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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1902
Page
6
The page surveys subscription rates and mail distribution for The Indianapolis Journal, lists select foreign and domestic newsstand locations, and comments on public topics. It notes rapid justice in a Texas murder case, wage reductions by Anderson tin workers, and opinions on Harvard president Eliot and English critics. It mentions horse shows, game protection funding, and beef prices from Mr Armour.
An analysis of why meat prices rose due to supply not keeping pace with population, debunking packer blame. It argues public opinion shaped ending a major strike, praising arbitral justice and urging avoidant demagoguery. It cites Governor Odell and Roosevelt as examples of public influence over policy and labor disputes. The piece ends by asking how to protect the public from volatile, irritable behavior in business and society.
A columnist laments rising homicidal violence including repeated wife killings, noting recent case near Marion and two New York businessmen killed by a third who then died by suicide. The piece links mental illness and intoxication to such acts, urging timely restraint and judicial action rather than bonds.
The article traces the beginnings of strikes from individual quitters to organized labor, noting early examples in New York in 1741 and 1810, prosecutions under common law for conspiracy, and the growth of strikes with industrial expansion after the Civil War, including wage losses and rising union influence. It questions where the trend might end.
A Rochester convention paper criticizes past practice of gifting municipal franchises to corporations. It notes cities often receive only taxes and rarely obtain full franchise value. The discussion urges modern, systematized negotiating to secure fair returns for urban utilities and services.
The writer surveys replies from fifty three cities about franchise payments. Many cities like Bayonne Portland Seattle and Elizabeth grant long or perpetual charters with little or no compensation. The article advocates a gross receipts tax as fairer and notes cities with varied schemes and failures to collect revenue.
An educator argues for frequent pupil promotion in lower grades to relieve crowding. Primary grades are most affected as older students move on. The plan suggests three promotion periods per year, instead of two, based on teachers’ judgments and short-term readiness. The writer asserts the method is feasible and beneficial overall.
A conservative religious paper recalls a minister who urged sensationalism to attract crowds. He advised preachers to advertise boldly and use striking methods to rouse a church neglecting community, echoing a controversial article urging dramatic appeals in sermons.
The column notes ministers faced with resignations should assess how much their congregation will tolerate drastic actions. It commends Dr Adolph Lorenz for charitable surgeries, argues fair fees reflect ability to pay, and cites how physicians aid the poor without compensation. It also discusses ex President Cleveland hosting Roosevelt and party hostility fading. It mentions Brooklyn’s sewing and stenography teachers, the horse show’s ambition and finances, the Shepherd King controversy, a Leeds pews change, a West Virginia mining- owning actress, and a New York jury-list registration prompt. It ends with S R Crockett turning forty-two and a prolific publishing forecast.
A compendium of jokes from various papers. The Baltimore American asks what luxury people seek in the months with R in their names and a wise boy answers coal. The New York Sun notes the Manhattan island sale satire and election votes worth two dollars. The Life and New Reporter mock exchanges and the Detroit Free Press lampoons luxury. A landlord and tenant joke ends with a steam heater quip.
A collage of humorous clippings and social jests from early 20th century papers. It mixes a mock medical instruction about coffee with a whale anecdote, wedding banter, and a domestic cartoon where Mrs Bland jokes about Sunday meals.
Augustus St Gaudens nears completion of a Phillips Brooks statue for Boston. Ex Speakers Reed and others contrast fortunes as Twain stirs English papers. Miss Helen Gould travels with bodyguard Tutt to curb Kodak trespassers. A New York hat maker reports Indian hat sizes. Lady Henry Somerset leads English temperance, Mme Melba returns to Melbourne, and Sousa recalls Sunday law humor. Etta Bolton, Mobile, becomes one of six U.S. women letter carriers. Dowager Duchess of Abercorn near 90 with many descendants and honors. Mme Patti naturalizes as British subject. her cosmopolitan lineage noted. Freeport IL plans Lincoln Douglas debate marker at Douglas Ave and Mechanic St after delay.
A collage of quips and lines from miscellaneous fiction and essays. The excerpts touch on desire, persuasion, foolishness, forgiveness, independence, and romance with a playful, antiquated voice. The fragmentary pieces resemble a literary miscellany rather than a cohesive article.
Fragmented lines speak of tears laughter wakes and a youth seeking to overcome difficulty to play life’s game. The text contrasts love, soul hunters, and a Bray turning away as wisdom grows through struggle.
A longtime Wall Street trader reflects on 30 years of business, seeing trust in integrity guiding markets after past panics. He contrasts past fast profits with a science of business and predicts open, fair dealings as the path to lasting success, contrasting cynicism elsewhere. The exchange ends with a call to Kansas.
An Infusorial Earth Manufacturing brick soaked in kerosene burned for long periods, rivaling coal for cooking and heating. Reports from Washington and Utica note bright flames, minimal ash, and potential cost under 1 cent per meal. Families in Tarrytown Croton reportedly adopting the method.
A Good Housekeeping piece argues against extended schooling delaying practical experience. It suggests a twelve year old finish grammar, work on a farm, then time in a country printing office to gain hands on skills, pay little, and learn language and affairs, building a solid basis for future study.
In a jokey monologue the speaker imagines David Bennett Hill responding by retreating into an auger hole and pulling the hole in, using humorous exaggeration to imply retreat or avoidance.
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