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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1902
Page
5
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The passage notes Western growers have far more apples than Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, and Arkansas combined, while Ohio and Pennsylvania exceed New York in tree numbers but not in apple production. It suggests Western growers investigate the underlying factors behind these regional differences.
The author argues that during the height of the Venezuelan dispute the House avoided bold resolutions and demagogic attacks. He credits Secretary Hay's wise, dignified handling and notes Britain and Germany sought peaceful terms, recognizing the United States as a fair, just power with a defined Monroe doctrine.
The House passage of the pure food bill shows how Congress extends constitutional power via interstate commerce authority. It bans adulterated or misbranded foods and drugs across states and international shipments, assigns enforcement to a federal Bureau of Chemistry, and notes state laws inIndiana and elsewhere are often weaker.
The House passed a bill signaling public support for national oil regulation though the Senate may stall it. Standard Oil raised the price per gallon by over a penny amid no crude or coal shortage, citing increased demand from coal scarcity. Critics call the move greedy, noting the firm’s monopoly, high dividends, and a philanthropic university donation tied to oil profits. Judge Penfield foresees The Hague tribunal expanding moral and legal influence as more states back the court.
The House committee probing the St. Louis election says the fraud scope will rival the era’s worst. It likens Missouri Nesbit style schemes in three cities to Goebel in Kentucky and notes bogus election officer commissions sold by corrupt brokers and lenders.
The King’s Bench court awarded the railway company damages against the Railway Servants union for unlawful conspiracy to molest and injure the plaintiffs’ business by unlawful means during a strike. No property destruction occurred, and the loss claimed was the interruption of business. The judge called the evidence absolutely overwhelming in support of the verdict.
A set of brief humorous quotes from newspapers featuring a dauntless boy Nibsy Murphy on cleanliness and a banter about an elderly suitor with heart trouble. The humor reflects light domestic jokes and age related wit.
Dialogues from the Baltimore American and Chicago News recount a clever, sprawling exchange about a Tompkins from college days who pursued varied careers and ends up in unlikely roles, while a humorous misreading of a wife-seeking advertisement highlights newspaper style and social quirks of the era.
The Boston Transcript notes Mr. Munsey foresees three great chains shaping the press, two partisan and one independent. It questions whether such papers will gain circulation and influence like the New York Herald, by running lengthy editorials on topics such as putty prices and jute pricing amid a major political crisis.
A Boston Herald excerpt notes Booker T. Washington urges both Black and white readers to pursue meaningful progress beyond mere political action, warning that success in life requires more than public demonstrations or color line politics.
Sydney George Fisher measures the revolution through fresh eyes. He portrays loyalists as Americans loyal to empire and challenges the hero worship of standard histories. His study, drawn from pamphlets and letters, questions the unanimity and righteousness of the uprising and reexamines Howe, Arnold, and other leaders.
Henry Kitchell Webster presents Roger Drake a powerfully drawn tale of a young man who leaves a train with little more than ambition and a bag of hopes. The copper race, rivalries, political fallout, and Wall Street shocks unfold in a narrative of struggle, peril, and persistence. The tale ends with a hard won victory and remains a vivid study of modern commerce. The Macmillan Company, New York.
Professor Simon Newcomb endorses a volume replete with knowledge, urging readers to explore sun Earth relations, Martian canals, Neptune discovery, and planetary travel. The book blends clear explanations with felicitous illustrations and modest self‑awareness, provoking a quest for universal knowledge.
The story places Nicholas Edgecombe, a practical hunter of wild rabbits in Dart moor, at thirty taking sole control of the Wistman warrens. A rugged, solitary man shaped by natural life, he anchors the plot amid Dart and its turbulent river.
A prose meditation on a man who abandons dogma to pursue inner spiritual progress. He endures betrayal and rage, loses his faith, and slowly regains childlike trust by presenting his unconditioned faith before a chosen divine presence. The narrative emphasizes conscience as guide and the struggle for spiritual salvation. The work is praised for strength and beauty. The source notes Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York.
Carolyn Wells compiles a selective volume of humorous verse from well known periodical contributors and many anonymous pieces. The collection features names such as Charles Battell Loomis Carryl Burgess Riley Lear and Stevenson, with an introductory discussion of nonsense literature and a fine Scribner printing for libraries.
Miss Josephine Hamilton Nicolls’s Bayou Triste depicts a Louisiana plantation life with loyal family traditions and droll, entertaining Negro characters. The tale blends humor and pathos through Priscilla Mammy Uncle Ephram and the master’s love stories, reflecting author’s plantation familiarity. A. S. Barnes & Co. New York.
The new travel memoir by Ethel Colquhoun recounts a joint trip with her husband to Japan China Dutch Borneo the Philippines and Russia. She notes it is not well written or drawn yet aims to open a window to foreign lands for ordinary readers as a sunny, varied glimpse. Newark edition through A. S. Barnes & Co.
A new Nellie Blanchan volume is praised for rage incidents, thoughtful bird life information, and witty charm with clear illustrations. It highlights practical utility for bird lovers, farmers, florists, and those cultivating bird acquaintance, while noting ethical concerns over nests damaged by investigators.
A review extols a red leather bound edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's three chapter romance Wil o' the Mill as a timeless prose poem. It highlights hopeful youth love and age, out-door charm, and notes the volume is part of The Remartes Edition by Caldwell New York with an etched frontispiece.
A review notes F. Anstey once famed for Vice Versa offers a new book about a Cambridge educated Indian native narrator. It blends English and Indian idioms in a muddled satire that aims for humor but remains hard to praise. Bernard Noonan provides clever illustrations for the New York edition from D Appleton & Co.
Anna C. Hartshorne offers two volumes covering Japanese history and legends. The work aims for a peaceful account amid earlier books that mixed fact with much fancy, presenting a well grounded panorama of Japan’s past and myths.
The review lauds a travelogue on Japan from Tokio to Hakodate and Nagasaki noting readable home life insights and strong illustrations. It also recommends a new Fenno press edition of a Scandinavian love story, praising its form, cast, and dramatic episodes while calling it a clean, well told tale.
A present day tale centers on a frivolous woman whose vanity shields her from consequences, while Richard Wyndham bears the brunt as hero and martyr. The unhappy, extreme characters appeal to naive romantics though not ideal for young readers. author Francis Gordon Fane previously wrote The Way of a Man with a Maid.
A Hudson Bay Company party in the far north undertakes a near hopeless rescue to find a man six months lost in snow and ice. An officer, a Frenchman, a Scotchman and an Indian lead a dog train on a perilous mission that ends with all returning alive, though with many dogs lost.
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Forestry publishes a practical handbook by Prof. Henry B Graves of Yale School of Forestry. It compiles rules used in the United States and Canada for lumbermen and foresters, with illustrations and a forest working plan map of an Adirondack township.
A brief notice praising Florence Howe Hall's etiquette manual The Correct Thing in Good Society as revised to reflect modern manners. It notes the author’s social standing and Julia Ward Howe lineage as a trustworthiness guarantee and recommends the concise, carefully classified rules for readers perplexed by etiquette. Dana Estes & Co., Boston.
A compact tribute to Raymond Tull born 1235 in Palma Majorca, a pioneer Moslem missionary whose later life was devoted to outreach and who was slain by stoning outside Bugia in 1315. The work cites his motto He who lives by the Life cannot die and notes the biographical framing by Rev Dr Swem er.
A story by Lida Briggs Brown, published by F. Tennyson Neely, follows a young married couple with American husband and British peer daughter wife. The plot centers on theft across the United States and England with vivid characters, moral themes, and a hopeful ending.
The text describes an open air lifestyle for boys, listing activities such as angling bird nesting butterfly catching and boating. It notes the work An Open air Boy by G. M. A. Hewett targets English boys and may interest bright lads, published by R. F. Fenno & Co in New York.
The article notes that table tennis has inspired a literature of verses from about eighty writers. Dana Estes Company gathers these poems from newspapers and magazines into a compact volume. The preface includes complete rules for playing the game.
Mr A Ratclyfe Dugmore leads in a new movement for photographing living birds animals fish and flowers in Nature and the Camera He provides a clear step by step account suitable for beginners with numerous photographic illustrations and guidance for camera owners. Doubleday Page & Co.
Effie Adelaide Rowlands aka E Maria Albanesi wrote several popular tales including The Spell of Ursula. Her romance Love and Louisa is praised as possibly her best work. Philadelphia J B Lippincott Company published.
A Philadelphia Record piece recounts a mother’s hard luck tale told by a woman in strained circumstances. She sent her small daughter to the grocery with six cents as the holidays approach. A printer’s error blurs details, but the account highlights poverty and the spirit of giving.
A cirones woman sent a young girl to collect a purse and pack. The stranger ordered the girl to wait while he counted the items. The woman vanished with the money, leaving behind only five cents and the unreturned goods.
The Brooklyn Times reports a coalition against Venezuela driving American patriotism. European nations Belgium Italy Spain join the bloc, backed by Germany and Great Britain, while U S Senate unites to defend the Monroe Doctrine and build a stronger navy to deter foreign incursions and secure liberal naval appropriations for years ahead.
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph reports President Roosevelt supports deepening the Ohio River. He recognizes a waterless stretch harms commerce and has studied the river's value for a vast commercial area. He has no reason to oppose the project if promoters present a proper case and obtain congressional review.
The St Paul Pioneer Press notes railroads claim cost increases from 30 percent since 1896 and wage rises, while ten mile rates fell from 821 cents in 1896 to .756 in 1901. Despite lower rates, gross earnings rose steeply and net earnings increased, prompting debate over rate increases and perceived fairness between shippers and stockholders.
President John Mitchell of the miners union told a Buffalo interviewer that he regards President Baer as an honest man who lives by his principles. He contrasts this with slang aimed at hindering anthracite settlement. He foresees both sides and the public will be heard by the strike commission to correct lessons and find wiser judgment.
Salt Lake Tribune notes the country’s support for Admiral Dewey taking command of naval maneuvers in Indian waters. The piece praises his dignity and authority and envisions a decisive leadership role for the admiral in future warship operations.
The piece argues Marcus A Hanna will not resign from the national committee and that Republicans and Democrats have motives to keep him. It notes indecision about his bold Americanism and questions whether a replacement would be preferable or usable as a scapegoat.
In his farewell address, Minister Wu argues the age of deceit in diplomacy is over. He notes the modern diplomat is not sent abroad to lie for his country and his high regard in the United States stems from this shift toward honesty in international conduct.
A Chicago professor reports the discovery of seven new poisons though carbolic acid remains the popular choice among the masses. The finding adds to ongoing concerns over toxic substances and public safety.
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