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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
14
A two year old in the On Fast End family cries for more milk after the supply runs out. The older brother suggests settling the issue with the milk bill, hinting a quieting tactic that may end the dinner turmoil. The court ship of the scene rests on a humorous plan observed by a Cleveland Plaindealer source.
A church service at a chapel descended into mild chaos when a man lit wax matches in his pocket and tried to extinguish them while neighbors aided him. The minister, short sighted, misread the cause and quipped about a little noise, prompting the line Sometimes a Light Surprises as worshippers struggled to sing.
A domestic health guidance piece urges every household to stock a small medicine chest with ten to twenty five cents worth of common remedies. It lists syrups and tonics, spirits of camphor, arnica, witch hazel, olive oil or donation, henrine compound, paregoric and mustard among suggested items for quick relief before a doctor can arrive.
A London firm produced a colossal silver tray weighing over 10,600 ounces and spanning seven feet in diameter. Stated as the largest ever created, it has rested with the craftsmen for more than a year awaiting completion for an oriental potentate.
A degraded text discusses the role of fleas in spreading plague and the public panic from early ideas to later scientific debates. It references India and global observations, noting misinterpretations, asserted magical causes, and evolving understandings of disease transmission.
A garbled presidential message argues against injunction abuses and urges national labor reforms. It condemns corporate power and calls for government compensation for government workers injured on the job, while pressing courts to balance rights with firm action against wealthy interests.
The speaker argues for federal power to curb interstate commerce giants and protect honest businesses and investors. He warns against laissez faire and urges firm regulation to prevent abuse while acknowledging economic fears and the need for a strong national policy. The address frames reform as essential to future prosperity and national spirit.
The article catalogs odd architectural quirks from various areas including a paper house in New York with furniture made of same material and a brick and stone structure in Ireland. It notes a revolving house designed to showcase novelty and a row of storey decorations built to mimic church spires, highlighting the era’s strange domestic experiments and individual showmanship.
Charles Von Soehnen of 210 A St Colfax Wash says thirty years of kidney trouble and back pain plagued him. Dean's Kidney Pills gave him near full relief after decades of discomfort and frequent kidney retention. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Fowler Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
Henry Brown a One Hundred and Twenty ninth Street elevated dispatcher died December 6 from rheumatic gout and was buried. Weeks later his widow obtained permission to exhume the corpse at Woodlawn Cemetery for a photograph. An undertaker and photographer dug up the three week old body and Brown was photographed in profile and full face.
Mrs Lily Hedge of Camberwell Green England reports her son Owen aged three months to fifteen years suffered from an intolerable eczema covering almost his entire body. After regimental doctors and multiple hospital stays deemed hopeless by experts, a set of Cuticura Remedies purchased six months ago brought a marvelous recovery and he is now perfectly cured.
The Navy Department debates midshipmen marrying before graduation at Annapolis. Over the past three years several have been dismissed for marriage under training, while many graduates request permission to marry. The department has largely granted these requests, showing leniency toward Cupid.
A fragmented humor section lists quotes about laughter and weight. It cites P. Dunne at about 160 pounds and compares other writers including Mark Twain at 190 pounds, George Ade 147, Jerome K. Jerome 14, and W. W. Jacobs 12, with a brief note on O Henry as a great humorist linked to a 180-pound clang.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at Fooliah Limerick and Young Spire with a kite as Mintrens exclaims a puzzled line about tinmed and where he wrote. The readable text centers on quirky names and a baffling passage.
In a village tale rapid as a rumor, Mew and Hardapple dispute a claim about a cow killed by a motorist. They debate the animal’s worth, ranging from fifty dollars to five hundred, and threaten legal action if compensation is not paid. The tone mimics a rural exchange with a mix of humor and bravado.
The initial postoffice scheme is described as a private enterprise with a controversial war tone dating to around 1464, noting private involvement and financial tensions in the early postal efforts.
A fragment notes a claim of piles cure within six to fourteen days. The text also mentions several speakers orators who appear reluctant to stop talking, with neither clear dates nor locations given in readable form.
Mrs. 8. AL Williams of Gardiner reports Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her after doctors said an operation was absolutely necessary. Mrs. De Sper of 154 Claybourne Ave writes it relieved bias female troubles, tumor and inflammation. Two Chicago doctors advised surgery, but the remedy reportedly saved her.
The advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and various pains. It invites sick women to write for advice and claims to have helped thousands regain health from Lynn Massachusetts.
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