The Daily Journal Advertises Subscriptions and 1902 Editorials
The Daily Journal lists subscription rates for home delivery with and without Sunday editions, details for mail and agent options, and reduced rates for clubs. It notes mailing rules, publication submission guidelines, and distribution points in multiple cities. It also previews a Sunday Dec 7 feature on the Lincoln assassination and comments on beef prices and Cuba reciprocal trade from Republican platforms.
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Indianapolis
Batis
Brussels sugar accord to curb beet sugar this September
Indications the Brussels sugar convention abolishing bounties on European sugar exports will take effect next September. The agreement should curb beet sugar production in Europe and push prices upward as trends show rising costs. A tally reveals fifteen football-related deaths and over one hundred serious injuries including brain trauma, spinal damage, and broken limbs, highlighting potential public outcry if such losses occurred during riot suppression.
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Europe
Canadians Refuse Reciprocity and Trade Benefits
A Washington commentary argues Canadians reject U S reciprocity, seek markets for northern farmers lumbermen and fishermen, and have little to offer in return. It notes British protectionism, Hepburns stock tax idea, Venezuela debt settlement concerns, and Britain closing ports to infected New England cattle as prudent.
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United States
Great Britain
New England
Inter
Argentine Republic
Liverpool
British Port Closures Force Cattle Slaughter at Sea
Report notes a cattle disease scare in the Argentine Republic led to ships finding every British port closed. Vessels were forced to sea, slaughter cattle mid‑ocean, and cast them overboard. The piece adds that American ports were spared from the interdict.
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Argentine Republic
State Auditor Hart Highlights Indiana Tax and Insurance Efficiency
The Indiana system under State Auditor Hart and his ally Mr Daily combines insurance and banking oversight, cutting costs relative to other states. The piece argues reducing delinquent taxes hinges on stronger county treasurer authority and longer terms, suggests Tax Commission power to compel payments, and urges legislative consideration.
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Hart
Indiana
Auditor of State
Daily
Railroad Commission
Tax Commission
Marion County
Koehne
Fayette County
Ensley
Meeting of Congress Opens With Three Months to Act
The second session of the present Congress begins today and will close March 4. Expected work includes clearing pending items and enacting appropriation bills. Philippine policy and the Isthmian canal dispute appear settled. Cuba treaty likely urged by the President. Tariff revision unlikely. the President’s message to Congress will be read tomorrow, barring House adjournment for recent deaths.
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Congress
Philippines
Senate
Isthmus Canal
Colombia
Cuba
House
The American Industrial Peril discussed by Madras Mail
Rev Frank H Levering sends a Madras Mail editorial on Mayor Townsend's view that American progress outpaces Britain in output though not in intrinsic machinery. Townsend argues success lies in breadth of view and the adoption of American methods under British workmanship, challenging British rivals to match American breadth in modern industry.
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Frank H. Levering
India
Madras
Mayor Townsend
Townsend
Great Britain
Nile
Transvaal
Australia
London
Levering
America
American methods and global influence in industry debated
A discussion notes the rising impact of American production as seen in oil, rail, bridges, and consumer goods worldwide. A Clay county election case questions ballot validity when voters mark a rooster head or tail, with the journal urging ballots be counted if the voter’s intent is clear and no fraud is evident.
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Clay County
Journal
Inquiry Into Clerk and Doorkeeper Fitness Stirs Debate
A Republican State Senate inquiry into the fitness of candidates for clerks doorkeepers and other public posts challenges the idea that political backing alone qualifies. It argues for proven integrity handwriting and copying skill as essential. Meanwhile German farmers will tour U S agricultural centers for three months to study dairy horse cattle and fruit farming methods.
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Repubican
Senate
Washington
German Department of Agriculture
California
Dakotas
Minnesota
The Humorists A Reflection Across Papers
A collection of humorous exchanges from several newspapers. Jests include a glare over personal reflections, a railway official’s gag about train use for crops and Hay, Rip Van Winkle’s morning mood, Pocahontas and the breakfast food quip, a Baltimore American wordplay on occupation, and a box factory worker’s payroll joke.
Boy reporter ponders life during barber shop talk
In a Chicago Record-Herald snippet half a dozen young boys discuss life as one remarks that their father visits the barber daily for a shave while other men go several times a week and wonders why God lets hair keep growing.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Silver dollar price drop sparks value comparison
The Springfield Republican notes a continued fall in silver prices making the silver dollar resemble a cents piece. It states bullion value now diverges slightly, with a silver dollar valued at about six cents in bullion terms.
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Springfield Republican
The Bible for Children by Century Company reviewed
The translation aims to present the Bible to children in close relation to its life while omitting unsuitable parts and maintaining original religious content. It uses a continuous narrative, twenty four full page illustrations, and contributions from Rev. Dr. Francis Brown and Bishop Potter.
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Christ
Joseph B. Gilder
Faquane
Union Theological Seminary
Francis Brown
Bishop Potter
The
Century Company
The Last Word by Abce MacGowan review
A Texas girl Carrington West narrates life in New York journalism. The critique praises wit and beauty yet notes coarse language and grammar lapses. Despite flaws the heroine and portraits entertain, with L. C Page & Co. as publishers.
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Abce MacGowan
Carrington West
Texas
New York City
Lochinvar
L. C Page & Co., Publishers
New York History Through Two Illuminated Volumes
Rufus R. Wilson contributes to early American history with Rambles in Colonial Byways and New York: Old and Its Story, Streets and Landmarks. The two volumes trace Dutch New Amsterdam to modern New York, blending history with social and political forces, rich engravings, and a romance of municipal progress. Primarily for New Yorkers and descendants, yet engaging for all local history readers.
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Rufus R. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
New York
Somo
New Amsterdam
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Company
Washington through Uncle Hank’s humorous travel portrait
A humorous Washington book review notes Thomas Fleming blends fun with facts and satire. It follows Uncle Hank, Henry Slocum, on a first visit to the capital, delivering witty observations about streets, officials, and the distance between senator and citizen. The text highlights caricatures, illustrations, and sharp social commentary.
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Thomas Fleming
Uncle Hank
Henry Slocum
Vilage
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
New York
The
Nutshell Publishing Company
Walter Rowlands Presents Great Masters Volume on Warriors
Walter Rowlands, art critic and collector, compiles reproductions of famous paintings depicting scenes in the lives of world’s great warriors. He accompanies them with a historically infused text about the men whose names have filled the trumpet of fame. This volume closes the Great Masters series from Dana Estes & Co. of Boston.
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Walter Rowlands
Dana Estes & Co
Boston
Henry Van Dyke’s The Blue Flower explores happiness
Henry Van Dyke publishes The Blue Flower a collection of nine interconnected tales inspired by Novalis. The work, framed as a search for happiness, follows the author’s imaginative thread and literary response to the German writer’s ideas.
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Henry van Dyke
Novalis
December magazine round table of literary but festive items
A survey of December issues across Harper’s Bazar Good Housekeeping and other major magazines notes Christmas covers and holiday content. Articles by Edward C Clark Gelet Burgess and Edward Eggleston memorial sketches appear alongside fiction from Julian Hawthorne and W W Jacobs. The Cosmopolitan Country Life in America and The Literary Digest feature notable pieces on social and cultural topics with color illustrations and themed supplements.
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Meredith Nicholson
Atlantic Monthly
Edward Eggleston
Woman's Home Companion
Edward C. Clark
Gelet Burgess
Good Housekeeping
House Beautiful
Herbert
Stone
Chicago
Lielbein
Jane Seymour
Henry the Eighth
Molineaux
Federation of Labor
Minnesota
Joseph Chamberlain
South Africa
Edward Vil
Vatican
Germany
Lowell
England
America
Republic
Cosmopolitan
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Edmund Frederick
Cora Urquhart Potter
Captains of Industry
Country Life In America
Doubleday, Page & Co
Beautiful and Interesting Monthly
Rudyard von Pan
Vermont
Florida
Review of
Odell
New York
Andrew D. White
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Dr. Lorenz
W. P. Gibney
Winthrop L. Marvin
Cy Warman
Frank Nelson
William B. Shaw
Alabama
Oswald Garrison Villard
Japan
Asia
John Barrett
Ernest Knaufft
Conan Doyle
Gerard
Arthur Lord
Frederick Dolman
W. W. Jacobs
Will Owen
Tibet
London
Leonard Larkin
Department of “Curiosities
Howard Pyle
S. Weir Mitchell
Frederick W. Robertson
Henry Loomis Nelson
Steel Trust
Alice Caldwell Hegan
Joel Chandler Harris
McClure’s
John Mitchell
John la Farge
Duver
Lincoln Steffens
Denver
Option Aee
Myra Kelly
Harper's Magazine
Algernon Charlies Swinburne
Abbey
Twain
Atlantic Monthly notes diverse readings and new editions
The December Atlantic Monthly features essays by Wilson Aldrich and Nichols with reviews, short stories by Wharton and Daskam, poems, and new book notices. It highlights forthcoming editions from Scribners and Dillingham, plus works by Bacon, Prichard, and Foster.
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Howard Pyle
Booth Ar Ke
Middle West
Ales Hrdlicka
Edith Wharton
Atlantic Monthly
Woodrow Wilson
America
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Francis H. Nichols
China
C. Hanford Henderson
Porto Rico
Ambrose P. Winston
P. T. McGrath
Zitkala-Sa
Hien Duvall
Josephine Dodge Daskam
Fanny Kemble Johnson
The Dining Table For Eight And The Absent Mates
Orlando J. Smith, born June 14 1843 near Terre Haute Indiana, educated at Asbury University, joined Sixteenth Indiana Infantry in 1861, rose to major in Sixth Indiana Cavalry, wounded and captured near Atlanta August 3 1864, mustered out September 184. He later edited the Chicago Express, founded the American Association in 1883, and wrote Eternalism praised by critics.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Asbury
de Pauw) University
Sixteenth
Indiana Infantry
Sixth
Indiana Cavalry
Atlanta
Chicago
Chica Express
American Association
New York City
Eternalism
N. 8. Shaler
Andrew Lang
Paul Carus
Mason Story About President and Jobs Lesson
One tale recalls Mason using a story to thaw Ben Harrison's reserve in 1889 over Chicago federal appointments. Mason urged Harrison to award the Republican posts, telling a farmer will tale about family strife and costly court battles. Harrison finally promised action that week.
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Chicago Post
Mason
Ben Harrison
Harrison
Chicago
White House
House
Third District
Chris Mamer
Internal Revenue
Mamer
Congress
Deer Park
Cumberland Mountains
Pap
Organized Play in Indianapolis Schools
Interest in modern child study and organized play sweeps Indianapolis education. Recess is timetabled with gymnastic minutes and games like ping pong and tag. Children follow schedules, while the piece lampoons automatic toys, wind up routines, and a future where children resemble clockwork machines.
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New York Sun
Grand Old Indianapolis
Indiana Origin Milling Cob Flour Rumor
In Indiana a large mill operates round the clock grinding corn cobs and shipping cob flour. No one knows its purpose, but a wave of gossip surrounds a new breakfast product likely to appear in morning newspaper ads soon.
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Nebraska State Journal
Indiana
Worcester Police Distribute Turkeys in Citizens Clothes
Boston Advertiser notes Worcester police annually distribute turkeys to the poor. They go about in ordinary citizen clothes rather than uniforms, a method described as the best way to carry out the charity without ostentation.
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Boston Advertiser
Worcester
Bryan touts weekly paper as influential political instrument
In Salt Lake Tribune lore, Mr. Bryan promises the weekly paper will exert political influence in the future and offers to demonstrate its reach for a small fee.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Bryan
Cubs Refer to General Gomes as J Pierpont Roosevelt
In a playful cataloging of notable figures, Detroit Free Press lists General Gomes and juxtaposes him with famed names like J Pierpont and Theodore Morgan Rosevelt in a quirky Cubs item.
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Detroit Free Press
Gomes
J. Pierpont Theodore Morgan Rosevelt
Cubs
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