Cortelyou trusted as reformer and calm official
Special to the Indianapolis Journal notes George B. Cortelyou as a young, vigorous cabinet figure acting as a trust buster and harmonizer in the Commerce and Labor Department. A treasury guard incident caused a panic but was quickly contained, while Cortelyou advances the new department and its organization amid strikes and administrative tensions. Separately, Maj. Henry E. Alvord discusses milk service worldwide, praising U.S. progress and contrasting European practices, with mention of a scientific envoy studying bamboo in Japan for American use.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Organized Labor
George EB. Cortelyou
Post Office Department
Payne
Cortelyou
Steamboat Inspection Service
Cortelyeu
International Brotherhood
Department of Commerce
Butt
Maj
Henry E. Alvord
Department of Agriculture
British India
West Indies
Paris
Rome
Europe
Scotland
Holland
Denmark
Switzerland
United States
London
Copenhagen
Berlin
America
The New Chinese Minister and Far East Tensions
Liang Ching, envoy from China to the United States, pursues a treaty port accord in Manchuria amid East Asian crisis. The piece also surveys bamboo uses and notes about the president’s yacht, naval travel costs, and Osaka strike impacts on jinrikisha workers, with a closing on domestic drug plants and the USDA bulletin.
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Purdy
Liang Cheng
China
United States
Manchuria
Sir Liang
Far East
Hudson
John Burroughs
Congress
War Department
Philippines
Osaka
Bellows
Yokohama
Kurumay
Mr. Bellows
Old Men Tales and Candy Cards in a Quiet Street
A conversational column recalls aging wisdom and a humorous street scene. An elderly uncle trades stories about a schoolteacher, while a scientist describes a dust‑streaked street child and a busy candy board with pastel postal cards. A simple mother inspires a son nicknamed Doc and a look at Indiana frontier nostalgia.
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Elias
Vance Agent
Doc
Aleck
Mrs. Brown
Doc Wilkins
Doc Johnson
Hills Through Seasons in Frank Farrington Poem
A lyric meditation on hills changing through winter, spring, summer, and autumn. Vivid nature imagery marks the landscape from valley to timber line with walls of stone, spruce and pine, rivers, and skies as the seasons shift. The verse culminates in nostalgic fondness for home hills cherished in all weathers.
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Frank Farrington
New York
Sun
Trials of the Self-Appointed Guards of Society
A Philadelphia Record critique of New York society guardians and their hostility to Newport's social elite. A prominent woman’s disdain for rising fortunes is examined as she retreats to a Hudson valley cottage, with warnings that parvenu influx will seek out elite gatherings wherever society gathers.
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Philadelphia Record
New York
Newport
Hudson River
Parvenus
Newrt
Naragansetter
Saratoga
New
Sleepy Hollow
Take a Walk. New York Evening Post urban nature invite
An odd city piece urges readers to walk through the metropolis and notice birds, clouds, and vacant lots as Thoreau inspired reflections fade into a call to explore urban nature. It highlights martin, tree swallow, chimney swift, and blackbirds amid city scenes to revive a tired soul.
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New York Evening Post
Thoreau
Martin
Jake
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Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
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Johnnee
Johanee
Johnny
Central Park
Indiana
New Purchase
Emily Glenville
Woodville
Tippecanoe
Particu
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Msronants _Association
Inditiana’*S Greatest Store
Richelieu
Old Home Hills
Biff
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