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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1903
Page
3
A jumble of childhood activities fills the page with dodge tag rules and fun outdoor games. Instructions describe two dodge tag variations and several circle games, plus puzzles, candy recipes, and a geometrical challenge. The piece also mentions a practical gift idea a boy can bring home, a grayish brown pot for summer use, and notes on Filipino ball games and town name spelling.
Two elderly sisters watch a moonlit night as a burglar scales into a neighbor’s room. Startled observers Bertha and Monica Williams are drawn into the danger of the moment when the intruder enters via the westmacott residence, heightening the neighboring drama lingering from earlier house tensions.
In a late night disturbance at the Westmacotts, a shadowy visitor paced before Mrs Westmacott as a cry rang out and a lamp sputtered. The scene drew neighbors and family as Doctor Walker and Charles Westmacott aided the unconscious woman. The window was found open and a would be intruder suspected, while police were alerted and guards posted.
A playful card tossing game is described using a top hat as a target. Players stand about ten to twelve feet away and throw an ordinary deck of cards toward the hat one by one. A prize goes to the player who lands the most cards inside the hat, encouraging practice and skill.
The article explains Filipino basketball as played by boys with a hollow, wicker ball and a parallel line of players. The ball is kicked between sides rather than thrown, creating a distinctly different, tighter game than the American style.
Schoolchildren explore a simple hands on proof that a sphere’s surface equals four times its great circle area. using a racquet ball a tack cord and a porch windings show double the surface on half a sphere versus the circle then conclude the sphere is four times the circle. The method promises lively parlor mathematics with minimal equipment.
A brief note claims women call cows “he” and mock the idea of a cow’s crowing. The speaker attributes the quirk to ill humor and perceives women as prone to calling cows by masculine terms, with a playful critique of gendered speech.
The page blends poetic verses about wild rovers and flowers with a rambling essay on newspapers and rural correspondents. It critiques local coverage and notes the charm of backyard boundaries as the true news frontier, citing the ideal rural reporter as a farmer steeped in community habits.
A garbled account from Oklsborne describes an Inti wedding with a bride wearing a garland and a groom in a suit. Details are unreadable with many mis-typed words and unclear names, leaving the ceremony and participants largely unspecified.
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