Subscription Rates and Notices in The Indianapolis Journal
The Indianapolis Journal announces subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, mail and club rates, and reduced club rates. It lists agent worldwide distribution, mailing procedures, and postal stamps for different paper sizes. Includes notices for tourists, shipment through mail, and location addresses in major cities. It also mentions changes for subscribers moving away, and references Cuba education growth and white women suffrage discussions.
Louisiana refineries switch to Texas oil cutting coal costs
Several large Louisiana sugar refineries substitute Texas oil for coal, saving roughly 100000 dollars annually. Oil at 50000 dollars can replace 150000 dollars of coal, but further use hinges on cheap transportation.
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Louisiana
Veneered military rule and distant teachers in islands
The document debates a Philippine government described as veneered military rule. It asserts soldiers should return home while school teachers travel to remote islands to lay groundwork for civil government. It also notes Mormon missionaries converting within the Christian Endeavor scene in Brooklyn, provoking surprise at notable converts.
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Philippines
United States
Christian Endeavor
Brooklyn
Old Newspaper Snippet on War Enlistments and Public Schools
Enlistments run at about 600 men weekly as cavalry regiments fill and infantry expect 15,000 total by July 1. Cuba’s 3,583 schools enroll 173,278 pupils with 182,127 female teachers earning higher salaries than in the states. A London piece questions if a man can be Christian on one pound two weekly. Hardie’s stance implies a biblical standard rather than income. Reports also note neglect of the Indianapolis Humane Society and abuse of horses on city streets. A Burlington cable says divers recovered from Lake Champlain three gun carriages and about 30 cannon balls from the Royse Savage, Arnold’s sunk schooner, near Valcour Island in 1776.
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States
United States
Burlington
Lake Champlain
Royse Savage
Benedict Arnold
Valcour Island
Plattsburg
N. Y
Arnold
New Jersey
Jersey
Dixon
Blair
Thomas G. Barker
Arnold’s Treason Casts Shadow Over His Early Fame
The article recalls Benedict Arnold’s rise from a hero of Ticonderoga and Québec campaigns to his attempted betrayal of the American cause. It notes months of opposing British maneuvers on Lake Champlain, his friendship with Washington, and honors earned before his 1775 treason plan, which eclipsed his prior achievements. The Royal Savage relics are tied to the patriotic phase of Arnold’s career.
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Lake Champlain
Arnold
Ticonderoga
Canada
Washington
Royal Savage
Reassessing Education and Imagination in a Material Age
The piece contrasts traditional scholars with successful business leaders as commencement speakers, arguing education remains vital yet practical success fits. It defends literature against pure materialism, notes imagination endures amid progress, and cites American brain work as evidence of cultural vitality despite economic focus. It also reports the Kiowa and Comanche land allotment case, detailing Judge Springer’s involvement, the court’s ruling that Indian policy is a political question for Congress and the executive, and the likelihood of an appeal.
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Ohio University
America
England
Landmark ruling on allotment policy for Lone Wolf case
Justice Bradley of the District of Columbia Supreme Court outlines broad legal principles while expecting probable reversal by the Court of Appeals. The Indians seek to restrain opening lands in Oklahoma for allotment under a policy to dissolve tribal systems and promote individual landholdings. The plan would grant eighty acres per person and pay 32000 for surplus land, a move argued as fair though some prefer tribal ownership and U.S. citizenship.
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Justice Bradley
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Lone Wolf
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
United States
Jersey Justice and Other Short Items From The Era
A Jersey newspaper column discusses recent New Jersey murder trial conduct, the speed of verdicts, and the influence of proper judicial procedure. It also notes opinions on college leadership, materialism, and literacy, plus War Department transfer statistics and monarchs paying income tax as precedents.
Heat, Taxes, and American Industrial Supremacy
The piece notes Lincoln's 3 percent income tax on salaries over 330 and 5 percent on excess to 15,000 annually from 1842, compares British tax to U S rates, and cites a British view that education drives American industrial lead. It urges resisting heat with morale, praises the Charleston expo bureau, and credits Buffalo Pan-American’s publicity for effective promotion ahead of time.
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Dent Lincoln
Charleston
S. C
Buffalo Pan-American
Humorous Bullets From Newspapers Across the Era
A compilation of cartoonish quotes from Washington Star Denver Times New York Times Baltimore American Wisdom Detroit Journal and Chicago Tribune. The pieces mock xenophobia domestic life and social pretensions with wit and irony.
Begging Letters to the Rich in Washington Post
A Washington Post excerpt quotes Charles F. Wes of Nevada describing how rich men avoid public begging, noting the flood of requests that follow a millionaire’s gift. The piece hints at ongoing mail from dependents seeking aid and mentions a woman claiming her husband invented a water wheel and seeks assistance.
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Washington Post
Charles F. Wes
Nevada
Voices of Hope and Hustle in Times of Want
A woman discusses education for her sons and a man recalls helping poor girls by starting a Buffalo laundry that failed to run machinery smoothly. Another man notes a $15 000 airship investment could win fame for donor and inventor, while an old New Orleans Irish woman from Tipperary praises a boy from the same county for goodness and luck.
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Buffalo
Atlantic
New Orleans
Tipperary
Ireland
Literary Notes on Authors and Works Across Europe
A sweeping survey covers Sherlock Holmes serial plans, Thackeray’s French readers, J M Barrie’s U S visit, Longfellow’s speeches fear, Christies auctions, Dickens remarks, Mrs Carina Eaglesfield’s Books Triumphant review, Sarah Grand’s lectures, St Max O Rell on marriage, Conan Doyle on Petrarchan sonnets, and Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Tenderloin studies, closing with Melville Post’s rustic West Virginia tale Dwellers in the Hills and its outdoor spirit.
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Sherlock Holmes
Thackeray
J. M. Barrie
United States
Mr. Barrie
Washington
New York
Longfellow
Arnold
Ashburnham
Christie's
London
Gouvernement Des Rois
Sir George Russell
Dickens
Sarah Grand
Miss Grand
Irlennd
Edward J. Clarke
Royal Navy
Robert Hell
Humbleton House
Yorkshire
McFall
East
St. Max O'Rell
Conan Doyle
Petrarch
Charles F. Lummis
Robert Louis Stevenson
Tenderloin
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Hell
Melville D. Post
Bluegrass
Oldest hair dresser claims onions beat tonics for scalp
A miscellany notes onions as scalp remedies by the oldest barber in the United States. Ex Empress Eugenie is godmother to many of her husband’s subjects born March 16 1856. John Addison Porter prize planned at Yale. Ellen Terry objects to photo proliferation. Irving’s legs spark curiosity. Cripplegate Institute busts prompt philological note. Boers question travelers for news detailing a merchant’s last quarter.
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United States
Eugenie
France
Theil
Prince Imperial
Amy Betts Porter
John Addison Porter
Irving
Mr. Irving
Defoe
Milton
St. Giles
Criplegate
Cripplegate Institute
Passmore Edwards
London
Deen
The Modern Fable of the Forbearing Meek in Chicago
In Chicago a timid, ever apologetic man named Buchanan Meek endures daily indignities from a ruthless opportunist Covington Beefer. Meek attempts polite patience, then bursts into a futile public outburst in a cafe. Security thwarts him. he learns that moral kickers are born, not made, and reverts to a whisper.
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Chicago
Mr. Meek
Covington Beefer
Mr. Beefer
Brotherhood of Man
Beefer
Mr. Covington
Iaster
Meek
Grafters’ Union
Smooth
Lizzie
Macbeth sparks dramatic mishap and cat story in era notes
An Irving performance in Manchester ends with a laughable miscue as Macbeth’s line provokes a startled reply, followed by a church gathering in Northfield led by Mrs. Margaret Sangster for young women to pursue spiritual growth, Bible study, and social recreation. Australian policy hails cat drives against rabbits with cat breeding sites planned for export. Carnegie meets an old schoolmate on a London train, renewing a Dunfermline connection with the engine driver.
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Manchester
Macbeth
Irving
Northfield
Margaret Sangster
South Australia
Great Britain
Carnegie
London
Edinburgh
Jocosely
Mr. Carnegie
Dunfermline
Comfort for Atkinson and His Band of Aunts
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a glimmer of solace amid gloom surrounding Edward Atkinson and his relatives. Dispatches from the Philippines report American soldiers deserting after following Atkinson's pleas and also firing on their fellow servicemen who refused to heed those entreaties.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Edward Atkinson
Alanila
Philippines
Edward
Pastor demands overdue salary in Indiana church letter
A small Indiana congregation pastor writes a forceful open letter demanding payment of his overdue salary, signaling potential further action and a possible heresy trial as a consequence.
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Washington Post
Indiana
Wisdom and vows amid tangled modern fiction quotes
A column gathers lines from current fiction, noting love over happiness and gendered expectations. It threads passages on marriage, secrecy, sacrifice, and social judgment, contrasting male pride with a woman's enduring choices across multiple titles and voices.
What Bigotry in a New England Conversation
Two elderly New England ladies discuss Miss Perkins and Universalist beliefs. One remarks on universal salvation by grace, prompting the remark about bigotry. The dialogue satirizes narrow views about religion and the Universalist creed.
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New England
Recognition a Reformer Gets
The Hon. John Wanamaker enters Philadelphia street railway affairs with strategic resolve. The note suggests a reformer’s influence, while the broader context hints at political maneuvering and ongoing public transit debates.
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Washington Post
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
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