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Newspaper
The Coeur Dalene Press
Location
Coeur D´Alene, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1907
Page
3
Coeur d Alene Idaho June 21 1907 A letter from The Best Land Co signed by secretary B S Best thanks the Press for its advertising impact. The firm notes high lot sales over the last thirty days and states no other medium was used. They plan half and full page etchings and future drawings for ads.
An Agricultural Department bulletin summarized by a Washington correspondent compares energy and cost of fruitarian diets with meat and cereal. It notes fruit and nut diets can supply ample calories and protein, with fruit and oats forming a feasible long term plan, though not declaring fruitarianism superior.
A tale from Alexandria across the Potomac to Washington recounts a gambler sold at public auction to fund a town clock. The incident involved a merchant and local citizens, ending with the gambler’s bid to buy his freedom and funds used to replace the town clock and steeple after a fire.
Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin lumberman became a senator candidate and Free Press founder. Born near Frederickson in June 1880, he moved to Bangor then Wisconsin, worked in lumber, served in Congress, and aligned with La Follette. A dinner quip about an error drew old stories of his early life and marriage to a wealthy merchant's daughter.
John Ke Megwan, president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, has been indicted in New York on multiple counts of perjury and forgery in connection with alleged falsified company documents and statements to the Insurance Department. The case stems from a 1905 investigation by a legislative committee, with special counsel Charlemagne Jughen. Megwan, born April 18, 1844, in New York City, rose to senior roles at Metropolitan Life and is noted as a director in several trusts and clubs. the article hints at his contentious views on academia and student life.
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