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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1901
Page
4
The Sunday Journal of March 10 1901 discusses subscription terms and mailing rates, lists sales offices and agent networks, notes distribution in major cities, and mentions editorials on topics from Canadian finance to Indian policy, Cuban relations and Washington taxation questions. It highlights steel and coal interests in Canada and the Carnegie armor plate tests, plus Bryan's advertising stance and Cuba's political evolution.
A civic message urges residents to share the burden of keeping the national capital beautiful. It notes government support is substantial, but adds that local residents should contribute their fair share to maintain high standards of attractiveness and upkeep.
Eastern ministers clash over China’s damages for invasion. A curious claim seeks 10 000 for each nerve of a man and his wife and daughter, prompting questions on whether nerve loss or treatment costs define true injury. The piece notes nerves as a war basis novel but warns to align with law and equity.
In Scribner's Magazine Richard Harding Davis tours the east coast of Africa and Zanzibar, praising its charm and contrast. He notes ivory traders, a weak U S consul tradition, and a bond between Zanzibar and Indiana as the consulate shifts with political whims, recounting a Hoosier's willingness to serve amid Arabian Nights imagery.
A civic critique argues taxpayers fail to block costly measures, noting late lobbying, absence of organized taxpayer action, and repeated losses from bills like the firemen's and Riverside Park. It warns that silent voters enable higher city expenditures and call for independent taxpayer organization.
In the Western Christian Advocate the piece lauds Will Cumback for urging strong preaching rooted in the gospel while criticizing revival methods led by evangelists. It argues revivals are waning in vigor and notes many clergymen distrust the revival frenzy despite sympathy for Cumback’s stance.
A New Yorker writes on Western visitors showing little enthusiasm for city sights. He notes Western guests rarely react, fearing to appear as strangers. The piece humorously asserts how the Western jay suppresses wonder amid Broadway lights and famed sights.
The Westerner visits New York without awe, seeing familiar urban forms from home and noting the city's size and bustle while remaining content with life outside the metropolis. He values the city’s charm but prefers returning to his own environment, comforted by distance and familiarity.
General MacArthur lists thirty to forty Filipinos sent to Guam including five generals four colonels four lieutenant colonels one major and fifteen insurgent agents. The article defends deportation as humane, comparing it to Tory removals after the Revolutionary War and Indian relocation policies, arguing such measures prevent harm while keeping subjects under U S care.
The item surveys diverse topics from deportation rhetoric toward Filipinos on Guam to calls for electric voting in Congress. It notes Webster Davis declining a large book advance, critiques by the Washington Post, and reflections on Chicago’s university press. It also mentions a Salem sexton’s death, poet John Vance Cheney’s verbal wonders, St Louis exposition funding, and a revival of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in New York, closing with a quip on names at an inaugural ball.
In dialogue from Hither and You in the Philadelphia papers, a couple debates inviting a guest to their wedding. The exchange contrasts concern for the past with hope for lasting affection as Mirabelle and Sophie interact.
A Detroit Journal style quip compares fate and digestion in a humorous clash with the bewitching stage moment described in Baltimore and Washington Star snippets. A railroad passenger comments on a train switch timing as a joke lands on a performer's live cue.
Astonishing Ulumination described in the Boston Journal highlights space phenomena and exotic terms. The fragment notes a sudden illumination and references to Marvels of Space and Tiga, signaling a brief science feature with curious terminology.
An old tale follows a city grafter in Nubbinville who peddles tin jewelry and fake gems, preying on gullible townsfolk until a town marshal and local officials corral him. After a rapid jury verdict, the scene shifts to a backroom poker finale where the town’s guardians skim a portion of the proceeds.
The statement notes that Perseus events must have occurred in 1898 era given light speed of 186427 miles per second and Sir Robert Ball’s remark that we see starlight that began before Christ. The claim ties astronomical timing to historical references about the age of starlight and human era.
The report covers gifts and legacies to the ASPCA from Edward A. Hammond, royal gift accessories from a Sultan to a Czar, Max O Re ll s lengthy lecture record across nations, Debs planning a tour funded by Social Democrats, Pan American exposition hosts in Buffalo, an anecdote about a 1812 American dollar, George Ade s satire at a state federation meeting, Evarts West travel remarks, a vanity question to Congress, a jointkeeper s notice in Wetmore, royal cupbearers and Hindustani, women inventors patent stats, and notable patent holders led by Edson and Richards with Westinghouse and others.
A fragment from a Chicago article describes a girl who bakes bread dough, cuts her own garments, and performs housework. It notes she can sew, sweep, wash, and cook, and asks if a husband would be needed since she knows all a woman needs.
A cryptic note from Lippincott's references a lengthened year, prompting cries for more time. It hints that idlers kept the market steady while scouts and a figure named Clarence Army observe the broadening trend, suggesting economic or social change in a periodical sketch.
Literary notes discuss Richard Yea ang Nay selling forty five thousand, Mrs Hugh Fraser novelist and widow of a high ranking English diplomat, son wounded in South Africa, Maurice Hewletts Little Novels of Italy in its forty first thousand, Booth Tarkington Monsieur de caire nearing one hundred thousand, George Ade pronunciation quirks, and Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks with a preacher and writer’s expression.
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