May magazine highlights and publishing notices
The May periodicals feature vivid items from Cassell's Magazine of Art to Good Housekeeping. Notable mentions include Gainsborough’s portrait in Cassell's, Octave Thanet’s Help in Good Housekeeping, Seton-Thompson's Krag story in Scribner's, and diverse pieces in Strand, National Geographic, and Appleton’s. Highlights cover biographies, art studies, and upcoming author announcements.
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Tians
Craigie
John Oliver Hobbes
Laird & Lee
Chicago
Handy Cyclopedia
Gainsborough
Magazine of Art
Cassell
Ernest Seton-Thompson
Scribner's
SJ Edmont
G. Cartegnier
Strand
Joachim
de Reszke
Ben Davies
Frederick Dolman
Conan Doyle
National Geographic Magazine
John W. Foster
Mexico
Senor Navarro
New York City
Bett
Alaska
Ten Garnett
Itedies Geological Survey
Senator Hoar
June Scribner's
Messrs
Henry T. Coates & Co
Philadelphia
George Gibbe
Mademoiselle
Tower of Wye
William Henry Babcock
D. Appleton & Co
Deere
Betsy Ross
International
May
J. M. Swan
E. Borough Johnson
E. Phillips
Britain
Steel Trust
United States
Meredith Nicholson
Indiana
George Barrie & Bon
Ameri
Foreign magazines showcase global topics and studies
The May issues of Forum and North American Review offer wide-ranging essays and notices from Aguinaldo to De Wet, Renan to Kipling. Articles cover labor, science, religion, politics, art, and fiction with emphasis on modern athletics, social change, and the role of science in progress.
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Forum
Manuria
Leaby
Evansville
Arlo Bates
Ells
Teleokust
The
North American Review
Ernest Renan
Jesus
General Grant
Prince Kropotkin
Russia
American Board of Foreign Missions
W. D. Howelle
Anthony Hope
McClure
Captain Dreyfus
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Clara Morris
Charles Kean
Thomas F. Millard
General de Wet
John Fox, Jr
Robert Alston Stevenson
New York
Miquelon Islands
Newfoundland
North America
Stage in America and Autobiography set for release
The Macmillan Company plans Tis Stage in America 1897 10 by Norman Hapgood and Autobiography of Herbert Spencer in type for public release by D Appleton & Co. E F Benson’s forthcoming The Luck of the Walls signals a new authorial departure and May publication by D Appleton & Co.
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Macmillan Company
America
Norman Hapgood
Herbert Spencer
D. Appleton & Co
E. F. Benson
Tang
Uabanes
Tanto
New Edition and Net Book Prices Shake Publishing World
A roundup notes upcoming editions from B Lippincott and Harper & Brothers including Marion Maisiland and John Strange Winter titles, with new net book pricing under the American Publishers Association. It explains the May 1 net price policy, aims for fair pricing, and mentions legal actions by Bowen-Merrill to correct misstatements about Maurice Thompson’s Alice of Old Vincennes.
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Transylvania
B. Lippincott Company
Marion Maiiland
Elizabeth Phippx Train
Harper & Brothers
Edward John Phelps
J. G. McCullough
John W. Stewart
W. J. Travis
H. P. Wells
American Publishers’ Association
Houghton, Mifflln & Co
Thoreau
Concord
Merrimac
Alcott
Bradford Terrey
Frank Chapman
G. P. Putnam
Bernard Hollander
Maurice Thompson
Alice
Vincennes
Bowen-Merrill Co
Funk & Waxnalls Company
Reading for literary taste versus mere incidents
The piece argues a true literary reader seeks more than plots and incidents. A genuine reader rereads well written passages to savor style and construction, finds value in second readings, and relies on established criticism to distinguish masters from imitators.
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New York Times Literary Review
Metropolitan Opera House
Warning on literary agents from Omaha reader
A Chicago Evening Post reader warns readers about unscrupulous literary agents operating from La Salle street. An Omaha correspondent sent a manuscript, faced a 3 percent commission offer and a $1.10 advance fee for postage and registration, then received no response. The note urges avoidant caution and claims true merit will reach publishers without agents.
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Chicago Evening Post
Omaha
la Salle Street
Chicago Post
Lterary
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Promoted for Teething Relief
An advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup used for over fifty years by millions of mothers to ease teething discomfort. It claims to soothe, calm nausea, soften the gums, cure colds, regulate bowels, and serve as the best remedy for diarrhea arising from teething or other causes.
President to Handle Patronage After Trip Ends
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports that upon returning to Washington the President will be busy dispensing patronage. Appointment clerks will prepare papers for hundreds of federal posts expiring or awaiting confirmation, with many offices staying unfilled until Congress meets. Complaints grow over seed distribution practices and exporter packing errors threaten American trade.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Congress
Senate
Treasury Department
Postoffice Department
War and Navy Departments
Lhe
Navy
Secretary of War
Civil Service Commission
Philippines
Year Book of U S Department of Agriculture slated for July release
Washington May 12 The Year Book of the United States Department of Agriculture for 19 is in press and will be distributed around July 1 The volume runs to 3 pages with 87 plates including 9 in color and 88 text figures It includes 31 original articles plus new admission and cost of attendance data for land grant colleges and the secretary's report and appendix.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department of the Land Grant Colleges
Congress
Department
United States
Middle West
Appalachians
Drawing a deadly weapon arrest on West Ohio street
Jesse Cord, a colored man, was arrested last night for drawing a deadly weapon at 415 West Ohio Street. In Missouri Street near Courtne, John and Ed Doyle, both white, were walking when an assault occurred. One assailant made a taunt and John Doyle was struck in the face and knocked down before Cord fled with a weapon.
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Jesse Cord
West
Ohio Street
John
Ed Doyle
Missouri Street
Courtne
Thten
John Doyle
Cord
R. D. Stevenson Dying At St Vincent's Hospital
Renowned Indianapolis writer R. D. Stevenson, known for his humorous “Bubbles in the Air,” lies gravely ill at St. Vincent's Hospital. Born in Terre Haute, he worked across major papers including the Journal, Indianapolis Press, and Cincinnati Enquirer, and was famed as “Wick” and for “The Man with the Ginger Beard.” He is unmarried.
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R. D. Stevenson
St. Vincent's Hospital
Stevenson
Journal
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Jefferson College
Dakota
Terre Haute Express
Indianapolis Press
News
Cincinnati Enquirer
Police troubled by deaf boy who roams city streets
Roger Sherman, thirteen and deaf mute, is frequently at police headquarters late at night. He jeeps to wander, hops on and off street cars, and is kept by his distressed parents who struggle to confine him. Police and citizens debate how to manage him.
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Police Department
Roger Sherman
East Eleventh Street
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Insane Asylum
Department
Teamsters Union Considers New Work Scale Negotiations
The Teamsters' Union met in the Criminal Court room yesterday afternoon to draft a contract seeking a 3.50 dollar daily wage and a ten hour day, an advance of five cents. Mr. Defrees of an electric railway firm discussed hiring union teamsters for a Martinsville line, with a conference set for next Friday to move toward signing the scale. The union believes the talks could lead to a universal contractor scale.
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Teamsters’ Union
Criminal Court Room
Defrees
Martinsville
L# union
Seale
Central Labor Union Meeting On Labor Day Control And Tax
Tonight the Central Labor Union meets to decide absorbing the Labor day committee amid opposition from a majority of the committee. A bid to raise the per capita tax for representation to two cents is on the agenda along with a resolution concerning the Indianapolis Southern Railway Company and the city’s attitude toward the new road remains unsettled.
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Central Labor Union
Labor Day Committee
Indianapolis Southern Railway Company
Meeting of Citizens Forms Remonstrance Canvass Group
An executive committee of opponents to the Indianapolis Southern Railway met in St John s Hall to review prior work and plan a systematic canvass of South Side property owners for signatures on a remonstrance to be filed with the Board of Works. Members include Agnew Kelly Dugan Rupp Glickert Curry Costello Callihan Barrett Gerhart Flynn Sommers Straub Blake and McNamara. The committee will confer with the road directors to seek a compromise.
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Indianapolis Southern Railway
St. John’s Hall
Capitol Avenue
Georgia Street
Hobson Hall
South Side
Board of Works
John Agnew
M. C. Kelly
Joseph Dugan
John Rupp
John Glickert
William Curry
Jerry Costello
Patrick Callihan
Martin Barrett
Charles Gerhart
William Flynn
Harry Sommers
Frank Straub
Harry Blake
James McNamara
New Road
G Woodward Illness In Indianapolis Citizen
Sheldon G Woodward, a prominent Indianapolis resident, lies at St Vincent's Hospital with hopeless prospects after a severe operation. Former money order chief at the Indianapolis post office, he later became a traveling agent for Hendrickson Leffler hatters. He lived at 2113 North New Jersey Street and was about forty, with a poised family and local ties.
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Sheldon G. Woolward
Indianapolis
St. Vincent's Hospital
Woodward
Wallace and Thompson
Hendrickson & Leffler
United States Marine Service
Washington
King
North
New Jersey Street
At 3
Ike
Record of Black Troops in Philippines Falsified
Washington May 12 report on the Ninth United States Cavalry in the Philippines claims Filipino papers spread a deceitful tale of savage battles. The American unit suffered two NCOs killed and one corporal wounded while insurgents allegedly reported massive American casualties. The dispatch says the fake account described four columns penetrating Albay with heavy fighting and grisly scenes later exposed as fabrications and misrepresentations by local newspapers.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Ninth United States Cavalry
Philippines
Ninth Cavalry
Ninth
Siboney
el Caney
Santiago
Cuba
Day
Albay
Jovellar
el Basilis de Albay
Alfred Harmsworth
Camalig
Solong
Taloto
Pinaglaban
Florista
Itutuan
Amianon
Maputing-Usa
St. Macandog
Inin
Sith
Vabraran
Toledo
Jevellar
Talote
Cuevara
Fenier
Senor Andreeza
Presidencia
Legaspi
Auxiliary Forees
Soldiers Welcomed Home by Kentucky Town
Frankfort volunteers of the Thirty-ninth Infantry returned from the Philippines to a royal welcome. A crowd of hundreds met the train as Beckham Guards provided military escort. Mayors Dehoney and T. H. Crockett delivered addresses, with Capt. Noel Gaines replying for the returning soldiers.
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Frankfort
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Philippines
Beckham Guards
Dehoney
T. H. Crockett
Noel Gaines
Local Notes and Oddities From City Scene
Mrs. William H. Lessig of Chicago visits Mrs. C. N. Williams at the Valencia 517 North Delaware. Mrs. Mayo recalls invitations for Tuesday May HM due to Mrs. Kenseke’s illness. Isasee Schultz, wanted in Lima O for brass theft, arrested by Detectives Splin and Haley. Rev. John Clouds of Dillshere Ind. dies at brother George Clouds’ residence 1336 Brookside Ave. funeral in Greensburg Wednesday at 2 p.m. Erastus Williams, claimingCatholic priesthood, arrested in Terre Haute for bicycle theft. arrest linked to a church convention scene in Indianapolis. Newspaper notes and local ads conclude with Gumbo Gilenns Bulphur Soap and unrelated vendor pitches.
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William H. Lessig
Chicago
C. N. Williame
Valencia
Delaware Street
Mayo
Kenseke
Isasee Schultz
Lima O
Splin and
Haley
John Clouds
Dillshere
Ind
George
Clouds
Brookside Avenue
Greensburg
Erastus Williams
Terre Haute
John Brown
Indianapolis
Williams
Pew
Brown
Spring Humors of the Blood and Related Ailments
An article outlines various humors and conditions said to affect spring health including the blood, scrofula, scald head, catarrh, and general blood poisoning. It frames these as common seasonal ailments and suggests remedies or cautions typical of period medical writing.
Esterhazy Authorship of Dreyfus Bordereau Proven
Brussels May 12 The Independence Belge prints affidavits by Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy admitting authorship of the Dreyfus bordereau and alleging the document was written with the connivance of Colonel Sandherr, ex chief of the Secret Intelligence Bureau.
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Brussels
Independence Belge
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
London
Dreyfus Bordereau
Sandher
Kaiser Seen As Non Normal Mind By Berlin Letter
A Berlin letter from W. V. 8. reports Kaiser Wilhelm II showing signs of abnormal mental condition since the Bremen incident. The Kaiser grows morose during social gatherings, drinks heavily, and has displayed sudden mood shifts and possible indiscretions in Bonn and Berlin. Observers compare him to Frederick William IV, noting widening belief in his deteriorating mental state.
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W York
Post
Berlin
W. V
F Bremen
Bonn
Germany
William II
Frederick William IV
Grand Duke Michael Hopes to Visit the United States
Grand Duke Michael heir presumptive to the Russian throne expresses a wish to visit the United States. He spoke with Ambassador Tower and hopes events will permit a trip, recalling Grand Duke Alexis’s visits and American hospitality. Ambassador Tower will attend the Glasgow celebration in June as a delegate of the American Philosophical Society.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Michael
United States
Ambassador Tower
Anexis
America
Ambassador Tower Wil
Glasgow
American Philosophical Society
Scotch University
St Petersburg Discusses New Loan and Reopening Rail Works
In St Petersburg on May 12 the main talk centered on a new loan M. De Witte has placed with Paris bankers. Industries expect railway orders to enable reopening of works, some already operating small scale. The St Petersburger Herald notes Delcasse promised to secure loan piers. the finance ministry sought to reassure that an American was not involved.
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ST. Petersburg
M. de Witte
Paris
Lipton Receives President McKinley Greeted Photograph
In Weimoth on May 12 Erin towed the Shamrocks for open water trials starting tomorrow along the channel. Mr. Watson and Mr. Ji declare the cup challenger in perfect trim. Sir Thomas Lipton receives many gifts from across the country including a photograph from President McKinley with a cordial greeting and autograph.
Auction Held Over Evans Estate Residences in Paris
In Paris on May 12, several homes from the estate of the late Dr. Thomas W. Evans were auctioned. The Hotel des Souyrains failed to meet its upset price of 1 franc, and a Rue Loupe property also remained unsold at 10,000 francs. The Avenue Klber house sold for 430,000 francs.
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Paris
Thomas W. Evans
Rue Loupe
Kieber
France
Comet sighting and world notes from Lima and Paris
The Lima observer reports the returning comet now brighter than first seen and visible again after several nights. J Pierpont Morgan departed Paris for London. The Spanish Gazette notes a decree on naturalisation of former colonial subjects. The London Tatler cites a Malta report of a midnight bombing at an archbishop residence with no serious damage. M Waldeck Rousseau has left Paris to recover, and his health is announced restored.
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Lima
South America
J. Pierpont Morgan
Paris
London
Offeral
Malta
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
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