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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1903
Page
4
The Weiser Signal notes no Delaware senator election yet and reports Supreme Court Justice Skiras resignation with replacement by William R Day. It comments on the Monroe Doctrine, U S labor and trust topics, mining politics, a leprosy cure claim, and reactions to European settlements.
In Goodwins Weekly Salt Lake Bob Sloan surveys long tradition praising tobacco from poets and divines through Raleigh and Byron to colonial and Native American scenes. The piece argues tobacco calms mind and unites social classes, inviting readers to recall verses and legends about the weed's comforts and cultural reach.
An early 20th century column muses on wireless telegraphy phonographs and Verne inspired dreams becoming reality. It contrasts Marconi pocket wireless with naval progress and imagines future warfare and exploration era shifts driven by advancing technology.
The excerpt imagines a future where human minds glimpse vast commerce and sky navies clash in the blue, then foresee a time when needs reveal human progress. It envisions the humming bird and eagle under human will, material and spiritual truths converging toward a world parliament and universal law ending war between nations.
The Challis Messenger cites a lengthy mock defense of George F Baer and Stephen D Parrish amid a plagiarism charge. It compares modern claims to King George of Great Britain and references historical letters and parliamentary debates from 1738. The piece urges Baer to study history to see what happened to George.
The piece argues that President Castro follows the Standard Oil model by using a planned 30 percent import duty to fund foreign indemnities. It contends foreign merchants will bear this tax, with proceeds supposedly passed to the people, likening it to industrial protectionism and monopoly costs shifted onto consumers.
The text discusses a proposed sugar bounty of one cent per pound for beet sugar for two years, with scale figures up to 30,000 and implied profit margins for manufacturers. It critiques the bill as insufficient for factory capacity, hints at monopolies, and laments lack of state aid for bridges and highways, citing 220,000 a year for sugar bounty but little for infrastructure like Goff Bridge and Salmon River trail.
The fragment indicates a dispute over who should appoint members of the Hague arbitration panel with mentions of Minister Bowen and the Russian czar. Other details and context are unclear due to damaged text.
Reports describe rising Chinese revolution and a serious domestic condition. Liberal leaders question South African policy and attack extravagant spending. The Anglo German Alliance is denounced. King Edward VII addressed Parliament on the 16th with a ceremonial procession scene involving a Hoglish earl.
The Texas legislature defeated the bill to appropriate 200000 dollars for a state exhibit at the St Louis Exposition. The piece notes the exposition business grows monotonous and compares it unfavorably to an old fashioned camp meeting offering superior attractions.
Edyth Lawton meets Burt Gilmore on a New Haven to Boston trip, where playful banter and flirtation unfold aboard a parlor car. Mrs. Tillinghast reveals an arranged house party as Edyth seeks to avoid scandal while a match with Burt mends a tense social scene.
Unclear fragmentary text mentioning names and dates with a reference to school attendance and a person named Bettigue. The legible portion suggests a local school or community notice but lacks coherent events or outcomes.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions various distorted names and terms such as Bufferin and Wilshire or Whitney phrases. Context unclear, no clear event date or identifiable organizations emerge from the readable portions.
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