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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
2
An Arch at Pittpacreth Street near the University of Chicago features stone monsters and a griffin keystone. A sparrow sought shelter in a monster’s mouth, nesting there as the straw wedged in the jaws and eggs hatched beneath created a peculiar scene.
A Franco-Belgian syndicate wins a concession for a gambling establishment in Topthidere Park near Belgrade. The deal, worth £40,000 yearly plus 10 percent of profits for eighty years, awaits confirmation by the Skupchatina. King and most ministers support it except one.
Workmen uncover a cat wedged behind plaster between First and Neil avenues. The emaciated feline had chewed off its own tail to survive three weeks as a prisoner until workers forced the wall open. Local men report the cat appeared to have wandered into the space the night before flooring was nailed.
A traveler notes cocoa cultivation where sun is strong. Planters shield seedlings with banana and plantain trees, using their broad leaves for shade. Even mature trees rely on shelter from trees called immortels or the mother of the cocoa to form a protective canopy.
A garbled wartime snippet mentions a three year term in Wisconsin and a wounded boy facing lifelong injuries. It references a farm near Waionia Milwaukee and a tale of alternate lives. Also notes an Edith Wharton piece, a large automobile project, and an unusual medical journey around the world.
A New York Sun piece recounts a dramatic race day mishap after a drenched shopper’s tan linen friend dines and bets on a horse named Blues. The tale centers on a costly gown marked by a flashy shop window, altered repeatedly, and the accidental mascot role she plays on race day. The pair reflect on betting luck and fashionable temptations amid a social scene.
Fragmentary dialogue reveals Antony’s farewell to Cleopatra heard from the palace windows. A Cleopatra line hints at aging, power, and loyalty while a Nile breeze and palace imagery frame the scene’s tragic mood. A note marks the gown as historic, tied to Amerlean era wear.
A collage of archaic verse and Arctic natural history blends with partial notes on wildlife and a childlike vignette. The text juxtaposes a regal meditation with seasonal animal camouflage and a garbled description of a spider web, yielding a fragmented historical newspaper fragment.
An OCR fragment describes a puzzle using letters around a lock and mentions rivers and world geography. It blends clues with a lock solution idea and then shifts to how agate marbles are crafted in Thuringia Germany with steps for shaping, glazing, and coloring. It notes imitation agates and details on kiln work and alley blowing.
Children in Switzerland imagine a pursuer with an invisible power linked to charms. They touch cold iron to break the power and use tricks like cross-chase turning the pursued into the catcher. Other games involve disguises a cap and a swift pot of gold chase with a stick and digging pace to keep everyone moving.
An instructional passage describes passing a cane to a volunteer in a room. The tester instructs the person to bend over the handle, grip the cane with the right hand, place the left hand on the knee, and stand still for minutes. The subject should slowly move the cane, expecting dizziness and a risk of stumbling into furniture for safety. A whipping motion near the ends is suggested to reveal the effect.
A family reports several weeks of wandering children from a Meharma village. Search efforts by aid workers and locals continued from sunset through the night and into forenoon the next day, with two boys eventually found on a mountainside after a long search.
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