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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1902
Page
6
The Sunday Journal of Indianapolis outlines subscription rates by carrier and mail, including Sunday and daily editions, club reductions, and foreign postage. It notes manuscript submissions guidelines and that second class matter remains at the Indianapolis post office.
A mix of city street notices and political commentary, including calls for restraint on officials and a discussion of Attorney General actions against the beef trust. The piece cites Senator Viliman, Admiral Cervera and Montojo, and notes New York vacation schools, egg money rights, and a court-martial admission by Gen. Jacob H. Smith.
The article argues Grant’s success rested on supreme self control, citing his calm reactions to setbacks and his steady leadership from Vicksburg to Appomattox. It praises his steady conduct against sensationalism and warns Americans against embracing daily sensationalism.
The Journal questions the common label of humorist for Frank Stockton who died last week. His work blends quaint humor with grotesque and fantastic imagination, placing odd characters in unusual settings treated as normal. His early Rudder Grange and The Lady of the Tiger are likely to endure most.
The author, fearing market demand, destroys his second masterpiece and retreats into an unobtrusive course. Despite hesitations and regrets, the public approved his earlier work, and he continued to brighten the world in a modest, cautious arc.
Berlin dispatch notes bitter criticism of Emperor William in aristocratic drawing rooms after his North Sea voyage with successful businessmen. Observers say nobility fear social ascent of capital, while Prince Henry’s handshake with workers signals growing American-dominated ideas. Enduring democracy may shape Germany’s future.
The Journal reports on a remarkable eighth century illuminated Bible imported by J Pierpont Morgan. The manuscript binds with precious stones and was admitted duty free as ancient manuscript. its colorfully illuminated pages likely reflect Latin or Irish schools of illumination. Other ancient Bible fragments include Upsala c 360 A D, the British Museum sixth century, and Sinai Mt. Sinai quarto century work.
The article notes a manuscript valued higher than any prior, with similar pieces in libraries and the British Museum deemed irreplaceable. It credits Mr Morgan for supporting art and rare books amidst his large financial ventures, calling the import a notable addition to the nation’s literary treasures.
A Journal correspondent seeks the federation’s purpose and aims. The piece concedes ignorance, notes that individual clubs seek literary improvement, and suggests the federation exists mainly for members to travel, socialize, and enjoy a fashionable, sociable experience in Los Angeles.
The French government plans a May 24 unveiling of the Rochambeau monument in Washington with a twelve member delegation including the army commander and navy vice admiral. They will arrive by warship and attend ceremonies echoing early Franco American friendship and the Yorktown victory.
An Indianapolis era feature discusses a forthcoming dedication for a soldiers and sailors monument and invites officials, including President and Cabinet, Admiral Taylor, and General Schofield. It lauds General Grant, critiques Mrs. Atherton on Jefferson, and questions author Le Roux claims, ending with Amherst College president Harris’s graduation remarks.
A literary and civic miscellany reviews Dr Harris and Woodrow Wilson speeches, praises Mr Curtis city piece, debates novel length, notes a spelling contest among public school children, and comments on April winds blamed on Kansas and Nebraska with a final quip about Senator Money and the saying Money goes.
A collage of light letters and jokes from Philadelphia Press Brooklyn Life and Washington Star including what a wooden wedding means a dumb man and a boy who is not lost and a taxim of witty exchanges about languages and a chemistry student’s oxalic acid answer with sacrament humor
A long blend of historical notes and social bits. The Duc De Loubat funds a French chair on American antiquities at the College of France. Methuen name origins traced to Methven parish. Castrone and Mme Marchesi celebrate golden wedding in Paris with Melba present. Florence Billings to wed Cleveland millionaire Arthur Williams Brown in June. Queen Wilhelmina maintains a strict routine with precise meals and timings. A Philadelphia street scene recalls Carrie Nation rumors about a royal event. Nuns meet Leo XIII on the pontificate’s twenty-fifth anniversary. Parish collections in New York archdiocese total forty-eight thousand dollars by cable.
The archdiocese plans a large year’s offering and the US may contribute a similar share, as the world’s wealth distribution is assessed. The Standard Oil Company is rolling out local delivery stations across the German empire, building bulk tanks near rail hubs to supply communities, provoking panic among small dealers of Russian and Galician petroleum. Cecil Rhodes biographer Hensman refutes the phrase Rhodes never buys a man, presenting Rhodes’s past remark about resolving issues with the Khalifa as the true version behind a widely circulated anecdote.
Notes from a visit to Cecil J Rhodes during the Kimberley siege describe him as well built with a deep chest, a furrowed face, and a nervous explosive manner. His motto urged independent thinking, yet he relied on trusted lieutenants to carry out vast orders while he avoided handshakes. He commanded huge logistics, dispatching riders, wagons, and soldiers, even sending his private carriage for the general’s private use.
A Wichita Eagle column explores suspended animation concepts from fiction and science. It cites Edmond About, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H G Wells, notes professional skeptics, and recounts a Nevada hoax and northern Russian frost sleep among the poor as possible preludes to long term inaction and revived life.
Boston Herald notes the Denish West Indies s lie between the Landsthing and the Folkathing with no clear reference to Christmas and its location remains unspecified.
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