Sunday Journal 1901 06 02 Telegraph and editorial notes
The Indianapolis Journal notes government transports carrying teachers to the Philippines and reflects on recent political developments in Michigan South Carolina and China. It praises American diplomacy cites Cleveland Plain Dealer on a veteran thought dead at Antietam and discusses Jacksonville Florida church rebuilding appeals as well as San Francisco news emphasis and California state tettered battle flag preservation law.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio
Antietam
Cleveland
Ohlo
Monument Dream Spurs Town Dedication Echoes
A vision of a towering Monument fills the town as the single structure of its kind in the country. Pageantry at dedication may fade beside the emblems carried by old men marching with tattered battle-stained standards.
Presbyterianism From the Se Ular Side Weighs on Civil Liberty
The piece argues that revision of the Presbyterian creed should preserve its vitality and usefulness. It lauds Calvinism as foundational to civil liberty and republican government, noting Presbyterians’ role in America’s founding, democracy, and the Revolution, while condemning modern barbarities and urging moral reform among Christian people.
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Presbyterian Church
Kingcraft
Priestcraft
Holland
France
New England
James
Bancroft
Green
New World
Calvin
Ranke
John Calvin
America
de Tocqueville
Buckle
Froude
Fiske
Hume
England
Motley
United States
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Memorial day and immigrant ignorance in America
A Boston youth questions the origin and observance of Memorial Day amid concerns that new immigrants cannot read English. The piece contrasts national progress with reports of brutal mob killings in the South and at Leavenworth, Kan., and Terre Haute, Ind., condemning barbaric acts.
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Boston
Leavenworth
Kan
Terre Haute
Library of Congress as a global research center
The Library of Congress collects works from all nations to serve American scholars. Librarian Herbert Putnam travels annually to Europe to acquire rare Americana and facsimiles. Under careful supervision, the library's value will grow, making the building a fitting shrine to knowledge.
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Library of Congress
United States
Herbert Putnam
Librarian of Congress
Great Britain
Europe
Oxford
Congressional Library
American Supremacy In Manufacturing Cited Over Chinese Mills
A New York dispatch quoting Evelyn E. Porter asserts Chinese cotton mills in Shanghai cannot compete with American factories despite cheap labor. Porter notes Chinese profits stayed below 3 percent, women earn 15 cents daily, and American skilled labor outperforms in speed and quality. The piece argues American goods dominate Chinese markets and fears of Chinese competition are unfounded.
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Journal of
New York
Evelyn E. Porter
Shanghai
China
Porter
Indemnity Demands and China’s Hard Times
The article argues Western powers should have forgone the 37 million dollar indemnity on China and redirected funds to reforms, warning that the heavy payments and foreign troops have revealed Chinese weakness and exposed civilians to outrages, challenging faith in European civilization's benefits to China.
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United States
China
Europe
Reforms in Practice and Public Affairs Across 1890s
The column reflects on reformers who demand equality in theory but resist it in daily life, noting class and social rank persist. It surveys public health efforts in Havana against malaria, a Kansas pension fraud case, concerns for Mrs. McKinley’s health, a Harrison monument fund plan in Indianapolis, King Edward’s cautious diplomacy with American visitors, and Andrew Carnegie’s stance against royal invitation.
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Edward
New York Chamber of Commerce
London
Windsor Castle
Andrew Carnegie
Belief Does Not Excuse Murder Under Legal Standpoint
The text argues that murder by violence is punishable regardless of the killer’s beliefs, but refusing to seek medical aid or call a doctor cannot be equated with murder by violence, highlighting limits on justifications for violent crime.
Study of Trees and Shrubs at the Arnold Arboretum
The Arnold Arboretum at Boston, a Harvard University department, is a major scientific garden of about two acres. It serves as a living museum and research station influencing forestry and horticulture nationwide. The university seeks to boost endowment as income falls short, inviting gifts from across the United States to support ongoing and future work, with communications directed to Charles F Adams or C S Sargent.
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Arnold Arboretum
Boston
Harvard University
Massachusetts
United States
North American
Sargent
North America
Japan
Charles F. Adams
Harvard College
C. 8. Sargent
Arboretum
Doctor Freeman in Metuchen Causes Publicity Storm
Newspaper chatter once linked Miss Mary E Wilkins and Dr Freeman of Metuchen N J to a postponed wedding. Freeman now draws notice for destroying a photographer's display case in the post office, amid speculation that his press presence stems from rejection rather than fame.
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Mary E. Wilkins
Dr. Freeman
Metuchen
N. J
New Jersey
Chicago professor backs Bible view on women inferiority
A Chicago University professor defends Elizabeth Stanton’s call to remove allusions to women as inferior from the Bible. He states the Bible teaches women are inferior to men, and that would be true even if the Bible did not teach it. He fears backlash from women critics who may roast him for his stance.
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Sam
Serr
A Eee
Turkey
Charles M. Sheldon
Chicago University
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Adelbert
Dellie
Anthony Hope
Harverd
Varsity
Pest House
Mixed metaphors and golf advice provoke debate
A public speech by Alice Stone Blackwell generating remarks on women as a hen and a nightingale. A new book of sports suggests a broom for wrist movement in golf, deemed shocking and impractical. The Weather Bureau data shows uneven rainfall with Kansas City lamenting May’s extreme dryness while Indianapolis seeks relief.
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Alice Stone Blackwell
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Women Grow Taller Says Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson declares women are growing taller with his latest subjects standing at least six feet three. The Journal notes his art dwarfs magazine pages as Elizabeth Cady Stanton pushes for Bible revisions for women rights and disrupts the cautious ranks of equal suffrage allies.
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Charles Dana Gibson
Charles
Witty snippets from era papers on wealth and marriage
A collection of quips from periodicals about wealth, philanthropy, and social norms. Jokes reference Carnegie and Schwab, saloons, and marriage rites, noting public attitudes toward wealth and restraint. The tone mirrors light social commentary and urban satire of the era.
Modern Fables of Adelbert and the Village Lass
A coastal town screens in a cousin Adelbert from down East as the social season explodes. Nettie, a bold flirt, snares his attention amid wary rival belles, while Adelbert’s charm and wealth ignite town gossip and a Lawn Party spectacle.
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Down East
Man who founded schools and libraries is remembered
The Detroit Journal quotes a eulogy praising a man who devoted his life to public service. Though some at his funeral question marks of intent, the record notes his lifelong effort to better the community through education and libraries, ending with the refrain he did his best.
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Buffalo
Detroit Journal
Gum Purchases Joke From Brooklyn Eagle
A Brooklyn Eagle exchange features a playful teacher and Willie debating gum prices. Willie points out a slot machine offers five pieces for five pennies while the candy store yields six, highlighting a quirky arithmetic pun.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Willie
A Long Green Summer and Life Divine Vision
A poetic meditation contrasts a lush summer with a pivotal day that opens lessons vast. The speaker envisions a doorway beyond choice, where past and future blur, invoking life, ascent, and the Infinite through vivid nature and reverent tone.
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Mlive Sanxay
Literary Notes on Swift Tarkington James and Miss Charlotte
The piece reports Benjamin Swift will drop his pen name for his novels, adopting W. R. Patterson. Tarkington plans a long novel on theater life's impact on an actor. Henry James has sent the English publishers a complete manuscript of a new London social life study. A London reviewer notes American fiction has little American sales while English fiction succeeds. Miss Charlotte, at death, was finishing a young readers story. publication status unsure.
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Benjamin Swift
W. R. Patterson
Tarkington
Henry James
London
Lst
America
Charlotte
Young
Miss Mary Johnston Plans To Control New Novel Rights
The article notes Miss Mary Johnston receives annual manuscript submissions for historical stories for youth. It reports a London sale of Gray Odes first editions and mentions Johnston controlling rights to her new Audrey story and intending to manage live productions herself. It criticizes the handling of the play To Have and to Hold.
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London
Gray
Hleey
Mites Gilder
Mary Johnston
Audrey
Atantic Monthly
Houghter Miflin & Co
Johnston
John-to
Huy
Wisdom and Love Letters Fragments Echo Classic Maxims
A fragmented excerpt cites quotes on art, virtue, fidelity, and memory from Wisdom of Current Fiction and Love Letters of the King, noting human blood as the mark of writing and the uneasy pull of old loves, with Musings on virtue and prejudice.
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