Daily Journal 1902 Subscriptions and Distribution Notice
The Daily Journal lists subscription rates and distribution details for Indianapolis and surrounding areas. It notes prices for daily, Sunday, and weekly editions, reduced club rates, and mail prepayment tariffs. It also lists postal guidance and various newsstand points across major cities.
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Suburbs
Bizgle
Okay Agents Meertorers
Sonaay
MAIL
Let The Journal Follow You For The Summer Travel
A notice invites readers to have The Journal follow them by mail during summer absence. Order before leaving and request address changes as needed to stay connected with home.
Indiana Republican Editors Meet at Put-in-Bay
Indiana Republican Editorial Association plans a July 17 train trip from Indianapolis to Put-in-Bay Ohio with headquarters at Hotel Victory. Editors from the state are urged to attend, with excursions arranged and details via secretary W S Montgomery Greenfield.
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Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Putin Bay Island
Ohio
Victory
Indianapolis
Tipton
W. S. Montgomery
Anarchy in Chicago Halts Business and Risks Growth
The excerpt criticizes Chicago strikes and lawlessness hindering trade. It argues the city tolerates unrest while papers praise population growth, asserting that safer business conditions matter more than size. If conditions don’t improve, commerce may move elsewhere.
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Chicago
The Natural Gas Question Faces Indianapolis Gas Closure
The Indianapolis Gas Company announced it will cease furnishing natural gas in the city after September. The move follows rejected metering and altered gas conditions, with bondholders threatening action to recover assets. The mayor will test the company’s right to quit, while courts may decide if the franchise can be surrendered.
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Indianapolis Gas Company
Indianapolis
The Franchise Of Irresponsibility In Labor Unions
A historical critique argues unions lack legal accountability unlike corporations. It notes unions cannot be sued, can violate contracts, destroy property, and impede business with impunity. Using the anthracite coal strike as example, it contrasts consequences faced by coal roads versus miners.
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Organized Labor
Irresponsible unions cripple Chicago freight movement
A Chicago report laments labor union power to halt perishable goods transport. Strikes by freight handlers and allied unions crippled rail and ice delivery, causing vast losses as fruit, dairy, and other perishables rotted. The piece contrasts corporate liability with union inaction and calls the lack of legal reciprocity the franchise of irresponsibility.
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Chicago
Cleveland Tariff Clash Sparks Democratic Debate
The Hartford Times claims Watterson favored a revenue only tariff and signed onto a platform that Cleveland opponents use to critique the party. The piece notes Gorman’s tweaks to iron and steel duties and hints at trust bill strategy. It adds Geronimo’s possible recruitment to pursue Convict Tracy, noting the high capture cost.
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Hartford
Watterson
the Times
Cleveland
Whitney
Gorman
The Humorists Scarcity of Game in Somerville Journal
In a city sketch, a sportsman asks a fellow about game around town while a landlady serves chicken portions to Mr Newcomer, reflecting light communal humor and small town quirks in the Somerville Journal.
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Chicago News
Entertaining Exchange Referenced by Free Press and Tribune
A Detroit Free Press line questions if the affair was entertaining while a Chicago Tribune item notes performances including a man singing a song and Indy reciting poetry. A Youth mentions Hessie Billus’s appearance and the Maiden responds approvingly, with remarks on her looks and wit.
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Detroit Free Press
Indy
Chicago Tribune
Hessie Billus
It Won’t Help Her Looks Say Washington Post
In a running collage of quotes and snippets a frail woman is described as dependent on a man as in old times. A detective jokes about an archistic plot and explosive ping pong balls. An Irishman with a plain face is mocked for his looks and poverty, exposing harsh humor from the era.
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Washington Post
London
Patt
Indiana Pilgrim's Progress a Modern Allegory Skid and I
A long Indiana publication reviews G W Sayler of Elwood's poetry volume Skid and I or the Devil in Chains a religious allegory in rhyme. It frames hell and heaven as mental states and follows Skid and his friend as they chase truth through visions and verse. The piece notes a 230 page work with lighter poetry sections including The Sage of Plainfield and Appetite. It contrasts Sayler’s self publishing with Henry Harland's earlier fiction and surveys his later novels The Lady Paramount and Susanna.
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Indiana
G. W. Sayler
Elwood
Hell
Heaven
Cutler
Carroll County
Skid
Sage
Plainfield
Elmore
Sayler
Henry Harland
Sidney Luska
Paramount
Lady Paramount
Hfe
Susanna
Sampaolo
Anthony Craford
Anthony
England
Miss Sanders
Adrian
Niles
Dreamlike Vision of an Angel Before Mary in Poetic Tale
A dreamy scene unfolds as an angel kneels before a young woman and speaks silently. The moment fuses earth and heaven with bird songs and brook whispers, forming one celestial sound as Mary is hailed full of grace. Published by John Lane The Bodley Head New York.
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Heaven
Mary
John Lane
the Bodley Head
New York
Final Volume of Herbert Spencer Essays and a Novel By Graham Travers
The essay collection marks Herbert Spencer’s last work with many pieces previously published and others new while exploring religion music art and space. A later novelette by Graham Travers follows Vera Caruthers a English girl drawn into a Scottish physician’s life and a costly truth that leads to tragedy and moral critique.
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Herbert Spencer
D. Appleton & Co
World’s Best Essays volume one review and contents
Volume 1X surveys a planned ten volume set of essays from writers across ages and nations. It lists forty authors with numerous essays including Ruskin, Steele, Swift, and Madame Roland, plus portraits and a Roger’s frontispiece. It notes completion in one more volume and identifies editors and the publisher. Marion Manning is a Washington life novel by Edith Morton Bustia.
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Riod
Madame Roland
John Addington Symonds
Jonathan Swift
Richard Steele
Robert Southy
Sydney Smith
John Ruskin
Olive Schreiner
Roger
Liberty
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Edward A. Allen
William Schuyler
A. M
Walter Besani
M. A
F. 5.A
Advisory Council
F. P
Marion Manning
Washington
Edith Morton Bustia
Washington life in a young lady author's debut novel
A daughter of ex Vice President Levi P. Morton writes a Washington set novel based on her four years in the capital during the Harrison administration. The book shows strong political instincts and a refined moral tone, though it overreaches at times with extended monologues. Harper & Brothers published in New York.
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Levi P. Morton
Washington
Harrison
Eustis
Hfe
Harper & Brothers
New York
The Kindred of the Wild animal tales reviewed
A review highlights Charles G D Roberts Little about animal psychology and kinship in The Kindred of the Wild. The volume presents twelve stories with original narration and strong illustrations, expanding the reader's sense of life and nature.
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Charles G. D. Roberts
Boston
L. C. Page & Co
Dear Dirty Chicago Love Letter to the West
Emily Wheaton reviews a humorous Chicago life tale of a Boston couple who relocate to Chicago. A conservative wife resents city quirks while a young lawyer adjusts, with hotel club and social life providing satire. The pair reconcile as she grows fond of the West and proclaims Chicago home.
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Emily Wheaton
Chicago
Boston
West
The
Ladies' Home Journal
L. C. Page & Co
Renaissance Dawn Tale of Uccelli and Neri
Clinton Scollard offers a vivid, well written historical novel set in early Renaissance Italy. The plot follows Andrea Marquis of Uccelli and Ugolino Neri’s ward amid feuding families with deft prose and tasteful illustrations by Harry C. Edwards.
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Scollard
Italy
Uccelii
Neri
Andrea
Uccelli
Ugolino Neri
Harry C. Edwards
L. C. Page & Co
Boston
Irish Siege Tale of O Donnell O Kavanagh O Carroll
A memoir passage from Brigadier Niall MacGuinness set in Limerick during the 1680 siege introduces Captain O Donnell O Kavanagh and O Carroll in an Irish story. A diamond cross hidden by O Donnell drives adventure romance and mystery amid Celtic phrases and a formal wartime backdrop.
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O'Donnell
O'Kavanagh
O'Carroll
Limerick
Niall MacGuinness
Sarsfield
Louis XIV
France
New York
F. M. Buckles & Co
Mistress Dorothy of Haddon Hall echoes Major's tale
The Indiana readers are invited to compare Henry Hastings's Mistress Dorothy of Haddon Hall with Charles Major's Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall. The book appears inspired by Major's story and uses similar characters and settings, likely affecting reader interest.
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Dorothy of
Haddon Hall
Indiana
Charles Major
Dorothy Vernon
Dorothy
Henry Hastings
Major
Mr. Major
Macmillan Company
New York
R. F. Fenno & Co
Miser Hoadley’s Secret detective tale review
A. W. Marchmont crafts a clever crime mystery about Miser Hoadley who lives a double life. His daughter inherits the fortune and must uncover the murderer amid detectives and criminals. The novel is praised as a first rate sample of its kind.
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A. W. Marchmont
Miser Hoadley
New York
New Amsterdam Book Company
Asa Holmes and the volcanic echo of Mount Pelee
Annie Fellows Johnston offers a character sketch of Asa Holmes the retired miller in a country setting as a wise cross roads oracle. The review notes the book’s entertainments and instructive tone, while comparing its volcanic literature to Mount Pelee and critiquing it as a compilation rather than original research.
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Annie Fellows Johnston
Cory
Johnston
Indiana
Evansville
I. C. Page & Co
Boston
Mount Pelee
J. Herbert Welch
H. E B. Taylor
R. F. Fenno
What Gladys Saw Nature Tale for Girls on Farm and Forest
Frances Margaret Fox writes a summer story for girls blending nature lore with human drama. The book surveys birds and live animals alongside engaging characters, presenting plentiful information without dull excess.
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Frances Margaret Fox
Dreaming of distant shores in a wholesome farm tale
A review notes W A Wilde Co and W L Alden publish Drewitts Dream about a young man sent abroad to find his sweetheart. An uncultured millionaire finances the voyage by yacht. The tale ends weaker than it begins and reflects early 20th century literary tastes. Appleton NY. The Black Cat Club features James D Carruthers Negro life sketches set largely in Chicago, with pieces previously in Century Magazine. Funk & Wagnalls NY.
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Graham Travers
Pedene
Vera Caruthers
France
Edinburgh
Scotland
Drewitt
W. L. Alden
Appleton
Chicago
Century Magazine
Funk & Wagnalls
New York
Emersoniana and new fiction in July Atlantic and Scribner’s
The July Atlantic features Emerson notebooks transcriptions from talks with Channing. Scribner’s fiction adds J M Barrie’s The Little White Bird in August and Kipling’s Wireless. Les Arts reveals late continental art and a full page Queen Alexandra portrait. National Geographic reports Martianique and St Vincent volcanic disturbances with Hill and Russell leading the expedition.
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William Ellery Channing
J. M. Barrie
Scribner's
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Les Arts
Society of
Versailles
Berlin
Benjamin-Constant
Queen Alexandra
Manzi, Joyant & Co
Fifth Avenue
New York
Robert T. Hill
United States Geological Survey
Israel C. Russell
University of Michigan
West Indies
National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Era
Martinique
St. Vincent
National Geographic Society
Angelo Heilprin
Eee
T. A. Jaggar
Harvard University
Notable Authors and Edits in New Publications Digest
Lucy Leffingwell Cable edits Scribner school Don Quixote. George Cable son of notable author. Gilbert Parker M P author of The Seats of the Mighty has work published by Appleton & Co. Bernard Whitlock, author of The Thirteenth District, once a political correspondent, offers political insight in his novel. Francis W. Halsey retires from Times staff to advise Appleton & Co. Four abridged Standard Dictionaries edited by James C. Fernald due July 19 from Funk & Wagnalls. Panama Canal noted. Charles FeltonPidgin cites The Climax as speculation. Co M. Clark Co. to publish. Governor Taft contributes introduction to Opportunities in the Colonies and Cuba from Lewis, Scribner & Co. Other contributors include Gen Leonard Wood and ex-Governor Lacoste.
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Lucy Leffingwell Cable
Scribner School
George
Cable
Bylow
Rae Gilbert Parker
M. P
D. Appleton & Co
Little Dickey Donovan
Bernard Whitlock
Rowen-Merrill Company
Francis W. Halsey
New York Times
Saturday Literary Supplement
Appleton & Co
America
Charles Felton Pidgin
Co. M. Clark Company
Taft
Cuba
Lewis, Scribner & Co
New York
Leonard Wood
Charles H. Allen
Porto Rico
Perfecto Lacoste
M. E. Beall
Mr Hamlin Garland Lectures On Literature At Chicago
The New York Evening Sun reports Mr Hamlin Garland spoke to summer students at the University of Chicago on literature. He argued Shakespeare and Dante were incubuses, praised Chicago writers, and praised his own Western life depiction work while lamenting modesty that hinders modern novelists from asserting themselves.
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Hamlin Garland
University of Chicago
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Dante
Garland
Chicago
Middle West
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Amie Garland
Poes
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Pen
Bhakspeare
Cook County School of
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Prose Writers
Sueson
Omeet
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