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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
7
A collage of lighthearted exchanges and jokes from multiple 19th century newspapers. Bits cover wedding mishaps, snappy retorts, social foibles, and a few picaresque scenes. Notable quips involve courtship, servants, travelers, and domestic misadventures across cities like Baltimore Philadelphia Washington and Detroit.
Father Stanton of St Alban's Holborn speaks with the Daily Mail about how city outings affect slum children. They prefer urban life and van trips, savoring glimpses of the countryside yet longing for home. The outings brighten their brown cheeks and bright eyes as stories unfold of wasps, green fruit, and city noise.
A column discusses advertising strategy, urging merchants to advertise boldly and honestly. It emphasizes showing what is truly offered, fair pricing, and clear facts about a business. Repetition is highlighted as building reader attention toward purchase. The piece cites an English ad man on successive impressions.
A Glasgow merchant uses a humane method to dismiss a young man courting his daughter. The mother brings milk and a buttered jam slice and sends the pair to bed, then the father orders the suitor to drink the milk and eat the bread on the road home. The young man never returns.
Boston holds a realty valuation of 902 million with 560000 residents, higher than Philadelphia which totals 892 million for a population of 1300000. The figures highlight Boston's stronger per capita value despite Philadelphia's larger population.
Elyria centenarian Marie Lowndes Allen born October 20 1801 in New Jersey celebrated her 100th birthday as the oldest member of the Woman's Relief Corps in a nationwide jubilee. She and her family endured frontier travel to Bucyrus and Elyria where she raised a long line of servicemen while aiding wounded during the Civil War era.
A Popular Science News report describes King’s Island Eskimos as notably tall, with many men over six feet and strong women capable of lifting heavy weights. Despite poor diet their endurance is remarkable, aided by unique dwellings carved into hillsides housing up to two hundred villagers.
A light sketch notes a recurring joke about Rirkin and a doctor ordering a trip to Colorado. The quip hinges on a pun about tubers and tuberculosis, highlighting a playful take on expense and health. The fragment ends with a remark on flattery provoking “compelled” reception.
Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce, a Hartford resident who died at 65, served many years in the U S Navy. Born in Hartford, he entered the Naval Academy in 1852, fought in the Civil War, led at Newport, and retired in 1898 after a reputation as a capable, genial commander respected by officers and enlisted men.
Count Boson de Perigord married to Miss Helen Morton buys the Chateau de Valencay near Paris for 2 718 365 francs 543 673 dollars. The vast estate covers over 7000 acres with gardens park and orchards. The chateau sits in Central France once tied to the Talleyrands and Charlemagne era.
The largest of flying birds is the Californian vulture or condor, measuring up to 9 to 10 feet across. It far exceeds the true condor of South America in size, lays a single large oval pale green egg each season with deep pits.
The age of whales is determined by laminae in whalebone with estimates from 300 to 850 years. The piece notes Every man may have his price but the market tends to be overstocked.
R G Dun weekly review notes higher pig iron prices with prompt delivery scarce at Pittsburg. tin hits yearly high due to delays while silver sinks to early 1898 lows. East shoe shops full, western mills busy. cotton goods exports rise with Asia and South America leading buyers. Woolen mills strong, February orders accepted. Wheat firm, week closes 3 cents above year ago. Interior receipts 6,620,433 bushels. exports 3,975,819 bushels, versus 2,839,070 last year.
Poultry and eggs list live weight prices for chickens ducks geese and turkeys with dressed rates. Vegetables fruits and livestock prices follow including beef veal mutton and hogs. Wool hides and wheat quotations from Centennial mill club bluestem red noted with bulk and sacked prices.
Portland wheat prices show Walla Walla at 59c and CluEstem at 60c while Tacoma markets stay steady with blue stem 59 34c and club 58 14c.
London observers report a large British labor rally in Hyde Park marking General Buller sympathy. Police kept order along embankment and near the War Office as banners, portraits, and a collection box for Buller’s memorial dominated the demonstration.
Daily Mail from Pretoria reports Boer forces escape concentration camps to rejoin fighting. Boers in town remain unreconciled, believing their cause will triumph. Sir Gordon Spriggs says Cape Colony Army reaches 10,000, mostly mounted, growing weekly despite treasury strain. Rebels gradually worn down with not discouraging prospects.
London and New York Times correspondents report 12 British columns operating from the Deingoa to Natal rivers to curb Boer movement east of blockhouse lines. In the western Transvaal Lord Methuen Kekewia and Hieke sweep the country with railway and constabulary efforts. Blockhouses may pacify the region, with new lines nearing Pretoria Johannesburg. Boers retreat north of the Delagoa line where food and health are better, while troops lack capacity for simultaneous operations. Critics say Kitchener’s forcefulness and interservice friction hinder success, fueling prolonged hostilities.
Dr. Herman Strecker, a renowned sculptor and entomologist, died at Reading at age 65. He built a vast butterfly collection over 50 years, totaling 200,000 specimens worth about $25,000, reputedly the largest in America.
Detroit report cites Tribune account of Wabash wreck near Seneca Michigan on Wednesday night with exhaustive details and a confirmed death toll of at least 86 people.
Washington December 1 report says the president appointed Thomas B. Ferguson governor of Oklahoma, replacing William M. Jenkins who was removed. Ferguson becomes the new chief executive while Jenkins exits the post.
Mrs Trotabout plans to be away for the day as she joins a movement against needless noise. Mr Trotabout suggests taking the baby along, agreeing the idea is good.
Brief note asks if readers know Clara’s misfortune, with a playful exchange about what the phrase may refer to and who has heard of it. No specific person or event is detailed in the readable text.
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