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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1906
Page
3
Norwegian imports rely on grains and products, valued at up to 715,000,000 yearly. Rye and barley lead. much wheat comes from Germany and Russia, with U S and other nations supplying flour. The article argues better American wheat sales to Norway amid growing demand and favorable transport links.
Dr Joseph Glass Monfort, noted preacher and educator, died February 1 at his Walnut Hills home in Cincinnati. He edited the Presbyterial and Presbyterian Herald, born Warren County Ohio, graduated 1834 from Miami University, served in Ohio and Indiana, and shaped church councils. A son, Capt. Monfort, served as Cincinnati postmaster.
Mina Alice Roosevelt and the Rogers twins of Houston are invited to the wedding. The pictured embroidered pongee afternoon gown for Miss Alice features blue Japanese embroidery with raised floral work and a bolero style top. A long parasol with embroidered silk top accompanies the trousseau of American make.
Labouring candidates win in multiple constituencies including Manchester and Norwich while miners, shipyard workers, and factory operatives secure seats. Morley Jr defeated in Newcastle. a mineowner and other established figures lose in Leicester and Holton, with broader gains across Burnley Bradford and Glamorgan.
Professor Ponek, a renowned geographer, notes plans to depict about 69 percent of the known world on a map at a scale of one alsteanth of a long. The work involves OAHON and related calculations, aiming to fit vast areas into a single global representation.
Historical note records Gouverneur Pennypacker purchasing an old Conestoga wagon used in a wagon train to Valley Forge. The event references Diogenes and local figures of the era, with details about the wagon’s abandonment and its later transport by wagoners to a historic site.
Enthusiasts study yacht models to understand design, draught, and performance across America’s Cup history. The article traces early centers of collection from 1844, noting key boats like Defenders Cambria Sappho and Puritan, plus centerboard and deep keel variations and the shift toward modern shapes influencing present-day racing craft.
York Yacht club Turgee leads in yachting events while the room showcases full rigged models of Henrietti Pleenwing and Vesta. The Coronet Daunitless Atlantic Endymion and Gloucester models honor ex Commodore J Pierpont Morgan and others, with Royal Greenwich sources sought for more details. Commodore Morgan’s Corsair model and Kanawha’s sleek lines are noted among famed steam yachts and turbine arrangements.
The piece notes a set of sixteen yacht models from the America's Cup era arranged for exhibit. It highlights famous defenders like the America and Columbus, and compares rig and hull forms between the early America and Columbia, noting similarities in length and differences in rigging and mast layout.
A Boston expert urges constant fresh air in buildings to dilute indoor pollutants. He notes that 0.6 cubic feet of carbonic gas per hour per person requires 2,000 cubic feet of air per hour for dilution, while climate and building specifics shape totals. The piece also discusses that pneumonia risk rises when mice carry virulent germs, with Dr. B Puller asserting weather is not a direct cause, only that mice thrive in winter and spring and spread germs.
The famed tenor Caruso jokes stage kisses are lice and notes a misplaced fortune. He recently earned about five thousand dollars in bills after sketching caricatures of his patrons and leaving the originals on a table. His secretary attributes the loss to habits rather than forgetfulness.
A fragment describes peat processed in Switzerland to resemble hard coal. Drying and heating produce a new compound with reduced odor, smoke, and sulfur traces. Tests claim it burns clean with minimal corrosive impact on boilers and furnaces.
Dr. John Clundennin, son of Horace Greelay, lived outdoors last September to test his health. He started thin and coughing, then improved after months of open air living, and now shows strength and activity. He travels daily, goes on long walks, and even climbs a third story balcony.
The Jewish Chautauqua Society issued a handbook in American Jewish Dietary to mark Jews in America funding the 260th anniversary of their freedom. Dr Berkowics, chancellor of the deity, drafted the text to be distributed free upon request with the Chau language contributing to the anniversary.
Our inventive friend invites us into the music room to hear a perfect reproduction of a noted melody then reveals an automatic piano player. He also showcases a domed phonograph that begins talking as the performer begins and carries on a disconnected conversation throughout the selection.
The director of the mint reports that U S gold production in the previous year reached 4,178,002 ounces valued at 86,337,700 dollars. This marks a gain of about 4,000,000 in value over 1904. Alaska drives the rise while California shows a decline among the major producers.
The article notes the most modern steam yacht 16 and calls the oldest model in the club the Perlagua Trouble. It lists the schooner Wave built in 1832 and the schooner Onkahye among the oldest half models. Committees will push the collection’s growth, with many new boats joining the club’s list before year’s end.
An old Kanaas farmer recounts a wild tale of eloping with Lucy when an eyelone carried them to the parson's door twenty miles away. A sewing machine drummer quips on the streak, and another cyclone sends them back home. Lucy remains pleased yet wary of cyclones, while the crowd jokes about Niagara and Wally.
The Lonian Graphic reports that French engineers and commercial men plan a Channel Tunnel revival this year. They and their Institute of France circles have signaled renewed interest, recalling M Potter, the engineer who began the project over thirty years ago.
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