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New Library for Working Classes Opens with Lord Stanley Grant
A new library with nominal subscriptions will serve the working classes, funded by £50 annually from the corporation and a matching grant to the Atheneum. At the inauguration Lord Stanley received a grateful address from workers, who lauded the donation and the institutions as vital for national education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atheneum
Lord Stanley
South Eastern Gazette
Sittingbourne
Sheffield Times
Hadfield
M.P
House of Commons
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers
R. Jebb
Benjamin Hall
Commission
Board of Health
Benjamin
Burnside-street
Cowcaddens
Glasgow
People’s Assurance Society
Glassford Street
London Board
Ife
St. Andrew's Square
Chesterfield
Clay-cross
Derby
Halifax
Staffordshire
Midland Railway
Russia
England
Paul I
Napoleon
Nicholas
Poland
Hungary
Armenia
Turkey
Europe
Hoe
Don Quixote
Haynau
St. Petersburg
Whenushkin
Kryloft
Pushkin
Mussin Pushkin
Moscow
Lemmontus
Rylbei
Volojaieff
Sakoloftsky
Bakunin
Austria
Immud
Madame Rastoptehin
Hsband
Madame Ratoptehin
Muscow