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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
3
A column of stray opinions and brief anecdotes touching politics, culture, science, and society. Notes include remarks on aging, the penumbra of celebrity, religious women’s education, native and immigrant topics, shipbuilding futures, university life, and Portland hobos, reflecting early 20th century American attitudes without graphic detail.
A broad column reflects on Portland’s peace era with fewer arrests and a sliming of hobos, then shifts to concerns over food adulteration. It cites a investigator charging profits from dangerous additives in bread sugar and meat, urging stronger laws and harsher penalties. It also notes California hardy crops and odd London Times items from 1801 alongside a humorous tale about growing facial hair through a singing process.
A London Mail report details the lavish costs of London mansions and country seats, noting Battle Abbey sale at £200,000 as a hint of wealth. It lists Prices for dining rooms, gallery panels, ceilings, and bedrooms in grand houses, citing figures from £500 to £12,000 per item and total rooms budgets.
Several players position themselves with one foot on the ground and the opposite leg behind the back while grasping the ear. A six inch high object sits on the ground and players hop to bite it, raising it in the air. Winners are bailed, others pay a forfeit.
Nearly a century old union stone cutter Robert Bailey of La Crosse Wisconsin remains hale and skilled after more than seventy years at the trade. Born in 1803 in County Wexford Ireland he came to the United States with his parents at age three. Feminine Firemen in Nassjo Sweden are described as a village about to fill four large tubs serving as water works with a female fire department of 150 members. When a child sleeps poorly at night a father may suspect intentional mischief.
Cornelia Lunt, a spinster from Bottlehole, fancies herself safely aged at forty but risks exposure by altering the family Bible to claim being thirty. Her plot to wed the rich widower Mr Dumaday is interrupted by a mysterious visitor and a creeping fear of discovery.
In a New York Evening News snippet Cornelia confronts a confessor who discovers she is about forty after a bashful solicitor notes her likely youth. Mr Dumsday reveals a vow to wed only a younger wife, forcing a farewell that unsettles Cornelia and challenges her prospects.
A chemist praises a medicinal spring water as the best he has examined and its curative properties. The proprietor laments the taste, noting that pleasant flavor will harm sales because the public distrusts a tasty medicine. A humorous aside cites bread, cheese, and kisses as a failed recipe.
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