Daily Journal 1901 notes on politics and world events
The item reviews editorials and dispatches about William Jennings Bryan and dignitaries, describes opinions on Grant and Croker, notes the Chinese edict destroying Six Boards records, mentions Dreyfus, and discusses U S police chiefs meeting, river and harbor appropriations tour, Justice Brewer marriage license, fire losses, corn king Phillips, Trans Alaskan rail idea, Tillman in South Carolina, Cuban Platt amendment and U S influence in Cuba.
Platt Amendment Debate on Cuban Government Authority
The Platt amendment was intended to recognize a stable Cuban government under US protection, with Congress deeming guarantees essential. The Cuban convention adopted it with explanations that weakened Congressal terms, and the President has no authority to accept a partial adoption or to disregard parts of the law.
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Con-grees
Cuba
United States
Indianapolis Emerges as Financial Center of Indiana
A Sunday Journal series highlights Indianapolis moneyed institutions. It notes six national banks with large assets, three over 1,000,000, five trust companies, and local insurance firms expanding statewide. The article cites growth since 1871 and the city’s rise from a frontier village to a prosperous financial hub.
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Indianapolis
Sunday Journal
Commonwealth
United States
Fire and Life
Indiana
The Supreme Court and the Legal Tender Act Debate
A retrospective look at the long contested legal tender case from the Civil War era. It recounts the Supreme Court’s split rulings on greenbacks, the 1870 and 1871 decisions, and charges toward Grant’s court packing. It notes shifts in opinion about the act’s constitutionality and its impact on national credit and specie resumption.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Union
Congress
North
Greenbacks
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky
Chase
Supreme Court
Grier
Grant
Strong
Bradley
New Jersey
General Grant
Republican Party
Honest reasoning in Grant decision cited
The statement asserts that the decision process was honest and that General Grant and all involved acted honestly and within the law. It emphasizes integrity of the procedures and adherence to legal standards.
Bryan attacked by critics over Supreme Court ruling
The article cites widespread Democratic displeasure with William Jennings Bryan and his stance on the Supreme Court decision. It argues the public sees him as a misfortune for the party, notes Alaska New Mexico and Hawaii as examples of federal policy, and includes foreign commentary praising constitutional growth, while detailing political maneuvering and a Virginia gubernatorial preview.
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Supreme Court
McKinley
Nebraska
Lincoln
America
Congress
United States
Alaska
New Mexico
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippines
Supreme Bench
Indiana Editorial Notes Sparks Civic Conscience
A collection of Indiana editorial quotes urges awakeness in officials and voter responsibility. Citations include Richmond Falla dium, Crawfordsville Journal, Plainfield Progress, Shelbyville Republican, Rising Sun Recorder, Muncie Times, and Indianapolis Federal Court jury remarks on Jesse Page. Noted themes concern Bryanism, democracy, court action, and public morality.
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Richmond Falladium
Bryan
McLaurin
Tillman
Crawfordsville Journal
Plainfield
Supreme Court
Shelbyville
Akron
Kansas
Muncie Times
Indianapolis
Jesse Page
Memorial Day notes mix of crime and tribute in 1900s
A Fort Wayne note cites a judge criticizing counterfeit like “jack pots” and bad coin as crime. Lafayette Journal reports Grant tomb ceremony where Minister Wu laid a wreath and praised the silent soldier. Decatur Journal comments on Mark Hanna nomination chatter and ship subsidy stance affecting party chances.
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Baker
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
General Grant
New York
China
Lafayette Journal
Mark Hanna
United States
Mark Hanns
Decatur Journal
Cause of the Trouble in Hither and You
A humorous snippet from Harlem Lites features a dialogue about a breakup with Miss Crooks. Craik admits he caused the split while the Baltimore American vignette ends with Wille Gettit asking for a dime to buy a storybook, and an exasperated elder reacting to the request.
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Harlem Lites
Brobson
Miss Crooks
Craik
Baltimore
Wille Gettit
Carnegie
Man and boy exchange playful scolding in family scene
In a Brooklyn Eagle snippet Mrs Halsey tells Harold not to cry after a minor cut, urging him to be brave like his father. Harold protests with a playful spoof about how his papa would react to the ticklish pain, ending with a brief comic exchange.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Halsey
Harold
Judge and Frayed Feeter in a Roaring Rail Tale
A dialogic sketch presents Judge Frayed Feeter recalling railroad accidents with theatrical flair. Mrs Whiffletree and the crowd discuss losses of life as he labels a string of crashes. The piece shifts to comic misanthropy about rain prayers and skeptical farmers, ending with a wry jab at a town with a permanent symphony.
Notable anecdotes and hints of fame in late life
Russell Sage as a witty figure, Paderewski hand warming before playing, King Victor Emmanuel II and Queen Helena stamp portrait change, Rosebery's fifty fifth birthday, Henry Lewis Morris buys New York property, purple origin, Rev. Samuel Chadwick's Northfield talk, Sarah Bernhardt funds a French niece's millinery venture in London.
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Russell Sage
Northern Pacific
Weill
Billy Patterson
Paderewski
Victor Emmanuel II
Helena
Lord Rosebery
House of Lords
Marquis of Salisbury
Henry Lewis Morris
Gouverneur Morris
New York
Fle
Samuel Chadwick
Leeds
England
Northfeld
Chadwick
Great Britain
G. Campbell Morgan
London
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Hravo
A General Memorial Day in the New York Evening Post
The piece argues Memorial Day should honor wartime dead while allowing the young to experience the day without forcing a broader meaning. It notes the day’s ritual, the old veterans’ pageantry, and the balance between remembrance and holiday observance.
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New York Evening Post
Indiana student accused of plagiarism in Bryan speeches
A Kansas City Journal note urges caution toward the Indiana college student charged with plagiarizing from Mr. Bryan. It suggests both may have drawn from the same source of supply and cautions against hasty condemnation.
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Kansas City Journal
Indiana College
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Dreyfus Biography and Westminster Calvinism Books Reviewed
A review outlines Five Years of My Life 1894 1899 by Alfred Dreyfus, detailing his imprisonment on Devil’s Island and trial. It notes vivid, contemporaneous diary passages and the French government’s cruel conduct. The second work, The Westminster Confession and Presbyterianism, praised for its defense of Calvinism and thorough historical theological analysis. Both books are described as readable, the first controversial, the second argumentative and popular.
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Alfred Dreyfus
Dreyfus
France
Rennes
Isle de Re
Isle du Salut
Devil's Island
New York
McClure, Phillips & Co
RE. W. Smith
God
Calvin
Paul
Augustine
Westminster Assembly
Schaff
Dean Stanley
the Baker & Taylor Company
The Philosophy of Mental Healing reviewed
A critical look at Leander E Whipple’s book on mental healing argues that mind action can influence physical health and may offer curative power. The review notes scientific grounding amid mysticism, praising the author’s practical experience and foreseeing growing interest in metaphysical healing from readers. The Metaphysical Publishing Company of New York published the work.
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Leander E. Whipple
Tray Be
Metaphysical Publishing Company
New York
An Insight into the Presbyterian Confession and its Revision
A thoughtful, clear guide explains what the Presbyterian creed is its history and how it is formed. It covers the revision debate in Philadelphia detailing the Westminster Assembly and the creed's practical development.
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Philadelphia
An Alabama Woman by Annabel B White review
A New York published critique portrays An Alabama Woman as a Southern life tale with realistic incidents drawn from postwar experiences. It describes freedmen, carpetbaggers, and social decay as central themes, noting romantic affairs and strong Southern atmosphere authored by Annabel B White and likely based on personal knowledge.
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Lfe
South
Annabel B. White
New York
F. Tennyson Neely Company
Boston Lawyer Marries Southern Aristocrat’s Granddaughter
Sidney NeCall's tale blends old-fashioned flavor with a modern setting. A Boston lawyer marries the granddaughter of a Southern aristocrat and manages a large fortune amid prejudice from the grandmother who deems blood money tainted. Parlor politics, flirtation, and Parisian transformation render a pleasant, wholesome read that contrasts Southern life with Boston society.
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Sidney NeCall
Little, Brown & Co
Boston
North
Paris
South
Love Letters of the King by Richard Le Gallienne
A critical review finds The Love Letters of the King trivial and precious in literary art. It depicts a self indulgent young man unable to feel real emotion, surrounded by shallow affairs, with a framing tale of a sentimental girl writing to her lover as “My King.” Littl Brown & Co Boston.
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Richard le Gallienne
King
le Gallienne
Littl, Brown & Co
Boston
The American in Paris humorous travel tale review
A concise note on Anna Bowman Dodd's book The American in Paris from Little, Brown & Co. Boston. It describes a witty dialogue driven story about a New York businessman and his wife visiting Paris for the first time with American friends appearing.
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New York
Paris
Anna Bowman Dodd
Little, Brown & Co
Boston
The Jayhawkers border tale by Adela E. Orpen
A vivid account of Kansas Missouri border troubles and Civil War era tensions. Adela E. Orpen presents a thrilling historical narrative with unanticipated situations, published in paper covers by D. Appleton & Co.
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Kansas
Missouri
Adela E. Orpen
D. Appleton & Co
June periodical features in Table Talk and Success
The June issue highlights floral table decor ideas in Table Talk and a summer novel poster cover in Booeman. Success offers college education benefits estimates for commencement season, while Good Housekeeping includes May Irwin's recipe chapter, noting her actress background but focusing on practical directions.
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May Irwin
Good Housekeeping
Bookish chatter and reviews from June periodicals
A survey of June issues across The New England Magazine The Outlook Lippincott's Magazine American Monthly Review of Reviews Scribner's Magazine McClure's Harper's and others. It highlights Booker Washington's portrait rotation at the Outlook Maxwell Gray's Four-leaved Clover Pan-American Exposition coverage Tiffanys and more with notes on literature schooling and eloquence.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Thoston
Fingland Magasine
Booker Washington
Americda
Tuskegee
William Acher
Stephen Phillips
Phillips
Herod
Lippincott’s Magazine
Maxwell Gray
Dean Maitland
Princeton College
Burton Egbert Stevenson
Lewis M. Haupt
Isthmian Canal Commission
Maxfield Parrish
Ladies' Home Journal
America
Indianapolis Country Club
Zoo
Clifford Howard
Aileen
Elizabeth K . .Tompkins
W. L. Haylor
Oeas
Balzac
Madame Hanaka
Cincere
Alfred Tennyson
Chary
Enoch Arden
Adelaide Anne Proctor
Tennyson
American Monthly Review of Reviews
Buffalo Fair
William H. Hotchkiss
Ernest Knaufft
Frederic Irland
South
Scribner's Magazine
Henry Norman
Finland
South Seas
John la Farge
Walter A. Wyckoff
Union Pacific Railway
Ernest Seton-Thompson
Senator Hoar
Partie
Hourso
Boston
New York
Frederick Jay Wright
Asia
Nash
B.S. Martin
Clara Morris
Ecomedian
John EB. Owens
Frank A. VandeRip
Horace Bolee
W. W. Jacobs
Cyrus Townsend Ready
Eugene Wood
Claire Wallace Flynn
Thomas A. Janvier
John Duncan Ack Endos
Brander Matthews
King Alfred
Howells
Atlantic Monthly
Topla
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American Hall of Fame
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Richard Croker
Tammany Bees
Mr. Croker
Fred Grant
Six Boards
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House Committee On Commerce
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Justice Brewer
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Virginia
Hoge
New York Harbor
Columbia
Indiana Medical College
A. W. Brayton
Indiana Editorial Notes
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Farmer Longface
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Farmer Harthead
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