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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
6
A column surveys international naval orders, legal questions about Supreme Court restraint, and American military appearances. It notes Kaiser Wilhelm’s weapon choice, King Edward’s coronation hints, and a barber shop in Texas opening with prayer. It discusses Franklin’s kite experiment, lightning safety, and the booster role of rural telephone exchanges for farmers.
Austria maintains that it has never had colonies or transmarine possessions, asserting its status as the only empire without overseas territories in global history.
The passing of Gen Daniel Butterfield at his New York country home ends the era of near surviving Civil War generals. He led a New York regiment, fought in twenty eight battles, was wounded twice, and earned three brevets for bravery. He retired in 1869, urged mobilization during the Spanish American War, and rests in the national cemetery on the Hudson.
Wealthy Pierre Lorillard's will faces challenge by his widow and heirs over a $200000 stock farm gift to Mrs Lillie Allien. The estate totals about $4 million with $50,000 annual to the widow and $800000 to two grandsons. Allien, once Lillian Barnes, was Lorillard's confidante and wife-to-be in a scandalous Newport-era liaison.
The article notes Suez Canal tolls for an ordinary ship average around 4000 dollars for a 92 mile passage. It adds a light aside that if a brass band has a drunk, it is usually the bass player.
The Prank of the Wind grove at Wildwood Jersey shore, a two mile stretch near Grassy Sound, features trees warped by centuries of southeast storms into letters, numbers, and surreal forms. Vines and large grapevines climb trunks, with shapes including a W, N, a triangle, a harp, and a pitcher. A twin-trunk holly shows joined growth, while some trunks form a natural 30 foot ladder. The area draws locals and tourists amid Memorial Day coastal ceremonies.
The article recalls Hawaii's fight against insect pests threatening sugar and coffee. Introduced Vedalia cardinalis and other natural enemies from Australia reduced scale insects and aphids damaging sugar canes, with natural control succeeding in protecting vital industries.
The largest wild elk antlers hang in Head Keeper Manley’s ow house at the Philadelphia spa, over five feet tall with a four foot six inch spread and a fourteen inch base diameter. Naturalists call them perfect giants, carried from the West to the Academy of Natural Sciences, where the mounted skeleton set a record for weight and size. A stray fragment notes a girl staying overnight and a love affair tale.
A lecture at the University of Aberdeen suggests gorilla and chimpanzee share descent from an early Miocene anthropoid named protroglodytes, dating human divergence over 5 million years. London eyes butterfly introductions to parks for beauty, noting limited wild butterfly species in the city. Gilbert White’s yew at Selborne grows from 23 feet to 25 feet in circumference, and star 1830 Groombridge shows rapid proper motion, with distance requiring 23 years for light to reach Earth as its spectrum resembles the sun.
George Coleman the youngest soldier on the U S pension rolls, a 19 year old Philippines veteran from Chicago, son of IL Central depot guard Jobo Coleman, suffered war fever but recovered due to constitution and abstinence. Congressman Boutell helped secure his pension.
A proposal to cut police maintenance taxes in Glasgow by taxing 50 percent of rents charged for public houses above license-free values. Landlords would share excess profits with the city as rents far exceed the accommodation provided, sparking arguments over equitable burdens.
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