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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1901
Page
13
This piece urges solitary travel as a cure for monotony and social fatigue. It details packing, choosing routes, and keeping to simple living while exploring forests, hills, and villages. It emphasizes self reliance, minimal comforts, and avoiding newspapers and telephones to reconnect with nature.
A garbled Paradise New York excerpt mentions a Moslem meeting and references to biblical figures and sacrifices. The text lists animals such as camels and sheep and hints at a ceremonial context. It ends with a fragment about a woman described as being in the seventh.
A New York Commercial Advertiser profile outlines a private agency that trains hires and pays theater supers. It notes four classes of supers from eager rookies to veterans including former soldiers. The firm runs about a thousand men, staffs multiple city stages, and has branches in Boston to improve road company extras nationwide.
The article reviews whether smoking contributes to lip and tongue cancers and argues tobacco irritants promote surface conditions predisposing to carcinoma more than causing direct cancer. It notes historical shifts, notes stronger tobacco blends may irritate, and advises reducing exposure and avoiding harsh forms.
A summary discussion notes reduced alcohol use in the United States and Canada, citing Jence-Jones in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. It compares per capita spirits and beer consumption across Bavaria, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and observes regional variations within nations. The piece frames the broader question of alcohol in civilized society as a matter of what is consumed rather than whether it should be consumed.
Fragmented verse on revolt and daily duties. The speaker questions life and conformity, praising bold defiance over a life of quiet obedience. The piece reflects a rebellious mood amid historical conflict and self-identity.
Article reviews the natural balance between dragonflies and mosquitoes, describing mosquito reproduction and the dragonfly as a predator. It notes mothers dominate eggs on water, male mosquitoes contribute little, and dragonflies and damselflies prey on larvae while adults catch mosquitos. It mentions researchers attempting to breed dragonflies to curb swarms and suggests kerosene to deter young mosquitoes in rain barrels.
A touring company in Vicksburg provokes chaos as eggs rain down on stage and gallery amid loud hoots and curses. Patrons duck and spectators hurl objects, while the manager warns of consequences if disturbances continue.
Eyewitness accounts describe a chaotic scene as a troupe faced attack after the performance. Spectators outside followed the troupe to their hotel, heckling loudly and shouting until the night’s events cooled. Reporters note the crowd’s unruly mood but provide no official explanation for the incident.
Aroostook County Maine, Dame Ouillette runs illegal liquor sales from a hilltop home. She refuses taxes or licenses, defies U.S. marshals, and confronts officers with a massive chair bound stance and a thick stick. Authorities avoid force, fearing arrest challenges and public spectacle.
In New Haven a new venture called the Twentieth Century Food Company offers cooperative housekeeping to over a hundred families. President Samuel H. Street explains the model reduces waste from producers to retailers, lowers costs, and delivers prepared meals in heat retaining cans.
A Boston area report praises pure air as essential in treating consumption. It cites Charlot and Millet of Breckton and German methods, detailing a patient who slept in a sheltered window outside his chamber for five months, gaining strength and weight. The piece argues ventilated, disinfected rooms and open windows aid recovery.
A discussion on second hand booksellers with poor knowledge of book values. An absurd dialogue shows a country shopkeeper and a bibliomaniac bargaining over a 1772 Latin verse edition. The piece mocks inflated prices and the risk of overpaying for antiquated volumes.
In a New York Evening Post piece the Leelaire settlement near St Louis is described as a self governed village ten years after its founding. It features no pe posed bosses no church coercion and residents enjoy broad liberties. Homes have running water electric lights and lawn care provided by the corporation along with communal facilities like a bowling alley billiard room clubhouse tennis courts skating ponds and gardens. Residents recount initial hesitation but report growing gardens and yards after years of communal example.
A brief anecdote from the New York Times travels from Buckfield Maine where a navy officer visits his hometown and messages about laundry. The Englis hwoman and American girl observe social distinctions, noting that superiority does not always translate into disdain among classes as the washwoman’s work is completed and the exchange highlights cultural misunderstandings.
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