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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1902
Page
9
A sprawling, archaic collage traverses Indiana towns and names from English Lake to Elkhart, Bremen, Indianapolis, and beyond. It blends fictional vignette with scattered real figures, voyages, trades, and social scenes, ending with a Q and A about historical figures and a note on renting Prince Albert suits in Indianapolis.
A compilation of Q and A items on officials, geography, law, and science. Questions cover census figures, ambassadorial appointments, notable figures like David Davis, Swiss referendum concepts, and practical topics such as detecting sewer gas and processes in copper and silver separation.
The Philadelphia Record notes physicians debate contagious cold origins and cites White Haven Sanitarium evidence. Frail consumptives arrive and live outdoors yet do not take cold, while visitors with colds spread illness to patients. the sanitarium does not admit those with colds.
A reflective verse by Josephine Peabody about longing for Harlequin Pierrot and Columbine. The speaker laments a vanished dream, watching snow from a home now hollow as the audience and performers drift past the remembered rainbow figures.
George pursues a romance with Mary but flees after an attempted caress. He shows up later delirious with an ankle injury from jumping a fence during a chase across yards and alleys. The Bantlin family on Virginia avenue is sketched through a life of corner ownership, grocery days, and neighborly walks with their old horse Ned.
A horseman discusses how advanced farriery affects racehorse speed with examples from Crescens and Star Pointer, noting trainers’ paid fees for season work. An Indianapolis dealer reports rising poker chip orders driven by home poker clubs, while a physician warns of ivy poisoning after heavy rains, detailing forms and danger from poison ivy and dogwood plants.
George Ade’s tale follows Eugene through early crushes, flirtations, and delayed maturity. A boy grows from a youth obsessed with romantic fantasies to a man chasing fleeting amusements and shallow love, until he learns the need to know his mind before choosing a partner.
A horse named Ned leaped along with one rein in hand and another hand on the bridle, sprinting to his stable door. He arrived panting and whinnying to be admitted, suffering only the loss of a single shoe in the wild dash.
A 19th century meditative verse note by Matthew Arnold praising Nature as the enduring teacher of patience and steady work. The poem contrasts human uproar with nature's quiet ministers, who labor for lasting fruit beyond haste and rivalry.
The piece discusses a George Ade fable about two men one who rushes for wealth and the other who pursues culture. It cites James O Donnell Bennett and Miss Marlowe and contrasts Ade choosing slang over formal study, ending with Ade at the Waldorf, earning four dollars weekly.
The Atchison Kansas Globe notes water scarcity hinders irrigation across Colorado and Kansas drought areas. It says many acres under ditch irrigation lie abandoned due to lack of water, arguing irrigation is beneficial but overstated in talk. The piece warns against forgetting Mrs. Austin.
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