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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1903
Page
5
The August 17 1903 Daily Journal lists telephones business office editorial rooms and subscription rates for Indianapolis and suburbs. It notes reduced club rates and agent commissions with mailing details for domestic and city distribution, plus a list of newspaper sales stands in major cities including New York Chicago and St Louis.
An old advertisement urges readers to subscribe to a journal during summer plans to stay connected. It notes to place the order before leaving, and that the address can be changed as often as desired.
A fragmented report hints at a mistaken city charter provision and questions Keach’s status in city government. It notes Rockefeller’s empire-building in New York and Miss Tarbell’s influence, while a construction survey shows building gains across major cities from nine to forty one percent amid a boom fueled by prosperity and limited labor disruption.
A national convention in Washington will urge passage of legislation allowing injured or ill railway mail clerks to transfer to third or fourth postmasterships. The drive aims to keep capable workers in public service while recognizing their proven duties, despite reduced capacity.
The week features a highly anticipated international yacht race on Thursday with both sides spending large sums for success. Wireless telegraphy will relay progress to shore and across the nation, drawing thousands of spectators. Concurrently, Washington dispatches report land dealings in Indian Territory linked to government involvement, raising questions of legality and justice while Indianapolis Juvenile Court highlights the need for a dedicated institution.
Judge Stubbs era featured 24 children brought before the court with nine returned home. The process treated them not as criminals but as possibly mischievous youths capable of reform. The outcome underscores the court’s role in guiding troublesome elements toward better conduct.
Wheat on Friday sold on the Minneapolis cash market at a dollar, with some $1.01 trades before noon. Minneapolis mills and Minnesota’s flour output drive demand, and stockpiles shrink to about 1.375 million bushels. Farmers and traders expect further gains if supply stays tight, with no implied collusion.
The spike in anti anarchist sentiment after McKinley’s assassination prompts Roosevelt’s warning that anarchists are as dangerous as murderers. Congress tightens immigration and naturalization rules while critics question national consistency. Law and order are framed as essential to society, with mob and lynching rhetoric labeled as anarchic.
A town fumes over Indiana State fair poultry prizes listing Mediter raneans and other foreign breeds while Plymouth Rocks are left out. The item questions possible discrimination and notes Minnesota officials supply chewing gum to insane asylums to calm patients. Hammond Indiana offers five years tax relief and reduced water tax to attract American Steel Foundry Company from Chicago.
A compact collection of humorous verses and quips from Hewitt Jewett and others. The lines lampoon social custom, couples, and appetite with playful couplets and puns drawn from contemporary papers. The item showcases light verse and joking headlines typical of a late era humor column.
Former Suburbanite exclaims astonishment at fifty chickens yet remaining on speaking terms with neighbors. Suburbanite replies he kept them in his garden, bluffing the birds to make neighbors think they belonged to them, so the fowls stick to his garden Ike glue.
Report from Sullivan notes a crowded field for Democratic nomination in Indiana's Second District. John S. Bays cites Charles T. Akin, W. W. Moffett, W. L. Slinkard, W. A. Cullop, Cyrus E. Davis, and others challenging Rep. Robert W. Miers of Bloomington. Bays predicts Davis could win if Miers is forced out, detailing shifting loyalties since last year and the plan to block former rivals Davis and Wellman from backfiring on Miers.
Indiana political notes spotlight Congressman candidates and party realignment. W S Wells and Fort Wayne ties to Flemings seat. Hitz rally with George Hitz and Newlin. Beveridge to speak at New Castle. Lan dis talk fuels Hamilton county contest. Bryan to appear in Indianapolis at Bethany Park.
In Philadelphia the boss barber says most men are honest and, on rainy days, lends cheap cotton umbrellas to customers. He has lent umbrellas for over ten years and always gets them returned, noting the practice draws tips despite being free.
Washington Post dispatches from Louisville raise doubt about whether Cateb Powers is on trial for the murder of Goevel or for party affiliation as a Republican. The wording suggests uncertainty about the exact legal charge and its relation to political alignment.
Riis lectures published as Mr Riis gives a look at conditions in cities focusing on Philadelphia dependents detectives and delinquents. He highlights tenement life stories and discusses capital and labor, praising long term reforms and fair labor standards. George W Jacobs & Co Philadelphia.
The work, praised by Hall Caine, portrays a Welsh domestic world with intimate rural scenes. The Liverpool minister as hero faces a moral clash between material and spiritual desires, leading to a sad end. The drama resides in Welsh pastels rather than urban English episodes.
D C Chipman publishes a metrical romance titled The Halcyon Isle recounting Osseep and Oconee on a halcyon island in the Philippines. The work features a thousand plus lines with turtle motifs and an apostrophe to love, noting proofread errors and a self published release by the author.
The New International Encyclopedia reaches Volume XI with high standards of accuracy scope and presentation. Editors and assistants have created a comprehensive up to date reference with over 1000 pages of reading matter plus colored plates maps and engravings from Lar to Maxim. Published by Dodd Mead & Co in New York.
Review of Mary C Crowley's Love Thrives in War from Little Brown & Co Boston. An 1812 War era romance centered on Laurente McIntosh with three suitors including a British officer and a American patriot. Tecumseh Perry and Tippecanoe figures appear, Detroit area incidents anchor the historical backdrop.
The author of Chimmie Fadden shifts to a new field with Fort Birkett a Sierra Nevada adventure. A New York lawyer and a young mining expert chase train robbers through rugged mountains aided by deputy sheriffs and detectives while a cultured old gentleman and his family retreat to a mountain home amid a clever plot and light social notions.
Charles Battell Loomis writes a bright juvenile about a New England boy born with a fairy gift. He can pluck ripe fruit from any tree any season, enabling adventures in New York as he flees an abusive stepfather and earns money and friends before the pursuer arrives. Boston publisher Lothrop.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich contributes a sketch of an old Boston booklover signed Tom Folio. G P Putnam's Sons books The Jessica Letters for serial release in the Critic and later as a novel. Crowell issues revised Aesop's Fables for children and Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress. Boutet de Monvel contributes six drawings to Harper's Megazine with Stoddard Dewey article on fresh air children. International Studio August features Albert Besnard and Monet reproductions. Century September includes Andrew White memories. Paris Illustre August with Queen of Italy portrait and Loubet visit scenes. Manzi Bryant handles U S edition. Madame Rijane discusses dramatic art. Maurice Low reviews American affairs. Engineering Magazine August highlights Shultz dry dock and Hart Philippines, Howe alloys, with standard features.
A roundup of forthcoming and in preparation publications from major publishers. Anthony Wayne volume and Champlain by Sears and Dix. Esther Singleton furniture edition in one volume. Margie of the Lower Ranch and Love Stories from Real Life. In Merry Measure by Tom Masson. The Forest Hearth by Charles Major. The Monarch Billionaire by Morrison Swift. The Proud Prince by Justin Huntly McCarthy with a stage adaptation starring E H Sothern. The Brazen Calf by James L Ford. Our American Snobs poems in Saturday Evening Post. Mary MacLane’s forthcoming work. History of Socialism in the United States by Morris Hillquitt.
The article profiles the Rev James M Campbell author of Typical Bie ders and Deacons and James Otis Kaler writer of Toby Tyler notes his long newspaper apprenticeship in New York and Boston. It mentions Kaler's forthcoming book The Treasure Hunters and confirms Lippincott will publish Otis’s autumn season work.
From Denver reports show two Populist factions moving toward a single national body yet lacking a unifying leader. The commentary questions the vitality of Populism, noting thinning ranks and vague principals, and asks who among Allen and others can inspire a revived movement beyond a ceremonial merger.
The Chicago Post quotes Mme Li wife of the Chinese ambassador praising Western fashion yet noting cultural differences. Her comments, while diplomatic, spark reflections on public opinion and modesty. The piece frames a global view where Western missionaries beg to spread religion while other societies observe differing customs.
The Chicago Post notes Bryan traveled from Louisville toward St Louis and was in a wreck near Mount Vernon. He escaped with no injury, and the piece mocks concerns over accidents, saying he remains unfazed by past wrecks and the misfortunes of travel, portraying him as untroubled by fate.
Ex-Delegate R. E. Carvaby of Indianapolis praises his city as the center of civilization. He says conventions held a year apart delay his vacation. Mr Darnaby, superintendent of the Hollenbeck Press, served fourteen years on No. 1's finance committee and has missed only five union meetings in twenty years.
Mrs. Mary D. Erlougher of Swayzee Grant county aged seventy three was one of the graduates of the S. S. C. at Winona last Thursday. She is perhaps the oldest member of the class of 188 and still a student, recently completing the four year C. L. 8. C. reading course, showing her continued interest in books and reading.
The North Manchester Journal notes a Warsaw Indiana Times item about a single subscriber who always pays in advance equal to his arrears. He recently prepaid eight years and the editor wishes for a million such patrons, a sentiment echoed by editors elsewhere.
The Kansas City Journal argues against assuming Bryan is dead and that Cleveland stock is rising in the West. It notes Bryan has ten followers to one for McKinley on this side of the Mississippi but says his influence has declined in the West yet has not vanished in Cleveland.
A Martinaville Indiana Republican report notes a man in an Anderson restaurant suffered a violent mental breakdown while eating breakfast. Local commentary blames strawboard industries for river pollution and urges action against them.
A fragment from the Missouri Democrats era notes distrust of a local prosecutor who sent defendants to the penitentiary, suggesting limited faith in the Governor’s ability to reassure the public amid anxiety and political strife.
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