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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
7
A column of witty quips and social riffs touches on Morgan and Wall Street gossip, fashion fads, political musings, and playful digs at public figures. It notes a Boston death, Russian reform talk, a divorce suit over large feet, and light commentary on stage caricatures and bejeweled women.
In a column style piece a hasty marriage followed by a sharp rebuke of quick unions and a call for social reform. The narrative contrasts mercenary unions with steady home life and cites British Census data on early marriages. It highlights fragile unions among the poor and emphasizes responsibility and parental preparation for choosing a life mate.
A lyric expresses longing for a dear across seasons and moods. The speaker desires companionship in snow and rain, joy and sorrow, dawn and daybreak, when light returns and dew gleams. The refrain centers on guidance, love, and cheering from the beloved, with attribution to Lippincott's.
A British expedition in West Africa, the Aroneia turce, dispersed a fetish sacrificial grove at Long Ju Ju in Aro Chuka used by Aro chiefs to exploit Ibo and other peoples. Supplicants were often enslaved or sacrificed. the cavern housed skulls, weapons, and alligators fed on bodies. Oloko, stronghold of Warsu Tarui, was destroyed after a difficult march.
A dramatic scene unfolds as Dorothy Benson faces a difficult choice after a joyful reunion with Jack. A revealing letter promises a future decision about careers and affection. Separately, military ethics are examined by Captain Mahan, urging strict obedience while recognizing necessary judgment in doubt, and Dr. Newman Hall recounts Harriet Beecher Stowe’s inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin born from a communion moment.
A dialogue contrasts a breezy girl with a remark about airs. A mention of a man lacking ambition uses a pan of dough without yeast to illustrate a failed rise. The exchange captures social vanity and misplaced effort in a compact vignette.
A major blaze at Wolff & Zwicker iron works in Portland began near 11 p.m. and spread to East Side Lumber, Madison Street shops, and more, destroying warehouses, bridges, and numerous buildings. About six acres burned, $500000 in losses, several overcome by smoke, no casualties reported. Fire under control by 2 a.m. as crowds watched from the riverfront.
Reports from Reach Island 140 miles north of Vancouver confirm forests burning along the coast. A mass of smoke rides over the Gulf of Georgia and fills the harbor, making the opposite shore barely visible from the Cassiar steamer.
Silk unions in Paterson New Jersey meet to decide not to return to mills until the city is cleared of military presence. No formal strike is declared, but workers refuse to resume work until troops withdraw. In Helena Montana a five year old girl, Alice Thompson, dies after falling down an elevator shaft at the Monticello building. her father Randolph Thompson was a former secretary to Governor Toole.
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