... ATTACK ON THE WORKHOUSE AT STOCKPORT.” ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO : REPRODUCTIONS FROM THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS OF AUGUST 20. 1842. In August 1842 Chartism, a revolutionary democratic agitation, came to a head in a series of strikes and serious riots. They ...

... To Workhouse James Belcastro, known in the underworld of Chicago as the King of the Bombers, has been found guilty of vagrancy and has been sentenced to six months in the workhouse. _ _ He is the fourth of Chicago's gangsters to receive a six months' ...

... At the Workhouse. Christmas Day at the Workhouse has been dealt with in both song and story, but anyone wishing to get a correct idea of what takes place there should pay a visit when the inmates are assembling for dinner. There is a general look of ...

... WORKHOUSE By the kindness of Mr. J. . Platt, Chairman of the Hammersmith Board of Guardians, and Mrs. Platt, the inmates of the Hammersmith Workhouse were regaled, on Friday last, with a capital entertainment and concert. ~ Most of the guardians and borough ...

... Workhouse The hospital chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Atherley, said that before Miss Brownlow came as matron, there was general atmosphere of unrest in the hospital. There was something not quite nice about it all. he said. Workhouse I should call it ...

... In Workhouses I wish them joy of it all, said, amid cries of Shame, and cheers, lie then gave statistics showing the appalling position of the blind in this country, stating that one-third of those in London were incarcerated in the workhouses. W ...

... At the Workhouse. The inmates of the huge institution in Northumberland-street spent a very happy day. The fare provided for the Christmas dinner was excellent in quality, abundant in quantity, well cooked, and admirably served. An account was given in ...

... IN WORKHOUSE THANKS to the publicity given In the -Dally Herald. the West Ham docker who was detained In the local workhouse while work awaited him outside, walked out of th; institution yesterday afternoon and will be at work to-day. Readers of the ...

... horsekeeper.—Five months out of work. His wife and three-year-old child are in West Ham Workhouse. Had to sell his home because , of unemployment. Later went into the workhouse,: and is now out on leave.looking for work. James Smith, 'dged forty-three, labourer ...

... WORKHOUSE SCENE. WOMAN INMATE REFUSES DINNER. Curious Impel was INS= in heade i rges eselast is of Weeklies . West= PIO. Omni e . s IFebteskg, esseed el iteh — W — eligey The Iffseemes Holmes, SS, • denteelts servant. there two sharps against one 01 ...

... EX-WORKHOUSE BOY IS HOST AT WORKHOUSE THE Mayor of Barnsley, Councillor G. Mason, will follow the usual civic custom and eat his Christmas dinner in the workhouse —though they don't call them workhouses now. It will not be Mr. Mason's first meal in such ...

... WORKHOUSE OFFICIALS ASSAULTED 1 - A Dangerous Man. Henry Kitchen, • thick-set man, with only arm, was charged before Mr. Paul 'raylor at the liarylebone police court with being drunk and assaulting Henry Defer, porter, at the Marylebone Workhouse. Shortly ...