Editorials and notices from the Indianapolis Journal 1902
In the Sept 15 1902 issue the Indianapolis Journal prints postal and subscription information, distribution points, and pages listing city and national notices. It also includes editorials commenting on European armies and the Panama Canal, labor strikes, Haiti unrest, and politics with references to Tom L Johnson and Judge Mitchell. It notes John S Wise descendants among young Republicans and historical remarks on Henry A Wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johns
Wise
Sime
Henry A. Wise
Ante-Bellum Times
Virginia
John Brown
Wisconsin bankers oppose asset currency and branch banks
The article notes bankers in Wisconsin unopposed to the current banking system and against asset currency and branch banks. It also mentions political maneuvering around Roosevelt era tariff talks and trust critique during his Westward trip, plus a hopeful Post Office Department surplus projection for the current year.
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Wisconsin
West
Post Office
Defici
Postmaster General Cuts Second Class Abuse and Rural Delivery Costs
The Deficiency will be kept down to 1 000 dollars as the rural free delivery service expands. Ex Postmaster General Smith ordered restricting second class rates for newspapers to legitimate publications, provoking indignation among influential violators who seek injunctions to block or overturn the ruling. The savings from curbing abuse aim to fund rural delivery and reduce the deficit to a negligible amount.
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Smith
Congress
New York Gop Endorses Roosevelt For 1904 Nomination
New York Republican leaders have decided the state convention will endorse Theodore Roosevelt for renomination in 1904. The move, influenced by Western state endorsements, aims to express support while not binding future conventions. The decision signals strong party unity in New York and reflects Roosevelt’s current strength.
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New York
Roosevelt
Platt
Empire State
Mr Roosevelt's First Year Earns Wide Support and Confidence
Theodore Roosevelt marks one year as President, sustaining McKinley policies in the Philippines and Cuba. He kept the Cabinet, gained party support in Congress, won broad Republican praise, and earned public trust through cautious, united leadership. He is expected to continue shaping policy with the same resolve, though he may make some life mistakes along the way.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
McKinley
Philippines
Roosevelt
Cuba
Congress
Senate
Hie
Ohio River navigation push faces Congress aid debate
The piece argues for full congressional funding to make the Ohio River navigable year round from Pittsburg to the mouth, citing benefits to coal coke iron lumber and agricultural markets across the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and urging lawmakers to approve the project on its merits. It notes criticism of river bills for waste and highlights veterans events and recent trust failures as context.
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Pittsburg
Ohio River
Congress
Ohio
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mississippi
Our jackpot your reverence took the other night
A fragmentary quote notes a remark about a jackpot and a reverence referenced as taking place the previous night. The snippet provides no clear person, place, organization, or event to anchor a fuller summary.
The Humorists and Vignettes in Brooklyn and Beyond
A collage of humorous snippets and snippets from papers like Baltimore American Los Angeles Herald San Francisco Bulletin Philadelphia Press Chicago Tribune and others. Dialogue sketches include a husband’s self denial a health food invention a nature preacher and a playful party plan with child care.
Prince Henry Prussia insured against assassination motion
A 900000 life policy insures Prince Henry of Prussia against assassination only and pays out solely for that cause. The Kaiser and Prince Henry share musical interests. Henry ordered gavottes he composed with a Leipzig firm for his flagship leisure hours.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Prince Henry of
Kaiser
Lord Kitchener
Germany
Russia
South Africa
Kitchener
Cape Town
Victoria
Liang Chang
China
Amherst College
Phillips
Amherst
Liang
New York Tribune
Jerome
Lawrence Jerome
Larry
Fifth-avenue
Travers
Alexander Shepherd a pivotal force in Washington's redemption
The Washington Post lauds Alexander Shepherd as a heroic reformer who rose amid civic stagnation to redefine Washington. It compares him to Grant, crediting his courage, organization, and public-spirited fortune for building the city’s grand monument and sparking civic pride that transformed the capital.
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Washington Post
Alex. R. Shepherd
Washington
Shepherd
Grant
Despond
David
Alexander Shepherd
May Break the Circus Monopoly in Ohio
The Washington Star notes the U S circus business forms a trust and suggests the Democratic tent show in Ohio could break the monopoly. Headlines indicate concern over consolidation and potential political action to challenge the arrangement.
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Washington Star
United States
Possibl
Ohio
The Lord's Prayer Sermon Series by Rev T J Villers
Rev Thomas J Villers opens a series on The Lord's Prayer at First Baptist Church. He contrasts vain pagan prayer with Jesus pattern prayer, explains sons of God through faith, brotherhood in God, and heavenly fatherhood, urging humility, charity, and holy living.
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First Baptist Church
Thomas J. Villers
Jesus
Baal
India
Ram
Krishna
Gethsemane
God
Christ Jesus
Christ
I Johnny
Jacob Strawn
William Reynolds
Statehouse
Springfield
Reynolds
Kingdom of God
Man
Earth
Heaven
Spurgeon
Gladstone
Sanctuary of God Brightens Life Says Pastor Philpott
Rev Allan B Philpott preached in the remodeled Central Christian Church auditorium. He urged all people to come to the sanctuary to seek light and truth, noting the Bible verses from Psalms and stressing that wealth and worldly success lack meaning without faith and higher rewards. He asserted workingmen are welcome and that religion suffers when the life of faith is not awakened in individuals.
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Allan B. Philputt
Central Christian Church
McKinley
Philpott
Asaph
God
Sanctuary
Eterna
Nazareth
Back in His Pulpit Rev Owen Davies Odell Returns
The Rev. Owen Davies Odell of Second Presbyterian Church resumes duties after a two month vacation. He notes the church interior was redecorated and lighting upgraded to electric, then preaches on the power of the ordinary person and the era of fading genius.
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Owen Davies Odell
Second Presbyterian Church
Odell
Social purity sermon denounces modern vice and dress
The Rev. Lewis Brown warned against marriages for money, obscene ads, sensational newspapers, and indecent novels. He argued for a high moral standard, condemning theater vulgarity, lurid posters, and permissive dress while urging a crusade to curb vice across society.
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Lewis Brown
Dr. Brown
Sermon Urges New Sir Galahad for Times
The Rev Walter Priest of Atchison Kan preached at Third Christian Church on a call for reform. He praised the crusade against vice, urged self surrender at baptism and lamented no one came to the altar after services.
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Galahad
Stead
Walter Scott
Atchison, Kan
Third Christian Church
C. C. Rowlison
Nwew
Bible and Modern Life Topic at People's Church
Rev Edward A Cantrell led a large audience in outlining a modern view of religion and literature He argued for a progressive culture that borrows from science and great writers while preserving faith He said God is living in literature religion politics and life and that greater things are still to come.
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Tom L. Johnson
Edward A. Cantrell
The
People’s Church
Copernicus
la Place
Darwin
Spencer
Fiske
le Conte
Drummond
God
Tennyson
Goethe
Browning
Saul
Whitman
Bacon
Emerson
Carlyle
Ruskin
Hugo
Mazzini
Pushkin
Tolstoy
Spinoza
Hegel
Jesus
Plutarch
Jean Us
Newton
Proctor
Flammarion
George Adam Smith
Isaiah
Pilate
Paul
Shakspeare
Plato
Galileo
Burning Beaumont oil well stops on its own
Beaumont Texas dispatch reports the burning oil gusher near the field went out around 3 a.m. leaving dark off fields. Authorities say the well choked itself and will need cleaning before resuming production. A large excursion visited the site but only rusted machinery and ash piles remained. guards watched the fire setup all day as a meeting planned for later to discuss protection and alarms.
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Astor House
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P. O. News Co
217 Street
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Witchey & Co
Louisville
C. T. Deering
Third and Jefferson Streets
Louisville Book Co
Fourth Avenue
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West Market Street
ST. Louis
Union News Company
Union Depot
Waacreatos
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Ebbitt Pairfax
Willard
Lane
Lane & Jackson
Fifteenth Lawrence Streets
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South Jefferson Street
Joe Wheeler
Europe
Cleve and Leader
Supreme Court of Ohio
Mitchell
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Knox
Panama Canal Company
Haiti
Ray
Colonel Dunn
Republican State Committee
Cable
Democratic Congressional Committee
Walltreet
Maine
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Aldrich
Rhode Island
Hanna
Lodge
Massachusetts
Allison
Iowa
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Oyster Bay
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MR. Roosevelt
Ohio River Improvement
Lawrence Wilson
Twelfth Army Corps Association
Twelfth Corps
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Mansfield
Antietam
Slocum
Gettysburg
Twenty-seventh Indiana
Thomas
American Alkali Company
Canada
Alkali Trust
Ice Trust
Stone
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Cambridge
the Humorists
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Longwynde
Nature
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Chicago Tribune
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T. J. Villers
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