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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1902
Page
4
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Announcement details a world fair planned for Osaka from March 1 to July 31, 1903. The note discusses timing relative to St Louis and mentions Prince Henry’s visit, a German art exhibit, and historical remarks on Denmark’s sale of Alaska era omissions.
The administration aims to secure a 2 percent sugar duty concession for Cuba and speculation rises on whether the Ways and Means Committee will back the measure. The Beet sugar lobby fared poorly last week while Washington city hopes Congress will foot most encampment bills, a practice unlikely to recur. There is talk the next Grand Army encampment may not be held in Washington. A year after Queen Victoria’s death on January 22, 1901, English discussion turns to the new reign as the public ponders trepidation and change under the successor prince.
An analysis notes that King Edward began his reign with untested promise but has demonstrated stability and capability. He may not be brilliant like the Prince of Wales, yet he understands the office, the English people, and can direct state affairs. The Crown appears to stay in safe hands, aligned with democracy.
The Danish King plans no popular vote on ceding the islands to the United States until the Senate ratifies the treaty. He recalls 187 after voters supported transfer but the Senate refused to ratify. The pact may let residents stay Danish or become American, with a one year window to declare allegiance.
A Nickelplate Railway exemployee’s suit for damages over a strike discharge was denied by the Ohio Supreme Court. The ruling states employers need not issue service certificates and may refuse to hire those who struck or shown themselves negligent or dishonest. It cautions against blacklisting and warns that conspiracies to limit labor access violate common law, though no statute guides such conduct. The decision underscores competing rights to discharge and to employment.
The excerpt discusses rights as a conspiracy against selling labor products and equates blacklisting with boycotts and picketing. It argues that the same legal protections against conspiracies affecting employers should also bar conspiracies against workers.
The article surveys Governor Taft as a stabilizing influence on Philippine policy, noting his plan for land reform, tariff adjustments, and a future Philippine legislative body. It contrasts Republican gradualism with Democrat calls for early self government and mentions related debates in Congress and editorial comment. The piece also covers sugar industry testimony and a youth crime crackdown followed by reform school prospects.
A collage of humorous scraps from 19th century papers. Jests on disease horses and germ theory. A playful exchange in a schoolroom. Auction humor about a last bid. A crippled tramp joke about writer's cramp. A misheard royal lineage pun. A cannibal tales subchief inquiry ends with a leading charge remark.
A whimsical exchange unfolds with a blunt remark about toughness followed by a chief quoting a line from a poetry book left by their last meal. The dialogue contrasts harshness with moral depth, hinting at a larger cultural clash aboard the Cannibal Isles.
A review of Orison Marden and The Success Library volumes, noting their aim to educate at home with a diverse roster of contributors. It outlines contents across ten volumes from biographies and child training to mythologies, physical culture, literature, art, and career guidance, praising its practical value and vivid Latin Quarter imagery in the preface.
A critical overview of the collection Orloff and His Wife, noting the harsh realism of Gorky’s depictions of the Barefoot Brigade. Highlights Konovaloff’s restless search for rules of life and the tragic Exorcism, praising the author’s unflinching portrayal of Russian peasants and their misery. Translated by Israel G. Hapgood.
The author, son of artist F Hopkinson Smith, writes a clever illustrated book on Paris Latin Quarter. Despite many prior works, Smith uses close study and copious material to offer an entirely new account of the old district.
New edition of a popular tale three or four years old. The volume completes a colonial trilogy set along the Chesapeake bay. It follows Bryan Fairfax and Penelope Payne amid Governor Berkeley’s era, balancing romance with historical record.
Kirk Monroe presents a fiction rooted in early American history explaining why Massasoit allowed white settlement and how Edward Winslow shaped New England relations. The tale traces peace and tension among Massasoit Warragansetts and Narragansetts, blending action, war, and romance without claiming strict history.
A typical American boy enters a private naval school then sails at sea with older companions. They are wrecked while pursuing a supposed sea monster that proves to be an electric submarine terror. The crew is captured but escapes and returns home, with the boy professing no further trips for treasure hunts. Roy Rockwood writes this Mershon Company publication to captivate young readers.
This unusual tale titled A Gentleman of the Slums is presented as the autobiography of a char woman Betty Dobbs. The preface notes her virtues, motherhood, and selfless care, praising the life story as well written and worth reading.
A simple happy narrative set in a mythical kingdom follows the daily life of Princess Cynthia and her royal circle. The tale eschews dramatic capers for a human, lighthearted portrayal of court life under a charming sister of the king.
The heroine Doris Kingsley is introduced as a young English girl seized on a pirate ship bound for the American coast in 1718. After landing at Charles Town she adapts among the colonists, grows into a beautiful woman, and becomes the wife of a venturesome colonist who moves her to Virginia. The tale offers a lively plot with stirring action.
A summary notes Neil Munro's adventure tale set in Scotland and France in 175. Hero Paul Greig, a Scotchman, inherits red shoes from a daring uncle with uncanny guiding powers. The shoes lead to constant trouble yet inspire. Dated praise from Dodd, Mead & Co. New York.
A compact volume collects brief extracts from sermons and writings sharing daily reflection. It presents concise moral guidance drawn from religious and inspirational sources for personal contemplation.
A brief note notes the late Rev. Dr. M. D. Babcock and mentions a collection of more than twenty extracts. These pieces vary in length from a few lines to a page and cover topics reflecting thoughtful and earnest people. The work is published by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York.
A brisk collection by Franklin Nellis Calkins on the western border life. Crisp terse sketches with sharp fidelity and strong illustrations. Published by aeleming H. Revell Company in New.
A condensed survey of February issues across Ladies' Home Journal Century Magazine Cosmopolitan International Studio Ledger Monthly Woman's Home Companion and Country Life in America. Highlights include Wu Tingfang praising American women, Conrad's Typhoon in Critic, Dilke on naval strength, Goya features, Washingtons old home, blue Staffordshire ware, Mardi Gras carnival, Schumann-Heink bio, Civil War heroine deeds, Burne-Jones art, and Studio and country life photography and garden notes.
A sweep of new titles outlines Crow ley The Heroine of the Strait and The Leopard's Spots by Dixon Jr while Sousa crafts The Fifth String and Christy provides art for Brady's Barbarossa renamed Hohenzollern Other releases include Naughty Nan Infant Salvation and Men and Memories with biographies and era portraits cited New buyers and persistent nonbuyers are mocked as constant shop bores causing lost sales and empty shelves
A critical brisk jeremiad on bibliophile bores who haunt bookstores. The speaker pinpoints the pestilent types who critique every detail from lighting to window arrangement, mis-handle volumes, boast of old rarities, and mock the seller’s knowledge while exposing their own petty vanity.
In Boston Transcript Frank Norris surveys whether an American school of fiction can exist in a European sense. He argues the US lacks homogeneous national culture due to immigration and regional differences. A true American school will emerge in time, but leaders must guard their own vine, avoiding borrowing from abroad.
A survey of Philadelphia writers shows few make living solely by literature. Notables include Harrison Morris secretary of the Academy of the Fine Arts and editor, John Luther Long and Owen Wister lawyers, S Weir Mitchell physician, Henry C Lea publisher, J Pach McMaster and Geof Gibbs academics and illustrators. Likely sole full time literary earners include Edward Robins Cyrus Townsend Brady Amy E Blanchard Agnes Repplier and Col A K McClure.
In a short note to Literary Collector V Sutherland derides the craze for first editions calling them folly. He laments excess copies crowding his shelves and door and admits no desire to sell his own early poetry collection.
Washington Star notes that senators keep memorandum books of invitations and are engaged nightly. It highlights Depew Elkins Lodge McMillan Wetmore Kean Hale and Clark of Montana as prominent social hosts or guests with frequent dinners. The piece remarks most Democrats are less given to dinners and calls Clark an exception with lavish entertaining style.
Charlies Emory Smith, former Albany editor and Philadelphia Press leader, returns to journalism after serving as Russia minister and later postmaster general. The Hartford Courant notes his career broadening his judgment and readiness to guide public opinion again.
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