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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
2
A column of pithy social and political quips touching monarchs, scholars, and scientists. It pokes fun at pretensions, notes quirks of public figures, and muses on curious cures from ancient to modern times. The piece casts a wary eye on pomp, superstition, and odd remedies while delivering sly jabs at cultural foibles.
A Boston woman offers five working girls board and meals in her country house for four dollars a week each. They swap crowded rooms and cheap restaurants for a large airy home and a fine table, and one girl says the summer was the first in her life she truly enjoyed.
The article discusses the Salic law in Russia, noting Czar Paul I's attempt to bar daughters from succession and the potential for male heirs or dynastic changes. It also analyzes Census Bulletin 65 data showing near half of the US population in 1900 living in incorporated towns, with detailed regional and state percentages and projections for 1910.
John Chandler of Allen County is father to twenty nine children, twenty one of whom survive with families averaging five children each, making him grandfather to 105 and with thirty five great grandchildren. At 75 he reads without glasses, hunts, and has voted Democratic for fifty years since backing Taylor in 1848. His wife is three years older and healthy.
A nutmeg tree of the largest size will produce no more than five pounds of nutmegs. Like cats, some voters are on the political fence ready to jump either way.
The Hub Motor Transit Company launches omnibus automobiles on regular routes between Jackson boulevard and Lincoln Park. The 30 foot, four wheel drive vehicles carry 40 plus passengers with dual decks, electric lighting, heated interiors, and storage battery power. Express service starts when full, with limited stops. Incorporated for $1,000,000.
A humorist recounts how a dinner with friends in a New Orleans setting led to a tangled exchange of Denver Kansas City and St Louis tales. He learns that telling a joke about others’ stories can backfire as peers quietly withhold praise until proper credit is given.
A newspaper excerpt argues that educated women are best prepared for wifehood and motherhood. It cites the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette on education as a blend of physical, mental, ethical, and industrial culture. The piece asserts college-bred, practical girls are better suited as housekeepers and wives than less fortunate counterparts.
The passage argues that educated women should bring practical knowledge to married life. It contends a worthy wife seeks a husband who can use her college training in all life walks, and notes too many educated women fail when married to inferior husbands or restricted roles. It blames surrounding conditions, not the wife’s knowledge, for housekeeping failures.
Jacob Riis recounts his early attempts to join three New York city newspapers. Editors snubbed him or misread his trade, but a final, determined push in the street confirms his path to becoming a reporter.
A Washington Star quote presents Colonel Stilwell explaining he chose a side in a feud to avoid being an innocent bystander. The piece contrasts his reasoning with a boy left out of a party surveying events from the outside.
Mary French Field, daughter of poet Eugene Field, now 25, trained in elocution after her father's death. She met and fell in love with a Chicago man named W C Engler, and the couple plans marriage, with Trottie as the endearing nickname.
Rev G Campbell Morgan of London comes to America to succeed the late Dwight L Moody in evangelistic work. He led New Court Congregational Church London for years and previously pastored Westminster Church Birmingham. Born 186? his father a Baptist minister, he began preaching at thirteen and has 25 years in ministry.
Mr and Mrs Absalom Burnett of Peru Indiana own a Plymouth Rock hen named Peggy who holds a record as an egg producer. The hen’s feat is noted as Peggy’s status becomes a local beacon for poultry enthusiasts.
A hen produced 196 eggs in the past year with a peak of 56 eggs in 56 consecutive days. After a four day lay-off she hit 78 eggs and never had more than five idle days. The rooster Tom is described as a terror with extreme fighting propensities. London reports on a South Africa war incident near Naboomspruit where 150 Boers attacked a train guard. 28 Gordon Highlanders were killed, 18 wounded and 10 captured.
It has been discovered that the Rothschilds hold the missing ticket for the 100,000 franc prize in M. Coquelin's lottery for the Dramatic Artists' Association in Paris. They have turned over the funds to the society.
The Erie canal's completion shifted US commerce to New York, making it the empire state. The canal cut transport costs, boosted grain prices, and tied future economic growth to the Mohawk corridor. Freight lifts total several thousand feet, shaping East West transit and rail parallels from Buffalo to New York City and beyond.
The poem from the St. Louis Star questions marriage versus bachelorhood. It riffs on the fear of domestic life and the relief of remaining single, ending with a humorous dinner bell and a wish for not too many flies in the soup.
The piece extols lemon juice for beauty and hygiene noting its cheapness and versatility. It claims lemon whitens bands neck and face and can remove teeth stains when brushed afterward to prevent acid damage. It also suggests lemon in wash water freshens laundry and softens water.
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