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1media/A1N1A2P1.png2024-11-07T15:28:49-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"The Necessity of a Haitian Newspaper in Paris"33Benito Sylvain explains the logic and the goals behind La Fraternité.plain2024-12-03T17:08:08-05:0008-27-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 1310.png2024-11-08T14:14:57-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Miscellany"23News in brief: A girl avenges the death of her father in Guatemala – Fundraiser for fire victims in Martinique – Anti-slavery writing contests – Stage actors get married in Denver – A duel between women – The musician Paulus denies being association with Boulanger – English sailors play a royal prank in Halifaxplain2024-12-03T17:25:53-05:0009-10-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/A1N1A9P3-4THUMB.png2024-11-08T10:28:06-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"Miscellany"23Short items: French commerce – An Anglo-French Treaty regarding Africa – French deputies sent to Africa – Education reform in France – Subscriptions – Debate over statues based on historical figures – Problems with disarmament – Obituaryplain2024-12-03T17:12:11-05:0008-27-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 146.png2024-11-26T14:56:17-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"News & Rumours"22News in brief: Reception for Mexican independence day – Change in the theatre program – Edgar La Selve given new role – Canadian bishop left Paris – Lavigerie arrived in Paris – Tension between Portugal and Great Britain in Lisbon – Cholera – Smallpox –Execution by electrocution in the United States – Crisis in Argentina – Freemasons against Boulangism – American swimmer in the Thames – The Prime Meridian – Religion in Alsace – Dahomey inquiry – European market proposal – New book by General Légitimeplain2024-12-03T17:30:22-05:0009-16-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
1media/Thumb 131.png2024-11-08T14:07:18-05:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232"The French Influence"19Benito Sylvain calls for benevolent French colonialismplain2024-11-28T11:13:44-05:0009-10-1890Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232