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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1902
Page
14
The Indianapolis Journal reports that the United States trails rivals in preparing for global markets and potential downturns. Canada pursues a stronger independent trade role, while England’s brisk trade contrasts with American indecision on reciprocal treaties. J. D. Whelpley.
The grand duke spent weeks in the United States, with rumors of wild conduct including wine from a soubrette’s slipper in Chicago, drawing France and England into questions about a revised imperial pact. Colonial attitudes toward empire shift as independence, trade fairness, and national interest rise in public view amid coronation discussions and potential pacts between England, France, and the colonies.
Vere Carewe led a rescue party from Kilchberg and Mont Blanc climbers to save survivors after a deadly Alpine disaster. The account details the ascent, a mate’s fall, the discovery of two bodies, and the dramatic rescue of a living carrier in a narrow crevice, amid frostbitten injuries and grim weather.
Vere Carewe recounts a perilous ascent in a storm toward Cabane Ballet that misled the party onto a Grand Plateau glacier. One man dies, another collapses, and leaders abandon the ascent after hours of effort. Carewe imagines his own decisive return as he recalls family awaiting him and envisions a serene heaven after the tragedy.
In the Colorado Desert arid region, drilling for petroleum tapped artesian water. The gushing flow reveals a valuable resource enabling permanent agricultural land value growth. The discovery highlights artesian water as a crucial, often concealed, asset for dry lands dependent on groundwater.
In a timely warning from The Philadelphia Inquirer the article notes the six month period for Boer generals to consider remaining in the United States. It emphasizes their popularity among various American classes and suggests they should settle differences with morning remedies before departing.
A New Albany gentleman who owns a large stove foundry in Louisville employs many Percheron horses for heavy hauling. In summer one or two work horses take a four week holiday at his sunny Indiana hillside home, enjoying freedom from labor. They trod the long bridge to Ohio and the hills, then return with renewed zest. A quaint volume, Wesley’s Primitive Physic, was found by an Indianapolis collector in a New York secondhand store.
An Indianapolis collector bought a London 1747 edition of John Wesley’s Primitive Physic, one of the few copies left. The worn volume lists odd remedies for ague, baldness, and other ailments, with Wesley urging rest, specific diets, and repeated treatments. The owner, valued at $200, notes the book’s long survival and historic medical antiquity.
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