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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1902
Page
5
The Daily Journal announces subscription plans including Sunday and non Sunday rates, weekly edition pricing, and mailing details. It outlines sent and foreign rate differences, carrier delivery in Indianapolis and suburbs, and instructions for submitting communications with name and address. guidance against generic submissions.
The text catalogs multiple city distribution locations and vendors across New York Cincinnati Louisville St Louis Washington Columbus and Dayton with specific stand names and street corners such as Astor House Auditorium Annex Hotel Station News Stand Vine Street and Jefferson streets. It lists publishers like Union News Company Louthian Jackson Deering and various local outlets.
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The piece surveys a $92,192.2 percent surplus for the just-closed fiscal year amid party splits among Republicans and Democrats. It notes Dewey’s stance on self-governance, discusses leadership shifts in Congress, and critiques proposals on reciprocal Cuba trade and anti-imperialist sentiment. It cites Beveridge Bailey clashes and the impact of repealing war revenue taxes while detailing textile industry gains from 1880 to 1900.
A city alderman argues smoke controls will not kill business but attract firms and residents. He says cleaner streets will raise property values and help Chicago compete with other cities as a livable, soot-free place. Public sentiment leans toward eliminating smoke.
The piece defends Senator Beveridge in the Bailey assault dispute, condemns Bailey’s violence, and endorses Beveridge’s characterizations as warranted. It then reports on Civil Governor Betts in Albay, praising peace, labor, hemp profits, highway work, and anticipated friar land reform, plus a Philippine civil government push and a positive Cuba annexation caveat. It closes with reflections on Congress adjournment, canal law, and a civic push to buy arsenal grounds for a national technical institute and a citywide educational role.
The passage of the Philippine civil government bill and a forthcoming amnesty will mark a new era. Intelligent Filipinos may gain liberty and prosperity under American rule as education broadens, with Manila becoming a regional hub and trade expanding. The first commission report foresees Manila as a key East trade center and a conduit to other Asian regions under stable governance.
A collage of brief humor items from papers including Baltimore World, Philadelphia Press, New York Evening Sun, Catholic Standard, and Chicago Tribune. Jokes range from secret-keeping advice to social satire and light wordplay about money and manners.
The review highlights Gipsy Smith’s life from a tent to global evangelism, his scriptural gypsy names, and the book’s frank first person narrative. It notes his change from Salvation Army worker to renowned preacher, with introductions by McLaren and Morgan and strong English reception.
A. H. Johns’s book gathers autographs from about 600 famous figures across kings, statesmen, artists, writers, and priests with full notes on writers and events. Queen Victoria’s request to Lord Melbourne is highlighted, plus many anecdotes and introductory author commentary.
Mary Catherine Crowley presents a Detroit tale set around 1760 detailing Indian struggle aided by creoles to expel the English. Based on a diary from St Aubin house Detroit and translated for the Michigan Pioneer Association, it parallels Parkman and includes vivid personages and heroic deeds. Published by Little, Brown & Co. in Boston.
Professor J W Abernethy of Berkley Institute Brooklyn presents American Literature as a teacher oriented guide. It traces colonial through present periods with biographical and critical material to aid first hand study and offers hundreds of author notices and supplementary quotes. New York Maynard Merrill & Co.
The praise for Kate Douglas Wiggin's tale notes its quaint charm and keen observation of English rural life and farmyard animals. It highlights the gentle sentiment and a love story element, while describing the piece as a brief, slight idyl that still pleases readers seeking natural fiction.
It is entertaining from cover to cover and those who add it to summer reading lists will keep it as genuine literature. Illustrations by C A Shepperson are clever and amusing. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co.
A Century Magazine origin set of sketches presents Policeman Flynn, a police officer who prioritizes duty over pay while facing riots, a runaway car, and witty takes on marriage and politics. Frederic Dorr Steele’s illustrations echo the text’s humor and practicality.
A woman betrayed by a selfish lover nearly commits suicide but is saved by kind friends and a physician who falls in love with her and marries her. The former lover loses political ambition and ends up with a frivolous, worthless wife. The tale offers dramatic moments and human interest with a hopeful ending. Published in Chicago by A. C. McClurg & Co.
A review notes Blood Will Tell centers on heredity in a marriage between a white girl and a cultivated man with black ancestry. The story is competently written but its premise and tragic ending render it uncommendable. Author Benjamin Rush Davenport has other works such as Blue and Gray and Uncle Sam's Cabins. Caxton Book Company, Cleveland, Ohio, published this one.
The author of Wolfville returns with another book of frontier tales about Wolfville. The stories are vigorous and refreshing, offering humor with plain language as Lewis promises. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company of New York.
Dr Samuel Minturn Peck authors several verse and artful trifles and this Alabama Sketches volume follows the same entertaining style. Chapters range from sketches to short stories with titles like The Trouble at St. James The Old Piano Pop s Mules What Became of Mary Elien Published by A C McClurg Co Chicago.
The July issues of Current Periodicals feature Mabel Nelson Thurston's On the Road to Arcady in Complete Novel from The complete novel in the July Lippincott, plus new stories in Strand and Booth Tarkington’s serial in McClure’s. The Humorous Artists of Australia appears in an illustrated piece while Woman’s Home Companion and Good Housekeeping publish July features and Fourth of July readings. St. Nicholas presents Jack London’s The Cruise of the Dazzler, and International Monthly shifts to quarterly with new departments. The Chicago Little Chronicle highlights a beetle study, and The World’s Work continues its March of Events column.
A survey of July issues notes The World's Work and Scribner's Magazine profiles. It praises Captain of Industry sketches with Schwab and Carnegie, reviews India famine depictions, and highlights Henry C Rowland's Philippine soldiers study. It mentions Emma Lou tales and native garden art, plus coal strike analyses and a provocative Cosmopolitan essay on love and pride.
The American Library Association elected Dr. James K. Hosmer of Minneapolis as president for the coming year at Magnolia Massachusetts. A second printing of his Short History of the Mississippi Valley is planned. Dmitri Merejkowsky publishes a study of Tolstoi. Scribners feature Landseer biography with twenty-two paintings. Michael Davitt argues in The Boer Fight for Freedom that De Wet resembles Parnell. Howells’s works praised for blending nerves and humanity in American characters.
The critique notes Howells avoids high life glamour and sticks to homely, unobtrusive folk. It contrasts his approach with Bret Harte’s scamps, praising Howells for revealing the best in ordinary people through situational, non-edifying storytelling. The review argues everyday characters become deeply engaging when observed with sympathy and restraint.
W E Curtis notes Powell Merrill Co in Chicago Record Herald as a rising force in publishing. They release few carefully chosen titles with aggressive advertising up to ten thousand dollars per title, boosting sales and market reach in the East.
The piece argues against charges of perfidy and unfitness leveled at McKinley and Roosevelt, praising Governor Taft and associates for peaceful reform in the Philippines. It cites the establishment of civil government, elimination of brigandage, a broad school system, courts, police, roads, and revenue systems as a meritorious record.
Describes King Edward VII and Queen Victoria's rooms in the palace. Edward's suite features white, gold, and green decor with moss green Irish carpets. Queen Victoria’s queen’s bedroom uses rose color and white satin curtains. Boudoir sparkles with chintz. Baths are carved from solid marble with crystal and silver fittings.
In the Philadelphia Record Roosevelt’s vigor is urged to break the Panama canal stalemate. Colombia must cede complete control promptly and the Panama Canal Company must prove clear title for transfer. Any delay could spark Morgan’s forecast, with Nicaragua gaining the canal instead.
Senators grow restless as Morgan delivers lengthy speeches on the Nicaragua canal. They retreat to the cloakroom to tell stories, but have exhausted their tales while the Alabama senator continues speaking, suggesting the Nicaragua route may be longer than expected.
In a fragmentary report from the era, Democratic factions maneuver as Cleve occupies a central position in Bryan while Western Democrats react to a protest cry. The piece hints at shifting loyalties and a tense political atmosphere during the campaign.
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