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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1905
Page
6
A Chicago lunchroom cashier wowed onlookers with precise throws sending checks into top desk slots over a foot away. The piece details deft throws by color coded denominations, while other anecdotes recount a waiter’s rise, a mayoral quip, a palm reader tale, and notes on modern hotel management and cosmopolitan owners.
Directory of Lewiston and surrounding lodge groups with meeting nights and officers. Includes Lewiston Elks 896 Excelsior Lodge K P Modern Woodmen of America and many others with contact names and hall locations.
State Treasurer Coffin submits a biennial report covering January 1 1903 to September 30 1904 detailing receipts of 2 156 289.59 and disbursements of 2 668 813.07 with a balance of 205 231.86 on September 30 1904. He notes constitutional and legal questions about deposits and urges amendments to include county and municipal warrants as securities and to transfer 62.81 from the insane asylum fund to the general fund. He also reports delinquent county settlements and commends Deputy Fred M. Coleman.
Esperance Goodlove writes in The New Idea Woman's Magazine about business women's aims becoming tangible. She notes women building houses investing in stocks and traveling as a hobby and argues ambition, including material prosperity, is legitimate and right. The piece cites a sermon equating prosperity with health and cultural growth, though interpretations vary by temperament.
A brief note traces the phrase boots and saddles to the French boute selle meaning put on saddles. It cites Mathew's Powerfull Favorite of 1628 with boute-selle and Steele's 1709 Tatler remark on the evolution toward the modern form. The London Times speculates the term may predate 1709 and tie to Civil War Roundheads usage.
In a brief exchange quoted from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, a child on his aunt’s knee declares love for papa while noting both parents and grandmother will go to heaven. The youngster adds he will spend time with papa now before he stops smoking in the parlor.
Portland officials plan a government fish exhibit with large glass tanks and long tanks in the finny section. Chinook salmon may need circular tanks to prevent self harm, as experts supervise care and feeding for a sun fresh cold water display during the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition.
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