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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
4
A distorted reminiscence describes a funeral procession with dancers, a brass band, and carts with matting tops. A pink silk Burman master of ceremonies presides while a muscular companion carries items. Dead men tale no tales as grotesque rites proceed uninterrupted.
Sailors visiting the Solomon Islands describe Chief Sonoa of the Kanakas as the heaviest and shortest, weighing about 365 pounds, with many wives. The account details the chief's nightly smoking ritual, involving his wife blowing tobacco smoke into his mouth and nose, using the strongest tobacco and a sleep-inducing leaf.
A woman who sublets furnished rooms in a new building profits from tenants by starting with high rents and secretly reducing them for each applicant. She warns tenants to keep reductions private, threatening to restore the original price if disclosed. Within two weeks rents rise as gossip spreads and confidences leak.
Liked Coffee Kent Cooper, a newspaper man, observes a well dressed young man and a refined woman at a Cliling restaurant. The pair attract attention as the man orders and the woman mocks a cigar and tea order, displaying class differences during their meal.
The text shows a partial, garbled note about a baby and movement, arms, doubt, and a mock tale of growth. It mentions being seated still and a wave of uncertain phrases. The readable content is vague and lacks coherent events or identifiable subjects.
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