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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1885
Page
4
The item lists the newspaper name The Sunday Journal by Mo C New & Son, dated Sunday January 25, 1885, with business office telephone and editorial room numbers. It records publication details and contact information for readers and advertisers.
The Sunday Journal proclaims the largest and best circulation among Indiana Sunday papers. Priced at three cents, it asserts superior reach and value for readers and advertisers alike.
The piece condemns the London dynamiters and their Irish links, urges American action to curb cross border plots, and calls for firm repression. It attacks sensational anti Irish sentiment, warns of U S danger from dynamite plots, and critiques faith cure abuses and medical neglect.
The passage declares that civilization warrants execration and condign punishment for crimes that yesterday startled the capital of Great Britain, signaling a stern public mood and calls for severe justice.
A narcotic of terms like pyromania is challenged as a false shield for arson and other crimes. The piece condemns marriage-based disqualification for female teachers in New York City schools, arguing it harms education and hides sexism. It also notes medical debate on plants in bedrooms, lampooning concerns about indoor flora.
A columnist warns against sensational claims of emotional firebugs and pyromania. The piece condemns sensationalism, notes the danger of offering incentives to any unscrupulous crank, and argues the country can do without such panic.
Pennsylvania judge and father figures prominently in reports about his daughter Miss Kelley who, after studying political economy, married a Russian man in Zurich. The tale claimed her book was withdrawn at his husband’s behest and that the judge fell gravely ill from the shock, but Mr Kelley now denies the claims as false.
London papers and New York journals urge Edmund Yates to quit his clubs to dodge expulsion after a prison sentence for a libelous paragraph by a titled contributor. The piece defends him as unjustly stamped and suggests he should refuse to resign, implying the stigma rests with the clubs.
A Pittsburg woman dies after ear piercing, provoking commentary on beauty and moral essays. The Journal champions women's rights and liberal self-improvement, rejecting censorious views. Henry James portrays a Boston heroine with pale-green eyes and moonlit smile, noting her solitary bashfulness and self-recognition.
Rochester manufacturers promote Raspberry Wine using a sugary mixture with tartaric acid and coloring. profits reportedly large though consumer effects unknown. In Long Island, mothers threaten a boycott to reverse opposition to public school prayers, while Sister Woodworth draws sharp pulpit condemnation from peers.
Rev. Lawrence Colvert of Philadelphia has refused the invitation to lead Brown Memorial Church in Baltimore offering a $5,000 yearly salary with parsonage. He had already declined a call to the First Presbyterian Church of this city, suggesting he is seeking a higher post.
A corner item notes that Western millers have formed an oat meal pool. It expresses hope that prices will rise enough for boarding-house keepers to view it as a luxury rather than a necessity.
A Chicago man faces arrest after being charged with serially stealing 1,500 books from a city library. He disputes being labeled a kleptomaniac. The National Woman Suffrage Association opposes religious dogma asserting woman is an afterthought, subordinate by marriage, and bound to maternity.
A historical text notes an appeal to religious educators to help secure recognition of a cardinal creed point: in true religion there is neither male nor female nor bond nor free, but all are one. The phrasing emphasizes universal equality in faith.
A New York couple married nine years, never a cross word, have not lived together since their marriage and are now approaching divorce. The Courier-Journal notes the silk hat is only fifty years old, contrasting with older specimens observed.
A mix of anecdotes from art to politics spans Audubon in Louisville Fort Lafayette’s dismal cell Grant memoirs Mexico and rebellion pending Yale Waitney and a needle accident Miss Margaret Fuller debate and the Empress Eugenie Napoleon tale. Names include Audubon Livingstone Sprague Conkling and Margare t Fuller.
Journal piece by Emma Carleton laments chill hardship when the thermometer lurches below zero. It riffs on cold house noises, frost cracked panes, and icy streets, then counsels coping via hot drinks, warm fires, and humorous midwinter grit. It cites John Burroughs as a comfort, and ends hopeful that the season shifts to temperate days and springtime delight.
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