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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
5
The column surveys economic change and public life noting the lobster of commerce disappearing and wealth versus happiness. It discusses education's value in business, German industrial growth, university labs fueling industry, and the rise of practical science in a global market.
In Paris high wages are paid for general housework with strict limits and varied duties. French servants receive at most ten dollars a month and one half day off monthly, while Americans were said to be spoiled. They perform tasks like brushing clothes and errands but do not handle family washing or in-house cooking, leading to less kitchen work and more outings for the maid.
London funerals exceed 1,000,000 pounds yearly as civic and private services reflect the city’s rituals and costs. The piece notes charitable beggars and a sharp remark on personal dress, hinting at social satire of tailoring and public concern.
Poem reflects on a desolate house and memories of past lives. A fragile blossom by the path survives the generations, outlasting the people who once sheltered the home. The speaker laments vanished joys, parts and births, while the old house stands in weed grown silence.
In a tense drawing room scene Col onel Langley opposes his son Teddy’s marriage to dancer Madge Baptiste as Mrs Langley rages and a cousin counsels restraint. Gwendoline later visits Madge to discuss the threatened union amid social class tensions and secrecy.
In a tense Parisian room, Miss Baptiste and Miss Harper confront love, duty, and family wishes as Teddy Tangley’s suitors debate marriage. Miss Baptiste offers to wed Teddy if Gwen consents, with both women crying and plans to seek parental approval. The scene ends with a promise to marry and a festive yet tense conclusion as the manager announces performance changes.
The article discusses Chinese immigrants in the United States and the costs of their food, noting they do not live solely on rice and chop suey. It highlights that Chinese eating habits mirror general American tastes and that dining choices reflect broader market availability.
Sterling B. Torrey of Jefferson County Circuit Court ruled a farm hand cannot recover damages after misapplying Paris green. The plaintiff exposed his flesh to poison while spraying bugs on potato vines, committing ultravires and contributory negligence. If Paris green’s poison was unknown, the suit should have been brought by a guardian.
Citizens in Albemarle County Virginia organize the Jefferson Memorial Road association to build a public boulevard two miles long between Charlottesville and Monticello where President Jefferson lies interred. Project cost is estimated at 20000 dollars. Hot water and steam issues from a 500 foot drilled Colorado desert well.
The Washington dealer Thomas EK. Young stores the 1862 Washington carriage once used by Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague daughter of Salmon P. Chase. Once the city’s most handsome equipage it now sits as a relic in the salesroom, valued more for history than function. A Seward carriage and an Abraham Lincoln era vehicle, plus Gen. Sherman’s wagon, are also kept, purchased about twenty years ago.
A fragment from a column recounts Lord Russell, late Lord Chief Justice, brusque in manner yet protective in granting a favored appointment. A visitor, Sir Charles Wilkins, faces sharp corrections on letter quality and appearance before the vacancy is discussed. The anecdote illustrates his blunt yet aiding nature.
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