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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1902
Page
6
The Sunday Journal ad lists subscription rates, places for obtaining copies and postal details. It also includes commentary on politics, tariffs, and current events from January 1902, noting Cuba reciprocity, civil service, canal debates, and notable figures like Senator Gallinger and Carnegie.
A report compares incomes of leading figures in the United States and Germany. It notes Senator W. A. Clark's earnings possibly from 36,000,000 to 29,000,000 dollars, Herr Krupp around 4,000,000 dollars annually, and Germans with 5 to 6 million marks per year. The dispatch cites 65 incomes above 200,000 dollars and 2,774 above 23,000 dollars, with over 3,400 Americans listed as worth 1,000,000 or more.
The piece argues a national convention to amend the Constitution for direct popular election of U.S. senators. It notes history, current legislative sentiment in over thirty states, and warns such a convention could trigger sweeping, unstable changes, advising to keep the present method.
A Pittsburg Methodist pastor urged his congregation last Sunday to endow theaters so Christian plays can be shown and uplift morals. He warned churches risk decline if they can’t compete with the stage and suggested operating a loss temporarily to reform the stage. He noted theaters vary in quality and warned against trusting plays merely by religious titles such as The Christian.
The piece argues that Vadis earned praise from many religious teachers yet is not simple moral fodder. Ministers cannot be relied on as strict literary guides or stage censors. If the church backs drama, it must study plays more deeply and avoid assuming all religious or moral works are safe or all gay works are sinful.
The Chicago Woman's Club faces a public anonymous letter scandal with handwriting tests and heated accusations. A prominent member is cleared by experts, but the group remains divided, with husbands and members debating guilt. The club seeks a way to move past the controversy.
The piece argues war brutality is widespread and often excused as military necessity. It cites Lincoln’s 186? retaliatory order to execute or enslave prisoners in response to Confederate actions, noting no confirmed executions but their historic record and possible reciprocal fate.
The column surveys social life in New York with Mrs Astor's annual ball and the debate over guest lists. It notes Alice of Vincennes and a waitress misadventure while recalling Rev Samuel Sawyer and Gen Sherman. Postal reforms cut dead letters after 1900. Burnett Townsend seeks divorce amid marital strains.
A French scientist claims to have found the cause of human hair turning gray, naming the microbe pigmentophagus. He notes the microbe as the source of the mischief and says he is exploring ways to combat it, urging restraint from constant microbe hunting.
A Massachusetts church faced a leadership question as Reverend E A Chase, once deemed acceptable pastor at the Harwich Baptist Church, reportedly faced his flock over a revealed croquet playing habit that may affect his tenure.
A Chicago observer proposes powering the city with windmills circling the metropolis to create a true Windy City. Another Michigan inventor touts a phone system to call friends while riding an electric car, prompting questions about modern conveniences. An offender resists resignation and is barred from entering a church amid ongoing controversy.
The article highlights Anderson Indiana’s rapid transformation over four years into a finished, prosperous city. It notes paved streets, new business blocks, sturdy homes, and large church buildings costing near 50000 each. Factories rise with coal and Midland gas shifting to coal fuel, reflecting faith and ambition of its people.
A collage of humorous snippets from Baltimore News Boston Courier Cleveland Plain Dealer Brooklyn Life and Chicago Tribune. Jokes about shrinking bills expanding taxes mistaken schooling spelling and divorce grounds showcase early 20th century wit and social mores.
Philadelphia Press quotes a country boy blaming traps for sparrows and wishing to exclude them. A Brooklyn Eagle exchange mocks a Mrs. Sniffin, praising her for a baby that always cries when shown.
The article notes Gilbert Parker's The Right of Way leads popularity in the United States while Hall Caine The Eternal City tops in England. It cites The Booklover's Melbourne list with Anthony Hope Tristram of Brent at the head and Buckle's table talk cited by Charles Stewart. Elbridge Brooks, a prolific writer for boys, dies, with ties to St. Nicholas and the Boston Authors' Club. Miss Eliza Orne White emerges as a noted New England fiction writer, with biography of Maxim Gorky by Georges Savitch noting Gorky’s pseudonym meaning unfortunate.
A fragmentary tale recalls a novelist once shunned who drifted with thieves and nearly ended his life. Ibsen reportedly cannot complete more dramas while finishing his autobiography under guarded health. A London actor praises Wilde's gift for drawing out thoughts, while Miss Gilder discusses royalty scales from ten to twenty five percent and publishers' practices.
A collage of aphoristic lines from novels and stories such as Her Grace's Secret Shacklett Debatable Land Love's Itinerary Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Captain Bluitt and The Making of a Country Home reflects on idleness, disappointment, marriage, home life and the endurance of sorrow.
Mme Oatman Olivia, a Buddhist priestess from Calcutta, visits Cincinnati after revising the Buddhist Bible for general readers. Mrs. Leslie M. Shaw comments on Secretary Gage’s social expenses. Dr. John P. Wood celebrates his 101st birthday in Coffeyville, recalling his role as U.S. commissioner under Kansas statehood. A London letter ponders Oxford undergraduate wit and John D. Rockefeller’s wood chopping for health at Pocantico Hills with Mrs. Rockefeller assisting meals. Melrose Park New Club Pork Week features the Pig Club led by Ferdinand Dunnebecke. A London jury incident prompts a judge to query a nervous man’s boots.
A Guilford Me young man signs letters as George P Jenks and delivers a prayer with the phrase Yours truly. Chicago to open a laundry and domestic arts school. Isabel Bullard leads it. European royal succession mentions the Dutch throne heir and Prince Albert of Prussia, then a stray fragment about a beauty named Psych and a man named Yene.
The Outlook comments on the claim that men with limited capital are crushed by large corporate wealth. It notes Chicago's rise in independent manufacturers over the past decade and argues small capitalists still have viable paths in numerous minor industries. The Tribune’s view that many lines remain open for self‑employment is supported.
The London Mail surveys mansion embellishments in detail, noting Battle Abbey’s sale price hints at vast spends. It lists dining room items from sideboards to curtains and £6,098 for a ceiling by Whistler or Sargent, then tracks 10,000 plus sums for bedrooms, libraries, and drawing rooms, as firms like Waring's could supply these items.
Newark News reports a plan to buy Lincoln's Birthplace Farm at Hodgenville, Kentucky, for a sanitarium to treat whisky, cocaine, morphine, and cigarette habits. Dr. R C Miller of Chicago leads the effort for the St Luke Society, with the property owned by New York millionaire David Grear. The site includes Lincoln's birth cabin and hillside spring. the farm remains largely as it was.
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