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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1901
Page
2
An essay on Chinese guilds and face culture describes how guilds police obligations and protect status, how servants relay family and employer information, and how foreign workers are affected by guild gossip and surveillance in Shanghai.
In Indianapolis a hefty woman admires a stranger's skirt on Washington Street and vows to buy one like it. A report notes seedless lemons developed near Pasadena offering juicy fruit and thin rind. A streetcar tale ends with a courteous exchange over a fare and a returned envelope. A Patrick’s Day quirk dates the calendar to Sunday. The Samoa harbor gale of 1889 is recalled with ships wrecked and losses tallied.
A fragment from a quiz page presenting Q and A on historical figures, political facts, linguistics, beer, and railway topics. It includes questions about Lord Roberts age, Governor Claiborne, McKinley’s debt, McCaskey in the Philippines, German cotton exports, Belva Lockwood’s presidential nomination, etymology of hike, beer types and contents, royals and dynasties, and monarchic versus republican governments.
An actress wearing a Janice Meredith style curl contrasted with chalk on her shoulder. The curl suddenly fell to her long skirt as she swept from the stage. A railroad man in the audience commented that the train switch came just in time.
Translated verse evokes longing and freedom by the strand and grove. A speaker pleads for sympathy and imagines riding the breeze toward a cottage home. Images of fair seas, groves, and a carefree life with family accompany the dream of travel and rest.
Notice to contractors and builders that Yellow Pine timbers are in stock at Indiana Timber and Lumber Company. Office and yards located east twenty second street and Monon railroad.
The passage notes several birthdays and a death tied to March 17. Thomas McKean born in 1734, a Declaration signer. Madame Roland born 1754, Girondin leader executed 1798. Roger B. Taney born March 17, 1?. Thomas Chalmers born March 17, 178? died 1847.
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