Indianapolis Journal Ad and News Notes May 20 1901
A dense page column combines subscription rates and mail options for The Indianapolis Journal with notices of editorial and staff, plus scattered brief items. It includes city commentary on labor strikes, politicians like Mayor Tom L. Johnson and Senator Lentz, and short discussions on trusts, oil land syndicates, and national political figures. It also lists major newspaper agents and locations in New York Chicago Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Washington.
President praises flag and liberty in San Francisco speech
In San Francisco the President states the flag carries blessings and liberty for many, noting intrinsic truth. The Brooklyn cruiser is sent to Melbourne for the Australian Commonwealth celebration and is greeted by the Duke of Cornwall and York who wires appreciation to the President.
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San Francisco
Brooklyn
Mel Bourne
Duke of Cornwall
York
Fragmented Local Opinion on City Rules and Politics
The passage surveys Jacksonville building rules favoring stone or brick structures with metal roofs, notes tax and sugar duties disputes from the 384 tariff era, mentions Searles behind on pew rent, and cites pension attorneys pressuring returning soldiers while Wall Street figures deny outright involvement in Northern Pacific dealings amid a national scandal.
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Jacksonville
Cleveland
John E. Seames
Sugar Trust
Senate
Searles
Senator proposes felony rule to curb Wall Street speculation
He argued Congress could craft a measure to curb excesses by restricting wholesale bargaining. As long as trading in fictitious stock on margin persists, wiki speculation will continue. He favors making it a felony to sell stocks not actually owned, likening it to selling real estate one does not possess. He sees obstacles to such legislation but urges action to halt Wall Street scandals.
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Congress
Hill
Unnecessary Disturbance in Albany Rail Strike Showed Failure
A long editorial argues the Albany street railway clash proves the dispute could have been settled early by arbitration. It condemns mob tactics, military deployment, and the high costs to citizens, businesses, and taxpayers, urging law at the outset and negotiated compromise.
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Albany
N. Y
Mitchell
The Smaller Cities in Indiana Benefiting From Moderation
The piece extols mid sized Indiana cities like Logansport as prosperous, stable communities with ample residences and decent living. It notes fewer extreme hardships than large cities, stronger public schools and fraternal groups, and a neighborly spirit. It argues residents of these cities should value steadiness over seeking bigger populations.
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Indiana
Logansport
A Needed Reform in Finance
A critique of the subtreasury system arguing it restricts money circulation by locking up about 43 percent of the nation’s money. It notes nine branch offices and a structure that hinders relief during financial stringencies. The piece targets bankers, financiers, and public figures for awareness and reform.
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United States Treasury
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Newrleans
San Francisco
Treasury
Abolish the Subtreasury System and Free Public Funds
A historic critique argues the treasury and subtreasuries should be abolished. It laments the sixty year old system as unsafe and hindering commerce, urging funds amounting to nearly 100,000,000 be deposited in commercial banks and the subtreasury eliminated. It cites political error, financial ignorance, and calls for reform to bolster active circulation.
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Treasury
United States Bank
United States
Congress
The Albany Street Car Strike and the Right to Hire
The piece argues that employers may hire union or nonunion workers as a private contract right and warns that labor unions overreach when dictating hiring. It contrasts individual liberty with corporate and worker rights, defending constitutional protections and citing President McKinley’s addresses to emphasize prudent, humble governance.
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Albany
Masons
Odd Fellows
United States
World Bits From 16th Century Thrones To Modern Oddities
A column of vignettes notes King George of Gireece ruling longer than his father, a Michigan man’s newspaper ad for a boy ending with a fall, the Berlin court quip about the dowager Empress, a Gainsborough price joke, a Montreal cross found in Lake Lemargamingue, a Jesuit’s link to Huron war spirits, and Pan-American Exposition press arrangements near Venice America.
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George of Gireece
Denmark
Michigan
Germany
Berlin
Baron Humboldt
London
Morgan
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Montreal
Michael Cut Col
Lake Lemargamingue
France
England
Hen
Midway
Venice
America
Utica and Worcester Charity Gifts Highlight Local News
The piece notes a $36,000 mortgage debt clearance on Utica Young Men's Christian Association and a $4,000 endowment fund, with $5,000 gifts from Miss Anna Wells and Miss Mary Wells and a $12,000 bequest plus $2,000 from Gen. C. W. Darling. It also mentions Senator Hoar declining cash but offering a hymn recital test for a Worcester church appeal. Minnesota plans 140,000 acres auctioned this spring with low 4 percent interest on contracts and favorable prices for timber and grazing land.
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Utica
Young Men's Christian Association
Anna
Senator Hoar
Worcester
James Boyd Brary
Gross
Chicago
M. Rostand
Paris
Cornville
Chateau de Valencey
Talleyrands
Europe
Maris
Minnesota
Dunn
Cambridge
Isanti
Walker
Cass County
From Hither and You A Comforting Reflection
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers comments on dry goods stores and small talk at a golf club. A humor vignette about a beggar seeking aid and a monkey joke accompanies a brief mythic digression on Prometheus and his liver punishment as recounted in Greek legend.
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Chicago Post
Man and Wife in Death and Duty at McKinley's Side
Brooklyn Eagle reflects on the illness of Ida McKinley and the President’s personal sorrow. It emphasizes humanity over office, stating that sorrow unites all alike and that husband and wife share a bound beyond status, with home as the true shrine.
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Brooklyn Eagle
McKinley
William McKinley
Ida Saxton McKinley
Union
Has Hopes for Democracy in the Solid South
The Memphis Commercial Appeal argues the negro question will be resolved and the Democratic party can win national and state power with equal North and South chances under wise leadership. It suggests the Solid South could remain solid on new issues if southern interests are fostered, including isthmian canals and the open door in China, and that Democrats will not resist other peoples' demands.
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Memphis
Democratic Party
China
Wall Street Panic and Republican Politics Editorial
The Minneapolis Tribune reports Editor Bryns Bryan set to publish a sweeping reader on Wall Street panic and its link to Republican politics. The incident fizzled before press, yet the Commoner ran the piece on economic grounds, leaving the editor the target of nationwide ridicule.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Bryan
Wall Street
Porto Rican court sentences Garcia for public funds theft
In Chicago News, Garcia who fled with 2000 of public funds is sentenced to thirty two years in prison, and his attorney receives six months for contempt of court. The article critiques Porto Rico's condition.
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Chicago
Garcia
Porto Rico
A Dream of Empire House of Blennerhassett
A review of William H. Venable story detailing Harman Blennerhassett on Blennerhassett Island and Aaron Burr’s plot to form a new empire. The tale follows Burr’s river journey, recruitment across social lines, and the Blennerhassett family’s downfall, ending with reflection on romance and history.
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Ohio River
Parkersburg
Blennerhassett
Harman Blennerhassett
United States
Aaron Burr
Mexico
Hlennerhassett
Burr
Prealent Jefferson
Brennerhassett
Lexington
Richmond
Blennerhas
England
New York
Wiliam H. Venable
Dodd, Mead & Co
The Worlds Best Essays in ten volume plan
A review of The Worlds Best Essays volume one outlining its aim to collect premier essays from classic and modern authors. It explains the true essay concept, lists included authors from Addison to Grant Allen, notes biographical sketches and portraits, and praises publishing by Ford P Kaiser of St Louis as editor and publisher.
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Brose
Green
Taine
Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Abe
Bea
Addison
Bacon
Aristotle
Grant Allen
Aliston
Agassiz
Con
Bayle
Augustine
Bancroft
Amiel
Auduton
Balzac
Baudelaire
Amieis
Ford. P. Kaiser
St. Louis
An Englishman Love Letters: A Satiric Volume Review
A curiously labeled volume claims to answer An Englishwoman's Love Letters. The preface quotes Annette Matthews about a deceased beloved, noting ardent, clever letters by a man older than claimed. Readers seek variety, flirtation, and literary anecdotes in a collection loaded with affectionate epithets.
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Annette Matthews
Book Published by Frank F. Lovell Company in New York
A note indicates the book is published by the Frank F. Lovell Book Company in New York.
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Frank F. Lovell Book Company
New York
Martin Brook novel review highlights abolitionist hero
A critical sketch of Martin Brook by Morgan Bates praises the novel as a strong portrayal of life in abolitionist times. It notes the hero Brook as a former slave bound out to a brutal master, his development into a Methodist exhorter and anti-slavery orator, and Mary Whittaker as a devoted wife. Harper & Brothers, New York.
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Morgan Bates
Martin Brook
Juda Northcote
Virginia
Brook
New York State
Albany
Mary Whittaker
Harper & Brothers
New York
Side Lights on Management of World's Railways
Maj J G Pangborn furnishes results of his observations on world railway systems organization management and future prospects. He recounts decades on American railroads and global travel, detailing evolution stages and models. the book offers broad insights for general readers and railway professionals. Published in Baltimore and available by mail order.
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Maj
J. G. Pangborn
Newton
Baltimore
Pees
Doubleday to issue Eliot works volumes two and three
George Eliot’s personal edition volumes 2 and 3 from Doubleday Page & Co include Scenes of Clerical Life with a Life of George Eliot and The Mill on the Floss. Introductions by Mrs Esther Wood draw on Eliot history, with unpublished portraits and a photo of the Floss mill frontispiece. The set is described as desirable.
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George Eliot
Doubleday, Page & Co
Esther Wood
Maggie Tulliver
Tom Tulliver
Wood
Trent
Gainsborough
Progress of the Century overview by seventeen specialists
A survey of nineteenth century progress across science and thought in a collection of essays. Contributors include Wallace Ramsay Petrie Lock and Mahan with topics from evolution archaeology astronomy philosophy surgery and religion. Harpers combines these papers to present a broad birdseye view of the era.
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Alfred Russell Wallace
William Ramsay
W. M. Flinders Petrie
Joseph Norman Lock
Edward Caird
M He
Willam Osler
W. W. Keen
E Lihn Thomson
T. C. Mendenhall
Sir Charles Dilke
Alfred T. Mahan
Andrew Lang
Thomas C. Clarke
Cardinal Gibbons
A. V. G. Allen
Richard J. Fh. Gotthel
Goldwin Smith
New York
Harper & Bros
On Peters Island a Russian oil intrigue romance
A joint work by Arthur R. Ropes and Mary E. Ropes set in Russia with an American oil businessman and his partner. The plot follows business struggles amid Slav hostility, a Polish saboteur, political conspiracy, and social intrigue. It closes with a hopeful marriage amid dramatic tableaux.
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Arthur R. Ropes
Mary E. Ropes
Russia
St. Petersburg
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
A Maryland Manor Novel of Plantation Life and Civil War
Frederic Emory presents A Maryland Manor a tale set in the Maryland ocean counties before and during the Civil War. The author uses the plantation setting to explore social dynamics, family ties, and the era’s upheaval through vivid character portraits and regional detail.
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Frederic Emory
Udewater
Maryland
Social conditions of aristocracy in slavery era romance
A Maryland outdoor daughter of a proud family navigates love with a rich vulgar lawyer’s son, whose overseer-ancestor casts a bar sinister. The tale contrasts Northern and Southern sympathies during the Civil War era, with a distinctly American atmosphere and a pretty romance.
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Maryland
En York
Erick A. Stokes Company
Dwellers in the Hills by Mellville D Post review
A vivid West Virginia tale toward a dangerous 30 hour journey to deliver a herd of thoroughbred cattle and fine horses. The book centers on man and beast with a strong focus on the animals welfare and the perilous voyage, as the romantic subplot drives the action.
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Mellville D. Post
Hills
West Virginia
Beast
G. P. Putnam's
Bons
New York
Warwick of the Knobs serial opens in May Bookman
The May Bookman launches a new serial story Warwick of the Knobs by John Uri Ears, sharing scenes with his earlier Stringtown on the Pike. The issue notes extensive automobile industry coverage in a dedicated May automotive periodical and previews forthcoming articles in Scribner, Atlantic, Century, and Pearson's Magazine, plus Current History and The Smart Set.
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May Bookman
Scribner'’s
Scribner
Russia
Book News
Philadelphia
May
George Cary Eggleston
Edward Eggleston
Indiana
Herbert W. Horwill
Oxford
Washington
W. McCall
Massachusetts
Thaddeus Stevens
Hadley
Yale
Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Alice Fallows
Walter Camp
Victor Mapes
Burlington, Vt
H. F. J. Porter
South Bethlehem
Poultney Bigelow
London
Pearson
Story of
Colorado
William N. Brera
Rocky Mountain News
A. Frederick Collins
Edgar Wels
Serius
First editions and new releases in literary publishing
Publishers rush to print with Owen Johnson Arrows of the Almighty before publication. Macmillan sets a second edition while G P Putnam adds Carlyle The French Revolution in two volumes. Conrad and Rueffer publish The Inheritors with McClure. London Paris circles frame the drama. Teeter announces a New Testament commentary.
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Owen Johnson
Macmillan Company
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Thomas Carlyle
C. R. K Oe
Magdalen College
Oxford
Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim
Ford M. Rueffer
McClure, Phillips & Co
England
Paris
Fauborg
Germain
Lewis W. Teeter
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