Royal Betrothal Rumors Stir St Petersburg Court
The Times Baden correspondent notes wide sympathy in St Petersburg for the royal betrothal involving Princess Maria Alexandrovna. An January wedding is hinted with Queen Victoria possibly attending, seen as a symbol of improving Anglo Russian relations.
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Victor Emmanuel
Epinspuran
Baden
the Times
St. Petersburg
Maria Alexandrovna
Yamburgh Regiment of
Uhlans
Victoria
New York
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Welland
Toronto
States
Grass Island
Opening of a board school in Bethnal-Green
A large gathering marked the Bethnal Green board school opening on Wilmot Street by W. E. Forster. The handsome building cost 10,389 and will house 1,600 to 1,700 pupils with ample space. Forster lauded London School Board efforts and urged practical work to solve education challenges.
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Wilmot-street
Bethnal-green
W. E. Forster
M.P
Waterlow
London School Board
Charles Reed
Forster
London Board
England
Lord Lawrence
London School Board gains 55000 attendance amid rivalry fears
Debates note a 55 000 rise in attendance due to the board’s bye law and assert the London Board schools do not siphon pupils from voluntary schools. Critics fear costs touch ratepayers, but supporters say rates spread citywide and that boards will fill vacancies while voluntary schools adapt.
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House of Lords
London Board
Belgravia
Lombard-street
London
Croad
Education Department
Annual Fete of the National Temperance League At Crystal Palace
The temperance fete drew crowds from across regions with trains bringing supporters to Crystal Palace. Key talks covered temperance in the army and navy, medical views supporting non stimulant treatment, and education’s role. A central meeting led by Samuel Plimsoll featured speakers Knox Russell and Henry Harly, plus a lifeboat launch funded by temperance orders.
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Crystal Palace
Boardman
Band of Hope
Samuel Bowly
Ajor
F. Eardley-Wilmot
League
Royal Navy
Paterson
G. W. Olver
Wesleyan Training College
Battersea
Friends of Temperance
Olver
Temperance League
Thomas Rooke
St. George’s Hospital
United Kingdom
Christian Church
Church of England
Lambeth
Church of Christ
William Oyle
Samuel Plimsoll, Esq
M.P
Messia
Knox, Russell
Henry Arley
Frederic Smith
Opera Theatre
Jubilee Singers
Templars
Sons of Temperance
Rosery
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Bro
R. P. J. Simpson
West Cheshire
Cheshire
Ct. James’s Crusaders” Lodge
Templar
Grand Lodge of England
Order
The
J. G. Boardman
Robert Rae
The Oldest Club in the World Founded by Quaker Friends
Philadelphia claims the State in Schuylkill founded May 1 1732 by twenty Society of Friends members who came with William Penn. First governor Thomas Stretch led a club known for banquets with beef, pork, fish and ale. Turtle soup debuted October 1757 costing 7l 11s 84d. Meetings moved from the Friend William Warner estate to the Castle near Rambo’s Rock after the 1622 Fairmount dam altered fishing.
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Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Society of Friends
New World
William Penn
Thomas Stretch
William Warner
Fairmount Park
Fairmount
Rambo’s Rock
Christian Union
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National Temperance League
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