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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1902
Page
7
A political meet ends with a retracting orator nod, while a New Jersey woman in an emergency climbs from a well. The item blends quips on newspapers, architecture, fortuitous finds like Solomon's temple, patent medicines, and ad nuisance with a humorous nod to bankers and editors.
A newspaper column blends frontier anecdotes and social satire with notes on fire fighting hazards. It weighs a Western East rivalry over affectionate greetings at Jersey City station, tramps in Kansas and farmer labor, then pivots to naval ordnance progress with a time fuse that could pierce armor. The piece argues inventions deter war and reflects on peace, restraint, and progress.
A humorous anecdote describes a French officer surviving on a weekly pension of five francs by dining with friends and rationing meals. He explains a simple system where he eats extensively until midweek, then lives off a large dish of tripe and onions at his restaurant, and abstains until Sunday, illustrating his austere approach to sustenance.
An article explains how bird's eye maple, curly walnut, and quartered oak achieve their figures. Bird's eye results from peeling the log with a huge knife, while curly walnut comes from the root and trunk above ground, and quartered oak uses quadrant cuts that create the distinctive flake but cause waste and higher cost.
A retrospective on Francis Bret Harte, his life from Albany to California, his rise in San Francisco journalism, and his influence on western mining camp lore. It notes his roles, writings like The Luck of Roaring Camp and The Outcasts of Poker Flat, and later diplomatic posts. Also includes brief notes on long-lived individuals and the view that outdoor exercise aids longevity.
The article notes walking as the favored exercise of centenarians. It cites Mac Donald, a 101 year old in Highlands Scotland who in his last year walked ten miles in two and a half hours on a wager and met the king at Windsor. It mentions Colonel George Perkins of Norwich Connecticut who died at 100 after walking four miles daily until late in life.
A Minnesota inventor unveils a reversible mower enabling back and forth cutting on the same field side. Pivoted tongue and a levered locking pin allow the team to swing the mower for opposite direction work. Double knife cutter bar and bidirectional running gear suit large fields without full ring cutting.
A political orator in English addressed a club of Italian voters and received enthusiastic applause. The New York Times notes the crowd shouted Viva and Bravo as he spoke, then the chairman joked that he could signal the audience with his fingers to cue each cheer.
A Toledo man recounts buying a Ohio farm for two thousand dollars but delaying payment after discovering a tar smelling spring yielding petroleum. The farmer offered a five hundred dollar reduction, and they completed the sale in half a day. The oil well later yielded over half a million barrels before petering out.
A passerby jokes that the sight of a bishop, a surgeon, a druggist, and an undertaker's wagon is a suggestive mix. The Albanian, familiar with the group, laughs and moves on as the bishop, surgeon, and druggist share a laugh at the harmless misread. Albany Press reports the anecdote.
An anecdote recounts Baron Rothschild visiting New York where a mud blocked street thwarted his attempt to attend a second reception. Brown of Grace Church offered to carry him across on his back, lifting the baron like a child to spare soiling his clothes. The tale, cited from Ladies' Home Journal.
The article notes eucalyptus and other Australian desert trees storing water, which natives obtain by cutting roots and standing the pieces. It also mentions advances across science and technology from barium properties to a new typewriter keyboard, dental anesthesia, match paste prizes, and Mont Pelee eruption observations.
The text explains cougar hunting methods, describing a close approach and a straight rush to seize the neck or shoulder. It notes the cougar often finishes the fight after tooth and claw engage, with rare failures leading to the predator being repelled or injured in a brutal scramble. It also recounts a lion stalking a bull elk and a chaotic collision ending with the elk driving off the cougar.
Severe frost and heavy snow in northeastern Italy devastate silk worm crops near Pieve Di Cadore, ruining hundreds of peasants. An elderly resident questions why aid isn’t provided when a map shows wealth.
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