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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
7
A collage of quick takes on politics sports and society. Jokes about chauffeurs Texas football and the Empress Dowager of China mingle with notes on education fashion and evolving titles. Opinion echoes about American self view and governance in a brisk columnistic voice.
A political exchange questions appointing a Democrat to a Republican court post while Mrs. Roosevelt defends a $300 yearly wardrobe as enough for public appearance. The piece contrasts American and European aristocratic dress, notes gendered spending ideas, and argues taste affects how wealth translates to style.
The piece profiles Hassan Darr a Turk who rose from wealth to destitution in New York. Read and spoken seven languages yet hunger and neglect followed him. It condemns chronic lateness and inertia as the chief killers of opportunity urging practical education joined with effort.
A Peruvian note at 16,000 feet above sea level notes a graphical error flagged by a proofreader. The discussion centers on the accuracy of the charting and the wording around the altitude.
Li Hung Chang's death marks a pivotal loss for China and the Orient. The famed statesman, born in 1822, rose from Taiping upheaval to govern Pechi-ll with autocratic grip. His imperial diplomacy and sharp wit, including quips about Western women, left a lasting, multifaceted legacy.
Dolly Madison stood as a remarkable hostess at the White House during Jefferson's era. Described as beautiful and sociable, she led Washington society for sixteen years and remembered every guest and moment with careful detail.
The article chronicles Li Hongzhang as grand secretary from 1875, negotiating treaties and modernizing China with telegraph, railways, a navy, arsenals, and academies. It notes his clashes with entrenched customs, later faults revealed after the Sino Japanese conflict, and his shifting roles as viceroy and diplomat during Boxer disturbances. It also mentions his wealth doubts and contemporary views of Madison versus Mrs. Madison.
A large dry goods firm uses hundreds of assistants to pose as customers in over thirty shops. Lady shoppers test clerks by creating friction and leaving without buying. If any temper or offense occurs, reports reach headquarters and the clerk risks dismissal.
A classroom exchange sees Johnny define marsupials as animals with stomach pouches and claim the pouches house animals when pursued. The teacher prompts correction and Johnny offers a quick, eager refinement. The scene closes with a note that security follows caution.
George Ketcham drove Crescens to a world record of 2.024 5 for a mile at Columbus Ohio on Aug 2 as 15 000 spectators watched. Pacemakers Mike The Tramp and Tim Murnaza aided the effort despite a 30 mph headwind. Crescens surged in the stretch to secure the historic time amid wild cheering.
A visitor asks the question and Mr Comrox names Wagner as the preferred classical composer. He criticizes other writers for starting with a tune and then stopping, saying Wagner never tramples the rhythm and always plays fair. The remark suggests a steady, hypnotic or unobtrusive approach to Wagner.
A quip from Mr. Sankey in response to a composer who boasted of writing tunes by the yard. Sankey declared he would pay five hundred dollars per yard for tunes like those in the Gospel Hymn Book, to any composer who could deliver them.
The text notes using cochineal for rose flavor, a touch of orange rind for pistachio, bitter almond with white, and vanilla. It states colorings sold for icings are used in such small quantities they are harmless, attributed to Ladies' Home Journal.
Rev Peter MacQueen notes Siberia's black earth belt as Russia's granary in a vast tract twice Japan's size. He details Western Siberia with Tobolsk Tomsk Ob basin, spring wheat sowing from April 10, and a ten year fallow system, praising fertile fields yet warning of late frosts and snow shortages.
Alfred Belt, the diamond magnate and Cecil Rhodes associate, flees England in a burst of rage amid relentless marriage proposals. He retreats to his villa at Alfred Best, Italy, inviting no women and keeping Rhodes as his sole guest. Belt, born in Hamburg, rose through Kimberley to lead a vast diamond monopoly.
A Milwaukee Sentinel report recalls a police tactic in which a detective tasked with arresting a criminal ended up confronting the target at a city lodging. The pair met on a stairway where the crook admitted his presence since returning eight weeks ago, revealing a curious bond between hunter and hunted.
A French army regimental surgeon proposes rubber heels on all military boots to cushion the regular marching step. He finds the hard march causes repeated brain and bone shocks and pain, while rubber heel boots reduce brain jar and discomfort, providing relief to soldiers.
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