Dickens on Education at Midland Institute opening
Mr Dickens lectures Birmingham on education at the Midland Institute and praises its 16 year old program with 2600 students. He extols education for workers and notes notable outcomes including prize-winning industrial students and skilled artisans advancing to higher life paths.
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Dickens
Charles Dickens
Birmingham
England
Midland Institute
Arbans
Ens
Ths
Society of Arts and Government
Birmingham Mac
Toys Council
Whitworthites
Yamiza
Becaues
Europe
Hopland
V. Sidney Smith
Neol
Crichton
Bure
Wisconsin Senator Warns of Monopolies Threat to Republic
Dancer-Senator Carpenter of Wisconsin warned in Madison before an Agricultural Society that institutions are at risk not from slavery but from the growing power of capital, monopolies, and the railroads, express, and telegraph companies. He argued these forces threaten the country’s destiny more than slavery ever did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Phillips
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mall
Senator Carpenter
Wisconsin
Republic
Madison
Discovery of Janine Staged by Handwriting Expert
The report credits Hon. Edward Twisleton of England with exposing a staged discovery of Janine 20 shown as long alleged. He enlists handwriting expert Charles Clabot. Findings will be public soon with facsimiles of letters to Woodfall and George Grenville.
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Janine
Edward Twisleton
England
Charles Clabot
Teother
Junins
Woodfall
George Gronville
Hunger Affects Family in Jersey City Night Tragedy
A starving child dies in Jersey City while hundreds pass by. The famine hit family includes two more hungry children already suffering as the father lies ill and unable to work. The incident prompts critique of the social system and its supposed benevolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Worthern Exchange
Confederate Army Enlistments Questioned in New York Tribute
The New York Tribune criticizes Confederate claims about manpower and supplies, asserting the Confederacy never deployed 100000 in line, disputed closings around Manassas Junction, and contends Grant and Lee’s campaign at Appomattot lacks enduring glory once publicized.
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Yourke
Saie
Confederacy
Pagenta
Mannedes Junction
McClellan
Lee
Lntte
Macon
Grant
Appomatox
Noted Virginia Senator and ex-ambassador Mason seen in Alexandria
The Alexandria Gazette describes John M. Mason, long a U S Senator from Virginia and former Confederate envoy to the Court of St James, now residing at Seminary Hill. He is pictured riding into town in a plain spring wagon, wearing a broad brim hat and buckskin gauntlets, a reminder of his boyhood days amid a life once tied to courts and palaces. The piece also notes revived Southern trade, increased Baltimore steamship freight, and growing shipper demand as the South regains prosperity via varied goods and labor.
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Chef Justice Coast
Ohio
Panpaylania
Pendleton
Packer
New York Herald
Chasa
Great Union
Chase
Democratic Party
Fox
Ibel M. Mason
Alexandria Gazette
John M. Mason
United States
Virginia
Confederate States
Court of St. Jgmip
Seminary Hill
King Street
Baltimore
Boaton
Lawyer and bankrupt mock courtroom exchange entertains crowd
A young lawyer questions how a bankrupt man spent two thousand dollars. The debtor, winking at the audience, reveals the funds were paid to the lawyer. The judge and crowd laugh, and the attorney allows the bankrupt to go free.
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Dears
Earl of Drasy
Earl of Derby
Great Britain
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Shivalrous
Cua
Oxford
House of Commons
Lord Derby
Treland
Scorpion Stanley
Nia
Tipperarp
Kent
Cooper
Tennessee
Washington
Tennesade
Henry Cooper
Fowler
Johnson
Etheridge
Jonhson
Mr. Cooper
Maury County
Bayard Cooper
Bedford County
Bedford
Union
Senate
Sumner
Nashville
Cumberland University of Lebanon
Brownlow
Tennaese
Opper
State Senate
New York
Mield
Farmer
Lew
Appomat
Tax Court House
Sherman
Johnston
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Council of Safety
Great Brian
Britain
Amparica
Congress
Pontly
Columbic Phoenix
Comumera
Columbia
Barleston
Wyatt Aiken
State Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Tounsville
Ias
Commodore Maury
Commodore Manry
South
Journal of Commerce
Ux Pour Royall Kart Roav
Port Royal Raimond Company
National Railway
Trigt Company
Depotvailos, &c
Cooschatchia
Savangal
Charleston
Thinvily
Coosabatchie
Augusta
Coosahatchie
Norave
Richihold Enquirer and Examiner
Midiature
Méts
Vhia
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