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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1903
Page
7
Historic ad copy touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles including abdominal pain and tubal issues. Testimonial claims the product restored health and strength, urging others to try it and offering a money back guarantee.
The passage recalls brutal punishments by parents and teachers for minor perceived faults during childhood. It notes that harsh methods from the past linger in some institutions and highlights abuses toward children and workers, including punishments for vision problems like presbyopia.
The piece argues Russian women lag behind in business and professions, yet notes Archangel’s model prison and Petersburg’s top medical colleges for women. It contrasts Tolstoy and Kennan’s grim depictions of prison life with Gorky’s and peasant lack of liberty, noting village mirs advancing local option and women suffrage.
Advert describes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease uncomfortable nervous cold damp feet and sore or tight shoes. Claims relief with sample provided free. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 3 cents. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The Persian Gulf pearl fishery reports a very successful season with divers obtaining more jewels than in the prior two years. The majority of pearls are bought by Arab merchant Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdul-Wahab of Darien for the Bombay market likely to surge an 2000 rupee price. A separate anecdote recalls a Scotch laird hosting an English guest for fishing when the novice slipped into a river and, warned by a keeper to haul the rod, heard the digression about not losing the fish in a humorous said refrain.
The Washington Times notes only two living men recall carrying President Lincoln’s body from the Petersen House on Tenth Street to the White House. John C. Weaver of Philadelphia and William Reith of the local area recount their duty in detail. Weaver describes belonging to the six men tasked with the escort and notes Stanton’s grief in the aftermath. He also mentions being among the “first defenders of Pennsylvania” who arrived in Washington on April 18, 1861.
A Texas find reveals Cobbetts political letters from Britain denouncing British policy in the war and a strange 166d edition titled Pre Adamite Man by Grin Lee of Texas. A striking dedication to Abraham Lincoln frames a fragile, era-spanning collection showing cross Atlantic currents of loyalty and historical debate.
During the Civil War near Washington, President Lincoln franked a letter for a Wisconsin private, Frank King, and envelopes for a Front Royal area package. The story details King’s visit to the White House, Lincoln’s guidance to involve his congressman, and an anecdote from War Department doorkeeper James Etter about the president's influence and a memorable badge gesture.
A historic Washington house where President Lincoln died after being shot at Ford's Theatre has faced decay. Once owned by a society and opened to visitors, it attracted attention as neglect grew. Public interest may spur efforts to save or repair the property and its wall containing Lincoln relics.
Catholic Sisters widely praise Peruna as a reliable safeguard for warding off climate and disease. Letters from Sisters of Charity and a Sister Superior in Central Ohio attest to relief from laryngitis and throat catarrh after Peruna use with hopes of full cure.
In New Orleans boys trap lizards for pocket money, with prices rising from twenty five to fifty cents per hundred. A San Francisco man plans to use the lizards to control insects in California, while a memorial is promised for Fremont in New York with the name Walldiver Jehu G Fremont.
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