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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1902
Page
6
The item outlines subscription terms for The Journal Newspaper Company of Indianapolis Indiana. It lists rates for Sunday weekly and daily editions and explains prepaid mail handling and postage. It mentions club discounts and the process to subscribe via agents or mail.
The piece notes Carnegie's $42 million wealth disposal over the past year, contemning wealth as a moral failing, cites postal and hotel ad placements for The Indianapolis Journal, and discusses naval expansion with 225 vessels in service and 80 under construction. It contrasts Panama and Nicaragua canal routes, critiques congressional chaplains' pay, and cites pension moves by American Steel and Wire. It also covers church attendance decline, moral shifts, and a Methodist district tightening revival strategy.
The text argues that many preachers oppose the evangelist and that the strongest ministry comes from regular clergy quietly and daily for the church's cause, rather than through sensational bands or public excitement.
Two prominent scientists Professor W O Atwater and Professor William T Sedgwick condemn current school temperance teaching as unscientific and misleading. They urge reform of textbooks and methods to align with true physiology and hygiene, warning against using schools for unscientific moral indoctrination. They call for united action by legislators educators and scientists to restore accurate, educational temperance education.
The article explains how bioproducts from coal tar and cotton seed now yield valuable items. It notes paraffin, naphtha, benzol, creosote, aniline colors, saccharine, medicinal remedies, and other byproducts, highlighting science boosting commerce and crop value.
The piece argues that charity must aid the self supporting and cautions against indiscriminate relief that increases dependents. It cites Indiana townships cutting outdoor poor costs, reformed by firm trustees, and notes focus on preventing crime, juvenile reform, and placing neglected children in homes or reform schools to protect society and reduce crime. It discusses judge led juvenile court efforts and challenges in finding homes for rescued vagrant boys, urging structural reform and responsible care.
The text argues that maintaining a criminal class is costly and a city should offer homes and employment to deter crime. If criminals choose orderly lives, it becomes affordable to provide housing and work. Reducing the criminal class is economically warranted, valued at over $1,060 per person saved from crime or destitution.
The Journal supports a conservative divorce view but accepts cases where harmony collapses. It cites Mrs Riley of Muncie and a Kokomo matter over stepchildren and pork, arguing husbands should honor stepchildren and dietary norms. It notes cleanliness undermines disease and reviews U S policy in Cuba and Hawaii with ants to leave Cuba to its people.
The Journal notes evolving usage of inter mural and interurban terms as words emerge from common use. It discusses Senator Hanna’s standing amid Republican power struggles in Ohio, women voters in Annapolis and Baltimore, French seafaring conduct after the La Gascogne tragedy, Indiana towns’ lively scene, and a Hayes dog bite lawsuit ending in a modest verdict.
A Pennsylvania mule freed from a coal mine after three weeks changes from black to gray and is identified by a hind leg brand. Also notes French Academy member Andree Joullin’s venous can vases claimed to hold tepee atmosphere and a Kansas City quip about Sir Henry Irving. A St Louis court sets a cat’s board and keep at one dollar a month.
Andrew Lang defends Robert Louis Stevenson, praising his kindness and recalling a childhood anecdote from Edinburgh. The Philadelphia Press features Lang’s tribute, noting Stevenson’s lack of malice toward friends or foes and hinting at a longer profile that space could not accommodate.
The passage argues that genius retains early inspirations into adulthood. It notes self-consciousness in youth, the habit of playing at things, and uses Stevenson as an example. It compares this trait to Byron and Tennyson, suggesting mature insight grows from childhood imagination.
A collage of humorous exchanges from Yonkers Statesman Chicago News and others features Mrs Crawford and Mrs Crabshaw joking about dyspepsia and marriage. Marconi telegraphy is referenced while a late night scene with Miss Cutting highlights commentary on tiresome talk.
A collage of voice snippets and captions references a survivor call and rescue, with a character named Clancy reportedly still on top of debris. The fragmentary text blends headlines and playful lines about seasons, babies, and microscopes with a somber hint of a disaster context in the Brooklyn Life and Washington Star excerpts.
Quotations from The Tempting of Father Anthony Shacklett Orloff and His Wife Her Grace's Secret Light Freights The Debatable Land Love's Itinerary King Midas and others reflect on wit, virtue, and the human condition as insights from literature and life. A fragmentary historical clipping presents a mosaic of opinions on art, morality, and society.
The piece surveys William Ellery Channing’s death and places him among Concord’s famed circle. It notes the impending copyright expiry of Darwin’s Origin of Species with rival 20 cent editions. It recounts a rare first edition of Pope’s Rape of the Lock sold at auction, and a Gorky banishment story from St Petersburg. It also mentions Chicago literary debate over Henry B Fuller’s Under the Skylights and a Birrell remark on opinions of relatives.
The passage surveys reactions to authors and works across Europe and America. It notes the New York State Library’s program for embossing books for the blind, publishing boundaries, and requests to reprint Octave Thanet. It also covers praise and criticism of Tolstoy, Gorky, Stevenson, Howells, and Dickens, with references to Swedish Academy awards and English publishing trends.
Gen Cassius M. Clay lies secluded at his Richmond Kentucky home refusing contact as a collector’s goldmine of antiquities. Mrs. E Burd Grubb receives a Spanish noble order unavailable to American women. Louis Sherry pays a lavish election bet with a grand New York dinner. Painter J H Sharp sells Indian heads to Phoebe Hearst for California University research. Leslie Shaw and the Iowa governor meet over 1874 Methodist work. their three children include Enid Earl and Erma. A lunatic passes an asylum exam at Budapest with a diploma. Sara Bernhardt notes fatigue as her stimulant and late-hour routine. Yale man Henry Shaw reports Zola autograph dispute sparked by wine bills. Cabinet members Payne, Shaw, Wilson, Root, Hitchcock, Knox, and others span states as birthplace trivia. Mark Twain's San Francisco days emerge in anecdote of a patroness. Marconi’s value as public draw rises despite lecture offers. he chooses transatlantic wireless. Sousa’s arrival in the US spawns a formal title and career glow.
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