Volume 1, Number 36
Woodin's Olio of Oddities, a 1742 storm damages the sea wall, the Bachelors of Newport, sneaking in tobacco from the continent, houses for sale in 1840 and the speed of the omnibus on Stow Hill.
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Volume 1, Number 35
Bay windows, drunk man disturbs church congregation, a pestilential nuisance, disturbing the highway with a pig trough, a 'celebrated wall' on Bridge Street and the proposed widening of High Street.
Volume 1, Number 34
The opening of Brynglas House, public urinals in 1854, rogues at the fair, a 'black polar bear' for the People's Park, a fire eater visits Newport and 18th century mentions of Malpas.
Volume 1, Number 33
The urinals of Newport in 1868, a midnight brawl in Maindee, the opening of the Victoria Assembly Rooms, a trotting match, Newport's gas lights in 1825 and being taken home in a wheelbarrow.
Volume 1, Number 32
Extending the Greyhound pub, neglecting to trim hedges, damaging a magazine at the Free Library, a proposed park on the Marshes, Cinquevalli, the King of Jugglers, visits Newport and hunting on the east side of Newport.
Volume 1, Number 31
The need for a sign at the hand post, North Street trams, house numbering, "the worst girl in town", stealing shrimps and keeping pigs in Maindee.