Telephones and Subscriptions in The Indianapolis Journal
The column lists subscription rates and mailing details for the Indianapolis Journal and a network of distribution points in major cities. It notes reduced rates to clubs and agents, specifies postage guidelines for mailing, and mentions syndication through various news stands and depots across the United States. It also comments on international affairs and various public notices.
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Indianapolis Journal Newspaper CO
Indianapolis
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United States
Controversy Over Methodist Doctrine Heads to Trial
The piece surveys an upcoming Methodist Episcopal Church heresy trial in Boston against Dr. Borden Bowne of the Boston Theological School, accused by George A. Cooke of contradicting Holy Scripture and the church’s standard doctrines. It contrasts historical Wesleyan views, baptismal regeneration, and the church’s tolerance of diverse beliefs with calls to discipline Bowne.
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Methodist Episcopalians
Thomas
Chicago
Indianapolis
T. A. Goodwin
Borden P. Bowne
Boston Theological School
George A. Cooke
Boston
Metharch
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Churchurch
Mit Episcopal Church
Hell
Cooke
Dr. Bowne
Met
Terry
Garrett Theological School
Evanston, IL
Married Women as Teachers Divides Opinions Across College
An Eastern college president argues that all women teachers should be married and become mothers. The essay contrasts instinctive maternal bias with professional teaching aims and contends true motherhood, not maternally inherited status, best equips women for guiding children in school.
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Eastern College
George Eliot
Civic Improvement League Views on Indianapolis Beautification
The Journal features Indianapolis women advocating municipal neatness and cleanliness as the core reform, stressing clean alleys and vacant lots, enforcement of sanitation laws, and aligning floral beautification with better city upkeep. They note flowers supplement but do not replace essential sanitation efforts.
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Indianapolis
Civic Improvement League
Civic League
Improvement Society
Oatmeal outcry and dressed for Parsifal amid wartime treaties
The piece rails at oatmeal, praising Yale professor Horace Fletcher’s frugal Waldorf meals while noting his diet may cause stomach trouble. It then covers Parsifal attendees choosing varied attire, a Canada Britain protest over Great Lakes naval limits, and a Berlin church description correcting Governor Wright’s war-era roles.
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Horace Fletcher
Yale University
The
Waldorf
Fletcher
New Haven
the Waldorf
Scotland
England
Mary
Mills
Black People and Dogs Tale From a City Street
An old Black man, lame and walking with a dog under his arm, was seen a day before Christmas near Fall Creek. He said the dog was injured by a hos and he would take it home and put it to bed. He refused to sell the dog, saying he had two more at home.
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Fall Creek
Ise
David Harum
George F. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Mr. Baer
Ohio
Hildebrant
Wilmington
Hanna
John
Hildebrandt
Chile
The Negro and His Dogs in Civic Verse and Wit
A reflective column blends anecdotes about a loyal old man with his three dogs, noting how he protects and cherishes them despite poverty. It contrasts this with broader remarks on race, humor, and social mores, including brief digressions on a French scientist, Panama, Denver, and other quick items.
General uses interpreter for Lincoln memorial project in Gettysburg
A mix of historical notes: Root contracts a memorial in Gettysburg National Cemetery for Lincoln's 1863 address, while foreign health trends, a Hungarian court case, Carnegie philanthropy, English wedding customs, and a humorous snippet about John Mitchell and George Baer appear in the column. The piece blends anecdotes and quotes from various figures, reflecting a broad 19th century interest in culture, politics, and public life.
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Root
National Cemetery
Gettysburg
Lincoln
Germany
Steckel
Journal Entries and Social Snippets in Julus-Why
A compact collection of conversational vignettes featuring Julia Dora Harry Marie Mamma Sidney Harvey Georgiana Juliana Clara and Clarence. The pieces depict social tensions fashion comfort travel mischief and domestic life with light humor and period manners.
The Humorists and Light-Hearted Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of jokes and humorous snippets from major papers. A reception joke about a lively widow contrasts a cranky husband. A nephew pesters an uncle about appendicitis while the uncle jokes of lumbago. A life insurance pitch provokes a morbid reply. A marine admiral and captain discuss a mistaken Colombian army sighting near a barrel. A man mistaken for a doctor is revealed as a plane tuner.
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Chicago Record- Herald
The Irrepressible Children Observe Big Bridge And Candid Lessons
A two year old admires the Eads bridge across the Mississippi and proclaims I maked that bridge. A baby watches neighbors’ carpets beatings and notes a wife to Mr Wallis. A four year old delivers steak with a note and a penny. A school guardian warns of haaun’ dawgs to keep a child in line.
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Eads
Mississippi
Misser Wallis
Mr. Wallis
Wady
Mamma
The Little Street Boy
A street boy borrows a tool for a neighbor's husband and wanders into dark cellar rooms. He overhears a grim exchange and is scolded by the woman for using blasphemous language and fearing the bed man and the bad place. The fragment hints at street life and moral caution.
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Edgar
Public notices and notable people from an era
The piece notes that England’s public executioner earns fifty dollars per act and two dollars for a reprieve if retained. It highlights Bishop Thomas Fielding Scott’s election and the fiftieth anniversary of his consecration in Portland. It mentions Lt. Roberts’s field gun inscription for the British commander, Mrs. Reed Smoot’s political activity, and President Dias of Mexico’s accessibility to Americans.
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Kaiser
Wellington
Blucher
St. Helena
Eton
Marroquin
Colombia
Panama
England
Thomas Fielding Scott
Episcopal Church
Oregon
Portland
Roberts
Lord Roberts
Colenso
South Africa
Reed Smoot
Utah
Woman's Republican Club
Provo
Dias
Mexico
Unclear excerpt sparks confusion at local block scene
The fragment describes a noisy encounter where a shocked observer questions peer behavior and a grimy figure abruptly reacts. A tool is seized, the subject runs off, and the scene ends with shouted urgency and disbelief.
North Carolina exchange over brutal school discipline
A mixed race school scales back order methods as a teacher warns a half grown colored boy George Washington must be whipped. The mother objects and the father arrives, revealing a slave memory and a clash over race and punishment. The man from North Carolina defends whipping as a needed discipline.
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George Washington
North Carolina
Dorothy or Winifred Shoes Shine at Home
A five year old Indianapolis girl, either Dorothy or Winifred, parades her new patent leather shoes for many visitors. Her mother ends the show, ordering the child from the rocking chair to the dining room. The child protests that the mother does not want anyone to see the new shoes.
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Dorothy
Winifred
Indianapolis
Christmas Charity Noted By Indianapolis Reader
A city society woman lent her kitchen dining room and finest tableware for a Christmas Eve dinner for her three colored servants and their guests, who enjoyed a proper, respectable meal without impropriety, while the mistress and cook stayed apart. Also, a reader uses arithmetic to argue the canal treaty will pass with a Democratic lean and likely Republican support, making ratification probable.
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Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis
Hale
Maine
Hoar
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Georgia
Christmas shopping rush and weather forecasting lessons
The piece notes shoppers embraced early buying or delayed purchases before Christmas while still enjoying the season. It warns weather reports influence on perishable goods, railroads, and shipping, arguing forecasts save money and lives on the Great Lakes and should guide transport and commerce.
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