Charitable dinners for London’s poor children praised
The article highlights two London meals for poor children run by Christian churches. It notes Orsman’s street-trader program, the Boxing Day event at Golden Lane, and a Drury Lane dinner, detailing turnout, meals, and the impact on health and morale among about 500 children, with thousands fed over three years.
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London
Costermongers
Golden-lane
Orsman
Goldenlane
Drury Lane
Mission House
Endell Street
Long Acre
Presbyterian Church
Wilson Street
Drury-lane
Father Hyacinthe Critiques War in French Lecture
Father Hyacinthe spoke for about an hour and a quarter on December 20, arguing the war is not a race war, that all peoples share one God, and urging France to rise morally and spiritually. He opposed annexations of Alsace and Lorraine and warned against luxury and vice that threaten society. The address was delivered in French.
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Father Hyacinthe
France
Rhine
Germany
Alsace
Lorrains
Notre Dame
Italy
Church of
Rome
Prussia ends Luxembourg neutrality ties in war dispute
Count Bismark’s note on the Luxembourg treaty recalls Prussia’s claim that Luxembourg and France failed to stay neutral at the war’s outbreak. It cites German complaints over Thionville provisioning, French fugitives, and rail traffic aiding German troops, while Luxembourg defends its neutral actions and asserts possible arbitration by the United States.
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Luxembourg
Thionville
Luxembourgs
Grand Duchy
Metz
Prussia
Grand Ducal
Germany
Grand Duke
Prince Henry
Bismark
Belgium
Daily News
United States