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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1907
Page
3
Henry Edward Rood recounts a night of parents peeking on sleeping children, the children’s mischief and dream of fairies. The family chases moonlit hints, discovers a yardful of wonder, and returns with gifts from a late excursion to Carmel’s store. The tale blends warm nostalgia with childlike wonder and quiet mischief.
A housekeeper uses an alarm clock to time cooking different dishes. After dinner is started she hears the rice twenty minutes later, then peas after another 25 minutes, and turkey fifteen minutes after that. Neighbors debate the method, while she defends it as efficient for multitasking in the kitchen.
An uptown New York man sends his winter coat to his wife’s brother in Connecticut. A New England village letter and package reveal locals view his kindness as theft. Neighbors in New York report seeing Hob wearing a coat in bitter weather, prompting mock concern. The man later buys two coats for himself.
A speaker notes many people resist fresh ideas while she talks with a friend, feeling no unease as time ticks by. She observes a large number of skeptical individuals who fail to appreciate originality.
The phrase Ich dien is the prince of Wales motto and was used by Edward as heir to the throne. It appeared on ostrich feather plumes in a king of Bohemia helmet at Cresay during a French volunteer battle on August 26, 1346. Edward the Black Prince won the battle and, honoring his father Edward III who led in chief, later adopted the motto for the English throne.
King Edward's chef M. Monager earns nine thousand dollars yearly plus free lodging near the palace. He undertakes no breakfast duties and focuses on preparing dinner served at midnight. The menu is provided by the head waiter, and the bill is paid immediately after dinner.
Professor Osler compared the human body to a steam engine with countless tiny furnaces called cells. He said milk is the original food containing fat curd sugar and salt dissolved in water. A robust patient under a five year milk diet was noted, save Sundays for pudding. He warned against alcohol and tobacco and urged vegetarians to focus on vegetables.
Washington reports United States Senator Russell A. Alger of Michigan died at his residence Thursday morning after an acute edema of the lungs attack. He had seemed in fragile health Wednesday but worked at the War Department and near his family at his deathbed. The Senate and House adjourned in mourning. Secretary Taft announced the death to the army and ordered half mast flags at posts for the funeral.
President Roosevelt on Thursday sent to Congress a bill to adopt a comprehensive model insurance law for the District of Columbia. The measure follows the Ames bill with revisions to include standard features, aiming to create a fair, uniform code and establish the insurance department as a bureau within the commerce and labor department.
A cable from Most Rev Dr Enon Nuttall archbishop of the West Indies and Kingston relief chair thanks President Roosevelt for the arrival of American warships and the swift relief. He notes adequate food supplies but requests help to make homes habitable as next needs emerge.
The article notes a convention backed amendment to Oklahoma’s bill of rights granting state authority to engage in business and industry, tied to a possible state oil refinery project. It mentions a later floor provision and a plan to allow action in Seattle, with rail and freight congestion concerns discussed by Northern Pacific executives. London store founder William Whiteley was fatally shot by a young man who then killed himself, with a gun misused as the assailant opened fire.
Miner reports predict a banner year for Beaver county Utah while a rich strike near Walker Lake Nevada and high grade copper at Daly-Weat in Park City fuel optimism. Goldfield shipments and Guggenheim propertywork near Ely progress, Utah Consolidated profits hit an estimated 2.75 million with 3 to 4 million forecast. Spreckles acquires Blue Jacket group in Galafield.
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