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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1906
Page
15
An early advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female ailments. It promises relief from inflammation ulcers backache and nervous debility while asserting it balances the female system and can cure many conditions. The copy invites women to write to Mrs Pinkham with private concerns.
The article explains that walls of stone or brick collect dampness when warm indoor air meets cold surfaces during sudden weather changes. Moisture from the air deposits on cold walls like dew, often dripping down. Preventive measures include placing molding strips and lathing, not directly onto brick or stone, and reducing excessive ventilation in warm weather.
The article challenges John Winthrop’s role in introducing apples to the New World. It notes that Black Stone near Shawmut Neck already had apple trees when Winthrop anchored at Cape Ann. It adds that some apples were brought by Huguenots who lived in Flushing Illinois around 1460, including varieties like pomime royale.
A famed 1581 incident in Greenwich Palace shows Queen Elizabeth kissing the Duc d Alancon after selecting him as a future husband. Walsingham and Leicester witnessed the moment as courtiers watched the royal betrothal gesture.
A fragmentary ad style notice promotes a medicine for women's ailments claiming all natural ingredients. It cites Dr. H. H. Pierce and promises a booklet with medical writings and the supposed curative powers of listed components. The text emphasizes lack of alcohol and the product’s native roots.
A sprawling, garbled digest mentions multiple incidents: a murder attempt in Oklahoma and jealousy. gas poisoning in Alabama. a major fire in Florida with $100,000 losses. a Minneapolis murder sentence for Stefla Brennan. a Basin mining camp robbery of about $1,000. General Booth praising vegetarianism. Vardaman opposing education funds for Black students. death of Virginia’s John H. Atkinson at 96. alleged auto theft record in Sacramento. Dozier burned to death in Auburn cabin. Tempe rail-track suicide. China and embassies rumor. Santo Domingo revolution winding down. Houston carshop fire kills Haden Flowers. Knoxville waterworks court ruling. December 1905 U.S. debt drop. a killing in Acme Oregon. accidental shooting of a boy by Paul Busso. McCannley murder threat and throat cut. Boston jury rehearing denied. Kentucky court of appeals upholding a decision. financier Frank Phyator’s suicide. Van Wyck found dead. Wray Cole bullet head injury. Arthur Chapman and Murray robbing duo. local names A.T. Jain and Charles Aman.
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills by John C. Coleman of Swainsboro Georgia as a cure for backache and kidney issues with testimonials of rapid relief. It also suggests a forehead poultice for headaches using black pepper and camphor to induce sleep.
A Nebraska reader credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment for curing chronic scalp itch, dandruff, and hair loss. Weekly shampooing and twice weekly ointment use led to a healthy scalp, hair growth to six inches below the waist, and lasting results five years later. The note appears with other humorous items from the era.
A Camden New Jersey reader extols Allen's Foot-Ease for curing hot burning itching feet and coins. The ad copy urges asking your druggist for the remedy and notes its availability at druggists for 250. The passage also includes assorted notices about court martial, pensions, tuberculosis sanatoriums, and curious historical anecdotes.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a cold in the head treated with warm salt water, a church incident, and crude notes on costs of gait production. The text lists numbers like 87.082 and 208 pounds, with unclear references to a producer and a price per pound.
The article reports Admiral Rojestvensky's claim that the British fleet was prepared to destroy the Rue ian fleet if the Sea of Japan battle favored Russia. He cites secrecy by Admiral Togo and says Britain planned to annihilate the Russian fleet at Wei Hai Wei. Mr Spring-Rice demanded an explanation from Foreign Minister Lamsdorff.
A tornado swept Albany on Wednesday afternoon from the southwest, killing Ben Jones a Virginia Carolina Chemical Company machinist and Jake Johnson a year-old boy. Injured include Luta Gldden Jessie Davis Annie Davis and Jessie Woodall. Hundreds homeless and property loss around $150 000 with Virginia Carolina Chemical Company suffering about $60 000 in destroyed buildings and machinery. Tornado insurance coverage was minimal.
In Albany the Senate debated a resolution by Senator Brackett of Saratoga demanding Chauncey M. Depew's resignation as U S senator. The measure was withdrawn after a long debate. Brackett said he would reintroduce it later. Senator Raines urged immediate action but permitted the withdrawal by a 27 to 19 vote.
John A. McCall resigns as president of New York Life Insurance Company. Alexander J. Orr is named successor with a salary of $50,000 per year. The board trims the number of second view preliminaries, reducing waivers to two, and establishes a two of these waivers structure.
A government dispatch to the steamer Empress of Japan cites iminean winds causing widespread hunger in Miyagi, Miyagi, and Iwate provinces affecting over 2.8 million residents. Officials warn of the worst famine since a deadly wave sixty years ago as death toll fears grow.
Northport I f Pright allegedly threw prank Wionlell the stable boy into a frightful stupor. The preliminary hearing of Dr. D W Bimpeon addressed the alleged wilful shooting and killing of Bartley J Harner, a wealthy fisherman. The stable boy, employed by Mr Horner, was in the kitchen when the employer was shot. He has repeated to the coroner the last words uttered by Harner before death.
A court martial last week examined Lieutenant Rey Le Taylor of the coast artillery for asking a sergeant to change his seat at a theatre in New London Connecticut. The verdict was announced recently.
The term vaudeville likely derives from Vaux de Vire in Normandy. It began as songs about current events, composed by Oliver Basselin in Vire. Popularity spread across France, with the pieces named after the Vaux de Vire region.
The Truss Company, South Bont fede.
Sordid questions of finance enter into the consideration of the eligibility for knighthood under an English monarch. The rule is that knighthood requires at least 15 000 dollars income to maintain the dignity, while a hero before creation must have 50 000 dollars annual income and the means to buy a country seat and provide for his eldest son. Enoblement is seen as a mark of distinction for merit, but conference would embarrass those unable to afford the dignity.
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