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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1902
Page
4
The Indianapolis Journal lists subscription terms and rates including daily and Sunday editions. It notes carrier and mail pricing, club reduced rates, and postage guidance for United States delivery. It also lists multiple city agents and newsstand locations in major cities.
An advertisement urges readers to have The Journal follow them by mail over the summer. It invites leaving an order for the paper and notes the address can be changed as often as desired.
A review of Democratic and Republican strategies in New York and nationwide. It notes calls to restrict or reform immigration at Ellis Island, discusses probes into party loyalties in Wisconsin Vermont and Indiana, and questions about Mark Hanna and the coal strike's impact on prices.
The South Side meeting featured General Coburn arguing for a boulevard while noting many city areas suffer wretched streets sidewalks and drainage. Opponents said poorer districts could gain better streets if residents request and pay taxes, but the city should maintain decent streets in these parts.
Since plate glass manufacture began in the country the price has fallen per cent, yet England and Belgium continue to dump surplus stocks here. The Journal calls attention to readers who are continually de-
An official report notes European plate glass costs in the United States are below English prices by a significant margin. Polished glass imported from France sells here well under French quotes, as the tariff drives foreign producers to cut prices to move product in the U S market.
A lengthy review shows Indiana's 1900 glass sector dwarfed 1880 output with 3,016 workers rising to 123,015 nationwide. Indiana produced large shares of plate and pressed glass, bottles, and jars, with wages booming and a prominent New Albany plate glass plant noted while demagogic mayoral politics in Minneapolis are critiqued.
A Minneapolis mayor, Ames, resigns amid reports of a corrupt and notorious administration. The long political arc traces his 37 years in public life from 1866 through multiple party switches, mayoral terms, and failed bids for governor and Congress, ending with a resignation while in West Baden. His brother, returning from Mania, becomes police chief as blackmail and lawlessness stain the record.
The Michigan Democratic convention opts to campaign on state issues, avoiding national topics due to harmony concerns. It condemns Republican policies and cites state reforms, taxation, and public spending while noting potential slates for ballot issues. The piece also discusses the rising role of typewriters in business and domestic life.
The article argues that typewriters engage children and could simplify spelling and composition lessons. It suggests schools should equip classrooms with typewriters soon, as current teaching methods are seen as unsatisfactory and unlikely to improve without this technology.
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer a humorous note asks about Blazey's graduation topic with the line Drop by Drop. The exchange jokes about a valedictorian and suggests Blazey is now driving a sprinkling cart as a punchline.
A collage of playful overheard lines and dialect snippets from various papers. The Detroit scene mentions a daughter joining a "fresh-air club" on the piazza while the Washington Star peeks at Meandering Mike and Piodding Pate.
A collection of terse Indiana editorials lampoons lynching in Pembroke and similar mobs, mocks Roosevelt’s rough riders, and notes partisan shifts. It cites editorials from multiple papers on Cuba reciprocity, Bryanism, and the Kansas City platform, highlighting cross-state Democratic splits and distrust of trusts. The items reflect early reform debates, veteran politics, and regional commentary across Marion, Vincennes, Lafayette, Richmond, and South Bend papers.
Captain H P Thomas of the Merchants' police force, serving 34 years in his district, plans a two to three week vacation with Captain R D Bacon, likewise a veteran officer. Thomas began in 1865 and rarely left his patrol area bounded by Pennsylvania and Delaware to Washington and Ohio streets. They will visit his son in Oklahoma and travel to the West.
William Robinson of Marshall Newfoundland was injured when he leaped from a West Washington street car at the Illinois and Washington streets corner. He mistook the route for Fairview Park and, rushing to alight before the car stopped, received scalp wounds requiring several stitches from Dr. Goodwin at the City Dispensary.
A feature on shifting world culture toward peace in literature and diplomacy. Ginn & Co plans affordable editions of De Bloch's War critique and Sumner's essays to curb warglorifying art, urging public support and highlighting the Hague peace movement and arbitration.
A survey of current periodicals highlights Strand on Calve and fiction, St Nicholas announces Lynde’s long story, and Nature and Science departments. The Brooklyn Eagle offers a six cent water-trips manual with timetables and costs, while Engineering Magazine champions the Panama route. Cosmopolitan touts Wells rights, Everybody's features Moore’s weather store concept, and other August issues cover Luxuries of the Millionaire Coney Island Aluminium Longfellow recollections Booth Irving and Royal views, with portfolios from International Studio and World of Today on fashion, architecture, and science topics.
Publisher notices reveal Mary Adams assumed name Confessions of a Wife issued by Century Company in autumn with Granville Smith illustrations. Dante studies gain in The Teachings of Dante by Charles A. Dinsmore from Houghton Mifflin. The White World by Lewis Scribner details polar explorers and Schley’s rescue tale. Walter Elliott adds Life of Christ from Paulist Fathers press with many engravings. A revised One Thousand American Fungi by Charles McKaine to Bowen Merrill at popular price with added color plates and Enchote etchings later revised.
The Philadelphia Press surveys a revival of national scope in American fiction. It contrasts local color masters like Howells and Wister with two newcomers, Frank Norris and Harry Leon Wilson, whose The Octopus and The Spenders aim to portray fundamental U.S. forces on a broad canvas. It praises their ambition while noting style flaws, and argues for future national themes to define an enduring Great American Novel.
A circus impresario explains the daily grind behind performance value and audience questions. He notes ice keeps a polar bear cool in summer, and lions bears and other animals feed on meat daily with beeves carved for both animals and the show tents. Water logistics for hundreds of creatures are handled rapidly without delay. The manager believes the simplest solution is best.
The three year old Wesley Rich son of Mr and Mrs Rich living at 2 North Capitol avenue fell from a second story window yesterday afternoon and died within minutes. He was playing in the front room upstairs when the shutters were tugged and blew open causing the fall and skull fracture.
James Cooksey nightwatchman at the new bridge over White River on Washington Street assaulted Patrick Davion of 9 West Maryland Street, cutting a three inch lash on his head after a dispute over a loose dog and bricks thrown at it. Cooksey was arrested by Trimpe and Kitemiller.
An editorial summary argues Senator Spooner's main fault is his temperament rather than policy, portraying him as more a target for rivals than a decisive leader. It notes his stance contrasts with that of several hopeful citizens seeking advancement through his tenure.
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