Subscriptions and notices in the Indianapolis Journal
The October 6 1902 issue details subscription rates and options for the Journal and its clubs. It lists multiple city and hotel newsstand agents in Indianapolis and other cities, plus postal guidelines. The page discusses political and economic topics including coal supply, gas and fuel concerns, and national issues with mentions of Morgan Hearst and tariffs. It references the Central Ohio Teachers Association convention and local press commentary on coal markets and reciprocity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Ohio Teachers’ Association
Indianapolis
Ventive Genius Aims to Ease Consumption Dismay
Must come more and more into use and ventive genius will devise appliances for its consumption which will lessen its disagreeable features. The fragment suggests progress in invention to reduce drawbacks of use.
Public opinion splits on ending anthracite strike policy
The Chicago Tribune surveys national views on ending the coal strike, noting calls for federal seizure of mines by eminent domain, governors to use or request troops, and Roosevelt’s stance. It discusses mine operators’ law violations, Tammany influence fears, and possible congressional action, with historical reflections on Steuben and Pulaski namesakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Morgan
Chicago Tribune
Chandler
Mazon
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago Record-Herald
The
Tribune
Tammany
Markle
Congress
Senate
Republican Meeting to Open Campaign in Tomlinson Hall
The Republican speaking campaign in this city opens next Wednesday evening with a meeting in Tomlinson Hall. Three speakers from other states are to attend, chosen by Representative Overstreet to present campaign issues. James Sherman of New York, a House leader, Vreeland of northern New York, a capable speaker and businessman, and Alexander McDowell, clerk of the House, a veteran campaigner, will address the gathering. The event is expected to attract a large audience. Republican neighbors are urged to attend and bring friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomlinson Hall
Representative Overstreet
Jamess. Sherman
New York
Columbia Club
Representative Vreeland
Alexander McDowell
Pennsylvania
Congress to erect statues of Pulaski and Steuben in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Congress will authorize statues of Polish hero Casimir Pulaski and Baron von Steuben in the capital. The plan completes a quartet of foreign patriots who aided the American cause alongside Lafayette and Rochambeau, highlighting differing levels of official backing and personal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Savannah
Baron Steuben
Old Country
Prussia
Washington
Virginia
Lafayette
Yorktown
Congress
New York
Utica
N. Y
Steuben
United States
Pulaski
Pulaski City
Pulaskiville
Ohio
Pulaski County
Indiana
Illinoia
Kentucky
Arkansas
Steuben Valley
Steubenvilles
Towa
Brick
Kosciusko
Kosc
America
Brandywine
Government ownership of coal mines impractical and costly
The piece argues government control of anthracite would raise prices and waste public funds. It notes higher wartime ship costs, inefficiency in public printing, and the need for a large army to run mines and rail lines. Eminent domain schemes would require hundreds of millions and burden taxpayers with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hill
New York
Anthracite Strike Viewed as Lesser Yet Lasting Political Lesson
An editorial argues the anthracite coal strike may yield good in the long run. It notes bituminous coal dominates supply, Pennsylvania’s output favors bituminous, and a broader national strike would have worsened fuel shortages. It credits bituminous miners for restraint and predicts Congress will act to prevent a future repeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
Pennsylvania
Union
United States
Congress
Mindanao Campaign and Tin Plate Debates Highlight 1892 Wrap
The piece discusses labor strife and a push for arbitration laws affecting coal roads, critiques Ohio Governor McKinley’s era role, and notes Indiana tin plate industry data. It also reports Manila expedition successes against the Moros, detailing Captain Pershing's forces driving them from forts and destroying positions with notable American daring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Datto
Maciu
United States
Captain Pershing
The Humorists and The Voice of Experience Exchange Jokes
A light exchange of witticisms on social manners. A Boston Transcript quip recalls a dog theft and its humorous angle. The dialogue references a kleptomaniac mother and a man paying someone to fetch the dog, delivering a wry moral about losses.
All Make Mistakes and Food Jokes Across Papers
A collage of humorous snippets from papers including Atlanta Constitution and Syracuse Herald. Snappy lines on office woes cannibal fears and fall moods with light quips about baseball and dating. A Chicago Tribune exchange ends with a pun about Bradstreet's.
State power to regulate contracts in corporations debated
In a letter to the editor from Hartford City Indiana on October 4 E D Moffett argues that while rights to contract may be limited by state and federal law, corporations are artificial persons not citizens under the fourteenth amendment. He cites U S Supreme Court rulings and Chief Justice Fuller on restraints on contract to preserve public welfare, endorsing state power to curb abuses and prevent fraud by operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United States
Supreme Court of the
Fuller
Buer
Pennsylvania
Artford City
Ind
E. D
British Transport Floated From Bermuda Harbor Shallow Shore
The British transport Aurania, under Captain King, ran ashore while entering Bermuda’s harbor. Crews found it impossible to refloat the vessel and it is reported not to be leaking, with efforts underway to assess damage and determine next steps.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Aurania
King
Queeey
Loom of Life by Rev Charles Frederic Goss review in The Bowen Merrill Co
A critical sketch of The Loom of Life by Rev Charles Frederic Goss of Cincinnati. The plot follows Philip Gurney who betrays a young woman in Tennessee then is hunted by a Greek maiden in Cincinnati. The tale blends melodrama with moral aims and exotic settings.
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Charles Frederic Goss
Cincinnati
David Carson
Philip Gurney
Gurney
Tennessee
Diana
Melampus
Pamphlagus
Greece
America
Bowen- Merrill Company, Publishers
Jesus the Jew by Harris Weinstock reviewed as liberal Jewish view
The book collects lectures by a Jewish liberal on Jews relation to Gentiles and Christianity. It argues Jesus can bridge Judaism and Christianity rather than divide them, citing Christian contributions to civilization and a respectful tone toward Christian belief. Introduction by Vid Starr Jordan notes scholarly framing.
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Jesus
Jesus the
Harris Weinstock
Stanford University
Vid Starr Jordan
New York
Nk & Wagnalls Company
Book on Owen's career in America praised by multiple reviewers
The Labor Leader and Comrade review George B. Lockwood's New Harmony Communities as a comprehensive, well written, and fascinating work. The Argonaut and economic reviews applaud it, with Albion W. Small calling it a valued addition to practical sociology and noting its engaging mix of romance and sociology in Owen's life.
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Labor
London
Glasgow
Kier Hardie
George B. Lockwood
New Harmony
Owen
America
Lockwood
Comrade
The
Argonaut
Pacific Coast
Albion W. Small
American Journal of Sociology
University of Chicago
Ex Tion Society
Washington, D. c
Saisioe
Kansas
Russia
Samarkand
Henry L. West
Washington Post
McClure
Ralph M. Easley
National Civic Federation
Organized Labor
Velesquez
John la Farge
A. C. Post
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Clara Morris
Rachel
Jesse Lynch Williams
President Wilson
Princeton
Cyrus Townsend Brady
George Groghan
Fort Stephenson
Claude H. Wetmore
Lincoln Steffens
St. Louis
Spain
Wilbur F. Crafts
North American Review
Woodward
New York
8. L. Schenck
One University of
Vienna
Review of
United States
Mexico
International Tribunal
Hague
W. T. Stead
Virchow
Berlin
Oswald Villard
Henry Smith Williams
Copenhagen
Julius Moritzen
J. W. Jenks
Lward Eggleston
Rossiter Johnson
M. O. Stone
David Y. Thomas
A Revolution in the Science of Cosmology
Prof. George Campbell presents a new cosmology arguing the universe began not as heated matter cooling but as an incandescent mass evolving from a dead substance toward increasing heat. He claims evidence supports the Bible creation account and redefines universal origin.
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George Campbell
Earth’s origin debated by theory of gradual fusion
Fragmentary text claims evidence against the view that Earth formed from a cooled superheated mass. It suggests ongoing fusion shaping the planet, echoing scripture phrase about elements melting with fervent heat. Published by Crane & Co Topeka Kan.
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Crane & Co
Topeka
Kan
A Vision of the Century to Come
Paul Devinne presents a tale in which a man is put to sleep for a century through a mysterious doctor and awakens in 2000. The story contrasts social progress with human folly, ending as a dreamlike forecast of a future society shaped by redefined norms and prosperity.
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Paul Devinne
Bellamy
New York
G. W. Dillingham Company
Beautiful Joe’s Paradise novel preview in animals’ heaven
Margaret Marshall Saunders presents Beautiful Joe’s Paradise a sequel where old Joe finds his new home among many animals in the animals’ paradise on the Island of Brotherly Love. A boy pet owner visits aided by a monkey as the tale explores animal immortality with gentle, hopeful undertones for both young readers and adults.
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Margaret Marshall Saunders
Joe
Heaven
Paradise
Boston
L. C. Page & Co
Advertised Readers and Tales from Early 1900s Publishers
A catalog-like listing of children’s books and periodical titles with authors and publishers. Notable items include The Advanced First Reader by Ellen M. Cyr from Ginn and Co, The Sandals by Z Grenell from Funk and Wagnalls, The Care of the Teeth by Dr A Hopkins from Appleton, Verba Crucis by Rev T C McClelland from Crowell, Uncle Jed’s Country Letters, Maid of Montauk by Forest Monroe on Long Island, Standard First Reader from Funk & W Company, Establishing a Newspaper by O F Byxbee from Inland Printer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen M. Cyr
Boston, Ginn & Co
Palestine
Z. Grenell
New York
Funk & Wagnalls Company
5. A. Hopkins
D. Appleton & Co
Christ
T. C. McClelland
T. ¥. Crowell & Co
Jed
Lling
Montauk
Forest Monroe
Long Island
William R. Jenkins
Funk & W. Company
O. F. Byxbee
Chicago
The
Inland Printer Company
October literary magazines roundup from Strand to Scribner
The October issues across Strand Youth Century Pearson's Lippincott's Smart Set New England Poet Lore and more are highlighted. Features include Mary Moss's Fruit Out of Season, Captain Kettle adventures, Emerson and Longfellow letters, MIT history by Munroe, and Remington color drawings. The International Printer and American Magazine of History offer technical and historical content respectively.
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Strand
Penn Publishing Company
Philadelphia
Walter Scott
Hughes
Tom Brown
Pearson's
Captain Kettle
States
Gustav Kobbe
New York
Lippincott’s
Mary Moss
Arthur Symons
Gertrude Lynch
B. W. Babcock
New England
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Phinney Munroe
Lore
Gabriel D’annunzio
Josephine Preston Pea
B. A. Heydrick
Rudyard Kipling
Frederick M. Smith
Stevenson
Emerson
Longfellow
Paper and Press
Remington
Mary R. S. Andrews
J. M. Barrie
Miss Dasham
Henry van Dyke
James B. Connelly
Walter A. Wyckoff
London
Louis Judie
American Magazine of History
Benefit of women articles on suffrage and newspapers
Two items aimed at women readers on suffrage in Colorado and a piece on The Newspaper Woman of Today. The issue notes essays by W S Waith on Marie Corelli and coverage of Records of the Past and other periodicals.
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Colorado
Woman of Today
W. 5. Waith
Marie Corelli
America
Corellis
New Published Books Announced by Prominent Publishers
Kipling's Just So Stories appear with self illustrated art by Kipling. Several new titles are listed from Doubleday Page Houghton Mifflin and others including The Blood Richard Gordon and Home Life of the Borneo Head Hunters. Also noted are How to Sing by Lis Lehmann and The Girl Proposition by George Ade as well as Dooley anecdotes and Iroquois legends. Census vacancies and a large autumn list from Houghton Mifflin are mentioned.
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Rudyard Kipling
Doubleday, Page & Co
Clara Louise Burnham
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Lothrop Publishing Company
Boston
le Blood
James Creelman
Richard Gordon
Alexander Black
Borneo
Wilam H. Furness
The
Lippincotts
Furness
Lis Lehmann
Maccmillans
George Ade
F. P. Dunne
Dooley
Russell
A. Wessels Company
William W. Can
Utica
New York
Scribners
Thomas Nelson Page
Santa Claus
John Fiske
T. 5 B. Aldrich
Bret Harte
John Burroughs
Tww
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
George E. Woodberry
E. Stevenson
Wetmore Baroness von Hutten
Mabel O. Fome
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the Daily Journal
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Indianapolis Journal
Astor House
Palmer House, P. O. News Co
Dearborn Street
Auditorium Annex
Dearborn Station
BR. Hawley & Co
Vine Street
Louisville
C. T. Deering
Sited
Jefferson Streets
Fourth Avenue
Blaufeld Bros
Market Street
Columbus, O
North Carolina
Wilmington
Cleveland
W. R. Hearst
Devery
Sullivan
Massachusetts
Canada
Great Britain
Republican Meeting
Pulaski and Steuben
Indianapolis Sentinel
William McKinley, Jr
Inapolis
Elwood
Jack Gowdy
McKinley
Tin Plate Company
Anderson
the Humorists
Boston Transcript
Handel
Baler
Atlanta Constitution
Tagal
Syracuse Herald
Maria
Bertha
Badger
Bradstreet
Law and Corporations
British Transport
Jesus the Jew
Beautiful Joe's Paradise
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