Tower Hamlets Vote on London School Board Nominees
Letter from T Sorutton of East India Road dated 13 October 1870 argues for five mutually acceptable nominees to the Tower Hamlets School Board election likely in November. He favors universal elementary education with ratepayer funding for unpaid fees, Bible instruction nonsectarian, compulsory attendance with caution, shared use of existing school buildings, and nondenominational conduct by board members.
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Tower Hamlets
Srrs
London
Ondon School Board
Marylebone
ST. John, Hampstead
Lapies and Gentlemen
School Board For
London School Board
Joseph Guedalla
Mincing Lane
B.C
Hobart Town Letter on Johnson Brothers Trade
Hobart Town notes Johnson Brothers at 28s received and an observer named J.T. Bridgwater reiterates opposition to meddling with the subject.
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Hobart Town
Johnson Brothers
J.T
Bridgwater
Armistice efforts fail as Paris politics and war news unfold
After Thiers returned to Tours with powers to negotiate, Paris faced the Commune briefly before its suppression. Armistice talks with Prussia stalled over victualing Paris and German demands. Metz, Verdun, Belfort, and other fronts shift as French armies maneuver, while public education debates rise amid Denominational vs state schooling concerns.
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Sedan
Napoleon
MacMahon
Bazaine
Paris
Count Bismark
Assa
Education Department
Failure of Armistice Negotiations Ends Paris Hopes
Enatano, buoyed by Sunday optimism, saw armistice talks stall as Paris’s Government of National Defence recalled Thiers from Versailles. The press notes cautious blame on Trochu and colleagues for delaying vital revictualling talks, while questioning Bismarck’s apparent stance on concessions and the pace of peace efforts.
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Enatano
National Defence
Paris
M. Thiers
Versailles
Trochu
Government of Defence
Bismark
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Tam
T. Sorutton
East India-read
Arthur Miall
Bouverie-street
Tae
Bouverie- Street
Fleet-Street
H.C
Tne
Newsvendor
Karl Granville
Tours
Metz
le Bourget
Hotel de Ville
Mobile
National Guard
Émente
France
Lyons
Orleans
the Loire
Bourbaki
Verdun
Belfort
New Breisach
the Vosges
Garibaldi
Werder
Dijon
Frederick Charles
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