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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1901
Page
4
The Sunday Journal from Indianapolis outlines subscription options including Sunday and daily editions, carrier and mail rates, and reduced club rates. It explains postage requirements, agent distribution, and notes manuscripts must include sender details. rejected items won’t be returned.
A column cites English views on American wealth and Carnegie. It notes proposals for street railway franchises in Philadelphia, predicts young Americans can rise with opportunity, and discusses Havana under US control and school governance in Indianapolis. It also covers a Chicago election officers bill aiding drunken voters and partisan reactions.
The article notes strong protests against new Inspec regulations for tourists trunks at the New York rise and claims of revenue losses from fraudulently passing dutiable goods as private baggage. It also highlights fires prompting calls for safety awareness in large buildings and outlines evolving medical practice bills and osteopath recognition changes across states.
Supporters of the bill in New York protest amendments aimed at removing life from the measure. The amendment states that nothing shall affect freedom of religious worship or prayer in seeking deliverance from sickness. Christian Scientists and friends clash over the proposal.
The Legislature's new laws on fish and game protection and forestry reflect changing Indiana conditions. A State Board of Forestry will oversee timber preservation with a five member panel including the Purdue faculty and industry representatives. The article notes past exploitation and urges enforcement and broader public support to safeguard remaining primeval forests and future prosperity.
The article surveys growing revolutionary activity in Russia, detailing Nihilist arrests across 1880s St Petersburg Warsaw and the navy cadet conspiracies. It then shifts to a reflective note on spring, its steady return, and the public’s casual regard for nature’s yearly renewal. It also critiques beliefs about college women, arguing similarities to non graduates and stressing true value lies in thinking ability over formal credentials.
A New York women’s club debated whether college education unfits women for matrimony. Members split, citing isolated cases of unhappy marriages among educated women, while acknowledging many unhappy wives lack education. The discussion noted that literacy alone seldom predicts marital happiness.
A Brooklyn clergyman warns that rising flat living harms religion, noting that high priced apartments foster fear and irreligion among many. A Living Church writer argues small, private flats hinder devotions, suggesting churches stay open daily to aid residents. The piece questions whether weekday church access would cure the issue.
Opulent builders plan a shared chapel in new flats to serve all tenants without disturbing others. They note rising urban living and consider spiritual welfare as part of future housing design. Also discusses wheat supply reports with March 1 government estimates and projected export margins.
The army law provides fifty seven chaplains with thirty four in service leaving twenty three positions to fill among about four hundred applicants from Protestant denominations and others. Chaplain pay is 1500 dollars yearly plus quarters and forage. One chaplain per regiment and twelve for artillery. Also notes about wild birds protection efforts by Audubon groups and a Globe Democrat misprint on John Miller of Indiana World’s Fair Commission, urging correction.
An Indiana contributor to a Chicago paper writes of literary matters in the state and notes Mr Lee O Harris as one of Riley's discoveries. Riley found him in the teacher's chair the first time he went to school.
Dialogue snippets from newspapers reveal couples debating honeymoon spending and social appearances. A dining room art quarrel contrasts beef and canned goods with tasteful paintings. The New Yorker scene has Gwendolen questioning George’s lavish affection amid rival romances.
A Detroit Journal quip contrasts pretentious neighbors and a royal diet in a phonetic tale. It recalls the ancient King Midas and his Phrygian physician advising diet with buckwheat cakes, ending in a pun about gold turning.
A remarks laden card of literary quotes covers themes from private hospitality to memory, ambition, love, and fortune. The collection surveys how memory outlasts superstition, fallows paths to reach heights, and critique of a clingy partner while noting Fortune’s shifting favors and unspoken needs.
A then fashionable tale contrasts a Cheap Man and a Provider, each courting a modern Brunette. The Cheap Man acts frugal yet unreliable, while the Provider spends freely but risks financial strain. Aunt Em counsels practical choice, warning that true happiness comes from measured spending and a solid marriage contract. The Brunette ultimately marries a steady General Manager and lives happily. Moral: some purchases are necessary before and after marriage.
An excerpt-rich page explores themes of vanity humility vulgarity and belief. It references a sheriff, nurses, plebeians and aristocracy while interweaving literary quotes about virtue, self image, and moral judgment. The passages present a mosaic of character studies and social pretensions across diverse works.
Dr Nansen plans another volume of the scientific record from his Arctic expedition detailing astronomical observations. George Barr McCutcheon of Lafayette Ind writes a clever novel Graystark for a Chicago publisher. A. C. Andrews of Connersville Ind, a poet, will have an historical romance set in Charles IX era published in Chicago. Maurice Thompson's Rosalynde's Lovers is discussed as new or republication in Lippincott's Magazine.
A column notes Bowen-Merrill will publish Thompson's manuscript sequel to Alice of Old Vincennes, while Grant Richards pushes a poetry volume Ad Astra with London sandwich men. It cites rising George Eliot popularity, Winston Churchill checks totaling about 1800, and Frohman nearing 510 in royalties for Churchill play rights.
A Bible owned by Milton and bearing his signature sold at auction for 1126 dollars in Lond. James J. Hill, famed railroad magnate, recalled starting in business as forty years crossing the Canadian frontier. Mrs J P Newman sails to Palestine to meet Mrs Leland Stanford, touring the East through next fall with other well known women. John G Carter, inventor of a cotton seed oil rubber substitute, died recently in Savannah.
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