Newspaper Subscription Rates and Publication Details
The Sunday Journal of August 17 1902 lists subscription terms for various editions including daily and Sunday combinations, mail prepaid options, and club discounts. It details agent distribution, postal handling, and international mailing guidance, plus locations in major cities where the paper is available and instructions for submitting manuscript and correspondence to the Journal Newspaper Company in Indianapolis Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Let The Journal Follow You By Mail This Summer
Readers planning a summer away can keep contact with home by mailing The Journal to follow them. Place a mail order before Starting and request address changes as needed to ensure continued delivery.
Shacklett a Story of American Politics serial begins
The Journal will start serial publication of Shacklett a Story of American Politics by Walter Barr on Tuesday. The tale traces a statesman from township office to governor and senator, with a strong focus on practical politics and lobbying, set largely in Southern Illinois with a sympathetic, human portrayal.
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Shacklett
Walter Barr
Ilinois
German Americans Celebrate Sunday Patriotism as Religion
The speaker honors German born and descended Americans noting their loyalty to the United States. He argues that choosing Sunday for a celebration reflects patriotism as part of their religious observe, emphasizing strength of allegiance among German heritage communities.
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United States
Tin Plate Industry in Indiana Seeks Wage Reform
Indiana tin plate history shows five plants with 452000 pounds daily capacity led by American Tin Plate. Industry faces wage reduction debate tied to a major Standard Oil contract, highlighting regional growth, pig tin imports from East Indies and Britain, and reliance on foreign raw tin. Chronology includes early plant openings from 1891 to 1896 and current output figures.
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United States
Standard Oil Company
Anderson Tin Plate Company
Indiana
American Tin Plate Company
Elwood
Indiana Tin Plate Manufacturing Company
Atlanta
Morewood Company
Gas City
Irondale Steel Company
Middletown
Montpelier
Anderson
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
New York
East Indies
Great Britain
San Bernardino County
California
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
San Bernardino
Literary clash over Cyrano theft claim by Chicago agent
Chicago real estate man Samuel Eberly Gross accused Edmond Rostand of borrowing ideas from his The Merchant Prince of Cornville. A civil court in Chicago blocked Rostand from presenting Cyrano de Bergerac, sparking debate on originality and authors borrowing.
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Chicago
Samuel Eberly Gross
Edmond Rostand
Gross
Rost
Sunday papers and the evolving press in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Public Ledger and Times consolidation preserves Sunday editions despite critics. Editors defend daily reporting as essential, noting Sunday papers offer literature and news while condemning lowbrow weeklies. progress requires adaptation rather than undoing the Sunday delivery.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
George Washington Childs
Philadelphia
Ledger
the Times
Peat as Fuel Not Likely in Indiana
A Chicago caller to Governor Durbin suggested Indiana has large peat deposits as a backup if gas and coal run out. The editorial notes Indiana’s gas supply has declined but is not exhausted and coal is essentially inexhaustible, implying peat use is unlikely.
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Chicago
Durbin
Indiana
Indiana Peat Deposits in Northern Counties Probed
The article explains extensive peat deposits in northern Indiana counties formed by plant decay in marshes and lakes. It describes peat filling lakes over centuries, creating dry land and rich soils, noting peat’s combustible but low heat value, and suggesting future use for cropping rather than burning. It cites a Yale lecture and Swiss lake losses to illustrate lake aging.
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Indiana
Yale
Sal
Ireland
Florida
Real estate syndicate resists fund for Indianapolis arsenal site
Solicitors for the National Technical Institute fund face a new obstacle as a real estate syndicate pits rival buyers by promising to outbid all competitors and dissuading subscribers. Public support remains strong, with no price set by appraisers yet, and officials expect the effort to attract capital if fair play prevails. The piece also criticizes harsh prison reform practices and cites Prof. G Stanley Hall on child discipline.
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Indianapolis Arsenal
National Technical Institute
Lmit
Institute
Hagenbeck
Reformatory
G. Stanley Hall
University reformers and apple crop disputes in a Chicago exposition
The Journal discusses corporal punishment debates and urges measured discipline, while President Jordan critiques university extension for civic reform. It notes an Apple Shippers' Association claim of a large crop contrasted by growers' denial, and highlights a Chicago colored industrial exposition funding a home for the aged. Erie county, New York, experiments with convict road work show cost savings and better inmate health.
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Jordan
Harper
Apple Shippers’ Association
Rochester
N. Y
Chicago
Erie County
New York
Buffalo
Politician in Fiction and Chautauqua Observations
The piece critiques how politics is treated in fiction and highlights Walter Barr's Shacklett as a notable exception, a born politician with both flaws and humanity. It notes F T Bullen’s views on Chautauqua’s gender imbalance and cultural impressions from a foreign observer, including a Fort Hamilton man celebrating 104 years with family nearby.
Long Life Recipe and Gift Mystery
A New York man counsels living outdoors and carefree living for old age. A physician quips to a insomnia patient to sleep it off. In Philadelphia and Newport, John R. Drexel gives his wife $2,000 to buy a birthday gift, a gesture praised by fashionable circles.
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New York
John R. Drexel
Philadelphia
Newport
The Humorists Velocity Defined Chicago News
A humorous exchange from Chicago News features a teacher asking a boy to define velocity and the boy answering with a playful comparison. The dialogue reveals wit about common perceptions of speed and the limits of observation in New York.
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Chicago News
Punctured Tea-Table of Quotables Across Papers
A collage of brief comic exchanges and quips from Washington Star Philadelphia Record Chicago Tribune Baltimore American Philadelphia Press and St Louis Chronicle. Jokes touch on taste, manners, journalism, coronation limits, and a mischievous spelling joke by Llewellyn. No single event, just humor and light newspaper chatter.
Quotes on character and wisdom from famous authors
A compilation of maxims and reflections from Seneca Fitzgerald Dumas Maeterlinck and others. The sayings urge self improvement humility restraint and consistency. Readers are reminded that character shows in action not words and that true wisdom comes from steady daily learning.
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Seneca
Fitzgerald
Southey
Dumas
Maeterlinck
Arnold
Joubert
God
Angels
Bacon
Newman
le Conte
Hugo
Lavater
Sir Walter Scott
Oddities and Inventions Take Spotlight in 19th Century Tales
A miscellany highlights early automakers like Captain Planta and his steam carriage of 1700, strange persian donkey breathing tricks, an Omar Khayyam restaurant near the Waldorf, a 10 foot wooden chimney stack in Mapimi Mexico, a gingko seed chair weighing over 100 pounds grown by a Korean, and a New York architect’s claim on steel framed height. Franz Muller of Vienna is noted for admired fingernails, with jealousy among peers.
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Persia
Missouri
Omar Khayyam
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Mapimi
Durango
Mexico
California
Franz Muller
Vienna
Wealth and Fame Echoes From A Bygone Era
A fragmentary retrospective discusses a South African millionaire Albert Bett and his vast fortune, Adelina Patti’s last London appearance with praise from Athenaeum, a quip by Lord Rosebery about a frozen pudding, and the New York blind merchant Charles B. Rouss who reflects on trust and business, ending with poems by Charles Swinburne and George du Maurier.
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Albert Bett
Mme
Adelina Patti
Albert Hall
London
Arditi
Irsbeth
Tannhaeuser
Athenaeum
Lord Rosebery
Charles B. Rouss
New York
Manila City Life and People Described in Detail
A vivid, older account of Manila on Luzon island detailing population mix, streets and water supply, the Pasig river, grand churches, and the vibrancy of the Walled City. It notes early rising, bells and cockcrow, and the contentment of Filipinos amid modest riches and labor differences among natives Chinese Americans.
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Manila Justicia
Manila
Philippine Islands
Luzon
Manila Bay
Et Anila
Pasig
Spain
Not Such Workers After All
A New York Evening Sun note on a woman’s charity tour of the East Side hive reveals stark contrasts between perceived idleness and the visible bustle of women and children. The observer returns changed, envying a life devoid of unwashed children and unpaid suppers, challenging preconceptions about poverty and work.
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New York Evening Sun
New York
Barefoot Boy Echoes Loss in Pant Account Tale
An Atchison Globe excerpt recalls a barefoot boy era, noting that a man’s pant account fails to reflect happiness and that ten never speak of felicity in those days, framing a reflective, somber nostalgia.
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