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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
6
A two year old in the Fast End family cried for more milk after the supply ran out. The parents could not pacify the child, and the older brother proposed paying the milk bill to quiet the infant, a joke that reflects the dinner room tension.
A minister in a chapel tried to restore order during a commotion as a man in the pews lit wax matches in his pocket and battled to extinguish them. The minister, momentarily misinterpreting the scene, announced a pause to sing Sometimes a Light Surprises while worshipers strained to remain grave.
In sickness, a timely home medicine chest avoids delays for a doctor. Each chest should include 10 to 25 cents worth of certain remedies such as syrup of ipecac, bitters, spirits of nitre, arnica, witch hazel, olive oil, laudanum substitute, camphor, paregoric, mustard and other common cures. This guide urges women to stock these items for immediate relief and potential avoidance of hospital visits.
A London firm fashioned a colossal solid silver tray for an oriental potentate. Weighing over 10,600 ounces and spanning nearly seven feet in diameter, it is described as the largest tray ever made. The workmen have kept it for about a year.
A fragmented historical excerpt discusses how fleas may have helped spread plague and death around 1600 in India and other regions. It cites debates among early scholars about transmission methods, noting authority figures and experiments while acknowledging uncertainties. The author reflects on the challenges of proving contagion pathways with limited data and the role of practitioners in shaping the debate.
President Roosevelt in a forceful public address denounces corporate influence and injunctive abuses in labor disputes. He calls for immediate national wage compensation for government workers injured on the job, condemns wealth protection and urges strong government action against powerful interests to preserve honest justice and national welfare.
The president urges robust federal oversight of large corporations engaged in interstate commerce. He argues law and economic necessity require government power to curb abuses, while protecting honest investors and workers. A decisive move against wealth and power is framed as essential for national prosperity and integrity.
Eccentric building fads are cited, including a paper house in New York with furniture made from the same material, a glassy front in Ireland, and a revolving house designed to surprise visitors. A row of doors and novel structures near the national capital illustrate the era’s outlandish domestic experiments.
Charles Von Soehnen of 210 A St Colfax Washington details thirty years of kidney trouble back pain and rheumatic attacks. He credits Deans Kidney Pills with near complete relief after years of distress. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
Henry Brown a railway dispatcher died December 6 from rheumatic gout and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery New York. Weeks later his widow obtained permission to exhume the body for photography, and with a photographer and undertaker the corpse was dug up for portraits both profile and full face.
The letter from Mrs. Lily Hedge of Camblewell Green England dated January 12 1907 describes an almost lifelong battle with severe eczema starting in infancy. After four hospital stays and a regimental doctor declaring it hopeless the family tried multiple remedies until purchasing Cuticura products led to a complete cure.
The Navy Department has long tolerated marriages of midshipmen before graduation at Annapolis. In the past three years several midshipmen have been dismissed for marrying early, while numerous requests from graduates to marry have been granted, reflecting growing Cupid-driven pressure on policy.
The fragment cites playful maxims about laughter and growth, listing humorists by approximate weights such as P Dunne at 160 pounds, Mark Twain at 190, George Ade at 147, Jerome K Jerome at 14, and W W Jacob at 12, with O Henry noted as a great humorist despite a 180 pound clang.
A fragmentary verse scene presents Fooliah Limerick and Young Spire with a kite as Mintrens exclaims in garbled dialogue. The odd wording hints at a playful or surreal period piece with nautical or maker imagery. No clear event or location is established.
In a comic village exchange, a discussion centers on the value of a cow killed by a man driving an automobile. The claim vacillates between fifty and five hundred dollars, with threats of legal action if the payment is not made. Humorous slang and rural characters frame the dispute.
A brief note recalls the first postoffice scheme as a private enterprise during the mid 15th century, describing it as a warlike venture with a rough weighing of about 1464 in era terms. The item highlights early attempts to organize mail delivery under private influence.
A brief notice asserts quick relief for piles using a tested method promising cure within six to fourteen days. The text references no doctors or clinics and offers no verifiable endorsements.
A Gardiner resident praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after doctors said surgery was unavoidable. The letter claims recovery from female troubles, tumors, and inflammation within three months, noting doctors advised operation before treatment.
The notice promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and other complaints. It invites sick women to write for advice and claims to have helped thousands achieve health.
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