Reed Delivers Rally Speech Ahead of Indianapolis Trip
The narrative follows Mr Reed as he resists speaking while urging more speakers at a late night rally. After a weary morning, the party secures attorney John A Finch and traveler John L Griffiths, then catches a 7 a.m. train to Indianapolis where Reed speaks to crowds at the hotel and outside.
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Mr. Reed
Mr. T
Indianapolis
Reed
Michener
Indian
John A Finch
Woodruff Place
John L. Griffiths
Candi
Ca. Cc
Former Indiana woman aids Custer Brigade veterans on Capitol Hill
In Washington a former Indiana resident, Miss M, hosted a brigade of Custer veterans on her Capitol Hill steps. She arranged coffee and a sheltering napkin lunch from scarce supplies, distributing what she could as the ranks gathered and cheered. The veterans joked and praised her kindness, while a promised Christmas candy barrel lingered as a humorous pledge among the friends.
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Journal
Washington
Dec
Custer Brigade
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Army
Fifth Street
N. E
Capitol Hill
Fellows
Shelly
M. Fose
Miss M
Santa Claus
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British Trade Unions Case Reported In Appeals Court
The article describes whether picket actions qualify as intimidation under the act and notes that the Court of Appeals decision narrows union powers. It mentions unions considering appeals to the Lords, with Lyons vs. Amalgamated Society cases and the Taff Vale Railway Company v Amalgamated Society case impacting employers and union legality.
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J of Lords
Court of Appeals
Lyons
House of
Taff Vale
Amalgamated Society of Railway
Leathem Labor Case Sets Global Legal Benchmark
The Leathem case, involving a butcher pressured by a union to dismiss nonunion workers, reached three courts and the House of Lords, establishing a leading authority on labor disputes in the United Kingdom. A pamphlet “The Law Relating to Labour Unions” summarizes key decisions and parliamentary acts, aiding employers in understanding their legal rights.
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Quinn ‘Ve. Leathem
Leathem
Craig
House of Lords
United Kingdom
W. Read
Nation’s Association of Manufacturers
Art in Chicago prompts Hoosier literature satire
In the Chicago Tribune's Sunday edition a cartoon mocks Hoosier literature with a rural farmer theme and a spread of Indiana authors and works. The writer, John C. Ochiltree of Dayton Ohio, critiques Chicago’s ridicule of Indiana’s literary output and laments the lack of Chicago’s own distinctive literary identity.
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Chicago Tribune
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Posey County
Tarkington
Indiana
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Wallace
Holy Land
Thompson
Vincennes
Bill Carleton
George Ade
Beveridge
Charles Major
Major Charles
Times-Herald
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Uakec
Tribune
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Eugene Field
Ay Dink
Carter Harrison
Lincoln
Lovejoy
Umit
Cook County
A Christian Science Child in North American Review
A nine year old Westering girl recounts a pony accident and her calm reliance on God and Christian Science. She describes saying God Is All to avoid disaster, the eye swelling, and finally reciting the Scientific Statement of Being with Mrs. Eddy added to the ritual.
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Mark Twain
North American Review
Mrs. Eddy
Celar
The Joyous Vagabond Ballad Fragment in Song
Fragmentary lyric excerpts recount a wandering narrator praising a nightingale and singing of theft and hunger. A poor man begs for bread and a thief takes gold as the speaker calls the nightingale friend. The garbled text preserves names and phrases without clear context.
Kipling’s American Language Flaws in Collier Story
A New York Times review praises Kipling’s Collier’s Christmas story as superb in workmanship yet notes persistent misuses of American terms. The piece cites three examples, including overpacked phrases like “a piece” for distance and “a spell” for time, arguing the author’s British voice softens but remains distinctly readable.
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Buffalo Club
Yale
South Africa
Kafirs
Commissariat
United States Army
Maurice Hewlett A Study In Wit Style And Wanderlust
Maurice Hewlett is depicted as a lively and controversial figure in literary life. The piece praises his dual eye and stern bite, notes his evolution from scholar to novelist, and highlights his Italian fervor, restless youth, and bold linguistic inventiveness including examples like the portmanteau flacking.
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Maurice Hewlett
Giotto
Duccio
Hewlett
Andrew Lang
Tuscany
Richard Yea
British Museum
University College
Italy
Iver Landa
Siena
St. Gemingano
The Modern Novel and its Fading Greats in Ruskin Air
A Philadelphia Inquirer piece notes Paul Leicester Ford’s modest posthumous royalties and laments the era’s literary economics. It contrasts rising publication volumes with waning long term profits, cites advertising costs, calls for better taste, and cites Ruskin critiquing popular and historical works while praising some living figures and warning of a transitional period for fiction.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Paul Leicester Ford
Janice Meredith
David Harum
Was Dickens a Gentleman A Debate Across the Ages
A Scottish novelist study prompts talk on what constitutes a gentleman. Critics discuss Dickens, Disraeli, and Beaconsfield, noting fashion, era, and literary portraits while defending or debunking the idea of Dickens as a gentleman.
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W. L. Alden
Literary World
Dickens
Lord Frederick Verisopht
Pickwick
Mr. Pickwick
Colonel Newcome
Shakspeare
Disraeli
Lord Beaconsfied
Browning and Spiritualism in Elizabeth Barrett Browning
New York Evening Post outlines Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spiritualist faith and her husband's disbelief with confirmations by her son R. Barrett Browning. He notes her later disillusion, prompted by a fraud exposed in Home’s circle and a friend who duped her.
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New York Evening Post
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
London Times
Browning
R. Barrett Browning
Hume
Sunshine maker Daudet and new novels teased in reports
A roundup of literary gossip notes classics and authors including Daudet described as a maker of sunshine. Anthony Hope’s Double Harness teased. Sidney Lee to lecture in America. Morgan buys Ruskin manuscript for $25,000. Holmes letters and Boston Days featured. Anecdotes about G A Henry and a government criminology bibliography. Julie Le Breton debates and Mile de Espinasse connections. Matthew Arnold notes by Mrs Wodehouse amid Times quotes.
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Daudet
Anthony Hope
Dolly
Sidney Lee
America
Lowell Institute
Boston
J. Pierpont
United States
United States House Committee On Judiciary
Arthur McDonald
Julie le Breton
The Lineman in Winter Wrought in Pincott’s January
A fragment from William Hurd Hillyer in Pincott's Magazine for January depicts a lone lineman braving sleet and frost to mend the world’s distant circuits. The poem voices longing for a brave, capable hand to restore the broken wire and bring clear responses.
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Auiece
William Hurd Hillyer
Pincott’s Magazine
Signs of Depicted Energy Orison Swett Marden
In January Success Marden warns that constant fault finding and irritability signal drained energy and low vitality. He urges immediate self-examination to locate the hidden drain and restore vigor in business and life.
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Orison Swett Marden
New Cure Method Promises Free Trial for Chronic Ailments
Advertises Dr Lipes offering free trial treatment for a wide range of diseases including heart, lung, kidney, liver and nerve disorders. Claims rapid, permanent cures with a new method and invites out of town patients to write for the free trial.
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Dr. Lipes
Fragmented Advice on Work and Obstacles
A fragmented statement notes that effort increases as obstacles block progress and that attempts to repair slowdowns become more difficult. It hints at persistence but lacks clear context or concrete details.
Lake Foresteam Prize Drafted by William Bross Gift
A Boston Transcript notice announces a 3400 prize for the best manuscript on religious themes. It notes the late William Bross of Chicago as the donor and urges plain country parsons to aim for improvement in sermons, even if they do not win.
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Boston Transcript
Lake Foresteam
William Bross
Chicago
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