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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1901
Page
9
The June 22 1901 issue from The Indianapolis Journal outlines subscription rates including carrier and mail options, and lists distribution locations in major cities. It also reviews current topics such as Russia's sugar duties, trust questions, and political commentary on irrigation schemes and party dynamics.
Washington authorities order the Indianapolis arsenal transformed into a full military post. The site will host four companies of regular infantry with the usual officers and staff, expanding from a depot to a larger garrison and facilities for soldiers and operations.
A military post will become a permanent feature in the city, introducing military life into local society and bringing the community into close touch with the national government. The post serves as a notable attraction and strengthens ties with broader national structures.
Historical excerpt from Mr W E Curtis argues Jefferson betrayed Washington while in his Cabinet. It cites Jefferson using Freneau to publish attacks on Washington, noting treachery, concealed diaries, and political clashes between Federalists and Republican Democrats.
French ambassador M Cambon urged arbitration by intellect as the path to peace, while Emperor William stressed Germany's military strength as a peace guarantee. The Hague delegates faced tensions between arbitration ideals and national armament, with the Emperor calling attention to China and maritime strength and noting a desire to plant new nails for armor.
The passage argues that despite improvements in weapons and commerce, and despite arbitration and education, war will not cease soon. It posits that only a radical shift in human nature or a new guiding rule can end wars, noting the twentieth century began with three wars and more are likely to follow.
The piece surveys presidential eligibility despite Senate service, noting ten presidents had Senate experience before election, while none became president as serving senators. It cites editorials from Minneapolis Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle and critiques public sentiment over honoring ex Governor Pingree with a state ship repatriation.
The New York breakfast table scene at the Waldorf Astoria features a bold query to Charles M Schwab. A man seeks a business leader for a manufacturing plant and offers to work without salary while Schwab is linked to extraordinary earnings in steel.
Vanian declines and seeks eight men at similar salaries. Colonel Pope listens as the waiter, breaking eggs, shows visible excitement during the exchange, marking a rare emotional moment amid the conversation.
A humorous collage cites a preacher's Sunday sermon on Jonah and the whale as the source of a line about keeping a good man down. Other punchlines touch on birthdays, microbes in money, and a bride and groom registering under new marital status.
A compilation of editorials from Indiana papers lampoons or endorses topics from Mrs McKinley’s health to presidential prospects, protectionism, college education, journalism, jail crime, granite building plans, and coeducation, citing multiple editors and towns such as Anderson, New Albany, Lafayette, Goshen, Marion, and Crawfordsville. The notes resemble syndicated opinion snippets across papers.
A London church pastor Reverend Edward Schnadhhorst has served the congregation for forty three years without pay. An independent man, he left a life of wealth in 1858 to work among East End poor, dedicating decades to ministry without salary.
The Harvard Graduates' Magazine notes the 1692 burning of Harvard Hall destroyed all but one of the founder John Harvard's books. A new discovery reveals a small Puritan text bearing Harvard's autograph in Emmanuel College Library, Cambridge, with the title Liber Johannis Harvard in Harvard's handwriting. A Boston Herald verse excerpt closes the segment.
Captain Sigsbee disputed a Washington dispatch that Anthony had claimed the ship had exploded and was sinking. He said Anthony did not say I have the honor to report, but delivered a plain, matter of fact report after a perilous walk to his cabin. Sigsbee praised Anthony's brave, routine conduct and denied dramatic reporting.
Washington Letter in Chicago Record recounts Justice Harlan using a calf tail knot hole fable to hint at the Insular decision to Solicitor General Richards. A playful exchange unfolds as reporters await the court’s ruling, with Harlan signaling the government’s stance through a cryptic joke and notes.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana declares strong commitment to the general principle of reciprocity calling it Republican doctrine and a policy. The McKinley trade reciprocity drive appears to influence colleagues and business groups, with Senator Cullem saying he will review negotiated treaties and others likely to join.
The Boston municipal Bureau of Statistics analyzed 1900 returns and concluded voters show more interest in national than state or local matters. The study notes a stronger focus on executive and class elections over legislative races, reflecting a nonpartisan read of the city’s mood.
A Boston Transcript piece surveys debates on a third term for presidents, noting Grant's expressed reluctance and two letters suggesting he did not seek renomination. It contrasts McKinley, Roosevelt, and Jefferson, recalls Washington's early stance, and discusses party dynamics and imperialism shaping 1900s politics.
New York Sun reports Hon. Mortimer Nye, former Indiana lieutenant governor, seeks the Democratic nomination for governor. To win, he would reconcile Bryanite and anti Bryanite factions, Silver and Gold Democrats, old line and reform wings, urging harmony among diverse Democrat groups. The piece questions how such unity might be achieved.
The New York Tribune denounces the pre holiday and pre dawn explosions of bombs and firecrackers. It laments months of noise, fear, and odors as a rash of lawlessness, noting police indifference and crowds reveling in the disorder.
Beaver County officials advocate enforcing a Pennsylvania law to put vagrant labor to work on public roads. Six months of effort produced a high quality road between Freedom and Baden, countering skeptics. Proponents say the program proves the law works and should be adopted by other counties.
Mystics gain enic force by vegetarian diet and aging slowly, though bread is blamed for dyspepsia. The piece cites J P Morg an, famed financier, at a London banquet eating minimal food, seeking psychic force.
Philadelphia Record reports on fish hooks sold in the city noting imports from England and a Redditch village factory. It mentions an Akron plant and that hundreds of little children are employed to make and polish hooks, a craft not yet fully mechanized.
In the United States 700000 acres grow tobacco with 11000 acres in New England. Annual yield reaches 40000000 pounds nationwide and about 19000 in New England. Average per acre is seven pounds, while New England exceeds seventy hundred pounds. Tobacco varieties exceed sixty types, differing in shape color and leaf quality. Cultivation and curing differ as distinctly as a creamery from a cheese factory.
The New York Tribune notes Burlington Vermont banks advertise with energy, including Merchants Bank which runs daily ads advising on savings and services for customers in a persistent, department-store style.
A fragment from the Atlanta Journal suggests a muddled remark on commencement orators urging every school to prepare for a president. The incomplete text hints at a nationwide call to preside and a possible reference to MOR or Eee ats MOR, leaving the central claim unclear.
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