Telephone Calls and Subscriptions in the Daily Journal 1902
The Daily Journal of July 10 1902 lists subscription terms with carrier rates for Indianapolis and suburbs and various weekly editions. It notes price details for daily and Sunday papers and lists locations in several cities where the Journal can be found. It also mentions reduced club rates and asks readers to send manuscripts with name and address for publication consideration.
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Indianapolis
Neeranoseros
United States
Fragmented political musings hint at 1900s issues and coal talks
Indications urge a Democratic purchase of old issues after the next national election. Discussions touch on Ambassador Choate, Dickinson, Hanna, Landis, King Edward, and a coal strike settlement. Notes on Indianapolis land, National Education Association attendance, shipping layoffs, Manchuria, Bryan, and reciprocity with Cuba.
South Manufacturing Capital Rise Cited in Tariff Debate
The article notes the South's manufacturing capital growing from 250 thousand to 1.1 billion dollars and cotton mill capital rising from 1 million to an estimated 1 million, attributing the growth largely to protection. It urges a tariff for revenue in the next column.
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South
Democratic campaign line shifts to attacks on trusts
Georgia Representative Griges, chair of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, issues a statement focusing on trust issues while omitting imperialism. The piece notes the Democratic shift away from imperialism, critics the party’s earlier anti trust stance, and expects Roosevelt and Littlefield to push a practical trust regulation bill in the next Congress.
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Griges
Georgia
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Griggs
Congressional Campaign Committee
Bryan
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Representative Littlefield
Maine
Democratic Party
Indianapolis Faces Chance to Buy Arsenal Grounds for Technical School
A citywide push urges Indianapolis residents to buy 75 acres of arsenal grounds to fund a national manual training school and army post. Backers say the project would attract hundreds of students, spur regional industrial education, raise nearby property values, and transform the city into a regional hub, but funds must be raised soon before War Department offers the land to others.
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Arsenal
Winona Corporation
Indianapolis
War Department
Winona Firm Abandons Locating Technical School Here
City leaders announce Winona corporation will not locate its manual training school in Indianapolis. A citywide fund drive will run within a month to purchase a site for a national technical school and show public spirit and intelligence through community support. Canvassers will be in the field within a day or two to begin fundraising for the benefit of the entire community.
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Winona Corporation
Indianapolis
Pope jokes on hustling in friars lands dispute
The Vatican dispute over friars lands in the Philippines is described as a political must. The pope, amused by Taft’s firm stance, signals no compromise and urges the Vatican to accept U.S. terms while asserting civil government aims. The piece contrasts clerical tradition with American legal pressure and notes potential repercussions for friars.
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Philippines
Taft
Vatican
Catholic Church
United States
Spain
Revival of the stalwart label in Wisconsin politics
The piece reflects a Wisconsin political drift back to the stalwarts term from 1880, tied to General Grant and led by Senator Roscoe Conkling, while the rival half breeds under James G. Blaine faded. It notes the Missouri Democratic convention’s disorder, a Kansas City platform endorsement, and critiques grocery price hikes blamed on the beef trust and a damaging credit system. It ends by describing cities gifting land for military posts, illustrating public appetite for federal posts.
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Wisconsin
General Grant
Grant
Roscoe Conkling
James G. Blaine
Missouri
State Committee
Kansas City
Navy shifts fuel to oil and posts near Indianapolis
Government decides not to enforce a land purchase rule for a post near Indianapolis. Proceeds from selling the tract will buy a larger site farther away, enhancing a local market. The Navy has paused coaling-station plans to test oil fuel, aiming for cheaper cleaner operations if oil proves superior.
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Indianapolis
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Uncle Sam
The Humorists
A collection of cartoon captions and quips from multiple papers. The jokes cover lynching, parks, labor, a Browning club remark, a curb appeal remark, and a child misquoting his mother about honesty, reflecting early 20th century humor and social commentary.
Fourth of July firework critique from European traveler
A European tourist chides Americans for celebrating the Fourth of July with fireworks and explosions while a Native American notes that they observe a Thanksgiving day later. The exchange contrasts US holiday traditions and safety concerns with foreign observations of American celebrations.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Europe
Silent Twenty Years Pair In New Jersey Death
In Bordentown New Jersey John Stewart and his wife kept silent for twenty years living in the same home without speaking. Mrs Stewart died and was buried without him shedding a tear. The couple had once vowed not to admit God or deny God, using their cat as a communicative medium. He refused religious services at her burial despite requests from relatives.
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Plymouth Democrat
Bryan
The
Sentinel
Democratic Party
Bordentown
N. J
John Stewart
Stewart
Ace
Danes and Chicago Tie The Knot Seeker to Wed Count Knuth Burg
Sylvia A. Pio, a Chicago civil service employee, sails to Denmark to wed Count Knuth Burg of a premier Danish family. They met in Miami last January. consent and court approval followed. Pio’s father, Louis Albert Francis Pio, founded Denmark’s Liberal party and sparked a historic Liberal Ministry in 1871.
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Chicago
Sylvia A. Pio
Civil-Service Department
Denmark
Count Knuth Burg
Pio
Count Knuth
Miami
Fla
Christian
Florida
White City
Steel streets planned for New York test roads
A committee of the Automobile Club of America has pursued steel road experiments but faced delays in obtaining special steel plates. President Schwab of United States Steel Corp will have plates rolled promptly and donate sufficient material to build one mile of steel road. Tests are planned in downtown trucking areas, in a general travel street, and in a suburban earth foundation section.
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New York
Automobile Club of America
Seligman
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Art Gallery Contract Signed at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
ST. Louis July 9. The contract and bonds are signed for the erection of the art gallery of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. This is the largest single contract in the expo's division of works, with sculpture totaling over 1,000,000 dollars.
Extradition case strains U S Canada over two million embezzlement
Washington reports detail the U S effort to extradite Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor from Canada to Georgia for alleged embezzlement in river and harbor projects at Savannah. Special Assistant Marion Erwin warns of conflicts of interest among Canadian officials and lawyers tied to the case.
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Washington
Messrs
Benjamin D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
Canada
Georgia
Savannah
United States
Hay
Department of Justice
Marion Erwin
Montreal
Messrs. Greene and
Gaynor
Erwin
Quebec
Crown
Great Britain
Alice la Fontaine
Province of
Greene and
Greene
Andrews
Dominion of Canada
Caron
Fontaine
Justice Caron
England
Priscilla Towed After Collision Kills Deck Hand
In Newport a steamship bound for New York, the Priscilla, with a large hole in her bow after a collision with the Powhatan off Point Judith, was towed in by her sister ship Puritan. Portuguese deck hand John Muniz died in his bunk. passengers were evacuated safely and sent to New York by rail.
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Priscilla
Powhatan
Powhaten
John Muniz
New York
Newport
Muniz
Powhatan Injured in Collision With Priscilla Off Rhode Island
The steamer Powhatan bound for Baltimore arrived at Providence after reporting a collision with the Fall River line steamer Priscilla late last night between Point Judith and Beaver Tail lightship. Powhatan sustained a damaged bow and five foot hole, but water did not flood bulkheads or cargo. Priscilla, en route from Newport to New York, was towed to safety after the incident. The Powhatan’s 130 passengers, including a Maryland Baptist Young People's Union delegation, remained orderly. The Powhatan will undergo drydock repairs.
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Providence
Powhatan
A. T. Hudgins
Baltimore
Norfolk
Fall River Line
Priscilla
Hudgins
Point Judith
Beaver
Newport
New York
Convention of the Baptist Young Peoples’ Union
Maryland
Soe Eeen
Durine Lee
Yellow Fever at Vera Cruz Reported Virulent
Advices from Vera Cruz say yellow fever is especially virulent this season. Many long residents who believed themselves immune have died. A U S commission has been in Vera Cruz evaluating conditions and providing focal treatment. Dr Miller, a specialist for yellow fever, died in Vera Cruz from brain congestion.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
United States
Miller
Real Men of Letters at the White House and Home
The President has praised a group of writers as true men of letters and will host their company at the White House before hosting them in domestic settings. The occasion emphasizes literary merit and national recognition for these authors.
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White House
White House welcomes literary figures as summer visitors
Special to the Indianapolis Journal describes President Roosevelt inviting writers like William Marion Reidy Jacob Riis William Allen White Eugene Ware Booth Tarkington and others to visit the White House and Oyster Bay. The piece notes their influence and trust with the President who uses their literary insight on politics and policy.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Oyster Bay
White House
William Marion Reidy
St. Louis Mirror
Reidy
Missouri
Jacob Riis
New York
Kansas
Roosevelt
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Eugene F. Ware
William Dudley Foulke
Esident
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Tarkington
Lodge
Charles R. Miller
New York Democratic
Loomis Nelson
Washion
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
Frederick Holls
Nicholas Murray Butler
Quiet at Oyster Bay Occupy the President s Time
President Roosevelt will not announce information on appointments from Oyster Bay. All appointments will be announced from Washington and departmental outlets will release details. He spent the morning in the library with Secretary Cortelyou handling mail, kept in close touch with Cabinet members, and enjoyed outdoor leisure with Mrs Roosevelt and the children amid heat.
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Oyster Bay
S. 1
Washington
Cortelyou
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Root
Waves Wife's Red Frock Saves Train In Dutchess County
Eldridge Finkle aged fifteen and his sister aged thirteen near Boston Corners Dutchess county flagged a Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad locomotive to stop a wreck. The boy waved the red frock, alerting the engineer as the train sped at about thirty five miles per hour, preventing cars from plunging down a steep embankment.
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New York
Eldridge Finkle
Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railroad
Boston Corners
Dutchess County
Foolhardy Atlantic voyage of Abiel Abbot Low salute
The 38 foot launch Abiel Abbot Low commanded by Captain William C Newman sails from College Point Long Island to Falmouth England with only his sixteen year old son aboard. Powered by a ten horsepower kerosene engine the crew plans a voyage of about thirty days. Nautical officers express fear yet admire the daring expedition.
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New York
Abiel Abbot Low
William C. Newman
College Point
Long Island
Falmouth
England
Newman
Eaward
Navard
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