Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 26 September 1902
Marconigrams.
The register at Mexborough dates from 1562.
The market Hall was erected in 1881.
The building trade at Mexborough continues brisk.
The Mexborough national schools were founded in 1861.
The Revision Court at Mexborough is to be held next Monday.
Another patriotic dinner at Swinton to be held at on the 3rd of next months.
A Mexborough boy has been birched for stealing a handkerchief from a stall in High street.
Local places of worship are now busily engaged with services of thanksgiving for the harvest.
Wonderful is the influence of the Marconigram! It has started Mexborough Arcade clock.
A Manvers Main pony driver has had to pay £1 19s 6d for practising as a jockey down the mine.
12 months ago to-day (Friday), the murderer of President McKinley was sentenced to death.
Compared with Mexborough, the street lighting of surrounding towns and villages is very poor indeed.
Great satisfaction has been expressed at the renovation of the Mexborough Primitive Methodist Chapel.
Suggested Voting for or against the suggested Sunday delivery of letters at Mexborough has taken place this week.
Locally there is a good crop of hazelnuts this year, and the miners on strike are utilising the nuts for food.
Mexborough Olympic knocked the stuffing out of Mexborough Victoria yesterday, beating them by 6 goals to non
Consumption is now declared to be quite as infectious as many of the other diseases that are notifiable.
Sixteen hundred pounds is the amount the Mexboro School Board are demanding for the next -halfyear.
Special music is to be a feature at the Mexborough Congregational Church harvest thanksgiving, on Sunday.
Work is in progress at Denaby Colliery in the direction of laying down electric motors for haulage purposes.
It is announced that Mr. F. J. O. Montagu will open the Mexborough Chrysanthemum Show, on November 13th.
“Silly conduct at Wath” is the way the action of three boys who broke two window sills has been described.
As the Swinton reservoir is cracked it is no wonder some of the leading inhabitants have water on the brain.
The bail imposed in the Hickleton cheque weigh fund which amounts altogether to £75, is considered rather heavy.
The Mexboro and art classes conference to-morrow (Saturday) evening. Bills are posted giving particulars.
Some rather serious cases are being sent to the Doncaster West Riding Police Court from Goldthorpe and Thurnstop just now.
The question has been asked: Who is the most handsome man in Mexborough. On this matter the Editor’s decision will not be final.
Four boys were punished on Saturday for doing damage on Mr. Alfred farm. Roman Terrace, this should be a warning to others.
The present state of employment in the district will prevent Mexborough shopkeepers laying in the usual large stock of goods for Chris.
There are six almshouses in Mexborough, for poor widows, situated in Market street, which were endowed in 1669, by Messrs. Horne and Calrerly.
Though Mexborough is not represented this football season by our town team, than are three junior clubs which promise to provide some lively games.
Most people will be somewhat surprised— considering the unfavourable summer—to learn that the rainfall this year is over 40 per cent, below the average.
The summer ended on Tuesday, and the autumn commenced–so states the almanac. This will be news to those who say we have had no summer.
This is the thirteenth – week of the stoppage at Denaby and Cadeby Collieries, and the fourth week of the Thrybergh Hall and Warren Vale Collieries’ dispute.
Last year 1500 children were fatally burned by reason of unprotected fire-grates. This is a matter to which attention has been very pointedly called at Mexborough.
At a meeting of the Congregational Unions of the United Kingdom, it was stated that there was a net loss of 16,000 young people every year from the Sunday schools.
The alterations at the Mexborough Working Men’s Club are to be carried out, and the club will not give up the land in front, for which the Council asked.
“I have to keep such as you,” said the drunken man to the policeman. The officer returned the compliment. and kept the man—in the lock-up until daylight did appear.
A meeting of the men and lads of the Thrybergh Colliery was held on Thursday, when Mr. Cowey expected to be present, but owing to his absence nothing of importance transpired.
Taking all the circumstances into consideration, the penalty inflicted on the man who brutally assaulted Mr. J. H. Smith, builder, Mexborough, was very light.
Some Denaby and Cadeby miners who are musicians have been “busking” on the sands at Cleetborpes. Who would have thought that “bag-dirt” would bare driven men to the sea.
The plucky conduct of Mr. Walter Simpson, 21. Bridge street, Mexborough, in rescuing a would be suicide from the canal, was brought to notice at the Doncaster West Riding Police Court, on Saturday.
A witness was asked at Doncaster what a defendant had said to him on a certain occasion. “He practically told me I was one o’ them t’other sort,” was the reply, and, after all, it was a neat way of putting it.
Before supporting or opposing the Sheffield Corporation municipal telephone scheme, the Swinton councillors have decided to wait a mouth, to see what other local councils do. It is a case of “Hello! Who are you?”