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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1902
Page
5
The Daily Journal lists subscription options for daily and Sunday editions with different rates, carriage and mailing details, and club discounts. It notes conditions for publishers and ads, require name and address for publication, and states it is entered as second class matter in Indianapolis Indiana posting.
A fragment lists multiple newspaper stands and addresses in cities including New York, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Washington, Denver, Dayton, and Columbus. It names establishments such as Brew York Astor House Palmer House O News Co Station News Stand J R Hawley Co Union News Co Rikes House Fairfax Hotel Willard Hotel Louthan & Jackson Viaduct News Stand and 184 High Street.
The Journal urges broad small donations to the monument dedication fund, proposing $1 to $3 from many supporters. It notes executive and finance committees seek over $1,000 more, and offers to collect and forward subscriptions. Also discusses subsidies, imperialism, and local election issues in broader commentary.
The Indiana National Guard will act as escort in the May 15 procession for the Grand Army and other veteran groups, as in previous Memorial Day observances. Grand Army members arranged the formation order, seeking proper recognition for their organization.
The piece argues that the tariff issue has shifted since 1890s. It notes experience with revenue, half revenue, and Dingley tariffs, linking prosperity to American market control. It contends voters favor protection, criticizes free trade as led by the Tariff Reform League, and urges cautious tariff revision to protect home markets, curb rebates, and curb extortionate prices.
Washington insiders say the President rejects calls to back away from legal actions against merger and rebate practices. He asserts obedience to the laws will guide policy and that large capital can drive progress without injustice. Railroads face injunctions over rebates to meat packers, with further proceedings planned if violations persist. Many cattle traders fear repercussions as anti-packers sentiment grows.
The movement to break up monopolies in cattle and meat has caused market demoralization and temporary cattle traffic stagnation. Railroad managers fear job losses as prosecutions continue. The President insists on enforcing laws, and will persist as evidence of violations appears, noting packer combinations have existed for twenty years. The aim is to curb unfair methods and transportation favoritism.
A large, cordial audience greeted General Fitzhugh Lee at a lecture last evening, showing deep regard for his Cuba duties and wartime service. Union veterans, once divided, expressed admiration for his conduct and a shared hope for national unity and peace.
Mr Campbell Shaw of Buffalo argues Canada's producers need access to American markets while Canada preserves a preferential tariff of 3 1 3 per cent for Britain. He claims Canada wants something for nothing and contends the United States should grant free entry for farm produce lumber fish and coal despite Canadian preferences. He asserts Canada’s small population limits its manufacturing growth and that current conditions favor the U S with no change needed.
Public school teachers in Milwaukee react to a male principal’s claim that women principals and teachers with ten years or more of service “get crabbed cranky and cross” and drive boys from schools. At a principals meeting a woman suggested thanking the speaker and letting tired ten year veterans temporarily fill district principal roles, provoking pushback from other male principals.
The Milwaukee editorial argues teaching skill depends on individuals not gender. It notes some men and women are naturally nervous or hardworking, and many teach effectively for long careers. It critiques bias favoring male teachers and praises judging teachers by work, not sex, while voicing support for Landis on rail rate reform and Interstate Commerce Commission empowerment.
In Puck style, a humorous exchange shows a young couple starting out in life debating economizing versus incurring debt. He urges caution while she quips that debt might be the shortcut to economy, illustrating comic miscommunication about money.
A selection of lighthearted exchanges from a 19th century newspaper page with snippets of humor. The dialogue includes a father remark about a fixed star meaning a regular salary, a joke about regret, a bargain tale about servant hiring, and a quip on Columbus’s discovery.
Two men meet at a meat market door. One plans to “knock out” the beef trust by not eating meat and shows his basket contents. They ask about a liver trust, implying a humorous exchange on meat consumption and trusts.
Washington May 5 The young sons of Rear Admiral William T Sampson and Admiral John W Philip failed to gain admission to the Naval Academy after examinations in Washington. Sampson's son, the principal appointee promised by President McKinley and fulfilled by Roosevelt, and Philip's son as alternate were among thirty-one candidates tested. About thirty of ninety candidates were accepted leaving nearly a hundred vacancies. Six hundred Navy Department applications exist as the President may fill a vacancy under Cleveland policy.
Mrs Kate Boffel wife of Allegheny County jail warden Soffel pleaded guilty to aiding in the Biddle brothers escape. She faces a maximum two year sentence and will be sentenced next Saturday. The courtroom was crowded and she appeared composed after wounds from the battle with officers.
Mrs Calista R Jones national president and Mrs Agnes Hitt chairman of the National Women's Relief Corps home board meet in Columbus to discuss turning over the national home at Madison Ohio to the state. Mrs Emma Hampton and Mrs E T Bagley also attend to coordinate the transfer and related actions.
George J. Gould has chartered the steam yacht Taurus, ex Eros, built in Britain. The vessel is fitting out at Southampton and will sail for cruising along the coast, with some trips possibly extending to the eastward.
New York writer Robert Shackleton publishes Many Waters from Appletons. The story, set in a great city newsroom, traces a newspaper man as a strike, Wall Street gambling, and a failed marriage. It highlights the folly of marrying for passion to a man who cannot provide affection. Zoe leaves with a millionaire Ward.
A. D. Raub argues for government led educational expansion to all ages via a national press. He proposes a Washington department selecting life editors for ten weekly papers including agriculture politics science and more, mailed to every U S family. He envisions world regeneration through editor gatherings, though the plan is impractical.
A distinctly American novel by Stew art Edward White about frontier timber life in northeastern Michigan. It follows Harry Thorpe a green land looker who gains timber land, forms camps, battles a lumber corporation, and joins a partnership with a college man and his sister. The romance and camp-life scenes drive the narrative though the plot wobbles. the logging camps and rough men provide the strongest, most realistic portions. The work first appeared as a three month serial in McClure's Magazine under The Forest Runner before book publication in New York.
The excerpt reviews Henry T. Finck's wide research on love's origins and varieties. It lists chapters covering romantic love, cosmic attraction, impersonal and personal affection, love's expressions across eras and cultures, and the related treatment of personal beauty. Published in New York by Macmillan Company.
A New York review praises The Strength of the Weak by C. Hotchkiss as an improved story from Betsy Ross and In Defiance of the King. Set in Canada and early French and Indian wars, it follows a daring French-Canadian hero. The tale blends history with frontier life, woodcraft, and romance, drawing on a New Hampshire soldier diary for background.
The tale centers on Enoch Strone a skilled self taught English mechanic and Milly Wilson a factory girl of low birth and strong emotions. It follows village rector Rev John Martinghoe his sister Lady Maiingcourt and the widow of a late peer as the main cast with minor figures shaping the plot.
In a conventional English tale a self made inventor named Strone builds a valuable mechanical device and amasses wealth then moves into political life. A love affair tests loyalties amid sharp social contrasts between expiring elites and impoverished workers, highlighting class tensions. Set in New York by G W Dillingham Company.
Frances Theodora Parsons praises How to Know the Wild Flowers and How to Know the Ferns with a new edition featuring thirty two color plates by Elsie L Shaw. Mary T Wright presents Aliens a North ern woman in the South amid social and political strains.
The May periodicals section previews Open Court fielding Biblical Love Duties by Paul Haupt and Field and Stream outdoor writing, plus Scribners, North American Review, Ladies Home Journal, New England Magazine and more. It highlights Frank Leslie outdoor pieces, Bulgarian brigands in Miss Stone’s tale, Rhodes and the world’s fairs, with reviews and serialized fiction across major monthlies.
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