Islington Industrial Exhibition Reflections on Workmen and War
The piece surveys international contributions at Islington with emphasis on labor and capital. It praises improved English craft while noting excess displays by employers and calls for authentic worker representation. It laments impending war and fears the exhibit may be the last of its kind, a mournful sign of times.
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M. Castellani
Islington
Indian Court
Forbes Watson
India Museum
Bombay
Scinde
Delhi
India
Europe
Holland
France
Italy
Spiritualist Delusions Mock Dickens Name Makers
The Gazette of India carries a despatch to a monarch titled with grand honorifics, while The Ancient Britons section reports on Professor Rolleston’s Berkshire Frilford excavations. Findings suggest pre Roman Frilford was a sizable settlement with Romano British skeletons showing height differences and gender patterns, implying distant service and harsh living conditions.
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Dickens
The
Gazette of India
Thana
Paranta
Tampadipa
Burmah
Rolleston
Society of Antiquaries
Frilford
Berkshire
Ock
Britain
Magnus Maximus
Pull Mall Gazette
France and Prussia War Shakes Money Market
War declaration sparks stock exchange panic with Consols plunging to 89% amid broker failures and rumours. Wheat prices soar, security values slide, and Lloyds reports heavy marine insurance activity. Economist notes war may redirect lending to central powers, altering European discount markets and rates. The Rev. T. Binney at King’s Weigh-house Chapel reflects on war as a costly educator and the cycle of empire and conflict.
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Stock Exchange
Robert Harvey
Russia
France
Belgium
London
Lloyd's
Prussia
Stock Exchanges
Europe
Rev. T. Binney
T. Binney
King's Weigh-house
Fish-street-hill
England
Binney