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AMUSEMENTS. SPORTING FANCIES

... end of the cricket season is fast approaching, when averages begin to be as thickly studded over one's morning paper as blackberries on a tree. There is one feature about the figures so far produced this season, which is worth a short study. We refer to ...

Published: Sunday 24 August 1884
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2705 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1881

... seems likely to crop up, like its once perennial congener, for the benefit of par promoters. It appears that Irish blackberries escape being garneredpersonal knowledge, to some extent, leads me to doubt this assertion—and being allowed to perish where ...

Published: Sunday 12 October 1884
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1967 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... aunts; the Mayor and Mayoress and other local Somebodies lent their auspicious patronage; bouquets were as plentiful as blackberries in September—Minnie Palmer sent a lovely specimen of the florist's art—and the performances themselves were worthy the ...

Published: Sunday 20 December 1885
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2004 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Za. WILSON-11.0ili pRINCES THEATRE. FALKA

... Steuheuson, LI the Now and Original Melodramatic Farce, entitled TURNED Ur. Freccded by, fur the first time on any stage, BLACKBERRIES. Chula Miss ALICE ATHERTON. With Songs. rp W. FORD'S •• Monarch of the World Company. • THEATRE:, BovroN, Whit-w, Juue ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1886
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 386 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

was a pretty:bit of sympathetic acting

... ford. The bill of fare which William served up for the delectation of his friends consisted of a oneact sketch entitled Blackberries, and a three-act farcical cimedy—played at a matin6e some time ago—under the title of Turned Up. • • • The former piece ...

Published: Sunday 08 August 1886
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4961 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

The Greatest Hero Yet

... sevenpuce ha'penny, was the reply. give you. fellers yer share before we go home. I say, don't this knock over pickin' 'blackberries an' sellinem fee tuppence ha'penny a quart ? There's many a sorrow Wrtnl4 v.intrth to-ninrrciW Were we but willing to ...

Published: Sunday 31 October 1886
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 981 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

\,pitA [ . 0 _ ks. FA_r_ot !

... than tisuaL * * * I am told that material for the Wild West circuses, which threaten to become as common in America as blackberries in September. is collected in the following fashion :—A. certain Colorado farmer will be approached by a stranger. What ...

Published: Sunday 24 July 1887
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3061 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

The WELTSTC HanDIC.AP of : entrsnos, each; the wood to MOOTS eSit of the plate: winner after My 28. at

... a welght-forsge rice b E Tw or e r ks Zterditg; weight for age , oartain allowances. Mr 7 Allia's gr m Mar. IMr Hudson's Blackberry, 37 WOrsts7.l Mr E Locke' Wilkie, by . Major Spitler's Mr WOSterenslilroncisdA - .Zeria, a Mr 11WhiselarteDundoneld, ' ...

Published: Sunday 31 July 1887
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 973 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

UKPIRE, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER SP, 18EVT

... Jaek res pectively, in the pantomime of Whittington.' —My Northampton correspondent informs me that Turned Up and Blackberries have done • good week at Northampton. Mary Glower (a tinier of Mickey of that ilk) debutied as • prima donnib at the ...

Published: Sunday 27 November 1887
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2717 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

STAGE WHISPERS

... lit the Queen's Favourite, Sydney Grundy's brilliant adaptation of Scribe's comedy. Benefits have been as plentiful as blackberries daring the week at the Comedy, and presentations are reported to have been going strong. Mr. Geo. Scott's friends crowded ...

Published: Sunday 04 March 1888
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 5619 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

has

... premises in such thoroughfares as Lord-street for instance. To let notices in these newly erected offices are as common as blackberries in September, and for the very simple reason that the supply of elieble offices in Southport already considerably exceeds ...

Published: Sunday 14 October 1888
Newspaper: Empire News & The Umpire
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 516 | Page: 1 | Tags: none