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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
3
A sweep of curiosities notes unusual facts from around the world. A Kentucky gun death, Swiss private telephones, Alaska’s tiny density, British peerage hints, and a Polish woman with multiple marriages headline a column of quick, witty reflections on society and progress.
A lengthy reflection argues that the nation’s fate rests with educated youth who can guide policy and reform. It condemns urban migration from farms, urges agricultural education and rural retention, and critiques sensational commercial literature while highlighting perpetual shifts in American letters.
A mother guides a child to bed after play, half reluctant, as the child watches toys fade away. Nature, like a gentle nurse, removes our comforts one by one, guiding us into rest beyond our waking understanding. Longfellow’s verse reflects on surrender to the unknown and the comforting, inevitable passage of time.
The Clayton Bulwer treaty or convention linked the United States and Great Britain to a Central American Isthmian canal project. It aimed to prevent exclusive control by either power and to avoid dominion over Central America, amid Nicaragua canal plans and British protectorate claims.
The piece discusses the Isthmian canal's strategic importance to the United States and the need for sole U.S. control under the Hay-Pauncefote pact. It notes Britain’s colonial stance over British Honduras, questioning implications for neutrality, and presents opposing views on the treaty’s concessions versus advantages.
The article notes global blindness around one in fifteen hundred people, about one million worldwide. Russia has the highest proportion in Europe with 200,000 blind in a 96 million population, about one in 480, concentrated in northern Finland provinces. Main cause is ophthalmia from poor hut ventilation and limited treatment, plus substantial blindness in Egypt from glowing sand.
The Excelsior geyser in Yellowstone Park is the largest geyser known, with a basin 200 feet across and 3830 feet deep. Steam rises from the boiling water continually, and water is spurts to 50 to 800 feet high at long intervals.
British landlords are said to owe 20 000 acres of land in the United States, an area larger than that of Ireland, signaling a notable transatlantic landholding issue.
The article notes that twenty thousand Indians die yearly from snake bites. It identifies the cobra de capella as the deadliest reptile and reports that a government reward for snake heads backfired, as natives bred snakes to obtain the prize, failing to reduce fatalities.
The excerpt notes Louis XIV in 1670 spending about 858 dollars per yard on gold brocade for a royal robe. It contrasts with a later German Empress coverlet woven in white silk with raised vegetal and avian motifs. The weaver earned roughly one sixth of the 112 dollar per yard price.
The article notes the superior dark brown walnut wood prized for furniture and grain. Despite extensive local use decades ago, dark quartered oak gained favor and walnut declined. Yet U S supply from Mississippi Valley areas remains, while Europe continues to pay high prices for black walnut, as described in Berea Quarterly.
The text reports W R Moody likely to carry on his father’s mission at Northfield schools and church labors. It notes he is capable but lacks the powers that made his father famous. The piece wishes him success in this large, noble endeavor.
The brain requires proper nourishment and small meals. A sedentary worker should eat four to six light meals daily, each with one or two items, varied at each meal, and stop when the appetite is satisfied to avoid digestive distress and gas buildup.
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