), James HOLT (Scarr Head), Joseph MALLINSON (West View),
John ROBINSON (Moor Bottom), William SHAW (Harper Royd Lane), Elijah WADSWORTH (East Longley),
Lewis WHITTAKER (Bethel Terrace), Jabez WHITTAKER (Thorny Bank), George WILSON (Lane Head) : elected
Mr.James J.AVES presided
Sowerby
Mr.John WILSON, Town Farm, guardian for Sowerby
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Messrs. Smith AINLEY (insurance agent, Hubberton), Alfred BROADBENT (engine tenter, Triangle),
James LEACH (farmer, Upper Red Brink), Job SUTCLIFFE (draper, Mill Bank, Triangle),
William WILSON (cloth finisher, Mount Pleasant), Edward WOODS (gardener, Bullace Terrace, Triangle),
Fred WOOD (coal merchant, Sowerby New Road) : candidates
THE NORLAND BRASS BAND (annual concert)
Misses Clara HOWARTH (soprano, Littleborough), Miss Maude JAMESON (contralto, Bradford), Ada SHARP (Queensbury)
Messrs. J.R.SYKES (tenor, Halifax), Donald CAMERON (humourist, Burnley), G.T.BANCROFT (accompanist),
E.BEAUMONT (conductor)
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A PRINCE WITH GOD. SERMON PREACHED AT TUEL LANE CHAPEL ON SUNDAY BY REV. J.W.MAWER (sermon text given, about George Muller)
[Column 5]
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POOR LAW (text given)
Rev.A.J.VINER of Oldham gave lecture
Mr.Oliver EATOUGH presided
Misses ASQUITH and BRIGGS sang
Miss SUGDEN, accompanist
[Column 6]
Mesdames B.WOOD, BROWNBRIDGE
DEATHS
Louisa BATES, 29, wife of Joseph BATES, iron turner, Sowerby Croft, Norland
Isaac BOTTOMLEY, 74, labourer, Rough Hey, Norland
Joseph Francis FIRTH, 6 months, son of Arthur FIRTH, railway signalman, Claremont Street, Sowerby Bridge
Margaret HELLEWELL, 88, widow of John HELLEWELL, butcher, Bairstow Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Frances HOPKINSON, 68, widow of Joseph HOPKINSON, machine broker, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ann KERRIDGE, 74, wife of Alfred KERRIDGE, Dean Lane, Sowerby
Henry RAWNSLEY, 79, woollen carder, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Annie Mary SUMERSGILL (Ann Mary SUMMERSGILL), 17, worsted spinner, Warley Town Lane, Warley
Susan WOLFENDEN, 34, wife of William WOLFENDEN, cotton spinner, Style, Triangle
25th March 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Arthur BENTLEY, school board member, to move to Pendleton
Mr.Arthur HOLT, formerly of Sowerby Bridge, promoted to assistant examining officer at the Customs Department
SAILORS' ORPHAN BOYS
Hull Sailors' Orphan Home
Mr.D.I.CLAY presided
Revs. T.PEARSON, W.FOX
Alderman CLAY
Mr.Oliver EATOUGH
A MAN FOUND DEAD ON THE RAILWAY
Richard REDMAN, single, carpet weaver of Booth Town, near Halifax, died aged 35
Mr.BARSTOW, district coroner
Mr.Thomas F.ROWLINSON
Ebenezer Redman, father of the deceased, lived with his son
Dr.CROWTHER
Inspector LAWSON
Emily Jane REDMAN, sister of deceased
Sidney DRINKWATER, engine cleaner at the station
Sarah Ann ACKROYD of Wharf Street
Sergeant FORD
Mr.DAWSON from the solicitor's office, Victoria Station
Mr.BULCOCK, station master
Mr.STRINGFELLOW, superintendent of the engine sheds
[Column 2]
(Contracts for new houses and shops in Wharf Street for James GOODALL's Exors.)
Mr.T.PICKLES, Luddenden Foot, mason
Mr.Lummas LUMB, Sowerby Bridge, plumber
Messrs. DYSON & Sons, King Cross, joiners
Messrs.E.WHITEHEAD & Co., Sowerby Bridge, painters
Mr.T.DYSON, Sowerby Bridge, plasterer and slater
WESLEYAN QUARTERLY MEETING (at Bolton Brow)
Rev.Joseph SANGER of Horncastle invited to be superintendent of the circuit
Rev.Walter HUDSON of Padiham invited as second minister
Rev.A.P.RIDDETT
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, S.HOYLE
Mrs.ACKROYD, deceased, lived at Shaw
TUEL LANE CHAPEL (Pleasant Sunday Afternoon)
Mesdames MAWER, Joseph WHITELEY
Mr.WHITELEY
Rev.J.W.MAWER
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT
James STOTT, aged 46, teamster for Brackenbed Brewery
Dr.HODGSON
BOLTON BROW "AT HOME" (Wesleyan)
Mr.Cecil RIDDETT, gave shadowgraph entertainment
Messrs. W.FOX and F.W.FOSTER
Misses BROWNBRIDGE, JENNINGS, DODGSON, BARKER, S.BROWNBRIDGE, WADDINGTON
Mr.FOSTER
Miss L.HAIGH, piano
Rev.A.P.RIDDETT and Mr.W.ASHWORTH won hat trimming competition
Councillor and Mrs.Abraham CLAY
Mr.and Mrs.Joseph GREENWOOD
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, organist
THREE BURGLARIES IN ONE NIGHT
Messrs. CLAY & HORSFALL's
Messrs. John WOOD and Sons, Lock Hill Mill
[Column 3]
(Election of Guardians)
Mrs.MARSLAND and Mr.F.DYSON withdrawn
Messrs. Joseph SUTCLIFFE and William HAIGH appointed
DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION
Messrs. J.W.BANCROFT, W.H.BAXENDALE, Joseph GREENWOOD, James HOLDSWORTH, Nimrod HOWARTH and Joseph WADSWORTH withdrew
Mr.EVANS
LIBERAL LECTURE LAST NIGHT
Mr.William GREENWOOD, chairman
Councillor MIDDLETON of Oldham
[Column 4]
THE CHRISTADELPHIANS
Mr.T.STANDEVEN presided
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Rev.G.A.WILSON created it eight years earlier when he was at Tuel Lane Chapel
Revs. G.S.SMITH, Canon IVENS
Drs. DUNN, BROWN
Mr. and Mrs.William HAIGH
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, George WRAY, J.S.RAWSON, W.HAIGH, R.SIDDALL, T.HOEY, Frank CLAY, T.W.RICHARDSON, W.SUDDERLAND (W.SUNDERLAND?),
J.HANSON, H.RILEY, J.ROWLETT, J.HOLT, C.ECCLES, W.E.HOLROYD, J.SHAW, Lewis MITCHELL, Rowland SIDDALL, John MARSLAND
Mesdames DUNN, BROWN, HORNER, BATES, MITCHELL, KERSHAW, LUMB
Misses GIBSON, MARSLAND, WHITELEY, A.CROSSLEY, HARGREAVES, C.DYSON
Police Constable COOK
[Column 5]
"THE LEAKAGE OF METHODISM AN HOW TO STOP IT" (summary of the essay)
Rev.R.Starling BOULTER, superintendent of the Stainland Wesleyan Circuit, wrote first prize essay
Rev.James FEATHER, C.O.ELDRIDGE
Mrs.W.WILDE, Ryburn House, 78 Palatine Road, Blackpool
[Column 6]
ELECTION ADDRESS (Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council election)
Thomas HOEY, Fred Jowett SCHOLEFIELD, Rowland SIDDALL, John SMITH, Mark WILCOCK
DEATHS
Emma SMITH, widow of Mr.R.SMITH and mother of the Rev.G.S.SMITH died in Lowestoft aged 77
Ruth ACKROYD, 67, widow of Thomas ACKROYD, died at Homsliegh Shaw (Homsleigh Shaw?), formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Mary BURROW, 64, wife of Alexander BURROW, coal miner, Mill Bank
Sam GRUNDY (Samuel GRUNDY), 18, Causeway Head, Sowerby Bridge
Martha Ann MILLS, 33, wife of Alfred MILLS, Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Ann SATTENSTALL, 68, wife of Joshua SATTENSTALL, labourer, Dean Lane, Sowerby
1st April 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Arthur Hindle Herbert BOTTOMLEY, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
TUEL LANE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Mr.J.E.MAUDE, secretary
Mr.SMITH, comic songs
NOVEL RETURN OF ELECTION EXPENSES
Mr.LODGE
County Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD
ALLEGED MALICIOUS DAMAGE (Halifax West Riding Court)
John BARROWBY, painter of Sowerby Bridge
Solomon WATSON of Sowerby Bridge
Ellen WATSON, daughter of above
THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO A DRAYMAN
Mr.W.BARSTOW, district coroner
James STOTT of Boy Lane, Wheatley, died aged 46, drayman for Messrs. SHEARD & Co., Brackenbed Brewery, Pellon
Mr.T.ROWLINSON
Joe JACKSON (Joseph JACKSON), bus conductor for Messrs. MARSH
William NORMANTON of Lower Brockwell
James SMITH and William WHITTLE
Dr.HODGSON
[Column 2]
Miss Mary Ann HAIGH, pupil teacher at Bolton Brow Infants' School, won a Queen's scholarship
THE ELECTION
Councillor LODGE
BAD LADS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Viney TOWNEND, aged 10, and Thomas WHITE, aged 9.
Walker BARRETT of Sowerby Bridge, had fowls stolen from Allan Wood
THE CHORAL SOCIETY (established in 1892)
Messrs. W.S.MILLIGAN, WALTON, Joseph GREENWOOD, W.A.SUTCLIFFE, Rowland SIDDALL, W.T.WALTON, W.GREENWOOD, Joseph VARLEY,
W.H.GIBSON, H.GAUKROGER (conductor), J.W.WHITELEY, F.B.ROTHERA, T.H.WRIGHT, W.GAUKROGER, F.WADDINGTON,
R.ROTHERA, G.H.WOOD
Mesdames B.WOOD, W.GREENWOOD
Alderman J.F.CLAY
[Column 3]
CRICKET CLUB
Mr.KNIGHT, president
Mr.John HORSFALL of Todmorden, new coach
DEATH OF MR. NATHANIEL WOOD
Mr.Nathaniel WOOD of Croft House, head of WOOD Brothers, died aged 59
LOCAL PATENT CASE
John F.WALTERS of Sowerby Bridge applied for a cycle hub patent
The Quick Detachment Hub Co. of Leeds opposed it
PRESENTATION (Bolton Brow Wesleyan Sewing Society)
Mrs.STANSFIELD made presentation
Mrs.HEWITT, one of oldest members received umbrella
BOLTON BROW "AT HOME" (Sunday School)
Mr.and Mrs.A.CLAY
Mr.and Mrs.Joseph GREENWOOD
Rev A.P.RIDDETT and Mrs.RIDDETT
Mesdames STANSFIELD, HAIGH, THOMAS, HOLMES, MORWOOD, SUTCLIFFE, WILSON, STOTT, B.E.GREENWOOD, BALL, BRIGGS, HEWETT, LEE,
WILSON, BROADBENT, Fred BROADBENT, WOOD, HOOTEN, WILCOCK, BROWNBRIDGE, BARKER (sang)
Misses CLAY, BARRON, FIRTH, GREENWOOD, Beatrice CLAY, Beatrice WOOD, Lila EASTWOOD
TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT (Wesleyan Mission Chapel Sunday School)
Misses Louisa SUTCLIFFE, M.E.WOOD, Emily REDDICK, Lena BERRY, H.WOOD, Florrie WILCOCK (Florence WILCOCK?)
Messrs. William NORMANTON, E.GREENROYD, W.BROWN, John Henry BARNES, Fred HATFIELD, Fred WOOD, J.R.BERRY, T.WOOD, HALL
Mrs.William NORMANTON
Master Albert MILLS
Mr.C.E.HELLIWELL presided
JUBILEE OF SPIRITUALISM
Mr.B.LEES, president
Andrew Jackson DAVIES, founder of the Children's Progressive Lyceum Movement
Messrs. J.SUTCLIFFE, W.GREENWOOD, SEYMOUR, T.WRIGHT (sang), H.ROBINSON (comic song), E.LAW (accompanist)
Misses THORPE (secretary, sang), BOTTOMLEY (sang), DODGSON (recited)
Norland
NORLAND BAND
Mr.E.BEAUMONT (conductor)
Miss Clara HOWARTH of Littleborough, soprano
Miss Maude JAMESON of Bradford, contralto
Mr.R.SYKES of Halifax, tenor
Mr.Donald CAMERON of Burnley, humourist
Miss Ada SHARP of Queensbury, violin
Mr.G.T.BANCROFT, accompanist
Mrs.W.WILDE, Ryburn House, 78 Palatine Road, Blackpool
[Column 4]
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE (United Methodist Free Churches Young People's Committee)
Miss Gertrude E.THOMAS won second prize for essay
Rev.W.VIVIAN, formerly of Sierra Leone, judged
"AT HOME" (Methodist New Connexion Church, Boulderclough)
Messrs. R.BENTON, James HAIGH, H.N.BLAMIRES, T.H.BARRATT, William HANSON
Misses S.THORPE, J.BLAMIRES, E.SCHOFIELD, M.MITCHELL, S.E.HANSON, M.H.BANCROFT
Messrs.LIGHTOWLER and Co. of Halifax supplied carpet
Jonathan WHITELEY lent a bagatelle table
W.CULPAN lent a musical box
Mr.and Mrs.Frank BRADLEY of Denholme, Luddenden Foot
Mr.and Mrs Willie GREENWOOD (William GREENWOOD) of Hoyle Bank Farm, Luddenden Foot
Mr.and Mrs.William Henry HARTLEY of King Cross, Halifax
Master Sam MITCHELL (Samuel MITCHELL) and Miss Agnes MITCHELL of Finkle Street
Mr.W.WADSWORTH (piano)
Messrs. J.HANSON and Willie MITCHELL (William MITCHELL), violins
Messrs.W.PICKLES and H.BARRATT, secretaries?
Misses S.E.HANSON, L.HANSON, R.SMITH, Emma HOLLAS, Louisa MITCHELL : recited
Mr.A.SUNDERLAND, H.BARRATT recited
Mr.and Mrs.J.A.WHITWORTH sang
Mr.A.WADSWORTH sang
Misses Minnie MITCHELL and Louisa MITCHELL sang
Mr.F.GREENWOOD, piano
Messrs.J.A.WHITWORTH, James HAIGH
Lucetta TAYLOR, Violette HANSON, S.A.RICHARDSON recited
Misses Emily THORPE, M.H.MITCHELL sang
Masters Luther HANSON, Percy PICKLES sang
Mesdames J.A.WHITWORTH, W.WADSWORTH, E.WOOD, W.HANSON, A.WHITELEY arranged refreshments
Warley
THE WARLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY CASE : JUDGEMENT (MURGATROYD v. MURGATROYD)
Mr.Justice KEKEWICH, Chancery Division
Castle Carr estate near Halifax
Mr.WARRINGTON appeared for the plaintiff
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION (election address)
Thomas HOEY, Fred Jowett SCHOLEFIELD, Rowland SIDDALL, John SMITH, Mark WILCOCK
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
Luddenden Foot
GRAND CONCERT (Catholic)
Miss Alice MCLEOD of Halifax, soprano
Mr.J.B.EASTWOOD of Sowerby Bridge, tenor
Miss G.EASTWOOD of Sowerby Bridge, alto
Mr.J.MARSHALL of Sowerby Bridge, bass
Messrs.E.HUGHES and J.SWALE of Halifax, humourists
Mr.A.EASTWOOD of Sowerby Bridge, accompanist
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DEATHS
Nathaniel WOOD, 59, mechanical engineer, Croft House, Sowerby Bridge
Wallace BROOKE, 8, son of the late Lancaster BROOKE, Forester's Arms, Norland
Albert Edward DAVIES, 11, son of Frederick DAVIES, carpenter, Hanover Street, Sowerby Bridge
VI-COCOA. LOCAL AGENTS
Abraham ALTHAM Ltd, opposite Town Hall, Sowerby Bridge
Jonathan GREENWOOD, Cash Supply Stores, 28 West Street, Sowerby Bridge
E.MALMSHAW, Luddenden Foot
J.NEWBY, Luddenden Foot
S.W.BOWNESS, The Central Pharmacy, Ripponden
8th April 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Griffith GRIFFITH and James HOWARD, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patents
CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Revs. John ROBINSON (vicar of Bradford), Canon IVENS
Ven.Archdeacon WILSON, vicar of Rochdale
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mr.Joseph SUTCLIFFE, oldest member
Mr.William GREENWOOD, president
Mrs.GREENWOOD, Miss THORPE, Messrs.B.LEES, Joseph SUTCLIFFE, T.THORPE, O.SEYMOUR, T.H.WRIGHT : vice presidents
Mr.Jackson HOLROYD, secretary
Mr.H.CROSSLEY, representative to the Yorkshire Union
ANOTHER BURGLARY (Bolton Brow Working Men's Club)
Messrs.B.MALLINSON & Sons
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames B.WOOD (presided), William GREENWOOD, WRIGHT
Miss STANSFIELD
Miss ILLINGWORTH gave address at conference
Mr.J.MCKENZIE (violin)
Miss Maud THOMAS, music
Messrs. T.HOEY, J.H.STEAD
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IMPUDENT ROBBERIES (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mr.and Mrs.H.SUTCLIFFE, Underbank, Sowerby Bridge
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT
William SUTCLIFFE, railway labourer of Oak Hill, Triangle, died aged 49. Worked on the railway for 15 years
Mr.STOREY and Mr.BOOCOCK, solicitors?
Susan SUTCLIFFE, widow of William
John MITCHELL, ballast foreman of Sowerby Bridge
Dr.ADAMS
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, HORSFALL, A.BENTLEY (moved from Sowerby Bridge)
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH
Miss HAIGH, pupil teacher at Bolton Brow Infants' School, got a first in the Queen's Scholarship Exam
Miss BARKER, pupil teacher at Tuel Lane Infants' School, got a second in the Queen's Scholarship Exam
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SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., W.WILSON, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD, J.W.LODGE, T.HORSFALL, E.WHITELEY,
Alderman CLAY, A.S.FIRTH, A.CLAY
Mr.John RAWSON re wall in Cemetery Road
EDWARD STREET AND CLAY STREET
Councillor FIRTH
COUNCILLOR SUTCLIFFE'S PLANS (for houses in Clifton Street)
Councillors SUTCLIFFE, LODGE
THE PRINTED MINUTES
Councillor LODGE
Alderman CLAY
THE NEW RATE
Councillors A.CLAY, HORSFALL
CORRESPONDENCE
Councillor LODGE
Miss BADDELEY, Ladies' Swimming Club
Mr.S.HOYLE complained about the state of Industrial Road
Alderman CLAY
VOTE OF THANKS TO THE CHAIRMAN
Alderman CLAY
Councillors WHITELEY, WILSON, FIRTH
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Councillor SCHOLEFIELD
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THE ELECTION
Mr.EVANS declared the results
Messrs. Samuel TURNER, Joseph Lee WRIGLEY, Fred Jowett SCHOLEFIELD, George WHITELEY, Thomas HOEY, Mark WILCOCK,
Rowland SIDDALL, John SMITH, Edwin WHITELEY, William Henry GIBSON, Thomas Henry LONGBOTTOM,
Tom DYSON (Thomas DYSON), William Henry WHITELEY, James A.BOOTH, Sydney Herbert JEFFERYS : candidates
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT (letter)
T.DYSON, W.H.GIBSON, W.H.WHITELEY
Mrs.W.WILDE, Ryburn House, 78 Palatine Road, Blackpool
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[Column 6]
Warley
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN YOUNG MEN'S MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY
Mr. J.B.BATES (president)
Messrs. A.CLAY, J.CLAY, D.I.CLAY, S.HARTLEY, J.E.RATLEDGE, J.ATKINSON : vice presidents
Mr.J.H.BATES, treasurer
Mr.S.STOREY, secretary
Messrs. W.MITCHELL and H.WOOD : auditors
Sowerby
THE ELECTION
Alfred BROADBENT (engine tenter, Triangle), Job SUTCLIFFE (draper, Mill Bank, Triangle),
Smith AINLEY (insurance agent, Hubberton), William WILSON (cloth finisher, Mount Pleasant),
James LEACH (farmer, Upper Red Brink), Fred WOOD (coal merchant, Sowerby new Road),
Edward WOODS (gardener, Triangle)
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DEATHS
James LORD, 62, wool comber, New Longley, Norland
Thomas ROBINSON, 72, retired slater, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen TUCK, 11 months, daughter of William TUCK, labourer, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
15th April 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. S.TURNER, J.L.WRIGLEY, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, George WHITELEY and T.HOEY : newly elected District Council members
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN SHARES
FOOTBALL
CRABTREE, MALLINSON, MORLEY, HATTON : Sowerby Bridge team
Paul CARTER, COLLINSON, ASHTON : Mytholmroyd team
Mrs.F.RATCLIFFE of Elland presented the trophies
MORE BURGLARIES
Messrs.HOMFRAY and Co., Gratrix Lane
Mr.W.HAMER's rag and waste warehouse
Messrs.WOOD Brothers, Valley iron Works
Messrs. C.E.RAMSDEN and F.RAMSDEN, Prospect Mill
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W.SUMMERSCALES and Sons, Ltd.
FRIENDLY BRASS BAND
Mr.W.SWINDLER, conductor
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO AN OLD INHABITANT
Mr.Charles GREENWOOD, aged 80, of Sowerby Street
ST.GEORGE'S VESTRY MEETING
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK, vicar
Messrs. A.BATLEY and J.ELLIS : wardens
Messrs. A.S.HUNTER, EATON : sidesmen
Mr.H.SPENCER, auditor
PRIZE WINNER (dog show)
Mr.F.R.WOOD of Sowerby Bridge won two prizes. "Sowerby Gem", his puppy
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING (St.George's Church)
Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK, vicar
Miss CROSSLEY and Mr.BERRY sang
Mr.William GAUKROGER, choirmaster
Mr.C.ELLIOTT, piano
Revs. C.LIVERMORE, J.MARSHAL and Messrs.BATLEY, TAYLOR and GAUKROGER spoke
WEST END
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Milton YATES, Bessie GRIFFEN (Elizabeth GRIFFEN), Annie CROWTHER (Ann CROWTHER) and Nellie HEMINGWAY (Ellen HEMINGWAY?) recited
Flossie CORE (Florence CORE) and Lucy LUMB sang
Mesdames G.S.SMITH
Misses G.NICHOLL and F.NICHOLL, M.SMITH, S.A.WHITELEY, E.RUSHWORTH and M.RUSHWORTH, TAYLOR
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Master Frank RUSHWORTH, Willie WHITWORTH (William WHITWORTH), F.ACKROYD
Misses Annie ALDERSON (Ann ALDERSON), Lily HOLROYD, Edith KAYE, Hazel SIDDALL, DEWHIRST, GREENWOOD, HOWARTH,
Marian GREENWOOD, Dora RUSHWORTH, Fanny THORPE (Frances THORPE?), Susannah BOTTOMLEY
Mrs.GREENWOOD
[Column 3]
Norland
MOUNT ZION
Misses A.BOOTH, LUM, N.WHITELEY
Messrs.J.BARKER (conductor), A.BOOTH, J.W.WADSWORTH (violin), J.W.EARNSHAW, W.PARKER (cornet)
Mr. A.BROADBENT of Sowerby Bridge, chairman
JUMBLE SALE (at St.Luke's school)
Mrs.LIVERMORE
Messrs. ELLIS, Joe ACKROYD (Joseph ACKROYD?), CROSSLEY (St.Stephen's Sunday School minstrel troupe)
Sowerby
ST.PETER'S CHURCH
Councillor J.T.NAYLOR, vicar's warden
Councillor A.STOTT, people's warden
Messrs. A.BINNS, R.FARRAR, H.CARTER, W.RILEY : sidesmen
Mr.Cyril EMPSON
PROVIDENCE FREE CHURCH
Rev.W.REDFERN of Manchester
Mr.G.A.SHARP of Rastrick
Mr.T.BARRETT, secretary
Mr.W.BARRETT, organist
Revs. W.R.CLARK (Luddenden Foot), W.HAIGH (Steep Lane), W.C.EVANS (Sowerby), J.W.MAWER (circuit minister)
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.H.CARTER J.P., Jonathan PICKLES, Hanson HAIGH, David WHITELEY, Joseph SHARPE, John INGHAM,
George CHEETHAM, Arthur STOTT, J.T.NAYLOR, J.WOOD, H.MIDGLEY
Mr.INGHAM, clerk
Mr.BOOTH
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Mr.Eli HARTLEY, nuisance inspector
Mr.William CULPAN
Mrs.SMITH, caretaker of the Town House
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CHRIST CHURCH VESTRY MEETING
Rev.Canon IVENS, vicar
Mr.William HAIGH, vicar's warden
Mr.HOWARD
Messrs.J.H.SWALLOW, J.W.WHITELEY (retiring), W.WOOD : people's wardens
Mr.SWINDELLS, new people's warden
Messrs. W.H.WHITELEY, W.WORSNUP, BUCKLEY, E.J.POLLIT, J.H.WADDINGTON, WORMALD, SHACKLETON, G.BLACKBURN : sidesmen
Messrs. C.E.RAMSDEN, W.H.GIBSON
Mr.John William WHITELEY
Mrs.W.WILDE, Ryburn House, 78 Palatine Road, Blackpool
[Column 5]
SUDDEN DEATH OF A SOWERBY WOMAN
Mrs.KERSHAW of Rosemary Hall, Halifax
[Column 6]
DEATHS
George CLARK, 57, Crow Wood, Sowerby
Sarah HELLOWELL, 79, widow of Charles HELLOWELL, wool comber, Royd, Sowerby
Hamlet HOWARTH, 3 months, son of John HOWARTH, iron dresser, Tuel Street, Sowerby Bridge
Herbert LONGBOTTOM, 1 month, son of Robert LONGBOTTOM, railway stoker, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.NUTTALL, died at King Cross, aged 74, widow of Henry NUTTALL, formerly of Sowerby Bridge (Hannah NUTTALL)
Annie RADCLIFFE (Ann RADCLIFFE), 25, wife of Harry RADCLIFFE (Harold RADCLIFFE), Pickwood Hall, Norland
Frank STANDEVEN, 20 months, son of Jonathan STANDEVEN, cloth miller, Dean Lane, Sowerby
John STEPHENSON, 68, labourer, Mill Bank
Clara WARRENER, 40, wife of Harry WARRENER (Harold WARRENER), gardener, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Nerinah WILD, 37, Higham, Sowerby
Wilfred WRIGHT, 5, son of George Frederick WRIGHT, corn miller, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
22nd April 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Henry EASTWOOD of Sowerby Bridge applied for patent
Alderman J.F.CLAY appointed vice chairman of Standing Joint (Police) Committee of the West Riding County Council
Mr.Rowland SIDDALL, candidate for Sowerby Bridge School Board
HOME MISSIONS (West End Congregational Chapel)
Revs. G.S.SMITH, R.C.BARNARD (Luddenden Foot)
THE BEGGING NUISANCE (Halifax West Riding Court)
James SQUIRES
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
LOCAL PRIZE WINNERS (dog show)
Mr.J.W.SUMMERSCALES won with a collie puppy, "Sowerby Gallopaway"
Mr.F.R.WOOD won with Pomeranian puppy, "Sowerby Gem"
JUVENILE OPERETTA (by Willow Park School scholars)
Miss BELL trained the children
Miss M.A.WOOD, accompanist
Misses Annie B.WASHINGTON (Ann B.WASHINGTON), Ada SMITH, Ella STORR, Ada TAYLOR, B.HAMER, Clara SHAW, Edith HELLIWELL,
Ella SHAW, Lily BERRY, GREENWOOD, Annette STAFFORD
Mr.John SMITH
Master Fred ACKROYD
A LOCAL FAILURE (Halifax County Court)
Fred UTTLEY and Frank AINLEY, hosiery manufacturers, Town Hall Buildings : bankrupt
Messrs.BREAR, Wright LONGTHORPE, WOODCOCK : Fred UTTLEY's former partners in a dying business at Copley and Old Lane
Mrs.BRIGGS
[Column 2]
A LARGE HEN EGG
John SUMMERSCALES of Hollings Mill won second prize
TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL
Messrs. John BATES (president), William NICHOLL (vice president), David LUMB (treasurer), J.A.BOOTH (secretary)
Mr.MELLOR, M.P.
Arthur SKINNER, former captain of Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club, won prizes
Rev.Reuben BATES, pastor of Honley Congregational Church, moved to be minister at George Street Congregational Church, Heckmondwike
Rev.G.S.SMITH
LIFEBOAT SATURDAY MOVEMENT
Messrs. James WOOD (presided), ROBERTS (secretary for northern district)
Norland
[Column 3]
Sowerby
PRIMROSE LEAGUE (Rawson Habitation)
Miss RAWSON presided
Mr.J.Selwyn RAWSON, secretary
Miss C.RAWSON, ruling Councillor
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.Dan CROSSLEY (Daniel CROSSLEY), auctioneer?
Mr.William HEAP of Sowerby bought St.Peter's Court, Sowerby
Mr.John RAWSON bought cottages at Well Head
Mr.James HEAP of Hollings bought Barton Farm, Hubberton
Ripponden
PRIMROSE LEAGUE
Miss RAWSON of Mill House, chair
Miss ARNOLD, daughter of Mr.A.ARNOLD, M.P.
Mr.F.H.GREENWOOD, band leader
Messrs.L.BOOTH, J.H.PRIESTLEY
Mrs.BELL of Sowerby Bridge
Warley
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.W.KENDREW of Low Moor
Mill Bank
LODGE TEA (Perseverance Lodge 16)
Messrs.A.PLATT (tenor), F.GLEDHILL (bass), Sowerby Bridge
Mr.A.BERRY, accompanist
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD, WRIGLEY, LODGE, CLAY, William SUTCLIFFE, Alderman CLAY, James GREENWOOD, Ely WHITELEY
Mr.WILSON
Mr.MCMERRON, editor of "Justice of the Peace"
Mr.EVANS, clerk?
Mr.Leonard GREENWOOD, former councillor?
[Column 5]
Councillors George WHITELEY, TURNER, Abraham CLAY, HOEY, HORSFALL, J.L.WRIGLEY, J.W.LODGE, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD
Alderman John Foster CLAY
Mr.Joseph GREENWOOD, former councillor
[Column 6]
CRICKET. SOWERBY BRIDGE v. HALIFAX LORD NELSON
SIDDALL, WOOD, UTTLEY, FARRAR, H.HATTON, DOVENOR, HAIGH, EASTWOOD, STANSFIELD, HORNER, PEEL : Sowerby Bridge team
CRAPPER, TORDOFF, CULPAN, BROADBENT, HALEY, HORBURY, WADDINGTON, GIBBS, LISTER, ROTHERY, SUTCLIFFE : Halifax Lord Nelson team
W.THOMPSON, O.CROTHERA : Sowerby Bridge second team
DEATHS
Harry ARMITAGE (Harold ARMITAGE), 9 months, son of Lewis ARMITAGE, blacksmith's striker, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
Cornelius DRINKWATER, 1, son of Thomas DRINKWATER, labourer, Washer lane, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas HARRIS, 2, son of Robert HARRIS, labourer, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
James HOLROYD, 57, engineer, Bradford, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Thomas NORCLIFFE, 1, son of Charles NORCLIFFE, Blackpool, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
James WHITWORTH, 69, wool dyer, Victoria Square, Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.W.WILDE, Ryburn House, 78 Palatine Road, Blackpool
29th April 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Rowland SIDDALL, candidate for School Board
Messrs.George THOMPSON and Sons, Stone Mill Tannery, Sowerby Bridge
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mrs.B.WOOD, chair
Right Hon. John William MELLOR, M.P.
BAPTIST ANNIVERSARY
Rev.W.OWEN of Manchester
Mr.Oliver EATOUGH presided
Mr.James MAUDE of Hebden Bridge
PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Alderman J.F.CLAY
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., Thomas HOEY, J.W.LODGE, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. W.WOOD, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, J.W.BANCROFT, O.EATOUGH, W.HAIGH, A.HOBSON, T.M.FLETCHER, William NICHOLL,
William GREENWOOD, J.BACON, R.ROTHWELL
PRIMROSE LEAGUE
Miss RAWSON presided, about to go abroad
Mrs.RILEY, secretary
Mesdames BATES, CARTER, HORNER, F.WHITTAKER, G.WRAY
Messrs. CARTER, COPLEY, COLEMAN, BEAN, T.DORMAN, GIBSON, B.HORSFALL, W.DYSON, D.I.MALLINSON, G.E.RADCLIFFE, J.LAWRENCE,
H.WHITWORTH, H.WHITAKER, W.RILEY, R.HOWARTH, J.H.WADDINGTON
Miss RILEY
Rev.Canon IVENS
Miss ARNOLD, Ruling Councillor
[Column 2]
(article in wrong place, continues on from bottom of column 3)
Mr.BOOCOCK (in court?)
[Column 3]
PRESENTATIONS (teachers connected with Christ Church and Willow Park Mission)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.and Mrs.John MARSDEN, recently married
Mr.and Mrs.Herbert SHAW, recently married. He had been superintendent at Willow Pak for many years
Mr.Edward TAYLOR, moved to Halifax
Miss BRADLEY resigned as teacher due to ill health
OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL VERSUS LUDDENDEN FOOT COUNCIL (Halifax Court, who should pay for gas lamp pipes)
Mr.EVANS
Mr.BOOCOCK
(continued at top of column 2)
[Column 4]
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors J.T.NAYLOR, J.H.CARTER, Joseph WOOD, Joseph SHARPE, David WHITELEY, Arthur STOTT, John INGHAM, Smith AINLEY,
Alfred BROADBENT, William WILSON, James LEACH, Job SUTCLIFFE
Mr.Edgar BOOTH, clerk
Mr.SCHOFIELD, collector
Mr.HARTLEY, surveyor
Mr.J.W.HODGSON, wrote complaining about road from Style to Dean Lane
Messrs.HORSFALL & Son wrote letter on behalf of Major MORRIS, landowner
Luddenden Foot
ANNIVERSARY (Congregational Sunday School)
Rev.G.HUNSWORTH of Derby
Mr.Sam DUGDALE of Earby
OLD FOLK'S TREAT
Mr.Henry MOSES presided
Mrs.Betty HAIGH, aged 83, Wood Lane, Sowerby
Mr.BARTON of Blackwood Hall, Luddenden, oldest man present
Mr.W.BIRTWHISTLE
Mesdames COMYNS, LONGBOTTOM, DUGDALE, CROWTHER, SPENCER, SUTCLIFFE, SOKALD, TOLSON, THOMAS, WOODHEAD
Misses SHARP and FEATHER and Messrs.J.T.WOOD and FISHER : Luddenden Foot String Band, Sowerby Glee Union
Messrs. J.BROADBENT, James CROWTHER
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ACCIDENT TO COLONEL GRAY
Colonel GRAY, engineer for Sowerby Bridge Sewage Works, led the local Rifle Volunteers
Surgeon-Lieutenant Gardiner OAKLEY
Dr.ELLIS
[Column 5]
Norland
NORLAND FREE CHURCH
Mr.C.ELLIOT of Sowerby Bridge gave organ recital
Miss TOWNSEND of Luddenden
Mr.GLEDHILL of Norland
Mr.J.PEACE of Rochdale
Miss L.BRIGGS
Messrs. William BRIGGS, A.BOOTH
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ROBBERY IN HALIFAX. THEFT OF OLD COINS FROM A PUBLISHING OFFICE
Messrs.MILNER and SOWERBY, printers and publishers of Raglan Street
NORLAND BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
Rev.D.R.LEWIS of West Vale
Miss EDWARDS of Sowerby Bridge
H.HATTON, ARCHITECT, SURVEYOR AND ESTATE AGENT, Town Hall Chambers, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.William LUMB, grocer of Sowerby Street is the Sowerby Bridge agent for the Halifax Equitable Benefit Building Society
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Ann BANCROFT, 81, widow of Thomas BANCROFT, carpet weaver, Morley Terrace, Luddenden Foot
Leonora CHEETHAM, 76, Sowerby Town
Delia CRABTREE, 56, wife of David CRABTREE, stuff dyer, Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Florence DIXON, 18, Mill Bank
Hannah GREENWOOD, 64, widow of James GREENWOOD, platelayer, Bridge Street, Sowerby Bridge
James GREENWOOD, 50, woolsorter, Milner Royd, Luddenden Foot
William GREENWOOD, 77, farmer, Brown Hill, Sowerby
Harry HARRIS (Harold HARRIS), 2, son of Robert HARRIS, labourer, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Ann SUTCLIFFE, 82, widow of Robert SUTCLIFFE, blacksmith, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Leonard WILD, 39, cloth finisher, Higham, Sowerby
6th May 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Rev.Joseph HALL died at Melcombe Horsey Rectory, Dorset. Former curate at Sowerby Bridge and Norland
Robert CRAVEN, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
Alexander SMITH, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
SOWERBY BRIDGE WARD OF THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE
Mr.and Mrs.RILEY
Mr.EVANS, on behalf of Sowerby Bridge District Council at Halifax Corporation gas committee meeting
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mr.G.H.BIBBINGS, B.A. gave lecture
Mr.William GREENWOOD, chairman
MUSICAL SERVICE (at West End Chapel)
Miss BEVERLEY of Rishworth sang (in lieu of Miss SHEPHERD)
Messrs. GLEDHILL of Greetland, F.GREENWOOD of Luddenden : sang
Mr.SAVILE of Square Church, Halifax : organist
Councillor Thomas HOEY
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY (presided), Rowland SIDDALL, Arthur BENTLEY (retired), J.C.HORSFALL
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.John W.HODGSON, estate agent for Captain STANSFELD
[Column 2]
Councillor LODGE
Alderman CLAY
THE CHILDREN'S SEASIDE FUND
Mr.G.M.ROCHE of Dublin gave lecture
Mr.William WOOD presided
Mr.Daniel PARKER, lanternist
Rev.Canon IVENS
Alderman J.F.CLAY
AN EXTRAORDINARY WIN (dog show)
Mr.F.R.WOOD won prizes with "Sowerby Gem"
KILLED IN A THUNDERSTORM (inquest at Queensbury)
Mr.BARSTOW, district coroner
Alfred GREEN, aged 9, died at Scarlet Height
Mrs.Isabella GREEN, mother of above
Charles Robert MUMFORD, butler to Mr.F.C.FOSTER, Queensbury
Dr.PECK
[Column 3]
SUICIDE OF A BRIGHOUSE DOCTOR
Dr.C.A.BINDLEY, married with two daughters, had a surgery in Church Street, killed himself, aged 55. Left short note
Mr.PHIPPS, vicar of Brighouse
[Column 4]
Norland
NORLAND BAPTIST ANNIVERSARY
Rev.D.R.LEWIS of West Vale
Councillor WHITTAKER of Norland
Miss EDWARDS of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.C.ASPINALL, organist
Sowerby
WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.H.Rowland GREAVE of Manchester
Councillor Smith AINLEY
Mr.A.E.THOMAS, organist
Mill Bank
SHOOTING MATCH (pigeon)
W.PICKLES of Sowerby, J.HARRISON of Pudsey : contestants
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M.WADE, tailor, 49 Sowerby Street
WEST RIDING COUNTY COUNCIL. TECHNICAL EXHIBITIONS
Mr.J.H.MITCHELL, Rose Cottage, Greetland
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Alderman John Foster CLAY
Councillors J.L.WRIGLEY, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, T.HOEY, George WHITELEY, J.W.LODGE,
William SUTCLIFFE, Sam TURNER (Samuel TURNER), T.HORSFALL
THE CHAIRMAN SCORES
Alderman CLAY
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD, WRIGLEY, LODGE
PROPOSED NEW ROAD TO LUDDENDEN FOOT
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
GRATRIX LANE
Councillors Ely WHITELEY, SUTCLIFFE, TURNER, George WHITELEY, SCHOLEFIELD
SPECIAL BUSINESS
Councillor LODGE, WRIGLEY, SCHOLEFIELD
Mrs.BAYFORD of Milner Royd Farm
Mr.Joseph JACKSON of Bowling wants pawnbroker's licence
Mr.James HAIGH, secretary of the Liberal Club
A MISAPPREHENSION
Messrs.CLAYTON, concreted the tank at the gas works
Councillors SUTCLIFFE, George WHITELEY, TURNER, HOEY
[Column 6]
Councillor George WHITELEY, HOEY, LODGE, SCHOLEFIELD
VI-COCOA LOCAL AGENTS
Abraham ALTHAM Ltd, opposite Town Hall, Sowerby Bridge
Jonathan GREENWOOD, Cash Supply Stores, 28 West Street, Sowerby Bridge
E.MALMSHAW, Luddenden Foot
J.NEWBY, Luddenden Foot
S.W.BOWNESS, The Central Pharmacy, Ripponden
DEATHS
Willie DUCKWORTH (William DUCKWORTH), 3, son of Harry DUCKWORTH (Harold DUCKWORTH), greengrocer, Shroggs, Sowerby
Hannah HELLOWELL, 68, wife of James HELLIWELL, carpenter, Bank Cottage, Sowerby
Alice HARDMAN, 4, daughter of Eli Hoyle HARDMAN, railway stoker, Sutcliffe's Buildings, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah NEWELL, 30, wife of Edward NEWELL, worsted manager, Bank View, Luddenden Foot
Firth RILEY, 41, cotton operative, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Robinson, 68, wife of James ROBINSON, carpet weaver, Spring Gardens, Burnley Road, Friendly
Milton SOLTANSTALL, 14, son of Elijah SOLTANSTALL, Broad Lane, Sowerby
IN MEMORIAM
Edmund WHITWORTH of Brook Leigh House, Sowerby Bridge, died in 1897, aged 51. From Phoebe WHITWORTH
13th May 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
ACCIDENT
Boy called MITCHELL lost fingers
A BENEFICENT WORK
Mrs.Hodgson WRIGHT of Halifax found funds to pay for nurse for Sowerby Bridge
TUEL LANE
Revs. J.H.JAMES of Hebden Bridge, R.HEBBRON of Halifax
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY trained the scholars
Comic football match for the "Harry HOLMES Benefit Fund". He'd been in the infirmary
THE RECENT BURGLARIES (Halifax West Riding Court)
Herbert GOODALL, a young man
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Joe COOKE (Joseph COOKE), employee of Messrs. John WOOD & Sons, Lock Hill
Frank ELWIS, Leeds
Mr.W.H.LORIMER, worked at Messrs.HOMFRAY & Co., Gratrix Lane
Margaret JESSOP, widow of Bradford
Messrs.MILNER & Co.
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Mr.WILSON, H.M.Inspector of Schools
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR, M.P. (was to speak at the Liberal Association)
SWIMMING CLUB
G.WEBSTER, J.H.BARRACLOUGH, WHITAKER, CROWTHER: swimmers
Mr.W.WORSNUP, starter
INTERESTING PRESENTATION (British Spiritualists Union conference at Walsall)
Mrs.GREENWOOD of Sowerby Bridge, president, given medal
Mr.JOHNSON of Hyde
Mr.Thomas Oldman TODD
Andrew Jackson DAVIES, founder of the Lyceum movement
Mr.Joseph SUTCLIFFE of Sowerby Street received medal. Received by his son, Mr.Albert SUTCLIFFE
FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR.ALFRED CARTER
Mr.Alfred CARTER, woolstapler of Hollins Terrace, died aged 47. Left a widow and family.
Member of the Constitutional Club. Buried at St.Peter's, Sowerby
Captain STANSFELD of the Breck
Drs.Dunn, MANTLE
Messrs J.W.BANCROFT, J.C.BELL (represented the widow at the inquest), J.W.HODGSON (represented Captain STANSFELD)
Messrs. George WRAY, W.HOLROYD, J.W.HOPKINSON, W.KNIGHT : Constitutional Club
W.HOLROYD, coal dealer of West Street
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Mr.Charles RUSHWORTH
Messrs. John S.RAWSON, E.A.DEARDEN (Sowerby Bridge); S.RYDER, H.W.SUTCLIFFE and J.R.BRACEWELL (Luddenden Foot),
Arthur STOTT (Sowerby), A.C.COLEMAN : Conservative Council mourners
Messrs. A.HALSTEAD, J.COPLEY, H.JONES, J.M.LODGE, J.HELLEWELL, W.H.THOMPSON, J.HOPKINSON, J.BATES, W.RILEY, T.DYSON,
W.H.GIBSON, J.W.WHITELEY, C.W.HATTON, W.H.WHITELEY, R.THORPE : Constitutional Club mourners
Messrs. Ely WHITELEY, T.HORSFALL, J.W.BANCROFT, John H.STEAD : Liberal Club mourners
Messrs. Charles RUSHWORTH, M.WILCOCK, John SMITH, J.F.CLAY, B.CLAY, D.I.CLAY, J.NAYLOR, J.BATTERSBY, W.A.SUTCLIFFE,
W.F.HANSON,S.TURNER, J.HANSON, J.E.BREARLEY, A.SIDDALL, A.CLAY; Dr.ADAMS : Victoria Club mourners
Messrs. J.A.MURRAY, A.MITCHELL, J.CULPAN, S.MAGSON, B.W.SHAW, A.PINDER, A.ROBERTS, H.BALME, T.CLAY, E.HOWARTH
: Cosmopolitan Club, Halifax, mourners
Mr.J.W.HODGSON, representing Captain STANSFELD at the funeral
Drs. DUNN, WELLBURN
Mr.J.C.BELL, solicitor
Mr.T.HOEY, an executor
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, James WOOD
Mr.James Riley ATKINSON's private carriage was in the funeral procession
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.Booth SHARPE, organist
Messrs. G.WRAY, W.KNIGHT, W.OLDROYD, J.W.HOPKINSON, J.MIDGLEY, Alfred BRIGGS, J.BLACKBURN, W.BRIGGS : (pall?) bearers
Mrs.F.RAWSON and Mr.J.W.HOPKINSON sent wreaths
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
W.EDLESTON & Co.
John ATKINSON & Sons
G.FOX & Sons
W.P.EGLIN
WOOD Brothers
T.NICHOLL & Sons
Rowland SIDDALL
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
C.E.RAMSDEN & F.RAMSDEN
Mark WILCOCK
W.MORRIS & Sons
Francis BERRY & Sons
CLAY Brothers
H.CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
John HORSFALL & Sons
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY & HORSFALL
Miles SYKES & Sons
RUSHWORTH & Co.
John DYSON
James GREENWOOD & Son
John EDWARDS & Sons
James EASTWOOD & Co.
Henry BROADBENT
H.J.NORRIS Bros.
POLLIT & WIGZELL
WALLACE & Co., Rose Hill
A.SIDDALL and R.SIDDALL, Industrial Road
Walter SWAIN, inspector
Mill Bank
ST.MARY'S CHURCH
Rev.H.G.HIRD, vicar of St.Mary's, Halifax
Rev.J.R.HILL, vicar of Lightcliffe
Rev. Canon Lowther CLARKE, vicar of Dewsbury
Mr.A.GILBERT, organist and choirmaster
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Sowerby
VIEWING THE ROADS
Councillors David WHITELEY (of Riggin Chamber), James Henry CARTER, John INGHAM, Joseph WOOD, Joseph THORP,
William WILSON, Job SUTCLIFFE, James LEACH, Smith AINLEY, Alfred BROADBENT
Mr.Eli HARTLEY (surveyor)
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY J.P., J.H.CARTER, Joseph WOOD, Joseph SHARP, Smith AINLEY, John INGHAM, A.BROADBENT,
William WILSON, James LEACH, Job SUTCLIFFE, A.STOTT, J.T.TAYLOR
Messrs.PRIESTLEY, CLARK, lamp lighters
Mr.BOOTH
Captain STANSFELD, Mr.HODGSON. Major MORRIS, Mr.RAWSON : landowners
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SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames B.WOOD (president), EVANS (of Sowerby)
Councillor T.HOEY
Mr.MUNDELLA
Sir John GORET, Tory education minister
Lord SALISBURY
Right Hon. W.E.GLADSTONE
Mr.CHAMBERLAIN
Misses BANCROFT and E.WHITELEY sang
Messrs.WOOD, Jonathan PICKLES, S.EMMOTT, C.SMITH
CRICKET. SOWERBY BRIDGE v. SHELF CLOUGH MILLS
BARTLE, STARR, SHACKLETON, GRANGE, ROBINSON, BROOK, CHATBURN, BENNETT, RUSHWORTH, HOPKINSON, SUTCLIFFE : Shelf team
EASTWOOD, SWAINE, SIDDALL, STANSFIELD, THOMPSON, UTTLEY, WOOD, HAIGH, HATTON : Sowerby Bridge team
[Column 6]
FOUND DROWNED
Sarah HITCHEN, aged 20, millhand, daughter of John HITCHEN, plasterer, Norland
DEATHS
Alfred CARTER, 47, woolstapler, Hollins Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Henry BARRACLOUGH, 62, wool comber, Stile, Triangle
Sarah CHAMBERS, 18, Friendly
Mary CROWTHER, 76, widow of Robert CROWTHER, farmer, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Robert HAYES, 60, farm labourer, died at Keighley, formerly of Sparkhouse, Norland
Herbert Edward KERSHAW, 21, engine fitter, Rosemary Hill, Sowerby
Robert MITCHELL, 75, stuff dyer, Clifton Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mrs.Alfred CARTER, 23 Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge
20th May 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
Mr.C.W.LAYCOCK, worked for Mr.J.H.STEAD, passed auctioneer's exam
Master F.W.WORSNUP, worked for Mr.J.H.STEAD, passed preliminary exam
BOLTON BROW SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs. James CUTHBERTSON of Nottingham, H.Graham PAYN of Halifax
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, organist
RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION (held at NICHOLL's Dining Rooms)
Councillors T.HOEY, LODGE
Mrs.CULPAN
Mr.George TAYLOR
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES
Revs. J.DINSLEY of Greetland, J.W.MAWER, B.J.TUNGATE of Huddersfield
[Column 2]
Rev.G.S.SMITH, eight years at West End Congregational Church
THE LATE MR.CARTER
Mr.Alfred CARTER
Mr.Booth SHARPE, organist at St.Peter's, Sowerby
A SAD CASE OF DROWNING
Elizabeth HITCHEN, worsted twister of Norland, died aged 20
Mr.BARSTOW, coroner
Mr.T.F.ROWLINSON
Mary Hannah HITCHEN, sister of deceased
James JELKE, cart driver, Copley Hall
Mrs.WALSH, lived near Sterne Mill
Joe WOOD (Joseph WOOD), boatman
Mrs.JACKSON of Old Causeway
John HITCHEN, father of the deceased
Triangle
STAR OF BETHLEHEM LODGE
Mr.John WOLFENDEN, secretary
Warley
WARLEY SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY (Congregational)
Rev.J.Hirst HOLLOWELL of Rochdale
Mr.H.TURNER trained the children
Mr.T.SUTCLIFFE, organist
[Column 3]
THE DEATH OF MR.GLADSTONE
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE
Mrs.WOOD owned property in Back Wharf Street
CRICKET. SOWERBY BRIDGE v. LIGHTCLIFFE
HAIGH, EASTWOOD, SIDDALL, STANSFIELD, PEEL, WOOD, HATTON, FARRAR : Sowerby Bridge team
OATES, PRIESTLEY, INGHAM, LEACH, GREENWOOD, AINSWORTH, SHARP, GREENWOOD, MAUDE, LOCKMAN, CULPAN : Lightcliffe team
GIBSON, W.FARRAR : Sowerby Bridge second team
DEATHS
Annie CHEETHAM (Ann CHEETHAM), 24, daughter of George CHEETHAM, monumental mason, Mill Bank
John DEAN, 71, wool carder, Saw Hill, Sowerby
Edith Mary ROBINSON, 20 months, daughter of Eli Robinson, stone quarrier, Dob Lane, Norland
27th May 1898
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Sowerby Bridge
BEGGING (Halifax West Riding Court)
John CROSSLEY of Halifax
Police Constable WALTON
SWIMMING CLUB (water polo)
E.CROWTHER, L.WHITTAKER : Sowerby Bridge team
SOWERBY DIVISION LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY, president
Right Hon.J.W.MELLOR, M.P.
William Ewart GLADSTONE died
Mr.F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.P.
Mr.J.W.BANCROFT, treasurer
Councillor Abraham CLAY, secretary
Messrs. Rowland LUMB and R.CRABTREE, auditors
[Column 2]
Rev.J.ELLISON to cover for Canon IVENS while on holiday
Rev.J.W.MAWER
CANON IVENS WITH THE SALVATION ARMY (at the Salvation Army Barracks, Halifax)
Rev.Canon IVENS
Rev.E.J.HARTLEY
Councillor Jonas CROSSLAND, J.P.
A SPOILT OUTDOOR FETE (West End Sunday school)
Misses LUMB, GAUKROGER and N.RUSHWORTH trained the children
Misses A.BISHOP and A.ROYD won the under 18s skipping contest
Misses J.WRAY and L.CROSSLEY won the over 18s skipping contest
Misses A.WHITELEY, L.SMITH won washing competition
Messrs. Arthur HELLIWELL and James HOLT won the hat trimming contest
THE DEATH OF MR.GLADSTONE
Revs. Canon IVENS (Christ Church), G.S.SMITH (West End), J.W.MAWER (Tuel Lane), J.FOX (Baptist),
W.H.MATTHEWS (Primitive Methodist)
Mr.William GREENWOOD
MARRIED AT SIXTEEN (Halifax West Riding Court)
Wilson SUTCLIFFE, aged 18, carriage washer, Sowerby Bridge. His wife was 20. Married in 1896
Mr.STOREY
[Column 3]
ST.GEORGE'S SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
Messrs.W.GAUKROGER, ELLIOT (organ) provided music
Revs. G.THOMPSON, Canon IVENS, J.R.HILL
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mrs.B.WOOD, presided
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Rev.Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH and Mr.J.C.HORSFALL gave exam
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mr.W.WOOD
LYING IN STATE OF MR.GLADSTONE'S BODY
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Luddenden Foot
FATAL ACCIDENT
Patrick MORLEY, labourer, Luddenden Foot died aged 59
Fred WILSON, employed at Hollins Mill
Triangle
PECULIAR DROWNING CASE
Gertrude HAIGH died aged 2
Thomas HAIGH, blacksmith of Norland. Father of the deceased
Mary LUMB, wife of Benjamin LUMB, delver of Dodsroyd
Ripponden
RYBURN MILL CO. LIMITED (annual meeting)
Mr.Peter COLE, chairman
Eli WHITELEY, B.HELLAWELL, C.BARRETT, P.FIELDING, J.GLEDHILL, H.WHITELEY : candidates for directors
Messrs. Holmes HEY, J.BRIGGS and S.SHAW : scrutineers
The Photo Co., next to Mr.COCKER's
[Column 5]
Mr.William HAIGH, Sowerby Bridge parish guardian, wrote letter (text given)
[Column 6]
Sowerby
CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.Harry MANN (Harold MANN) of Halifax
Rev.J.Hirst HELLOWELL of Rochdale
Mr.PICKLES, organist
Miss WADSWORTH, Miss BROADBENT and Mr.J.HARGREAVES sang
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DEATHS
Frances CROWTHER, 83, widow of Eli CROWTHER, stone quarrier, Lower Brockwell, Sowerby
Mary HALSTEAD, 68, widow of John HALSTEAD, blacksmith, Pinfold Green, Sowerby
Susey HELLOWELL (Susy HELLOWELL), 63, widow of Daniel HELLOWELL, labourer, New Barton, Sowerby
Shadrach LUMB died at Halifax aged 85. Formerly of Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas SPEAK, 70, labourer, Haigh Buildings, Sowerby
Fred SYKES, infant son of John William SYKES died at Salford. Formerly of Sowerby Bridge
George THWAITE, 64, wool duler, Pickwood Scarr, Norland
IN MEMORIAM
Charles BRADLEY of Walton Street, died in May 1897
3rd June 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
REGULATOR MILL YARD
Messrs.CLAY & HORSFALL own it
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
LOCAL PRIZE WINNERS (dog shows)
Mr.F.R.WOOD, won with "Sowerby Gem"
Mr.J.W.SUMMERSCALES of Sowerby Bridge won with "Sowerby Gallopaway"
Mr.J.W.SUMMERSCALES of Warley won with "Warley Pilot"
Mr.Joseph HOLROYD of Sowerby Bridge won with "Lady"
WHITSUNTIDE TREATS (non conformist)
Mr.T.E.WHITEHEAD, conductor
Sowerby Bridge Brass Band, Norland Brass Band, Hebden Bridge Brass Band
Messrs. W.H.OLDFIELD and J.W.TAYLOR (Tuel Lane), Arthur CROWTHER and J.CROSSLEY (Mission Chapel),
T.CHADWICK and W.H.HALSTEAD (West End), J.BARNES and W.MELLOR (Baptist), T.EDWARDS and W.MORWOOD (Bolton Brow),
R.EATOUGH and J.ROBERTSHAW (Primitive Methodist)
[Column 2]
BOLTON BROW OLD DAY SCHOOL
Mr.Charles RUSHWORTH bought it
THE LIBERAL CLUB TRIP
Mr.James HAIGH, secretary
COUNCILLOR LODGE
Councillor LODGE
Alderman CLAY
[Column 3]
Sowerby
ST.PETER'S CHURCH, SOWERBY
Revs. A.P.PARNELL (curate), Thomas HINKLEY (vicar)
Mr.Booth SHARP, organist
Triangle
TRIANGLE CRICKET CLUB (20th annual athletics festival)
Messrs. J.LUMB and T.WHITTAKER (judges), H.HOYLE (referee), W.H.SHAW (starter), W.HELLIWELL (secretary, Brighouse),
Wilson BROADBENT (secretary)
Masters Frank MELLOR, G.H.WEBSTER, George BRIERLEY : boys from local schools
C.GARSIDE (Ripponden), T.OGDEN (Illingworth), S.TOMLINSON (Bingley), A.E.RODGERS (Manchester),
W.L.ROYLE (Salford Harriers), E.POTTER (Shipley)
Misses F.HELLIWELL, I.HOWARTH, M.WOLFENDEN : girls from local schools
F.HOLT (Longwood Harriers), A.BLAIR (Salford Harriers), J.H.CLAPHAM (Bradford), D.E.BROADBENT (Sowerby Bridge),
W.L.ROYLE (Salford Harriers), C.GARSIDE (Ripponden), E.BINNS (Queensbury), A.HOLMES (Baildon),
E.NORMANTON (Ripponden)
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Alderman John Foster CLAY
Councillors J.L.WRIGLEY, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, T.HOEY, George WHITELEY, T.HORSFALL, James GREENWOOD
HOLLINGS MILL LANE DRAINAGE
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD, LODGE
THE REGULATOR MILL YARD AND IT'S PRICE
Messrs.CLAY and HORSFALL, owned the land
Councillors WRIGLEY, HOEY, WHITELEY
PAWNBROKERS' LICENSE
Mr.Joseph JACKSON of Bradford applied for license for pawnbrokers on Wharf Street
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN, West Riding Police
THE MINUTES
Mr.A.BRIGGS, secretary to the Constitutional Club
THE RECEPTION OF OUTSIDE DRAINAGE
Councillors HOEY, WRIGLEY
DISTRICT NURSING
Mrs.DUNN
[Column 5]
Councillor WRIGLEY
Norland
NORLAND BAPTIST CHAPEL (memorial service for Mr.Gladstone)
Mr.Samuel MOSS of Elland preached
Mr.ASPINALL, organist
[Column 6]
VI-COCOA. LOCAL AGENTS
Abraham ALTHAM Limited, opposite Sowerby Bridge Town Hall
Jonathan GREENWOOD, Cash Supply Stores, 28 West Street, Sowerby Bridge
E.MALMSHAW, Luddenden Foot
S.W.BOWNESS, The Central Pharmacy, Ripponden
DEATHS
Susey GREENWOOD, 74, widow of William GREENWOOD, farmer, Brown Hill, Sowerby
Clara SUMMERSCALES, died at Brighouse aged 30, wife of Lloyd Dewhirst SUMMERSCALES, fitter, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Louisa Henrietta TURNER, 43, wife of Frederick William TURNER, printer, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Emma TURNER, 55, widow of James TURNER, mason, Glenfield Place, Sowerby Bridge
Ellen SOUTHALL, 11 months, daughter of William SOUTHALL, blacksmith, William Street, Sowerby Bridge
10th June 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.T.M.FLETCHER ran private school in Sowerby Bridge for twenty years. Was principal of a school in Lincolnshire. Awarded pension
SWIMMING CLUB
M.MORTON, E.E.HALL, E.CROWTHER : swimming club members
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, E.E.POLLIT, John WADDINGTON, R.SIDDALL, J.W.BANCROFT
Rev.Canon IVENS
Frances H.RICHARDSON and Emmaline LORD : monitors at Tuel Lane Infants' School
Mr.George WRAY, secretary to the Lifeboat Saturday movement
Captain STANSFELD, owned land up Sowerby New Road
[Column 2]
THE FOOTBALL COMPANY
Mr.William Henry GIBSON, chairman
BANK MANAGERS' OUTING (West End Yorkshire Penny Bank)
Messrs RADCLIFFE, BANCROFT, EDWARDS, SUGDEN
COTTON OPERATIVE SPINNERS AND TWINERS' ASSOCIATION
Messrs George OLDFIELD and Harry SMITH (Harold SMITH) going to Huddersfield
Mr.John BATES, new secretary
SUDDEN DEATH
Joseph YEWDALL, drysalter of Willow Street, died aged 69
Dr.HODGSON
JUBILEE OF HALIFAX CORPORATION (50th anniversary)
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CIRCUIT
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Rev.John SMITH, missionary secretary
Councillor W.GLASS of Durham
Rev.C.SPIVEY, secretary
Mr.Oliver EATOUGH represented Sowerby Bridge
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE
Messrs. T.W.RICHARDSON, J.HELLIWELL, J.A.WOODS, W.SUNDERLAND, J.HOLT, R.C.M.ECCLES, J.SHAW, W.TOLLEY
Drs. W.P.BROWN, DUNN
M.SUGDEN, Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge, wants a jobbing cabinet maker
OATES and GREEN Limited, Horley Green Fire Clay and Sanitary Tube Works. Halifax
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE FOOTBALL CLUB
Messrs. F.CLAY (president), William LUMB (chairman), H.WORSNUP (secretary), T.HOEY (auditor), W.H.HALSTEAD (secretary),
A.HABERGHAM (captain), J.EASTWOOD (vice captain)
MALLINSON, SWAINE, MORLEY, BOTTOMLEY, WADDINGTON, HABERGHAM, GLEDHILL, STANSFIELD, FOOKES, CLOWES, WHEELER, BROADBENT,
CRABTREE, PICKLES, MITCHELL, BIRTWHISTLE : players
Messrs. J.W.BLAGBROUGH, J.WHITELEY, H.RILEY, J.H.ROBINSON, Frank RAWNSLEY, A.CHAMBERS, A.HELLIWELL, B.RUSHWORTH,
C.ACKROYD, T.WRIGHT : committee
Mr.W.H.GIBSON, chairman
Mr.BELL, solicitor
Ripponden
SUICIDE BY HANGING
Younger BAILEY, greengrocer, a young man who lived with his parents at Mill Fold, died aged 26
[Column 4]
CORRESPONDENCE
THE PROPOSED NEW ROAD TO THE STATION
Messrs.CLAY & HORSFALL, owned Regulator Mill Yard
Councillor WHITELEY
Joseph GREENWOOD, Beech Villas, Sowerby Bridge, wrote the letter
SOWERBY BRIDGE COUNCIL'S AFFAIRS
Councillors Ely WHITELEY, George WHITELEY, J.F.CLAY, SCHOLEFIELD
[Column 5]
Councillors SUTCLIFFE, SCHOLEFIELD, Samuel TURNER (of John TURNER & Sons), WRIGLEY, J.F.CLAY, LODGE
Eli JONES' Exors.', Park Street
Mrs.WOOD, Back Wharf Street
Mrs.BAYFORD of Milner Royd Farm
[Column 6]
Mr.GRAY, engineer
Councillors John Foster CLAY, SCHOLEFIELD
John William LODGE of Mearclough, wrote letter
MARRIAGE
Stephen GUY, tailor's cutter of Halifax, married Rosella COPLEY of Sowerby BRIDGE
DEATHS
Elizabeth AINLEY, 87, widow of Joseph AINLEY, woollen manufacturer, Stormer Hill, Norland
James FOULDS, 34, Margate Street, Sowerby Bridge
John KIRBY, 60, blacksmith, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Thomas MACK, 33, labourer, Croft Street, Sowerby Bridge
Joseph YEWDALL, 69, Willow Street, Sowerby Bridge
17th June 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Rev.C.W.HOWARD appointed chaplain in Switzerland for August
License of the Commercial Inn transferred from Joe EXLEY (Joseph EXLEY) to Mr.John BULCOCK
Dr.WELLBURN of Sowerby Bridge read a paper at the Yorkshire Geological Society
Mr.Thomas SALTONSTALL found fossil at Boulderclough
Mr.P.F.KENDALL, found fossil at Eccup
Joseph HORSFIELD and William WALLER of Sowerby Bridge applied for patents
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD went on trip to York
THE PROPOSED NEW BOARD SCHOOL FOR THE WEST END OF THE TOWN
Mr.John RAWSON owned land off Cemetery Road
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES
Rev.J.W.MAWER
Messrs. J.W.SYKES, John WADDINGTON,J.H.BUTTERWORTH, J.WILKINSON (ill)
LIFEBOAT SATURDAY
Mr.ROBERTS, organising secretary for the northern districts
Mesdames LORIMER (secretary), WELLBURN (president), SMITH (treasurer)
CHRIST CHURCH BAND OF HOPE
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
AN UNSUCCESSFUL APPEAL (Queen's Bench Division of the High Court)
Justices DAY, LAWRENCE
Perfecta Stainless Steel Tube Company, Birmingham
Albert Edward Hill and WOOD Brothers, engineers, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 2]
Mr.James HAIGH, secretary of the Liberal Club received letter form Herbert J.GLADSTONE
James FOULDS, bus driver, died eight days earlier, buried at the cemetery
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY
Rev.Charles Ryder SMITH of Headingley College, Leeds
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, organist
Mr.BULCOCK leaving railway station
Mr.MOSSLEY, railway inspector
WESLEYAN QUARTERLY MEETING
Revs. C.P.RIDDETT, J.R.IRWIN of Triangle, Joseph SANGER of Horncastle, Walter HUDSON of Padiham
SWIMMING
Messrs. MAUDE, VAN GELDER, VARLEY, CROWTHER, WHITTAKER : Sowerby Bridge team
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Alderman J.F.CLAY
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., George WHITELEY, Thomas HOEY, James GREENWOOD, Ely WHITELEY, J.L.WRIGLEY
Councillors BUTTERWORTH, MIDGLEY and SPENCER, Luddenden Foot
Mr.GRAY, surveyor
Mr.John RAWSON, owned land near the cemetery
[Column 3]
[Column 4]
Luddenden Foot
IN WANT OF A NIGHT'S LODGINGS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Michael MCKEON, goods porter at Luddenden West Station
Elizabeth WIDDOP, a single young woman living with her mother in New Street, Luddenden Foot
Police Sergeant BENN
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors WHITELEY J.P., NAYLOR, AINLEY, INGHAM, WILSON, SHARPE, WOOD, BROADBENT, STOTT, LEACH, WHITELEY
Captain STANSFELD owned land near Bowood Lane
Mr.UTLEY (UTTLEY), engineer
Mr.J.S.RAWSON and Mr.MORRIS : landowners
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Mr.John RAWSON owned land near Town House
Rev.W.C.EVANS, governor of BAIRSTOW's charity
LUMB Spinning Company
[Column 5]
Norland
NORLAND UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH (Sunday School)
Revs. J.F.HUGHES of Elland, W.H.MATTHEWS of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.F.GLEDHILL trained the children
Mr.Walker WHITEHEAD, organist
Ripponden
SUDDEN DEATH
Mary Hannah LEES, over 70, Dyson Lane, Ripponden
William Henry CRAWSHAW, mason
Mr.CULPAN, herbalist of Sowerby
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DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
Mr.J.E.HILL, deputy coroner
Jonas WILD, former cotton spinner, Hey Head Farm, Mytholmroyd, died aged 49
Maria WILD, his widow
Roger GREENWOOD, farmer of Old Castle, Mytholmroyd
[Column 6]
CRICKET. SOWERBY BRIDGE v. KING CROSS
J.DOVENOR, W.D.HATTON, STANSFIELD, SIDDALL, HAIGH, EASTWOOD, PEEL, J.T.DOVENOR, UTTLEY, H.HATTON, FARRAR
: Sowerby Bridge team
KING, HOLLAND, C.CLARKSON, HOLDEN, MILNER, MORLEY, CASSON, J.CLARKSON : King Cross team
MARRIAGE
John Eli CHAMBERS, butcher, married Annie BARRETT (Ann BARRETT), both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
William CARTER, 63, Highfield Place, Sowerby
Harold DIXON, 7, son of the late James DIXON, Mill Bank
Richard SCHOFIELD, 69, Sandy Green, Sowerby
24th June 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
MUSICAL HONOURS
Masters Alfred NICHOLL and Walter PICKLES (pupils of Mr.S.PICKLES) passed a piano exam
Miss Miriam SUTCLIFFE (pupil of Mr.G.T.BANCROFT) passed piano exam
Dr.William CRESER, examiner
THE DISTRICT NURSE'S FUND
Mesdames IVENS, Hodgson WRIGHT
WEST END ANNIVERSARY (Congregational Sunday School)
Revs. Charles LEMOINE of Leeds, G.Ward SIDDALL of Halifax
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, organist
CAUGHT IN THE ACT (Halifax West Riding Court)
John HANSON, forgeman of Middlesborough, from London
Mr.JACKSON, pawnbroker of Wharf Street
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Police Sergeant FORD
SOWERBY BRIDGE MEN CONVICTED OF AN ASSAULT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Ernest CROWTHER and John HITCHEN (John HANSON??), two young married men of Sowerby Bridge
John HOLDEN of King Cross
Mr.STOREY for the prosecution
[Column 2]
GATHERING OF SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 3]
Mill Bank
Triangle
ST.JOHN THE DIVINE
Revs. W.DAVENPORT vicar of Coley, Canon IVENS vicar of Sowerby Bridge, R.J.PLATER of Halifax
Ripponden
ACCIDENT
William BOTTOMLEY, aged 55, of 8 Back Fold, Ripponden, worked at Lower Dyson Mill
Sowerby
ANNIVERSARY (Methodist New Connexion Sunday School, Boulderclough)
Revs. H.SHAW of King Cross, J.P.TRELEAR of Brighouse
Mr.J.A.WHITWORTH, choirmaster
Mr.W.WADSWORTH, harmonium
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
W.EDLESTON & Co.
John ATKINSON & Sons
G.FOX & Sons
W.P.EGLIN
WOOD Brothers
T.NICHOLL & Sons
Rowland SIDDALL
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
C.E.RAMSDEN & F.RAMSDEN
Mark WILCOCK
W.MORRIS & Sons
Francis BERRY & Sons
CLAY Brothers
H.CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
John HORSFALL & Sons
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY & HORSFALL
Miles SYKES & Sons
RUSHWORTH & Co.
John DYSON
James GREENWOOD & Son
John EDWARDS & Sons
James EASTWOOD & Co.
Henry BROADBENT
H.J.NORRIS Bros.
POLLIT & WIGZELL
WALLIS & Co., Rose Hill
A.SIDDALL and R.SIDDALL, Industrial Road
Walter SWAIN, inspector
[Column 4]
STABBING AFFRAY
George HOYLE, aged 62 stabbed his wife, aged 58, at Beech
Dr.WELLBURN
[Column 5]
CORRESPONDENCE. ALDERMAN CLAY AND COUNCILLOR LODGE
Alderman John Foster CLAY, chairman of the district council
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE, SCHOLEFIELD, John Foster CLAY
John William LODGE wrote the letter
[Column 6]
CRICKET. SOWERBY BRIDGE v. SOUTHOWRAM ST. ANNES
J.DOVENOR, W.D.HATTON, STANSFIELD, SIDDALL, EASTWOOD, PEEL, J.T.DOVENOR, UTTLEY, H.HATTON, FARRAR, HELLIWELL, WOOD
: Sowerby Bridge team
A.BAIRSTOW, RAYNOR, FIRTH, CARNELLY, SMITH, WHITELEY, A.NOBLE, T.BAIRSTOW, NOBLE, GLEDHILL, BEVERLEY : Southowram team
MARRIAGE
William SMITH married Lucy BATES, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Ellen BOTTOMLEY, 51, wife of William BOTTOMLEY, beerhouse keeper, Bay Horse, Warley
Violet Winifred CARTER, 7, daughter of Eli CARTER, railway engine driver, Triangle
Herbert CORNFORTH, 8 months, son of James Arthur CORNFORTH, labourer, Clough Mill, Luddenden Foot
William HEAP, 64, farmer, Lower Plain, Sowerby
John MITCHELL, 68, Cote Hill, Warley
1st July 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
THE NEW STATION MASTER
Mr.FIRTH, formerly inspector at Wakefield
Alwyn HOYLE and Kate Elizabeth LAWSON, of Sowerby Bridge, gained scholarships
BIBLE CLASS (Willow Park)
Rev.W.C.HOWARD
SUDDEN DEATH
Mrs.Elizabeth RILEY, widow of Terrace Street died aged 61
Dr.ADAMS
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Messrs. T.H.WRIGHT, William GREENWOOD
Mr.MORSE of London
PRIMITIVE METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs. John WATSON of Manchester, W.H.MATTHEWS (resident minister)
Mr.BARKER, organist
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD, O.EATOUGH, T.M.FLETCHER, A.HOBSON, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, R.ROTHWELL, W.HAIGH, William NICHOLL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, T.HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Mr.BALL, librarian
THE RECENT BURGLARIES AT SOWERBY BRIDGE (West Riding Quarter Sessions at Bradford)
Herbert GOODALL, 27, moulder, got five years
[Column 2]
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.J.FOX
OVERLOADING AN OMNIBUS (Halifax Borough Court)
George Steel WHITELEY, a guard employed by Messrs.MARSH & Co., omnibus proprietors
Police Constable JONES
CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.and Mrs.William HAIGH, of Raven's Lodge?
SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mesdames B.WOOD (president), ASQUITH, BANCROFT, BARRACLOUGH, BROWNBRIDGE, William BRIGGS, William HAIGH, T.HORSFALL,
NEWSOME, Smith EMMETT, J.E.NORMANTON, MCKENZIE, William SUMMERSKILL
Miss Clara GREENWOOD, secretary
Miss STANSFIELD
Mr.William GREENWOOD
Councillor Thomas HOEY
Mr.ASQUITH, M.P.
[Column 3]
THE STABBING AFFAIR AT BEECH (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mrs.HOYLE, injured, separated from her husband for five years
Mr.HOYLE, born at Bawtry (on the border between Lincolnshire and Yorkshire)
John PRICE
Police Constable BARKER
Mr.John SKELTON, grocer of Manchester, recently moved to Sowerby Bridge
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Leonard SHELTON, a little boy
Mr.PRICE
Dr.WELLBURN
[Column 4]
CORRESPONDENCE. COUNCILLOR LODGE AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
J.W.LODGE
Alderman J.F.CLAY
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD, William SUTCLIFFE
Thomas HOEY wrote the letter
[Column 5]
Ripponden
GORED BY A BULL
Joseph WOLFENDEN of Rishworth, odd job man
Mr.James HAMPSHIRE, farmer, Pike End, Rishworth
Dr.HOYLE
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH NEW CHAPEL
Mr.William PICKLES of Sowerby to decorate it
ACTION AGAINST THE SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL (Halifax County Court)
Judge CADMAN
Thomas SYKES of Burnley owned farm occupied by John LUMB of Sowerby
Mr.BYRNE, Manchester, instructed by Messrs.LONGBOTHAM & Sons, Halifax, appeared for the plaintiffs
Mr.WAUGH, Bradford retained for the defence by Mr.BOOTH (JUBB, BOOTH and HELLIWELL)
[Column 6]
LIBERAL COUNCILS (meeting at Sowerby Bridge Liberal Club)
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P.
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, D.I.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, J.W.HOEY, J.W.BANCROFT, S.SUTCLIFFE, John WADDINGTON, D.BARRETT,
John BROADBENT, James HOLDSWORTH, T.HOEY, S.WADSWORTH, A.S.FIRTH, J.EDWARDS, T.W.RICHARDSON, T.M.FLETCHER,
Joseph SUTCLIFFE, William LUMB, Joseph HAIGH, E.MITCHELL, R.LUMB, J.L.CROWTHER, Aaron HOWE, Abraham CLAY,
Thomas CHADWICK, Thomas MITCHELL, William WILSON, J.C.HORSFALL, H.MOLLOY, Albert HOWE, C.BROWNBRIDGE,
M.HITCHEN, L.WHITTAKER, William BATES, M.HEAP, W.SHAW, P.F.BALL, B.SOUTHWELL, John BARRACLOUGH, J.W.HOEY
Rev.G.S.SMITH
DEATHS
Florence Emily DYSON, 28, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
Hannah KERSHAW, 86, widow of John KERSHAW, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth MELLOR, 60, Joseph Street, Sowerby Bridge
Fanny NEWALL (Frances NEWALL), 42, wife of Thomas NEWALL, farmer, Syke Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth RILEY, 61, widow of William RILEY, teamer, Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Elizabeth WALSH, 32, wife of William Henry WALSH, Lane Bottom, Norland
8th July 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Cecil Wheatley STANCLIFFE, Sowerby Bridge applied for patent
ALLOTT Brothers and Walter SPENCER of Sowerby Bridge in the mineral water business
FLOWER SERVICE (Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.J.W.MAWER
Miss WILCOCK
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organist
HOUSEBREAKING: A SMART CAPTURE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Harry STEPHENSON (Harold STEPHENSON) of no fixed abode
Louis STANSFIELD, plasterer, Warley Edge. Married
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Police Sergeant ROBERTS
Police Constable FRANCIS
THE STABBING CASE AT BEECH
Mr.HOYLE, committed to the assizes
Hannah HOYLE, his wife, housekeeper at a house at Beech, formerly of Sheffield
Mr.BOOCOCK for the prosecution
John PRICE, labourer
Leonard SKELTON, son of the man for whom Hannah HOYLE was housekeeper
John TURNER, mason
Dr.WELLBURN
Police Constable BARKER
[Column 2]
Mr.MOSSLEY, inspector at Sowerby Bridge station
ALLEGED HORSE STEALING (charged at York)
Edward ROSS of Sowerby Bridge, had horse stolen
A CHILD KILLED
Elsie THORP, daughter of Charles Edward THORP (formerly of Sowerby Bridge), died aged 8 at Littleborough
THE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS (physiography exam results)
Mabel CLARK, Emma WALSH, Sarah E.WALSH, F.COOKE, K.BROADLEY : advanced stage
Edith A.PLATT, Amy BLACKBURN, Lucy ARNOLD, Edith E.WALTON, Gertrude GILL, Amy FIRTH, Mina BARKER, Annie GEE (Ann GEE),
Emily NAYLOR, Julia WOOD, Edith M.EATON : elementary stage
Fanny W.AVES (Frances W.AVES), Marion WALTON (Marian WALTON), Maud J.EASTWOOD : section 1
Mr.W.H.UTTLEY, teacher
PRESENTATION (Tradesmen's Association)
Mr.H.BALAAM, recently moved to Blackpool
CASE DISMISSED (Halifax West Riding Court)
Ben MITCHELL and John HELLIWELL accused of theft in Ripponden
Mr.STOREY for the prosecution
Messrs.SUTCLIFFE, Hebden Bridge
THE RESULT OF A QUARREL. A MOTHER AND HER BABY FOUND IN THE CANAL
Francis Wood ACKROYD, dyers' labourer of Wainhouse Terrace, King Cross
Leah ACKROYD, died aged 38. Wife of Francis and mother of Nathaniel ACKROYD who died aged 14 months and two other children
Mr.J.H.HILL, deputy coroner
Inspector LAWSON
[Column 3]
Mrs. Emily GRAVES, wife of Harry GRAVES (Harold GRAVES), neighbour of the deceased
David THOMAS, labourer, Back Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Jane JACKSON, wife of Samuel JACKSON, boatman, Old Causeway
LIFEBOAT SATURDAY DEMONSTRATION
Inspector LAWSON
Coxswain David LEADBETTER and lifeboatman, Mr.Alfred WOOD's Boat
Miss TOLLEY
Messrs. Joseph and John SYKES exhibited cattle
Messrs. Eli SPEAK (wringing machine maker), J.HANSON (blacksmith), C.W.MATTOCK (confectioner)
ROSS Bros. flour society
Mrs.HOLLOWS, tripe dresser
George MARSHALL, chimney sweep
Albert WOOD, coal contractor
J.ACKROYD, fried fish dealer
HOLROYD, butcher
W.SPENCER
Mrs.WHITELEY
Madame PARR
M.WILCOCK, tanner
Owen SHAW, S.H.JEFFERYS, T.DORMAN, W.KERSHAW, J.H.SHOESMITH, J.WORMALD, Arthur EASTWOOD
Misses L.LUMB and A.GAUKROGER in charge of the West End Sunday School children
Mr.J.WILKINSON of Batley, judged the competition between Norland, Sowerby Bridge and Friendly brass bands
Mr.HANSON, treasurer
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs.D.I.CLAY, J.C.HORSFALL, J.WADDINGTON, R.SIDDALL, E.E.POLLIT : board members
Captain STANSFELD, owned land near Sowerby New Road
Revs. Canon IVENS, G.S.SMITH and Mr.J.C.HORSFALL gave exams on religious knowledge
[Column 5]
M.A.HAIGH obtained a first class in the Queen's scholarship exam
Mr.J.H.HOYLE, secretary to the Technical Committee
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Alderman John Foster CLAY
Councillors J.L.WRIGLEY, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, T.HOEY, George WHITELEY, T.HORSFALL,
James GREENWOOD, W.SUTCLIFFE, S.TURNER
Mr.Frank BERRY offered to place a seat in the cemetery
THE SEWAGE SCHEME
Mr.James GREENWOOD, landowner
Councillors Ely WHITELEY, WRIGLEY
THE CONTRACTORS CLAIM COMPENSATION
Messrs.GARFORTH Bros., solicitors
A SAFE GUARDING RESOLUTION
Councillor SCHOLEFIELD, SUTCLIFFE, George WHITELEY
Messrs.J.BARRON and Son wanted permission to build toilets under the footpath on Town Hall Street, in front of the
premises of Messrs. COPLEY, HAIGH, KERSHAW and ASQUITH
Messrs.NICHOLL, owners of the land?
[Column 6]
THE DISTRICT NURSES' FUND
Mrs.DUNN
A QUESTION OF WARDS
Councillors WRIGLEY, SCHOLEFIELD, HOEY
Luddenden Foot
CHARGE OF STEALING HARNESS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Alfred MITCHELL of no fixed abode
Mr.Sam TILLOTSON (Samuel TILLOTSON), coach proprietor, Luddenden Foot
Police Constable WORTH, stationed at Wibsey
CARRIAGE ACCIDENT
John DAVIL, coachman for Mrs.CLAY, Kershaw House, Luddenden Foot
Dr.WOODHEAD, Halifax
Ripponden
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (physiography exam results)
Lucetta SUTCLIFFE, Harry MARSDEN (Harold MARSDEN), Fanny GARSIDE (Frances GARSIDE), Mary BROADBENT, Lucy WALKER, Gertrude LEE,
Matilda CRAWSHAW, Lizzie WADSWORTH (Elizabeth WADSWORTH), Alice WHITELEY, Margaret NORMANTON,
Winifred NORMANTON, Gertrude HOLROYD, Constance TATTERSFIELD : passed
Mr.UTTLEY, their teacher
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MARRIAGE
Fred Tolson RAWNSLEY, clogger, married Sarah Elizabeth WILSON, both of Sowerby Bridge
15th July 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE BAND
Mr.J.Ord HUME, judge
TECHNICAL SCHOOL: EXAMINATION RESULTS
Arthur HAIGH, Harry NORMANTON (Harold NORMANTON), Simpson VAN GELDER, Arthur UTTLEY, John B.BINNS, William H.HANSON, Frank NOBLE,
Bernard JORDAN, Arthur LEACH, John E.LEACH, Verney PICKLES, Willie VAN GELDER (William VAN GELDER)
Alvin E.TOLLEY, J.H.WHITELEY, Ada M.HARE (external student), George E.INGHAM, John SUGDEN,
Sam THOMAS (Samuel THOMAS), Harry ATKINSON (Harold ATKINSON), Herbert UTTLEY, Percy H.WHITAKER : students
Messrs. E.E.RYCROFT, H.JARVIS, Edwin MAGSON : teachers
THE REV. JABEZ KING
Rev.Jabez KING of Sowerby Bridge elected secretary to the United Methodist Free Church
Alderman DUCKWORTH, M.P.
Rev.E.D.CORNIS, president UMFC
A LOCAL FAILURE (Halifax Bankruptcy Court)
William NORMANTON, greengrocer, West Street, bankrupt
[Column 2]
William SIMPSON of Sowerby Bridge applied for patent
CHORAL SOCIETY
Mr.Herbert LAW, accompanist, left Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Cookson GREENWOOD, organist at St.Paul's, King Cross, to be new accompanist
"WHEELS", cycling magazine edited by C.W.BROWN
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. James WOOD (president), William GAUKROGER (vice president), E.BALMFORTH (librarian), H.A.SUTCLIFFE (secretary)
Messrs. Tom KERSHAW (Thomas KERSHAW) and Binns WHITELEY : auditors
Messrs. S.SUTCLIFFE, J.W.BANCROFT and Ben HOLROYD (Benjamin HOLROYD) : trustees
Messrs. W.SHAW, F.BOTTOMLEY senior, R.SUTCLIFFE, J.WILKINSON, S.R.GLEDHILL, B.TAYLOR, E.FRENCH, E.WASHINGTON : committee
SWIMMING
J.K.LAW, F.SUGDEN, H.CROWTHER, J.H.BARRACLOUGH : swimming club members
WEST END CHOIR (congregational)
Mr.W.WRAY
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS
George BUTLER, manager for Mr.Arthur SIDDALL, West Mill
Dr.ADAMS
Frank KING, boy
THE RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION AND MR.COUNCILLOR LODGE
Councillors T.HOEY, LODGE
Mr.A.MAUDE closed a footpath in Norland
Messrs. S.JUDSON, T.WOOD, E.HELLOWELL
[Column 3]
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR (methodist)
Rev.J.W.MAWER
WEST END WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. F.HOOSON, C.AINLEY, W.BRADLEY, W.CLARE, W.HEIGHINGTON, H.NAYLOR, W.WILSON
NEW COMPANY
Park Ironworks, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge taken over from Albert E.BERRY
Charles RUSHWORTH, engineer, 3 Egremont Terrace, Sowerby Bridge; Mrs.Mary BERRY, Dale View, Sowerby Bridge;
Mrs.Minnie BERRY, Dale View, Sowerby Bridge; Mrs.Sarah E.BARRON, Mearclough House, Sowerby Bridge;
J.Benjamin TOMPKIN, steel refiner, Attercliffe, Sheffield;
Thomas H.BARRON, engineer, 32 Ravens Knowle Road, Dalton : subscribers to new company
Rev.John ELLISON to preach at Christ Church
[Column 4]
Warley
ST.JOHN'S CHURCH
Revs. G.H.HIRD (vicar of St.Mary's, Halifax), T.HINKLEY (vicar of Sowerby), H.ROBINSON (vicar of Luddenden)
Miss GLASSBY and Mr.H.PATCHETT sang solos
Sowerby
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors David WHITELEY J.P., AINLEY, BROADBENT, INGHAM, WILSON, SUTCLIFFE, STOTT, NAYLOR, CARTER, WOOD, SHARP
Mr.BOOTH, clerk
Mr.EVANS Sowerby Bridge clerk?
Mr.EDWARDS, clerk to the county council
Messrs. MORRIS and RAWSON : landowners?
Mr.J.W.HODGSON, re improvement on Bowood Lane
Captain STANSFELD
Mr.FOSTER, Ormskirk, complained about sewage getting into the Higgin Chamber Reservoir
Mr.MARSLAND, gas engineer to Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN GEOLOGIST
Mr.James SPENCER, geologist of Halifax, died aged 64
[Column 5]
Mill Bank
M.A.HOYLE of Lower Deerplay won award for butter
ANNIVERSARY (Mill Bank Wesleyan Sunday School)
Rev.J.E.MATTINSON of Headingley College
Messrs. A.PLATT and H.JOHNSON sang solos
Mr.R.CLARK, organist
AN ACCOUNT OF AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY OF REMAINS OF PREHISTORIC MAN NEAR TODMORDEN
Mr.Tattersall WILKINSON, archaeologist of Burnley
Mr.Robert LAW of Hipperholme
Alderman CROSSLEY of Todmorden
Mr.SALTENSTALL of Sowerby
Mr.CROSSLEY of Wadsworth Moor
J.ASTIN & Sons, 15 Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge, clothiers
[Column 6]
THE RECENT BAND CONTEST (Bands numbers 1,2 and 3)
Mr.ROUND, euphonium expert?
MARRIAGE
James Edward BALL, librarian, married Anne SCHOFIELD, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Ada COCKROFT, 28, daughter of Sam COCKROFT (Samuel COCKROFT), cotton twiner, Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge
Frank CROSSLEY, 35, labourer, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Samuel HALSTEAD, 80, died at Sandal near Wakefield (formerly of Sowerby Bridge)
Ellen LUMB, 23, wife of David LUMB, Pitts Farm, Sowerby
22nd July 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
CHRIST CHURCH RESTORATION FUND
Rev.John ELLISON, former vicar of Sowerby Bridge
THE PROPOSED NEW BOARD SCHOOL
Captain STANSFELD owned land near Sowerby New Road
SOWERBY BRIDGE FOOTBALL AND ATHLETIC COMPANY
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON (chairman), J.C.BELL (solicitor), WORSNUP (secretary)
Messrs. Frank CLAY, D.I.CLAY, J.C.NEWSOME, Albert WOOD, W.A.SUTCLIFFE and Dr.WELLBURN : directors
Messrs. Joseph BARRON & Son, auditors
THE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS : EXAMINATION RESULTS
Crossley BARRACLOUGH, Gertrude GILL, Julia WOOD, Edgar BARRETT, Mina BARKER, Lucy ARNOLD, Sarah H.GREENWOOD
Milton RATLEDGE, Lewis CROSSLEY, Winifred PARSON, Ernest SEED, Walter GREENWOOD, William B.EASTERBY,
Arthur Edward MITCHELL, Beesley WILDE, Tom HALEY (Thomas HALEY), Tom WHITWORTH (Thomas WHITWORTH)
Harry TURNER (Harold TURNER) : students
Alice M.NAYLOR, Annie STOTT (Ann STOTT), Sabina HITCHEN : external candidates
[Column 2]
CHOIR SERVICES (baptist)
Rev.W.C.EVANS
ACCIDENT
Mr.John LAWRENCE, verger at Christ Church
GARDEN PARTY (Sowerby Bridge Women's Liberal Association)
Mr.J.R.SWAINE, Willow Hall, Cote Hill
HARD LABOUR FOR NEGLECT OF FAMILY (Halifax West Riding Court)
Joseph NORMANTON, greengrocer, married about 11 years, four children aged three months to 11 years
Mr.STOREY
Inspector TRUSSLER
Florence NORMANTON, wife of the accused
THE FOOTBALL CLUB
Mr.Frank CLAY, president
M.BLAGBOROUGH, club member
Councillor HOEY
[Column 3]
GREAT FIRE AT TODMORDEN
Messrs. MOSS Brothers, fustian manufacturer, dyers and finishers, Bridgeroyd, Eastwood
[Column 4]
Luddenden Foot
James CLAY & Co. Ltd.
Norland
MOUNT ZION
Rev.T.H.HUNT of Halifax
NORLAND BRASS BAND (won first prize at Leeds)
Mr.G.WADSWORTH of Holmfirth, adjudicator
Mr.A.OWEN, conductor
Mill Bank
MILL BANK WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Messrs. J.L.WHITELEY (president), W.STEPHENSON (secretary), James BARRETT (vice president),
John HOWARTH (assistant secretary), T.SOUTHWELL (treasurer), Frank HALSTEAD and John PICKLES (auditors),
R.SPEAK (librarian), M.COCKROFT and John WHITLEY (arbitrator)
Messrs. G.CHEETHAM, D.BROADBENT, W.SMITH, W.HAIGH, J.CHEETHAM, A.HOLLAS, John MITCHELL, A.HOWARTH : committee
Ripponden
FIRE AT BARKISLAND
Thomas WHITELEY, landlord of the Griffin Inn, rented stables from John WARD, The Dean, Marsden
John DRAKE, haymaker for the above, slept in stables
Dr.HOYLE of Ripponden
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Ellen BRIGGS, 81, widow of John BRIGGS, Sowerby
Ann Elizabeth BARRETT, 84, wife of James Thomas BARRETT, Charlotte Street, Sowerby Bridge
Betty SCOTT (Elizabeth SCOTT), 76, widow of John SCOTT, Steep Lane, Sowerby
29th July 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
L.S.FARRAR and C.G.RIDDETT passed first class in advanced theoretical chemistry at Halifax Technical School
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. William WOOD (chairman), A.HOBSON, T.M.FLETCHER, R.ROTHWELL, J.BACON, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, William GREENWOOD,
W.NICHOLL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, T.HOEY
Mr.William HALLIWELL, manager of Rochdale Co-Operative Flour Mill, formerly apprentice in Sowerby Bridge Flour Society's mill
LIFEBOAT SATURDAY
Messrs. William WILSON (chairman), Jackson HOLROYD and G.WRAY (secretaries)
Miss LORIMER, ladies' committee secretary
A PAINFUL CASE AT HALIFAX BOROUGH COURT
Alice KIRBY, wife of George William KIRBY, Sowerby Bridge. Had seven children
Mr.STOREY, prosecution
Mr.W.BAILEY, defence
Mr.WOOD, manager of the Central Stores of Halifax Industrial Society
[Column 2]
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.C.W.HOWARD, curate
Mr.H.GAUKROGER, organist
THE RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION : SKIRCOAT BRANCH
Mr.James MORTON presided
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Mr.Edward E.POLLIT presided
Captain STANSFELD owned field on Sowerby New Road
Mr.C.F.L.HORSFALL, architect, Halifax
Mr.S.WADSWORTH and Messrs. STAFFORD tendered for work on school
THE BEECH STABBING CASE (Leeds Assizes)
George HOYLE, 62, blacksmith
Hannah HOYLE, wife of above, married about 30 years. Left her husband five years earlier and worked as housekeeper in
Manchester. Moved to Sowerby Bridge with her master.
Mr.WATSON, prosecution
HALIFAX EQUITABLE BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY
Mr.John William WARD died in Blackpool, formerly trustee, vice chairman and director of the society
Mr.Robert EDGAR, society's treasurer, died
Mr.A.E.POLLIT, manager of the Halifax and Huddersfield Union
Mr.William LUMB of Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge agent
[Column 3]
J.H.BARRACLOUGH, Sowerby Bridge swimmer won race at Woodside Baths, Halifax
STANDEVEN, Halifax came second
WHITTAKER, Sowerby Bridge came third
MR.MELLOR, M.P., ON THE GOVERNMENT'S WEAKNESSES (address at Todmorden)
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR, M.P.
[Column 4]
Mill Bank
PRESENTATIONS
Miss STOTT (leaving for Huntingdon) and Miss OLIVER (leaving for London), teachers at St.Mary's Schools, Mill Bank
Warley
FRIENDLY BRASS BAND
CHARGE OF HOUSEBREAKING (Leeds Assizes)
Harry STEVENSON (Harold STEVENSON), 44, collier
Lewis STANSFIELD of Warley, married
Police Constable FRANCIS
ASSAULTING A RENT COLLECTOR (Halifax West Riding Court)
Thomas HICKEY, tailor, Warley
Henry PICKERING, rent collector, Cote Hill, employed by Mr.Greenwood TILLOTSON
Luddenden Foot
THE HARNESS STEALING CASE (Leeds Assizes)
Alfred MITCHELL, aged 51, carter, no fixed abode
Mr.Sam TILLOTSON (Samuel TILLOTSON), coach proprietor
[Column 5]
OATES and GREEN Limited, Horley Green Fire Clay and Sanitary Tube Works, Halifax
Mr.R.W.MALLINSON won Halifax bicycle race
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Harriet Ann BOTTOMLEY, 28, daughter of William BOTTOMLEY, Bay Horse Inn, Causeway Head, Sowerby Bridge
Winifred Maude MALLINSON, infant daughter of Joe MALLINSON (Joseph MALLINSON), Scarr House, Sowerby Bridge
5th August 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
LIFEBOAT DEMONSTRATION FUND
Miss LORIMER, secretary of the Ladies' Committee
CAMBRIDGE HIGHER LOCAL EXAMINATION
Miss Caroline E.LAYCOCK, daughter of Rev.S.F.LAYCOCK passed English exam
Mr.John H.STEAD, auctioneer retiring as Liberal Registration Agent
Mr.SWAINE, sanitary inspector, moving to Bath
FLOWER SERVICE (Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Mr.Morris JONES of Liverpool
Miss Ada HOWARD did a reading
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR.J.W.HOPKINSON
Mr.John W.HOPKINSON of Woodland Villa, Industrial Road, manager of the Sowerby Bridge United District Flour Society,
died aged 55. Left a widow, son and daughter
Dr.DUNN
Mr.Eli WHITELEY, previous manager
SWIMMING CLUB
D.W.WILKINSON, G.H.WEBSTER, G.H.A.VARLEY, L.WHITTAKER, E.CROWTHER, J.H.BARRACLOUGH : club members
MCDONALD. ill, Leeds team
[Column 2]
PROVIDENCE CHAPEL, SOWERBY
Rev.J.W.MAWER presented with pendant
MARSH'S 'BUSES
TRADE AMALGAMATION
Businesses of Mr.Rowland SIDDALL amalgamated with others to form SIDDALL & HILTON Limited
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY (Halifax West Riding Court)
Arthur William BIBBY of Sowerby Bridge
Police Constable FEARNLEY
FIELDING'S EXCURSION TO THE DUKERIES
Mr.C.W.FIELDING
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Mr.George OLDFIELD presided
Messrs. David LUMB, William LEACH, David COCKROFT, Albert E.SEED (Ripponden), Thomas THORPE (West Vale),
Tom WOOD (Thomas WOOD, Beech) : branch committee men
Mr.W.H.BAXENDALE, auditor
Messrs. Oliver EATOUGH, William NOBLE
[Column 3]
THE VILLAGE FETE AT NORLAND (St.Luke's school)
Messrs. AVES, MAIDEN made arrangements
Mr.F.SHAW owned field near vicarage
Mr.J.BATES, handicapper
Sergeant CROSS
Misses RILEY, F.SPINK, MORTON, MAKEPIECE, DIXON : prize winners
Messrs. Virgil EVERS, SUTCLIFFE, George ALTASS, SMITH, F.SHAW, John AVES, K.GRIMSHAW, Arthur CORNEY, MAKEPIECE, A.AVES,
E.NORMANTON, W.HITCHEN : prize winners
Mesdames CRABTREE, BALMFORTH, MORTON, W.EVERS, WOLFENDEN, BRADLEY, W.BRADLEY, PRIESTLEY, EVERS, HITCHEN, BARRON,
F.MITCHELL : prize winners
Mr.BOTTOMLEY, Haugh End
BRIGGS, LONGBOTTOM, MAKEPIECE : under 16
Mr.F.SHAW's "Little Wonder" and Mr.H.WALSH's "Just Behind" : donkeys
Norland
George BOOTH of Norland won a camera, donated by Mr.PITMAN. Taught by Mr.WARDLE, Tuel Lane
NORLAND BAND
Won first prize and two silvers at Leeds
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Rev.E.GRAY (formerly of Peterborough) to replace Rev.J.W.MAWER on methodist circuit
Applications invited for nuisance inspector for Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council
Apply to Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, clerks to the council, Commercial Bank Chambers, Halifax and Sowerby Bridge
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Alderman John Foster CLAY
Councillors J.L.WRIGLEY, F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., A.CLAY, Ely WHITELEY, T.HOEY, George WHITELEY, T.HORSFALL,
James GREENWOOD, W.SUTCLIFFE, S.TURNER
THE SANITARY INSPECTOR
Councillor HORSFALL
Mr.Walter SWAINE resigned as sanitary inspector
THE LIGHTING OF OUTSIDE DISTRICTS
Mr.MARSLAND, gas manager
Councillor WRIGLEY
THE SEWERAGE QUESTION
Mr.GRAY, engineer?
Councillors HOEY, George WHITELEY, SCHOLEFIELD
Colonel GRAY
UTLEY & GRAY, engineers?
A NUISANCE (public toilets)
[Column 5]
A STRIP OF LAND
Rev.G.S.SMITH and Mr.MITCHELL represented trustees of West End Congregational Chapel
Councillor HOEY
THE SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT IN BOLTON BROW
Councillor WRIGLEY
A PROTEST FOR THE RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION
Councillors SCHOLEFIELD, HOEY
WARLEY FOUNDATION EXHIBITION
Mr.R.H.WHITWORTH, clerk to this trust
Councillor T.HOEY
GAME LICENCES
Messrs.James HOLT and Willie BATES (William BATES) granted licences to sell game
THE QUESTION OF WARDS
Councillors WRIGLEY, HOEY, SCHOLEFIELD
EXTENSION OF THE DISTRICT
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Michael HAFFRON, 56, labourer, Boy's Carr, Luddenden Foot
John William HOPKINSON, 55, manager, Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge
Bertha SALTONSTALL, 25, wife of Albert SALTONSTALL, Higham, Sowerby
Henry UTLEY, 72, Chapel Terrace, Sowerby
12th August 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Owen ROBINSON of Sowerby Bridge applied for patent
THE LATE MR.J.W.HOPKINSON
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
SWIMMING CLUB
J.V.SCHOFIELD, M.MORTON, M.WILCOCK, R.BERRY : swimmers
SAVINGS CLUBS (West End Working Men's Club)
Mr.Richard BERRY, fund secretary
Messrs. John CARTER, William BRADLEY : fund committee
A FAMILY QUARREL (Halifax West Riding Court)
William NORMANTON, greengrocer, Wharf Street
Ann ROYDS, sister of above
Sarah SIDDALL, neighbour of above
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Mr.BOOCOCK
THE FLOUR SOCIETY'S MEETING
Messrs. Samuel WHITELEY (chairman), Eli WHITELEY, BESWICK (cashier)
Mr.John William HOPKINSON, just died
[Column 2]
Mr.Squire JUDSON
Mr.D.LUMB (Halifax)
Mr.Samuel WALKER, speaking for directors
Messrs. James LEACH, NOBLE, JOHNSON (Heckmondwike), Kenyon BROWN (Brighouse)
[Column 3]
Mr.Ely WHITELEY resigned as manager
Messrs. SHEPLEY (Sowerby Bridge), LUMB (Halifax), T.M.FLETCHER, CRABTREE (auditor), James LEACH,
Alfred BRIGGS (Sowerby Bridge), Richard CRABTREE (Hebden Bridge), James BROADBENT (Huddersfield),
William NORCLIFFE (Dewsbury), Benjamin TATE (Bradford), James WOOD, James HOLDSWORTH, William HOLROYD
[Column 4]
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.H.T.CHAPMAN, missionary secretary of Leeds
Messrs. J.PICKLES (Sowerby), W.BARRETT (organist), Alfred WHITELEY (music)
ACTION AGAINST THE DISTRICT COUNCIL (Halifax County Court)
Judge Heaton CADMAN
Messrs.SYKES & LUMB, plaintiffs, owner and occupier of quarry at Boulderclough
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors D.WHITELEY J.P., J.T.NAYLOR, S.AINLEY, John INGHAM, J.SHARPE, William WILSON, A.BROADBENT, A.STOTT, J.LEACH,
J.SUTCLIFFE, J.WOOD, J.H.CARTER
Mr.John HAIGH of Triangle died, former councillor and J.P.
Mr.Richard HORSFALL represented Messrs. MORRIS and RAWSON, landowners?
Mr.HODGSON, owned land near Bowood Lane
Captain STANSFELD
[Column 5]
Mr.FOSTER wrote re Mirey Wall water
Messrs.RUSHWORTH & Co., Sowerby Bridge, tendered for lamp pillars
Messrs. James STAFFORD & Sons tendered for glazed copper cages
Triangle
DEATH OF MR.JOHN HAIGH
Mr.John HAIGH of Triangle died aged 76
[Column 6]
Norland
NORLAND BAND
Ripponden
MILL ACCIDENT
John CARTER, 22, of Broad Hollins, Soyland
Dr.HOYLE of Ripponden
Warley
FRIENDLY BAND (fourth prize)
Mr.A.WHIPP of Oldham, judge
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE SOWERBY BRIDGE SEWERAGE SCHEME
Councillors HOEY, LODGE
MARRIAGES
James Edward COCKROFT married Louisa CARTER, both of Sowerby Bridge
Ernest WHITWORTH married Emily Jane SUMMERSCALES, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Rachel BUTTERWORTH, 46, Crib Farm, Sowerby
John HAIGH, 76, Holling Terrace, Triangle
Daniel Horsfall SIDDALL, mason, Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Harriet Ann BROWN, Water Hill, Friendly, died August 1897
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mrs.J.W.HOPKINSON and family
19th August 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.F.CLAY's eleven to play Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club
ACCIDENT
Boy named LUMB
Dr.DUNN
PROPERTY SALE
Messrs.DAVIS and SHOESMITH, auctioneers
Mr.C.RUSHWORTH bought cottages in Sowerby Street
SWIMMING
J.H.BARRACLOUGH, G.H.A.VARLEY, L.WHITTAKER, Ernest CROWTHER, J.A.MAUDE : Sowerby Bridge swimmers
A WIFE BEATER (Halifax West Riding Court)
Herbert BENSON, Grange Place, husband of Ellen BENSON
Sergeant ROBERTS
[Column 2]
COMIC CRICKET MATCH
W.BUCKLEY, J.TETLEY, J.BERRY, S.THOMAS, RATCLIFFE, THORNY, SCHOLEFIELD, CROSSLEY, MARSH, SPEAK, WRAY, WHITAKER, A.CLAY,
A.WESTON, S.WILCOCK, J.NICHOLL, CROSS, T.WESTON, WATERHOUSE, W.SMITH, FIELDING : players
THE FACTORY ACTS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Martha B.WHITELEY, milliner, West Street
Mr.PRIOR, prosecution
Mr.STOREY, defence
[Column 3]
[Column 4]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INQUIRY. GAS WORKS EXTENSION
Colonel HOPPER, R.E., held inquiry
Alderman J.F.CLAY, Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., J.W.LODGE, R.W.EVANS (clerk): Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council
John MARSLAND, gas manager
Gas works at Luddenden Foot formerly owned by Messrs.WHITWORTH
Messrs.INGHAM, dyers of Skircoat
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
MARRIAGES
William Henry HOLDEN, plumber, married Ruth GIBSON, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Rachel BROADBENT, 78, widow of John BROADBENT, labourer, Star Cottage, Sowerby
Abraham GREENWOOD died at Blackpool, formerly of Lane Ends, Sowerby
Sarah HITCHEN, 53, wife of James HITCHEN, farmer, The Breck, Sowerby
Ellen ROWSON, 50, wife of Cook ROWSON, shoe maker, Ryburn Cottage, Sowerby Bridge
Rachel THOMAS, 53, wife of William THOMAS, engine fitter, Hubberton, Sowerby
26th August 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
NEW SANITARY INSPECTOR
Mr.SWAINE, former inspector
Mr.W.WARD of Sheldon near Darlington, new inspector
Mr.Owen SHAW, beer and spirit merchant, Wharf Street
BILLIARD LICENSE
Mr.Samuel HOYLE, solicitor, represented Mr.Joseph WADSWORTH of West Field, Norland and boot and shoe maker of Wharf Street
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A SOWERBY BRIDGE LADY
Mrs.EDWARDS, wife of John EDWARDS, iron monger, Wharf Street
RECKLESS DRIVING
Mr.BOWMAN, shopkeeper in Hollings Mill Lane
Mr.ROTHERA, road surveyor for Sowerby Bridge, presented with bicycle
H.A.LUMB, Triangle, secretary Sowerby Bridge Cycling Club
GREETLAND U.M.F.C. (methodist)
Rev.J.W.MAWER started in Greetland
Messrs. James LAW, James MITCHELL, J.WRIGGLESWORTH, F.I.TURNER
Mr.WALSH, choir master
Miss Nora SMITH and Master BARTY recited
[Column 2]
John GIBB, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
THREATENING THE NEIGHBOUR (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mary FAWCETT of Sowerby Bridge
Mary DEAN, neighbour of above
[Column 3]
RIPPONDEN FLOWER SHOW
Mr.F.W.HADWEN, president of the Ripponden Horticultural and Floral Society
Messrs. G.W.TURNER, J.PICKLES, A.BOOTH (Elland), S.GREENWOOD, A.RADCLIFFE, B.BOTTOMLEY, William PICKLES,
G.G.S.RAWSON, J.S.RAWSON, P.HOPKINSON, S.BOOTH, T.FITTON, B.BERRY, H.CRAWSHAW, J.& R.CALAM, J.BEVERLEY,
D.ENGLAND, H.CRABTREE, J.DAVIES : prize winners
Miss RAWSON and Mr.John William WHITELEY : provide prizes
[Column 4]
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES. SOWERBY BRIDGE CIRCUIT. INTERESTING GATHERINGS
Rev.J.W.MAWER moved to Greetland
Rev.E.GRAY moved from Peterborough
Messrs. W.H.OLDFIELD, William STOTT, Simonce TURNER (Sowerby, treasurer), A.S.FIRTH (steward, Tuel Lane Chapel),
William STOTT (secretary), Jephthah WILKINSON (missionary treasurer), Greenwood BARRETT (Sowerby church),
SYKES (Norland Chapel), BUTTERWORTH (Christian Endeavour Society), A.SUNDERLAND
Revs. W.H.MATTHEWS, W.C.EVANS, A.P.RIDDETT, G.S.SMITH, W.HAIGH (Steep Lane)
[Column 5]
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY, organist
Messrs. J.W.TAYLOR, Eli HELLOWELL
CORRESPONDENCE. THE SOWERBY BRIDGE SEWERAGE SCHEME
Mr.Samuel UTLEY, engineer
Mr.WALTON held inquiry
T.HOEY, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 6]
DEATHS
John CRABTREE, 80, Hullen Edge, Norland
Sarah Jane DUCKWORTH, wife of James DUCKWORTH, labourer, Cote Hill, Warley
Samuel Broster NOBLE, 4, son of John Robert NOBLE, commercial traveller, Croft Cottages, Sowerby Bridge
Charles SIMPSON, 44, mason, Scarr Head, Norland
2nd September 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
THE DISTRICT NURSE FUND
Mr.CLAY's team to play Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club to raise money
REVISION COURT (revising list of voters)
Mr.TAYLOR, revising barrister
SUDDEN DEATH
Mrs.Ruth GAUKROGER, widow of Joseph GAUKROGER, fish and fruit salesman at the Co-Operative Stores, died aged 44
Left 4 children
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Revs. John FOX, W.H.MATTHEWS
RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION
Councillors HOEY, LODGE
SWIMMING
N.MCDONALD of Leeds, E.W.KILCULLEN of York, J.H.BARRACLOUGH of Sowerby Bridge, FOX of Barnsley : winners
[Column 2]
GARDEN PARTY
Mr.and Mrs.J.C.HORSFALL of Woodleigh
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs.William WOOD, O.EATOUGH, A.HOBSON, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, William GREENWOOD, William HAIGH,
Rev.G.S.SMITH, Councillor T.HOEY : committee members
Mr.BALL, librarian
THE BIBLE SOCIETY
Revs. C.LIVERMORE, Canon IVENS, S.F.LAYCOCK, G.S.SMITH, J.FOX
Mrs.BINNS, Pickwood House
Messrs. J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, T.M.FLETCHER, A.CROWTHER, W.GAUKROGER
[Column 3]
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Sir Swire SMITH gave address
Mr.J.H.SWALLOW J.P., chairman
Mr.R.W.EVANS, B.A.
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.P.
Messrs. Joseph GREENWOOD, Joseph POLLIT, C.E.RAMSDEN, J.H.HOYLE, THOMPSON (president of Halifax Technical Schools),
SUTCLIFFE (chairman of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce), William GREENWOOD
[Column 4]
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
Messrs. Thomas STANDEVEN, Thomas TAYLOR, James HAIGH, William MITCHELL
Mr.W.S.CHAPMAN of Ovenden preached
Rev.James CROTHERS of Brighouse
Miss R.SMITH of Luddenden Foot
Mr.J.A.WHITWORTH, music
Mr.W.WADSWORTH, harmonium
Warley
THE LOCAL NURSING ASSOCIATION (newly formed)
Miss M.NAYLOR, Fern Hill, secretary
Mesdames HOLMES, SUTCLIFFE, MONCRIEFF and Misses NAYLOR : committee
Mrs.SUTCLIFFE, Cliffe Hill, treasurer
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
MARRIAGE
Ephraim FOX, mechanic of Gomersal, married Lucy HANCOCK of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Nora DISLEY, 8 months, daughter of William DISLEY, canal boatman, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Ruth GAUKROGER, 44, widow of Joseph GAUKROGER, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
James Alton INGHAM, 9, son of Edward INGHAM, jeweller, Clifton Street, Sowerby Bridge
William Henry MITCHELL, 3 months, son of William Henry MITCHELL, engine tenter, Hollings Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge
James Harold NASH, 5 months, son of Henry NASH, labourer, Willow Street, Sowerby Bridge
Wright NICHOLL, 52, engine fitter, Charles Street, Sowerby Bridge
Harriet SUTCLIFFE, 4 months, daughter of James SUTCLIFFE, cloth finisher, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Mary Ann WADDINGTON, 58, Quarry Hill, Sowerby Bridge
9th September 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mr.J.TYLER of Halifax preached
Miss Ida L.EATOUGH gave reading
CRICKET
Mr.Frank CLAY's eleven v. Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club
C.HATTON, WOOD, PEEL, EASTWOOD, J.DOVENER : Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club
F.WATSON of Harrogate
BOLTON BROW (wesleyan Chapel)
Revs. J.SANGER, J.FOX, W.HUDSON
Miss CROWTHER and Mr.J.COCKCROFT sang
Mr.J.C.HORSFALL, organist
Mr.F.W.FOSTER, choirmaster
QUARTERLY CIRCUIT MEETING (Primitive methodist)
Mr.WALTON of Mytholmroyd, chairman
FOOTBALL
BAKER and BUTTERWORTH (Elland), THOMPSON of Holywell Brook, ELLIS, GREEN, ADDY, MALLINSON and MORLEY (suspended),
HABERGHAM, CROSSLEY, SWAIN, BINNS, CAIN : Sowerby Bridge team
FOOKES, former Sowerby Bridge player, moved to Mytholmroyd
MYERS, BLADES, TILLOTSON : Keighley team
[Column 2]
Mr.MADEN of Scarr Head, railway inspector, saw kingfishers around the Ryburne
Edwin Thomas WAINWRIGHT and James GORDON applied for patents
WEST END (chapel)
Rev.G.S.SMITH
TUEL LANE FREE CHURCH HARVEST FESTIVAL
Rev.Earl GRAY
Mrs.CLARK of Luddenden Foot gave address
Mr.WHITELEY, organist
Mesdames MATTOCK, MANSFIELD, ELLIS
Misses A.WHITWORTH, KIDSON, PARKER
Mr.D.PARKER, lanternist
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.L.WRIGLEY, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD, George WHITELEY, T.HOEY, T.HORSFALL,
Ely WHITELEY, A.CLAY
A PATHETIC CASE
Miss M.NAYLOR, Warley Jubilee Nursing Association, reported rheumatic and scarlet fever at Glenfield
A QUESTION OF WARDS
[Column 4]
CRICKET. SOWERBY DIVISION CRICKET LEAGUE. FINAL TIE FOR THE SHIELD
A.SUTCLIFFE, J.H.WILKINSON, G.BROWNBRIDGE, C.W.SMITH, J.LAWRENCE, S.NICHOLL, E.FARRAR, A.NEWSOME, J.T.SMITH, H.SCHOFIELD
: Sowerby Bridge Church Institute team
C.W.RUSHWORTH, W.HELLIWELL, F.A.FOSTER, H.BARRETT, T.BESWICK, G.H.WHITAKER, G.E.HOEY, WRAY
: Sowerby Bridge West End congregational team
[Column 5]
Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
Revs. C.H.OSLER, E.BRIERLEY
Sowerby
CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY (wesleyan)
Rev.Walter HUDSON
Mr.Smith AINLEY, music
Mr.A.E.THOMAS, organist
CONFERENCE AT STEEP LANE (baptist)
Mr.ATKINSON of Halifax, president
Revs. F.SLATER (Halifax), H.RIGBY (Brearley), J.K.ARCHER (Heptonstall Slack), D.JERMAN (Rishworth),
D.LINDSAY (Wainsgate), B.MIDGLEY (Todmorden), Henry BRIGGS (Todmorden), Carey HOOD (Halifax)
Warley
PRESENTATION (Congregational Sunday School)
Miss EATON, teacher
WARLEY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Miss BURNETT sang
Mrs.SAMWORTH recited in Yorkshire dialect
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE
Ernest H.BALL
MARRIAGE
John Henry INGHAM, mechanic married Elizabeth LEE, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Susannah AINLEY, 79, wife of James AINLEY, Albion Grove, Sowerby Bridge
James BUTTERWORTH, 81, New Crib Farm, Sowerby
Lily HELLIWELL, 17, daughter of William HELLIWELL, woollen spinner, Osborne Terrace, Luddenden Foot
John HELLOWELL, 38, cotton spinner, Dean Lane, Sowerby
Raymond Llewellyn PARK, 4, son of John PARK, New Marsh
Margaret SUTCLIFFE, 17 months, daughter of Joseph SUTCLIFFE, mechanic, Canal View, Hill Top
16th September 1898
[Column 1]
Sowerby Bridge
Rev.E.GRAY preaching at Tuel Lane United Methodist Free Church
John ENOCH and Henry Aysh HAWKE applied for patents
Rev.Canon IVENS, vicar of Christ Church for eleven years
ILLNESS OF MRS.EDWARD CROSSLEY
Mrs.Edward CROSSLEY, wife of the first member for Sowerby Division, seriously ill
RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION
Councillor T.HOEY, president
REVISION COURT (voter's list)
Mr.TAYLOR, barrister
Messrs.A.C.COLEMAN and J.H.STEAD : political agents
THE SWIMMING CLUB
Miss E.FOX won first ever Ladies' race
W.MAUDE, M.MORTON, R.BERRY, W.E.WHITELEY, A.HAIGH, H.BUCKLEY, B.TIDSWELL, BARKER, BARRACLOUGH : club swimmers
A.HARGREAVES, A.STUTTARD, C.ROBERTS, A.SCHOFIELD : school boys, swimmers
FOOTBALL
BAKER (from Elland), BOTTOMLEY, F.FOX (Luddenden Foot), SWAINE, EASTWOOD, BUTTERWORTH, BINNS: Sowerby Bridge team
NEUMAN
WOOD : Cleckheaton team
[Column 2]
(Yorkshire Spiritualists' Union meeting at the Lyceum)
Mr.GAVEN (president)
Mrs.HOYLE and Mr.J.ARMITAGE gave addresses
Mrs.BURCHELL, clairvoyant
Mr.E.LAW, organist
PROPERTY SALE (at Messrs.HOLDSWORTH's sale rooms, Halifax)
Property in Wharf Street belonging to the late Mr.J.HOPKINSON sold
Mr.James SCHOFIELD bought properties at Highroad Well
Mr.W.H.WHITTAKER (acting for a local club) bought houses in Clough Terrace, Bolton Brow
Mr.Levi CRABTREE bought houses in Luddenden Foot
HARVEST FESTIVAL (West End Congregational Chapel)
Revs. W.H.MATTHEWS, G.S.SMITH
Miss WADSWORTH, Misses SHEPHERD and Messrs. F.HOEY, EARNSHAW and F.WADSWORTH (of Rishworth) sang
Mrs.EVANS of Sowerby gave address
Mr.B.WADSWORTH, organist
Mr.S.RILEY of Rishworth played the organ
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL (annual accounts)
To be audited by H.McCalmont RICH
Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, solicitors, Commercial Bank Chambers, Halifax and Sowerby Bridge, clerks to the council
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Luddenden Foot
TRAP ACCIDENT
Mrs.Luke WILD, Victoria Cottage, Luddenden Foot
Mr.and Mrs.RAWNSLEY, parents of above
Mr.Joseph RAWNSLEY, The Cross, Stainland
Dr.WOODCOCK
LUDDENDEN FOOT DISTRICT COUNCIL
Messrs. F.BUTTERWORTH J.P., H.B.SPENCER, J.WHITELEY, J.SUTCLIFFE, H.MOSES, W.OLDFIELD, W.BOOTH, J.STOTT,
James GREENWOOD, J.MIDGLEY : council members
Mr.WAUGH, the engineer
Mr.Gamaliel SUTCLIFFE complained of stagnant water opposite his property and that of the late Mr.BEDFORD's executors
Sowerby
THE BEAN MEMORIAL (marble tablet at St.Peter's)
Revs. T.HINKLEY (vicar of St.Peter's), J.MEREDITH (vicar of Luddenden Foot),
E.BRIERLEY (vicar of St.John's, Thorpe, former curate at Sowerby Bridge), J.MARSHALL (vicar of Greetland)
Rev. Alexander Louis Wellington BEAN, vicar of St.Peter's 1852-1895. Born 1816, died 1895
Mr.Booth SHARP, organist
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor David WHITELEY J.P., J.H.CARTER, J.INGHAM, J.SUTCLIFFE, J.SHARPE, A.STOTT, J.LEECH, A.BROADBENT, J.WOOD
Letter from Mr.S.HAIGH re remembrance of the late John HAIGH, former councillor
Mr.Thomas SYKES of Burnley, owned land in Sowerby
Mr.J.W.HODGSON, for Captain STANSFELD, submitted plans for Butterworth Lane aka Sowerby Lane
Ripponden
SERIOUS ACCIDENT (see 30th Sept)
Davis WHITELEY of Rishworth, employed by Mr.Whiteley LAWTON, cab proprietor of Halifax lost an eye
LOCAL STUDENT'S SUCCESS
Mr.Albert PICKLES, B.A. of Lancashire Independent College, son of Councillor J.PICKLES, J.P. of Ripponden
Rev.W.H.FOX, former pastor of Zion Congregational Church, Ripponden
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FOOTBALL
H.WRAY, Sowerby Bridge team
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SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, J.W.BANCROFT, James Clay HORSFALL, John WADDINGTON
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.John C.BELL, secretary to the Evening Schools Committee
Mr.WHITWORTH, clerk?
Mr.H.McCalment RICH, district auditor
John H.STEAD, auctioneer, selling houses in Sowerby Bridge
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MARRIAGE
Harry PINDER (Harold PINDER), moulder, married Edith INGHAM, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Martha HARRISON, 73, widow of John HARRISON, Washer Lane Bottom, Sowerby Bridge
Sam LUMB (Samuel LUMB), 23, plasterer, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge
Isabella METCALFE, infant daughter of Henry METCALFE, Back Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
Clement WIDDOP, infant son of John William WIDDOP, Clyde Street, Sowerby Bridge
Evelyn WADSWORTH, 7 months, daughter of John William WADSWORTH, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
23rd September 1898
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REV E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel, Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge
PRESENTATION (Christian Endeavour Society, Tuel Lane Chapel)
Mrs.MAWER
PALEOLITHIC FIND
Mr.ROTHWELL, grocer
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY brought flint spear head to Sowerby Bridge
AMBULANCE CLASSES
Drs. BROWN, DUNN
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.Fenwick FISHER, vicar of St.Jude's, Halifax
Rev.Canon IVENS
SINGULAR FATALITY
Mr.John Edward HILL, deputy coroner
Jane CHADWICK, elderly woman, found dead in street aged 84. Widow of James CHADWICK, tailor and draper of Huddersfield
Mr.Emanuel UTTLEY, jury foreman
James William HELLIWELL, insurance agent, Industrial Road. Deceased was his wife's aunt
Arthur DEAN of Upper Fountain Street
Police Sergeant ROBERTS
Mrs.LEE, wife of Joshua LEE, boot and shoe maker, 32 Industrial Road
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Rev.Canon IVENS to continue sermons for men in the winter
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (social at Mr.COCKER's rooms)
Dr.DUNN
Misses E.ACKROYD, N.WHITELEY, Messrs.J.W.EARNSHAW, J.MARSHALL and Teddy WASHINGTON (humourist) sang
Miss Dora PARKER recited
Master DANIELS of Copley, accompanist
Messrs.W.FIRTH and H.NICHOLL played for dancing
Messrs. W.E.HOLROYD and R.C.M.ECCLES were M.C.s
Mesdames HORNER, RILEY, MITCHELL, RAWLINSON, ROBERTS, KERSHAW and Misses WHITELEY and MARSLAND ran refreshment stall
BOLTON BROW WESLEY GUILD
Revs. J.SANGER, W.HUDSON
Misses M.TAPP of Thornton, SHARPE of Luddenden Foot, E.BEDFORD of Halifax sang
Mr.HOLDSWORTH of Bradford sang
Miss BEDFORD and Mr.A.HELLIWELL, accompanists
SOWERBY BRIDGE SWIMMING CLUB
H.CROWTHER, J.P.VAN GELDER, J.R.BARKER : Sowerby Bridge team winners
WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL
Revs. Walter HUDSON and Joseph SANGER, newly appointed circuit ministers
Mr.John SUGDEN, music
Misses WOOD, GLEDHILL, RATCLIFFE, REDICK, FOSTER sang
Messrs. SUTCLIFFE, BRIGGS and PLATT sang
Mr.W.A.SUTCLIFFE, organist
FOOTBALL
HERBERTS (from Normanton) : Alverthorpe team
HABERGHAM : Sowerby Bridge team
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Sowerby
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Sowerby Congregational Church)
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Messrs. J.HARGREAVES, S.S.SPEAK, J.WHITWORTH sang
Master J.W.SUTCLIFFE sang
Mrs.EVANS
Mr.S.PICKLES, organist
Miss C.PICKLES sang
Misses FARRAR recited
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Mill Bank
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Mill Bank Wesleyan Chapel)
Rev.W.ARROWSMITH of Lindley, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Norland
HARVEST FESTIVAL (Mount Zion Primitive Methodist)
Mr.TINKER of Halifax preached
Misses SOUTHWELL, BUTTERWORTH and Mr.BARKER : choir
Mr.Thomas BINNS, harmonium
Mr.J.BARKER, conductor
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Mesdames MITCHELL, R.MITCHELL spoke
Warley
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Rev. Walter HUDSON of Triangle
Mr.T.W.HELLIWELL of Luddenden preached
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Mrs.SMITH, ex mayoress of Halifax
John H.STEAD, auctioneer, to sell houses in Hanover Street, Sowerby Bridge
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CRICKET. SOWERBY BRIDGE v. KING CROSS (and batting averages)
J.CLARKSON, F.KING, G.HARTLEY, J.ELLIS, W.H.MORLEY, J.W.MILNER, A.HOLLAND, D.PAUL, R.CLARKSON, W.HOLDEN,
J.E.CASSON : King Cross team
H.EASTWOOD, F.EASTWOOD, G.A.WOOD, J.PEEL. C.HATTON, C.E.HELLIWELL, J.DOVENOR, L.STANSFIELD, J.WILD, J.T.DOVENOR,
G.FARRAR, J.W.HAIGH, L.STANSFIELD, G.A.WOOD, W.D.HATTON, J.PEEL, J.WILD, H.HATTON, H.SIDDALL, F.UTTLEY, C.HORNER,
Dr.WELLBURN: Sowerby Bridge team
MARRIAGES
William Henry MARSDEN, farmer, married Alice Ann REDICK, both of Norland
Joe RILEY (Joseph RILEY) of Halifax married Eliza Jane MEADOWCROFT of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Sarah DODGSON, 80, widow of James DODGSON, Linden Place, Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge
Emily Ivy HAIGH, 8 months, daughter of Albert HAIGH, iron moulder, Lord Street, Beech, Sowerby Bridge
Arnold JESSOP, 2 months, son of James Albert JESSOP, Foundry Street, Sowerby Bridge
Albert NICHOLL, 2 months, son of Ernest NICHOLL, cotton piecer, Steps Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Ann SMITH, 74, wife of Sidney SMITH, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Amy THROP, 1 month, daughter of Edgar Louis THROP, Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
30th September 1898
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Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
Rev.G.A.WILSON appointed to Society for the Suppression of Opium Traffic
CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY (Tuel Lane)
Rev.E.GRAY
A DRUNKEN WOMAN (Halifax West Riding Court)
Ethel BASSINGTHWAGTHE, no fixed abode, from Norwich
TWO ACCIDENTS
Messrs. POLLIT & WIGZELL
Joseph MARSDEN, Hollings Mill Lane
Joseph ROTHWELL, Clay Street
FOOTBALL
ROBINSON, MYERS : Keighley team
HABERGHAM, MORLEY, BINNS, MALLINSON, BUTTERWORTH, SWAINE : Sowerby Bridge team
BIRTWHISTLE, KENDALL : players
LECTURE ON BOSTON (Tuel Lane Chapel)
Mrs.G.H.SMITH of Halifax gave lecture
Jonathan FAIRBANKS from Sowerby, an old puritan, arrived on the second ship to America
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
Rev.E.GRAY
Messrs. Thomas ACKROYD, A.SUNDERLAND
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BAND OF HOPE (Christ Church)
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
Rev.G.S.SMITH making arrangements for Congregational Union meeting at Halifax
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Messrs.HORSFALL and THOMAS played for dancing
Misses BANCROFT, M.THOMAS and M.BARKER sang
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mr.William WOOD and Rev.G.S.SMITH presided
Mr.T.M.FLETCHER offered to supply magazine
CENTRE MILL C.C. (cricket club, first annual meeting, at NICHOLL's dining rooms)
Mr.Rowland SIDDALL, president
Mr. G.MASKEW, chairman
Messrs. BIRD (captain), W.JONES (vice captain)
Mr.E.GIBSON, secretary
SWIMMING
BARRACLOUGH, CROWTHER, WHITTAKER, BARKER, VAN GELDER : winning Sowerby Bridge team
Milton MORTON, swimmer under 18
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Norland
MOUNT PLEASANT FREE CHURCH
Rev.Earl GRAY
Mr.J.PEACE of Rochdale preached
Mr.William WILSON of Sowerby Bridge preached
Friendly
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Sowerby
WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Rev. W.HUDSON of Triangle
Mr.J.SCHOFIELD of Sowerby preached
Mrs.SEED, Miss WOMERSLEY and Mr.F.LUMB : choir
Miss WOMERSLEY (Halifax, soprano), Mrs.SEED (Halifax, contralto)
Messrs. HARGREAVES and PLATT of Sowerby Bridge, tenors
Mr.WILDSMITH of Sowerby Bridge, baritone
Mr.H.JOHNSON, Sowerby Bridge, bass
Mr.A.E.THOMAS, organist
Councillor Smith AINLEY
Mr.T.EASTWOOD of Luddenden lent decorative plants
Rev.John SANGER of Sowerby Bridge
Ripponden
RESULT OF THE STABLE ACCIDENT (see 16th Sept)
Mr.Davis WHITELEY of Cockcroft, Ripponden died. Injured in stable of Mr.Whiteley LAWSON
WILL OF THE LATE MR.T.OWEN
Mr.Thomas OWEN of 5 Whitehall Gardens, London. Wife Elizabeth, nee Todd. Four daughters and sons Charles Todd OWEN and Owen OWEN
[Column 4]
[Column 5]
SOWERBY BRIDGE CRICKET CLUB. SECOND ELEVEN AVERAGES (batting and bowling)
J.WILD, E.LAWTON, L.BROWNBRIDGE, S.T.LAYCOCK, J.A.CROWTHER, J.HAIGH, C.HORNER, B.W.WOOD, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, W.FARRAR,
O.CROTHERS, W.H.GIBSON, H.GREENWOOD, T.HALEY, T.WHITWORTH
SOWERBY BRIDGE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB
W.THOMPSON, H.MITCHELL : Sowerby Bridge team
R.WOOD, Corporation Street Works, heald rugs for sale
John H.STEAD, auctioneer to let houses in Hanover Street
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE. WHARF STREET IMPROVEMENT
Mr.ROTHERA, surveyor
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD
William HAIGH, shopkeeper on Wharf Street
Mr.Henry SIDDALL, deceased, objected
Mr.Charles GREENWOOD objected
GILL, Wharf Street shopkeeper
John William LODGE
DEATHS
Frederick BURROWS, 35, grocer, Warley Town
Hannah BESWICK, 77, widow of John BESWICK, Upper Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
Nellie HELLIWELL (Ellen HELLIWELL?), 7 months, daughter of Squire HELLIWELL, worsted overlooker, Haigh Cottage, Sowerby
James HOWARTH, 76, Fountain Street, Sowerby Bridge
New West End Congregational Sunday School to be opened by J.W.BERRY
7th October 1898
[Column 1]
Mr.J.SCHOFIELD will preach at Tuel Lane chapel
Sowerby Bridge
Jonathan Dransfield and Christopher John Yardley of Sowerby Bridge applied for patents
Dr.WELLBURN, member Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society and curator of geology at Halifax museum
SERMON TO MEN
Rev.Canon IVENS
PROPERTY SALE
Messrs.GARSIDE and WARING, auctioneers
Property of the late Joseph KIRBY of Sowerby Bridge sold
Mr.Samuel Hoyle, Tuel Lane, bought cottage at Bolton Brow
BREAKING INTO A "SWEETS" SHOP
Mr.MATTOCK's Tofferies shop
WORK PEOPLE'S TREAT
Mr.George W.FOX, eldest son of George FOX, cotton spinner, Staincliffe and Sowerby Bridge, returned from round the world trip
POULTRY KEEPING
Mr.Edward BROWN, F.L.S. gave lecture
Mr.Daniel PARKER, lanternist
Mr.J.Selwyn RAWSON, chairman
TUEL LANE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY (social in Mr.COCKER's rooms)
Mr.J.BATES presided
Messrs. W.H.WILCOCK and J.HELLEWELL sang
Messrs. H.NICHOLL and W.FIRTH played for dancing
FOREIGN MISSIONS (Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Rev.Thomas STONES, missionary to Africa
Mr.A.HOWE presided
Mesdames BINNS, MATTHEWS, HOWARD
Misses HOYLE, BOTTOMLEY
ENTERTAINMENT (Band of Hope)
Mr.John H.ROBERTS, Monmouthshire, singer, elocutionist and humourist
Rev.E.GRAY
Mr.Herbert NICHOLL, pianist
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FOOTBALL
THOMPSON, BIRTWHISTLE : Sowerby Bridge team
CHURCH INSTITUTE
Dr.WELLBURN
Messrs. R.ROTHWELL, LONGBOTTOM (Luddenden) sent curiosities
Messrs. C.DYSON, W.DYSON, W.HIGHLEY : music
Messrs. BENTLEY and ROFF of Bradford, entertainers
SOCIAL (Bolton Brow Working Men's Club)
Mr.BOWKER, principal tenor, Halifax Parish Church
Mr.CLAYTON of Brighouse, humourist
Master SHEPHERD of Sowerby Bridge sang
Mr.SPENCER of Halifax, ventriloquist
Mr.BANCROFT, accompanist
THE SWIMMING GALA (nineteenth annual fete of the Sowerby Bridge Swimming Club)
Councillor T.HORSFALL
J.K.LAW, R.TIDSWELL, M.WILCOCK, J.H.BARRACLOUGH, J.P.VAN GELDER (secretary), J.R.BARKER, F.VARLEY, F.MAUDE, J.A.MAUDE,
E.CROWTHER, L.WHITTAKER : club swimmers
B.AARON (Halifax), ELLISON (Holbeck), F.M.SUGDEN (Sowerby Bridge : swimmers under 18
L.STANSFIELD (Bradford), L.J.KAYE (Halifax), W.WALTON (Brighouse) : swimmers
Mr.H.KEIR (Brighouse), starter
Messrs. J.HELLEWELL and J.COPLEY, judges
Messrs.J.E.MAUDE and J.H.WOOD
Mill Bank
ANNUAL MEETING (Mill Bank Wesleyan Sunday School)
Rev.W.HUDSON
Messrs. John CARTER, David TURNER and Fred WOLFENDEN : superintendents
Mr.George SMITH, treasurer
Mr.Alfred WHITELEY, secretary
Mr.Willie SHAW (William SHAW), assistant secretary
Messrs.J.A.WOLFENDEN and H.WATERHOUSE, librarians
Messrs. John HAIGH and Edwin WHITELEY, auditors
Miss Florence WHITELEY, Band of Hope secretary
Miss Florence HOYLE, Band of Hope treasurer
Norland
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL
Mr.Thomas MORGAN of Mytholmroyd preached
Rev.T.STONES, West African missionary
Mr.J.BARRACLOUGH presided
Warley
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN YOUNG MEN'S MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY
Superintendent COLLINS, Halifax Fire Brigade
Mr.T.SUTCLIFFE of Warley gave lecture
Mr.J.C.BATES presided
FRIENDLY BRASS BAND (list of competition results for 1897 and 1898)
Mr.W.SWINDLER, conductor
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Mr.CLAY presided
Messrs.C.F.L.HORSFALL and Son, architects
Mr.J.C.BELL, secretary, Evening Continuation Schools Committee
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. J.Clay HORSFALL, Rowland SIDDALL, WADDINGTON, POLLIT
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.L.WRIGLEY, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD, S.TURNER, Thomas HOEY, T.HORSFALL, Ely WHITELEY,
A.CLAY
A WARNING AND AN APPEAL
Councillor HORSFALL
Mr.Edward HELLIWELL, Scarr Road
Mr.Owen SHAW
Messrs.MORRIS & Son's mill
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COUNCILLOR SUTCLIFFE AND THE SURVEYOR (drains)
Councillors SUTCLIFFE, WHITELEY, HOEY, E.WHITELEY
Thomas Swinton DODD Ltd., architects?
Mr.Walter SPENCER owned buildings?
COUNCILLOR LODGE AND HIS POSITION ON THE COUNCIL (been absent)
Councillor James GREENWOOD, LODGE, HOEY
[Column 5]
OPENING OF THE METHODIST NEW CONNEXION CHURCH, BOULDERCLOUGH (erected on site of old chapel built in 1822, photo (poor))
Messrs. SUTCLIFFE and SUTCLIFFE, architects, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden
Messrs.CRAWSHAW Brothers, Ripponden, masonry and brickwork
Mr.J.THOMPSON, King Cross, joiner
Mr.J.HOYLE, Triangle, slater and plasterer
Messrs.BOULTON and KERSHAW, Mytholmroyd, plumbing and glazing
Mr.F.ALDERSON, Luddenden Foot, heating apparatus
Messrs.NIGHTINGALE & Co., Grimsby, wood flooring
Messrs.George GREENWOOD & Sons, Halifax, concrete and asphalt
Mr.S.WADSWORTH, Sowerby Bridge, ironwork
Messrs.J.STOTT & Co., Oldham, lighting and ventilation
Mr.W.PICKLES, Sowerby, painting
Rev.M.M.TODD
Messrs.R.BENTON and J.PICKLES, secretaries, Boulderclough
Mr.G.L.SUTCLIFFE
Mrs.FARRAR opened door
Mr.Thomas SPEAK of Batley, an old scholar, opened door
Mr.J.H.SUTCLIFFE
Mr.Wilkinson PICKLES, on behalf of Mr.Clifford RAMSDEN, Halifax presented bible and hymn book
[Column 6]
Mr.John HAIGH (senior steward)
Revs. M.M.TODD (Halifax), T.COOPER (Elland), H.SHAW (King Cross), D.HEATH (Sheffield), J.CROTHERS, J.W.SIMMS
Messrs. Wilkinson PICKLES, BENTON, D.PICKLES, W.NICHOLL, J.W.MITCHELL, L.LUMB, A.CROWTHER, W.REDMAN, H.N.BLAMIRES,
J.WADSWORTH, Jonathan PICKLES, SPEKE
Mr.Jonathan MORLEY remembered the building of the old chapel (1822)
Mrs.FARRAR
[Column 5]
MARRIAGE
James Arthur WHITELEY, cotton mill manager, Sowerby Bridge, married Ada MAYERS of Blackpool
[Column 6]
DEATHS
Mary Hannah CROWTHER, 36, wife of Ezra CROWTHER, farmer, Lower Stubbin, Sowerby
Mary HARKER, 75, widow of George HARKER, Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
Jane Ellen BROADBENT [1832-1889], wife of Edward BROADBENT, Lane Bottom, Norland
14th October 1898
[Column 1]
Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.William STANSFIELD, Compton Cottage, Allan Wood. Married
TEMPERANCE MEETING (congregational)
Revs. W.C.EVANS, F.HASTINGS, W.MOTTRAM
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
W.THOMPSON, WRAY, MITCHELL : Sowerby Bridge goal scorers
CHRIST CHURCH BAND OF HOPE
Mr.Joseph WHITELEY presided
Mr.J.LAWRENCE gave address
THE AUDIT (District Council)
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, accountant
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Messrs. William GREENWOOD (president), T.H.WRIGHT (secretary)
Messrs.Joseph SUTCLIFFE, B.LEES, Mrs.GREENWOOD and Miss THORPE : vice presidents
Miss THORPE, treasurer
Mrs.GREENWOOD and Mr.T.THORPE : musical directors
Mrs.DEWHIRST and Miss THORPE, sick visitors
Messrs.H.ROBINSON and T.H.WRIGHT, librarians
Mrs.GREENWOOD and Messrs.E.LAW, H.THORPE, organists
Mr.A.E.SUTCLIFFE, auditor
SALE OF WORK (Ladies' Sewing Party)
Rev.J.SANGER, superintendent minister
Mr.R.W.EVANS, B.A., presided
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, B.MORWOOD, Joseph GREENWOOD, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, BROWNBRIDGE
Mesdames G.THOMAS, William HAIGH, MARSLAND, STANSFIELD, F.SUTCLIFFE, WILSON, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, J.C.HORSFALL, MORWOOD,
LEE, BROADBENT, T.H.WOOD, HOOTON
Misses GREEN, CLAY, BARRON, Beatrice CLAY, Clara GREENWOOD, L.EASTWOOD, L.FIRTH
[Column 2]
Fred MASON, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
CONGREGATIONAL UNION
Revs. G.S.SMITH, A.JOHNSTONE
WEST END CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. OPENING OF THE NEW SCHOOL
Mr.Samuel WILKINSON, architect
Mr.J.W.BERRY of Ealing, contributed �380
Revs. G.S.SMITH. W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.M.SUGDEN, chairman of the building committee
[Column 3]
Mr.J.W.BANCROFT, treasurer
Mr.J.R.ATKINSON gave �200
Mrs.H.NUTTALL left �5 in her will
Mr.Mark WILCOCK gave �5
Mrs.Champion GREENWOOD (Blackpool) gave �5
Mr.SHACKLETON and Mr. WINTERBOTTOM (Hebden Bridge ) gave 10s
Mr.SHAW of Harrogate gave �2 2s
Mr.George RILEY gave �2 10s
Mr.Joseph HANSON gave a bible
Messrs. T.A.SMITH, John ROBERTS (Brighouse), MAGSON (Hyde), J.NICHOLL (Halifax), J.WADDINGTON, J.BARNES, H.HANSON,
W.CLEGG, Thomas MITCHELL, J.L.WRIGLEY, S.WADSWORTH, T.CHADWICK
Revs.Canon IVENS, Walter MITCHELL (Chesterfield), R.BRIGGS
Councillors E.WHITELEY and T.HOEY
[Column 4]
SERMON TO MEN (sermon text given)
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 5]
Sowerby
BOULDERCLOUGH CHAPEL
Rev.Bramwell DUTTON of Blackpool
Hanover Choir of Halifax
Mr.James HAIGH, chairman
THE RECENT LITIGATION (Halifax County Court, Sykes LUMB v Sowerby District Council)
Judge CADMAN
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors David WHITELEY J.P., John INGHAM, Smith AINLEY, William WILSON, Job SUTCLIFFE, Alfred BROADBENT,
Arthur STOTT, James LEACH, J.T.NAYLOR, Joseph SHARPE
Messrs.Samuel MITCHELL, tendered for leading setts
Messrs.George KENYON, tendered for setts
Mr.Wallace MITCHELL, tendered for leading granite
Colonel STANSFELD
[Column 6]
Mr.Alfred WHITELEY, Mill Bank
Mr.John RAWSON submitted plans for Beech Wood
Mill Bank
WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Mr.J.L.WHITELEY presided
Messrs. A.PLATT (tenor, Sowerby Bridge), F.GLEDHILL (bass, Norland), C.CLIFTON JONES (humourist, Halifax),
J.COCKROFT (humourist, Cragg Vale), J.BROADBENT (accompanist)
Norland
THE DRAINAGE OF NORLAND
Councillor WHITTAKER
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN CRICKET CLUB. AVERAGES FOR 1898 (batting and bowling)
C.G.RIDDETT, W.THOMPSON, J.WALKER, A.ASHWORTH, N.SMITH, G.THOMPSON, T.BLACKBURN, A.PEEL, J.WHITEHEAD, W.MATTHEWS,
H.WOODHEAD, C.SUTCLIFFE, H.BRADLEY, A.BUTTERWORTH, G.E.INGHAM : team members
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MARRIAGES
Crowther SUTCLIFFE, engine cleaner, married Jane SIDDALL, both of Sowerby Bridge
Alfred MITCHELL of Leeds to Ada SMITH of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Grace HITCHEN, 70, wife of Eli HITCHEN, farmer, Raw Lane Bottom, Sowerby
Elizabeth NICHOLL, 63, widow of George NICHOLL, carpet weaver, Rose Mount, Sowerby Bridge
Sarah WADDINGTON, 67, widow of Thomas SUTCLIFFE, corn merchant, Dob Lane Farm, Norland
(Tuel Lane Chapel)
Mr.J.Herbert ENGLAND, F.R.C.O. of Leeds (organist and choirmaster at All Soul's Church, Halifax)
Mr.J.BATES, violin, Sowerby Bridge
Miss HORSMAN, vocalist, Halifax
21st October 1898
[Column 1]
Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
John TOSLER, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A BOY
William Henry THROP of Pye Nest Park Estate
CENTRE MILLS CRICKET CLUB (first annual dinner, at NICHOLL's Dining Rooms)
Mr.MASKEW presided
Messrs. BIRD, A.JEPSON, J.JONES, E.BALMFORTH, W.BARRETT, J.ROBINSON, J.RADCLIFFE, C.ELLIOT, P.HOWARTH
PRESENTATION
Mr.J.A.WHITELEY, manager of Messrs.George FOX & Sons, West End Mills, got married in Blackpool
Mr.L.J.FOX
PIGEON STEALERS (Halifax West Riding Court)
Thomas WHITE, aged 10, of Sowerby Bridge
William STANLEY, aged 7, of Sowerby Bridge
Mr.GREEN owned the pigeons
Inspector LAWSON
FOOTBALL
HABERGHAM, MALLINSON, WALKER : Sowerby Bridge team
HEAP : Kingston team
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CHRISTADELPHIAN MEETING ROOM
Mr.J.BRIGGS gave lecture
Mr.H.SULLEY of Nottingham gave lecture
CHURCH INSTITUTE
Mr.G.KENYON of Dukinfield
Mr.W.S.MILLIGAN, chairman
SALE OF WORK (Ladies Sewing Party)
Mr.J.H.SCHOLEFIELD
Revs. W.HUDSON, J.SANGER
THE LIBERAL MEMORIAL TO MR.GLADSTONE
Mr.Rowland LUMB, 39 Pleasant Street, Beech
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.J.H.STEAD, auctioneer
Mr.William SCHOFIELD, Wharf Street, bought houses in Egremont Street and Wharf Street
Mr.E.SUTCLIFFE, Triangle, bough houses in Mount Street and Hollins Lane
Messrs. LONGBOTHAM & Sons, solicitors, Halifax
Mr.J.W.SHOESMITH, solicitor, Halifax
Mr.S.HOYLE, solicitor
WENT WRONG FOR SWEETS (Halifax West Riding Court)
S.HOYLE (10), H.MITCHELL (8), J.W.SHINGLER (8) : lads of West End
Mr.C.W.MATTOCK, The Tofferies, near the railway arch
A TEETOTALLER CHARGED WITH BEING DRUNK (Halifax West Riding Court)
Harry HELLIWELL (Harold HELLIWELL), mill worker, Tuel Lane
Police Constable BARKER
Mr.STOREY, defence
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CHRIST CHURCH BAND OF HOPE
Mr.WORMALD
Rev.W.C.HOWARD
Luddenden Foot
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (Halifax West Riding Court)
Daniel GREENWOOD, farmer, Luddenden Foot
Mr.CRABTREE, Food and Drugs Act inspector
Thomas GREENWOOD, sold milk
Mr.STOREY, defence
Sowerby
TRESPASSING AFTER GAME (Halifax West Riding Court)
Levi MITCHELL, labourer, Sowerby
Mr.J.Riley ATKINSON, landowner, Sowerby Bridge
Mr.PARKER (from the office of Messrs.LONGBOTHAM & Sons), prosecution
Helliwell STOCKS, gamekeeper
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
Revs. W.C.EVANS, T.KNOWLES (Gloucestershire)
Misses THORPE and SIDDALL sang
The Misses HOPKINSON sang duet
Messrs. H.N.BLAMIRES (Boulderclough), George SMITH (Mill Bank), W.H.LUMB, J.WILKINSON, J.SCHOFIELD, C.STANDEVEN
BOULDERCLOUGH NEW CHAPEL
Revs. W.C.EVANS (Congregational minister, Sowerby), W.HAIGH (pastor of Baptist Church, Steep Lane, Sowerby)
Misses DYSON, WHITELEY and Mr.BROADBENT sang
Mr.Henry BOTTOMLEY, organist
Mr.J.WHITELEY of Sowerby Bridge, chairman
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SOWERBY BRIDGE RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION. HALF YEARLY MEETING
Councillor T.HOEY, president
Messrs.UTLEY and GRAY, engineers
GARFORTH Brothers, OATES & GREEN (earthenware pipes), tendered for sewer
Councillor SCHOLEFIELD, J.P.
Colonel GRAY, engineer
Major EDWARDS, landowner?
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Messrs. A.C.COLEMAN, J.NICHOLL, J.WADSWORTH, R.LUMB, E.HELLEWELL, T.M.FLETCHER, F.B.ROTHERA, S.H.JEFFREYS,
W.LUMB (Belgrave Street)
CORRESPONDENCE. REV.CANON IVENS ON SUICIDE
(Auction by Messrs.DAVIS & SHOESMITH, Barum Top, Halifax)
Wharf Hotel, Sowerby Bridge for sale
The Oddfellows Arms, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge, occupied by William Henry FOX, for sale
BEAN, IBBETSON, LOMAS, GARSIDE, OAKES : tenants in Bolton Brow
Allan HOYLE, KAYE, David SMITH, Grace WHITEHEAD, Isaac EASTERBY, Fred WILSON, Dan KILGALLON (Daniel KILGALLON),
H.CARUTHERS, Walter HOLMES, Mrs.GARRAGHTY, Mrs.FISHER, DISLEY, J.W.SCHOFIELD, Mrs.STOCKTON, Emma KERSHAW,
William ACKROYD, M.WILSON, George SUTCLIFFE, Albert WILLEY, Thomas SUTCLIFFE, H.E.CROWTHER, Adam STANSFIELD,
Henry HORSFALL and George WHITMORE : tenants in Mearclough Lane and Chapel Lane
William HOLROYD, L.A.WILSON, DIXON, William FRANKLAND and John GREENWOOD : tenants in West Street and West Terrace (Terrace Street)
James E.TAYLOR, Ann HABERGHAM, G.H.DENTON : tenants of West Terrace (Terrace Street) and Back West Terrace (Back Terrace Street)
Messrs.R.HORSFALL and Sons, surveyors, Commercial Street, Halifax
Messrs.LONGBOTHAM & Sons, solicitors, Halifax, Ripponden and Hebden Bridge
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DEATHS
Sophia ATKINSON, 61, wife of George ATKINSON, corn warehouseman, Broad Street, Sowerby Bridge
Ann GREENWOOD, 79, widow of Thomas GREENWOOD, farmer, John Street West, Sowerby Bridge
28th October 1898
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Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
PROPERTY SALE
Mr.John H.STEAD, auctioneer
Mr.John SIMPSON of Norland bought cottages in Hope Street, Allan Wood
Mr.S.HOYLE, solicitor
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Mr.John H.STEAD gave lecture
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.P.
Mr.J.W.HOOTON sang
Mr.H.WRAY, accompanist
FOREIGN MISSIONS (West End Congregational Church)
Revs. A.CRAVEN (Wyke), T.MAINE (Halifax), G.S.SMITH, S.T.SLATER (Bangalore)
Messrs. D.MITCHELL, S.WADSWORTH
ACCIDENT
Mr.and Mrs.Charles HOLLOWS of Sowerby Street
John MURRAY, young man
SALE OF SHARES
John H.STEAD, auctioneer
Mr.C.RUSHWORTH bought Lancashire and Yorkshire stock and shares in John MARSH & Co. Ltd. and Halifax Commercial Banking Company
Mr.John W.BANCROFT bought shares in the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company
Mr.J.HOLROYD of Rishworth bought shares in Chapel Field Mill Co., Ripponden
Mr.Samuel HOYLE, Tuel Lane, solicitor
FOOTBALL
MORLEY, JAGGER, BUTTERWORTH, MALLINSON, BINNS, HABERGHAM : Sowerby Bridge rugby team
L.BROWNBRIDGE, H.WRAY, J.WALKER : Sowerby Bridge football team
[Column 2]
Mr.John SHAW of 70 Industrial Road, occupied Elland Corn Mills for 7 years as corn miller and 24 year at Sterne Mill
Elected pensioner of the Halifax Tradesmen's Benevolent Institution
(re.Sowerby Bridge Flour Society meeting)
Mr.S.JUDSON
Mr.Ben TURNER (Benjamin TURNER), secretary of the Yorkshire Federation of Trades Council
SOCIAL (Bolton Brow Working Men's Club)
Mr.E.C.WASHINGTON, president
WEST END CRICKET CLUB
Messrs.W.FIRTH and H.NICHOL played music
Messrs. G.NICHOLL and T.BOTTOMLEY, M.C.s
"AT HOME" (Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.E.GRAY and Mrs.GRAY
Mr.and Mrs.John BATES
Misses KIDSON, TAYLOR, SIDDALL, PARKER
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD (chairman), W.NICHOLL, J.BACON, J.W.BANCROFT, R.ROTHWELL, T.M.FLETCHER, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, A.HOBSON,
Alderman CLAY, Councillor HOEY : committee
PRIMROSE LEAGUE (Conservative)
Messrs. J.C.BAILEY, J.S.RAWSON, E.W.CROSSLEY of Triangle, W.H.GIBSON
Lord Salisbury
Major MARCHAND
Dr.YELD
Mrs.STOTT
Mr.Ernest HORSFALL of the New Inn
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(Halifax West Riding Court)
Annie SUTCLIFFE (Ann SUTCLIFFE), a married woman
THE DOG AND THE POLICEMAN (Halifax West Riding Court)
David SMITH, milk dealer
Police Constable WALTON
ORGAN RECITAL
Mr.WHITELEY, organist at Tuel Lane Chapel, did recital for money to add two stops to organ
Mr.J.Herbert ENGLAND, F.R.C.O. of Leeds
Mr.John BATES, violin
Miss HORSMAN of Halifax sang
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SALES BY AUCTION
Messrs.DAVIS & SHOESMITH, auctioneers, Barum Top, Halifax
James ALLEN, John TIFFANY, John HAIGH : tenants at Causeway, Sowerby Bridge
Messrs. JACKSON & FOX, surveyors, George Street, Halifax
Mr.Frederick WALKER, solicitor, Halifax
William Henry FOX, The Oddfellows Arms, Bolton Brow
BEAN, IBBETSON, LOMAS, GARSIDE, OAKES : Bolton Brow tenants
Allan HOYLE, KAYE, David SMITH, Grace WHITEHEAD, Isaac EASTERBY, Fred WILSON, Dan KILGALLON (Daniel KILGALLON),
H.CARUTHERS, Walter HOLMES, Mrs.GARRAGHTY, Mrs.FISHER, DISLEY, J.W.SCHOFIELD, Mrs.STOCKTON, Emma KERSHAW
William ACKROYD, M.WILSON, George SUTCLIFFE, Albert WILLEY, Thomas SUTCLIFFE, H.E.CROWTHER, Adam STANSFIELD,
Henry HORSFALL, George A.WHITMORE : tenants of Mearclough Lane and Chapel Lane
William HOLROYD, L.A.WILSON, DIXON, William FRANKLAND, John GREENWOOD : tenants at West Street and West Terrace (Terrace Street)
James E.HOYLE, Ann HABERGHAM, G.H.DENTON : tenants at West Terrace (Terrace Street) and Back West Terrace (Back Terrace Street)
Messrs.R.HORSFALL & Sons, surveyors, Commercial Street, Halifax
Messrs.LONGBOTHAM & Sons, solicitors, Halifax, Ripponden & Hebden Bridge
[Column 5]
Luddenden Foot
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO YOUNG MAN
John NICHOLL, dyer's labourer, of Wood Nook, young man
Dr.Astley CROWTHER of Luddenden Foot
NEGLECTING HIS WIFE (charged at Keighley)
George Townend COGGIN of Luddenden Foot, separated from wife
Norland
A NEIGHBOUR'S QUARREL (Halifax West Riding Court)
Nelly WIDDOP (Ellen WIDDOP?), married woman of Allan Wood, Norland
Emma GODDARD of Norland
Mr.STOREY, prosecution
Maria BARRETT and Jane HORNE, neighbours
Sowerby
PIGEON SHOOTING (at the Sportsman Inn, Triangle)
DIXON (Midgley), BARKER and BEAUMONT (Elland) : winners
BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSIONS (Steep Lane)
Revs. W.HAIGH (pastor), R.BOODHAM (Congo), C.WILLIAMS (Accrington), J.FOX (Sowerby Bridge), W.C.EVANS (Sowerby)
LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY (Sowerby Congregational Church)
Revs. A.GILBY (Ripponden), A.CRAVEN (Wyke), T.ROWLANDS (Madagascar), W.HAIGH (Steep Lane), W.C.EVANS (pastor)
Warley
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Mr.J.E.RATLEDGE, chairman
Misses A.HARTLEY and G.HORNER, accompanists
NEGLECT OF CHILDREN (Halifax West Riding Court)
Hitchen EDMUNDSON, Warley, had 5 children, wife died in 1897
Mr.BRIGGS, Sowerby Bridge relieving officer
[Column 6]
CORRESPONDENCE. CANON IVENS ON "SUICIDE"
Charles Llewelyn IVENS, The Vicarage, Sowerby Bridge
MARRIAGES
Edward DYSON of Halifax married Caroline BOTTOMLEY of Sowerby Bridge
Arthur FOGG of Sowerby Bridge married Edith Ellen MORTON of Warley
Joseph WILD, mason, married Susan WILCOCK, both of Sowerby Bridge
William Jones WHITWORTH, mechanic, married Mary Evelyn Alice Hannah BRADLEY, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Annie HITCHEN (Ann HITCHEN), 16, daughter of Joseph HITCHEN, cotton spinner, Glenfield Place, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth STANDEVEN, died aged 57 at Brighouse, wife of Jonas STANDEVEN, insurance agent, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Edward THOMAS, 57, Willow Street, Sowerby Bridge
4th November 1898
[Column 1]
Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
Henry James MELLERS, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
Mr.Henry THORNE, evangelist
ACCIDENT
Harry THOMPSON (Harold THOMPSON), young man, employed at Messrs.POLLIT & WIGZELL's foundry
WEST END SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.G.S.SMITH, president
Messrs. T.CHADWICK, S.WADSWORTH, A.HELLIWELL, J.MCMURRAY, W.CLEGG, James BARRACLOUGH : committee
Councillor T.HOEY, auditor
Misses WADSWORTH, SUTCLIFFE and N.RUSHWORTH, organists
THE PROPERTY MARKET
Messrs. DAVIS and SHOESMITH, auctioneers
Messrs.WHITTAKER & Sons, brewers, bought the Oddfellows Arms, Bolton Brow
Mr.FISHER bought houses in Mearclough Lane and Chapel Lane
Mr.George WILSON, Norland, bought houses in West Street and Terrace Street
Messrs.LONGBOTHAM and Sons, solicitors, Halifax
Mr.Richard CROWTHER bought the old Wharf Inn and adjoining cottages
Mr.Frederick WALKER, solicitor, Halifax
ASSAULT ON A RAILWAY CONSTABLE (Halifax Borough Court)
James HILDICK, moulder of Sowerby Bridge
Constable SMITH, a railway policeman
Mr.STOREY
ALL OWING TO A DOG (Halifax West Riding Court)
John CLARE, labourer, Sowerby Bridge, pugilist
Edwin RILEY, stripper and grinder
Mr.BOOCOCK, prosecution
Mr.STOREY, defence
[Column 2]
BAND OF HOPE CONFERENCE
Mr.John LAWRENCE, chairman
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
Messrs. R.LUMB, R.CLARKE, T.WORMALD
NEGLECT OF CHILDREN (Halifax West Riding Court)
Mary Ann LUMB, widow, Gratrix Lane
Mr.STOREY, prosecution
Mr.William BRIGGS, relieving officer
John EDWARDS, school attendance officer
Mary Ann MASON, neighbour
THE SEWAGE WORKS
Mr.GRAY, engineer
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (at Mr.COCKER's Assembly Rooms)
Miss Marina WHITELEY, eldest daughter of the late Mr.John WHITELEY of Albert Road, Beech, came of age
Messrs.W.HIGHLEY and C.DYSON provided music
JAMES TOWNEND AND HIS HOME (Halifax West Riding Court)
Ruth TOWNEND, wife of James TOWNEND, labourer
Inspector RAMM
[Column 3]
Right Hon. J.W.MELLOR, Q.C., M.P.
THE FIRE BRIGADE
Messrs.MORRIS & Sons, Manchester, made new fire engine
Councillor T.HOEY, T.HORSFALL
FOOTBALL
THOMPSON, MALLINSON, BUTTERWORTH, GREEN, SWAINE :Sowerby Bridge team
Luddenden Foot
A CHILD'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH
John MCHALL, infant son of John MCHALL of Cooper House Cottage, Luddenden Foot
ACCIDENT TO MR.EDGAR TILLOTSON
Mr.Edgar TILLOTSON, cab proprietor, Pellon Lane, Halifax
Mr.MACKRELL, shopkeeper near St.Jude's Church
Mill Bank
RED CABBAGE SHOW
F.WALKER, judge
A.EASTWOOD (Sowerby Bridge), WHITWORTH (Cote Hill), T.BARRACLOUGH (Triangle), TURVERBILLE (Mill Bank),
John SUTCLIFFE (Triangle) : winners
WESLEYAN YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
Messrs. David TURNER, Edwin WHITELEY, F.WOLFENDEN (Triangle)
Rev.W.HUDSON
Messrs. F.BARRETT, J.HAIGH, A.FOWLER, A.WHITELEY, J.BOTTOMLEY, H.WATERHOUSE : songs and recitations
Master W.LUMB and H.LUMB, violin
Mr.D.PARKER, animatographer (lanternist)
Mr.R.CLARKE, accompanist
Mr.Jonathan PICKLES of Sowerby preached
Triangle
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Elizabeth CAMERON, 36, form Morley but recently working for Rev.T.HINKLEY, vicar of Sowerby
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
Police Constable TATTERSALL, stationed at Triangle
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.L.WRIGLEY, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD, S.TURNER, Thomas HOEY, T.HORSFALL, Ely WHITELEY,
George WHITELEY, A.CLAY
COUNCILLOR LODGE'S POSITION ON THE COUNCIL
Councillors James GREENWOOD, J.W.LODGE, HOEY
A CHARGE REBUTTED
Councillors Eli WHITELEY (Ely WHITELEY), HOEY
Mr.W.SPENCER, property owner
OUTSIDE DISTRICTS AND THEIR SEWAGE
WHARF STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Councillors HOEY, George WHITELEY, Eli WHITELEY (Ely WHITELEY)
[Column 5]
AN ALLEGED NUISANCE
Mr.F.WALKER, solicitor, Halifax
Major EDWARDS
Mr.BALL, former tenant of Mearclough House
Councillor HORSFALL
THE EXTENSION OF THE DISTRICT
Councillors HOEY, E.WHITELEY, WRIGLEY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD ENQUIRY
Mr.E.A.Sandford FAWCETT, A.M.I.C.E. local government board inspector
Mr.FIRTH, owned property near the council offices
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD J.P., Ely WHITELEY, T.HORSFALL, LODGE, TURNER, George WHITELEY
Mr.EVANS, council clerk
Mr.BARRACLOUGH, council accountant
Mr.ROTHERA, council surveyor
[Column 6]
Mr.James WOOD, deceased, landowner
MARRIAGE
Harry WOOD (Harold WOOD), cloth finisher, married Mary PLATT, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Emily BERRY, 39, Egremont Street, Sowerby Bridge
Luke GREENWOOD, 40, farmer, Brown Hill, Sowerby
Eliza GRAYSHAN, 42, widow of John GRAYSHAN, butcher, daughter of James HOOSON, Quarry Hill, Sowerby Bridge
Wilfred HEATON, 4, son of William Henry HEATON, labourer, Back Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Joseph SOUTHWARD, 84, woollen weaver, Heath Hall, Norland
Selwyn WRIGLEY, 14 months, son of Thomas Gledhill WRIGLEY, woollen finisher, Canal Road, Sowerby Bridge
Warley
WARLEY CLOUGH PRIMITIVE METHODIST
Mr.Cookson GREENWOOD, organist at St.Paul's, King Cross
Misses LORIMER, WADSWORTH sang
Messrs.PLATT and COCKCROFT sang
Rev.J.W.FRYER of Bradford, former scholar and teacher at Warley
[Columns 5 and 6]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL (annual accounts)
Audited by Nugent C.SIMNER, assistant district auditor
James BARRACLOUGH, accountant
Godfrey RHODES & EVANS, clerks
Edgar BOOTH, solicitor, 7 Harrison Road, Halifax, clerk to the Urban District Council
11th November 1898
[Column 1]
Mr.G.ALTY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
CANON IVENS, M.A.
Rev.Canon IVENS preached at Wakefield Cathedral in place of the Bishop
AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Drs. DUNN, BROWN
Mr.William SUNDERLAND, local secretary, administered first aid to Mr.THOMPSON, injured at Messrs.POLLIT & WIGZELL's last week
A HEART MADE GLAD
Mr.D.PARKER of Sowerby Bridge
CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT
Messrs. BROWNING of Leeds and J.Shakespeare ROBINSON of Manchester : principals
Mr.GAUKROGER, conductor
Miss COCKER sang
NEGLECT OF FAMILY (Halifax West Riding Court)
Adam STANSFIELD, married to Polly, one child
FOOTBALL
MALLINSON, SWAINE : Sowerby Bridge team
[Column 2]
Mr.M.BATES built room in Clifton Street, Willow Park
Mr.John KING, an old resident of Sowerby Bridge, preacher at Tuel Lane Chapel, died aged 84. Father of Rev.Jabez KING
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN CHAPEL
Revs. Joseph SANGER, W.HUDSON
Mr.GUSTANDEE, Christian native of Jerusalem
Mr.J.S.HOLLAND presided
TRADESMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Mr.BUCKLEY, Royal Hotel
Messrs. T,BRIGGS, William WILSON, L.MOORHOUSE, H.LONGBOTTOM, A.DENNIS, A.WESTON, F.DORMAN, JACKSON : committee
SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Miss Ada LEES of Luddenden sang
Mr.T.H.WRIGHT sang
Mr.J.BOOTH recited
Miss B.FARRAR, violin
Mr.W.BOOTH of Manchester gave monologue
Mr.Teddy WASHINGTON (Edward WASHINGTON), humorous songs
Mr.H.H.CLEGG, accompanist
Misses F.THORPE and C.DEWHIRST sang
Mr.H.THORPE, accompanist
WEST END NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.William HAIGH of Raven's Lodge
Mrs.J.H.SHAW of Harrogate
Mr.Morris SUGDEN did upholstery
Rev. G.S.SMITH
Mesdames SWAINE, SHAW
Mr.S.WADSWORTH
Mrs.MOFFETT, widow of Rev.R.MOFFETT, former pastor at West End, living in Birmingham
Messrs. J.EDWARDS, J.HOLT, T.CHADWICK
Mesdames T.PICKLES, J.E.CROWTHER, H.BARRETT, WRAY, REDGRIFT, BESWICK, YATES and Messrs.D.LUMB and T.PICKLES : songs
Mrs BULCOCK, Miss F.EDWARDS and Mr.C.HOLLAS recited
Miss G.LUMB, piano
Mr.T.BESWICK gave reading
Mr.HAIGH gave �3 3s
Mrs.SHAW gave �2 2s
Mrs.SWAINE gave �1
Mr.WADSWORTH gave �1 10s
[Column 3]
SERMON TO MEN (sermon text given)
Ven.Archbishop DONNE, Vicar of Wakefield preached
[Column 4]
SOWERBY BRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD
Messrs. D.I.CLAY, E.E.POLLIT, J.WADDINGTON
Rev.Canon IVENS
Miss WATSON, headmistress of Tuel Lane Girls' School
Mr.BELL
Captain John STANSFELD, owned land on Sowerby New Road
[Column 5]
Sowerby
Miss Lydia STANSFELD, daughter of the late Colonel STANSFELD, Field House, died
FUNERAL BRIEF (Family Fund Brief)
Messrs. James LUMB, W.MITCHELL ; committee
Messrs. HOWARTH, MIDGLEY, HELLIWELL sang
Mr.S.PICKLES, piano
SOWERBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillor D.WHITELEY J.P., J.T.NAYLOR, S.AINLEY, J.INGHAM, J,SUTCLIFFE, W.WILSON, A.BROADBENT, A.STOTT, J.LEACH,
J.WOOD, J.SHARPE, J.H.CARTER
Mr.R.L.FOSTER complained about sewage in Higgin Chamber reservoir
Dr.WELLBURN, medical officer
Mr.William CULPAN sent petition re. SYKES v. the council
[Column 6]
Luddenden Foot
FIREWORKS ACCIDENT
Joseph WADSWORTH, about 14, son of Mr.G.WADSWORTH
Drs. WALKER, WOODHEAD
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DEATHS
Jane ACKROYD, 47, wife of John ACKROYD, engine tenter in iron works, Clough Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Edith CLARE, 11 months, daughter of John CLARE, labourer, Back Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge
John FARRAR, 60, Beech Villas, Sowerby Bridge
Martha Maria NEWSOME, 69, widow of George NEWSOME, plumber, Gordon Street, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge
Hilda NAYLOR, 3 months, daughter of Thomas NAYLOR, stone dresser, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge
Ann STANCLIFFE, 77, widow of William STANCLIFFE of Sowerby
Albert WIDDOP, 3? months, son of Ernest WIDDOP, clogger, East Longley, Norland
18th November 1898
[Column 1]
Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
Mr.Joseph H.BARRACLOUGH, clerk in the accountant's office, Sowerby Bridge District Council, moving to Featherstone
Joe Crossley NEWSOME (Joseph Crossley NEWSOME), James CHAPMAN, George HAYWARD : Sowerby Bridge men who applied for patents
MILL FIRE
Messrs.John WOOD & Sons, Lock Hill Mill
LECTURE
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.E.E.POLLIT, chairman
SOCIAL (Bolton Brow Working Men's Club)
Mr.William GAUKROGER presided
Messrs.HINDLEY, THOMPSON and PLATT sang
Mr.BANCROFT, piano
John RAWNSLEY lived in Wharf Street many years ago, joined the army, lost one or both legs. Since then lived by selling matches in Manchester. Died a few weeks earlier in his mid 60s
SOWERBY BRIDGE BAND
Archdeacon DONNE
John C.BUCKLEY, Hon.Secretary of the Christ Church Men's Service Committee
FOOTBALL
HABERGHAM, MACDONNAL, SWAINE, BINNS, MORLEY, MALLINSON, JAGGER : Sowerby Bridge team
[Column 2]
DANCE (Sowerby Bridge Association Football Club)
Messrs.FIRTH and NICHOLL : music
Messrs.W.THOMPSON and J.V.SCHOLEFIELD : M.C.s
Mr.Daniel PARKER
ELLISON MEMORIAL SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Rev.Canon IVENS
Messrs. A.COCKER, J.W.WHITELEY : boys' school superintendents
Miss BADDELEY, girls' school superintendent
Miss ODDY, infants' school superintendent
Mr.J.THORNTON, secretary
Mr.J.H.SWALLOW, treasurer
Mr.William HAIGH, superintendent and teacher
Messrs. H.SHAW and J.SMITH : superintendents of Willow Park
WESLEYAN FOREIGN MISSIONS
Mr.J.D.WILSON of Manningham, formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Revs. Sylvester WHITEHEAD, J.FOX, J.SANGER, W.HUDSON
Miss Ethel BRADLEY of Halifax sang
THE RECENT ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
Rev.M.M.TODD and Mr.Wilkinson PICKLES preached
THE BLACKMAILING SCANDAL
Mrs.Kate CLIFFORD
The CHRIMES bothers of Penge near London, alleged confederates of the notorious MITCHELL
YORKSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Dr.E.D.WELLBURN read a paper
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OBSTRUCTING THE FOOTPATH
James KERSHAW, Albert BISHOP, F.TOWNSEND, John HALSTEAD, young men
Sergeant ROBERTS
Police Constable COOKE
ALARMING 'BUS ACCIDENT NEAR HALIFAX
Messrs.MARSH and Co. and Mr.TILLOTSON : bus owners
Fred STEELE, bus driver
John BULLAN, driver
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Mill Bank
BUTTON HOLE ROSE SHOW (at the Blue Bells Inn)
A.PRIESTLEY, T.SIMPSON, A.TURBERVILLE : winners
Messrs. A.HITCHEN, A.WOOD, judges
BILLIARD HANDICAP (Working Men's Club)
Messrs. Fred NICHOLL, Herbert HALSTEAD, Alfred HOLROYD : winners
Mr.James BARRETT
Mr.Charles E. ROSE, Halifax supplied the prizes
Mr. C.BORIES, accompanist
Norland
IVY DANCE
Mr.Robert MAIDEN, promoter
Messrs. H.NICHOLL (piano), W.FIRTH (violin), SHUTTLEWORTH (piccolo)
NORLAND BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mr.P.E.JONES, chairman
Misses Minnie BALMFORTH, S.A.WHITTAKER, A.HITCHEN, A.BALMFORTH, Ethel BROADBENT and N.BATES recited
Masters F.BROADBENT, J.LUM, F.EDWARDS and T.LUM recited
Master A.HELLOWELL, violin
Sowerby
PROVIDENCE FREE CHURCH
Rev.Earl GRAY, circuit minister
Mr.W.BARRETT, organist
ST.PETER'S CHURCH
Revs. J.R.HILL vicar of Lightcliffe, T.HINKLEY (vicar)
BOULDERCLOUGH METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
Mr.R.BENTON gave address
THE FUNERAL OF MISS STANSFELD (at St.Peter's)
Miss Lydia Jane STANSFELD, The Breck, eldest daughter of the late Colonel STANSFELD of Field House
Was superintendent of St.Peter's Sunday School for 16 years. 1835-1898
Revs. T.HINKLEY (vicar), E.BRIERLEY (vicar of St.John's, Thorpe), A.H.S.BEAN (rector of Retwell near Worksop)
Captain and Mrs. STANSFELD of Dunninald Castle, Montrose (brother and sister in law of deceased)
Miss STANSFELD of the Breck, sister of deceased
Colonel and Mrs.STANSFELD of Field House
Miss RAWSON, Mill House
Hon. and Mrs. Lucias O'BRIEN, Moor Park, Ludlow
Mr.and Mrs.SMYTH, Enagh Lodge, Londonderry
Miss STANSFELD of Settle, cousin
Mr.J.B.Evelyn STANSFELD, London
Colonel and Mrs.JOHNSTONE
Mr.Berthold STANSFELD, Leeds
Mr.John RAWSON
Mr.G.R.STANSFELD junior, Field House
Mrs.HORTON, Howroyde, Barkisland
Mr.A.W.HODGSON
Mr.A.MORRIS
Mr.and the Misses HATTERSLEY, Long Field House
Mr.and Mrs.NUGENT, White Windows
Mr.EMPSON, Old Haugh End
Mrs.RAWSON and Mr.Gerald RAWSON, Thorpe
Mr.J.S.RAWSON
Mr.F.W.HADWEN, Kebroyd
Major MORRIS
Mr.ELLIOT, Rishworth Grammar School
Rev.C.LIVERMORE
Mr.W.H.BAXENDALE
Mr.J.EDWARDS
Dr.West SYMES
Councillor J.H.CARTER and Messrs. J.SMITH, A.STOTT and James PICKARD representing the Primrose League
Messrs. W.H.GIBSON, W.RILEY, J.LAWRENCE, J.H.WADDINGTON : Sowerby Bridge Ward of the RAWSON Habitation
Mr.ARNOLD, M.P., Halifax
Mr.T.H.MORRIS
Councillor J.W.CLAY (mayor of Brighouse)
Mrs.F.E.RAWSON
Mr.P.H.NORRIS, The Sycamores, Sowerby Bridge
Triangle
SOCIAL
Mr.Fred EASTWOOD's string band
INCREASED POSTAL FACILITIES
Mr.Charles Benjamin CROSSLEY got new postbox and improved deliveries
W.GIBBS for C.B.CROSSLEY, postmaster, granted request
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POLITICAL MEETING (Sowerby Bridge Liberal Club)
Mr.Joseph HOWES of the National Reform Union gave lecture
Mr.William WILSON presided
Mr.ASQUITH
Mr.CHAMBERLAIN
Mr.CHAPLIN
Sir John GORST
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Sir William HARCOURT
Mr.Rowland LUMB thanked lecturer
Lord SALISBURY
Councillor Thomas HOEY
Mr.James HOLDSWORTH
DEATHS
Martha CROWTHER, 68, widow of James CROWTHER, Asquith Bottom, Sowerby Bridge
Lydia Jane STANSFELD, 63, The Breck, Sowerby
25th November 1898
[Column 1]
Revs. E.GRAY and G.S.SMITH to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
John BULMER, Edward LONGBOTTOM and Bernard MITCHELL of Sowerby Bridge applied for patents
Mr.John BATES, organised the "Conference of Youth" at Tuel Lane Chapel and West End school
WOMEN'S SERVICE (at Tuel Lane Chapel)
Rev.E.GRAY
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organ
Mrs.GRAY sang
Miss PARKER recited
LANTERN EVENING (West End Congregational Band of Hope)
Messrs. Thomas A.SMITH, J.HOLT
Rev.G.S.SMITH presided
LIBERAL CLUB
Miss F.EDWARDS recited
Mr.Walter WADE of Leeds, sang humorous songs
Messrs.HORSFALL and THOMAS played for dancing
Messrs.Parker HAIGH and W.BRIGGS : M.C.s
"POLITICAL SURVEY" (Women's Liberal Association)
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Miss ROTHERA sang, accompanied by her sister, Miss Alice ROTHERA
LABOUR CLUB
FOOTBALL
MORLEY, MALLINSON, BINNS, SWAINE :Sowerby Bridge team
WARD : Alverthorpe team
HUSBAND AND WIFE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Wilson SUTCLIFFE, labourer of Sowerby Bridge, about 20, married
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WESLEYAN MISSION CHAPEL (young women's guild)
Miss HELLIWELL presided
Misses REDDICK, MILLS, GLEDHILL, CROWTHER, BERRY, SUTCLIFFE, WOOD, WILCOCK, RADCLIFFE, WILD and Mrs.HELLIWELL sang
Mrs.G.MITCHELL and Miss WOOD : accompanists
CHRIST CHURCH
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.GAUKROGER, organist
CRICKET CLUB
Messrs. F.CLAY elected president, G.A.WOOD (captain, 1st eleven), H.SIDDALL (vice captain 1st eleven),
C.HORNER (captain, 2nd eleven), S.T.LAYCOCK (vice captain 2nd team), C.W.LAYCOCK (secretary)
Messrs. C.BROWNBRIDGE, J.H.ELLIOT, R.ROTHWELL, H.WHITAKER, J.DOVENER, A.BLAGBOROUGH, W.KNIGHT, E.LAWTON, C.E.HELLIWELL,
C.HATTON : committee
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH
Revs. W.H.MATTHEWS, W.R.WILKINSON of Elland
Miss E.THORPE gave readings
LECTURE ON THE INVERTED VERTICAL ENGINE
J.H.HELLEWELL of Sowerby Bridge
FOUND DEAD
Mr.HILL, deputy coroner
Alfred PACKWOOD of Hoey's Yard
Fred CRABTREE, Back Wharf Street
Dr.BROWN
William BRIGGS, relieving officer
Mrs.BRIAN of Elland, wife of the deceased, separated
DISTRICT NURSING FUND
Begun by Mrs.Hodgson WRIGHT of Halifax
Nurses RAMSAY, MCLEOD
[Column 3]
COUNCILLOR HOEY AND THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE (several letters)
Mr.HOWES, speaker last week, Liberal Club
Elizabeth L.RILEY, 7 Joseph Street, Beech, secretary of the Sowerby Bridge Primrose League
Thomas HOEY, Hollings Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge
[Column 4]
CHRIST CHURCH. ANNUAL SALE OF WORK
Mr.SWALLOW opened the sale
Mrs.RAMSDEN presided
Mrs.FARRAR recently bereaved
Mr.ELLISON, school built as memorial to him
Mr.HAIGH, curacy fund
Rev.Canon IVENS
Mr.A.COCKER
Mesdames SWALLOW, WELLBURN, J.W.WHITELEY, FARRAR, WALTERS, S.TURNER, WRAY, IVENS, ROTHWELL, J.TURNER, HORNER, RILEY,
RAWLINSON, BATES, HILEY, RAMSDEN, NORRIS, SUTCLIFFE, BUCKLEY, BROWN, LEYLAND, HALEY, S.WHITELEY, COCKER, HELM,
BERRY, EVANS, HANSON, SWINDELLS
Misses SWALLOW, TURNER, FARRAR, M.SWALLOW, SHACKLETON, RILEY, POLLIT, WOOD (2 of), GAUKROGER, MANSELL, CROSS, BATES,
BERRY, Ethel RAWLINSON, S.HORNER
Mr.SWALLOW gave �10
Norland
ENTERTAINMENT (Norland Free Church)
Mr.John SMITH, chairman
[Column 5]
Sowerby
RATEPAYERS' MEETING
William CULPAN, Timothy HITCHEN, James HELLIWELL, Thomas Walker WOOD, Edward WOOD, Albert MEADOWCROFT
SYKE and LUMB v. the District Council
BROADBENT, former owner of land near Shield Hall Lane, did quarrying
John LUMB, current quarry tenant
Messrs. Korah CULPAN, Edwin ROBERTSHAW, William HELLOWELL, Thomas FARRAR, Rowland BRADLEY, F.NORMANTON, W.HELLIWELL,
J.COCKROFT
Mill Bank
ST.MARY'S CHURCH (fiftieth anniversary of it's consecration)
Venerable Archdeacon BROOKS
Revs. HINKLEY, John LONGBOTTOM of Leeds
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CORRESPONDENCE
Mr.Thomas HOEY
Elizabeth L.RILEY
[Column 6]
DISTRICT NURSING FUND. SUBSCRIPTION LIST (list of donations)
Messrs. Rowland SIDDALL, POLLIT & WIGZELL Ltd., J.R.ATKINSON, F.BERRY & Sons, E.CLAY, J.F.CLAY, HOMFRAY & Co.,
W.MORRIS & Co., George THOMPSON & Sons, B.CLAY, R.W.EVANS, GREENWOOD, C.RUSHWORTH, J.RAWSON, H.SUTCLIFFE,
N.BATES, James CLAY, J.POLLIT, C.E.RAMSDEN, William WOOD, B.MORWOOD, HELM, A.LEYLAND, D.MITCHELL, WHITWORTH,
M.WILCOCK, A.F.FOX, W.H.GIBSON, HAIGH, KIRBY, J.SCHOFIELD, G.THOMPSON, COCKER, Furniss HANSON, ROBERTS,
James WOOD, C.CLAY, SHAW, A.ACKROYD, GIBSON, GREENWOOD, GALLIMORE, J.HOLT, KENDALL, MACKRELL, MARCHANT, MASON,
ROTHWELL, E.SCHOFIELD, TOWNSEND, F.WADDINGTON, WORSNUP, J.H.WADDINGTON, WAKEFIELD
Mrs.GREENWOOD and Miss THORPE
Drs. ADAMS, BROWN, DUNN, HODGSON
Misses CLAY, MANSELL, TAYLOR, WOOD (2 of), OGDEN, BATTERSBY, FARROW, BADDELEY, SMITH, BRIGGS, COWGILL, CARTER,
HINCHLIFFE, JOWETT, SMITH, SHARP, TURNER, WILDSMITH
Mesdames HORSFALL, OAKES, IVENS, SWALLOW, J.H.ATKINSON, BARRON, GREENWOOD, J.HANSON, KNIGHT, LAYCOCK, LORRIMER,
W.NEWSOME, WOOD, WHITWORTH, HOPKINSON, HOLLOWS, SUTCLIFFE, BANCROFT, F.SUTCLIFFE, WADSWORTH, BELL, BRIGGS,
COOK, GREENWOOD, HARWOOD, W.HAIGH, HOLROYD, MARSLAND, MALLINSON, ROSS, SWAINE, SHACKLETON, WILKINSON, WELLBURN,
S.WHITELEY, WRIGHT, WESTON, BROADBENT, BALMFORTH, BULCOCK, BUTTERWORTH, FARRAR, GILL, HELLIWELL, HORSFALL,
MACKRELL, STOTT, SUMMERSCALES, STORER, WILSON, WILDE, WRIGLEY, SWINDELLS, BREARLEY, ACKROYD, BARNES, BARKER,
BARRETT, BATES BUTTERFIELD, BRADLEY, CLAY, CRAVEN, DICKSON, DILWORTH, DEWHIRST, T.DYSON, DYSON, EDWARDS, ELLIS,
EMMETT, FLATHERS, FURNESS, FOX, GARSIDE, HOBSON, HOYLE, HORSFALL, HELLIWELL, KIRBY, LAUGHTON, LAWSON, LUMB,
MARSDEN, MALLINSON, MITCHELL, NICHOLL, NAYLOR, OLDFIELD, PRESTON, PEEL, RAWNSLEY, RATCLIFFE, ROTHWELL, ROBERTS,
ROWLATT, SUTCLIFFE, SHUTTLEWORTH, SMITH, BATES-SMITH, SMEATON, TURNER, TAYLOR, TIDSWELL, TOWNEND,
W.H.UTTLEY jnr., WRAY, G.WRAY, WISEMAN, WALTON, WHITELEY, Wright BERRY, WILKINSON
Mr.and Mrs.BUCKLEY
Mr.and Mrs.P.NORRIS
Revs. C.W.HOWARD, G.S.SMITH
Mesdames ATKINSON, BUCKLEY, BROWN, BOTTOMLEY, NORTH-BATES, GREENWOOD, LAYCOCK, PLATT, RIDDETT, C.RAMSDEN, SHAW, B.WOOD,
WALTERS, WELLBURN and Misses EASTWOOD, THORPE, TURNER, M.A.WOOD, B.WOOD: collectors
2nd December 1898
[Column 1]
Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
Edwin MATTHEWS, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
BAPTIST CHAPEL
Rev.J.FOX, pastor
CHRIST CHURCH BAZAAR
Messrs. SWALLOW, W.HAIGH
Rev.D.THOMAS
Mrs.RAMSDEN
Miss POLLIT
BOLTON BROW BAND OF HOPE
Revs.Joseph SANGER, W.HUDSON (Triangle)
Mr.F.FLETCHER
Miss L.HAIGH, accompanist
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD, W.NICHOLL, Arthur HOBSON, T.M.FLETCHER, R.ROTHWELL, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, W.HAIGH, W.GREENWOOD
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor T.HOEY
THE FOOTBALL CLUB'S CONCERT
Misses Kate WELCH (Manchester), Rachel CROWTHER sang
Messrs.Ernest LEEDS (tenor), BARNES (Halifax)
Madame PARR, violin
Mr.Tom WADDINGTON (Thomas WADDINGTON), humourist
Mr.A.WHITELEY, A.L.C.M., accompanist
Mr.Daniel PARKER, cinematographer
[Column 2]
OBSTRUCTING THE FOOTPATH (Halifax West Riding Court)
METHODIST NEW CONNEXION MISSION
Rev.H.SHAW of King Cross
BEGGING (Halifax West Riding Court)
James MITCHELL, no fixed abode, stone mason from Warley
Police Sergeant ROBERTS
Superintendent WEIGHTMAN
WEST END CRICKET CLUB
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. C.RUSHWORTH, G.E.HOEY, G.NICHOLL, J.A.WHITELEY, C.W.RUSHWORTH (captain 1st eleven),
G.H.WHITTAKER (vice captain 1st eleven), R.BINNS (captain 2nd eleven), J.ATKINSON (vice captain 2nd eleven),
W.HELLIWELL, A.HELLIWELL, H.BARRETT, F.BARRETT, H.WRAY, T.HOEY, J.V.SCHOLEFIELD, G.FOGG, J.MAIDEN
FOOTBALL
MALLINSON, ELLIS, BINNS, BOTTOMLEY : Sowerby Bridge team
CLAYTON, WINBERRY : Ossett team
RYBURN LODGE OF FREEMASONS
Brothers Dr.John DUNN, Thomas GILL, William HAIGH, William Alfred WOOD, Samuel SMITH, Alfred GREENWOOD,
John Corrin BELL, John CROWTHER, John Ward BANCROFT, Thomas BRIGGS, Thomas GAUKROGER, William HAIGH junior,
William Perrin BROWN, Walter Collinge MOORES, William WORSNOP, John A.SUTCLIFFE, Arthur Charles QUEST,
John H.STEAD, William HAIGH, John SMITH, BUCKLAND, RICKARD, BELL, MILLIGAN,
TAYLOR (Arthur Sullivan Lodge, Manchester)
Mrs.WESTON, Bull's Head Hotel
Earl LATHOM, Pro Grand Master of England, died
[Column 3]
SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT SOWERBY BRIDGE
William NICHOLL of Triangle, worked in the locomotive shed, died aged 40
Robert LONGBOTTOM, a shedman
Dr.BROWN
[Column 4]
CORRESPONDENCE
A PLEA FOR THE SCAVENGERS
MRS.RILEY'S REPLY TO COUNCILLOR HOEY
Mr.HOEY
Jabez BALFOUR
Elizabeth L.RILEY, secretary of the Primrose League
Councillor HOEY
Mrs.RILEY
W.C.EVANS, Sowerby
Mr.T.HOEY
[Column 5]
A CAUTION
Sowerby
Judge CADMAN
SYKES and LUMB v. Sowerby Urban District Council
BOULDERCLOUGH CHAPEL
Mr.J.WHITELEY, organist
Rev.B.C.BARNARD
Mill Bank
(Halifax West Riding Court)
Charles GREENWOOD, Harold ROYDES, Ernest WIDDOP, Walter HALSTEAD, Sanderson WATERHOUSE, James WADE, Alfred HITCHEN,
John WATERFALL : millhands
Triangle
SHORTHAND
Master A.LAWRENCE, Saw Hill passed phonography exam, taught by Mr.W.AINLEY
PRESENTATION (Triangle reading room Cricket Club)
Mr.Wilson BROADBENT (club secretary)
Messrs. D.SCHOFIELD, H.INGHAM, J.GREENROYD, F.GLEDHILL, W.HELLIWELL sang
Masters F.MELLOR and T.MELLOR : violin and piano
Norland
TEA AND SERVICE OF SONG (Norland Primitive Methodist Chapel)
Mrs.T.H.HOLROYD
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
ST.LUKE'S SCHOOLS
Misses E.BERRY, B.MARSDEN, L.CRABTREE, E.MAUDE, H.DIXON, M.BENNETT, LORD, P.RAWNSLEY, E.WATERHOUSE, C.BINNS, F.AVES,
A.LIVERMORE, E.A.DIXON, Eleanor MAUDE
Luddenden Foot
THE RECENT FIREWORKS ACCIDENT
Mr.William BARSTOW, J.P., coroner?
Joseph WADSWORTH, son of Giles WADSWORTH, farmer of Bottoms Farm, Luddenden Foot, died aged 14
Drs. WOODHEAD, WALKER
Frank ALDERSON, aged 16, of Denholme, Luddenden Foot
Dr.HOSKEN, assistant house surgeon at the infirmary
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DEATHS
Elizabeth CRAVEN, 82, May Pole Inn, Warley
Sam EASTWOOD (Samuel EASTWOOD), 48, labourer, Gratrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Bessie EDWARDS (Elizabeth EDWARDS?), 74, wife of Joseph EDWARDS, The Hollins, Triangle
Alice HICKMAN, 13 months, daughter of Edward HICKMAN, wool duler, Boys Carr, Luddenden Foot
Betty SEED (Elizabeth SEED?), 83, widow of George SEED, tailor, Mill Bank
[Column 6]
CONFERENCE OF YOUTH AT SOWERBY BRIDGE
Rev.J.H.JAMES of Hebden Bridge
Councillor HOEY read a paper
Mr.S.C.MOORE, president of West End Congregational Sunday School
Mr.W.H.UTTLEY of Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. SMOKE NUISANCE
W.EDLESTON & Co.
John ATKINSON & Sons
G.FOX & Sons
W.P.EGLIN
WOOD Brothers
T.NICHOLL & Sons
Rowland SIDDALL
SHEPHERD & BLACKBURN
C.E.RAMSDEN & F.RAMSDEN
Mark WILCOCK
W.MORRIS & Sons
Francis BERRY & Sons
CLAY Brothers
H.CROWTHER & Co.
George THOMPSON & Sons
HOMFRAY & Co.
John HORSFALL & Sons
John WOOD & Sons
CLAY & HORSFALL
Miles SYKES & Sons
RUSHWORTH & Co.
John DYSON
James GREENWOOD & Son
John EDWARDS & Sons
James EASTWOOD & Co.
Henry BROADBENT
H.J.NORRIS Bros.
POLLIT & WIGZELL
WALLIS & Co., Rose Hill
A.SIDDALL and R.SIDDALL, Industrial Road
William WARD, inspector
9th December 1898
[Column 1]
MESSRS. J.W.TAYLOR, A.SUNDERLAND to preach at Tuel Lane
Sowerby Bridge
FOOTBALL
MALLINSON, SWAINE, HABERGHAM : Sowerby Bridge team
SOWERBY BRIDGE SWIMMING CLUB
Messrs. COPLEY, GIBSON, George WHITELEY, George WILCOCK, E.BROADBENT, J.HELLEWELL, E.CROWTHER, H.BUCKLEY, E.KERSHAW,
A.WESTON, Arthur HORSFALL (accompanist)
TUEL LANE BAND OF HOPE
Rev.E.GRAY
Mr.WHITTAKER of Halifax gave address
SUDDEN DEATH
Mr.HILL, deputy coroner
Fred BROADBENT, Bolton Brow, died. Had an estranged wife and four children
Dr.HODGSON
INTERESTING MEETING OF TRADES UNIONISTS (Cotton Operatives' Association)
Mr.James DEWHIRST, union member, disabled while working as cotton spinner, given �60
Mr.James MAWDSLEY, J.P., general secretary to the Amalgamated Society of Cotton Operatives
Mr.John BATES, local secretary
Joseph CHAMBERLAIN
Mr.John HELLIWELL
[Column 2]
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
H.WRAY, W.THOMPSON, E.CLAY :Sowerby Bridge team
METHODIST NEW CONNEXION MISSION
Mr.Wilkinson PICKLES gave talk on his tour of Palestine and Egypt
Mr.Edwin WHITELEY, chairman
Miss Norah WHITELEY sang
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB
Major MORRIS, J.P., president
Mr.EASTWOOD's band played
Messrs. COPLEY, CULPAN, CROWTHER, BERRY (Ripponden), J.SMITH (comic, Norland)
Misses BEVERLEY, SCHOFIELD
(Sowerby Bridge Licensed Victuallers' and Wine and Beer Retailers' Protection Association formed)
Messrs. William BUCKLEY (president), E.W.HORSFALL, A.WESTON, A.THOMAS
LECTURE (at Ellison Memorial Schools)
Miss ARNOLD of Halifax gave lecture
Colonel Beresford PIERCE, gave address on the work of the Church of England Homes for Waifs and Strays
(Sowerby Bridge Primitive Methodist Quarterly meeting)
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS
Mr.Thomas MORGAN, secretary
GOLCAR CHOIR CONCERT
Mr.R.STEAD, conductor
Friendly
FRIENDLY WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Messrs.J.C.BATES, J.E.RATLEDGE, W.CLAY, W.MITCHELL, E.HELLEWELL, S.HARTLEY, A.CLAY, S.STOREY
[Column 3]
SOWERBY BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. STORMY MEETING. THE CHAIRMAN THREATENS TO SEND FOR THE POLICE
Councillors F.J.SCHOLEFIELD, J.L.WRIGLEY, W.SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD, S.TURNER, Thomas HOEY, T.HORSFALL, Ely WHITELEY,
George WHITELEY, A.CLAY, LODGE
COUNCILLOR GEORGE WHITELEY POLITELY RETIRES
Councillors G.WHITELEY, HOEY, E.WHITELEY
COUNCILLOR SUTCLIFFE'S REPUTATION
Councillors SUTCLIFFE, Ely WHITELEY, HOEY
Mr.SPENCER
A WARNING TO THE PUBLIC
Councillor HORSFALL
Mr.WARD, sanitary inspector
THE SEWERAGE SCHEME
A PROPOSED EXTENSION (adding Sowerby, Skircoat, Norland, Warley, Greetland)
Councillor WRIGLEY
ELECTRIC LIGHTING
COUNCILLOR SUTCLIFFE AND CONTRACTS
Councillors SUTCLIFFE, James GREENWOOD
A LIVELY SCENE : FIVE COUNCILLORS ON THEIR FEET
Councillors HOEY, SUTCLIFFE, LODGE
Mr.SPENCER
[Column 4]
Councillors GREENWOOD, Ely WHITELEY, John Foster CLAY
SERMON TO MEN (sermon text given)
Rev.Canon IVENS
[Column 5]
[Column 6]
"AT HOME" AT THE SPIRITUALIST LYCEUM
Mr.and Mrs.Joseph SUTCLIFFE
Misses Charlotte HOLROYD, N.LAW, B.FARRAR, Dora RUSHWORTH, E.JACKSON, THORPE, ASQUITH, DODGSON
Messrs. E.FIRTH, HEPWORTH, SEYMOUR, BUTTERWORTH, Harry COPLEY (Harold COPLEY), HARGREAVES, A.SUTCLIFFE, A.ROWSON, LEES,
Joseph SUTCLIFFE, John HARWOOD (Blackpool, helped get Lyceum built), Ernest LAW (accompanist),
Harry ROBINSON (Harold ROBINSON), THORPE, PLATT, MARSHALL, SHUTTLEWORTH
Masters B.GAUKROGER, W.WILSON
Mr.and Mrs.W.GREENWOOD (president)
Mesdames LONGBOTTOM, CROSSLEY
Professor WHITEHEAD, phrenologist
Messrs.RHODES, Halifax, decorated room
DEATHS
Emma ATKINSON, 18, daughter of Joseph ATKINSON, woollen warper, Langton Street, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Alice HICKMAN, 13 months, daughter of Edward HICKMAN, wool duler, Boys Carr, Luddenden Foot
Joseph NORMANTON, 62, silk dresser, Hollins Street, Triangle
Elizabeth PEARSON, 56, widow of Joseph PEARSON, bank cashier, Blackwood Hall, Luddenden Foot
Elsie Marian WADDINGTON, 9, daughter of Joe WADDINGTON (Joseph WADDINGTON), strap mender, Claremount Street, Sowerby Bridge
IN MEMORIAM
William GAUKROGER, husband of Mary GAUKROGER, died 1897, aged 57
CORRESPONDENCE
Councillor HOEY's long reply to Mrs.RILEY will be published next week
16th December 1898
[Column 1]
Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
"A VISIT TO MALTA"
Mr.J.C.BUCKLEY gave lecture on visit to Malta
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
MITCHELL : Sowerby Bridge team
PRESENTATION
Mr.Heaton COCKROFT, foreman porter at Sowerby Bridge Passenger Station, leaving to become landlord of the Bridge Street Hotel, West End
ORGAN RECITAL (at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel)
Mr.S.W.PILLING of Mirfield gave recital
MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION (Sowerby Bridge Branch formed)
Councillors William SUTCLIFFE (president), George WHITELEY (treasurer), Lewis WHITTAKER (committee)
Mr.J.H.WADDINGTON, secretary
Messrs. James MITCHELL, James STAFFORD, Herbert FOX, Edwin HORNER, CRAWSHAW (Ripponden) : committee
BOLTON BROW WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Messrs. Thomas EDWARDS, Hartley GREENWOOD, William WILSON, F.W.FOSTER, F.WADDINGTON, E.R.HOLMES, H.THOMAS, W.THOMAS,
F.FARRAR, A.SUTCLIFFE, George THOMPSON, W.FOX, F.W.FOSTER, George HARTLEY, W.H.PRIESTLEY, Arthur UTTLEY,
James BROADBENT, Simeon TAYLOR, B.MORWOOD, A.INGHAM and F.FLETCHER (organists), S.TAYLOR, T.EDWARDS,
J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, BUTTERWORTH, J.LEE
Miss BARRON
Mrs.ROBERTS
Rev.J.SANGER
WEST END "AT HOME" (congregational)
Mr.and Mrs.Joseph GREENWOOD
Mr.and Mrs.W.LORIMER
Mesdames J.H.ATKINSON, W.NEWSOME
Rev.G.S.SMITH and Mrs.SMITH
Masters SCHOFIELD, BARRACLOUGH, H.GODDARD
Misses M.BARKER, E.RUSHWORTH, PARKER, N.RUSHWORTH (accompanist), LORIMER, WADSWORTH, P.DODGSON
Messrs. J.BARKER, J.WADSWORTH (accompanist), M.SCHOFIELD, F.GLEDHILL, B.WADSWORTH (piano), J.EARNSHAW, L.HOWARTH,
J.HANSON
Councillor HOEY
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AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
Dr.J.Crossley WRIGHT of Halifax
George Frederick STEVENS and George William STEVEN, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
CANON IVENS ON CHURCH REFORM AND NONCONFORMITY (preached at Manchester)
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Sowerby
SALE OF WORK (St.Peter's day schools)
Miss RAWSON of Mill House
Rev.T.A.HINKLEY
PROVIDENCE FREE CHURCH
Mr.Arthur E.WHITELEY, A.L.C.M., organist
Messrs. Eli HELLOWELL, WILKINSON, J.RATCLIFFE, H.HOWARTH, H.BERRY, NORMANTON, HOWARTH, A.E.WHITELEY (accompanist)
Misses R.WOOD, THOMAS, MAXWELL, L.HAIGH, E.WILSON, MITCHELL
Mesdames HOLT, TATTERSALL, Eli HELLOWELL, T.HELLOWELL
SOWERBY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Councillors David WHITELEY J.P., J.T.NAYLOR, J.WOOD, J.INGHAM, A.BROADBENT, W.LEACH, A.STOTT, J.SUTCLIFFE,
William WILSON, J.H.CARTER
Messrs.James HEAP, James HITCHEN, James SIDDALL, James BROADBENT owned defective water pipes
Dr.WELLBURN
Messrs. Gamaliel SUTCLIFFE and Rowland LONGBOTTOM, property owners
Messrs. William CULPAN and William HELLOWELL
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SOWERBY BRIDGE AND DISTRICT NONCONFORMIST COUNCIL
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY of Stones House, Ripponden
Revs. Dr.FERGUSON (Birmingham), A.J.VINER (Oldham), G.S.SMITH, W.H.MATTHEWS, J.FOX, E.GRAY, W.HUDSON, W.C.EVANS,
J.MONCRIEFF, D.JERMAIN, J.W.MAWER
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, O.EATOUGH
Norland
ST.LUKE'S CHURCH
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CORRESPONDENCE
CANON IVENS AND IMMORTALITY
John WESTLOCK
COUNCILLOR HOEY AND THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE
Mr.Joseph HOWES
Mrs.RILEY
Mr.HOEY
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Rev.W.C.EVANS
Thomas HOEY, Sowerby Bridge
PRIMROSE LEAGUE SOCIAL
Mr.J.C.BAILEY, Conservative candidate at last election
Messrs. E.W.CROSSLEY (presided), J.Selwyn RAWSON, MELLOR (Liberal), F.BARRETT
Misses ALEXANDER, JONES
BIRTH
Abraham CLAY, Willow House, Sowerby Bridge, had a daughter
DEATHS
Fred DYSON, 29, cloth finisher, Dale Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
Elizabeth ELLIS, 80, widow of William ELLIS, Clyde Street, Sowerby Bridge
Joseph O'DONNELL, 2 months, son of John O'DONNELL, cart driver, Boys Carr, Luddenden Foot
Susannah THOMPSON, 78, wife of George THOMPSON, Longfield House, Sowerby Bridge
Joe WALSH (Joseph WALSH), 3 months, son of Tom WALSH (Thomas WALSH), Stile, Triangle
23rd December 1898
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Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
Eustace WIGZELL of Sowerby Bridge applied for patent
TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Rev.E.GRAY to stay for a second year
A VERY FOOLISH TRICK (Halifax Borough Court)
Mary Ann SLADEN of Sowerby Bridge
Joseph EMMETT and John LYCETT, train guards, saved her
PRESENTATION
Mr.Heaton COCKROFT, leaving the railway company after 39 years to live at Bridge Street Hotel
Inspector MOSSLEY (railway inspector?)
Mr.J.BARKER, railway worker
Messrs. BINNS, STORR, HARTLEY, WOOD, HINDLE, R.COLLINSON, D.JENNINGS (piano)
FOOTBALL
NORTH : Hebden Bridge team
BINNS, BUTTERWORTH, MALLINSON : Sowerby Bridge team
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CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL
Revs. Canon IVENS, C.W.HOWARD
Messrs. A.COCKER, J.W.WHITELEY
FOR THE WAIFS AND STRAYS (fundraiser at Bolton Brow School)
Misses L.WILSON and M.ROBERTSHAW, two little girls
Dr.STEVENSON's Home for Waifs and Strays
Rev.J.SANGER
Miss SHEARER's school, Ripponden
Hilda BROADBENT, Edith DAVIES, L.WILSON, C.BROADBENT, L.INGHAM, L.WRIGHT, Lillie RICHARDSON (Lily RICHARDSON?),
Gladys HOYLE, Nora RICHARDSON, A.DAVIES, A.RICHARDSON, M.ROBERTSHAW
Mr.J.W.WHITELEY, accompanist
THE REV.CANON IVENS, M.A.
The Duke of Devonshire (through the Bishop of Ripon) offered Mr.IVENS the rectory of Keighley. He declined
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
Alderman Henry SUGDEN of Brighouse
Councillor Ely WHITELEY presided
Mr.Jack MCKENZIE (violin)
Miss SUGDEN, accompanist
Mesdames MARSLAND, BROWNBRIDGE, B.WOOD (president)
WESLEYAN QUARTERLY MEETING (at Bolton Brow)
Revs.J.SANGER, W.HUDSON
Messrs. J.C.HORSFALL, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, George RUSHWORTH, Joseph BARRON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Messrs. W.WOOD, W.GREENWOOD, J.H.SCHOLEFIELD, T.M.FLETCHER, A.HOBSON, O.EATOUGH, W.NICHOLL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Councillor T.HOEY
THE LIBERAL CLUB
Mr.J.W.SUTCLIFFE, steward
Councillor E.WHITELEY, president
Messrs. WADDINGTON, HOEY, LUMB, MITCHELL, HOLDSWORTH, GREENWOOD, EDWARDS, SUTCLIFFE, BARKER (piano)
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GREAT FIRE AT BRIGHOUSE
Mr.George Henry HALLIDAY, cotton spinner, Atlas Mills, Brighouse
James NUTTALL, aged 18, of Brook Street, Rastrick badly injured rescuing a little girl named CROW. Died the next day
John WALSH, spinner, saved Dan HANSON (Daniel HANSON), aged 60, whose son had a narrow escape
HABERGHAM, worker
Fred HANSON, of the same family as Dan HANSON, helped two girls to get out
ST.JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (exam results)
Mary ACKROYD, Eliza Ann AKROYD, Beatrice CLAY, Lila EASTWOOD, Annie E.W.LUMB (Ann E.W.LUMB),
Annie MARKHAM (Ann MARKHAM), Dora PARKER, Edith ROBERTSHAW, Lilian SUNDERLAND, Alice SUTCLIFFE, Gertrude E.THOMAS,
Amy L.TURNER, Florence WHITEHEAD : ladies, 1st aid, 1st year
Sarah E.LUMB, Mary Ann ROBERTS
Mary AKROYD, Elizabeth BROWN, Laura HAIGH, Martha HARGREAVES, Mary Ann HARTLEY, Annie LUMB (Ann LUMB), Sarah L.THOMAS
Police Constable John Thomas BODENHAM, Ernest BROADBENT, Ernest B.CLAY, John FAIRBANK, Police Constable Owen FLANNERY,
Richard GREENWOOD, Ernest LUMB, John MITCHELL, Harry MITCHELL (Harold MITCHELL), John William MANSFIELD,
George MANLE (George MANTLE?), Harry ROBINSON (Harold ROBINSON), George TURNER, William TOLLEY, John WOOD,
Police Constable THOMAS, W.WALTON: males, 1st aid, 1st year
Roderick C.M.ECCLES, Rev.John William MAWER, Lewis MITCHELL, William PRICHETT, Charles William SMITH
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LETTER FROM MR.FRED SLADEN, NEW ZEALAND
THE MINISTRY OF KINDNESS. DEDICATED TO THE PEACE SOCIETY. BY THE REV.EARL GRAY (poem, text given)
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Sowerby
SYKES AND LUMB v. URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL (Halifax County Court)
Judge CADMAN gave judgement
BOLTON BROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB (started 21 years ago in a cottage in Clifton Street)
Won Sir Robert PEEL Memorial twice for best conducted club in the country
Mr.J.WORMALD catered for the tea
Miss R.WOMERSLEY sang
Messrs.W.SHAW (tenor), HORROCKS (bass), Whit CUNLIFFE (humourist)
Messrs.BENTLEY and RIGG of Bradford, music
Master DANIELS, accompanist
Mr.William ACKROYD (analyst), James BEDFORD, Alfred WARWICK (North Woolwich) unable to attend
Mr.James WOOD, president
Mr.STANLEY, the great African explorer gave lecture in the club's early days
Mr.HALL
Rev.Canon IVENS
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CORRESPONDENCE
CANON IVENS AND IMMORTALITY
John WESTLOCK
Charles Llewelyn IVENS
THE SOWERBY BRIDGE WARD OF THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE
Mrs.RILEY
A.C.COLEMAN, West Street, Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Michal BARBER (Michelle BARBER?), 49, wife of William BARBER, Park Street, Sowerby Bridge
George HOPKINSON, 65, iron dresser, Claremont Street, Sowerby Bridge
John HOYLE, 1 month, son of William Broadbent HOYLE, woollen warper, Perseverance Street, Sowerby Bridge
Eliza MILLS, 72, widow of Anthony MILLS, Mill Bank, Sowerby
30th December 1898
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Rev.E.GRAY to preach at Tuel Lane Chapel
Sowerby Bridge
Edward HARWOOD, Sowerby Bridge, applied for patent
Fire at Messrs.FIELDING & PLATT, machine maker, Gloucester. Mr.PLATT formerly of Sowerby Bridge
WEST END CRICKET CLUB (won the Sowerby Division Shield)
Mr.C.RUSHWORTH, treasurer
Mr.James HAIGH, chairman
A VERY GRAVE CHARGE (Halifax West Riding Court)
Whiteley CROWTHER of Claremont Street, Beech, committed for trial at the assizes
Evelyn BINNS, aged 8, Beech
Mr.STOREY, prosecution
Violet HOLGATE, a girl
THE CHRISTADELPHIANS
Mr.J.BRIGGS gave lecture
Mr.J.WORKMAN catered for tea party
Messrs. John SMITH, C.HANDLEY, N.ROBINSON, C.SPENCER
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (dance and social)
Messrs.HILEY and DYSON, music
Messrs. J.V.SCHOFIELD and W.THOMPSON, M.C.s
Mr.F.SHEPHERD sang
WEST END (congregational church)
Misses E.SMITH, HABERGHAM, WHITELEY, N.RUSHWORTH, M.SUTCLIFFE, A.CROWTHER, L.HAREWOOD and E.HAREWOOD, M.H.GAUKROGER,
M.BOTTOMLEY. L.YATES, M.E.WHITWORTH
Messrs. F.HOEY, F.BARRETT, B.WADSWORTH (organ), David MITCHELL
Rev.G.S.SMITH
Messrs. T.CHADWICK and S.WADSWORTH, superintendents
Mr.D.PARKER exhibited animated pictures (lanternist)
Masters W.GAUKROGER, J.CORDINGLEY, A.YATES, BOTTOMLEY
Councillor Ely WHITELEY
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CHILDREN'S PARTY (by the Ryburn Lodge of Freemasons)
Brother T.GILL
FOOTBALL
BUTTERWORTH, HABERGHAM, MALLINSON, THOMPSON, MORLEY : Sowerby Bridge team
SPIRITUALIST PROGRESSIVE LYCEUM
Mr.P.LEE of Rochdale gave address
Messrs. T.H.WRIGHT, M.SCHOLEFIELD, F.GLEDHILL, H.H.CLEGG (piano), E.LAW (piano)
Mesdames GREENWOOD (organ), CLEGG
Miss L.BOTTOMLEY
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH
Rev.W.H.MATTHEWS and Mrs.MATTHEWS
Mr.and Mrs.David BARRETT
Mr.and Mrs.O.EATOUGH
Misses E.ECCLES, Ida L.EATOUGH, GAUKROGER, BARNES, ROTHERA, BEDFORD, PARKER, E.SUTCLIFFE, C.ROBERTSHAW
Messrs. COCKROFT, STEWART, GREENWOOD, W.ECCLES, M.MATTHEWS, WHITWORTH, O.EATOUGH, W.MATTHEWS, W.WARD
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
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TUEL LANE CHAPEL
Miss BARRON, secretary
Mr.and Mrs.Thomas ACKROYD's golden wedding
Councillor Abraham CLAY
Messrs. A.SUNDERLAND, A.S.FIRTH, Thomas ACKROYD, J.WADDINGTON, W.H.OLDFIELD, J.W.TAYLOR
Revs. J.FOX, Earl GRAY
Mesdames GRAY, MATTOCK, A.S.FIRTH, WADDINGTON, LAW, WEBSTER, BATES, WILCOCK, LORD, ELLIS, BREARLEY, AINLEY, MARSDEN,
ROBINSON, WILLETT, MAUDE, BEAUMONT
Misses WHITWORTH, WADDINGTON, F.WILCOCK, AINLEY, ELLIS, BROADBENT, BATES, F.OLDFIELD, MAGSON, GREENWOOD, WASHINGTON,
SIDDALL, LONGBOTTOM, WALSH, M.WOOD, N.JACKSON, Ruth COCKROFT, Ada ACKROYD, Caroline MITCHELL and G.A.MITCHELL,
Nellie GRANVILLE (Ellen GRANVILLE?), Edith MAUDE, Edith MAGSON, Florrie BROADBENT (Florence BROADBENT),
M.E.GOLDTHORPE, E.E.GREENWOOD, Lottie SHAW (Charlotte SHAW?), Emily LORD, M.E.WASHINGTON,
Annie SCOTT (Ann SCOTT), Gertrude EARNSHAW, MORTON, ECCLES, Lucy WILCOCK, Fanny EARNSHAW (Frances EARNSHAW),
Edith MORTON, S.A.BATES, F.MITCHELL, A.WHITELEY, C.ACKROYD, Isabella RADCLIFFE, E.WHITELEY,
Kate PARKER (Catherine PARKER?), A.GREENWOOD
Masters Ben WILCOCK (Benjamin WILCOCK), James WILKINSON
Messrs. J.BENTLEY, J.WILKINSON, M.ROBINSON, F.WOOD, J.E.MAUDE, B.ROBINSON, J.MANSFIELD, T.H.MITCHELL, A.MITCHELL,
F.MARSDEN, S.HITCHEN
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CORRESPONDENCE
CANON IVENS AND IMMORTALITY
John WESTLOCK
Rev.Canon IVENS
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THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE AND BEER
Mr.A.C.COLEMAN
Rev.W.C.EVANS
Thomas HOEY
Mr.COLEMAN
Councillor HOEY
Mrs.RILEY
W.C.EVANS
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Friendly
WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Rev.J.SANGER, circuit minister
Mr.MITCHELL
Warley
SALE OF WORK (Warley Congregational School)
Miss Bessie SUTCLIFFE (Elizabeth SUTCLIFFE), Cliffe ????
Mr.A.S.MCCREA
Mill Bank
Mr.John BROADBENT, organist and choirmaster, St.Mary's Church, Cottonstones, obtained the degree of A.L.C.M. (Association of the London College of Music)
Mr.J.Maude CRAMENT, examiner
Mr.H.A.LUMB taught Mr.BROADBENT
SERIOUS FALL
Matthew NORMANTON, 34, silk dresser, Mill Bank
Dr.LINDSAY of Ripponden
Norland
METHODIST FREE CHURCH
Mr.W.SYKES, chairman
Mr.Walker WHITEHEAD, organist
Sowerby
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MARRIAGES
William Douglas HATTON, eldest son of Charles W.HATTON of Manchester, recently of Sowerby Bridge,
married Edith Annie HOBSON of Middlesborough, niece of H.JARVIS of Redcar
Walter BEARD, Sowerby Bridge, married Lily SLATER, Causeway Head
Gabriel C.CLAYTON of Triangle married Lucy LUMB of Sowerby Bridge
Edgar MITCHELL, Warley, married Martha Hannah BEARD of Sowerby Bridge
Sykes STOREY married Emily HOLLAND, both of Sowerby Bridge
Robert TEAL married Alice BELTY, both of Sowerby Bridge
DEATHS
Mary BARKER, 75, widow of John BARKER, Sparkhouse Farm, Sowerby Bridge
Janet CAUSTON, 5 months, daughter of James CAUSTON, Russell Street, Sowerby Bridge
Lydia LEAH, 41, wife of William Henry LEAH, Chapel Terrace, Sowerby
Albert Eric WHITEHEAD, 1 month, son of Thomas Edward WHITEHEAD, iron moulder, Edward Street, Sowerby Bridge