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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1901
Page
4
The Indianapolis Journal advertises subscription plans for daily and Sunday editions, with carrier and mail rates, club offers, and postage details. It lists agent pickup options, foreign postage, and instructions for tourists, plus locations where the paper can be found and notes on reader submissions and mail handling.
The text condemns Tillman, arguing his Senate presence disgraces South Carolina and the nation. Citing the Philadelphia Press, it claims no redeeming feature and urges SC voters to retire him from the Senate.
American capital eyes Russia to exploit undeveloped resources. Plans for Moscow and St Petersburg plants worth $6,000,000 surfaced in 1900 as investors target Siberia’s mineral wealth. A Siberian railway linking Alaska and Siberia could connect Northwestern U.S. trade with Vladivostock, strengthening American influence and opening vast commercial opportunities.
A report by George Watson Cole shows gifts and bequests to American libraries totaling 16.195 million dollars for the thirteen months ending July 1, 191, with Andrew Carnegie’s contributions reaching nearly 110,000 and many gifts supporting medical, law, and college libraries. The analysis notes geographic distribution by state, including Indiana’s 454,000 in cash and other substantial gifts, and emphasizes the broad motive of using wealth for public education and access to books across communities.
A remark credits libraries as a defining achievement of the era, marking the start of the twentieth century as distinctive in history through such cultural progress.
Empress Frederick faced prejudice as an Englishwoman but shaped change in Germany. Her efforts included a nurse corps during 1866 and 1870 wars, health at home associations, colonies branches, the Wadzeck and Frederick Institutes, the Home House for daughters, the Victoris Lyceum, and a Berlin women’s gymnasium. Her legacy. a growing recognition of women’s education and public roles.
Confederate veterans in Louisiana condemn several school histories and readers as biased against the South. The report criticizes works by Montgomery Wilkinson and others for alleged inaccuracies and for portraying Lincoln positively, urging removal from public and private schools. The piece argues the move reflects partisan bias and a push to suppress Northern authors' works rather than set a sound literary standard.
The text rejects claims that the U S Steel and Amalgamated Association conflict centers on slave labor, calling such talk absurd and wickedly false. It argues that U S wage history over a century shows the wage earner’s condition is not worsening, supported by a stated irrevocable fact.
The piece argues that nominal wages have doubled in fifty years while real wages rose more, citing Wright and various historic scenes from Horace Greeley and others. It contends that agitators misrepresent history, that past conditions show widespread distress, and that over time laws and customs have tended to improve the wage earner’s welfare.
An essay discusses the Solomon attribution to Ecclesiastes, argues lack of evidence for authorship, and defends unconscious imitation as not true plagiarism. It compares ancient nuggets to modern ideas, notes how readers borrow from memory, and cites Macaulay versus Walpole to illustrate how reimagined figures can yield new thoughts.
The French ambassador to the United States admires parts of American life but lightly mocks French influence here. He claims much of the US was settled by the French and that educated French women could teach in America. The piece notes scant French language imprint and German prominence in schools.
At year end 1898 the Post Office Department reported receipts of 83 289 2 a gain of over 13 million from 18m and a rapidly rising trend. Over the three years ending June revenues grew by 21 496 793 to 104 785 086, a near 50 percent rise in seven years, prompting questions about U S involvement in isthmus rail protection and Colombia’s role in safeguarding the railroad.
The New York Anarchist plans a performance titled the Assassination of J Humbert I to reenact Bresci’s plot from the lot drawing in Paterson, N J, to the king’s murder and the assassin’s death. It is set for next Sunday in Paterson, sparking debate on whether such a celebration should be allowed and if it may encourage further plots by foreign agitators.
In Newport a woman drew $1,000 in large denomination bills from a bank and, as she handed them to her coachman, a gust blew them into the crowd. Forty men chased the bills, and the woman recovered all of the money, prompting questions about whether the act was gallantry or genuine honesty.
The ownership of United States Steel stock is now spread among thousands of investors rather than a few millionaires. The stock was offered on the market and bought by many due to the trustworthy reputation of the organizers behind the company.
The article notes Woods, accused of sharp practice against Miss Beals, has become unpopular. It suggests Miss Beals may not worry about the 20 squatters on his 160 acre tract behind Lawton town site while the dispute continues.
Excerpted dialogue notes a duplicated Genta furnishings reference and a puzzled exchange. Dolly teases Polly about a shirtwater similar to a man’s glare. A question about a book revealing aristocratic social standing prompts a Bradstreet’s reply from a knowledgeable man.
Harper's Bazar reports a head waiter recounting a guest complaint about coffee being too hot and a scalded pastry. Harper's Weekly humor sketches Windpipe’s reduced output as a once talkative figure becomes reserved.
Baltimore American reports a playful exchange aboard a ferry as Spirit passengers discuss a rival and a harsh quip about a drink. The Kansan responds with a curt denial while references to local joints and a strong drink name surface in Town Topics.
A weary city man, Albert, travels to Pinkspurs to escape noise and heat, hoping for quiet. Instead he is overwhelmed by Aunt Hester and kin who stage a nonstop, party-filled homecoming with long meals, tastings, yard tours, and a talent show. Moral warns to beware overbearing relatives.
A tourist from New England asks about a whisk broom after a drink. Locals explain the custom: sweep away the sawdust in the corner and have your fit. The quirky practice unfolds as part of a humorous social scene.
A dialogue about a financial news paragraph shows confusion over a statement that money was easy. One man insists the column misrepresented the issue, while the other challenges the claim and tests understanding of the loan market.
In Indianapolis a government billposting order clears the entire square except the Ohio Street front before federal building work. The First Presbyterian and Plymouth Churches face abandonment and likely fencing for poster advertising for the next five years, upsetting locals who mourn the religious landmarks and fear eyesores from vast posters. Authorities reject fence as revenue source and urge protecting the space.
A jumble of vintage quotes appears, mentioning Uncle Terry and observations about birds and social behavior. The text blends aphorisms about men women and clergy, with garbled trailing phrases and misread names, reflecting a damaged OCR page segment.
A collage of aphorisms and reflections on romance, politics, speech, and truth. Notable lines compare love, public opinion, and the craft of writing, critiquing modern verbosity and the ease of production in an age of print.
Literary notes survey Harriet Prescott Spofford on an island near Newburyport and Boston, Mrs. Cruger in Washington as a famed figure, Andrew Lang’s forthcoming The Violet Fairy Book with color plates, Paris Bibliotheque Nationale holdings and MSS moves, Andrew Dobson’s retirement and planned biography of Samuel Eicher, Lord Aberdeen’s morals debated in Letters to a Friend, with scattered remarks on editors and reading habits and an unfinished New York interview request with Ernest Seton Thompson.
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