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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1903
Page
7
The 1993 Indianapolis Journal page lists subscription terms and rates for various editions and delivery options. It notes mail prepaid pricing, club discounts, and agent-led subscriptions, with instructions for including names and addresses for manuscript submissions. It also includes a brief, opinion-style digest of current events and policy notes from multiple sources.
The passage asserts that a specific action would have practically guaranteed U S construction and control of the canal. It states that such an outcome would be seen by the entire civilized world as a stupendous blunder. The President strongly emphasizes this point.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune has launched a limited off year discussion on Roosevelt as Republican nominee. It cites past opposition to Lincoln’s renomination and criticizes its own motives while arguing Roosevelt should be judged by future actions. Indiana Republicans largely back Roosevelt and the Journal urges waiting for clear justification before challenging his availability. The piece also questions General Wood’s rapid promotion and its political repercussions.
President Roosevelt is expected to renew General Leonard Wood’s nomination as major general. Opposition cites Wood’s rapid rise and limited formal military education. An anticipated clash could unfold as several officers and allies maneuver to block confirmation.
Obituary notes Herbert Spencer as the preeminent modern philosopher and evolutionist, crediting his Synthetic Philosophy for shaping scientific and philosophical thought. The piece lauds his wide output, the unity of evolution, and the Victorian era farewell, while touching on Christmas shopping advice and assorted other remarks.
A Washington Star quote notes a sincere protest from a reader about a sensational preacher, alleging he hides religious aims behind theatrics. A conservative clergyman counters that the preacher uses religion as a circus tent, provoking anger after a bill was paid earlier the week before.
A Chicago Tribune snippet depicts Mr. Hockafus racing to the gas company after a heated telephone exchange with his wife about language on the line. The humor continues with a curator and a thief in a church vestry where a steal involves a vest stole and surplus surplice.
A diner at a Chicago restaurant piled peas on an overflowing spoon and flung them across the table. The man beside him whispered a playful warning that this was no game of table teams.
A Chicago News report describes Burglar Bill surrendering as the crowd refuses to take him to the lockup and instead offers a testimonial of thanks after noting he stole Harker's phonograph.
In a playful New York Sun excerpt a boy asks for a needle and thread then cloth for a patch. He negotiates color matching and even seeks old clothes from Mrs Suburb, offering a salt in return and a square meal meddy to fill the patch.
A collection of editorial quips from Indiana papers citing Jim Tillman in Texas, Chicago life-saving service closure, Kendallville Sun and Tom Taggart harmony, New Jersey child labor law enforcement, and Jesse McClure’s murder case remarks. Includes varied opinions on politics, social reform, and repentance.
The note list covers life insurance schemes for King Peter of Servia, a Kiowa dress sold in Elremo for 1600 dollars, Morris Williams rising to control millions and 10,000 miners, Oregon urging agricultural science in schools, Alfred Vanderbilt in horse show banter, ex Senator Jones leaving Arkansas aims, hay tonnage measurements, Phil May’s drawing process, Marks Nathan’s will funding in Jerusalem, charity bequests from scrap iron ventures, and funds for a Jerusalem hospital and Jewish orphans.
A hotel housekeeper reveals a system in which elevator crews discard worn neckties to a pair in the Tenderloin who buy, clean, rerip, and recreate them. The couple sells them to stores as renewed items, turning rough fabric into fresh bows and bands for pocket money.
The item cites a New York Times anecdote about a bellboy selling four in hand scarves for 50 or 70 cents with 75 cent bows each. It also recalls a German farmer in Illinois who claimed taking a couple of swallows before crossing tracks, a tale used in a damages case to shift blame.
J Hobart Moore just back from a fishing trip in Canada recalls Canadian hospitality. A Montreal friend offered a $1 per day guide for the month, recommending Pierre Lorrison of Ste. Rose. Lorrison asked $4 a day for an American client, while guides taking $1 from Canadians asked $4 to $6 from Americans, Moore notes with a wry comment on patriotism and price.
An old man with poor eyesight wanders into a city hospital seeking relief. A doctor uses magnifying glasses and a reading card, but the patient cannot read because he never learned. In a separate incident a wounded man is shuttled by brewer’s dray, prompting a pointed mayoral exchange about ambulance use and stolen plate.
Mr Gillingberry boasts of an intellectual clan chasing puzzles at home. Mother tackles newspaper puzzle pictures, Lizzie ages siblings, Henry and Jim pursue various brainteasers, while the narrator laments the task of keeping the family together as the ultimate problem.
A Philadelphia Record report notes the French toy bulldog as the most popular and costly pet, averaging 400 to 500 dollars with exceptional specimens at 1500. It also highlights rising Cuban poodles in high demand and predicts widespread market availability while joking that women may begin calling toy dogs muff dogs again.
In Evansville Courier editorial comments on Dr Stone’s Purdue plan to build a memorial gymnasium following the Oct 31 railroad disaster that killed sixteen. The paper condemns using the tragedy as a basis for the project calling for a simple campus monument instead.
A century old reflection ponders wealth levels from millionaires to penniless dreamers. It suggests a man with a million feels poor beside plutocrats, while someone with fifty thousand appears well-to-do, yet even the penniless with Cyrano spirit is rich in spirit.
A man at a horse show related a curious claim from a West Broadway taxidermist about cats. He said female kittens always have a few yellow hairs and blue eyes indicate deafness, noting he had heard the latter before but not the former.
A close observer visiting the federal building office noted that a Secret Service man can be identified by a ring on the thumb. He claimed many officers wore such rings, citing a dozen seen in the post office, sparking curiosity among friends.
The New York Post reports that a joint Pennsylvania Maryland commission completed the first survey of Mason and Dixon line since its markers were set over a century and a half ago. Stone markers, some repurposed as steps and curbstones, were recovered and reerected along the line with new marble monuments replacing missing stones.
William Allen White surveys the Western boom era of borrowing and Eastern capital, detailing the rise and sharp fall of fortunes, the ensuing shifts in Western banking, crops, and industry, and a matured indifference toward Wall Street shaped by past excesses and eventual reform.
The Journal records a Tuesday death by self-inflicted means in Gasa City, stating that less said about the incident, the better, reflecting a restrained local note on the event.
A long profile lauds Mrs. Mark Hanna for shaping her husband Senator Mark Hanna through tact, social skill, and steady support. It credits her with securing rest for his health, guiding social duties, and influencing national political circles in Washington. Her daughters, Mrs Parsons and Mrs McCormick, are cited as examples of social polish.
Kansas City journalist recalls Bill Nye through James Whitcomb Riley interview. Riley lauds Nye as delightful and ingenuous, recounts jokes about two brothers dark and blue eyed, a Maine origin joke with Shirley, and Nye’s mastery of scientific terms shown on a railroad platform anecdote.
The piece warns against expelling Senator Smoot for his beliefs on Mormonism and polygamy, arguing such action would violate the First Amendment by penalizing religion. It notes Utah's statehood did not prohibit religious profession and asserts Smoot is monogamous in practice, with private opinions protected.
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