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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1901
Page
4
The August 19 1901 Daily Journal lists postal rates by carrier mail and club offers, subscription options to play like weekly editions and prepaid mail, with addresses for subscription and distribution offices. It also notes address changes for summer mailings and lists several city agents and outlets.
A critic notes editors once thrived on lively personal attacks and clashes with fact less, while modern editors of small papers rely on collective opinion. The free press is now defined by news accuracy and public demand, with editors sharing cordial relations and collaboration across city publishers.
President John Mitchell argues contracts between unions and employers are sacred and enforceable in spirit, noting fewer strikes where such agreements exist. He cites bituminous coal as peaceful under annual pacts, while anthracite shows frequent strikes due to lack of formal contracts. Mitchell urges union members and owners to honor pacts, contrasting with Shaffer who calls for breaking them.
The Sunday Journal editorial by Hon. John Chariton critiques Canada’s reciprocity idea, arguing for free American markets alongside duties that favor Great Britain. It notes Canadian exports like potatoes and eggs flood border markets, harming American farmers, and predicts reassembly of the Anglo American Joint High Commission to address trade. The piece urges Canada to offer higher duties on American goods to match those paid by Americans for British goods as a gesture of fair trade.
British members of the commission could press American colleagues, but likely won’t. The text argues Canada’s influential faction opposed the Union, noting that despite some Canadians joining the Union army for bounties, Canada broadly resisted the Union cause and protected Confederate plots against Northern cities.
Michael Davitt argued against continued Irish emigration in a Chicago address to United Irish Societies. He warned that tens of thousands more could follow, threatening Ireland's future, and urged Americans to curb remittances to deter depopulation. He contrasted Ireland's density with U S states, questioned famine-era parallels, and suggested emigration may lessen without calamity.
The article critiques the nomination of Maguire as Democratic mayor candidate amid bungled leadership by Taggart and city committee. It argues Maguire lacks strength, is tainted by his Public Works board role, and was drafted after failed others. Also notes U S consul G N Ruffin in Paraguay and a Nebraska Populist bet on wheat price shifts to Argentina.
The dialogue argues free silver with paper money worth about 10 cents on gold and wheat at 9 cents in real value. A Tammany Hall picnic yielded 400 beers and multiple wines and spirits. Navy notes report 19 sailors passing an exam for warrant machinist vacancies, with pay from 340 to 7 dollars monthly plus rations.
A jokey exchange from a Philadelphia Press quip contrasts self reliance with divine aid. The speaker notes desire and practical counsel urge fighting for wealth, while a twist implies divine aid favors self-help, ending with a humorous inversion.
Leslie's Weekly narrates a light exchange where the chief praises the lieutenant for catching moonshiners after a playful remark. The Philadelphia Press and Life bits add social quips at a counter and in a family chat about mourning and sportsman ethics.
Washington Star reports a conversation where a young woman tells an old gentleman that Harold has left her and will not return. The exchange reveals sympathy and concern as she confirms his departure and mentions a silk umbrella borrowed days earlier.
A compilation of brief editorial excerpts from Indiana and nearby papers quotes farmers drilling wells to seek water, Roosevelt courting Tippecanoe County support, race questions debated by Massachusetts clubs, a suit against an insanity trust, Admiral Evans amid Navy disputes, and banking act effects. The notes highlight national tensions and local reactions, with calls for accountability and stable labor outcomes.
John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers argues in the Independent that labor unions must enforce their constitutions and contracts even when clashes arise with employers. He cites cases where local unions struck for higher wages than contracts allow and national officers replaced strikers to preserve faith and prevent breach of contract.
Wall street reports Professor J M Johnson formerly of the Chicago Tribune and now at the University of Pennsylvania may succeed Charles Gates Dawes as controller of the currency. Johnson is known to President McKinley and Secretary Gage, with Dawes resigning to seek a U S senate seat.
The essay critiques Alfred Henry Lewis's 375 page biography Richard Croker. It portrays Croker as Tammany’s head and notes the author’s bias and recurring attacks on public virtue. The piece also discusses depictions of Cleveland Bryan Harrison and a vivid revenge motif within the book. It concludes the work is readable though morbid and not wholly pleasing.
A critical review contrasts Serao’s Naples tale of the Cavalcanti family with DAnnunzio’s excesses, praising Serao for restrained realism. It follows the gambling Marquis Di Formosa, his daughter Donna Bianca, and Dr Amati as superstition, poverty, and moral peril collide in a city rife with vice and ruin. The narrative centers on lottery obsessions, religious fervor, and a doomed bond between father and daughter amid Naples’ decadent classes.
A New York Harper & Brothers edition highlights Madame Mathilda Marchesi Paris famed voice teacher. The book offers ten lessons with reminiscences by Melba and an introduction by W G Henderson. It appeals to vocal students and readers for its personal anecdotes and teaching philosophy.
A new edition of F S Matthews Familiar Trees and Their Leaves highlights its technical, nature themed portrayal of leaves with 200 drawings and 12 color plates. The piece also reviews Belden's Antonia set in 1610 1660 New Amsterdam and Petersons Romance of Today, noting themes of love ambition and moral complexity.
A brief note traces hypnotism to the Greek term upnos meaning sleep and explains how the English spelling and pronunciation evolved. It contrasts hypnosis with hypno as a misnomer for the artificial state induced by hypnotism.
The piece traces the evolution of terms from mesmerism to hypnotism and notes the ancient origins of the power. It cites a book compiled by Count de Saint Germain drawing on Charcot Luys and others, offering a compact history and theories of magnetism and sleep. The publisher is Laird & Lee.
A historical novel set in Civil War England portraying Jack Gifford a Royalist officer who becomes a Bedford minister. The tale links to Bunyan figures and Puritan conflicts with Cromwell supporters, featuring roundheads and two love-centered heroines. Cassell & Co. published.
Henry Wood, a leading author on life philosophy and spiritual evolution, presents concise results of his mature thought in The Symphony of Life. The preface notes a deep spiritual hunger driving universal restlessness and the need for sustenance of the higher nature. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
Entomologists find their specialty interesting as insects offer abundant study in all seasons. A new edition of Insect Life by Prof John H. C Cornell University provides a clear introduction and teacher friendly guide. It features simple descriptive text, numerous illustrations, eighteen colored plates, and wood engravings.
A romance set in late 18th to early 19th century England during the Prince Regent era. Kate Poins is pursued by rival lovers after Continental War veterans, with the right suitor winning in a well written, entertaining love story by Louis E. Shipman. Published by D Appleton & Co.
The piece reviews Westerfelt as the sixth in a Harpers series of ten American novels aimed at depicting diverse modern life. It praises the South setting and strong character study, notes dramatic scenes without overstatement, but critiques the hero’s persistent perversity and odd obscurities that dilute an otherwise commendable, manly portrayal.
Adeline Sergeant offers Daunay's Tower a present day English tale with Annabel daughter of a troubled marriage as heroine. An estate, dilapidated Dauney's tower, legitimacy dispute, multiple plots and a murder unfold in a leisurely fashion. A good rainy day read from F. M. Buckles & Co.
Murat Halstead reviews amusing pieces in Criterion with elder Southern, Billy Florence, and Mark Twain figures. The August issue of Frank Leslie’s Monthly features Ralph Connor, while Cornhill Booklet from Boston curates selections from Overbury. August St Nicholas recounts Rostock’s training methods. Conan Doyle to begin a long Sherlock Holmes tale in Strand Magazine.
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