Indianapolis Son newspaper: first penny daily in Indiana
The piece proclaims the Indianapolis Son as established 1593 and the first one cent daily news paper printed in Indiana. It lists locations, telephone numbers, and editorial and business offices in Indianapolis, with subscription rates and advertising reps in New York and Chicago.
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Indianapolis Son
Indiana
Fup
Central Union
Buainese Offce
Indierapolia Tel. Co
Alx Contat
Gas decision affirms city contract rights in gas trust case
A Indiana city victory in the Ventumouske trust appeal upholds that its contract protected the municipality. The ruling stops short of cheap gas, deeming only a contractual win thus far and urging further legal action if pursued. The piece mocks critics while noting the broader significance for Indianapolis consumers.
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United States
q@irtult court of appeals
Ventumesque Trust
Indianapolia
Indianapolis
Consumers’ Gas Trust
Standard Oil Profits as Coal Strike Looms
The Standard Oil Company, aligned with major coal users and railroads, anticipates a coal strike to boost oil demand. It has invested in fuel oil infrastructure, introduced oil as a fuel in place of coal, and aims to absorb stokers. Oil shares, including Standard Oil, rise on anticipated demand. The piece questions Congressman's selection as permanent chairman at the Indiana Republican convention.
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John Mitchell
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Inter
Indiana
Republican State Convention
Temple Secrets and Smoot Case Subpoenas Issued
A Logan dispatch reports Apostle Mariner W Merrill served with a subpoena to testify in the Smoot polygamy inquiry. The federal action seeks details on the practices of the Mormon church leaders and their wives, as revelations loom.
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Mormontara
Logan
Utah
Mariner W. Merrill
United States
Smoot
Washington
Ural No. 8
Mormon temple records prompt civic action in Utah
The text reports on Hilda Erickson and Merrill amid debate over Logan Temple records. It mentions a belief that revealing temple records could strike a fatal blow to Mormonism in Utah, and notes a Civic Righteousness Day planned by local ministers in Fort Wayne. The piece expresses skepticism about authorities extracting records and criticizes editors and mayors, urging accountability.
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Merrill
Hilda Erickson
Stanter
Salt Lake
Merrill Wi
Washington
Logan Temple
Fr.Wayne
Meyer Hosey
Hackett
Ft Wayne
Vindication of Miss Rhoades Faces Public Scrutiny
Editorial attacks Miss Emily B. Rhoades and the Giria Industrial School board over an acquittal. It questions motives, cites alleged malice, and calls for perjury charges against complainants if facts prove falsehoods. urges improved oversight and criticizes committee ties to administrators. The piece closes with a sharp rebuke and mockery of prior forecasts.
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Emily B. Rhoades
Giria' Industrial School
Rhoades
Unitel Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Debs Attacks The System In Salem Speech
At Salem North Carolina Eugene Debs socialist leader condemned The System and Rockefeller wealth arguing it rests on labor exploitation. He claimed murders and business ruin in Ohio and Pennsylvania occurred through agents and connivance while praising Rooseveltism and the square deal as a practical alternative. Debs acknowledged his high earnings from preaching socialism but doubted lasting impact.
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John TD
Roskefeller
Ay Rockefeller
Otla
Pennsylvania
Socialem
Debs
Roosevelt
Controversy Over Negro Education and Public Morals
A Baltimore Herald critique of Rev. Thomas Dixon argues that educated Negroes and artisans should be valued, while condemning demagogues on both races. Booker T. Washington is praised for promoting crafts and farming, contrasting with Dixon’s views. The piece notes white demagogues, animal metaphors, and calls for civic support of humane institutions amid labor and housing debates. The text ends with assorted notes on weather, newspapers, and oddities.
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Baltimore
Thomas Dixon
Baltimore Herald
Dixon
Tuskegee
Booker T. Washington
Sora
Jed
Critics attack ministers and socialists in heated remarks
A reader letter rails against North Carolina ministers for preaching only to elites tied to a high salary and a palatial church. It mocks Debs and old socialist ideas, suggesting revisions to keep the poor engaged. The canal commission finalizes its report and moves to the Treasury touch.
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Canal Commission
Washington
United States
Banking Privileges Debate Highlights Indiana Talks
At Hotels Joshua Strange of Marlon urged curbs on bank privileges amid fears of a pending panic. He defended Roosevelt’s policies, argued against extra banker privileges, and supported railroad rate focus for Congress while praising Indiana farmers’ prosperity. Indiana medical school expansion and Purdue’s takeover of medical colleges also sparked debate among local figures.
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Joshua Strange
Marlon
Indians Parmers Coggreau
Indignanonte
Mr. Strange
Burriers
Congress
Dyunkers
Strange
Bean
Theodore Roosevelt
Indiana
White Women Scarce in German Colonies Report
The document notes a severe shortage of white women in German territories with only four in East Africa and 239 in the inland, while mentioning the Pacific Ocean region. The figures illustrate demographic imbalance in colonial holdings and are presented in a historical wartime or racial policy context.
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Eset
Africa
Pacific Ocean
On a Fiftieth Birthday in a Personal Verse
A poem from the Washington Post by N. W. J. reflects on fifty years of life. The speaker compares summers and winters, contemplates knowledge and time, and describes a life journey with climbs and falls. The piece emphasizes endurance, curiosity, and a path still ahead.
The House of Lords of the United States compared
A critical essay contrasts the U S Senate with Britain s House of Lords noting the origins of the U S system in the English model The piece argues the Senate can block or force government action while the House of Representatives originates revenue bills and urges a future with a purer budgetary check.
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House of Lords of the
United States
Republic of the
Poreible
Law Lords
House of Lords
Senate
House of Commons
House
Commons
Houry of Commons
Rome
House of Representatives
Ap Waa
William Everett
Edward Everott
United States Senate
Atlantic
Uf Mlaele
Aldie
Ute
Washington Society Notes and Capitol Happenings
Mrs Bert Chapman of Manahough, wife of the North Dakota senator, figures as a social leader in the capital with a stylish home she and the senator enjoy during winter. Congressman Mouser of Marion delivers his maiden House speech. his marks earn praise. Rep J Adan Bede discusses a minor Minnesota district appointment with President Roosevelt, who asks if the candidate is honest.
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Bert) Chapman l Manahrough
North Dakota
National Capital
Clover
Hanebrough
Grant EB. Mouser
Marion
Saecura
J. Adan Bede
Roosevelt
Minnenook
Mr. Bede
Sre
Acreage of Large U S Cities Fragmented Data
A garbled OCR list presents city names and numbers for urban acreage in the United States. The fragment includes New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St Louis, Cleveland, and Cincinnati with partially legible figures such as 200,213 and 242, though many values are incomplete or corrupted.
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United States
Isaga
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Mall
Clevelant
Cincinati
Rockefeller Home Emphasizes Simplicity in New York
The Rockefeller residence in New York City favors simplicity and economy in furnishings. There is no elaborate electric system, no elevators, and no frills. Mrs. Rockefeller prefers stairs to installing an elevator.
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Rockefeller
New York City
Movement to nominate George Ade for Congress surfaces
A Cincinnati Enquirer item notes a movement to nominate George Ade for Congress. It references his familiar ground in storytelling and hints at a campaign in the same field of fable seen in his work. The piece cites local interest and questions surrounding his candidacy.
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George Ade
Congress
George
Cincinnati Enquirer
Surprises and Satire in Historic Gossip Pages
A compact collage of era gossip references spans figures like Bendor La Follette and mentions New York American and The Groundhog. It riffs on opinions about La Follette’s appetite and playful digs at fortune, gender views, and editorial quirks from Baltimore Herald Canadian View of Gotham and Detroit Free Press style snippets.
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Bendor la Follette
Journal of Gossip
New York American
Bridegroom, Editor, and a Newspaper Truth Tangle
A chaotic column notes a wedding told in a blunt, risky manner by a writer noting the groom, an editor, is a common man from Solomen Valley and a young bride, daughter of N J White. It mentions Small Town Chickasha gossip, a reporter’s ethic, and European newspaper counts with a stray Enid item.
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Aid
N. J White
Bors
Solomen Valley
Hans
Nery
Ednoe Headley
Gaylord
Kan) Syne
All Things Have Their Ghosts In The Spirit World
A Kansas City Times excerpt ponders whether ghosts haunt both people and inanimate objects. The dialogue suggests spirits inhabit material things with a playful example of a spirit lamp and a lamp shade.
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Kansay City
Heaviest Cannon and Divorce Doctrines in Letters
A letter argues against indiscriminate divorce while lampooning social policy and medical proposals. It cites Napoleon’s maxim on victory, mocks a Chicago style wage policy, and questions American progress versus Russian oppression. The writer criticizes doctors and reformers, calls for restraint on missions, and signs off as George W. Love of Indiana-rye.
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Osler
the Sun
Marinette
Wis
San. Ti
Physicians’ Association
Agi Menamines
Mick
Ohio
Inet
Chicago
Dr. Oster
America
Rusia
Sil
Oster
Teerd
George W. Love
Indiana-rye
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