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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1901
Page
2
A caravan and Kiangsis face a threatening crowd in Kirkan Boulak. After refusals to pay, stones are thrown and Burton with Kiangsis defend themselves. The party surveys the village housing, notes primitive two story dwellings, yak skin light blocks, and crowded animal rooms.
A quiz style excerpt covers tariff figures for wool, a Mount Vernon exhibit, cotton yields, and monarch death. It cites Illinois Texas populations, silver dollar weight, and author questions, plus notes on maple sugar origins and oleomargarine. It ends with a dog law tax and a printing ink formula, reflecting period trivia and civic notes.
A writer criticizes the misuse of common words in journalism. He argues that occur should not mean take place except in police court and that reporters should vary language without sacrificing accuracy. He laments poor English in newspapers as the people’s main education source.
Notice to contractors and builders that Indiana Timber and Lumber Co. has yellow pine timbers and joists in stock. Office and yards located at B. 2d St. and Monon Railroad.
A medical overview describes sudden limb paralysis in children aged six months to four years, its progression from initial afebrile onset to rapid loss of mobility, potential recovery, and likely deformities. It compares infantile paralysis with adult forms, notes prognosis, and outlines cautious home care and the role of warmth, fresh air, and massage.
National Review sketches Frances Nelson as the Viscountess Nelson, noting £1500 yearly pension, later £2000, and a life of dignified retirement at Exmouth. It recalls her strained family ties, naval connections, and patronage of the arts, with portraits by Beechey and a well known miniature.
Consul General Guenther in Frankfurt reports a Berlin lecture by Dr. Immanuel Priedlander on gem testing. The piece covers hardness tests, specific gravity, optical methods, common impostors, doublets, and semi stones, with scattered quotes and historical notes on seraphim and public figures.
A well known woman in women’s clubs helps a drunken man on Central Park West in the evening. She checks his condition, asks his name and address, and arranges for him to take a cab home. He sobers slightly, then thanks her from the cab.
The journal corrects a recent births list noting a son born to Dr. and Mrs. Nelson Irwin. It now states the newborn was a daughter, and the error was not the journal’s.
A fragmentary tribute poem describes a monument as eloquent in rest and truth, honoring a brave figure who fought for law and country until death. It laments the living passing by, noting the restless human title and the idea that those who walk have already died in spirit.
A household guide advises pampering summer boarders as guests, not adapting them to farm life. Plan early meals and simple dishes to please city visitors, offering reliable water milk cream eggs and fruit in season, with modest meat quality, while avoiding elaborate preparations like strawberry shortcake with cream.
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