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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
7
A collection of short observations and commentary spanning wealth happiness aging empires and emigration. Notes on women philosophy gossip and public life touch on Carnegie Shaw Rhodes Greece and the Western world with reflective witticisms and historical references. The piece ends with a fragment about aging bones and active living.
The article reflects on aging, celebrating active older men who pursue life with vigor such as driving, travel, and sports. It notes Peter Peterson buying a car at 70 and enjoying daily spins, while a speech by Rev. Frederick C. Priest argues preaching should stay within religious limits to preserve freedom. It includes humor, a war story from grandma, and various vignettes on happiness, pilgrimage, and resilience.
A poetic excerpt notes Dolly's smile drawing Cupids to her cheeks and lips. Cupids perch in her dimples and upon her pearly teeth as she laughs, with playful mischief and a whispered kiss claimed by a lover.
A historical note on careful dark room practices for amateur photography. It warns against dusting with stiff bristles, using alkaline solutions in glass-stoppered bottles, sweeping dust, and transferring solutions between containers. It stresses patience, proper light, and avoiding overexposure or weak developers to avoid poor negatives. It cautions that snap shots in deep shadows rarely yield good results and that old plates produce unsatisfactory outcomes.
A medical discussion cites Dr. H Willoughby Gardner in The Lancet arguing colds may be infectious. The piece notes Arctic expeditions show fewer colds when isolated, while contact with settlements triggers illness, drawing on Spitzbergen and Nansen expeditions as examples.
Miss Riggs, an Amazon of the present day, claims identity in a New England town where she has lived for over eighty years. A newcomer's confusion over Miss or Mrs. Riggs prompts her firm reply, Miss Riggs from choice, in a terse, heightened tone.
United States Mint director George E. Roberts cites a $30,000 shortage linked to Walter N. Dimmick, facing the bar for theft. He notes San Francisco holds the record for shortages, with a 1950s loss of about $400,000, and earlier declines in Carson City and New Orleans. Roberts highlights the Philadelphia mint as the largest and best, praising new machinery and seeking $30,000 for San Francisco equipment to boost future coinage.
In Western Laristan the Mahomedan mosque with a faceted spire guards the believed tomb of Daniel. Europeans are barred from the sacred site, while archaeologist M. Jacques de Morgan notes the fortress Hardby near Susa overlooks the mosque, yet access remains strictly denied.
A cautionary piece explains that a telegraph wire is usually safe while on the ground but an electric light wire becomes deadly as soon as it leaves the ground. It urges safe handling if removal is necessary and compares electricity to a loaded gun. The rest notes cholera origin in the Ganges delta, a Java orchid that blooms and withers together, and a dictum about good boys being neglected by their mothers.
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