Visitation of the praying bands stirs temperance crusade
The crusade faces mixed results as women in towns use prayer meetings to oppose drunkenness while groups of beer partisans respond with barroom noise and riotous episodes. Observers note strong temperance sentiment growing nationwide, especially in Ohio, Indiana, and Massachusetts, with enforcement of existing laws seen as the likely path forward.
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Madisonville
Ohio
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Springfield
Eee Springs
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York
Boston
Worcester
Dio Lewis
Indiana
Massachusetts
Mixed Socials and Handel Festival Hints From Era London
The notice outlines a London Welsh invitation to Mr. Henry Richard for a Cannon Street Hotel soirée on April 23, alongside Handel Festival plans at Crystal Palace. It notes rehearsal June 19 and performances June 22, 24, 26 with 4 000 performers under Sir Michael Costa, and references Trinity College reform discussions tied to a government assurance about university changes.
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Henry Richard
Richard
Cannon-street
Handel
Crystal Palace
Sunday Ciosmo and Exeter Hall Zionist Meeting
Sunday school teachers in London were urged to attend an Exeter Hall gathering under Earl Shaftesbury to protest Sunday drinking. An afternoon conference chaired by the Bishop of St. Asaph precedes the event.
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Earl Shaftesbury
Exeter Hall
London
St. Asaph
Farmers’ Club
Salisbury Hotel
Fleet-street
Leicester-Square
Albert Grant
Leicester Square
Kenealy
Gray’s Inn
Tichborne
Oxford
Gloucester
Circuit Bar
German Reed
St. George’s Hall
Regent-street
Gallery of Illustration
W. 8. Gilbert
Frederick Clay
Corney Grain
B. Rowe
Alfred Cellier
F.©. Burnand
CoaucuTrina
R. Henderson
Tunsbury Company
Somerset Coalfield
Birmingham Post
Lord Spencer
Northamptonshire
Althorpe House
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Tichborne Estates
Court of Chancery
Doughty Estates
Richard Maling
Doughty
Sir Henry Alfred Doughty Tichborne
Leeds Mercury
Vienna Society of Medicine
Germany
Sir Henry Thompson
Koepl
Kohn
Common Council
Oberdoerling
Mechi
The
Times
Baxter
Arbroath
United States
Alabama
Great Britain
Europe
France
Italy
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