Gambetta Calls for Clout Against Clerical Privilege in France
The article outlines M. Gambetta’s stance on curbing clerical power in France, demanding abolition of indulgences and removal of church control from education and public life. It argues the Vatican would resist, notes the church’s vast influence, and warns the reform would require a long, strenuous political battle.
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Vatican
M. Gambetta
France
Marshal MacMahon
Chamber of Deputies
Death of Mrs Prentiss author of Step ping Heavenward
The latest American journals announce the death of Mrs Prentiss aged fifty five author of Step ping Heavenward and other Sunday school works. She bought a Dorset summer residence with her earnings.
Holiday Sketches The Western Highlands
Scotland draws fewer visitors amid Paris Exhibition tourism but boasts a fine summer, with harvests in Scotland and England aligned. The piece notes increasing northern travel via new rail routes, the Caledonian Canal, and Oban’s rise as a hub for excursions to Staffa, Iona, Skye, and Loch Ness. Concerns about overcrowded Clyde steamers and safety prompt calls for vigilance by authorities.
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Scotland
England
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Stirling
Kyles
Bute
Lewis Long
Lomond
Katrine
Killiecrankie
Dunkeld
Blair Athole
Abbotsford
Melrose
Hawthornden
Roslin
Arran
Oban
Staffa
Iona
Inverness
Braemar
Balmoral
Dingwall and Skye
Skye
Cook
Great Northern
London and North-Western
Midland
Caledonian Railway Company
Britain
Wales
Ireland
Lewis Lomond
Long
Clyde
Kyles of Bute
Ardrishaig
Hutchinson and Co
Crinan
Fort William
Caledonian Canal
Loch Ness
Greenock
Thames
Board of Trade
Times
Charing Cross
Western Highlands
Loch Awe
Melfort
Stornoway
Gairloch
Otan election spectacle of tug boats and bagpipes
In Otan during the Argyleshire election a lively scene unfolded as voters arrived by tug boats and steamers shouting with bagpipes at the lead. The crowd of shoeless youngsters followed, while the voters appeared hard headed and canny, not easily coerced by landlords or swayed by candidates.
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Otan
Argyleshire
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