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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
6
A collage of observations on international affairs fashion education and religion. Notes on Japan English prominence in diplomacy and press views on spelling reform alongside U S schoolpage culture high school songs portable churches and the evolving concept of the home beautiful. Captain Putnam Bradlee Strong is briefly mentioned.
The piece reflects on the case of ex Captain Strong who chose to end his military service by his own action and to finance a trip to Japan with a companion. It notes his earlier valor in the Philippines, two war wounds, and the social and professional debts incurred by selling his father's home. It argues that youth folly may be pardoned but manhood folly is harshly judged and public bragging is punished by society.
A satirical account praises a judge for granting a divorce and alimony to a wronged husband. The claimant ridicules the woman, recounts exaggerated misdeeds and possessions exchanged, and ends with gratitude to the judge for upholding what is framed as male protection.
Treasury statistics show US coal exports rising from 1.27 million tons in 1885 to 7.18 million in 1900 with 8 million expected for the year ending June 30. Europe faces a fuel crisis as Britain and Germany lead exports, while the US coal belt expands. A romance subplot follows Laurace Ord and May Carden, culminating in a yacht tragedy.
Horace and Homer fade before a new muse his heart adores. The speaker finds endless, precious love in the maiden’s glee and voice, her breath scented with hyssop wine violets and wild-wood roses, while earthbound days hinge on the music of her lips.
Forty years after joining the Chicago Board of Trade W T Baker has led the exchange and other bodies. He succeeded Lyman J Gage as president of the World's Columbian Exposition after directing foreign exhibits. He served multiple terms as president, faced illness, and held roles including vice president of the Civic Federation. Baker is famed for rising prices and a Snoqualmie Falls water joke.
Laurence reads a torn packet to find three sheets from Walter Robinson and Son solicitors at Alwyn Bay. The note, pale printed and penciled, explains that May and a half-drowned person were helped ashore and sheltered by a lawyer, with Mr Griffiths drafting this message.
The text questions fingerprint constancy for crime solving, arguing that many people could share similar prints, heredity might produce likenesses, and criminals could alter prints. It warns that fingerprints would spark endless expert disputes and confuse justice.
The writer argues fingerprint matches are unreliable alone and should not override a plausible alibi. They note fingerprints can aid crime detection but require stronger corroboration, as no two people have indistinguishable prints. The point is that current evidence does not justify relying on fingerprints alone.
A student written piece satirizes May parties and June walks in New York, using a comic inventory of hampers filled with pies and snacks. The narrator recalls natural history studies and a chaperon’s overbearing authority at a Central Park picnic, ending with a witty zoological aside.
New York now leads all states in the share of its people living in cities. Of every 100 New Yorkers, 77 reside in urban areas, while the nationwide city population rate is 47 percent. This highlights a larger urban concentration in New York compared with the country as a whole.
A Turkish mother adorns her newborn with charms, placing a small mud amulet steeped in hot water on the forehead. The practice reflects gratitude toward providence as she gazes upon her son.
At the London Zoo a small cassowary mounted a prolonged war dance over a ribbon blown inside its cage. A larger cassowary intervened, resulting in a kicking battle with forward kicks and a decisive blow from the inner toe. Both birds suffered but survived the clash.
A somnambulism case from July, involving Theophile Janicaud, a Blois normal school pupil, described by M. Badaire and endorsed by Dr. Dufay. The incident features a nocturnal fishing walk, a misdirected companion, a dangerous river path, and a blindfolded test of sight in darkness.
In the Sixth Avenue shopping district a Red Cross flag atop a three story building signals a dolls hospital where soft dolls are treated by a staff of doll surgeons. White aprons, caps, and a superintendent called Doctor imply modern care with miraculous-sounding repairs. New Factories claim in 1900 to have opened fifty plants in Kansas City, Missouri.
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