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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1903
Page
5
The June 3, 1903 issue outlines subscription rates for daily and weekly papers, carrier and mail options, and reduced club rates. It lists postal rules and publication offices, plus a mix of editorial notes on Kansas floods, political figures, and education reforms in New York, with references to Topeka, Columbus, and Cincinnati contexts.
The passage argues that expanding German education in public schools would reduce English studies and warns that in a century the United States may speak only English, reflecting anxieties about language policy and national identity.
The Indiana Democratic organ accuses Governor Durbin of subverting the Reformatory to partisan ends, while defending the current law granting the governor removal power for cause. It condemns the Journal’s conduct in reporting and pressuring for political ends, calling for fair play and accountability in state institution management.
The Journal defends fair play in probing charges against the city administration while criticizing the News for alleged deception in the Stahl affair. It discusses the Indianapolis gas company's long service, waste, and potential shift to artificial gas, and urges public support for Indiana’s St Louis world's fair exhibit, plus safety ideas for Louisville grade crossings and a quirky tale of a Kentucky suitor facing a gun-wielding father-in-law.
A machine plants 30 000 tomato plants on one hundred acres just north of Jeffersonville. Three men operate it, feeding plants, water and fertilizer precisely as furrows are prepared. The device promises to pay for itself in one season and is praised amid local debate on paper bag beliefs and a public hospital incident.
A collage of jokes from The Humorists and Catholic Standard includes Uncle Willis death jokes about heaven and wills, optimist and pessimist exchange on trouble, and a theatre quip about De Rantem becoming a star next season in a wild west drama.
A Baltimore American fragment shows a stern father and a clever son recounting a prank that destroyed a plaster cast then sold perfumed powder to cover up. The verse hints at consequences and apologies as the narrator reflects on youth and restraint. The Washington Star is cited.
Floyd A. Woods at the Columbia Club argues for a self governed Republican State committee in Indiana, free of single leaders, while Democratic Chairman W. H. O'Brien dodges on a reelection bid. O'Brien is expected to seek another term, socializes politics, says the party remains unified. E A Remy reports a possible Democratic candidate, Joseph H Shea, in the Fourth District race, signaling growing contest and strategy ahead of next year’s campaigns.
Committeeman from the Fourth notes if Oscar Montgomery does not run again he may seek the Supreme Court Second Judicial District seat, leaving district chairman plans uncertain. Marion’s xx h 8. F. Jones cautions on current political impact, while L. P. Newby arrives in town amid board discussions on Indiana Reformatory leadership and superintendent Byers. Senator Eben H Walcott aims for renomination. Tom Taggart and Thomas E. Davidson appear at Claypool and Greenburg venues with limited comments on politics.
Hugh J. McGowan, president of Indianapolis Traction and Terminal, bought David M. Parry’s 1305 North Delaware street home for 60000 with plans to spend 20000 on interior improvements. The 16 room corner property, once built by Hervey Bates Jr., sits on 200 feet of Delaware Street and is among the city’s finest. A Chicago architect will consult on plans as transfer awaits abstract completion. Parry plans a suburban residence near the Country Club on fifty to sixty acres.
Butler students presented The Obstinate Family in the college chapel last night for the Butler Athletic Association, drawing about 20. Cast included Cleo Hunt as Mr Hartford and Helen Downing as Mrs Hartford with Jesse McKinney as Mr Hardwood and John F. Mitchell Jr as butler. A musical program preceded the play featuring Arthur Reach, Jesse M. McKinney, Edith Brown, and Emmerson McHatten.
William McColgan, an escaped workhouse prisoner, was captured by Patrolman Lee yesterday afternoon and returned to confinement. McColgan had broken for liberty several days earlier and eluded search efforts. He faces a heavy sentence and is described as desperate.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana honors Walter Q. Gresham in Springfield as a soldier judge and cabinet officer. The ceremony includes portraits of judges, with Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks, Judge and Mrs Anderson, and Addison C Harris among attendees.
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