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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1902
Page
4
The Indianapolis Journal announces subscription terms for carriers and agents, with daily and Sunday editions, weekly rates, and mail prepaid options. It lists publication offices, postage stamps, and where the paper can be found in major cities, noting policy on manuscript submission and non-return of rejected pieces.
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Roosevelt's New England speeches push Republican themes though praised as nonpartisan. Labor Day attendance and union growth are highlighted amid continuing mine and street railroad debates. Vermont's off year election sees a local option candidate affecting GOP votes. historical parity hints at 1900 patterns. Veterans run toward Grand Army encampment in Washington with rising applications for free passes.
The report notes McKinley's November total of 51,127 as the highest Republican tally in the state, while Bryan's drops to 10,179. It states that tomorrow's returns will show the combined strength of regular and local option candidates, reflecting true Republican support.
Twenty years after the 1882 labor day experiment the celebration has grown into an institution. The piece notes conservative organized labor leadership in Indiana led by Gompers and Mitchell, few strikes, and arbitration as the preferred remedy. It highlights prosperous employment, high wages, andarly steady conditions, with families participating in a gala day observance and pride in American workers.
A Bangor speech by President Roosevelt on the Monroe Doctrine sparks foreign commentary. German and Austrian papers debate motive, scope, and whether the doctrine targets European meddling in the Americas, with editors noting no link to commercial treaties.
In British press reaction to Roosevelt's Monroe doctrine, the London Spectator praises U S resolve to enforce the policy and warns against continental powers carving empires in the Americas. It notes potential British support to stop land grabs in Central and South America.
The Washington Post critiques a Journal reference tying the panic of 1893 to Democratic misrule. It argues the Sherman silver purchase act and tariff policies mattered, notes 1892 election effects, and cites business contractions and crises through 1896. It discusses Jerome Herff’s political role and critiques primary reforms and sugar consumption as prosperity indicators.
The article notes sugar per capita at about eighty pounds if counting glucose. It reports 1,992,336 tons of sugar imported last year, 292,180 tons cane sugar produced, and 124,459 tons beet sugar. It then recounts political tremors around Tom L. Johnson and McLean in Ohio, plus a whimsical note about a bear shot in a New Hampshire game preserve created by Austin Corbin, detailing the wild animals released there.
Yonkers Statesman and Cleveland Plain Dealer exchange quips about growing up and tennis. A visitor asks a boy what he will be when old enough and the boy replies twenty one. The Plain Dealer notes on tennis and marriage, joking that even Henry the Eighth played it.
A collage of brief anecdotes from old papers includes a friar reacting to hornets with Gracious and Durn it, a cornetist joke about a former tenant, trust magnates mocking David and the leather trust, and a child’s quip about heaping coals of ire as punishment. The tone mirrors early 20th century humor and social satire.
News from Carupano reports Governor Velutini will lead three gunboats and 300 men to bombard Ciudad Bolivar for a second time. The city, last week shelled by Bolivar and Staurador, suffered many casualties. British nationals there urge a Royal Navy protector ship.
In Shanghai on August 31 the Anglo Chinese commercial treaty was not signed. Sir James L. Mackay and Chinese commissioners met August 3, but an imperial decree empowering Chinese signatories was deemed unsatisfactory, delaying the accord. Mackay canceled his passage and awaits further word from Peking as controversy over likin repeal and sur tax arrangements lingers.
A Richardson stage traveling between Cazadero and nearby towns overturned after frightened horses near Cazadero. One man was killed and eight injured, including two women and six men. Driver Higginson was on the box. A second coach tour in Livingston Yellowstone overturned, causing multiple injuries and one fatality among thirteen passengers.
A critical summary describes The Spenders as a lively tale of Montana and New York high society. It follows Percival Bines and family through extravagance, yacht life, bridge games, and Wall Street schemes. The grandfather counsels restraint while the younger man faces ruin and vows to return to honest labor.
A review of W Jean de Bloch's six volume study The Future of War. The English edition covers only the last volume summarizing conclusions. The author, a Polish Jewish financier and sociologist, argues large scale war will become impossible due to weapon lethality and rising social economic factors.
Holman F. Day, a Maine native, presents light verse portraits of plain folk and rural life in Maine. The volume, though not high poetry, carries witty, racy dialect and realistic East Coast character sketches across seven sections including Our Home Folks and Ballads of Capers. Boston Small, Maynard & Co.
Public overview of Mrs John Oliver Hobbes, known as an author of clever novels, presenting a volume with three short stories and two short plays. The longer play, a tragedy with Spanish background, once staged at St James's Theatre drew mixed critical response. The other play was written for Miss Ellen Terry and inspired by a French production. One story was for a child's magazine addressed to the author's life boy. Published by D Appleton Co. in New York and Chicago.
A review notes A Girl of Virginia as a pleasing romance by Lucy Meacham Thruston. The heroine, daughter of a University of Virginia professor, is well drawn as a high-spirited young woman who weighs two suitors and chooses the more fitting for lasting happiness. Vivid countryside descriptions and a wholesome, inspiring atmosphere support a satisfactory ending. Little, Brown & Co. Boston.
Edgar L. Vincent presents Robert Kemp a young mine superintendent seeking a State Legislature seat to aid miners. The machine politics challenge him as Margaret Bowlby, mine owner’s daughter, supports him with fortune and love for their shared happiness and success.
A new study defining Lake Como as a world shrine chronicles its claim as birthplace of Pliny the Younger and follows Roman, medieval, and Lombard influences through modern times. The volume, rich with illustrations, pairs historic insight with contemporary interest. New York Barnes & Co.
A C Laut presents Heralds of Empire set in Boston refugees and London during Charles II with Radesson as the vivid adventurer. D Appleton & Co publishes Heart Shots a varied essay collection with pieces like The Divinity of Man and Typewriter vs Gatling Gun in a mediocre style.
The author N Y Rev Frank De Witt Talmage is following in his late father’s footsteps as a popular preacher. The book blends impressions of nature with moralizing instruction from B L C Ward style prose. Funk & Wag nalls Company published in New York.
Bookseller listings note The Nameless Hero and Other Poems by James Blythe Anderson from A Wessels Company New York. Also listed are Fairview's Mystery by George H Marquis from Abbey Ramble Brae by Robert Bridges aka Broch from Scribner's and Bits of Broken China by William E G Fales from Street & Smith plus Margaret Tudor a semi historical romance by Annie T Cock from Stokes Company.
The article surveys September numbers of Kieth's Magazine on Home Building, St Nicholas, Bookman, Cosmopolitan, World's Work, Century, National Magazine, and Everybody's Magazine. It highlights features on William Morris, Maeterlinck, Roosevelt, Philippine policy, education, labor, and fiction intervals, naming contributors and topics across housing, arts, science, and social issues.
The issue surveys American and English editions of major works, notable short stories, and essays. It previews Mary R. Andrews, Richard Harding Davis, and Jesse The Little White Bird stories, plus Atlantic and Scribner content on labor, education, and democracy. It notes illustrated pieces and reviews across The Review of Reviews, Scribner, and The Atlantic with focus on labor, industry, and cultural topics.
A digest of forthcoming novels and works by Owen Wister Ed ward Fuller Clara Louise Burnham Max Muller Henry Norman Richard Harding Davis David Graham Phillips Bishop Henry C Potter Kipling and others with planned autumn releases. Highlights include The Virginian sales pace, Captain Macklin ready mid September and Just So Stories illustrations now complete.
Big Glory, one of the largest balloons, started in Denver today to break the world long distance record and seek speeds in balloon sailing. The craft holds about 1 000 000 cubic feet of hydrogen and aims to reach New York. Captains Baldwin and Hudson aboard with Sherman of the Post are aboard for the journey.
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