The Times on European diplomacy and a temperance crusade
The article discusses the Austrian Emperor's return, the Duke of Edinburgh's visit sequence, and a cordial Franco-German entente with calls for armament reduction unlikely. It then profiles America's novelty trend and a sweeping female temperance campaign in Southern Ohio Indiana and Kentucky that besieges saloons, closes around eighty in some towns, and risks clashes in Cincinnati, with mixed cautious public reaction.
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Austria
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Duke of Edinburgh
Berlin
Brussels
England
Imself
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Father Mathew
Ireland
Times
Cincinnati
The
Christian Union
New York
Friends of Temperance
Coomassie Captured and Occupied by Wolseley Army
Telegram from Sir Garnet Wolseley states Coomassie is occupied, the Ashante king has fled the capital and will sign a peace treaty the next day. Wolseley plans to return to the Coast with his forces, while rumors of a hostile interception surface in England.
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Garnet Wolseley
Coomassie
England
Garnet Wolse
West Africa
Gold Coast
Sir Garnet
Amonful
Koffee Kalkalli
Garnet
Ocomassio
After Action Hopes and Costs of Ashanti Campaign
The article weighs the Ashanti campaign led by Sir Garnet Wolseley, praising military prowess but questioning moral and humanitarian gains. It warns of future Gold Coast policy, urges restraint, and calls on Lord Carnarvon to reform the government’s approach to West Africa amid lingering anxieties and calls for accountability.
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Gold Coast
Carnarvon
The Martyrdom of Mr Forster in Irish Liberal Discourse
The column presents a critique of Nonconformist ingratitude toward Mr Forster and defends the Elementary Education Act as a pragmatic measure while condemning its ideological opponents. It argues that public opinion shaped the act and accuses ecclesiastics and Tories of bias, noting the author’s support for religious equality despite disapproval of Forster’s broader policies.
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Forster
White
Whittingham
Party of Religious Equality
Privy Council Committee
Bright