Sunday Journal long from 1903 ad pages and notes
The Sunday Journal from December 13 1903 prints subscription rates by carrier and mail for Indianapolis and suburbs and lists agent networks and publication locations in New York Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis The issue includes editorial notes on Indianapolis cleanliness the Republican national convention in June and various local notices and commentary on current events and public affairs.
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Indianapolis
Necceneee
I Have No Wife I Am A Bachelor In This Land
A speaker states he has no wife and aims to marry soon, praising American women as a major life ambition. He describes visiting for admiration of American women and frames his appointment as a step toward that goal. He criticizes Oriental diplomacy as a bouquet offered to Americans.
Enterprise in Southern cities bids to rebuild Galveston
A Galveston Texas revival is outlined with plans to raise the submerged city to align with a seawall built after the 1900 disaster. The project includes elevating streets and buildings, costing as much as the wall, to restore Galveston as a major cotton exporting port and growing wheat and lumber trade, reflecting notable northern-scale enterprise.
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Galveston
Tex
New York
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
The Bath Habit and a Nation’s Rise in History
A long reflection on cleanliness as the foundation of civilization. The text traces how bathing and public baths shaped nations, then notes a shift sparked by the London Lancet and an American challenge to overcleanliness. It also narrates a conscience tale about returning a 10 cent pencil and the moral weight of petty theft.
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Herbert Spencer
Chicago
Rome
England
London
Britain
America
John Dill Robinson
Indiana
Isle of Pines dispute stalls in committee until after Christmas
The Crumpacker resolution on the Isle of Pines waits for postholiday committee action while a Senate treaty to cede the island to Cuba faces opposition. Many American property owners fear loss of value and residency rights if ceded, arguing the island was omitted from Cuba’s boundaries under the Platt amendment and was part of the United States since the Paris treaty.
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Crumpacker
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Senate
United States
America
Congress
Republic
Paris
Through the List of His Sins and Conscience Notes
The passage argues conscience in ordinary individuals remains a tough organ and that even respected figures like Rockefeller provoke exhaustingly unlikely suppositions. It emphasizes that absence of outward proof does not prove innocence and that many departures from high conduct tempt the soul toward repentance.
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Mr. Rockefeller
What to Read in Bed and Why It Matters
London readers debate reading in bed and propose alternatives. Observations favor non work-related material such as poetry, essays, or the Bible, while noting newspapers hinder sleep. The piece argues against reading in bed and suggests waiting until a chair to cultivate sleep.
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London
A School of Courtship Plans Westward Matchmaking
Indiana women propose a systematic matchmaking scheme led by Mrs. Julia Work of Laporte. She plans to escort Indiana girls to Kansas bachelors, arrange meetings, monitor courtships, and pursue brief marriages, arguing a fair exchange of marriage markets between states. The idea faces practicality questions but showcases Indiana’s readiness to act.
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Indiana
Northwest
Kansas
Journal
Julia Work
Laporte
Paintings by Indiana Artists Highlight Local Taste
The piece urges Christmas buyers to patronize Indiana artists like Adams, Steele, Forsyth, Gruelle and Bundy, noting annual exhibitions at city art stores and studios. It contrasts art patronage with cautionary notes on financial failures and political satire, referencing Rockefeller, Sulzer, and notable figures while urging pride in native landscape art.
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Indiana
Adams
Steele
Forsyth
Gruelle
Bundy
Stark and Conner
The Humorous Quips and Jests Roar Through The Paper
A collage of humorous exchanges and anecdotes from various papers. Father and daughter banter about time and aging. a Russia roll call joke. a merchant and visitor exchange barbs about knowledge. a couple debate church attire. a hat misplacement remark. a pedestrian outwits a footpad. an ear grafting joke. and a Jose on a fence story culminating with a jokey harvest quip.
The Queer Youngsters Belated Thanksgiving Echo
A Chicago Tribune item notes little Katy at a downtown restaurant spotting turkey on the bill of fare and quips about leftovers during her first dinner there. It contrasts with a newlywed couple hosting their eight year old nephew Jack who writes in the bride’s unused guest book with a drawn and humorous plea as a sign of relief after the wedding trip.
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Chicago Tribune
Overbrook
Jack
Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis
Remarks and Oddities Span Early School Days and Family Portraits
A collage of brief vignettes from newspaper clippings shows playful remarks at a wedding reception about eating, a nephew puzzled by portraits of forebears, and a first day at school where Johnnie learning to read humorously answers in a chant.
A Batch of Little Stories Then and Now
A collection of brief quips and anecdotes from Sullivan to Wilson and Hodges. Sullivan jokes about Burns and wrestlers being fakers. Wilson and Hodges debate personal opinion and scripture with a warning about private interpretations in theology class.
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John Lawrence Sullivan
Boston
New York
President Wilson
Princeton
Archibald Hodges
Wilson
Dr. Hodge
New York Tribune
Bismarck’s Last Cigar Gift Story From Koniggratz
The tale recalls Prince Bismarck’s love of cigars and a moment at Koniggratz when he chose to share his last remaining cigar with a wounded dragoon. He prized the act more than the smoke, saying he never enjoyed a cigar as much as the one he did not smoke.
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Prince Bismarck
Koniggratz
Algar
New York
Express
Cheapness never pays says watchman on city tale
A Philadelphia Telegraph anecdote recalls a watchman joking about a newly married colleague Billie who skipped paying the minister and faced a pew rent levy of $15. The tale ends with the watchman warning that cheapness backfires.
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Billie
O. K
Philadelphia Telegraph
Farce On Stage Highlights Tips At Luxury Hotel
A local stage farce shows a head waiter refusing to seat guests without a tip. A woman offers 2 cents and earns the quip about dropping a quarter. In Philadelphia a hotel supper costs 3 dollars, but the waiter insists on a larger tip than a dime, refusing the 10 cent piece.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press
Notable People And Ventures In Early 20th Century News
Bishop Morrison to reside in New Orleans after leaving the Methodist Church South. Isadore Newman of New Orleans donates 50,000 dollars for charity marking his American arrival anniversary. Montezuma claimant Prince Nanzeta Montezuma, exiled from Mexico, wandering the West. Miss Mary E. Jenkins elected president of Syracuse Herald Publishing Company, a seasoned newspaper professional. A Thunder Mountain cow driving incident yields 1.80 dollars profit from four and a half months of operation. milk sold at 5 cents a quart. Professor Edward Wheeler Scripture travels to Munich to study human voice via gramophone funded by Carnegie Institute. Imperial and royal incomes noted, and a King Edward-related item appears after President Loubet’s London visit.
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Methodist Episcopal Church South
New Orleans
Isadore Newman
America
Prince Nanzeta Montezuma
Honeal
Montezuma
Mexico
West
Mary E. Jenkins
Syracuse
N. Y
Herald Pubiishing Company
Thunder Mountain
Wyo
Edward Wheeler Scripture
Psychological Laboratory
Yale University
Munich
Carnegie Institute
Russia
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Austria
Italy
England
Belgium
France
United States
Fife
M. A. P. Fella
King Edward
London
Mme. Loubet
Queen's Court and Astor Hospitality Sharply Contrasting
In a chatty sketch of politics and society, a Virginia congressman defends fair party play in the House while Judge Sime notes Georgia’s yeoman heritage rivaling current loyalties. Abroad, William Waldorf Astor’s English estate Cliveden hosts lavish entertainments with a permanent ten-piece band and a duchess seeking amateur theatricals.
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House of Representatives
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Sima
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William
Astor, Sr
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Duchess of Wellington
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Readers urge action from Indianapolis Humane Society
A letter from A FRIEND OF ANIMALS in Indianapolis calls the Humane Society to awaken and act. It laments cruelty to driving horses on icy streets, observes daily sight of lame and starving horses, and notes homeless dogs, urging better municipal animal welfare. The dec 11 note presses public accountability and ongoing services.
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Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis Humane Society
Indianapolis
Protest Against Posters Calls for Indianapolis Moral Cleanse
Letter to the editor argues New York Aldermen fined posters for ballets in scant attire and urges Indianapolis to imitate. Cites public taste over morals, criticizes pink tights on posters, notes cheaper theaters display vulgar ads, and urges action to remove objectionable posters. DPM Indianapolis December 10.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
DPM
Indianapolis
Calls for tougher Indiana crime penalties and reform
A reader urges Indiana to raise minimum sentences for fatal and violent crimes, end the insanity defense, and adopt an habitual criminal law. He argues two to seven year minimums per crime and a full overhaul of the code.
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Ohio
McClure
Tipton
Terrell
Bluffton
Indiana
Indianapolis
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