Subscription rates and office locations in The Daily Journal 1902
The Daily Journal announces subscription terms including carrier rates for Indianapolis and suburbs with Sunday and without Sunday options, prices by mail prepaid, and reduced club rates. It lists numerous city and hotel newsstand agents in New York Cincinnati Louisville St Louis Washington D C Pennyrile Columbus and Dayton for distribution and notes submission requirements for letters to the editor.
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Indianapolis
Let The Journal Follow You For Summer Travel
Readers planning a summer away can keep in touch by mail delivery from The Journal. Place your order before leaving and request mail forwarding. addresses can be updated as often as needed to ensure continued home connection.
Handbook of Indianapolis praised as more than a manual
The Journal extols the Handbook of Indianapolis describing it as a superior, readable guide with rich text and illustrations. It discusses political figures, sugar beet interests, Nebraska districts results, and issues from patent law to Coal and Australia droughts, reflecting varied topics in a brisk narrative.
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Indianapolis
Court to interpret law in case against packers
The text argues the case will hinge on legal interpretation rather than facts, making a criminal suit unnecessary and delaying a final decision. It supports avoiding premature conclusions that the final ruling will favor the packers and notes a legal interpretation would be involved regardless of suit type.
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Bryan
Wool, Shoddy and Cotton in U S Wool Goods
An 1900s census bulletin examines wool, shoddy and cotton use in U S goods. It compares consumption in the United States and Britain, details shoddy origins and uses, tariff effects, and shifts toward cotton blends impacting clothing, hosiery, and domestic production. The piece notes per capita wool use declining while cotton growth fuels cheaper garments and domestic manufacturing gains.
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United States
Great Britain
Bulletin
Department of Ladies
Westville Tales of Tolton Murder Suspense and Backlash
In Westville Indiana villagers once prepared to hang Tolton over his missing wife. Her sudden return proves his story true and in hindsight the mob faces a risk of legal damages and exposure. They still resent Tolton and consider driving him from town for the near miss and for alleged past wrongs.
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Westville
Ind
Mr. Tolton
Chicago
Tolten
Ineffective remedies for abattoirs and Southern politics
A long critique argues that state funded abattoirs for small butchers are impractical due to costs and economies of scale. It urges growth of cattle in the South and East using corn, cotton seed, and Cuban potential, while noting big packers dominate markets and rail rebates should end. It also surveys Democratic prospects, praising ex Confederates like Fitzhugh Lee, Wheeler, and Wright for presidential consideration and questioning Southern loyalty perceptions.
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National
Retail Butchers’ and Meat Dealers’ Association
Washington
Wagner
Cuba
Memphis
South
Congress
Fitzhugh Lee
Wheeler
Butler
South Carolina
General Wheeler
White House
General Lee
Mr. Bryan
Lee
General Wright
Philippine Commission
Journal
Wright
Controversy and oddities mix in 19th century musings
The page surveys church opinion on friar withdrawals from the Philippines with a pro withdrawal tilt and papal support, cites Jefferson Davis to Mississippi’s hall of fame, and humorously recalls an Atlantic voyage vegetarianism trial that failed to cure seasickness, noting all passengers remained well.
The Humorists and a Floral Language Exchange
A Washington Star quip notes not frightened humorists about riches with wings. Puck offers a wry reply. Hortense Hen asks about the language of flowers while recalling the gardener’s chatter after tending flower beds.
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Washington Star
Puck
Helen Hen
Hortense Hen
Locusts, Colors, and Curious City Talk in Old Papers
In a patchwork of quotes from Cleveland, Ohio and Baltimore, readers encounter humorous musings on color psychology, a farmer and postmaster banter about locusts, a sleepy city boarder teased by Uncle Joshua, and a brutal water torture scene as Filipino prisoners endure mock trials tied to a dental “painless” dentist.
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Ohio State Journal
Uncle Joshua
Baltimore
Ravages of cholera in Manila 1000 cases amid war report
Washington August 6 The War Department reports from Manila’s Board of Health dated May 15 1902 show Asiatic cholera from March 20 to May 15 with 1005 cases 80 deaths and 246 recoveries. Nationalities include Filipinos 862 Chinese 103 English 18 Americans 50 Europeans 42 as hospitals and sanitation efforts reduce spread.
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Manila
Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Board of Health of
Philippine Islands
L. A. Maus
United States Army
Board of Health
San Lazzaro
Calle Herran
Second Reserve Hospital
Trinidad Jurado
Bertrand de Lis
Maus
Sisters of Charity
Esteros
Batangas
Laguna
Rizal
Santa and Nang
Birangonan
Labor and Capital discussed by Senator Hanna at Urbana Chautauqua
Senator M A Hanna spoke to about 3000 at Urbana Chautauqua on labor and capital relations. He cited the Civic Federation and an interstate coal wage agreement as methods to reduce strikes, noting the anthracite dispute defied arbitration and urging broader support for cooperative settlements through education and dialogue.
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Hanna
Urbana
M. A. Hanna
Urbana Chautauqua
Springfield
George W. Hitt
Chautauqua Association
Tabernacle
Ohio
Tuscarawas Valley
National Civic Federation
Civic Federation
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Power in Anti-Merger Suit Punished for Ignoring Summons
New York August 6 judge La Combe holds Peter Power in contempt and commits him to thirty days in jail for repeatedly ignoring court summons in the Northern Pacific merger case. Attorney Lamb is ordered to show cause why he should not be suspended for unprofessional conduct.
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New York
Peter Power
Northern Pacific
Power
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
George Alfred Lamb
Lamb
William D. Guthrie
Mr. Power
Mr. Lamb
Guthrie
Stitson
Europe
Mr. Stitson
Trouble for Colombia Commander Takes Action in Panama
In Panama a tense standoff emerges over potential seizure of the British vessel Quito. Commander Potter of the U S gunboat Ranger awaits clear instruction after Panama’s governor moves to press the Quito into service to confront a revolutionary ship. The Navy seeks guidance on whether to protect British interests if appealed to by the British consul.
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Ranger
Washington
Panama
United States
Potter
Boyaca
Quito
Navy Department
Agsierance
T. C. McKean
Cincinnati
Lenguayra
Sweden
Norway
Caracas
Laguayra
Miss Clara Barton aboard steamship Pennsylvania from Hamburg
Miss Clara Barton president of the American Red Cross attended the International Red Cross in St. Petersburg last May and was a passenger on the steamship Pennsylvania which arrived today from Hamburg.
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New York
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
International Red Cross
St. Petersburg
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Lands of the Briars Held by Corporations, Not Friars
Vatican report from Rome states most Spanish friars lands in the Philippines were sold before U.S. occupation to syndicates and corporations recognized by Americans in New York. Friars reportedly hold minor shares, with no controlling interests, prompting surprise at Governor Taft’s land purchase proposal.
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Rome
Vatican
Philippines
New York
Taft
Taft Testimony Reveals Friar Lands Transfers in Philippines
Governor Taft told Senate committee that friars have partly transferred titles to companies while retaining ownership to facilitate rents. He noted transfers may be colorable but not fraudulent and described negotiations by Secretary Root for land purchase with bonds. War Department tracks corporate stock portions and titles merged in corporations amid ongoing negotiations.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Root
Taft
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Commission
Tait
Rome
New York
Anote
Vatican Warmth Toward Ireland Interview Shared
Rome reports strong Vatican interest in Arch bishop Ireland's July 2 St Paul interview. Officials say the Pope and Roman authorities are delighted with Governor Taft and the Vatican US negotiations, and that Ireland clearly conveys the true Intercourse spirit between the Vatican and the United States.
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Rome
Vatican
Ireland
St. Paul
Taft
United States
Father and Son Reunited After Ten Years
Charles Gardner, kidnapped at age twelve from near Quincy Illinois ten years ago, met his father in Wichita Kansas. The pair ran into each other at a post office and exchanged greetings. Gardner says the kidnappers drove him to Fort Worth Texas where he was forced to beg before escaping.
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Wichita
Kan
Charles Gardner
Quincy
Gardner
Andover
Fort Worth
Tex
Negro Young People Congress gathers 5000 in Atlanta
Conference officials in Atlanta report the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress as the country’s largest Negro gathering. At Piedmont Park with about 5,000 delegates present, Bishop Wealey J. Gains described the congress aims to energize existing church and moral work rather than create new departures.
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Atlanta. Ga
Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
Piedmont Park
Wealey J. Gains
National Retail Butchers Back Pro Growth in Southern States
The National Retail Butchers and Meat Dealers Protective Association adopted resolutions urging the mid dle and Southern States to offer bounty or other aid to boost the industry. They backed repealing the national bankruptcy law to ease hardship on small businessmen and extended thanks to Attorney Generals Knox and Davies for injunction actions against the beef trust.
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Washington
National
Price of Lumber Advances at U S Hardwood Meet
A special meeting of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States in Cincinnati adopted uniform prices effective Aug 1. Poplar prices rose two dollars per thousand feet for two inch and thinner stock and for thicker stock selects and No 1 common except two inch stock. Three and four inch areas also advanced. The next meeting will be in Chicago.
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Cincinnati
Committee of the
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association of the United States
Chicess
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