City Health Chief Sees Low Death Rate and Plans
Dr. G F House, president of the City Board of Health, reports an 11 percent city death rate last year for Indianapolis with 2,704 deaths in a population of 170,000. He outlines plans for a contagious disease pavilion at City Hospital and an extra inspector to target unsanitary conditions in crowded areas, especially among colored families, to reduce outbreaks.
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Indianapolis Visitor Sights Lacking Art Gallery
A resident laments Indianapolis has few sights for visitors beyond theaters and public buildings. He notes the Statehouse, courthouse, dome view, and Soldiers' Monument as top viewing spots. The writer hopes for a fine art gallery to leave lasting impressions and mentions parks and interurban trains as pleasant diversions.
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Visit to Indianapolis Aims to Boost Twentieth Century Fund
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from New York reports Rev. Dr. W. H. Roberts as Pan-Presbyterian Alliance secretary stating US Presbyterian membership 1,935,485 with 12,971 ministers and 17,532 churches. Bishop Brent plans to raise 150,000 for Philippine work, including 50,000 for a church site and 100,000 for endowment and clerical supply. He will campaign across major cities from Boston to San Francisco, ending in April.
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Questions and Answers on Government Bonds and Notable Facts
A long reader Q and A covers bonds by the United States treasurer at 150000, Lieber as judge advocate general now retired, Socialist vote totals for 1900, Argentine and Brazilian envoys in Washington, leading New York women, a Far East isthmus width and railroads, gold reserve enactment dates, J Pierpont Morgan address, Missouri compromise clarity, and various trivia on armies, farms, and the cyanide process for gold ores.
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Oyster Feast and a Georgetown Gourmand Revealed
Washington readers learn of oyster eating culture with an amusing profile of the Georgetown resident who devours oysters seasonally. The piece notes that true lovers seek salt water oysters fresh from the dredge and often skip seasoning, while a famed local eater alternates feast and fasting from September to April.
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Prince Henry of Germany to visit America on Washington's Birthday
Prince Henry of Germany will arrive on Washington's Birthday and stay until March. He will be treated to official and civil entertainments not extended to recent visitors. His trip includes taking home a yacht built locally and his opinions of America will be updated during the visit.
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Hog slaughter up in South Omaha as record hogs rise
The Omaha Bee reports South Omaha has slaughtered 590000 hogs since Nov 1, up 120000 from the same period last year. The hogs sold for about one dollar more per hundredweight than last year, signaling rising farmer prosperity in the region.
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Star of Hesperus and maternal lullaby refrain
A fragment from Owen Meredith presents a father reading while a child cries. The star Hesperus is invoked as distant and unattainable, paralleled with a mother's soothing lullaby. The scene contrasts adult skepticism with tender, dreamlike imagery of stars and infant longing.
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