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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1902

Page

9

Vital Statistics May 7 Quick Readout

A dense, fragmented list of names and ages tied to vital statistics entries. Includes individuals with ages and addresses, then unrelated business ads and notices for services such as stove repair, wall paper, physicians, and various local businesses. The text presents scattered names and ages with addresses, followed by advertisements and notices. The jumble resembles an old classifieds page with mixed content.

Journal seeks pen and ink artists for ad illustration contest

The Indianapolis Journal invites drawings to accompany want column ads. Weekly prize for best business themed illustration. Entries must be 10 by 9 inches on Bristol board in India ink. Artist name and address on back. Deliver or mail to counting room. Return postage included.

C. F. Sayles & CO East Market Street Spann & CO Pascal Fifield Majestic Al—Money T Rele &T Garcianensaare Mees & EV Crawfordsville Indianapolis Indiana Williams &O Market St Esa Reliab Credit CO The Law Building Care Journal Sam Outfit Dun Bradstreet Yost-Miller CO U. A Army United States Ind Moler Barcollege Chicago Indiana Corporation of Allsixe Capital Journalee Journal Bristol Board INDIA Indianapolis Journal

Annual meeting of stockholders of Indianapolis and Vincennes RR

Indianapolis Indiana April 1902 notice states the annual meeting of stockholders of the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad Company at the principal office on Thursday May 1902 at 2 oclock p m for electing seven directors and other business. S B Liggett secretary.

Indianapolis Ind Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad Company Indiana S. B. Liggett

Injunctions Enjoin Railroads Over Short Term Tariffs

Railway Age discusses a new practice under court injunctions where railroads issue short term tariffs to favor specific shippers. The plan requires a tariff on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission, yet can violate the spirit of the order by enabling targeted traffic arrangements. Philadelphia Press criticizes Washington politics and praises large capital improvements to modernize the capital.

Interstate Commerce Commission Minneapolis Philadelphia Washington Patterson Colorado Pennsylvania Railroad Congress Goose Creek New World

Prohibitionists of Indiana Nominate Congressional Candidates

The Prohibitionists in Indiana have named candidates for Congress in all thirteen districts. Reported plans include a spectral appeal to voters and strong hopes for wins in the Eighth and Eleventh districts amid broad party excitement.

Pittsburg Indiana

Wabash Wins Western Maryland Rail Route Sale

The City of Bali approves sale of Western Maryland to the Fuller syndicate led by the Wabash for 8 751970 45 dollars. The deal unites Gould interests with Baltimore as seaboard terminal and promises a transcontinental line with Pittsburgh becoming a major east west trade hub.

Balimore Maryland Fuller Syndicate Wabash Hayes Pittsburg Cumbeland Wabash Railroad West Virginia Central Railroad Seaboard West Virginia Central Western Maryland Railroad Goulds Baltimore George J. Gould Tidewater

Railroad News From The Midwest And West In April

Commercial agents and rail firms report April results with Indiana Car-service Association moving 0 cars and noting 14 day detention. Soo Line profits from rate wars. Pomeroy named general agent at San Francisco. Farewell dinner for Panhandle’s James B. Hill in Columbus. Wabash, Monon, and Northern Pacific lines push ballast and new service. Roosevelt targeted rail rate appeals. naval transport contracts awarded to five lines. Passenger runs Buffalo to Cleveland set speed records. Lake Shore and New York Central eye through trains. Southern Pacific expands control of eating houses. potential consolidations loom among major lines including L&N and Cincinnati routes.

Kansas City Indiana Car-service Association Soo Line P.M. Pomeroy West Shore Pacific Coast Pennsylvania San Francisco Columbus James B. Hill Panhandle Lines Pittsburg H. P. Greenough Rock Island & Peoria Railway Company H. E. Cable Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Lines Northern Pacific Coast Limited Senate Ohio House Monon Indianapolis Wabash Toledo Montpelier New Haven Butler Chicago D. Russell, Jr Brooks Locomotive Works Dunkirk McNaughton Norfolk, O Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Tangentne Baltimore & Ohio Delaware Maryland West Virginia Ohio Indiana Illinois New York Barberton Belt-line Railroad Company Cleveland, Barberton & Western Railroad Company Barberton, Akron & Canton Belt-line Railway Company Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Company Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Western Lines Western Roosevelt Interstate Commerce Commission United States Chesapeake & Ohio Big Four Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Denver & Rio Grande Southern Pacific Lake Shore New York Central Buffalo Cleveland California Oregon Nevada Utah Arizona New Mexico Texas Louisiana

Chance for the Negro in the Philippines

The Minneapolis Tribune reports a view that if the Philippines remain under American control, emigration of African Americans could solve labor shortages. Chaplain T G Stewart cites 700 Black soldiers who favor staying, noting natives’ friendliness, climate resilience, and potential for home steads and plantations under insular governance.

Minneapolis Tripune Philippines United States Congress T. G. Stewart America Texas

South African Gold and Rhodesian Output Rise

London reports revived gold mining in the Transvaal alongside rising Rhodesian gold deliveries. British South African mining ventures show overall recovery with projected segregate receipts for 191 between £150,000 and £2,000,000. Though below 1908 and 1910, current totals hold value and generate future optimism.

London Transvaal

Spring Emerges as Violets Bloom and Hearts Break

A fragmented verse fragment references springtime awakening on sunny slopes and violets. It evokes keen air and hopeful breezes, then shifts to a speaker named Harriet whose broken heart erupts in fire. Edith M. Thomas is cited as the poet.

Harriet Edith M. Thomas

Market report notes lower home prices and active produce trade

The scene shows lower home prices and rising demand in the local grain and produce market. Potatoes declined to single digits while apples remained strong, with green vegetables and berries weaker as receipts rise. Hog products, canned goods, and dried fruits show mixed movement amid overall active markets and tight supply.

The Jobbing Trade Prices for Candies Nuts and Groceries

A catalog style listing of wholesale prices across candies and nuts, canned goods, coal and coke, assorted chemicals, sheetings, prints, flour, groceries, coffee, sugar, and produce. It notes specific item prices including almonds, walnuts, Brazil nuts, canned peaches, onions, mixed nuts, coal types, oils, and various textiles with city and brand references.

Brazil

New York Delegation Presses South for Industrial Build Up

The New York Merchants' Association Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange delegation visited Washington after Charleston, praising the South’s opportunities. President Roosevelt welcomed their visit, urging enterprise to strengthen Southern industry, while observers note confusion about the region's scope beyond New York.

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Disfranchisement and secession devices in Southern politics

The Buffalo Express notes that proponents of a new Virginia Constitution avoid a public vote on negro disfranchisement, preferring to reclaim it by familiar oligarchic methods. It compares this to how ordinances of secession were often adopted without direct popular approval.

Buffalo Express Virginia

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