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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
6
A collage of curiosities and quips from an early 20th century press. Odd interviews, big names, and social notes abound from courts and finance to science and schooling. References include Morgan, Edward VII, census figures, and talk of a Shakspearean revival, with satirical asides on reading and modern life.
The article notes royal domestic skill as valued, critiques Herron in the Congregational Church schism, and discusses the wife’s subtle influence on presidential affairs. It highlights Mrs. McKinley’s limited public duties due to health, yet points to the wife’s unseen diplomacy in drawing rooms and social acts shaping governance.
A dialogue between two actresses questions a man’s status as an angel figure. One says he lacks wings. the other quips his money lacks wings. The exchange highlights irony about virtue and wealth with a wry tone.
In a printed exchange the speakers note their dislike of sausages and yeast. The Yonkers Statesman quips about the Gog being man’s best friend, reflecting a humorous dialogue fragment from a local column.
German researchers combine aluminum and magnesium to create megnalium, a light durable alloy workable by file and lathe. Dr Ludwig Mond reports a gas production method cutting cost to 4 cents per thousand feet, with potential to revolutionize electric power and open hearth steel. The sun spot cycle drives auroral activity and corona forms, aiding scientists seeking detailed solar pictures. Captain H P Deasy notes grasswrack at 16500 feet in the Kunlun Mountains, a deposit once part of a salt lake. Tigers show protective ear markings that may deter predators, and quake data from 1896 Japan shock records show wave speed to Laucelito. Lunar observation gains accuracy via dual-libration stereoscopy, improving relief perception of craters.
A. J. Ball chief clerk of the railway mail service predicts a record year for mail handling. He notes unprecedented mail volume on Indianapolis rail lines with more postal cars and clerks. Forecasts suggest the new fiscal year will bring profits of about two million dollars to the post office and hints at widespread penny postage advances.
Chief Clerk Ball recalls the shift from 3 to 2 cents and predicts a 1 cent rate would dramatically increase letter volume. He notes profits by the post office and argues cheaper rates would boost correspondence for business and private use, while reducing circular business mail in railway postal service.
The Savannah News notes Florida could grow Bermuda lilies and other bulb flowers for northern markets. Florida’s mild climate suits bulb crops like hyacinths and tuberoses, potentially enabling year round production without glass covers. Opportunity exists for South Georgia and Florida to develop a profitable bulb and seed trade with patience and smart marketing.
A memoryy farmer in Memphis after late desk visits finally asks for a key saying he will remain then retire. The clerk laughs as the man, sleepy and frustrated, discovers the word he sought was retire. He plans to sleep until 10 to catch up.
A quirky note claims if all London cabs were laid end to end they would stretch forty four miles and adds an odd fact about an ostrich tickling any woman with its feathers.
David D Thompson, an eight layman, is elected editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate by the Methodist General Book Committee in Cincinnati. He is 48, from Evanston Illinois, and will serve until May 1904 at a salary of 4250 dollars a year. Thompson previously edited the Daily Advocate and acted as editor following Dr Arthur Edwards’ death.
In Morrow County Ohio a century old grist mill sits on North Fork run by Mrs. Milford Brady with help from a boy. Built by her father, it has run continually since erection and she has operated it since his death, living nearby in a log cabin and dealing mainly with customers who bring grist to the mill.
Reports from Manila say Adjutant General Corbin and General Chaffee plan radical reforms lowering U S army costs by about 60 percent within a year. The force will shrink to 20 000–30 000 men with districts abolished and three permanent brigades at Manila Dagupan and Iloilo or Cebu. A single large hospital and centralized barracks will replace multiple facilities, and transport and supply arrangements will be streamlined. Corbin will head south then proceed to China before returning via Vancouver.
News records editor Donald J. Beaton of the Nelson Daily Miner thrown from a streetcar Sunday and dying the same evening at John Horton’s Stanley street residence where he was removed. Details note he went bathing in Toucher alone unable to swim and died.
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