Telephone Calls Old and New In Editorial Office News
An August 24 1901 Daily Journal item discusses office communications rates and methods, list of locations for newspaper agents, tourists mail service to Canada, and the state of the Democratic primaries plus political commentary on Taggart Moore and Bryan era dynamics. It notes postal deficits and potential improvements with second class mail reforms and rural delivery plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jana Polis
Postal Department
Hobson City Makes History With All Black City Hall
The Chicago meeting highlighted Hobson City near Birmingham as the only U S town with a colored mayor city council police chief and tax collector. Mayor S L Davis serves a second term and notes high home ownership no drunkenness reported in his tenure.
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Chicago
Alaama
United States
Hobson City
Birmingham
S L. Davis
Two Philippine Party Platforms Vary on U S Sovereignty
The Federal party seeks five congressional representatives and requires presidential or governor general approval for local laws with revenue laws made by Congress. It states the islands may become states but the U S cannot cede any part. The Conservative platform supports sovereignty while seeking more independence in internal affairs and pledges peace, law, education, and upliftment, portraying U S sovereignty as beneficent to many Filipinos.
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United States
Congress
Congress of
Question to Shaffer on a striker's right to a job
A Pittsburg paper reports a reader asking President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association whether a striker who leaves a job retains any proprietary right to it. Shaffer declines to answer, calling it a cold blooded question, then notes that moral considerations complicate the issue. The piece argues that abandoning a job voids any such right and that a contractor cannot force former workers to return. Continuous claims that such views are verities to be accepted.
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Pittsburg
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Shatffers
Disfranchisement in Alabama constitutional provisions
A coastal analysis of Alabama's post contest plan to disfranchise black voters, detailing a two stage voter qualification scheme. Temporary rules favor veterans and white descendants before a 1908 shift to broader tests including literacy and property, with racially biased application.
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United States
Mexico
States
Spain
Confederate States
Alabama
Booker Washington
Constitutional change via convention is urged as the Alabama method
The piece contrasts constitutional amendment processes in Indiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina, praising Alabama’s approach while noting concerns about injunctions. It discusses Judge Baker’s order in the W B Conkey Company strike case, prohibiting listed strikers from interfering with the business and from persuading employees to quit or boycott, and from intimidating workers. The author supports strong injunctions to protect business rights but warns against overreach.
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Ted
Indiana
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Baker
W. B. Conkey Company
Hammond
Ind
W. B. Conkey Comny
Nogales customs chief Hoey faces immigration fraud charges
The government charges against William M. Hoey, Nogales collector of customs, and other officials are specific. While Hoey denies them, a thorough investigation should determine if he was a victim of dishonest subordinates or if fraudulent practices predated his tenure. If proven, responsible parties should be punished to the full extent of the law.
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William M. Hoey
Nogales
Hoey
Bishop Graves on China Reform and Local Politics
In a Churchman Bishop Graves of Shanghai warns the peace with China is temporary as Dowager Empress wields power and internal reform faces huge obstacles. He notes 400 million Chinese resist reforms and missionaries have failed. In Indianapolis, Democratic mayoral factions trade insults amid primaries, urging prudent restraint since the winner bears heavy burdens. better to be beaten Aug 26 than Oct 8.
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Graves
Shanghai
China
Democratic Party
Indianapolis
Domestic wine and a run of droll panels
Dialog from various papers references a domestic wine mix up and jokes about marriage, health, and finance. It touches on a man importing wine, a woman using maiden names, and a financial operation involving a loan, followed by a suicide attempt averted by doctors.
Commerce as a Peacemaker in South America
Galveston News notes the Venezuela-Colombia war lingers after a single pitched battle and argues enduring peace is unlikely without American leadership. The piece suggests the Isthmian canal project under Uncle Sam will force order, asserting commerce cannot be disturbed without trouble.
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Galveston
Venezuela
Colombia
South America
Sam
Practical English and typewriting lab notes published
Henry D. Vories releases a compact handbook on the laboratory method for teaching English and typewriting. The volume blends grammar, punctuation, word formation, spelling, and usage with double indexing. It cites examples like apostrophes in post office names and preferred word choices, noting some rules as debatable but generally practical for business, teaching, and stenography.
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Henry D. Vories
National Geographical Society
The
Inland Publishing Company
Terre Haute
Ind
Purely Original Verse by J Gordon Coogler Reviewed
The prize for originality is claimed for J Gordon Coogler by a new edition of his poems titled Purely Original Verse. Samples reveal quatrains on life and love, with themes of memory and longing, and a melancholy vein. The volume costs $1.10 and can be ordered from Coogler in Columbia D C.
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J. Gordon Coogler
South Carolina
Coogler
James B. Elmore
Columbia
D. C
Thompson’s Indiana tale echoes shape of Bankersville
A literary critique notes Maurice Thompson’s early novels lack wide popularity yet contain poetic touches. New editions include A Banker of Bankersville, which closely mirrors Crawfordsville, and Sweetheart Manette, a Bay St. Louis love story with three suitors. Milly, or At Love’s Extremes, centers on a Southern Alabama backdrop.
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Maurice Thompson
Vincennes
Street & Smith
Bankersville
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Manette
J. B. Lippincott Company
Philadelphia
Bay St. Louis
Milly
South
Alabama
Burglary Plot Unfolds in a Hypnotic Mystery Tale
A professional burglar narrates a tale of two thieves who clash over plunder then divide it. One burgler becomes a groom to the other, a doctor hypnotizes the master into recurring burglaries, and the detective-turned-burglar exposes the crime. The story ends happily in a well toned conclusion.
Mystery Keeps Readers Hooked From Start To Finish
A first story by George E. Walsh published by M. Buckles & Co. New York is described as so well maintained that readers will be sure to finish it.
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George E. Walsh
M. Buckles & Co
New York
New England Folk Novel Reviewed for Impossibilities
A The review condemns Mrs C Richmond Duxburys New England Folk as full of contradictions with scenes shifting from New York to Monte Carlo. It mocks dialect, notes a Connecticut schoolteacher heroine and a villain husband, a noble son ruined by gambling, hypnotic control, a robber shot and the Abbey Press New York as publisher.
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New York
India
Monte Carlo
Abbey Press
Post Wheeler Verses in New York Press Collection
A critique notes Post Wheeler’s poetry collected from New York Press, praising child poems like Little Bo Peep and The Gargoyle while calling some pieces overworked. It tracks Wheeler’s Alaska roots and Arctic winter writing, ending with his return to civilization after a hunting mishap.
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Post Wheeler
New York
Stephen Phillips
America
Wheeler
Alaska
Yukor
Camelot
Com
Toltec Savior book reviews poorly in 1900s critique
A critic derides The Toltec Savior by Mrs John Ellsworth Graham as a disappointing historical tale of ancient Mexico. The review likens its stilted dialogue to The Children of the Abbey, calls its plot disconnected, and contrasts it with Ward's Mexico and Prescott's Conquest of Mexico. Published by G W Dillingham Co at one dollar.
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John Ellsworth Graham
Mexico
Ward
Prescott
G. W. Dillingham Company
Library of Congress catalogues reach Indianapolis Public Library
The Journal mails three Library of Congress catalogues to Indianapolis Public Library. A Check List of American Newspapers in the Library of Congress, A Union List of Periodicals Transactions and Allied Publications, and A Calendar of Washington Manuscripts cover newspapers, scientific periodicals, and Washington documents. They aid researchers by showing completeness and indexing names, though some items are incomplete and seek publishers to fill gaps.
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Library of Congress
Washington
Indianapolis
Fate and the Zodiac astrological autograph book review
A year after a limited edition titled Fate Autographs the author expands the concept in Fate and the Zodiac. The book, subtitled An astrological autograph book, argues astrology shapes character and destiny. Each sign is outlined with date ranges and moral influence, Aquarius Jan 9 to Feb 19, Pisces Feb 19 to March 20, Aries March 20 to April 19, Taurus April 19 to May 4, and so on, ending with two blank pages for signatures to testify. New York Bren tanos.
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Aquarius
Pisces
Aries
Taurus
New York
Brentano’s
A Daughter of the Tenements in Bowery Stage Life
Edward W Townsend crafts vivid Bowery scenes and dramatic episodes in A Daughter of the Tenements though critics note weak plot links. The work showcases Townsend's knack for incident and wit, delivering a readable panorama of tenement life with heroism and manliness until the final page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Townsend
Street & Smith
Pubishers
Townsend
Bowery
Indiana native William Coup shown as famed showman
This local interest piece notes William Coup born in Mount Pleasant Perry county Indiana. After a brief country newspaper stint he joined a circus and rose to prominence as a showman, partnering with P T Barnum in some ventures. He died at Jacksonville Florida about five to six years ago. The book recounts his life experiences and insider details on circus organization and management.
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Indiana
William
Coup
Mount Pleasant
Perry County
P. T. Barnum
Jacksonville
Pin
Reminiscences of Show Life Revealed in Coup Book
A new book recounts the original enterprises of Mr. Coup including the New York Hi odrome and New York Aquarium. It offers curious reminiscences and anecdotes about show life, with a notable chapter on various freaks and fakes, presented in a modest style. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co.
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Coup
New York Hiodrome
New York Aquarium
Micago Museum
Chicago
Herbert 5S
Stone & Co
Landscape gardener author links plants to child life in gardens
George Hansen of Berkeley California presents a book arguing the garden is a training ground for children not a mere outdoor play space. He urges study of plants in their places and includes diagrams for outdoor kindergartens of varying sizes, claiming adults can learn landscape basics too.
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George Hansen
Berkeley
Cal
In Deep Abuss novel by Georges Ohnet reviewed
A New York notice praises In Deep Abuss by Georges Ohnet author of The Ironmaster. The story spans Paris San Francisco and a French convict colony with French and American characters led by a Minnesota millionaire’s daughter. A young man’s wrongful murder conviction is overturned leading to a sensational romance.
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Georges Ohnet
Paris
San Francisco
Ufe
Minnesota
New York
Unk & Wagnalls Co
From a Swedish Homestead by Selma Lagerlof
Swedish author Selma Lagerlof gains fame for character drawing and inner Scandinavian life. From a Swedish Homestead collects fifteen stories and sketches set in the Low Countries and Italy, with charm, mysticism, and faithful English rendering. New York edition by McClure, Phillips & CO.
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Selma Lagerlof
Low Countries
Italy
New York
McClure, Phillips & CO
A Pair of Patient Lovers and Other Howells Stories
A Harper & Brothers volume collects five W. D. Howells short stories including A Pair of Patient Lovers The Pursuit of the Piano A Difficult Case The Magic of a Voice and A Circle in the Water Readers may find rereading rewarding as the works offer keen psychological insight especially the tale A Difficult Case about a minister and a parishioner whose theological debate unsettles the minister.
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Harper & Brothers
Townsend’s Days Like These Amuses With Breezy Style
Edward W Townsend mixes social classes from Fifth Avenue to tenements in Days Like These with impartial satire. The breezy incidents keep interest, though continuity feels heavier than in A Daughter of the Tenements, offering a entertained look at society’s blend.
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Edward W. Townsend
Fifth Avenue
Harper & Bros
Sept Critic Feature on Rise and Fall of the Comic Paper
The September Critic surveys the rise and fall of the American comic paper with rare reproductions, deeming the issue instructive and amusing. It highlights stories by Grant Meyers and MacBrayne, Clifton Johnson, and Haskell, plus numerous departments and illustrations across the September Woman's Home Companion and World's Work.
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America
William Henry Shelton
Woman's Home Companion
Robert Grant
Robert C. V. Meyers
Lewis E. MacBrayne
Clifton Johnson
Mabel Percy Haskell
St. James
Landon Knight
Isle of Wight
Edward Frost Watrous
Osborne House
Faringford
Tennyson
Carisbrooke Castle
Whippingham Church
Get
Thousand Islands
New York State
Gokteik
Manadaly
J. C. Turk
India
Arnold Arboretum
Sylvester Baxter
Luther Burbank
Liberty H. Bailey
William H. Hunt
Porto Rico
Philippine Commission
E. J. Edwards
Lillie Hamilton French
Maximilian Foster
Francis B. Leupp
M. B. Corse
New Books to Be Published by Publishers and Authors
Publishers announce October releases including Down the Line with John Henry by Hugh McHugh and A Daughter of Mystery by R Norman Silver. New editions and works by Benjamin Franklin Buchanan Adeline M Teskey and others stir reader interest with detective stories Canadian village sketches and literary notices.
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G. W. Dillingham Company
John Henry
Hugh McHugh
L. C. Page &Co
R. Norman Silver
Benjamin Franklin Buchanan
Rising Sun
Adeline M. Teskey
Canada
Fenno & Co
Ian Maclaren
Waldo 8. Pratt
Hartford Theological Seminary
Musical Ministries in the Church and Related Works
A roundup of new and forthcoming books covering church music, child rearing guides, Washington's federal city, democracy and faith, and art and literature. Notable titles include Musical Ministries in the Church by Fleming H. Revell, The Century Book for Mothers, Washington: the Federal City in two volumes, The Affirmative Intellect by Charles Ferguson, and Balzac's Dramatic Works translated for English readers.
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Fleming H. Revell Company
New York
Century Company
Leroy M. Yale
Gustav Pollak
Doubleday, Page & Co
Booker T. Washington
Rufus Rockwell Wilson
Washngton
Federal City
J. B. Lippincott Company
Wilson
Charles Ferguson
Funk & Wagnalls Company
Spain
Laird & Lee
Chicago
Landseer
Hstelle Hursl
van Dyck
Riverside
Alexander Hamilton
Charles A. Conant
Washington Irving
Henry W. Boynton
A. M
Phillips Academy
Andover
Mass
Paul Jones
Columbus
George Rogers Clark
English Critic Questions Alice of Old Vincennes in England
The American success of Maurice Thompson's Alice of Old Vincennes prompts English doubts about its appeal in Britain. Clement K Shorter notes strong U S sales and questions English readership, while Cassell & Co prepares an English edition and publisher advertising prowess. The piece also surveys cross Atlantic sales of American novels, contrasting Uncle Tom's Cabin with later titles like When Knighthood Was in Flower, Eben Holden, and David Harum.
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New York
Indiana
Cooper
England
Cassell
Maurice Thompson
Old Vincennes
Shorter
United States
Great Britain
Mrs. Stowe
Atlantic
Bnighthood
Sands
Charles Major
Knightwood
America
Henry Will
Eben Holden
David Harum
Blackburns elativade in Nebraska State Journal
Kentucky politician Joe Blackburn visits with late Senator Gorman of Maryland and discusses Democratic strategy. They reportedly favor dropping the paramount issue to focus on tariff and fresh topics. The piece references Bryan, Goebel, Kentucky politics, and Lincoln as inspiration.
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Nebraska State Journal
Joe Blackburn
Kentucky
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Wrathy
Joe Blackbure
Bryan
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