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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1901
Page
4
A 1901 Indianapolis Journal page mixes subscription rates and distribution details with commentary. It lists carriers, pricing for daily and Sunday editions, club rates, and where the paper can be found. The column also zips through political notes and misstatements about Texas, Maryland, gambling laws, and local politics. The tone blends ads with brief editorial snips and notices.
The Maine Legislature fixes the maximum alcohol content for beverages at three percent, the lightest beer allowed without a fine, amid debates over tariff reductions and protectionism. The currency bureau expects a record showing bank growth nationwide, including Texas and Oklahoma. Bishop Walters notes 45 percent of illiteracy among Negroes erased since emancipation, citing school expansion and rising higher education access for colored people.
The proposal argues the next superintendent should be an educator not an expert, focusing the institution on educating boys sent there so they can be prepared to work. The plan emphasizes trade training and a practical curriculum aligned with current policy.
The article argues that most boys leaving the Plainfield institution become law-abiding citizens, attributing offenses to idleness and lack of parental restraint. It notes the same pattern applies to younger men sent to the Jeffersonville Reformatory.
The piece warns that strong Republican victory and Democratic disarray tempt reckless governance. It traces historic shifts in party power, stresses responsibility of those in office, and argues for prudent, principled leadership in both national and state government. It notes past platforms, Cleveland and Bryan contrasts, and calls for measured policy.
A historical critique notes Bragg praising Cleveland at the 1860s Democratic convention for creating foes within the party. It contrasts Bryan’s attacks with Cleveland’s alleged past betrayals and questions Cleveland’s allegiance to Democratic principles amid calls to unite against Populism and imperialism.
A batch of brief editorials criticizes political figures and social themes. Rich in local tone, the notes mock Mr. Piryan as narrow minded and self serving while lampooning cranberry barrell temptation. The piece cites debt per citizen and shifts to a German military literacy statistic.
A compilation of editorials from multiple papers praising broad literacy gains, political shifts, and calls to fund a $100,000 General Harrison monument. It also critiques political maneuvers around the Homestead strike, Durbin's prison stance, and reactions to tariff and Cleveland era policies, highlighting partisan tones and public sentiment.
A collage of quips from multiple papers shows banter about truth, parentage and price of coal, featuring jokes on fathers sins and a tall fellow named Arthur Mukks nicknamed High Art, ending with a remark on judging art by frame width.
A Detroit Journal note records a poet selling lines about rest and immediately hiring a laborer to cut his wood, illustrating a simple economy of art and labor. The anecdote highlights practical use of earnings from poetry and the calm that permits work.
The New York Tribune reports a Danish medical note detailing Dr. Maag who revived a man under chloroform by opening the chest, turning back ribs, gripping and rhythmically squeezing the heart, aided by lung inflation. The patient lived eleven and a half hours but an unintended pleural puncture ended the effort.
The Tutuila wards embraced American rule and governance, easing fears about cultural interference. They now thrive with peacetime order, a thriving copra crop, and a locally funded high school for girls. They value their American governor and favor continued governance, while learning English.
Secretary Wilson orders strict inspection of American putters abroad to ensure each item meets export standards. He aims to prevent smuggling by requiring certificates before shipment as Europe shows rising demand for American dairy yields. The move seeks to protect a growing market despite potential exploitation by a few unscrupulous exporters.
The Nashville American critiques Benjamin Harrison for avoiding flamboyant oratory while warning that misreadings could fuel charges of disloyalty to party leadership. The Washington Post is referenced in the comparison as part of a broader commentary on rhetoric.
A Boston Journal note questions a London paper that claims tariffs and stern policy drive America’s remarkable commerce. It invites domestic free traders to counter the expert British diagnosis with their own reasoning and evidence.
A discussion of the Prince of Wales Edward VII and his private life as portrayed in a new biography. The book, attributed to an observant insider, argues for a fair view of his character, noting his tact, judgment, charity, and democratic leanings, contrasted with sensational coverage by sensationalist presses. It also covers his hobbies, tastes, and leadership traits, set against European politics and royal duties. It then shifts to a review of Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim, highlighting its psychological depth, narrative voice, and maritime atmosphere.
McCutcheon joins the novelists with Graustark a melodramatic tale set in Europe and involving Grenfall Lorry an American hero and a mysterious princess. Denver to Graustark the plot follows love flight across cities with swift action and lively dialogue. The work shows narrative skill though some slang could be trimmed and the reviewer wishes more distinctly American themes.
The piece sketches Joseph Conrad’s stature after Nigger of the Narcissus and Children of the Sea. It notes Youth as a striking short tale and questions Lord Jim’s fit as a novel while praising its intrigue. The narrative unfolds as a single man recounts the story to other men.
A review of Albert Sownich sen American author and former quartermaster who was captured early in 1899 and held ten months in northern Luzon. He describes travels under guard, friendships with Filipinos, experiences as a schoolmaster, and observations of native society and army. The narrative offers general insights and a clear personal perspective on Filipino life.
Alice Brown portrays New England villagers in King's End set in a quaint New Hampshire village. A vagabond abducts his motherless grandchild, aided by a pitying visionary girl and a resolute lover. The grandmother regains the child and her paralyzed legs under emotional strain as other village figures color the story. Boston publishers Houghton Mifflin Co.
A comprehensive volume surveying the past hundred years across law government history sociology literature education science and war. It includes thirty seven chapters by renowned scholars such as Edmund Gosse Arthur Hadley Andrew Carnegie Leslie Stephen Andrew Lang and Julia Ward Howe.
A brisk, Dickensesque tale featuring Alf Bateman a London thief with a decent heart who seeks reform to win his wife Caroline’s respect.supports a vivid cast led by honest William Ginnis with steady humor throughout. Published by Macmillan Company in New York and London.
A singer raised in wealth pursues opera in Paris learns craft but struggles to move audiences until love and misfortune awaken her heart. A modest tale explores talent versus true womanhood, with a readable if unremarkable plot set against Parisian training.
A London Times correspondent studied U S iron manufacture, detailing rapid American progress and secret of success. The volume reprints Times articles on heavy iron, steel structures, locomotives, engines, machine tools, transit, and related topics for manufacturers and business readers. Publication: New York Harper & Brothers.
A concise simple work on music with critical notes on great compositions and brief sketches of lives and characters of Beethoven Weber Schubert. The book aims to acquaint readers with personalities as well as works of major composers.
Rev Francis E Stark describes a new all steam world tour via the Transsiberian Railway. He joined an early American group traversing cerons and the Amur voyage, detailing the railway, regions visited, and numerous illustrated plates. The work showcases travel accounts and depictions by So hn Wagner Mogart Gluck Liszt and others.
The story titled A Thrilling Romance of Lijil-fated Galveston claims realism from life with disaster related incidents from the Galveston flood. Written by Sue Greenleaf, the tale blends factual atmosphere with a romantic thread amid a Southern setting and dramatic flood events.
The J. B. Lippincott Company releases a new edition of Gen. Charles King's tale In Spite of Foes or Ten Years' Trial. The civil and military life experiences, varied by stirring scenes of web life and romance, unfold with fights and a happy ending. The author’s readable quality is highlighted though not classic.
A dainty title volume narrates a legendary tale explaining the use of Mies on Easter day. The prose is poetic with deep religious feeling by Aloyse Frederick Thiele of Dayton Ohio. Printed with green and white line designs. published by Dayton Book and Printing Company. for sale in Indianapolis book shops.
A modest, in part artificial tale set in a primitive New England town and New York. It centers on plain folks and the wealthy, conveying a healthy American atmosphere without sensationalism. Published by G. W. Dillingham Company in New York.
The March issues of Catholic World New Yorker and other periodicals are highlighted. Features include essays on music as a civilizing force, Queen Victoria in Magazine of Art, Odell and Dolliver in political pieces, and extensive coverage of automobiles, artists, and prominent financiers with noted illustrations and portraits.
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