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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1902
Page
4
Monday July 7 1902 ad notices detail subscriptions and pricing for the Journal and Weekly Edition. Includes rates for daily and Sunday issues, mail and club discounts, and instructions for manuscript submissions to the Journal-SEW SPATER COMPANY in Indianapolis Indiana.
The excerpt lists multiple contemporary newspaper stands and hotel lobbies in cities like New York and Washington D C including Astor House Palmer House Ebbitt House and the Union News Company. It enumerates street corners and vendors such as Peres JT Hawley Co Deering and Southian Jackson as location notes.
A week of hot and runny weather improves the crop outlook across Indiana. Other items note debates on sea service for navy promotion, objections to deadly Fourth of July weapons, and political maneuvering within Democratic circles.
A political appeal urges campaign speakers to emphasize the Republican record over seven years. A clear statement of achievements is seen as engaging voters and countering the perceived deadlier parallel with Democratic legislatures.
A historical survey notes how early presidents spent significant time away from Washington, with Washington absent 181 days and Jefferson 796 days. It contrasts past travel sluggishness with modern rapidity aided by telegraph and mail, and mentions Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay summer as a possible exception. The piece argues executive acts can occur anywhere in the United States during a president’s term.
A census bulletin on Indiana agriculture shows farming remains the state’s leading industry with growing farm value and expanded improved land. It notes average farm size shrank from 130.3 to 97.4 acres since 1880 and that total farm property value rose by 109.3 million dollars in the last decade, with farm product value up 16.8 percent.
The piece defends William Jennings Bryan and his free silver stance from Democratic leaders who shifted support to Cleveland or others. It argues Bryan remained consistent since 1896 while some party figures abandoned him, asserts gold standard wisdom since 1896, and says leaders would still praise 16 to 1 if they foresaw victory, condemning traitorous abandonment.
The piece rails at Mr. Bryan and his followers while accusing Indiana leaders of shifting stances. It compares party figures to ambitious European rulers, praising William of Germany as a savvy, steady statesman shaping a powerful, world-friendly Germany. It condemns demagogic swings and warns of party discipline and salvos of reform.
Col. Charles Denby of Evansville, well informed on China, cautions against admitting Chinese to the United States in a Forum article. He cites their lack of interest in public affairs, hoarding of gains, cheap living, ignorance, and superstition as reasons immigrants should be kept out. He notes similar objections in other countries including the Philippines.
President Roosevelt approves an amendment to civil service rules. No promotion recommendation may be considered unless made by the supervisor over the employee. Recommendations by others with the employee’s knowledge and consent can bar promotion, and repeated offenses can lead to removal. The aim is to base promotions on merit and end “pull” or political influence.
Those who knew Major Charles Shaler, an ordnance corps officer who has led the arsenal for two years, regret his departure to other duties. He is regarded as an accomplished officer and excellent citizen.
An Ohio man, noted as one of the final defendants tried in the Old Bailey court in London, faces fame or infamy for his role in a historic courtroom era. The remark contrasts his notoriety with a wish for greater obscurity.
A collage of witty exchanges and social jests from Chicago to Los Angeles and Baltimore. Bits of banter touch on White House fare, absent mindedness, luncheon routines, and fireworks displays amid festive expense debates.
The exchange features a braggart claiming a royal flush feat at Gilderoy’s Golden Palace. A Jokester editor dismisses it yet admits a past miracle occurred. The cobbled prose ends with a satirical couplet about chestnuts raining from a tree onto passers-by as life’s humor.
The Minneapolis Journal argues that the republic is drifting toward plutocracy and imperialism declaring Theodore I as imperial ambitions grow. It recounts a Senate scene where a Texas senator removed his feet from a chair after a flunkey directive, using vivid 19th century rhetoric to critique free expression and sovereignty.
Harper’s Weekly argues the President’s policies benefit the country and Cuba, praising his integrity and federal reforms. It notes opposition from Senate leaders within his party, and urges clear definition of the issue to overcome resistance and secure his reform agenda.
A New York letter notes the King’s democratic manner and keen curiosity about the United States. Americans recall his cordial admiration and desire for a stronger bond between nations. The illness and potential calamity evoke deep sympathy, likened to McKinley’s assassination in impact.
The Chicago Evening Post reviews Colonel Watterson’s bid to clarify his remarks about the ex President. He denies any personal motive while condemning Cleveland as ill-tempered selfish and unjustly labeled. The piece notes a bid to preserve party harmony and references Kilkenny quarrels as harmoniously resolved truths.
The Washington Post notes Admiral Dewey rejected acknowledging Aguinaldo’s dog-catching outfit, a remark that settles that phase of the question with firm stance on recognition.
A brief note in the Kansas City Journal questions the need for Southern States to keep sending boxers and troublemakers to the United States, hinting at ongoing social tension over sporting and behavior issues.
A literary appraisal of The Virginian by Owen Wister, noting its fresh portrayal of cowboys as essential workers with boyish vigor and noble traits. The piece contrasts Western myth with reality, praises Wister’s American authenticity, and lauds the novel as a distinctively American work from Macmillan Company, New York.
Canadian born author Sara Jeannette Duncan offers a first person Englishwoman narrator as she meets an affluent American life in New York and two English couples. The contrast of national manners and wit, with humorous misunderstandings and a climactic twist, underpins this lively fiction from D Appleton Co Newark.
In September 191, Dartmouth marked the Webster centennial with Samuel W. McCall's address, issued by Houghton Mifflin. The book offers a thoughtful portrait rather than a full biography, praising Webster’s oratorical presence and physical stature, and noting two famed lies in the Dartmouth College and Hayne debates.
S R Crockett's new romantic novel Dark o the Moon follows lairds excise officers gypsies soldiers and common folk as Levelers rise in the south of Scotland to reclaim rights to commons and woods. Royal troops intervene amid daring deeds and love amid conflict with landowners pushing to fence lands for cattle.
A short review extols The Dark o the loon as a fine creation and capable of enlisting and holding attention during sultry summer days. Harper & Brothers, New York.
A Kentucky life novel blends love and politics with a domestic tragedy and elopement. Rival men clash in love and politics amid electioneering, slaps, shooting, and horse talk, all within a Southern atmosphere. The sympathetic portraits of Southern women anchor the tale.
Edward W Townsend presents Chimmie Fadden in a connected volume where the favorite characters reappear amid a sentimental love plot involving Mr Paul and Miss Fannie. The twenty seven chapters form a cohesive tale with Chimmie guiding the narration in a milder dialect and sharp wit. The Century Company publishes in New York.
The volume serves as a graded introductory zoology text designed for beginners. It avoids heavy technical terms, aims for clear understanding, and offers a broad foundation for future biology study with comprehensive, illustrated content. Published in New York by D Appleton & Co.
L C Page & Co Boston promote summer reading introducing The Seigneur de Beaufoy by Hamilton Drummond a dramatic novel on France during Charles VII and Louis XI The Mate of the Good Ship York by W Clark Russell delivers sea flavored vigor The Prince of the Captivity by Sydney C Grier explores Balkan political intrigue and love affairs
A concise prose guide offers synopses of all thirty seven Shakespeare plays with act by act outlines in continuous reading form. The volume is well prepared and merits attention for readers seeking to study the poet.
A period listing catalogues several new books with authors and publishers. Included are Ping-Pong by Arnold Parker. Principles of Chess by James Mason. Teachers Manual for the First Reader by Isaac K Funk. Our Accursed Spelling compiled by E O Wade. The Next Great Awakening by Josiah Strong. Progression to Immortality by Henry S Brooks. A Comprehensive Guide Book to Natural Hygienic and Humane Diet by Sidney Ard. Our Risen King's Forty Days by George D Boardman. Westminster Abbey by Rev Dean Farrar with Arthur Stanley notes.
The piece surveys current periodicals and articles across several publications. It notes Varney on the flag in New England Magazine, Moffett on yellow journalism in The Criterion, Rabb’s satire in Atlantic, and Christian Science growth in Era Philadelphia, with Woodberry on early American literature and notes on Grant Allen and Marguerite Merington in upcoming Book reviews.
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