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One Week in Essex
Extracts from the 'Essex Newsman', 2 February 1889.
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The Essex Newsman was a weekly newspaper, published on Saturdays by Meggy and Thompson in Chelmsford. Its first edition was in 1870, and sold for half pence.  This edition is dated 2 February 1889 and appears to have been purchased by A Harrington of Market Place, Ingatestone.

This webpage explores extracts from this four-page broadsheet.
The Essex Newsman, 2 February 1889, boasted a circulation of 21,000.  It covered four pages of text set out in columner format without photographs.

Page 1 was taken up entirely with advertisements.  The reader is able to purchase 'The Essex Almamac and County Handbook for 1889' which not only has a coloured map of Essex but the new County Council electoral divisions. Essex County Council was formed in 1888. J G Bond of High Street and Moulsham Street, Chelmsford (now Debenhams) was advertising the end of its winter sale. T J D Cramphorn, corn seed and oilcake merchant, of 17 High Street, 8 Springfield Road and Railway Granaries Chelmsford were advertising seeds of various types to the agricultural community. Various situations vacant were also advertised: "good plain cook", "general servant", "Carpenter and wheelwright", "Gamekeeper". One applicant advertised "GENERAL SERVANT (Good) WANTED; age from 25; wages £17; Congregationalist preferred - Mrs Anderton, Woodford, Essex". 


On page 2 a column is taken up of 'Religious Readings' whilst the remainder of the page and page 3 cover news happening across the county. There is a report of Tuesday's 'Fox Hunt on the Baddow-road" organised by the Essex Union Hounds from The Ship, Stock; the closure of a school in Chelmsford due to measles and a report on 'Disappointing Entertainment' at the Victoria Hall in Harlow.  
At Brentwood one of the wheels on a trap collapsed as the passengers were turning into the railway station yard causing the horse to bolt.  Inmates at the Asylum at Warley were entertained and the Oddfellows, sickness benefit society published their annual accounts.  "Mr Field's Living Pictures" was given in aid of the building of Ingatestone Working Men's Club (now the Community Centre) and Revd. Houchin, minister of the Congregational Church, was made an Honorary Member of the Ancient Order of Forresters.

Elsewhere of page 2 there is a report from Mountnessing about the closure of the Parish Church from 27 January 1889 to enable restoration work to be carried out.

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Last updated: 5 April 2010