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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
3
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution invokes endurance as hardships pass and the world continues toward the Judgment Day. The speaker recalls faith, poverty, and old friends, finding solace in perseverance and the belief that God makes right and will reckon the wrong.
A young woman Marion, famed for art and independence, meets Harold Martin in Raymond Maine after a tumble with a farmer and setting hens. Though devoted to art, she falls for the farmer, and at sunset on Mt. Washington she accepts his love. She becomes a farmer's wife as friends wonder what comes next.
The Washington Star notes age records for eighty six Senators with counts across age bands and a list of those over seventy. It mentions missing entries from Delaware and specifics on several aging members including Pettus and Allison, Cullom, Hawley, Hoar and others.
A long OCR style list enumerates U S senators with ages by state. It groups those between 60 and 65, then ages 57 to 59, and finally those between 40 and 50, naming numerous named individuals such as Gallinger Hale Hanna Harris Jones McEnery McMillan Millard Mitchell Money Patterson Perkins Platt Quay Burnham Clapp Clark Daniel Deboe Dillingham Dubois Foraker Foster Gamble Hansbrough Lodge McComas McLaurin Mallory Martin Mason Nelson Quarles Rawlins Scott Simon Spooner Taliaferro Tillman Turner Warren Wellington and Wetmore, with ages ranging from 40s to mid-60s.
John Habberton promised to distribute 500 copies with no advertising. He listed U S book stores and sent autographed copies to department heads. The heads then spread the book to staff and customers, boosting sales and ensuring success based on merit. Philadelphia Record reports.
Prof Lyle of the State University of California recalls a holiday tale from New York. During a roll call he challenges the spelling of Miss Greene’s surname, asking if it spells Green or greenie. Miss Greene retorts with a quip about Lyle’s spelling, provoking suppressed laughter during the roll call.
A humorous snippet from the New York Weekly notes a character asking for the latest crown and mistaken arrival at heaven. Fair Arrival jokes about fashion and a mix up, while St. Peter remarks fashions never change. A man promises a woman anything if she will not interrupt him while reading.
A New Yorker in Berlin meets a courteous young German who later reveals he is the Kaiser. The encounter shifts views of the Kaiser from a feared “mad” ruler to a clever leader. The story notes the world’s evolving judgment of his character and leadership.
Vaughan Cornish argues against the idea of mountains of water and cites measured wave heights in deep water from various weather conditions. He lists typical heights from hurricanes to strong breezes, and notes North Atlantic records showing forty to fifty foot waves as exceptional.
In Manzanares Spain the municipality honored the first year of the new century by paying funeral expenses for the last resident to die that year and by undertaking to fund the education of the town’s first children of the new year. The piece notes gendered social commentary about love and marriage.
The report notes Arizona's first in place amethyst discovery in the Bradshaws north of Phoenix. It also covers plans by A Lawrence Kotch to extend meteorological kite science from Atlantic steamships to study upper air over oceans and equatorial regions.
Remote Newfoundland communities along the East coast remain utterly cut off with no roads or paths between harbors. Men travel by punt or skiff, and a fortnightly mail steamer only visits two settlements during peak months. News travels slowly by word of mouth, keeping locals detached from overseas events. An elder recalls hearing of the first British defeats in South Africa long after it happened.
Haley, a Berlin barber, earned fame training the Kaiser and numerous German men in the upward curling mustache style from Behrenstrassa. He accompanied the emperor on travels from the Holy Land to Constantinople, receiving decorations before being dismissed as hubris grew. Haley still markets the look as his trademark under the motto Es ist erreicht.
An exchange contrasts counting brains with placing dollar value on figures. The piece notes farmers using four horses to haul very small loads of wood, illustrating efficiency concerns and the value of labor versus measurable output. The Washington Star quote frames the discussion.
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