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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1902
Page
5
The Indianapolis Journal lists mail rates for daily and Sunday editions, addresses for newspaper stands in major cities, and notices about editorial content. It also surveys political commentary on Tom L. Johnson, Attorney Vaughan, and the Panama matter, plus industrial trends like railroad consolidations and coal usage debates.
A discussion notes that frequent murders burden the state as life convicts increase. It argues that those who take a human life forfeit rights, and society may act to reinforce murder as an awful crime, dropping sentiment to stress deterrence and accountability.
The piece rebuts claims that Wright’s report favored miners or was suppressed for political reasons. It describes the report as balanced, noting miners and operators had valid points. It condemns editorial misrepresentation and political manipulation surrounding the strike.
A column tracing Indiana state debt from 1861 to 1902 highlights Republican reductions and Democrat expansions. It notes debt decreases under Republican control, including a $1,000,000 payment in 1902, and claims ongoing efforts to wipe out remaining bonded indebtedness by the end of Governor Durbin’s term.
An analysis rebutting Democratic claims of widespread price dumping by American manufacturers abroad. It notes that only about 1 percent of export sales were below U.S. prices, with most reductions driven by business needs such as preserving employment and market share. The piece cites the Industrial Commission findings and references English and German practice as a broader context.
The text recalls soldier home and monument funding under Democrats and Republicans. It notes a tax levy drop from 18 to 9 cents, a Republican fee and salary law saving counties and the state, and cites the insurance department collecting 1,336,822.80 since 1895, with 133,682 would have gone to the state auditor under a Democratic act.
The article analyzes tin plate pricing, noting the US price exceeds England by about a dollar a box, aiding free trade arguments. It recounts Welsh monopoly, 19th century duties, and the 1870s shift where American factories failed under British competition, raising prices again by 1879.
The article traces British price cutting on tin plates driving American tariffs to shield a domestic industry. It notes 22 cent per pound duty after 1891, expansion of U S tin plate factories, wage comparisons, and the Indiana plant impact, plus related economic data and other political notes.
A humorous strip of quips about women’s habits and aging fashions. Johnny Cupp jokes about dresses hanging down to stay up while a dealer questions selling furniture. The householder holds out hope for high antique value, delaying a sale.
A collage of humorous quotes and jokes from several American newspapers. Bits include coal prices and furniture worth, hustle as life advice, theater plans, a fur lined overcoat inheritance, a sermon with nothing to say against the Bible, and a playful exchange about a missing father with a bald head clue.
The Rev Thomas A Goodwin and his wife celebrate sixty years of marriage with an informal family reception at their home at 12 College avenue from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Their children assist, plus a daughter will read a specially written poem. The couple, both active in religious and social life, are noted for long service and staunch support of Indiana education.
A Sunday Journal item notes an Electric Laboratory in Boston aimed at emulating German institutions, while a quaint volume titled Mr. Wesley's Puysic is identified as the property of an Indianapolis owner.
Judge Stubbs postpones major lead pipe theft case as police hunt for a fictitious Harry Hughes. A dozen young offenders face corporal punishment or suspended sentences for stealing pipe, cigars, and small items. One ten year old, Jesse Green, pleads guilty to theft and awaits further affidavit action.
Festival Field will glow with nearly ten thousand incandescent lights after contracts awarded to Sanborn-Marsh Electric Company for lighting and to J. A. Gorman Company for decorations. Gorman, renowned from the world’s fair and Washington ceremonies, will lead the field’s festive illumination.
Dr J Dewitt George returned from Chicago after attending the National Association of Orificial Surgeons. A Meridian Street M E Church Sunday school social drew a fair turnout with an interesting program. Goth & Co designed the Crown Hill Cemetery monument for General Streight, not Rudolph Schwartz as previously announced. Mrs O P Morton will donate a bust of her husband to the Morton School during Monday’s presentation and exercises. J J Street, an early county pioneer, died last Sunday at Matthews Indiana from a stroke that followed paralysis. The 28th annual reunion of the Seventy Indiana Regiment will be in Greenwood October 1 with Maj George presiding and Col Merrill reading a paper. Martha Dinnen of 82 South Maple visited the City Dispensary with a wounded wrist after dropping a bottle, Dr Goodwin treated the cut.
A meeting held yesterday led to Harry Pancake being chosen as temporary aviation organizer and T Gwinnup named as paired union head, as organizers work to rally waiters into a union and extend invitations to join.
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