TELEPHONE CALLS AND SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL
The Indianapolis Journal lists subscription prices including carrier and mail options with weekly and daily rates and discusses delivery to newspapers offices across cities like New York Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville. It notes foreign postage, prestige of eight or twelve page papers, and changes of address for summer travelers. It also mentions Mr Bryan and political notes and a census style pension roll.
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United States
Indianapolis
Poatonce
Daily
Sunday Journal
Canada
Bryan
Seventeen Kentucky soldiers censured for cowardice face pension checks
A Kentucky regiment's seventeen men censured for cowardice at Chattanooga did not gain a pension edge. Each likely received an honorable discharge, a record requirement for claims. Fraud has occurred with discharged records, but the Pension Bureau requires proof of honorable discharge and rejects easy assumptions about leniency.
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Kentucky
Chattanooga
War Department
Pension Bureau
Bureau
Rights on the Isthmus and U S guarantees across Panama
Informed voices link Colombia's upheaval and Venezuela's invasion to Castro's aim to reunite the old Colombia through Panama as prize. The United States cites Polk era treaty guaranteeing perfect neutrality and sovereignty over the isthmus, vowing to protect transit and deter disruption with naval presence when needed.
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Central America
Colombia
Venezuela
Castro
Ecuador
Republic of Colombia
Panama Canal
United States
Polk
Panama
New Granada
Isthmus
Missouri Senator West Sees Dim Outlook for Bryan Era
In a Kansas City Times interview Senator West of Missouri abandons silver free coinage, criticizes Bryan as a weak leader, and warns that Republican prosperity could cement a Republican victory in 194. He advocates income tax, anti trusts, and halting territorial expansion, including Alaska and the Philippines. He cites distrust of Democratic platforms and foresees Japan and China markets shaping future policy.
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Senator West
Missouri
Kansas City Times
Cleveland
Chicago
Kansas City
Mr. Bryan
Peerlesf
Spain
Nebraska
United States
Mr. West
Philippines
Hawaii
Alaska
Charles A. Towne
Bryan
Two Elements of Danger in the Steel Strike Debate
The Pittsburg Dispatch questions why a labor dispute between a powerful steel company and the Amalgamated Association should disrupt national business. It notes about 1,000 Steel Corporation shareholders and 12,000 union members, urging consideration of broader impact beyond the involved parties. The piece hints at broader policy discussion on controlling such conflicts.
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Pittsburg
Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Debate on Labor, Monopolies and Economic Power
The piece questions the rise of large combines and their impact on public welfare and employment, arguing for constitutional amendments to curb employer and union power, and suggesting a secret ballot for strikes. It critiques the Amalgamated Association, corporate autocracy, and court bias in jury selection, then discusses coffee tariffs for Hawaii and Porto Rico and notes Bryan's allyship with strikers.
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Hawaii
Porto Rico
Brazil
Mexico
United States
Congress
Spectator quotes Sprigg on British writers lack of new talent
The Spectator quotes Stanhope Sprigg saying British writers show no new talent rising above mediocrity. He notes a few old school names like Meredith but no new figures to fill the gap. He adds that American writers in the States offer more promise, and asks who Sprigg himself might be.
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The
Spectator
Stanhope Sprigg
Mr. Spriggs
Meredith
States
Sprigg
West coast tour of ex Empress Eugenie and other tidbits
Ex Empress Eugenie tours Scotland and visits Glasgow exhibition. Timber near Franklin New Hampshire, where Daniel Webster was born, to be cut into matchsticks for $2,800. Notes on Planitz seeking brides for German nobles. Schley court of inquiry prep with Wilson Rayner Parker. Kropotkin in England, Mollie Craft organizes Chicago Heights church. Whistler Thames in Ice sale disputed. Core Academy donation and death of R B Weddington in North Carolina.
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Glasgow
Franklin
N. H
Daniel Webster
Cc. Planitz
Frankfurt-on-Main
Appletons
Schley
Washington
Jeremiah M. Wilson
Isidor Rayner
Baltimore
Maryland
James Parker
Perth Amboy
Prince Kropotkin
England
Bromley
Kent
Mollie B. Craft
Chicago
First Baptist Colored Church of
Chicago Heights
Milwaukee
Howe Baptist Theological School
Memphis
Ald
Michigan
Whistler
Thames
Ice
London
Picco
Core Academy
Yedona "Philp
Inen i Ncatemniian
R. B. Weddington
Union County
North Carolina
Legacy of a Generous Benefactor With Faithful Servants
The deceased was not troubled by race issues and lived in kind relations with Black neighbors. He donated three land tracts to faithful colored servants and gave financial aid to others. The remainder of his estate, valued at TM seres, was left to the Methodist church.
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Methodist Church
From Hither And You Microscopic Metaphysics Life
A collage of quips and vignettes. Mrs Hoyle reads her husband like a book while Mrs Doyle notes small type. Citizens discuss science cooling drinks and popularity. Jokes reference a Burns Works advertisement and a rustic city-wage memory.
Parachute Jumping Safer Than Ballooning Says Aeronaut
The veteran aeronaut argues parachuting is less dangerous than ballooning as it allows controlled landings. He recalls a humorously wild episode of landing with a grappling hook snagging a seed potato wagon and a dazed farmer chasing the balloon.
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Detroit Free Press
New Detroit brewery faces dairy feeding law clash
The Brewery and the Cows notes a Detroit Tribune Traverse City item about a new brewery and dairymen upset by a penalty of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars against selling milk from distillery fed cows. The column muses on conflicts with liquor laws and quips about cows producing beer and milk.
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New York
Detroit Tribune
Traverse City
Momus
Gold Bulion Heist Leads to Muddy Reveals at Crockett
Troy budget notes a sensational incident as Jack Winters, jailed on suspicion in the Smyth smelting works robbery, is found in Crockett California after digression in water and mud. He confesses and shows where the $280,000 in bullion was buried, proving even well laid plans can fail.
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Troy
N. Y
Crockett
Cal
Jack Winters
Susicion
Men and Mice
Mayor of Goshen Interviewed in West Tour
B F Debi mayor of Goshen Indiana visits Victoria Hotel with his wife. He promotes municipal ownership noting Goshen runs its own electric light and water systems. He contrasts their $37 annual per person cost with Kansas City’s $110 and cites a moonlight circuit for bright nights.
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Kansas City
Apublic spectacle for Carrie Nation at public expense
A New York World piece argues against allowing Carrie Nation to roam publicly. It calls for lawful transport to a designated facility, condemning the spectacle as disrespectful to womanhood and public decency and warning of threats to public comfort and safety.
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New York World
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Qualification for immigrants in Australia bill
The Australasian commonwealth has introduced a bill in Parliament prohibiting admission of any person unable to write a fifty word test from English diction. No immigrant shall be admitted likely to burden the public purse or convicted of a nonpolitical offense within three years. The educational qualification aims to exclude Chinese and other undesirables.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Australasian Commonwealth
Australia
There Are Others in Springfield Republican
The New York Herald appeals to the U S government to intervene in the Colombia Venezuelan troubles. The Herald repeatedly calls Colombia and Venezuela Central American republics, a mislabeling noted here as inaccurate geography for the American audience.
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Springfield
New York Herald
United States
the Herald
Colombia
Paris
Statesmen Are Doing in Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature has not only endorsed shirtwaists for statesmen in session but will not draw the line against sleeve attire. Boston Common Councils favor sweaters with transparent and white canvas belts.
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Boston Journal
Texas
Boston
Two Sides of a Problem Washington Correspondence
Washington correspondence discusses Southern Pacific efforts to alter customs rules on Chinese transit via Mexico, Assistant Secretary Taylor denying appeal and citing fraud indicators. It notes planned Chinese immigration lobbying and potential broader commerce gains with China if exclusion barriers ease. References James J. Hill appeals, projections of China trade value, and policy implications.
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Washington
New York
Southern Pacific Railroad
Treasury Department
San Francisco
Mexico
United States
Taylor
Hoston
Pacific
Republic
China
Wu Tingfang
James J. Hill
Hill
England's titled generals and Parliament grants
Pall Mall Gazette compares parliamentary pensions and lump sums awarded to British generals from Kitchener to Wellington. It notes historic sums for Ashanti and Kandahar, Blenheim works, and various titles, arguing why large lump sums were rare for some and highlighting the long tally of pensions and sinecures tied to eminent service.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Kartum
Garnet
John Company
Wellington
Marlborough
Waterloo
Prince of Waterloo
Netherlands
Europe
Eure
Engiina
Ohn Churchill
Marquis of
Blandford
Duke of Marlborough
Queen Anne
Blenheim
Woodstock
Weoten
Wade Hampton’s Trout and a Presidential Dinner Tale
In a Louisville Post letter General Wade Hampton recounts a summer trout fishing trip in the eastern mountains and a peculiar, humorous cooking scene. He describes catching rainbow trout in streams of North Carolina Tennessee or Virginia and preparing it with butter salt pepper and breakfast bacon inside a roasted shuck until done.
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Washington
Louisville Post
Wade Hampton
Hampton
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Incoherent Images of Food and Age in Wartime Text
Fragmentary line describes times of water butter whisky related to a roasted item and a general named Hampton. The passage is cryptic, lacks clear action, and mentions aging and consumption in a nonstandard sequence. No clear event or outcome is established.
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Hampton
Duse Born In Wagon Foretells Greatness In Venice
A new biography by Luigi Rasi recounts Duse born in a wagon near Venice during a baptismal journey. Austrian troops halted to honor the glass cradle idolized as relics, birthing foretold military honors. Her mother died at fourteen, she later rose with strolling players before Juliet fame at eighteen, then rose further in Naples and Turin under Rossi and Pezzana after Bernhardt’s visit.
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Washington Star
Duse
Luigi Rasi
Venice
Juliet
Verona
D'Annunaio
Naples
Giovianni Emanuel
Mme. Pezzana
Therese Raquin
Cesare Rossi
Turin
Rossi
Melodramatic West Describes Indian Territory Train Robbery
A Baltimore Herald piece recalls a 19th century style train robbery in the Indian Territory. Two masked men stop the train at a water tank, demand valuables, blow open a safe, and chat with the engineer before departing, gifting a diamond stud and ring as a gesture of admiration for precision.
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Baltimore
West
James Brothers
Dick Turpin
Indian Territory
Democratic Party
Pacific Coast
Cruel Kangaroo Hunt Described by Australian Visitor
W H Read of Australia recounts kangaroo hunting in Australia using a long log and stick fence to trap herding kangaroos. He notes kangaroos cannot jump high, hunts involve horseback driving, and the meat is prized though the practice threatens wild populations. He warns government protection may soon be required.
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Kansas City Star
W. H. Read
Australia
Sydney
Read
Austead
Fire prevention talk urged by Buffalo Fire Dept
The Buffalo Times notes the International Association of Fire Engineers meet in Indianapolis this month with Buffalo represented by Chief McConnell. It argues for city wide prevention steps including home fire safety rules issued by fire departments and insurers, urging ordinances and penalties for carelessness and better public education on matches, stoves, and curtains. The piece urges adoption of a county or city circular of don ts and musts displayed in districts including elevators yards and waterfront.
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Buffalo Times
International Association of Fire Engineers
Nttanapolis
Buffalo
McConnell
Indianapolis
Nee
Indianapolls
Land of Earthquakes Venezuela Herald
At 6 pm on June 6 a violent quake shook Cumana Cariaco and Cuman acon. The disaster struck Cumana especially, destroying public buildings including the telegraph office with workers injured. The tremor followed by a long aftershock left many with minor injuries and inspired a compiled list of historic earthquakes in Venezuela.
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Venezuela Herald
Cumana
Cariaco
Cumanacon
Landada Rosales
Venezuela
Cubagua
la Grita
Merida
Caracas
Corderillas
Lobatera
Tocuyo
Cucuta
Wis
Cua
Tuy
Trujillo
Guanare
Ira
Bargueto
Portuguesa
Zamora
Barquisimeto
Queen of Policy Backers Near Death in Philadelphia
Mrs. Mallon, famed as the city's top policy backer and “Queen of the Policy Backers,” lies near death. Gang and gambling factions converge for updates as her empire, built with husband James Mallon, controls 35 books and nets about 5000 a month after expenses. She resides on Eleventh Street near Bainbridge and has funded many funerals and aid for the poor through years of influence.
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Philadelphia
Mallon
Eleventh Street
Bainbridge
Potter's Field
James Mallon
Fourth Ward
Chief Cause of Operative Coal Engineering Record
The greatest stumbling block to higher railway speed is the inefficiency itself as it exists on most American railways. Improvement hinges on railroad roadbeds and infrastructure. High speed remains costly and the pursuit increases maintenance expense without proportional service gain.
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United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard to Discontinue Vermont as Receiving Ship
The Vermont battleship, once the receiving ship at Brooklyn navy yard, is proposed for discontinuation. In the 1850s it carried 1,108 officers and men. newer battleships will require far smaller crews as they are larger and more powerful.
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City Star
Vermont
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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