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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1902
Page
4
The Indianapolis Journal discusses Labor unrest and political maneuvering. It cites Democrats pledging tariff for revenue, cites Hanna illness canceling Ohio dates, and mentions citizens promoting anti strike efforts. It references federal troops debate in Pennsylvania and rail against free traders. It notes wage trends and economic opinions shaping labor policy.
The past year favored wage earners, but a true comparison between 1497 and 191 should show a large increase. Reports from states indicate large corporations pay higher wages than small or individual concerns due to lower unit costs and greater funds for wages.
The Boston audience heard former attorney general Richard Olney accuse the Republican party and current administration of lawlessness. He faulted Wall Street relief moves, summoned pet banks from 1837, and questioned Sherman act enforcement. He also denied a damaging Harty interview and condemned smallpox related slander as dangerous politics.
A Sentinel reporter, in a brief interview with Governor Durbin, pressed him to say he would resign over an alleged Dr. Hurty interview. Durbin called the claim a falsehood, denied any such remark, and accused the reporter of slander. The exchange raised doubts about new journalism practices.
The editorial argues there is no near end to the anthracite strike as operators reject recognizing the Mitchell organization and miners refuse nonrecognition. It warns of state socialism, calls for federal or state action to curb corporate power, notes limited regional impact from anthracite, and suggests reliance on soft coal, electricity, and other fuels to avert widespread distress.
The Indiana Bulletin of Charities and Correction reports costs for nine months to July 31, 1902. Per capita maintenance rose slightly in insane hospitals and charitable institutions, held near prior year levels in correctional facilities, with meat, breadstuffs, and sugar varying modestly. Food quality aligns with typical middle class purchases, sparing few luxuries.
Officials bought food for state institutions at costs less than 80 percent higher than in the prior season, challenging claims of excessive price increases. Governor Odell says New York fears coal strikes won't hurt Republicans, noting Baer’s Jeffersonian Democrat stance and a push to fatten on monopoly.
The Massachusetts convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union adopted a resolution striking out the prior demand for temperance physiology instruction for all public school pupils. Many believed the push aimed to influence textbook control, triggering public sentiment and a reaction within the organization that first made the demand.
A collage of humorous skits and literary observations from several papers. The pieces range from jokes about coal bins and gymnastic props to dialect disputes and Browning themed essay notes, with extended excerpts on trees and nature in Browning's work and related writers.
Tom Johnson announces a free trade position described as rank by some, suggesting his views would shift if required to work rather than simply drive an auto RR.
Recent publications discuss Swami Vivekananda's lectures based on Upanishads gathered by the Vedanta Society of New York. The reviewer notes his brilliant style and subtle reasoning, covers topics like evil, reality, and freedom, and highlights his claim that true selfhood transcends good and evil and enables mastery over nature.
William Walker Atkinson outlines the new thought as a world sweeping movement dissolving dogmas and materialism. He surveys chapters on thoughts as things mind building mind and body and the super conscious faculties urging readers to investigate this accessible spiritual philosophy.
An 18th century revolt tale set in India recounts Sylvia Freyne’s voyage and life in Calcutta via letters to her friend Amelia. The plot blends romance with historical events including the Black Hole massacre and Calcutta’s later revenge, while noting Sylvia’s beauty and the princes' schemes to win her. Published by L. C. Page & Co.
Paul Laurence Dunbar continues his study of Negro life as The Sport of the Gods opens in the South with a solid family, a trusted employer, and a theft that leads to Berry’s arrest and conviction. The story follows the family to New York, their decline, a twist revealing the employer’s brother as thief, Berry’s pardon, and a return to old age in peace.
The author Mary J Holmes, a prolific American novelist, began writing young and has produced over thirty novels since 184. Her works are entertaining and popular. Cromptons is noted as her latest, featuring a hero from aristocratic circles visiting a college mate in the South.
A narrative centers on a poor but beautiful white woman and a self centered man whose efforts to sever their bond fail. The story sketches Southern life with sharply drawn characters and strong moral tension. Published in New York by G W Dillingham Company.
Horace S. Tarbell and Martha Tarbell authored Essentials of English Composition a concise text for grammar schools and lower high school classes. Tarbell, Providence superintendent, brings tested content with complete theory and ample practice suitable for private study, published by Ginn & Co., Boston.
In the Vienne region of France a tobacconist who was also a chemist and philosopher died when his own potion caused his triumph to end. The tale narrates his consciousness surviving through three lives, with the infant in the second life being his former wife as the mother, and him again as his son in the third life. Written by Everit Bogert Terhune and published by G. W. Dillingham Company in New York.
Jessie P Frothingham presents a compilation of notable naval figures from the late 16th century through the American era. The book covers eight naval heroes, two English, two Dutch, two French, and two Americans, offering readable sketches though uneven in completeness. Published in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Edwin L. Sabin collects fourteen golf themed stories originally in various periodicals. The volume presents bright clever tales republished by A Wessels Company, New Orleans.
A short note on a volume by Herman Bernstein, edited by Harry W. Desmond, published by J. F. Taylor & Co. New York. The Heart of Woman follows a Revolution era hero who marries one girl while still loving another, amid a set of complications. The collection includes eleven stories focusing on ghetto life, Jewish social and romantic themes, showing familiarity and solid writing.
Secretary of State John Hay’s memorial address for William McKinley is praised as eloquent and historical. Book form published by Crowell & Co. The passage introduces a broader novel about a national arts university with scenes in Washington and notes mixed merit.
The October issues of Criterion Harper's Bazar McClure's Magazine and Bookman feature Mary E Cardwill's Patriotic Societies Tarbell's History of the Standard Oil Company and a review by La Touche Hancock Mowbray's critique of Bliss Carman's verse Hewlitt's Italy Whitman portraits and Dixon's cost of living views World’s Work recounts Dixon's country seat escape while International Studio highlights Modern Dutch Art and Israeli.
English author Richard Whiteing, famed for No. 5 John Street, will publish The Yellow Van in the Century this coming November. Born in London to Yorkshire farming forebears, he studied at the Government School of Design, worked as an engraver, then moved to journalism before authoring. The Yellow Van begins with an English duke pursuing an American schoolmaam.
A. C. McClurg & Co reports strong demand for Mrs Carter Harrison's fairy tale Prince Silverwings. McCarthy finishes a new novel to be issued by R H New York. Howells's Literature and Life due Oct 14 from Harper & Brothers. Hawthorne bio by George E Woodberry to be published by Houghton Mifflin. Harper on Looking-Glass with Newell illustrations as companion to Alice. Thwaites Pens Life of Daniel Boone from Appletons. Wilde Co lists On the Frontier with St Cisir by Charles B Wood favored by Western readers. Lothrop to issue Rupert Hughes The Whirlwind. Mabinogion in new edition by New Amsterdam. Kennedy and Mowbray release new novels. Memoirs of a Contemporary by a Napoleonic-era writer. Roosevelt influence noted in The Simple Life by Wagner, now in multiple editions. Curtin translates Glovatski's The Pharaoh and the Priest from Little, Brown.
The Post-Check Currency plan gains attention as business leaders push Congress to pass legislation next session. It would allow endorsed notes to be converted into drafts payable to the named recipient, cutting travel time and remittance costs while benefiting the public and government revenue. Citizens urged to contact their Congress members for action.
Leslie's Weekly attacks Treasury Department for excluding renovated and adulterated butter from export controls. The piece argues that renovated butter is merely oleomargarine in disguise and protests legal favoritism toward the product. It urges equal treatment and condemns the decision as unjust and harmful to consumers.
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