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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1902
Page
6
The Sunday Journal from Indianapolis lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with or without Sunday issues, and mail rates. It notes reduced club rates, agent subscriptions, and postal instructions for domestic and foreign mail, urging readers to include name and address with communications.
The article surveys discussions on Senator Tillman, German Prince Henry, and American public sentiment. It cites reactions to Tillman’s censure vote, praise for German relations, and contrasts with U S urban finances and public ownership, referencing Charleston exposition leadership and Annapolis encounters.
The text asserts the State’s right to equal representation in the Senate, while emphasizing that senators remain subject to Senate rules. It argues a senator cannot violate proprieties and then escape suspension, underscoring the power to expel for misconduct.
The article argues that welcoming Prince Henry reflects the United States leadership in world affairs. It praises improved U S German relations and warns against war, asserting that cordial exchange and mutual confidence prevent conflict. It recalls Polk era intrigues with Santa Anna and questions administration complicity.
A sidelight from a bygone volume recounts Senator Benton of Missouri arguing that Mexican war planners aimed for a limited conflict to secure peace terms and elevate military leaders. Benton, a staunch Jackson ally turned critic of Polk, warned that war was used to advance presidential ambitions. The piece references generals Scott and Taylor as Whigs whose victories could propel them to the presidency.
A defense of modern progress and industrious opportunity argues that lament over the good old days ignores growth in character and ability. It notes that thousands of skilled workers thrive in factories, that many top positions remain open to capable talent, and that demand for brains and expertise exceeds supply as salaries rise beyond $10,000.
Statements from Russell Sage and leaders in education and finance praise the surge of opportunities for capable youths. They assert modern times offer far more chances to learn, advance, and succeed than in decades past, citing Cornell’s experience and bank leadership. The overall message: progress hinges on capable, well-trained young men rather than pessimism.
The article recalls a royal visit to Indianapolis by Grand Duke Alexis in January 1872, detailing his travel from New York to Indianapolis, the escort, and public reception. It notes his stature and reception along the way, and mentions other social topics of the era including reactions to Congress and remarks on notable figures like Dr Weir Mitchell and Nikola Tesla.
Taylor of New York faced conviction for supplying $100,000 to promote a franchise. he sought ignorance of details. The Tillman McLaurin case and senate punishment questions linger, while opinions diverge on expulsion versus suspension. A London critic notes audience neglect of Phillips Ulysses, and Iowa moves toward a constitutional equal suffrage amendment.
The dialogue jokes about government departments and a theater incident over a Terre Haute girl’s diaphragm laugh, while a Philadelphia Daughter sues a rival Daughter for $25,000. Chicago faces a potential wave of damage suits amid social strife as Prince Henry tours the city, meeting H Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor and accepting a book.
A collage of cartoonish quips across newspapers notes weather jokes and wordplay about weather forecasts from Yonkers to Cleveland. The dialogue includes a weather man’s accuracy, jokes about ancestors, and a hotel rule punchline.
Jay Green recalls reading a chilling paper item about a girl who died after eating ice cream. Miss Daisy Flitters scoffs that she would have lived if kept company with him, in a sharp exchange revealing public gossip and moralizing tone.
Chicago Tribune notes Laura praising biscuits while George Ferguson hints at a rug purchase. Washington Star records Mrs Torkins planning golf lessons. Chicago Post depicts a fiancée facing her future father in law as he contemplates her engagement with quiet skepticism.
Miss Rhoda Broughton begins Lavinia Carew as a serial. Henry James plans a new novel titled The Wings of the Dove. Tolstoi finished What is Religion to be published in March in Russian and English. Anna Katharine Green rejects detective label for criminal romances. Meredith notes limitations of walks in the country. Lanciana wins 12 000 lire Premio Bressa in Italy. An authors club forms in Philadelphia. women scarcely listed. Spectator praises Ulysses as poem and play. Ian Maclaren cites Cromwell’s sermons in Scotland. Dr. Croly’s address file requests persist. Hugo left vast unpublished writing.
The piece notes Mr Marion Crawford’s Mafia romance hero resembles Hon Alexander Hood, private secretary to the Princess of Wales, recounting Hood’s near ransom capture in Bricky. It also covers Miss Mary E Wilkins’s The Portion of Labor receiving poor notices in Lynn, Kipling’s Captains Courageous views, and a Cornhill Magazine article on Browning in Venice by Mrs Bronson.
The item compiles brief notes on people and events: John Hays, the first white man to discover Michigan copper, lives in Cleveland at 97. Frederick the Great gifted a sword to Washington housed in Albany’s State Library. a Newport applicant joked about belonging to the Carpenters Union when asked about political societies. It covers a Washington memorial addresses enthusiast, a Tacoma exhibit to St Louis for Washington, a new Paris nervine acoine, Miss Alice Roosevelt’s London-Berlin visit, Tony the Bootblack, Welsh sheep under snow, Lady Londonderry’s coronation diamonds, King George of Greece and his English checks, a tablet for Anneke Jans in New York, Abraham Kuyper as theologian and editor, and his Dutch orthodoxy and works.
A garbled excerpt assembles quotes and reflections from varied sources. It blends authors such as Ambroise Thomas Alexander Dumas Ludovic Halevy and Emile Zola with incomplete phrases about love, genius, and winter. The result is a disjointed, partial collage lacking coherent narrative or clear event.
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