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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1902
Page
6
Radioed page from The Sunday Journal dated July 13 1902 outlines subscription costs including Sunday and daily editions with carrier, club, and foreign postage details. It lists postal requirements for mailed issues and identifies major distribution points in cities like New York Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and Washington among others.
An 1900s style column surveys global and domestic issues. It notes Aguinaldo, Tracy, and the Philippines in relation to U S policy. trade prospects with Britain. Catholic resistance to friars. Epworth League events. first quarter 14 2 economic data. anti trust debates led by Representative Littlefield. Canadian extradition politics. warnings from James A. Le Toy about church resistance. Philippine tax refunds under the civil government act. and an uncertain U.S. corn crop outlook with wary optimism about future harvests.
The article argues prices have doubled, rewarding holders of abundant corn during a short season with higher profits and fewer risks. Europe increasingly values corn, and domestically the past year shows corn as the most important crop. It advocates storing surplus like Joseph to endure lean years instead of burning it.
An Indiana State report discusses the push to read the Bible in public schools as a literature and civilization cornerstone. It notes the Bible’s ethical influence, contrasts with sectarian bias, and cites President Butler’s advocacy while urging fair translations free of sectarian pressure.
The annual Mineral Resources report from the Interior Department’s Geological Survey details U S mineral outputs for 1900. It notes total mineral value surpassed 1.067 billion dollars, with coal and iron as leading metals, and copper production rising sharply. Indiana’s 1900 outputs included coal and petroleum figures among others.
After years of warnings about the Canada thistle spreading across the Northwest, a Kansas bulletin now praises its value as livestock feed. It notes cattle and sheep favor the green and hay forms, can boost milk output, and may rival alfalfa in feeding value, prompting renewed agricultural interest.
A longtime prejudice against Russian thistle is challenged as the board notes its unlikely utility once established in fields. It calls the weed, yet acknowledges cattle find it valuable. The remark ends by questioning trust in agricultural pronouncements about vegetation.
The Indiana Weather Bureau notes extraordinary June rainfall from fifty nine stations. Heavy, isolated showers drenched pockets from Kokomo to Greensburg, with amounts over 10 inches in oval and pear shaped regions while adjacent areas had as little as 4 inches. The piece questions rainfall variability and the potential for science to tame weather extremes.
A summer school speaker argues teachers face impossible schedules with forty to sixty pupils. Five core subjects plus arts and physical activities fill six hours daily, leaving little room to tailor instruction. The critic says the system, not teachers, limits individualized attention and may drive uniform student outcomes.
A dense editorial discussing education as a broad system vs individual development, critiques of General Miles Cuban campaign claims, praise for school manual training as practical in Indianapolis and concerns over funding. It analyzes political maneuvers on Cuban independence, references Reed’s leadership, and comments on labor strikes statistics and public fund raising for arsenal grounds.
The President appoints W. C. Jones as Yellowstone Park buffalo keeper at 1.90 a year, aiming to protect and increase the herd. Trials over tombstone ages surface in a Kansas real estate suit, with a cast revealing a disputed sixty or sixty six. Wisconsin fish distribution totals 127,456,000 fish in six months, across seven varieties, prompting Indiana to consider similar efforts.
A woman touring the country lectures on dress reform and points to her costume priced at $1.25, noting the cheap fabric can be found but costs rise to $19.6 to tailor. The piece laments reform of dressmakers, comments on sensational memoirs, and praises straw hats for horses as a humane, long overdue aid.
An Oklahoma man running for Congress vows to resign immediately if he acts against voters desires. The statement prompts the question of whether all congressional candidates should make such pledges to secure public trust and accountability.
A collection of jokes from multiple papers on humorous exchanges about engagements, marriage, and wit. Lines reference Miss Beers and Charley, Mrs Gunbusta, and other playful quips about love, words, and social habits with a punchy New York Evening Sun slang.
A sleepy guest recalls a hotel flute night as the next room neighbor overran tunes and walls. Willie explains family mishaps from July sixth with a comic chorus of hospital visits and home remedies while trying to light pinwheels and whiskers.
An assortment of literary quotes reflects on unanswered questions, marriage temptations, self awareness, misjudgment, scandal, foregone choices, national character, and the belief in fate shaping lives, from Shacklett to The Sign of the Seven Sins and beyond.
In a diary voice Marion Manning quotes Mrs Heaven arguing people should focus on the greater good rather than personal appetite. The butcher Mr Heaven is referenced as a society figure in a rural diary item. The passage critiques selfish behavior and hints at moral reform.
A roundup of varied biographical snippets and odd facts from Denver to San Francisco. Henry Cole will gift 350000 to Denver Methodist churches while James N. Rogers adopts Mohammedanism amid ostracism fears. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ninetieth birthday celebrated in San Francisco. Heinrich Conried travels to Travemunde to meet Emperor William for a gala opera honor. A life-insurance inquiry about Senator W. A. Clark reveals his vast copper income. Berlin hosts a Brook Farm like experiment with poets and families paying per-head and for their rooms. Roosevelt shows off showy White House liveries for coachmen and footmen. Li Ching-hsu inherits Li Hung Chang’s title after a sudden death. Dalzell recalls McKinley’s placid readiness before a speech. Chief Justice Taney recalls freeing slaves long ago. Prof. Davis notes ocean depths with record soundings, Guam and Fiji regions, and Porto Rico measurements.
The piece critiques a proposed labor union church in Indiana that would restrict membership to those in unions and fund expenses by assessments. It jokes about short sermons, strict labor rules, and pastors limiting rural language while noting the unionist congregation would meet before the Lord with a work ethic backdrop, raising concerns over the viability and tone.
London Mall reports from St Vincent that volcanic dust, though claimed not to fertilize, produced an unusually vibrant floral display in Kingstown gardens after recent eruptions. The correspondent recalls 1812 estates yielding extraordinary produce and notes eerie scenes of locals found dead peacefully at tea or with a pipe in hand, calm in death.
In Liston Falls Maine a continuous twenty month prayer vigil rings from the turret surrounding the Temple of Truth. The Holy Ghost and Us Society leads the non denominational service, adhering to Bible teachings while expanding from nothing to four buildings and a 30 000 seat sanctuary.
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