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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
1
Amid strict seasonal fire laws several fires were reported last week causing timber damage. The worst blazes were said to be in timber above Orofino. The article notes a Lewiston businessman, once with O A Kjos, who bought into a bakery and grocery, expected to boost trade with his business acumen.
Five inmates escaped after a month of work on a hole bored through steel doors at Nez Perce county jail. Prisoners Payne, known as crazy carpenter, and Max Max, an Indian, led the effort with a drill and file, while jailers slept. Several men facing cattle stealing, burglary, or robbery charges remained. the others fled.
Ernest Minkler charged with embezzlement and an associate Burke serving a short sentence refused liberty as hot weather prompts leniency at the court house. Open panel and steel doors let in air while a lattice barrier separated prisoners from the public. Authorities race to locate tools and solve the breach amid calls for more cell space and questions over possible supply sources via the Lewis ton Spokane railway.
Articles from Nezperce and Orofino report injuries from a mine shaft collapse and a horse kick, a dog bite, and a preliminary trial acquittal. Local lodge installations, an Annual Harvest Home picnic near Orofino, and a planned electric railway project seeking funds for surveys are noted amid railway speculation and land development hopes.
A major labor clash unfolds as steel workers push for victory with the International Typographical Union backing the strike financially from Birmingham. Paul Corcoran, jailed for murder connected to Coeur d Alene troubles, may receive a pardon Saturday amid Democratic platform wrangles in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Weather remains hot in the east and Idaho.
A boy was born Wednesday at 10 o'clock to Sam, who longs for happiness money cannot buy. Mother and child are at Grandmother Binnard's on Main Street as telegrams and greetings pour in. The Teller and Sells & Gray’s shows have come and gone, with the performance deemed nearly as expected.
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