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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
8
Numerous visitors arrive from Spokane Collins Lapwai and Grangeville while locals resume routines. Residents like J A McLean M J Salsburg and A L Donalson return from trips east or west as work begins on C street sewer.
Jas C Gillespie of Southwick visits friends and attends the county institute this week while Prof Gillespie will teach at Southwick schools this year. Cliff M Wilson of Silcott Washington attends the teachers institute and will lead the Lower Hatwat school starting September 3. Mrs L B Howard and daughters Oro and Genevieve travel to Moscow to visit Elder Gibson of the Methodist church. Rev Gibson presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal church preached at Whitcomb place Sunday, arriving from Nezperce and leaving for Kendrick on Monday.
About seventy educators attend the County Institute at the public school in Nez Perce county. Afternoon sessions feature Pref George Knepper Prof Frank Randall and Prof E H Murray leading discussions. The Lewiston Interstate Fair funds reach $2500 after a $600 increase. committees plan to visit Asotin and Clarkston for further support.
Nezperce Herald notes a fire destroying A S Wickersham barn five horses a dozen hogs $50 bacon and grain sacks with $1000 loss claimed despite no insurance. The piece also covers the McCall brothers visiting Dayton Washington and a jail inmate Ira Frazier’s escape attempt and insanity examination amid jail procedures.
Colonel E. T. Vernon dies at Sisters Hospital after a long heart illness. He served Vineland Company at Lewiston six years, transforming sagebrush into a blooming valley and earning local respect. A Fourth of July park dedication in his honor stands as a tribute. Funeral held at Clarkston Episcopal Church. burial in Vineland Cemetery. Stray mare notice with reward for return to Lewiston resident Louis D. Schattner.
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