Editorials and notices from The Indianapolis Journal 1002
A composite snapshot of the Daily Journal issue includes subscription details and distribution locations, followed by a political column touching Arkansas Democrats and Senator Jones, tariff plans, Iowa municipal wins, Terre Haute street strike, a Chicago Chronicle confidant's tip to the President on tariff, and a House committee’s probe into the Danish West Indies sale with Representative Richardson under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Danish West Indies
Representative Richardson
Supreme Court ruling on dismissed policemen under Taggart era
The Supreme Court decision on policemen summarily dismissed during Mayor Taggart s administration confirms the Journal s long claim that his administrations violated both the charter s letter and spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Taggart
Indianapolis Uplifts Soldier Monument and Building Bids
Citizens of Indianapolis are urged to invest in the dedication of the soldiers and sailors monument, expected to draw a large three day crowd. New government building bids indicate Indiana limestone will be used, with a low New York bid questioned for value. President Roosevelt may pursue Sherman Act action against the beef trust, potentially boosting his popularity if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
New York
Roosevelt
Democratic opposition plans and Cuban reciprocity vote analysis
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes no clear opposition policy beyond broad anti party sentiment. It cites beet sugar claims that 42 Republicans will oppose the Cuban reciprocity bill, with 158 Democrats present, implying defeat if Democrats unite against reciprocity, or passage if Democrats split. A Louisville meeting aims to form a new national party uniting Reform forces against plutocracy. Delegates will come from the Socialist, Union Labor and Union Reformers groups with Wing Public Ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Chevy
House
Louisville
Bocatiet
Union Labor
Union Reformers
Political daisies born from city reform movement
A party in St. Louis aligned with the Liberal party recently formed in Ohio and the Union Christian party. Delegates will travel from this city, though the exact reform brand remains unclear. The new party arising from the movement is described as a political "daisy."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Liberal Party
Ohio
Union Christian Party
Daisy
Prison reform through 1897 Indiana law abolishes contract labor
The 1897 Indiana act ends contract prison labor and creates a public account system with industrial trades for convicts. It aims to turn prisons into manual labor schools, with hand work, education, and trade training in tinsmithing, bricklaying, stonecutting, blacksmithing, carpentry, cabinetmaking, painting, printing, plastering and weaving.
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Indiana
Hert
Indiana Reformatory
Lea
Democrats Face Philippine Plan as 1904 Battle Line
Washington dispatch reports Editor Watterson’s wire that the Democrats’ Senate committee plan for the Philippines will likely shape the 1904 presidential fight. The Journal notes the plan may be abandoned by force of circumstance, predicting Republican progress could neutralize the issue before the convention.
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Watterson
Washington
Philippines
Senate Committee
Democrats Clash Over Philippines Policy and Trade Taxes
The piece argues Republicans should uphold sovereignty in the Philippines while condemning a Democratic plan as unstatesmanlike. It notes bipartisan support in the islands, predicts insurrection decline, and recalls the Cuban reciprocal bill votes showing Democrats favor protectionism in their districts and free trade in theory. It also cites Louisiana, Nevada, and Texas representatives and cane-sugar interests influencing votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Democratic Party
Providence
Philippines
Islands
Alaska
Hawaii
Ways and
Payne
Robertson
Louisiana
Newlands
Nevada
Cooper
Texas
Commercial Club aims to build a manufacturing suburb south of Indianapolis
The Commercial Club launches a factory suburb project south of the city centering on 91 acres near Garfield Park. It plans 420 lots with 200 sold at 200 dollars each and 30 acres reserved for factories to attract new business, offering free sites and Belt Railroad access. The move seeks broad civic support, not personal profit, to boost manufacturing and urban welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Commercial Club Factory Association
Monument
Garfield Park
Virginia Avenue
Belt Railroad
Prospect-street
Commercial Club
The Humorists and Light Verse in 1910s Press
A collection of light one liners and jokes from Washington Star Philadelphia Press Life Pack The Hostess and The Caller with quips on politics family romance and social scenes. A Baltimore America joke closes with a pun about a juror’s marriage status.
A Point to Be Settled
A Philadelphia Times discussion asks whether the United States should be treated as feminine or neuter in English usage. It notes English writers portray England and France as feminine, while questioning if the United States should be referred to as she or it. The piece suggests printing a modern copy-book head to teach grammar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
United States
England
France
The Americanization of the World by Mr. Stead
W T Stead argues that the twentieth century will see the English speaking world unify under American influence. He asserts America created its own civilization and will spread its ideas, possibly leading to a written constitution and a predominantly American form of global union. New York Horace Markley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Stead
The
Review of Reviews
America
England
Stead
Germany
Italy
United States
Great Britain
Minerva
New York
Horace Markley
Review of Isham’s The Strollers reads as eighteenth century tale
The critic notes Frederic S. Isham’s The Strollers imitates eighteenth century literature and feels the setting in early nineteenth century United States. The barnstorming actors travel from New York to New Orleans, with a French exile and a Dutch land baron, an abduction and rescue, temperance battles, a Mexico war episode, a sword duel, and a hopeful romance culminating in a peaceful ending. The piece praises its originality and dramatic style while warning readers to accept its historic probabilities for entertainment. The Bowen Merrill Company published the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic S. Isham
United States
New York
New Orleans
Iun
Ohio
Chapultepec
Mexico
Bowen- Merrill Company
Naughty Nan: A Sprightly Tale by John Luther Long
John Luther Long offers Naughty Nan a witty dialog driven romance with Aunt Izzy Nan Cawdor and Jock. Nan schemes to thwart guardianship by staging a pretend engagement with Jock while past affection lingers. The tale blends light satire with a confession of true feelings before truth dawns.
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Nan
John Luther Long
Madam Butterfly
Tary
Cawdor
Jock
Izzy
London
Lizy
Jack
Review of Good Housekeeping and A Fool's Year
A Century Company periodical review praises Good Housekeeping as practical for home management with varied content on children, aging, homemaking, and spring topics. It also summarizes E. H. Cooper's novel A Fool's Year, noting its English setting, a wealthy American father, a bribery plot, and the moral tension culminating in a partially restored honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Housekeeping
Phelps & Co
Springfield
Mass
E. H. Cooper
London
Cyrus Hopper
Chicago
Geoffrey Stewart
Geoffrey
Appleton & Co
New York
The March of the White Guard review summary
Gilbert Parker’s Arctic tale follows four Hudson Bay Company employees and an Indian captain as they brave a perilous northward march to rescue a missing man and win back a woman’s affection. The short story is vividly written with an elevated tone and strong effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Parker
White Guard
Arctic
Hudson Bay Company
New York
R. F. Fenno & Co
Hester Blair a Simple Tale of Love and Suffering
The publishers hail it as the sweetest love story ever written while author William H. Carson calls it a plain tale of life with love joy and suffering. The book is not among the century’s great novels but may win some readers’ approval. Boston publisher C M Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Carson
Hester Blair
Boston
C. M. Clark Publishing Company
The Woman Who Dared by Lawrence L. Lynch
Lawrence L. Lynch presents a new thrilling tale set in Cheyenne’s rough mining era. The Woman Who Dared features a bold heroine who navigates gamblers and cowboys, with love easing peril as danger peaks. Chicago Laird & Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence L. Lynch
Cheyenne
Chicago
Laird & Lee
At Large entertainment tale moves from Australia to England
E. W. Hornung fans expect entertainment in a new story that begins in Australia and shifts to England. The plot develops through intriguing phases with an ingeniously worked set. At large is presented by Scribner's Sons in New York.
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E. W. Hornung
Lke
Australia
England
Warge
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Floating Treasure appeals to boys with ambergris find
Harry Castleman’s tale follows a young fisherman who discovers a large ambergris piece. After adventures the find helps lift a mortgage on his mother’s house. The story offers action without sensationalism from Henry T. Coates & Co. Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Castleman
Philadelphia
Henry T. Coates & Co
Occult and Uncanny Tales from Alice Sherman Gifford
A volume titled after its longest story collects three readable tales about occult phases and the uncanny. The other two stories are La Cosa Negra and The Cat's Eye of Koli Kahn. Published by F. Tennyson Neely Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koli Kahn
Alice Sherman Gifford
F. Tennyson Neely Company
The Riddle of Life by J Wes Ley Johnston
A novel by J Wes Ley Johnston author of Dwellers in Gotham published in Cincinnati by Jennigs and Pye. The Political Freshman a story of politics and love by Bushrod W James published by the Bushrod Library at 1717 Green Street Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesley Johnston
Gotham
Cincinnati
Jennigs & Pye
Bushrod W. James
Bushrod Library
Green Street
Philadelphia
Notable April Ladies' Home Journal features Helen Keller story
The April Ladies' Home Journal highlights The Story of My Life by Helen Keller written entirely by the author herself, noted for its clarity and intelligence. The Century's April piece The Plains Across by Noah Brooks argues the origin of the phrase is from plains dwellers, not poets. McClure's April presents The Overworked President by Lincoln Steffens and other items like Houston and His Rattles by Cyrus Townsend Brady.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Helen Keller
Great West
Noah Brooks
Plains
Brooks
Northwest
McClure
Lincoln Steffens
Houston
His
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Seamus MacManus
Charles King
Mary C. Hews
Europe
England
Century Magazine
Noah Brooka
Sylvester Baxter
John Burroughs
Emma Carleton
Alfred Brennan
Menelik
Abyssinia
Oscar T. Crosby
Hugues le Roux
Asinia
Edward W. Townsend
Chimmie Fadden
L’aigton
Chester Fernald
Andy Coggins
Scribner's Magazine
James B. Connelly
Gloucester
Horace B. Parker
Boston
Lee Parker
Baddock
Ead
John
Alfred Matthews
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wyoming
Western Reserve
Captain Macklin
Richard Harding Davis
Oliver Horn
F. Hopkinson Smith
Blut
Thomas Nelson Page
M’‘Sieur
Mary R
Johns Hopkins
April 1907 periodical highlights and literary notices
A dense survey of April issues across major magazines. Describes contents in brief: fiction and essays in The Ledger Monthly Pilgrim Country Life and The Review of Reviews, plus features in Harper's Magazine, The Cosmopolitan, The Century, Lippincott's, Scribner's, and Scribner's descriptions of naval and literary topics. Includes Miss Ellen Stone, Ellen Stone missionary articles, and notable author contributions.
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W. R. Prence
William D. Hulbert
Midocean
Marconi
Henry H. McClure
John la Farge
Rembrandt
Billy
Thacker
Alice Roosevelt
The
Ledger Monthly
Henry van Dyke
Young Women's Christian Association
New York City
Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip
W. J. Peck
Frederick Phillips
New England
Charter Oak
Paul Revere
United States Naval Torpedo Station
Goat Island
Newport
R. 1
Daniel Webster
Boston
Willis J. Abbot
Los Angeles
Convention City
Edith M. Haverly
Milton B. Marks
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Walden Fawcett
Jean de Reszke
William J. Henderson
Wilhelm Miller
Enty
Celia P. Woolley
Edwin Markham
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Rebecca Dovaglas Lowe
Paddy McCann
Review of Reviews
Prince Henry
New York
Carl Snyder
Charles L. Tiffany
Ruth Everett
Robert L. Dickinson
Col
Francis W. Parker
Chicago
Wilbur 8. Jackman
George H. Cushing
Kenyon L. Butterfield
T. Lyenaga
Pisgah
Will Payne
Annie Steger Winston
Oyster Point
Harold Baynes
China
Japan
Lincoln National Museum
Ellen Stone
Woman's Home Companion
James L. Barton
American Board of Foreign Missions
Harper's Magazine
Edwin A. Abbey
Bret Harte
Thomas Janvier
Sidney Preston
Octave Thanet
Eugene White
Albert Thomas
Virginia Remnitz
Cyrus T. Brady
N. S. Shaler
Nebuchadnezzar
Morris Jastrow, Jr
Paris
Harry de Windt
Skye
Arthur Colton
Francis Dana
Henrietta Dana Skinner
Dana
John Adams
France
Holland
Cosmopolitan
Vesuvius
B. F. Fisher
Kenyon Cox
Zutski
Israel Zangwill
Maarten Maartens
Samantha North
F. Hopkinson Smith
Rafford Pyke
Theodore Roosevelt
John Brisben Walker
Victor Hugo
Edmund Gosse
Zealand
Vance Thompson
Garret P. Serviss
Progress of
Carolyn Wells
E. Kiser
Lippincott’s
Haiti
Diane
Eben E. Rexford
F. J. Rosengarten
America
Germany
United States
New Books and Authors Featured Across Publishers
A roundup of forthcoming titles and notices from major publishers. Josiah Flint announces A Little Brother with Stokes. Wiener’s Anthology of Russian Literature may appear from Putnam’s Sons. Jacobs to publish At Sunwich Port with Will Owens illustrations. Pidgin’s Stephen Holton teased as strongest yet. Ginn & Co plans Nature Study and more. Appleton’s to publish Father Marquette and related works. Harper’s Notes on Mark Twain edges draw complaints. Cape Cod Ballads to publish Joe Lincoln poems with Kemble illustrations. Dante works promoted by Houghton Mifflin. Sousa’s triumph highlighted by final note.
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J. F. Willard
Josiah Flint
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Leo Wiener
Harvard University
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Scribners
W. W. Jacobs
Sunwich Port
Will Owens
Messrs
L. C. Page & Co
Stephen Holton
Charles Felton Pidgin
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Boston
C. F. Hodge
Gertrude L. Stone
M. Grace Fickett
de —Cey
Milton H.rk
Wooster W. Beman
David E. Smith
Cicero
Father Marquette
Reuben G. Thwaites
Appletons
D. Appleton & Co
Thwaites
Jesuit Relations
Marquette
Canada
Joliet
Anamely
Louisiana Purchase
Charles Theodore Murray
Harper & Brothers
Mark Twain
Cape Cod
Albert Brandt
Trenton
N. J
Joe Lincoln
Lincoln
Saturday Evening Post
Puck
Harper's Weekly
the Youth's Companion
Types
L. A. W. Bulletin
Edward W. Kemble
New York
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Charles Eliet Norton
Charles A. Dinsmore
William T. Harris
Henry Wadsworth
Thomas W. Pearsons
Pees
Ham
Dant
James Russell Lowell
John Philip Sousa
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