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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
2
A report on gas engine efficiency matching steam in tests, the evolution of chronometer balance corrections, Guillaume’s method, and new findings on ocean oxygen at depth. Polar water brings oxygen to the equator via a global circulation, keeping oceans life-supporting. Professor Nutting explains the circulation and its importance to marine life.
The article recounts widespread historical cannibalism across the Americas from the Caribbean to the upper Amazon and eastern United States. It notes Carib names, wartime ritual cannibalism among tribes like the Miamis and Kiowas, and cites Attakapa and Karan-kawa regional practices, referencing 18th century San Antonio catechism questions.
Harper's Magazine notes the Tonkawas near Las Altonio were feared as fierce rovers and hunters who avoided farming, spread across Texas then roamed widely. They served as scouts for whites in wars against hostile tribes and were briefly gathered into San Antonio missions before returning to freedom around 1812.
The Bronx boasts a tiny parcel at the southeast corner of 149th Street and Third Avenue with triangular dimensions of 12 by 14 by 16 inches. Valued at $1,000 by the estate executor, it has attracted offers from a Manhattan department store for advertising and an advertising firm for a long lease, with negotiations ongoing for a final sale or lease.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recounts a hunting party guided through tall timber by an expert tracker puzzled by where the moon rises. The guide jokes the moon often fails to come up, leaving the travelers lost and bemused in the dim forest.
A New Yorker with aristocratic pretensions asked for a harness die bearing his crest and sent the die to a leather artist. The finished horse gear arrived with the insignia but without the die. Inquiries reveal other customers saw the crest and sought items bearing the same design, while the fate of the old-fashioned hostess who served pickled tongue at dinner remains unknown.
A 17th century carreta or ox cart, likely the oldest native American vehicle, was found near Rio Tesuque five miles from Santa Fe New Mexico. The wooden wheels, rawhide bindings, cottonwood rack, mesquite tongue and bow-shaped yoke illustrate early travel conditions and lack of metal in its construction.
Chicago plans a vast underground system with main tunnels 14 by 12 feet and branches 6 by 8. Built deep to avoid pipes and cables, the network aims to carry mail cars between the post office and railroad depots, signaling a novel urban transit and logistics project in a crowded city.
A prolonged plan to run an underground telephone system under Chicago faced early opposition after a clause blocked roadwork. Despite permits, no pavements were torn up yet seven miles of tunnels were completed beneath the business district. Excavation occurred quietly at basement sites with earth hauled away at night. No passenger service is intended.
An American tourist seeking lodging in a Normandy inn uses English with a French clerk who finally responds by revealing he grew up ten miles from Bangor, Maine. The anecdote highlights language barriers and regional ties across two countries.
A brief exchange about recognition among Miss Browne and Cadleigh reopens a familiar memory. A Philadelphia Presa quotation notes that ancestry matters less than present character, as the conversation turns to identity and recollection.
Forsyth will host a new bank with $50 000 capital stock. Belgrade will see a 100 barrel flour mill planned by Dr Featherstone. A flag day proclamation covers Saturday June 14. Rev R P Smith of Dillon becomes president of Montana Wesleyan University. Over 400 horses are expected at the track, with 275 at the Butte track in training. Potosi hot springs near Pony purchased by W H Young and Herman Strasberger for an undisclosed sum. Judge Hollow sentences Thomas Tighe to 15 years for the March 6 murder at Winston East Pacific mine. Carnegie library gift to Kalispell moves forward with $10 000 from Mr Carnegie, paid as $2000 and $3000 installments. Nelson Story to build a 500 barrel daily flour mill at Bozeman with breakfast-food machinery and a six story elevator, costing about $150 000.
iGON NOTES. James Lidwell, a well known citizen of Astoria, is dead. The floral carnival of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. of Yamhill county opened at McMinnville last week and was a great success. The Oregon Short Line will spend between $300,000 and $400,000 in track betterments this year, over and above the usual maintenance work. Four people were drowned last week by the capsizing of a rowboat in the Columbia river near Martin's Bluff, twelve miles above Lallema. The drowned are: Herbert Martin, aged 24, Ivy Martin, aged 16, Lilly Durkee, aged 21, Nellie Durkee, aged 18. Over 10,000,000 feet of lumber was shipped from Portland by water in the month of May. This breaks all previous records for the port. The shipments to the Orient, Siberia and Hawaii alone reached a total of over 7,500,000 feet, while nearly 3,000,000 feet went coastwise to California ports. Sylvester Pennoyer, governor of Oregon from 1886 to 1894, died suddenly last week at his home in Portland from heart trouble. He had been in poor health for the past year, and spent a great part of his time on his farm. He was found lying on the floor with a pillow under his head. Govern or Pennoyer was born in Tompkins county, New York, July 6, 1831, and was therefore in his 71st year.
James A. Patten, Evanston mayor and board of trade figure, closed the May Oats corner that has controlled the oats market since last fall. Estimated profits reach about 1 million dollars. Patten accumulated 10 to 12 million bushels of May options and, delivering to shippers, pushed prices higher in the pit. May oats ended at 43 7 8 cents, with Saturday gains around 6 cents.
A writer argues that magnetic susceptibility to electric shock differs by shoe. The sole of a man’s shoe resists current, while a horse with iron shoes and nails can conduct electricity more readily, taking the full current.
In Denver the treasury department safe of the Colorado Telephone company was opened and looted recently, with $1200 taken.
June 3 Chicago report details a chaotic labor confrontation in the Little Hell district. Police under Lieutenant Collins faced a mob of workers and women resisting meat wagon deliveries, with bricks, stones, and clubs used amid arrests and heavy injuries. The melee surged toward Halstead and Division, ending only after intense police volley and blocade efforts.
In Portland on June 3, a statewide vote favored Democrat George E. Chamberlain for governor as returns showed Republicans winning most statewide offices. The legislature is expected to lean Republican, while Oregon elects George H. Williams as Portland mayor.
Wheat prices in Portland Walla Walla ranged 66 to 67 cents with blue stem noted. In Tacoma steady trading, bluestem listed at 66 1-2, clubs at 65 1-2 cents.
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