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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
3
A roundup notes the century’s mood and debates on progress. It surveys changes in communication, science, and society, from oil lamps to telephones, cables, and film, while praising courage, education, and the push for human-centered economic growth. It discusses the rise of wealth and world fairs, rail travel, and the need to balance material progress with human development.
Poem speaks of a soldiers memorial built from love faith and tears. It imagines a white marble statue embodying bravery and sacrifice while honoring the dead who saved the country with faces and forms that endure beyond the flag and stars. The speaker asks how a sculptor can render such heroism in stone and vows a memorial pure and brave.
In a tenement neighborhood a boy named Crooksie Peters bonds with Jakie Bollinas during Memorial Day events at a cemetery. A runaway horse crashes a phaeton, Crooksie is gravely injured, and a kind upscale woman comforts him. The doctor and nursely heroism reveal Crooksie’s belief that all heroes include crooked ones, then the boy dies peacefully as flowers await at his grave.
Five football players and a barber’s pole spark a late night caper in a barbershop. The students buy the barber’s pole for five dollars, laden it as a procession, and are briefly detained by officers. After misidentifications and Latin oath, they’re released with a return of the pole.
In 1718 Surrey resident William Glanville died and left a will directing burial six yards underground in the churchyard and a curious donation plan. The village of Wotton reports distribution of this legacy as part of local charity history.
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