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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1903
Page
14
A clipped, satirical note targets Valentine themed commerce and moral reform. It cites a long-ago martyr and laments merchants and con artists exploiting love days for profit. The text mentions Mothers Gray and a Children’s Home in New York, with references to prisoners serving terms for swindling schemes.
Geodetic survey to conduct experiments to determine Earth's density at 4560 feet depth in the Tamarack mine. Density previously computed by gravitation laws. Also mentions cures and various notices, plus a Russia centric obituary note on Nikolai Verostchenko, noted for extreme sleep pattern and wealth.
An American invents an envelope that records any tampering with its contents. The envelope carries a chemical that, when activated by moisture or other entry methods, print the words Attempt to open. Officials believe this will deter would be trespassers and their enquiries.
A Heading Pennsylvania club treasurer praises Grape Nuts, recounting a long battle with a chronic bowel condition resolved after about a year of use. He attributes his recovery to the cereal, noting no drug treatments helped and that meals centered on the product restored health.
Hight Ray George Montgomery refuses appointment as coadjutor bishop of Manila preferring to remain in San Francisco where he leads the local Catholic effort. He notes his work forging temperance initiatives and the League of the Cross Cadets, and asserts his purpose to continue serving in California.
A historical note traces the decline of Black jockeys from dominant trainers and riders to near invisibility on major racecourses. It credits the postwar relocation of racing centers, from the South to New York area, and marks the era of Sims, Clayton, and Perkins as the last prominent Black jockeys.
Dr Abram Kuyper the premier of Holland is described as a unique statesman who leads while also serving as a minister of the gospel. At 67, he faces a ministry imperiled by a strike in the second chamber and a large city-wide labor upheaval that shaped his leadership and political path.
A fragmentary piece notes how rural households used noonmarks on doors or windows to tell time before church bells. It recalls a woman who could gauge the bowl of the sundial from 10 to 4 within four minutes, reflecting common farm knowledge.
A garbled historical OCR passage discusses Gulf of Mexico, Vermont, weather maps, and a request about water quality and a statue. The text is largely unintelligible with many errors and misread words, making precise interpretation difficult.
Hugh H. Hanna of Indianapolis named as ninth member of the Gold Standard Commission to promote an international gold standard exchange. Hanna organized the monetary commission behind currency reform ideas adopted into the 1900 congressional legislation. honored in Marvard with an honorary M. A. and elected an honorary member of the New York Chamber of Commerce. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, fifty five years ago, Hanna is a wealthy Indianapolis manufacturer with education in the United States and Germany.
New York society buzzes as King Edward's equerry the Earl of Kintore plans a May 5 arrival in the United States for twenty days. His stay is tied to American racing interests and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis, with a dinner at the Union League Club attended by leading turf patrons. The visit marks a rare close royal link to the English throne in U.S. society.
Sir Philip Burne Jones, after a year in the United States, criticizes American art critics as yellow and biased. He cites a Philadelphia artist who sought $600 for a painting he says was unfairly condemned, noting that the incident cooled the buyer. He argues that establishing an art gallery or salon in the United States would spur art interest.
Ida M Fay ter, divorced wife of Standard 61 millionaire Henry M Flagler, is reported recovering her real condition. Two years ago Law passed to cover his case, he divorced his wife for alleged incurable jaw and married Mary Lilly Kenan of Wilmington. If Mrs Flagler recovers, the millionaire faces a dilemma as she remains under a physician’s care costing $1,000 monthly for treatment and maintenance.
Fragmented OCR yields a jumble of names and places including New Mowhatla New York and Pur joe with scattered references to teachers and a funeral. The readable bits hint at a local notice or obituary style item but many names and details are garbled.
Reports from Stirling Alberta by an agent of the Canadian Government praise mild winters and rich yields in Western Canada. Observations cover crops with oats up to 80 bushels per acre near Edmonton, barley and beets strong, and profits from homesteads and ranching. Settlers urged to inspect Lethbridge Lacombe Wetaskiwin and Edmonton districts before choosing a site.
A jumble of 1900-era items mentions presidential descendants and dubious cures. The text includes a Minneapolis address date January 4 1900 a note on self talk as a dementia symptom and odd ad like lines about pianos and a rural pupil mispronouncing a sentence.
The story notes the expected acceptance by W. W. Heffelinger, famed Yale guard, of a civil service commissioner post tendered in Minneapolis. It references his move from business in Minneapolis and his public eye status.
Remarkable communications from distant sources describe a Liverpool man finding a message on an egg that led to a widow in Manitoba he later wed. In 1899 a barrel of New Zealand apples carried a note from a packer tracing her Kent ancestry. A Yorkshire banker, Mr. Tow of Leeds, collected so called messages on merchandise including a blood written note and a tattooed cork tale from smugglers and pirates.
Mrs. Jacob H. Vanderbilt opened a Fifth Avenue smoking parlor for women but protests from societies and individuals threaten closing the shop. She alleges the Vanderbilt family behind the pressure, claiming persecution. The luxuriously furnished parlor has drawn society women seeking a cup of tea and a cigar amidst crowds.
A retrospective look at the British and Foreign Bible Society noting early costs and massive scale over 100 years. It cites year one spending, later totals, and the prolific distribution of copies and scriptures from London and other depots.
Fragmentary report outlines a dispute involving a preacher named Thor JW Kienbrell of Madiaun Mo and others over resource management. It mentions relocation of a cleric to Midian and a ceremonial service connected to a collection, with unclear details and several garbled names.
A reader from Detroit Michigan testifies that after months of weakness and distress she kept from collapse by using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports strong improvement in six weeks and urges all women to try it, noting the widespread belief in Mrs Pinkham's remedy.
King Edward limited to five cigars by doctors. he has long been a smoker since boyhood. An anecdote recalls a dinner with Lord Derby where a cigar was suggested and he joked about stables as a place to burn tobacco. A later note mentions government herds in Alaska and cattle disease history in Denmark linked to imported cattle.
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