Preface, 1885-89, 1890-91, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904,
1905, 1906, 1907-08, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1913-14, 1915-16, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1921-30, 1931-75
NEWSPAPER REFERENCES 1903
1903
Jan 4 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 1, p 7, c 1 - 2)
A conversation between Samuel Clemens and Ulysses S. Grant regarding selling the
rights to his autobiography too cheaply.
Jan 17 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
Praise given for Garland's The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop.
Jan 25 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 24, c 4)
Dr. George M. Gould, a prominent eye doctor, suggested most ill health of writers was attributable
to eye strain. The editor of the Globe suggested that Dr. Gould should have let Browning, Huxley,
and Carlyle rest and focused instead on contemporary writers including Lang, Austen, and Garland.
Feb 1 Washington (DC) Times (sec 3, p 12, c 5)
Photo of Garland in Indian costume sitting in a Cheyenne Indian tepee at the Eagle's Nest Artist Colony on Rock River outside Chicago.
Feb 1 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 2, p 2, c 4)
In a lecture at Lowell Institute in Boston, Thomas Wentworth Higginson spoke on the Western influence in American literature. He mentioned Garland among the list of minor literary authors
of the West.
Feb 8 Washington (DC) Times (sec 3, p 23, c 5)
In a column titled "Recreats of Litteraterus," the writer wrote of Garland, "Devising schemes to
reform the world."
Feb 10 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 6, c 7)
Poem, "Prairie Chickens."
Feb 10 New York (NY) Tribune (p 10, c 1)
Garland's proposal to rename the American Indians discussed. The reason for this proposal had
been focused on eliminating confusion in identifying and maintaining family relationships.
Feb 18 Washington (DC) Times (p 6, c 4)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age," reprinted from Outlook.
Feb 21 Washington (DC) Times (p 7, c 5)
Mrs. Garland assisted at a social function given by Ernest Thompson Seton.
Feb 22 New York (NY) Tribune (p 4, c 4)
Garland addressed the Woman's Press Club, Feb 28.
Mar 8 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 19, c 7)
Garland gave a five-minute speech at the Woman's Single Tax Club of the District of Columbia.
Mar 9 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 2)
"Sanity in Fiction," North American Review, Mar 1903.
Mar 9 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 4, c 7)
"Sanity in Fiction," North American Review, Mar 1903.
Mar 12 Bamberg (SC) Herald (p 4, c 4)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age," reprinted from Outlook.
Mar 24 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 17, c 3)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Mar 25 St. Louis (MO) Republic (p 5, c 4)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Poem, "The Meadow Lark."
Mar 29 Richmond (VA) Dispatch (ed, p 5, c 7)
"Sanity in Fiction," North American Review, Mar 1903.
Mar 29 Ardmore (OK) Ardmoreite (p 4, c 2)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Mar 30 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 5, c 3)
Writer suggested a recent story, "The Pride of Tellfair" by Elliott Elmore Peake, compared
favorably with stories written by Garland and Howells.
Apr 6 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 2)
Garland who traveled to Michigan and Dakota to deliver his lectures, "The Joys of the Trail" and "Prairie Song and Western Story" will spend the summer at West Salem, Wisconsin.
Apr 11 Baxter Springs (KS) News (p 6, c 1)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 15 Medicine Lodge (KS) Barbour County Index (p 2, c 1)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 16 Emporium (KS) Cameron County Press (p 4, c 1)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 17 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 7, c 5)
Mrs. F.B. Kellogg of Crocus Hill to host a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Garland.
Apr 22 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 4, c 3)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 25 Rock Island (IL) Argus (p 9, c 7)
Garland was appointed by President Roosevelt to head the Indian renaming project.
Apr 26 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 2, p 3, c 2)
Poem, "Dreams of the Grass."
Apr 29 Prescott (AZ) Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (p 2, c 2)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 30 White Earth (MN) Tomahawk (p 4, c 2)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 30 Wichita (KS) Daily Eagle (p 4, c 2)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age."
May 6 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 12, c 3)
Influence of fiction upon feminine characters addressed in "Sanity in Fiction," North American Review, Mar 1903.
May 7 St. Louis (MO) Republic (p 6, c 4)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age," plus photo of Garland, biographical sketch, and signature.
May 11 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 6, c 6)
Garland returned to West Salem, Wisconsin, to spend the summer.
May 19 Guthrie (OK) Daily Leader (p 4, c 1)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
May 24 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 2, p 3, c 2)
Poem, "The Coming Storm."
May 27 Reynoldsville (PA) Star (p 5, c 6)
Garland announced he would present four lectures in August at Chautauqua.
May 29 Lincoln (NE) Commoner (p 7, c 2)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
June 1 Prescott (AZ) Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (p 4, c 4)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
June 12 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 17, c 6)
Garland was the principal speaker at the La Crosse County Old Settlers' Association, with 1,000 reported in attendance.
June 12 Billings (MT) Gazette (p 6, c 5)
Garland returned to West Salem, Wisconsin, to spend the summer.
June 12 Garnett (KS) Kansas Agitator (p 7, c 2)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune. However, the reporter poked fun at the project.
June 18 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 4, c 4)
Garland returned to West Salem, Wisconsin, to spend the summer.
June 24 Anderson Court House (SC) Anderson Intelligencer (p 7, c 4)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
June 24 Yorkville (SC) Enquirer (p 4, c 4)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune. Long article.
June 27 Covington (LA) St. Tammany Farmer (p 2, c 4)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
July 1 Lexington (VA) Gazette (p 1, c 5)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
July 12 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 18, c 3)
Argument between Wisconsin and Indiana over which state could claim literary supremacy. Garland was claimed by Wisconsin.
July 17 Billings (MT) Gazette (p 7, c 4)
Samuel Clemens informed Ulysses S. Grant that he felt Garland's biography of Grant had been successful in Garland's career.
July 28 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 4, c 4)
Garland returned to West Salem, Wisconsin, to spend the summer.
July 29 San Angelo (TX) Press (p 8, c 4)
The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop was added to the San Angelo Public Library.
July 29 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 7, c 2)
"The Red Man as Material," Booklovers' Magazine, Aug 1903.
July 31 McCook (NE) Tribune (p 7, c 6)
Poem, "Dreams of the Grass."
Aug 2 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 2)
Mrs. C. A. Severance visited Garland home in La Crosse.
Aug 2 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 3, p 2, c 4)
Statement was made that Garland had early in his career sold several short stories for $75 each,
but they were not published. After he became a successful writer, he purchased them back for
$150 each and resold them for $400 each.
Aug 3 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 4)
Mary Isabel, Garland's first daughter, was born at West Salem, Wisconsin.
Aug 5 San Angelo (TX) Press (p 5, c 4)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
Aug 7 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 4, c 4)
Reporter commented that Garland's wife had presented him, in error, with a son.
Aug 9 Washington (DC) Times (ed, soc, fiction, p 2, c 7)
Garland was a member of the National Art Theater.
Aug 12 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 6, c 3)
Garland was a guest at the Severance home at Cedarhurst.
Aug 13 Marion (KY) Crittenden Press (p 13, c 1)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age."
Aug 15 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 2, c 4)
Garland praised the Indians as noble red men, not savages which was a popular view at the time,
in a lecture, "The Red Man's Changing Heart," at the University of Chicago.
Aug 15 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 13, c 2)
Mary Isabel, Garland's first daughter, was born at West Salem, Wisconsin.
Aug 17 Bemidji (MN) Daily Pioneer (p 2, c 1)
Garland praised the Indians as noble red men, not savages which was a popular view at the time,
in a lecture, "The Red Man's Changing Heart," at the University of Chicago.
Aug 17 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 4, c 1)
Editor commented that while Garland had declared Indians as noble red men, since not one
Indian could read Garland's books, none could declare him a "chump."
Aug 21 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 4, c 6)
Citing the Mankato Free Press, the reporter stated that while Garland viewed Indians as "not
such bad fellows," many pioneers vividly recalled the outbreak of 1862.
Aug 24 New York (NY) Tribune (p 5, c 1)
Garland suggested it was white men's duty to teach the Indians to be happy in a lecture at
Chautauqua, New York, in his lecture "The Red Man's Changing Heart," as he did not personally believe the red man would in any real sense take on the white man's civilization.
Aug 24 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 4, c 7)
Thomas Nelson Page's novel, Gordon Keith, was compared to Garland's writings in which a manufactured tone was developed to court popularity at the expense of the best traditions of literature.
Aug 26 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 9, c 1)
Garland's proposal to rename the American Indians discussed. The reason for this proposal had
been focused on eliminating confusion in identifying and maintaining family relationships. Long article.
Aug 27 Walla Walla (WA) Evening Statesman (p 1, c 6)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 2, c 2)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Salem (OR) Daily Journal (p 1, c 2)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 1, c 4)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Washington (DC) Times (p 1, c 5)
Garland to discuss issue of Indian names with President Roosevelt.
Aug 27 Spokane (WA) Press (p 4, c 3)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 1, c 5)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 28 Bismarck (ND) Daily Tribune (p 1, c 3)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 28 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 1, c 4)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 28 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 1, c 6)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 30 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 2, p 4, c 1)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Sep 2 San Angelo (TX) Press (p 6, c 4, 6)
Garland attended social events at the home of J. Sid Hudson and J. Lapowski.
Sep 3 Princeton (MN) Union (p 6, c 1)
Garland gave tribute to his mother in "The Wife of a Pioneer, " Ladies' Home Journal, Sep 1903.
Sep 3 Jamestown (SD) Weekly Alert (p 10, c 4)
Garland had visited President Roosevelt Aug 28.
Sep 4 Columbia (MO) Professional World (p 2, c 2, 5)
Renaming the Indians project. Garland also gave lecture at the University of Chicago,
"The Red Man's Changing Heart."
Sep 5 Duluth (MN) Labor World (p 2, c 3 - 4)
"The Outlaw," in Harper's Weekly, June 13, 1903.
Sep 5 Grand Marais (MN) Cook County Herald (p 1, c 5)
Poem, "Dreams of the Grass."
Sep 5 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 13, c 1)
Editor accused Garland and Professor Oscar Triggs of the University of Chicago of too highly
praising the writings of Mary MacLane and pronouncing her work excellent and that it was
difficult to tell if MacLane was a conscious or an unconscious humorist "My Friend Annabel Lee."
Sep 9 Willmar (MN) Tribune (p 7, c 1)
Photoengraving of Garland dressed in Indian costume sitting inside a Cheyenne Indian tepee at
the Eagle's Nest Artist Colony.
Sep 13 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 27, c 4)
Reference to the Gregorian Calendar that deleted the dates Sep 3 - Sep 13, which included the date
of Garland's birth.
Sep 16 San Angelo (TX) Press (p 6, c 4)
Garland attended an informal dance, San Angelo Club.
Sep 23 Honolulu (HI) Pacific Commercial Advertiser (p 4, c 3)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune. Long article.
Oct 12 New York (NY) Tribune (p 14, c 4)
Garland registered at the Jefferson Hotel.
Oct 19 New York (NY) Sun (p 3, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Oct 19 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 4)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 23 Salt Lake City (UT) Herald (p 7, c 4)
Garland guest at farewell dinner for Samuel Clemens given by Harper's president, George W.
Harvey, as Clemens prepared to travel to Florence, Italy.
Oct 23 Wichita (KS) Daily Eagle (p 1, c 6)
Garland guest at farewell dinner for Samuel Clemens given by Harper's president, George W.
Harvey, as Clemens prepared to travel to Florence, Italy.
Oct 23 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 4, c 5)
Nebraska Department of Public Instruction published historical leaflet for Iowa Public Schools regarding the Louisiana Purchase Day, which was celebrated in December. Contained several
quotes from Garland.
Oct 23 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 3, c 5)
Garland guest at farewell dinner for Samuel Clemens given by Harper's president, George W.
Harvey, as Clemens prepared to travel to Florence, Italy.
Oct 23 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 9, c 4)
Garland guest at farewell dinner for Samuel Clemens given by Harper's president, George W.
Harvey, as Clemens prepared to travel to Florence, Italy.
Oct 24 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 6)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 24 St. Louis (MO) Republic (pt 3, p 2, c 3, 5)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 27 New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 4)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Oct 28 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 7, c 2)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 31 New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 7)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 31 Washington (DC) Times (p 4, c 6)
Hesper mentioned.
Nov 2 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 3)
Garland visiting Mrs. James Herne at her Southampton, Long Island home. Garland suggested
that Hesper might be his strongest work.
Nov 2 Phoenix (AZ) Arizona Republican (p 2, c 3)
Hesper reviewed.
Nov 8 Phoenix (AZ) Arizona Republican (p 2, c 2)
"Getting Back to Common Sense" column revealed President Roosevelt's support in the Indian renaming project proposed by Garland, but the editor urged the President to rescind his support of
the project as many Indians had been irritated over the proposal. The editor continued: "But in
the view of many of the bureau's clerks whose most intimate knowledge of the Indians comes
from the signs in the Washington cigar stores, all that is needed in order to make a mature savage
over into a refined, civilized man, is to cut his hair, and make him change his beloved name for 'Algernon Rupert Maginnis.'"
Nov 11 Willmar (MN) Tribune (p 6, c 4)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age."
Nov 11 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 12, c 5)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 11 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 14 Salt Lake City (UT) Goodwin's Weekly (p 5, c 1)
Hesper mentioned.
Nov 15 New York (NY) Tribune (p 4, c 4)
In Garland's lecture, "The Red Pioneer," at the Chautauqua Association at the League for Political Education, he suggested the North American Indian needed room to merely live his own simple life.
Nov 20 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers
Nov 21 New York (NY) Tribune (p 10, c 3)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 22 San Francisco (CA) Call (p 6, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 22 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 3, p 2, c 7)
Garland had a hobby of making furniture and furnished his office at his La Cross home. He said
his idea of furniture "should be the kind that isn't afraid of what a child might do to it."
Nov 24 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 11, c 6)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Nov 25 Columbus (NE) Journal (p 4, c 6)
Poem, "Line up, Brave Boys."
Nov 25 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 29 St. Louis (MO) Republic (mag sec, p 52, c 1 - 2)
"New York: A City of Power," reprinted from Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 1 New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 6)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 3 New York (NY) Tribune (p 10, c 3)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 4 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 7, c 7)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 4 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 7, c 6)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 4 Bellefontaine (OH) Republican (p 2, c 4)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 6 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (ed, p 15, c 6)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 6 Washington (DC) Times (ed, soc, drama, p 9, c 2)
Garland's "The Red Man's Needs," reprinted from New York Tribune.
Dec 6 St. Louis (MO) Republic (mag sec, p 68, c 6)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 6 St. Louis (MO) Republic (mag sec, p 7, c 4)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 7 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 7, c 3)
Garland was criticized for laying "a cold hand on everything," but had warmed up in Hesper.
Dec 8 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 11, c 6)
"New York: A City of Power," in Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 8 San Francisco (CA) Call (p 2, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 11 New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 6)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 13 New York (NY) Tribune (p 8, c 2)
Anna Vernon Dorsey, who had been recommended by Garland, Fitzhugh Lee, and Ruch
McEnry Stuart, spoke at Delmonico's on "London Society: Some Forgotten Celebrities."
Dec 14 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 3, c 7)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 14 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 6, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 14 Pittsburg (PA) Press (p 9, c 2 - 3)
Announced publication of Hesper.
Dec 16 St. Johnsbury (VT) Caledonian (p 2, c 4)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 19 New York (NY) Sun (p 8, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 23 Honolulu (HI) Pacific Commercial Advertiser (p 10, c 3)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 25 Colfax (WA) Gazette (p 1, c 2)
Garland had a hobby of making furniture and furnished his office at his La Cross home.
He said his idea of furniture "should be the kind that isn't afraid of what a child might do to it."
Dec 30 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 4)
The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop was included in M. Hachette's Library of International
Fiction.
Jan 4 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 1, p 7, c 1 - 2)
A conversation between Samuel Clemens and Ulysses S. Grant regarding selling the
rights to his autobiography too cheaply.
Jan 17 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
Praise given for Garland's The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop.
Jan 25 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 24, c 4)
Dr. George M. Gould, a prominent eye doctor, suggested most ill health of writers was attributable
to eye strain. The editor of the Globe suggested that Dr. Gould should have let Browning, Huxley,
and Carlyle rest and focused instead on contemporary writers including Lang, Austen, and Garland.
Feb 1 Washington (DC) Times (sec 3, p 12, c 5)
Photo of Garland in Indian costume sitting in a Cheyenne Indian tepee at the Eagle's Nest Artist Colony on Rock River outside Chicago.
Feb 1 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 2, p 2, c 4)
In a lecture at Lowell Institute in Boston, Thomas Wentworth Higginson spoke on the Western influence in American literature. He mentioned Garland among the list of minor literary authors
of the West.
Feb 8 Washington (DC) Times (sec 3, p 23, c 5)
In a column titled "Recreats of Litteraterus," the writer wrote of Garland, "Devising schemes to
reform the world."
Feb 10 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 6, c 7)
Poem, "Prairie Chickens."
Feb 10 New York (NY) Tribune (p 10, c 1)
Garland's proposal to rename the American Indians discussed. The reason for this proposal had
been focused on eliminating confusion in identifying and maintaining family relationships.
Feb 18 Washington (DC) Times (p 6, c 4)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age," reprinted from Outlook.
Feb 21 Washington (DC) Times (p 7, c 5)
Mrs. Garland assisted at a social function given by Ernest Thompson Seton.
Feb 22 New York (NY) Tribune (p 4, c 4)
Garland addressed the Woman's Press Club, Feb 28.
Mar 8 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 19, c 7)
Garland gave a five-minute speech at the Woman's Single Tax Club of the District of Columbia.
Mar 9 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 2)
"Sanity in Fiction," North American Review, Mar 1903.
Mar 9 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 4, c 7)
"Sanity in Fiction," North American Review, Mar 1903.
Mar 12 Bamberg (SC) Herald (p 4, c 4)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age," reprinted from Outlook.
Mar 24 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 17, c 3)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Mar 25 St. Louis (MO) Republic (p 5, c 4)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Poem, "The Meadow Lark."
Mar 29 Richmond (VA) Dispatch (ed, p 5, c 7)
"Sanity in Fiction," North American Review, Mar 1903.
Mar 29 Ardmore (OK) Ardmoreite (p 4, c 2)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Mar 30 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 5, c 3)
Writer suggested a recent story, "The Pride of Tellfair" by Elliott Elmore Peake, compared
favorably with stories written by Garland and Howells.
Apr 6 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 2)
Garland who traveled to Michigan and Dakota to deliver his lectures, "The Joys of the Trail" and "Prairie Song and Western Story" will spend the summer at West Salem, Wisconsin.
Apr 11 Baxter Springs (KS) News (p 6, c 1)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 15 Medicine Lodge (KS) Barbour County Index (p 2, c 1)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 16 Emporium (KS) Cameron County Press (p 4, c 1)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 17 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 7, c 5)
Mrs. F.B. Kellogg of Crocus Hill to host a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Garland.
Apr 22 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 4, c 3)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 25 Rock Island (IL) Argus (p 9, c 7)
Garland was appointed by President Roosevelt to head the Indian renaming project.
Apr 26 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 2, p 3, c 2)
Poem, "Dreams of the Grass."
Apr 29 Prescott (AZ) Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (p 2, c 2)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 30 White Earth (MN) Tomahawk (p 4, c 2)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
Apr 30 Wichita (KS) Daily Eagle (p 4, c 2)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age."
May 6 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 12, c 3)
Influence of fiction upon feminine characters addressed in "Sanity in Fiction," North American Review, Mar 1903.
May 7 St. Louis (MO) Republic (p 6, c 4)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age," plus photo of Garland, biographical sketch, and signature.
May 11 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 6, c 6)
Garland returned to West Salem, Wisconsin, to spend the summer.
May 19 Guthrie (OK) Daily Leader (p 4, c 1)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
May 24 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 2, p 3, c 2)
Poem, "The Coming Storm."
May 27 Reynoldsville (PA) Star (p 5, c 6)
Garland announced he would present four lectures in August at Chautauqua.
May 29 Lincoln (NE) Commoner (p 7, c 2)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
June 1 Prescott (AZ) Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (p 4, c 4)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
June 12 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 17, c 6)
Garland was the principal speaker at the La Crosse County Old Settlers' Association, with 1,000 reported in attendance.
June 12 Billings (MT) Gazette (p 6, c 5)
Garland returned to West Salem, Wisconsin, to spend the summer.
June 12 Garnett (KS) Kansas Agitator (p 7, c 2)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune. However, the reporter poked fun at the project.
June 18 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 4, c 4)
Garland returned to West Salem, Wisconsin, to spend the summer.
June 24 Anderson Court House (SC) Anderson Intelligencer (p 7, c 4)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
June 24 Yorkville (SC) Enquirer (p 4, c 4)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune. Long article.
June 27 Covington (LA) St. Tammany Farmer (p 2, c 4)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune.
July 1 Lexington (VA) Gazette (p 1, c 5)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
July 12 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 18, c 3)
Argument between Wisconsin and Indiana over which state could claim literary supremacy. Garland was claimed by Wisconsin.
July 17 Billings (MT) Gazette (p 7, c 4)
Samuel Clemens informed Ulysses S. Grant that he felt Garland's biography of Grant had been successful in Garland's career.
July 28 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 4, c 4)
Garland returned to West Salem, Wisconsin, to spend the summer.
July 29 San Angelo (TX) Press (p 8, c 4)
The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop was added to the San Angelo Public Library.
July 29 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 7, c 2)
"The Red Man as Material," Booklovers' Magazine, Aug 1903.
July 31 McCook (NE) Tribune (p 7, c 6)
Poem, "Dreams of the Grass."
Aug 2 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 2)
Mrs. C. A. Severance visited Garland home in La Crosse.
Aug 2 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 3, p 2, c 4)
Statement was made that Garland had early in his career sold several short stories for $75 each,
but they were not published. After he became a successful writer, he purchased them back for
$150 each and resold them for $400 each.
Aug 3 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 4)
Mary Isabel, Garland's first daughter, was born at West Salem, Wisconsin.
Aug 5 San Angelo (TX) Press (p 5, c 4)
Someone researched the writings of several novelists and among them discovered that Garland
in Rose of Dutcher's Coolly had given the main character three different names.
Aug 7 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 4, c 4)
Reporter commented that Garland's wife had presented him, in error, with a son.
Aug 9 Washington (DC) Times (ed, soc, fiction, p 2, c 7)
Garland was a member of the National Art Theater.
Aug 12 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 6, c 3)
Garland was a guest at the Severance home at Cedarhurst.
Aug 13 Marion (KY) Crittenden Press (p 13, c 1)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age."
Aug 15 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 2, c 4)
Garland praised the Indians as noble red men, not savages which was a popular view at the time,
in a lecture, "The Red Man's Changing Heart," at the University of Chicago.
Aug 15 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 13, c 2)
Mary Isabel, Garland's first daughter, was born at West Salem, Wisconsin.
Aug 17 Bemidji (MN) Daily Pioneer (p 2, c 1)
Garland praised the Indians as noble red men, not savages which was a popular view at the time,
in a lecture, "The Red Man's Changing Heart," at the University of Chicago.
Aug 17 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 4, c 1)
Editor commented that while Garland had declared Indians as noble red men, since not one
Indian could read Garland's books, none could declare him a "chump."
Aug 21 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 4, c 6)
Citing the Mankato Free Press, the reporter stated that while Garland viewed Indians as "not
such bad fellows," many pioneers vividly recalled the outbreak of 1862.
Aug 24 New York (NY) Tribune (p 5, c 1)
Garland suggested it was white men's duty to teach the Indians to be happy in a lecture at
Chautauqua, New York, in his lecture "The Red Man's Changing Heart," as he did not personally believe the red man would in any real sense take on the white man's civilization.
Aug 24 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 4, c 7)
Thomas Nelson Page's novel, Gordon Keith, was compared to Garland's writings in which a manufactured tone was developed to court popularity at the expense of the best traditions of literature.
Aug 26 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 9, c 1)
Garland's proposal to rename the American Indians discussed. The reason for this proposal had
been focused on eliminating confusion in identifying and maintaining family relationships. Long article.
Aug 27 Walla Walla (WA) Evening Statesman (p 1, c 6)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Minneapolis (MN) Journal (p 2, c 2)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Salem (OR) Daily Journal (p 1, c 2)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 1, c 4)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Washington (DC) Times (p 1, c 5)
Garland to discuss issue of Indian names with President Roosevelt.
Aug 27 Spokane (WA) Press (p 4, c 3)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 27 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 1, c 5)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 28 Bismarck (ND) Daily Tribune (p 1, c 3)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 28 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 1, c 4)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 28 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 1, c 6)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Aug 30 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 2, p 4, c 1)
Garland lectured on Indian Affairs, Oyster Bay, New York.
Sep 2 San Angelo (TX) Press (p 6, c 4, 6)
Garland attended social events at the home of J. Sid Hudson and J. Lapowski.
Sep 3 Princeton (MN) Union (p 6, c 1)
Garland gave tribute to his mother in "The Wife of a Pioneer, " Ladies' Home Journal, Sep 1903.
Sep 3 Jamestown (SD) Weekly Alert (p 10, c 4)
Garland had visited President Roosevelt Aug 28.
Sep 4 Columbia (MO) Professional World (p 2, c 2, 5)
Renaming the Indians project. Garland also gave lecture at the University of Chicago,
"The Red Man's Changing Heart."
Sep 5 Duluth (MN) Labor World (p 2, c 3 - 4)
"The Outlaw," in Harper's Weekly, June 13, 1903.
Sep 5 Grand Marais (MN) Cook County Herald (p 1, c 5)
Poem, "Dreams of the Grass."
Sep 5 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 13, c 1)
Editor accused Garland and Professor Oscar Triggs of the University of Chicago of too highly
praising the writings of Mary MacLane and pronouncing her work excellent and that it was
difficult to tell if MacLane was a conscious or an unconscious humorist "My Friend Annabel Lee."
Sep 9 Willmar (MN) Tribune (p 7, c 1)
Photoengraving of Garland dressed in Indian costume sitting inside a Cheyenne Indian tepee at
the Eagle's Nest Artist Colony.
Sep 13 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 27, c 4)
Reference to the Gregorian Calendar that deleted the dates Sep 3 - Sep 13, which included the date
of Garland's birth.
Sep 16 San Angelo (TX) Press (p 6, c 4)
Garland attended an informal dance, San Angelo Club.
Sep 23 Honolulu (HI) Pacific Commercial Advertiser (p 4, c 3)
Same article in Feb 10, 1903, New York Tribune. Long article.
Oct 12 New York (NY) Tribune (p 14, c 4)
Garland registered at the Jefferson Hotel.
Oct 19 New York (NY) Sun (p 3, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Oct 19 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 4)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 23 Salt Lake City (UT) Herald (p 7, c 4)
Garland guest at farewell dinner for Samuel Clemens given by Harper's president, George W.
Harvey, as Clemens prepared to travel to Florence, Italy.
Oct 23 Wichita (KS) Daily Eagle (p 1, c 6)
Garland guest at farewell dinner for Samuel Clemens given by Harper's president, George W.
Harvey, as Clemens prepared to travel to Florence, Italy.
Oct 23 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 4, c 5)
Nebraska Department of Public Instruction published historical leaflet for Iowa Public Schools regarding the Louisiana Purchase Day, which was celebrated in December. Contained several
quotes from Garland.
Oct 23 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 3, c 5)
Garland guest at farewell dinner for Samuel Clemens given by Harper's president, George W.
Harvey, as Clemens prepared to travel to Florence, Italy.
Oct 23 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 9, c 4)
Garland guest at farewell dinner for Samuel Clemens given by Harper's president, George W.
Harvey, as Clemens prepared to travel to Florence, Italy.
Oct 24 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 6)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 24 St. Louis (MO) Republic (pt 3, p 2, c 3, 5)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 27 New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 4)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Oct 28 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 7, c 2)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 31 New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 7)
Hesper mentioned.
Oct 31 Washington (DC) Times (p 4, c 6)
Hesper mentioned.
Nov 2 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 8, c 3)
Garland visiting Mrs. James Herne at her Southampton, Long Island home. Garland suggested
that Hesper might be his strongest work.
Nov 2 Phoenix (AZ) Arizona Republican (p 2, c 3)
Hesper reviewed.
Nov 8 Phoenix (AZ) Arizona Republican (p 2, c 2)
"Getting Back to Common Sense" column revealed President Roosevelt's support in the Indian renaming project proposed by Garland, but the editor urged the President to rescind his support of
the project as many Indians had been irritated over the proposal. The editor continued: "But in
the view of many of the bureau's clerks whose most intimate knowledge of the Indians comes
from the signs in the Washington cigar stores, all that is needed in order to make a mature savage
over into a refined, civilized man, is to cut his hair, and make him change his beloved name for 'Algernon Rupert Maginnis.'"
Nov 11 Willmar (MN) Tribune (p 6, c 4)
Poem, "The Cry of the Age."
Nov 11 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 12, c 5)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 11 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 14 Salt Lake City (UT) Goodwin's Weekly (p 5, c 1)
Hesper mentioned.
Nov 15 New York (NY) Tribune (p 4, c 4)
In Garland's lecture, "The Red Pioneer," at the Chautauqua Association at the League for Political Education, he suggested the North American Indian needed room to merely live his own simple life.
Nov 20 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers
Nov 21 New York (NY) Tribune (p 10, c 3)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 22 San Francisco (CA) Call (p 6, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 22 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (pt 3, p 2, c 7)
Garland had a hobby of making furniture and furnished his office at his La Cross home. He said
his idea of furniture "should be the kind that isn't afraid of what a child might do to it."
Nov 24 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 11, c 6)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Nov 25 Columbus (NE) Journal (p 4, c 6)
Poem, "Line up, Brave Boys."
Nov 25 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Nov 29 St. Louis (MO) Republic (mag sec, p 52, c 1 - 2)
"New York: A City of Power," reprinted from Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 1 New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 6)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 3 New York (NY) Tribune (p 10, c 3)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 4 St. Paul (MN) Globe (p 7, c 7)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 4 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 7, c 6)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 4 Bellefontaine (OH) Republican (p 2, c 4)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 6 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (ed, p 15, c 6)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 6 Washington (DC) Times (ed, soc, drama, p 9, c 2)
Garland's "The Red Man's Needs," reprinted from New York Tribune.
Dec 6 St. Louis (MO) Republic (mag sec, p 68, c 6)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 6 St. Louis (MO) Republic (mag sec, p 7, c 4)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 7 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 7, c 3)
Garland was criticized for laying "a cold hand on everything," but had warmed up in Hesper.
Dec 8 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 11, c 6)
"New York: A City of Power," in Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 8 San Francisco (CA) Call (p 2, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 11 New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 6)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 13 New York (NY) Tribune (p 8, c 2)
Anna Vernon Dorsey, who had been recommended by Garland, Fitzhugh Lee, and Ruch
McEnry Stuart, spoke at Delmonico's on "London Society: Some Forgotten Celebrities."
Dec 14 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 3, c 7)
"New York: A City of Power," Metropolitan Magazine, Dec 1903.
Dec 14 Indianapolis (IN) Journal (p 6, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 14 Pittsburg (PA) Press (p 9, c 2 - 3)
Announced publication of Hesper.
Dec 16 St. Johnsbury (VT) Caledonian (p 2, c 4)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 19 New York (NY) Sun (p 8, c 7)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 23 Honolulu (HI) Pacific Commercial Advertiser (p 10, c 3)
Hesper, advertised by Harper & Brother Publishers.
Dec 25 Colfax (WA) Gazette (p 1, c 2)
Garland had a hobby of making furniture and furnished his office at his La Cross home.
He said his idea of furniture "should be the kind that isn't afraid of what a child might do to it."
Dec 30 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 4)
The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop was included in M. Hachette's Library of International
Fiction.
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Copyright © 2015
**We wish to thank Keith Newlin who created the original Garland Society website, ensuring that the Hamlin Garland Society had a permanent home,