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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1905
Page
4
A health officer recounts unusual fumigation requests from the public including fumigating a cat and ashes from crematory. An antiquary cites a traveler’s brown guide of 1770 with odd luggage lists. Typewriter talk notes the czar’s ivory key machine. Skating gear for women and a turkey farmer describe luxury, tech, and profits in early 1900s commerce.
Eliza Warren of Chelan, oldest living white descendant of the Marcus Whitman expedition, will visit the Lewis and Clark exposition with daughter Mrs. Ilsley and granddaughter Mrs. John Flick Blackmore. She was born at Lapwai and recalls the Whitman era, Cayuse captivity, and early Oregon country life. She aims to discuss Northwest history with many pioneers.
A diary written in a fine quill hand by a young New York bride records her journey with her husband into a trackless wilderness. The sheaf details hardships pioneers faced as they won the west, offering a factual, observer’s view of a young woman who knew the country. It reads like a photograph of the era’s wild country.
A vivid meteor struck near First and Oak in Portland at 5 30 PM on March 27 landing within three feet of Special Policeman Childress. Weighing about a pound, it split into fiery fragments on impact and a large piece hissed in a puddle before officers gathered fragments for weighing and analysis at the assay office.
The Grangeville Free Press hails local actor Leonard Mitchell and announces an upcoming production of W. Gilbert's Greek mythic comedy The Sculptor on March 31 under Mitchell's direction. New scenery and full electric work planned.
The article touts a locally staged masterwork with Miss Nona Jean Nickel and Mr. J. W. Irwin as star leads. Mitchell will head a top cast with bright lighting, double specialties, and continuous humor guiding an evening the paper calls the grandest in the northwest, with touring to Cottonwood Lewiston and Nez Perce after the local show.
A list of jurors summoned for the upcoming district court term includes Seth Gifford J H Gaunt E C Eckersley E A Rowley Fred W Wilkinson John C Jackson A H Stevens Albert Wright 8S E Price J W Bite Frank McCallister B A Webster A W Beachler 8S Koker Chas Watson Jno R Glass A E Miller Robt Inghram C W Richardson Owen Thornton and others from Lewiston Mohler Kamiah Fletcher Leland Rimrock Lenore Hatwai Waha Central Ridge Melrose Bedrocks
The Coe Commission company assets in multiple city banks totaled 16862.67 with small amounts reported in Spokane 181 Walla Walla 4.57 Tacoma 10.17 Dayton 24.88 Wallace 72.35 Colfax 10.50 Moscow 80.20 North Yakima 37.50 Palouse 9.93 Ritzville 12.81 Portland 4.56 Tekoa 6.72 Olympia 12.27. The figures show diminutive holdings across branch offices as the firm collapsed.
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