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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
3
A collage of light humor contrasts aging, romance, and social mores. Witty exchanges cover singing habits, money rules, and sly puns, featuring playful banter among couples, teachers, suitors, and editors from Philadelphia to Chicago.
A.O. Wright describes a soda dam in Box Canyon above Jemez River hot springs in Arizona. A 100 foot high wall of soda spans the gorge, once with a 20 foot breach that filled over time, threatening the lake to resume its 600 foot wide extent and three quarters of a mile length. Environmental forces built the dam as springs deposit minerals, and scientists predict the height will remain near 100 feet while the base strengthens and the lake level lowers.
Chicago’s Chronicle notes last year saw 473 houses moved within the city averaging over one per day. About fifty firms specialize in moving frame brick or stone houses with city licenses and five thousand dollar bonds. Moves require routes approved by the housemoving department and an inspector to enforce rules while owners and neighbors endure the process.
A veteran mover recalls the laborious process of shifting a house using windlass and rope, with repeated pulls to relocate until the dwelling reaches its new site. He notes that post-fire Chicago sees few moves, as frame houses dwindle and brick and stone homes stay put, with relocations mainly on the city outskirts.
A wholesale dealer notes steel wool has grown from a six year substitute for sandpaper to wide use by metal workers carpenters cabinetmakers painters and grainers across the United States. Sold in one pound packages it consists of sharp steel threads curling like excelsior and offers a stable edge for polishing moldings and woodwork, outpacing sandpaper which tends to clog.
An exhaustive survey notes Japan bears over five hundred shocks yearly, suggesting a comparatively thin crust. The text also recalls historic census rankings, typhoon patterns near the Philippines, Hartford’s Charter Oak, Cambridge elm, Penn treaty elm, major orchid hothouses in New Jersey, and a diverse orchid seed supply from numerous tropical countries.
French explorers report finds in Algerian grottoes include stone implements with extinct animal remains. The site dates to quarternary times and suggests the coastfront differed from present, with rhinoceros hippo and various ruminants among animals linked to ancient inhabitants.
The text explains a Japanese auction method where bidders write their name and bid on slips placed in a box. After bidding ends, the box is opened and the goods go to the highest bidder. The passage notes kin are especially harmful in politics and is incomplete.
The piece explains that residents must obtain consent from block residents on the moving side and from those within 150 feet on the opposite side. If either majority is not secured, the move is halted. It outlines the traditional method of moving houses using pins, a windlass, a pulling rope, and horses, noting protective gloves for workers handling wood.
A list of distinguished men who backed women’s suffrage includes Abraham Lincoln Charles Sumner William H Seward Chief Justice Chase Henry W Longfellow John J Whittier Wendell Phillips John Stuart Mill Phillips Brooks Ralph Waldo Emerson John Quincy Adams George W Julian Joseph Cook James Freeman Clarke Charles Kingsley Thomas Wentworth Higginson and others.
A quirky dialogue notes a child insisting a piglet is a lamb while a mother corrects with humor. The piece laments language misfires and hints at social expectations around weddings and baby praise, capturing a playful cross talk style from a period voice.
In Detroit, Edward Max, owner of Cadil lac barber shop, has been stone blind for seven years yet runs a busy shop solely by sound and touch. He identifies customers by their steps, hair and beard texture, and even the razor’s scrape. His daughter serves as cashier, and he handles change by feel.
A young ambulance surgeon recalls a chaotic night when he picked up a drunken man with a broken leg and a drunken woman with the same fate. En route they fought, cried, kissed, sang, and finally parted in tears at the hospital gate, amid a puzzled crowd.
In blue shales a valley near Montclair New Jersey fossil fish of an almost extinct ganoid type survive in three specimens. They show shining bony scales and reveal early vertebrate features according to geologists. Also notes a satirical snippet on a cruel American parent and a cartoon caption about vice girls.
A southwest tornado in Pensacola on March 24 battered the harbor. Masts snapped on the Russian bark Leitte, vessels dragged anchors, and ships were driven ashore or into wreckage. Beached lumber lighters sank, boats wrecked, and high seas flooded the wharves though no life was lost. Names of ships include Leitte and Toly. No shore damage reported. London reports signs of cotton trade tension as prices rise and demands from India fall.
Kansas City March 24 The interstate commerce commission through special agent J T Marchands is said to possess proof that local railroads offered rebates on eastbound shipments of packing house products from Kansas City. Criminal proceedings for violating the interstate commerce act may follow. The KC hearing last Thursday examined several freight agents and the probe, to be resumed in Chicago, will summon railroad officials who evaded inquiry. The commission reportedly intends to prosecute some witnesses for perjury.
Milwaukee March 25 Judge Ludwig of the superior court declared unconstitutional the 1899 act prohibiting discrimination against labor organization members. He held the law conflicts with Wisconsin and U S constitutions, chiefly for infringing freedom of contract, and is void.
A historical study cites Carroll D. Wright showing 78 percent of 15,337 single working women under 25 in 22 cities. It notes marriage postponement rises from female independence and self-support, with men appearing less attractive amid shifting social norms and evolving gender roles.
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