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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1902
Page
4
Carl Rosner reports on an American interview with Paul Kruger, detailing Kruger’s calm demeanor, critique of press caricatures, prayerful stance toward editors, and remarks on his health, religion, and the forthcoming memoir. The piece portrays Kruger as resolute, intelligent, and wary of sensational reports.
An Indiana Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution recounts a family anecdote about stockings made during the Revolutionary War. Miss Harriet Scribner explains how great-grandmother Phoebe Kellogg Scribner spun wool from a field sheep, weaving socks for Nathaniel Scribner of Morristown, New Jersey, worn by the captain on his leave.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Rockport Indiana September 27 five aged residents who knew the Lincolns in Indiana will sit on the platform at the county dedication next week James Gentry Jr eighty five Redmond Grigsby eighty six Richard Jones eighty four Capt J W Lamar and his wife eighty two and eighty Hannah Romine ninety two will not attend Grigsby keeps a manuscript of Lincoln’s Chronicles of Reuben The town’s old Pigeon Baptist Church ties to the Lincoln family are noted with stories of a 1844 speech and a protective tariff drawn in the dust of a road after which the speaker urged tariff protection for national growth
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes a Quaker City family has erected a $75,000 log cabin on an island in Penobscot Bay Maine. The spruce lodge sits on 1235 acres owned by the builder and features a 30x room with hardwood floor rugs grand piano and walls adorned with pottery armor and pictures. The paneled windows have plate glass and gold interiors, reflecting woods and sea scenes. A brick and granite fireplace with marble mantel completes the front.
In London Euphrie a lively American girl tours sights and shops while trying to act English. She orders pineapple phosphate and ice water perplexing staff, fills a journal, collects luggage labels, and plans a grand day through Westminster Abbey the National Gallery and Trafalgar Square, all amid comic cultural misunderstandings.
A reflective verse prompt urging liberal margins for marginal notes and clarifications. The speaker requests generous space in print to temper the reading flow and allow easy scribbling of elucidatory notes and adroit apologies. October Atlantic publication context implied.
New York reports that the Disciples of Christ will hold the annual convention in Omaha, with eight days of sessions, noon and street meetings, and a giant communion service in the Coliseum expected to draw around ten thousand. The movement numbers 1.4 million, emphasizes Bible supremacy and apostolic restoration, and grows strongest in the middle West while expanding east and south. Methodist ministers plan a retreat in Worcester led by Rev. James Mudge, with a three-day program of silent, strictly spiritual addresses for clergy.
A Philadelphia group held about 6000 shares on margin for capitalists and faced a forced sale scheme by New York agents. They appealed to J Pierpont Morgan who halted the pressure by securing time and preventing market manipulation. The episode marks a shift in Wall Street power and ethics.
Agents faced sharp price cuts and tense trading as they struggled to hold positions on the exchange. Various salutary scenes occurred before the episode concluded.
During President Roosevelt's stay in Indiana's capital, Terre Haute recalls General Harrison's 1890s remarks describing an ideal city. Mayor Rookwalter cited Harrison's phrase no mean city, praising civic virtue, balanced governance, respect for capital, and a broad community spirit. The speech urged homes, reform calm, and a city where brains and manners outrank bank balances.
In October hunting, Country Life in America extols diverse quarry from quail and grouse to big game and wild fowl. The piece defends the hunter as a noble, skilled craftsman, driven not by bloodlust but by challenge, knowledge, and a simple pleasure in the outdoors, even when a hunt ends without a full bag.
Wu Tingfang the Chinese minister to Washington loves card games especially euchre and whist. He has won prizes in Atlantic City and would amuse onlookers with his diplomatic fuss over card parties. If he returns to China his son finishes high school in Washington and prepares for a university education.
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