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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1901
Page
4
The page summarizes editorial notes on creed revision in Presbyterian addresses, the battleship Ohio's christening and capabilities, labor disputes and law, farmer grain cooperatives in the West, Wall Street speculation reactions, Professor Arlo Bates on athletics in education, and a French Deputies move to post rights of man texts for soldiers. It notes tax critique by Mayor Tom Johnson and various newspaper offices and distribution details.
The pamphleteer Thomas Paine gained fame through Common Sense and The Crisis. He received gifts from the Pennsylvania Legislature and Congress for his service, with States and bodies honoring him. his remains traveled from New York to England and France, ending in a final resting place.
The piece argues that machinery reduces daily hours without cutting wages, noting earlier thirteen hour days and Massachusetts cotton mills. It discusses strikes risk, wage dynamics, employer profits, and efficiency gains, urging balanced outcomes between shorter days and industrial profits. It also weaves in stray historical anecdotes about the Sultan, treaties, and goodwill toward Mohammedan nations.
The Sultan of Turkey has recently bestowed a valuable decoration on a young New York lawyer, signaling friendly feelings toward Americans. The article lauds Abdul Hamid II as a polished ruler, temperate in private life, modest in expenditure, and a significant religious and temporal head. It notes his admiration for General Grant and friendship for Gen. Lew Wallace, with context on Muslims in the Philippines under the American flag.
An exchange in the Journal notes a printer claiming punctuation marks are fading, especially the colon and semicolon. The piece argues these marks remain essential, countering the simplification trend and staccato writing favored by some papers. It contrasts modern style with past literary needs and discusses housework and social class pressures.
The Illinois State Federation of Women's Clubs president urged women to dignify housework by doing it themselves and training daughters to love it. She argued that reliance on cooks and maids weakens households, noting that modern women often cannot gauge tasks or demand appropriate maid performance, a trend she says worsens the domestic service problem.
The Journal debunks a Chicago paper's claim that Indiana raised a regiment of many original colonels. Official records show the 156th Indiana had only one original colonel, and Beem's address stated only sixteen original colonels across Union regiments are alive. The piece also rebuts rumors about making Indiana's soldiers monument a national affair and notes misreporting after the Grand Army encampment.
A journal editorial mocks fruit raisers efforts to popularize prunes in California, arguing that sensational stories harm newspaper credibility. It recalls a Muncie woman whose neighborly dance request after her sixth desertion by her husband sparked public derision.
The Boys Club, led by Miss Alice Graydon, grows to four hundred boys under sixteen with a 10 cent semi annual fee. The club offers baths, gym, workshops, library, and Sunday school, plus monthly social events. A garden program yields prize money benefiting home needs. Graduates hold good jobs thanks to the club’s influence. Directors seek endowment and call for wills and life insurance gifts. Contact trustee chairman T C Day at Law building.
A collection of humorous snippets from various papers notes playful banter about telephone links house and office. Jokes reference neighbors judges and pets with light social commentary in a collage of quotes and dialogue from The Philadelphia Bulletin Chicago Tribune Life Detroit Journal and more.
George Ade has moved his desk to Asheville North Carolina and his publishers report several dramatists seek permission to stage his Fables in Slang. A writer claims a Hamlet puzzle hinges on punctuation and quibbles over Ophelia’s marriage amid Gertrude’s crime while an Atlanta Constitution quote reflects authorial vanity and club doyens amid chaotic misprints.
A respected pastor’s son, now a celebrated showman, returns to confront his father. The dialogue satirizes public spectacle and moral hypocrisy as the son parades Cash, fame, and stagecraft while the pastor laments temptations and moral decline, ending with a caution about early training.
A London Mail critic notes that modern books tire both writer and audience. In Stratford on Avon locals know Shakspeare lore through casual sources like a boatman, a barber, and a small boy near Holy Trinity Church. Milton relics fetch record sums in auctions, but critics warn against overhyped puffery.
A clipped excerpt from a 19th or early 20th century periodical reflects on emotion during crisis, noting that our disaster concept exceeds felicity and that unpredictability marks human feelings. It cites lines about sorrow, duplicity, and nature.
The text captures quivering reflections on love duty and temptation from various sources. It presents snippets about love’s subtle approach, the dangers wealth can mask, fate shaping one’s vocation, and a woman’s doubt after a torn affection, all drawn from period style prose and poetry excerpts.
A Boston woman’s epigram on ink and money frames today’s United States mood. Edward Nero succeeds Alexis Frye as Cuba’s school superintendent. Julian Ralph, author, recovering in Kensington after returning from New York to London. A Cheshire church inscription notes Heaven’s gate and a temporary closing. Meissonier’s popularity wanes amid Paris auctions. Edmond Rostand in Paris may summer near St Prix before Army votes. Sir Edward Watkin argued rail travel safer than eating or stairs per his statistics. Dr M A Stein’s notes on ancient inscribed documents appear.
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