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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
7
A miscellany notes royalty, bankers, and nations. It contrasts modern politics with ancient rule, cites King Leopold and others, then argues that rising war costs deter armies. It hints at European tensions, Japan China, and the Hague ideals while reflecting on democracy and influence of the Queen Dowager Cho.
The article discusses how modern constitutions limit monarchs power, citing Alphonso Wilhelmina and Westminster Abbey oaths. It contrasts ancient rulers who claimed absolute power with today’s system where constitutions and laws govern sovereigns, implying the people as rulers. It then shifts to a Cleveland Humane Society talk by Judge William Babcock on reforming youth crime through education, poverty alleviation, and a jail library program to steer youths away from crime.
The Marion a gasoline launch owned by Captain Symonds of Port Townsend caught fire and exploded off Richmond beach. Of five crewmen three reached shore with help from fishermen while two died. The blast followed a leak and a lit match. Captain Symonds and the survivors were picked up by the Prosper at Port Madison and taken to Port Townsend. The Prosper was due at Port Townsend at noon.
In Baltimore American style, a family debates baby names after a new girl arrives. Each relative pitches a candidate like Geraldina Esmeralda Fanchon Estessa, while the father reminds them the choice is for a human being, not a scent cigar.
A physician, smiling and half joking, checks a lady patient’s pulse and humorously proclaims he can read a woman’s thoughts by the pulse. The lady replies with wry amusement that she never imagined such a talent.
R G Dun weekly review reports foreign markets unsettled by the king’s illness and liquidation before British exchange close. Domestic conditions show strength with rising manufacturing, especially iron and steel and textiles, while construction remains heavy. Labor issues persist in the anthracite regions though settlements grow elsewhere. June railway earnings up 4.6 percent from last year and 17.1 percent versus 1906. Agricultural prospects exceed average with rapid winter wheat progress but weather delays and southwest damage noted. Wheat and grain prices steady in Portland and Walla Walla regions. Lincoln county Republicans set for July 10 in Wilber.
The president sent to the senate nominations for Walter I Robb as collector of customs for the district of Oregon Ernst G Eagleson as surveyor general of Idaho and postmasters William Ward Dayton Joseph H Turner Edward Hirsch B Johnson and Lot Livermore for Salem Corvallis Pendleton Oregon and Washington Idaho Oregon dates and titles. A sharp barb on hypocrisy closes the note remarks that one hypocrite may eclipse the sun but cannot hide it from all.
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