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May 27, 1908

The annual Club Feast took place at Foston on Monday week. The service in the church was attended by most of the members, and an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev W. Langworthy.

At two o’clock all gathered together in the schoolroom to partake of the excellent repast which had been prepared by Messrs Ryder. Ample justice was done to the good things provided, and a most enjoyable time was spent.

An interesting ceremony was performed on Thursday at Halam, near Southwell, when Canon Tebbutt laid the foundation stone of a new vicarage.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have given as a site a field of six acres near the church, and Mr. J.R. Starkey has generously caused his leasehold interest to be conveyed over to them.

The ancient spirit of patriotism still burns brightly in our loyal borough, and judging by the spectacular display by the children of the Mount Schools on Monday, the devotion of our forefathers to the Empire, the Flag, and the Throne will be passed on to our children’s children.

Newark is “waking up� to the realisation of the sentiment that lies beneath the word Empire, and the celebrations here this year were more general than previously.

Many Union Jacks were floated in the town by private citizens, and on the schools and churches, and of course, from the flagstaff of the Town Hall.

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May 6, 1908

The very violent thunder storm which passed over this district on Wednesday last was experienced in Normanton-on-Trent in its full force.

A tall chimney stack on Mrs Wm. Templeman's house was struck by lightning and demolished as far down as an iron band to which an iron stay-rod running to the roof beam was attached.

This iron rod, being a better conductor, deflected the electricity from the chimney to the roof where it broke up and scattered the tiles in all directions, making a hole clean through the roof.

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Beautiful weather favoured the opening ceremony of the new Wesleyan Church at Balderton and as a result there was a large number of people present at the inaugural ceremony of unlocking the door, which was performed by Mrs T.O. Quibell whose husband (the late Mr T.O. Quibell) was treasurer of the fund for its erection.

The structure adjoins the main roadway through the village and has been placed immediately in front of the schoolroom erected some few years ago.

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By kind invitation of Messrs Lever Brothers of Port Sunlight, a party of grocers from Newark paid a visit to the home of Sunlight Soap.

On arrival a tour of the works and village was made. A start was made through the offices where a staff of 300 clerks are engaged and 150 typewriting machines are in daily use.

The boiling room was next where Sunlight soap is boiled. In this room are 54 vats, 14ft deep with a capacity of 64 tons.