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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
3
A collection of observations on wealth, law, education, and public life. It debates reform through legal trust in courts, the value of college learning, and the impact of industrial discipline. Candid notes compare Niagara rapids adventurers with modern campaigners, plus shifts in attitudes toward authority, education, and profanity in workplaces.
The article discusses tests for food purity by the U.S. Department of Agriculture focusing on oleomargarine and renovated butter, then pivots to a satirical portrait of British views on American wealth. It features a boiling test and a comic set of exam questions about Morgan Carnegie and other magnates, highlighting American industrial dominance.
Letters reveal John Stanton and F Jones navigate male and female leadership at Jones Stanton Co. Chicago operations expand, an incorporation notice sets capital at 15000 dollars with principal office at 96th and Eldred Streets. Later changes rename the firm and shift presidency to John Stanton as F Jones retires.
Mrs Norris questions Robby as he admits visiting the doctor to learn if he may go out yet. The exchange reveals a cautious youth seeking permission before stepping outside while a concerned guardian watches.
A June bride ceremony unites Florence Jones and John Stanton of the John Stanton company, with the firm renamed from Jones Stanton to John Stanton company. Mrs Stanton remains as chairwoman of the board as the offices are consolidated after a recent marriage.
The article recounts how Daniel Webster bought the 1500 acre Marshfield area farm around 1830 after stopping at John Thomas’s residence. It describes relations with the Royalist Thomas family, Webster’s additions to the house, and the Winslow Webster burying-ground with memorials to early settlers and the Webster family, ending with Webster’s burial amid thousands in New England Magazine.
A London Express note surveys liquid air amid talk of forming a company to commercialize it. Authorities doubt its economic viability, citing high production costs and preservation difficulties, despite proposals as an explosive, medical caustic, or power source.
A humorous Philadelphia Times quip uses a pun about meter by a teacher and father. The short exchange contrasts poetic meter with a gas meter, delivering a light local humor item.
In a Detroit Free Press item, a man boasts how to win approval for a stag poker night by letting a wife have the last word and feigning disappointment. A caller seeks permission, while the husband gently navigates the clash, ensuring the party proceeds with a soft, humorous tug of wills.
The largest bass horn, weighing forty six pounds and standing forty seven inches tall, is owned and played by W. S. Vanover of Lexington Virginia. He says he uses the horn daily in marching for battalion parades.
The Anaconda Standard cites a Congressional investigation estimating crime and related losses at about a billion dollars annually, a figure that could double when considering full costs of property damage and life. Officials urge eradication of habitual crime and note widespread investigative efforts. Minnesota farm lands have risen over 100 percent in seven years.
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