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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1902
Page
8
The piece outlines subscription rates for Sunday and daily editions, mail and club rates, and distribution notes. It lists agents and addresses in multiple cities, explains mailing rules, and mentions editorial policy on publishing manuscripts. It also includes editorial opinions on elections and public figures and notes plans for future historical pamphlets.
Investigations into the legendary sword Washington purportedly left to his five nephews raise doubts that Frederick the Great presented the weapon or that any such provision existed. Washington’s will reportedly gifted a sword to each nephew with a strict non shedding clause unless in self defense or defense of the country. Prince Henry’s actions are cited as not violating the injunction, while some researchers challenge the owner theory and press credibility.
An outcry over British war relief rules for Boer prisoners highlights US and international norms. The piece recalls Civil War relief efforts by the U S Sanitary Commission and the Red Cross, detailing origins, scope, funds raised, and the global Red Cross network.
The article argues that Red Cross representatives and British consuls, along with U S consuls at key South African locations, provide ample relief to wounded and sick in British concentration camps. It dismisses private American Boer sympathy efforts as hypocritical exploitation and asserts no neglect exists for Boer prisoners.
A narrative of three cousins John, William, and Jonathan raised with different fortunes. John and William inherit wealth and mock the hardworking Jonathan who grows strong, perseveres, and wins his place in the world despite their scorn. Jonathan’s persistence contrasts with his cousins’ entitlement.
A reflective piece arguing patriotism is a stronghold against universal claims, tracing its role from Johnson to Washington and Lincoln. It defends national loyalty as essential to family, community, and nation, while cautioning against sectarianism and hollow globalism. It notes memorials and education shaping patriotic sentiment in U.S. history.
A column reviews a critic of patriotism from Washington to Roosevelt, warns against souvenir theft at a New York luncheon, and recounts a Kansas City incident where a falling tree limb caused widespread telecom damage. It also notes Cecil Rhodes’s empire-building motives, aging judges’ service, a Los Angeles GFWC meeting, and Amerind designation shift by the Bureau of Ethnology, ending with Indiana University’s James Patrick Boyle as a star pitcher and orator.
A collage of witty lines about fame engagements and romance from multiple papers. Jokes reveal chorus girls and stars, as well as lovers and misunderstandings across city papers. Quesioned engagements, skates, sleepless sailors, and seaside Romeo style humor mix in a satirical cross section.
Mrs Wickes sent her cook to a performance of The Monks of Malabar. On return the cook derided theatergoers while promising to enjoy pleasures herself. The anecdote references a line from Harvey Sutherland in Ainslee's Magazine about eyesight and caution.
The article argues wearing proper glasses improves vision and eye health. It warns many suffer headaches and eye strain from misaligned sight and notes cases where impaired vision, once corrected, relieved serious conditions. It cites the oculist’s guidance and urges accurate diagnosis to avoid unnecessary drugs.
The note highlights heavy German reach for Ekkehard yet translations of English and American novels fail to sell. William Allen White faces health withdrawal. Hardy may resume novel writing in London. Tolstoy editions sell in Russia with wide translation. Dickens and Eliot discussed as major influences. Norwegian critic's daughter shares Lincoln and Gladstone heroes. Max Pemberton’s drafting method and prolific yearly output. contrasts with longer classic novels and rapid modern publishing.
A collage of quips from various authors and works. It riffs on love and money, pride and selfishness, faith and science, noting humor and wisdom in everyday life. The snippets touch on religion, politics, labor, and human nature with a wry, period voice.
The Pope handles about 22,000 to 23,000 letters daily with thirty five secretaries. Dr Edward Everett Hale marks his eightieth birthday on April 3 and prefers to be called a Christian minister. St Patrick’s Day will be celebrated by Honolulu Irish for the first time. Bishop Grafton denies calling him My Lord. Dudley Buck keeps organ work at Plymouth Brooklyn. Booker T Washington remarks on progress in schools and farms. Miss Margaret Koch declines a pastorate in New York. W A P Morris claims to be the youngest surviving son of the American Revolution.
A mosaic of brief items mentions Dr. A L Wood disputing a German claim about distilled water harming protoplasm, with a boast of daily water intake. Queen Alexandra orders shamrock for St Patrick’s Day soldiers. Lady Limerick’s Shamrock League funds families of dead and disabled. Mme Lilli Lehmann’s vegetarian banquet draws nonvegetarians to a meatless meal. Old coin prices reflect coronation pageantry. a Roman numerals argument favors Arabic numerals for efficiency in calculation.
A patented form of diamond cutting, the twentieth century cut, reshapes a diamond with eighty facets two cones base to base and no table or culet. It greatly increases brilliance and apparent size, but requires high quality stones and expert cutting, limiting use to exclusive traders.
An article in Leslie’s Monthly counters the theory that the Meteor yacht’s construction in an American shipyard was a diplomatic maneuver. It asserts the project followed the emperor’s fondness for Yampa, purchased after Kiel sighting, with the yacht’s plan and fittings tailored by designers under the emperor’s guidance.
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