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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1902
Page
23
A historical survey outlines limited U S progress in co operative business and industry. It contrasts English German and French successes with American failures, citing lack of a single driving promoter and scattered local efforts. It explains three main cooperative branches and notes French and German banking experiments and the Rochdale system in Britain.
The May Labor Department bulletin by labor commissioner Carroll D. Wright compares wages and hours for union and nonunion workers in baking, bricklaying, carpentry, cigar making, horseshoeing, and painting. It shows union workers generally toil fewer hours yet earn higher daily wages, with dues and yearly wage gains cited for each trade.
Six barber shops in West Indianapolis unionized as labor efforts surge across city. Women's Union Labor League to host open meeting next week. Mayor Bookwalter pledges city teams will be unionized to Teamsters’ unions. George Custer reelected Iron Molders’ business agent by narrow vote. only ten votes against him. International Sawsmiths’ secretary Herbert I. Scott tours Canada to organize. Transfer workers meet in Belser’s hall next Saturday to prize. Edward Tanner of Teamsters to address meeting. United Brewery Workers set local elections for Tuesday. John Koch potential winner. Woodworking trades protest use of prison-made goods. union label found on finished products. investigation planned. Miss Lillie Fredericks and Miss Anna Casey depart for Cleveland for National Garment Workers’ Union convention. Indianapolis delegates seek national convention next year. Labor Day program nearly complete. no speaking planned to avoid gala-day speeches. Laundry workers reportedly abstain from Labor Day parade after past humiliation by street urchins. Carpenters and hardwood floor layers dispute jurisdiction. arbitration sought if needed. Eight new unions form in Wallula, Wash.. Portland, Ore. plans 10,000-strong Labor Day parade. New Orleans to celebrate Labor Day for first time. Seattle newsboys organize and seek AFL charter. Rhode Island Supreme Court upholds ten-hour streetcar law. Canton carpenters cut hours to eight, raise pay without strike. Minneapolis sees widespread boycott against Chinese-owned restaurants as merchants refuse supplies.
The coronation scene featured Queen Alexandra’s guests and American observers as King Edward's crown was placed on his head under a sky darkening over Westminster Abbey. Dignitaries, nobles, and notable Americans cheered as the procession formed, with Prince of Wales’s son greeting the crowd and India’s mounted forces adding to the regal display.
Crowds fill London streets as houses and clubs glow with electric displays for the coronation. The procession to Westminster Abbey experiences lively crowds, while King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra receive a thunderous, affectionate welcome. The ceremony proceeds with oath, coronation, and homage amid a brilliant, crowd-filled spectacle.
In Westminster Abbey the King and Queen enter to a full house of titled guests and foreigners, including Americans. The regalia are recon secrated and the procession begins with Westminster boys and chapel choir. The archbishop of Canterbury and the lord high chancellor attend as the crowd cheers Viva Alexandra and Viva Rex Edwardus. The King appears, kneels, and is proclaimed king amid fanfares. The communion follows with royal family facing east during the creed ceremony.
In London Aug 9 celebrations spread through colonies as cablegrams to the King poured in. Salutes rang out and church services were held while Australia used funds for charities. European capitals echoed with services and messages from sovereigns, including a cordial note from the Pope. Fourteen hundred adults and 0 children tenant at Sandringham estate.
The fleet at Spithead was illuminated tonight with electric lights forming a fairy scene. The King's yacht and flagship featured colored outlines while other ships showed white lights. Four Indian soldiers a woman and a child were carried away after a rush through troops along Whitehall during the coronation procession.
The committee proposed verbiage changes to the Traction and Terminal Company franchise and city rights, including enforcing annual $30,000 payments and penalties, establishing a transfer system for fares, and Board of Public Works determined routes. Winter and Joss agreed, a new contract to embody amendments was to be drawn, Mayor Bookwalter praising the clarity and protection of public interests.
Yesterday the mayor Board of Public Works and Mr McGowan and lawyers revised the franchise to include all amendments from the committee The change requires the Terminal Company to pay car tax on all interurban cars entering the city over tracks of either company using the terminal station Terms cover Plainfield company with private track within city limits A special Council meeting to view the contract and refer it to the committee is likely The committee report defends Messrs Jogs and Winter who prepared the ordinance and notes amendments aimed at clear phrasing and public satisfaction The committee included two Democrats Kern and Gavin and Republican Smith
Pearson's Magazine notes that the tail once served a single specialized role among land animals, but now functions as a jack-of-all-trades. The article begins to explore how tails are used by aquatic vertebrates, signaling a broader view of tail utility.
The text explains how fish and aquatic mammals use the tail as the main source of motion, compares a tail to a propeller, and argues that life began in the ocean with evolution moving vertebrates to land. It notes tails became fixed for propulsion, then adapted for new roles as land life emerged.
Everett Hale argues that John Adams sought a universal liberal education for all in Massachusetts and the United States. He notes modern high schools surpass Harvard’s early facilities and calls for broad literacy, civic understanding, and language fluency as essential to informed voting and progress. He criticizes narrow snobbishness and urges curricula to balance fundamentals with useful knowledge across genders and specialties.
A nasal-voiced exhortation argues that every person should master basic English, distinguish Europe from America and democracy from feudalism, and be able to question experts across fields. It rues ignorance among educated Americans and urges colleges to produce versatile graduates who understand both general and scientific knowledge.
Washington Post recalls a cub reporter who bragged of daring fiction about a condemned man. He rode to cover an execution, penned vivid bulletins from a warm station, and even imagined a pet kitten in the scene. A telegraph operator sent a blunt rebuke and the reporter was fired for tommyrot.
Anecdotes recount Lord Kitchener's early morning Cape Town call at the Mount Nelson Hotel. An assistant Swiss clerk failed to recognize him as three aides compiled names and room numbers. Officers were summoned by porter and marched to meet the general with the ultimatum about trains and ships.
A Topeka observer recounts meeting dying people who shed no tears and notes a calm, stone like demeanor in grief amid death. He cites a psychologist view that pain and mental peace fade as death approaches and that the dying process brings an inexplicable change.
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