Sunday Journal Mail Subscription Rates and Distribution
The Sunday Journal in Indianapolis lists subscription rates including 4 cents per month for old edition and 2 cents for a Sunday edition, with annual and club discounts. It details mail prepaid options, foreign postage, and agent distribution, plus designated pickup points in New York, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Columbus, and more, with an emphasis on submitting names and addresses for submissions.
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Indianapolis
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Seamas
der Tewun
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Tvo
Fourth of July reflections and national notes in The Journal
A digest of patriotic events, statements, and editorials from The Journal including reactions to the London Fourth banquet, Civil War desertion debates, Massachusetts suffragist quarrels over Butler, Chinese fireworks enthusiasm, and views on American policy in the Philippines. A Manila report highlights Major Gardner’s ill health amid a court inquiry. Buffalo populations and western park estimates wrap the roundup.
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Manila
Gardener
United States
China
Government Should Protect Buffalo From Extinction
The article notes 1,071 domesticated buffalo remaining and urges government action to prevent the extermination of an animal once abundant across forests. It argues the buffalo’s historical role in subjugating the continent warrants protection against extinction.
President Roosevelts Isthmian canal plan and Panama deal
Washington outlines rapid steps for the Isthmian canal bill duties. A Paris inquiry will verify Panama Company title and property rights with possible $3,000,000 payment. Negotiations with Colombia for a six mile strip and annuity will follow, with up to $135,000,000 for the canal and a seven member Isthmian commission to oversee surveying and construction. The article also notes Dudley’s pension estimates for Union soldiers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paris
Panama Company
Panama Canal Company
Panama
Republic of Colombia
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Colombia
United States
Nicaragua
Navy
An Indian man's estimate at Senate pension hearings
General Dudley testified before the Senate pension committee in May about 2,000,000 individual enlistments in the Union army, a figure that surprised observers. He noted 2,738,304 men mustered for service, with militia raising totals to 2,508,904. Of 2,006,700 three year enlistments, 136,000 reenlisted in winter 1544, and over 20,000 joined Veteran Corps. Many veterans appear on rolls multiple times, with some names twice or thrice.
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Fox
Dudley
Adjutants-General
Union Veteran Legion
Senate
W. W. Dudley
Senate Pension Committee
Veteran Reserve Corps
Hancock
Veteran Corps
Joseph W. Krilley
Lands for the landless in the Philippines policy railing
The article argues that implementing a Philippine homestead plan similar to American policy will open public lands to Filipinos. It cites 1862 precedents, Lincoln era reforms, and critiques of friar landholdings under Spanish rule. The plan offers forty acre parcels with fee title, fostering ownership, peace, and self-government.
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Republican Party
James Buchanan
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
America
Philippines
Islands
United States
Sonnet Versus Daisy Metaphor Sparks Critical Debate
An Eastern critic argues that while a volume of sonnets by a renowned writer contains many delicate pieces, massed sonnets feel wearisome like a field of daisies. He notes sonnets are artificial and less spontaneous than prose, though some individual poems charm readers.
A Nation of Thoughts on Verse and Honor
A survey of sonnet craft notes that form can outsize sentiment in poetry and cites Archbishop Williams and Grover Cleveland in debates over honorary degrees. It discusses Frank Norris on books for girls, Governor Yates reacting to a colored school closure, and German imperial marriage rules for officers. It ends with a reflection on civic faith in legislation and a long-ago poetess whose Invocation to Sleep appears in this issue.
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Archbishop Williams
Boston
Harvard University
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Harvard
Yates
Illinois
Saline County
Noted American Poetess Honored in Indianapolis Tribute
The article profiles a leading female poet of the era, renowned in literary circles and admired by editors and foreign writers. It recalls her early 1840s poetry volumes, later prose work under pen names, and stint editing The Guest in Cincinnati. Now in retirement, she remains in touch with literature, her recent verses showing clear thought and finish, deserving high honor.
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Cincinnati
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Guest
Open Court highlights serious works and a Boston plea for new Christ
The Open Court reviews esoteric Buddhist and Sanskrit texts, praising books like The Anuruddha Cataka and The Jinalamkara as solid reading. A Boston plea for art depicts a majestic Christ figure, powerful and magnetic, not necessarily overtly intellectual.
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Open Court
Anuruddha Maha Thero
Anuradhapura
Buddha
Buddharakkhita
Cri Dharmadsasa
Kanaui
Naturwissenschaften
Studium
Naturwissenschaftlichen
Von
Boston
Jesus
The Humorists Satirize Wit Across Papers
A collage of lighthearted snippets from Chicago Tribune, Catholic Standard, Detroit Free Press, Yonkers Statesman, Cleveland Plain Dealer and more. Jokes mix with quips about servants, fights, firesales, bells and a serenade mishap.
Patient husband guides wife through politics anecdote
In a Baltimore American excerpt a husband explains that the President serves the people while his wife contemplates political ideas. The scene shifts to a domestic moment as she persuades a cook for strawberry shortcake rather than the apple pie intended for her young man, revealing light social humor.
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Baltimore
Quick Look At Notable People And Things
A compilation notes Mrs. Sarah E. Howell of Atlanta who died after hours of religious fervor, Miss Helen Gould’s gift of 40000 to Mount Holyoke College for a biblical literature chair, and Dr Gatling’s gasoline motor plow claim. Also mentions lengthy Congressional Record discussions on the Isthmian canal bill, James Hamilton Lewis’s Chicago mishap, a $100,000 payoff to Lewis from Joan Healy, Lord Wolseley’s long career, and William K Vanderbilt’s racing interests and offers in France.
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Sarah E. Howell
Atlanta
Helen M. Gould
Mount Holyoke College
Miss Gould
Gatling
Gun
Tubal Cain
Morgan
Hanna
Mitchell
Senator Hawley
James Hamilton Lewis
Seattle
Washington
Congress
Chicago
Lewis
Joan Healy
Fort Benton
Alaska
Mr. Lewis
Lord Wolseley
Emerald Isle
Burmah
India
China
Canada
Ashantee
Egypt
Soudan
William K. Vanderbilt
France
Paris
English filly offers world race for $50,000 a side
A notable English filly, owned by R. B. Stevier, valued at $300,000, is deemed the fastest in years. She has won the 2.60 guinea and 1,000 guinea stakes and her owner will race weight for age for $50,000 a side. Vanderbilt offers were refused. Abandoned streetcars serve as summer homes in California water-carved carhouseboats at Arktown and Carville near San Francisco. Lord Kitchener’s education at Grand-Clos near Montreux is recounted. Harvard’s Professor Davis notes ancient earth size ideas, with a measured diameter near 7,900 miles.
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England
Vanderbilt
California
Arktown
Belvidere
Bay
Carville
San Francisco
Lord Kitchener
Montreux
Rhone
Lake
Geneva
Grand-Clos
Bennett
Kitchener
Davis
Harvard University
Wisdom of current fiction quotes and reflections
A collection of literary epigrams and quotes from various works and authors. It includes thoughts on bravery, marriage, poetic justice, human folly, and the influence of animals, with lines attributed to The Heroine of the Strait Spindle and Plough Revv Pilgreen’s Wooing The Diary of a Goose Girl Shacklett The Intrusions of Peggy and Graystone.
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Pilgreen
Myra
the Pines
Shacklett
Santa Claus
Shackett
King Edward VII Case Explained by Medical Authority
A New York Medical Era report recounts expert clarification of King Edward VII’s abdominal illness. It explains why American surgeons used a drainage tube and how a localized abscess was treated, contrasting with the president’s surgery and debunking rumors about the royal case.
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New York Pharmaceutical Era
Edward VII
Daily Press
New York
Edward
McKinley
Buffalo
Atlantic
America
Fowler
Weir
Doctors defend King Edwards abscess operation claims
A medical analysis argues against criticism of the surgeons who treated President McKinley and compares it with King Edward’s case. It states drainage would have been difficult and unlikely to avert gangrene, notes the King’s excellent health, and suggests recovery is likely without further operations.
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McKinley
Mann, Mynter
Park
Edward
Bright
Ngland
Banking by Telephone: Suburban Trusts Bypass Clearing Charges
New York Evening Post reports a scheme used by several suburban trust companies to evade New York clearing-house fees by crediting customers at a New York bank for funds deposited in New Jersey. The process involves dual check books and telephoned balances, with disputes settled by quick transfers and officer certification, effectively skirting standard collection charges.
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New York Evening Post
New York
New Jersey
New Jersey Trust Company
New York Bank
Telehone
New York Exchange
Bailey Beveridge Scuffle Highlights Senate Politeness
The New York Evening Journal editorial praises Senator Beveridge for remaining calm during an on floor clash with Senator Bailey who attempted to squeeze Beveridge's windpipe. Beveridge's restraint contrasts with Bailey's aggressive display, and the piece lauds Beveridge's strength of character and self-control.
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New York Evening Journal
Bailey
Beveridge
Senate
Texas
Senator Beveridge
Senator Bailey
Indiana
Bright Young Russians in Boston Grammar School
A group of four Russian sisters aged twelve to fifteen graduated from the same ninth grade in a Boston school, showing adaptability after arriving from abroad. The thirteen and a half year old is the top ranking pupil in grammar schools this year, while the twelve-year-old is the youngest graduate in the city.
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New England
Boston
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