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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1901
Page
8
Reading through Nez Perce and surrounding county briefs reveals a brisk mix of local business, personal moves, and infrastructure updates. Rail, postal, and telegraph progress mix with marriages, retirements, and court actions, painting a snapshot of regional life in Lewiston, Moscow, Nez Perce and nearby towns.
Frank Scott, a recent arrival, was arrested Sunday at Morrow on a rape charge involving a 15 year old girl named Peasley. He was brought back to Morrow for preliminary hearing Tuesday. charge may be reduced to simple assault. He was acquitted at the preliminary.
Morrissey and Baker operate The Mint in the Clark Building on Main Street offering fine liquors wines brandies and cigars with a connected room for patrons in a compact downtown setup.
A Lewiston notice urges postponing nuptials until the Lewiston Inter-State fair opens in October where prizes lure couples. It also reports oil prospect development talks, new local corporation led by L A Porter with Isaman Haynes and Dowd, land donations, and Lewiston merchants expanding trade, with B N Trout buying Cash Hardware stock for Juliaetta.
The Nezperce town residents secured incorporation after a county board meeting. Trustees named are T. M. Mockler J. A. Schuldt Carl A. Davis Jno. D. Graham and M D Morris with an election in April to form the new governing body. Nearby Pasco area reports a shift to Blue stem wheat yielding 35 bushels per acre after irrigation. Cel Muncy, Pasco editor, popularized the phrase keep your eye on Pasco.
Captain Cochran visits Portland aiming to align river and mineral interests for a major smelter project. Local reports hint at mineral prospects in the Imnaha and nearby districts as a catalyst for Portland’s push. The exact actions or plans remain unclear as Cochran pursues Portland’s stake on the upper Snake. In other pages a light domestic anecdote shows Mr Widner presenting his new wife to their children with playful banter.
H Hames offers watch cleaning with a one year guarantee. The offer runs until August 1st. Located at 234 West Main Street.
Readable parts show temperature values and precipitation figures with sporadic numbers and abbreviations. The garbled OCR mentions high and low readings such as 58 and 79, with 57 and 53 or 55, suggesting a dated weather log. No clear date or location is identifiable in the fragment.
A sharp Saturday decline in sugar sends wholesalers guessing on causes and effects amid peak demand. D C Corbin of Spokane, leading a Waverly sugar refining company, blames beet competition and California refiners. A 25 cent drop per hundred pounds impacts those holding large high price stock, while Jones continues to pay freight.
Judge Steele ruled for the board in the fee dispute over 1 percent fees on school land sales. Hastings sought 213.49 citing county treasurer entitlements, but county law held such fees belong to the county, a ruling upheld after a long opinion citing multiple court rulings.
Portland business interests push to secure wholesale and grain trade in the region. An engineer has been stationed on the upper Snake River for several weeks, studying routes, locks, and accessibility to boost shipments and regional commerce.
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