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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
6
The column surveys varied notes from governance to ports of call. It discusses Guam naming a new governor, German baggage checks, and the looming naval ships named after states. It notes Jamaica’s coronation talk, public libraries funding, and Lord Acton’s ideal library guidance. James A Bailey visits Detroit, recalling his rise from vendor to circus magnate.
A column contrasts self reliance with hardship, using the cactus as a metaphor for ambitious, desert-born figures like Lincoln and Grant, and laments ingratitude in a mournful tale of a puddler who loses his daughter to worldly distance. It closes urging love and respect for parents and children alike.
A Northwestern Railway heating system uses two concentric cylinders with acetate of soda as a heat source. Heat is controlled by box doors, and the annular space connects to a steam pipe from the locomotive boiler. The article also quotes a poem about a thankful heart from Harper's Bazar.
Persis and her sisters learn Cousin Joshua left $150000 to himself and $100000 to churches and libraries, with $50000 for a cottage at Tyler's Crossing. They travel to claim the estate where Persis meets Charles Frederick Greyson, the heir’s true identity, leading to a resolved romance and a double reveal.
Dr Lehwess, a naturalized Englishman born in Germany and living in Paris, sets out on a world circumnavigation by automobile. He plans a route from Paris through Brussels Cologne Berlin Warsaw St Petersberg Moscow Nijni Novgorod Kazan Omsk Tomsk Irkutsk Kranschta toward Pekin Tien-Tsin or Vladivostock, driven by motoring zeal book material and trade interests after the Trans Siberian railway.
Dr LehWess will drive a Panhard Levassor car from New York to Japan by steamer, then via Honolulu to San Francisco. The route continues south through Mexico to New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Canada, New York, and finally a quick Liverpool to London finish. The trip spans about eight months not a race, ending with a crane lift and a final leg to Europe.
A lady, insulted by a junior railway official, sought help from a nearby stranger. He calmly replied that the man is an understrapper with a little authority, his sole qualification being extraordinary impudence.
A Mexican carpenter considers finishing a single hanging door a big day’s work while an American carpenter can easily hang ten doors in a day.
Fragmented OCR text notes poetic lines from Byron and a hymn, interwoven with a report on military housing strain at posts due to Philippine return and a note on bachelors favored for commissions. It mentions the Washington Star's comment on housing and future quarters, plus a stray line about American brewers investing in Havana.
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