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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1906
Page
6
Nature Notes extols the peewit as invaluable to agriculture for feeding on grubs and insects. The bird winters near water meadows and avoids hunters, but continued poaching and legal restrictions on plover shooting threaten its numbers and may harm farming if peewits disappear.
Mrs Sarah E Rove residing here says she feels like a new being after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. She describes suffering rheumatism and kidney trouble before using the remedy, claiming it driven rheumatism from her body and improved her health at fifty seven. She extols the pills as worth many times their price and a true life changer.
A Collier's popular science piece questions why creatures from bears to whales sleep in varied poses. The anonymous author notes widespread ignorance about sleep across birds fish snakes and mammals, linking sleep to mystery life and emerging ideas in psychology and consciousness.
A groom in Australia acquired 100000 horses from England under a resident agreement. He needed a special land certificate and, once the exemption period expired, would be forced to return to England.
Fragmentary lines describe women facing unequal journeys on life’s railroad. The text suggests they pay different prices for tickets and stand at different stations, implying societal inequities in progress and opportunity for women.
A fragmented account describes a Michigan farmer’s wife battling illness linked to diet, with a shift away from meat toward grapes, nuts, and bread. She reports improved sleep and vitality after adopting the plant rich regimen, while noting persistent fatigue and dependence on domestic work.
The text notes steady 1905 trade growth with rising banking demand and wealth. It cites New York deposits near 1.22 billion and national totals surpassing 54 billion, plus large gifts to charity and library projects. It mentions capital accumulation, production, and a strong year for commerce and industry. Names include Andrew Carnegie and other benefactors.
Review of 1905 on New York stock exchange standards highlighting optimism in progress. Noting farm wealth, bank deposits, reduced commercial failures, and high banking reserves alongside rising production and railway activity. Describes money supply, price trends, and anticipated 1906 conditions with cautious optimism amid market volatility.
U S steam railroads posted gross earnings surpassing 2 billion dollars in 1905, with net earnings also rising despite higher spending on locomotives and cars. Freight car production reached 165 435 and passenger car output 2 561, while 4 979 miles of new track were built, totaling 217 328 miles. Southwestern and Northwestern regions led activity, and future growth targets include Pacific coast extensions by St Paul Burlington and Gould interests.
With grain harvests enormous in the West prices for farms show a slight decline from 1904 highs. The Department of Agriculture reports small drops in wheat and oats, while corn barley and rye hold lower averages, and hay prices edge down as regional production surges.
A late 19th century account notes enormous charitable distributions exceeding billions in modern terms. It cites Carnegie and Rockefeller gifts to education and aged care, with hundreds of millions allocated to universities and colleges. The piece emphasizes the scale and impact of these donations, noting ongoing public accounting and the prominence of major givers in shaping philanthropic policy.
Notable boxing year saw James J. Jeffries retire and Battling Nelson seize the lightweight title from James Edward Britt while Philadelphia Jack O Briens defeat Robert Fitzsimmons. The season added new names, faced little scandal, and drew broad public interest across major bouts.
A long list of prominent figures who died in 1905 is noted, including Theodore Thomas, Jules Verne, Adolph Bouguereau, John Hay, Archduke Joseph, Maximo Gomez, Sir Henry Irving, and John H. Mitchell, with further names across arts, politics, religion, and science. December deaths include John Bartlett and others, reflecting a broad cross section of global leadership and culture.
Nang Harm in Bangkok is the royal family’s city where only women and children live behind high walls. The King may visit. all officials, markets, and daily life are managed by women, with male entry limited to the sovereign.
Four cyclists start at noon from center C riding on four concentric tracks each a third of a mile long. speeds are Aiking six, Brown nine, Cook twelve, and Dapper fifteen miles per hour. They ride until they all meet together for the third time. when do they finish?
The narrator recalls seeing over 800 rhinoceroses in a year on snow covered plains. He notes groups of up to eight, the animals’ stillness, and how feathered birds perch to groom skin and warn of danger. Horns reach nearly five feet and a roar can shake the world.
BUI Terry an assayer now in Los Angeles from Gallup New Mexico reports a canyon near Gallup contains a vein of petrified honey. He describes discovering a rock-like deposit that yields vast quantities, claiming hundreds of thousands of pounds. The unusual find came after an informant led him to the site.
In Seville the Clover cigar rollers face rivals from the insect world as tiny Weevils march, weaving vine leaves into cylindrical shapes and hiding salt inside. The odd clash of craft and nature fuels curious chatter among onlookers.
Nathaniel Milliken of Burton Lower Corner Maine aged 17 rode in an open bogey to Bec o eight miles to pay a nonresident tax bill of 54 contais. The event records a lone journey by a young man for civic duty in a rural area with dated spelling.
Kingston resident Lydia Adams pursues a novel mirroring craze, amassing a collection of 100 mirrors in a quirky hobby. The unusual pursuit highlights personal taste and local fascination with atypical collecting.
Mrs Arthur Conklin of Battie Creek Michigan credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health after years of weakness fainting spells and back pain. She reports improved blood supply and elimination of headaches stomach issues and fatigue after using the medicine sold by druggists and the Dr Williams Medicine Company.
About 6,000 drunkards are admitted to Pentonville prison in London each year says the medical officer. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children are praised for soothing teething disorders and aiding infant health in New York advertisements.
Eyebright, an ancient plant remedy, was distilled or steeped as an eye wash or beverage. Folk preparations persist nationwide for colds, eye irritation, measles, and hay fever. Internal use commonly employs tincture with dosage from ten to fifteen drops in water several times daily.
Fragmentary text appears to mix phrases on gratitude and fear with garbled names and stray words. No coherent event or clear entities emerge to summarize into a news item.
A man from Arkansas City, twice divorced, brought his third wife to a theater. His two former wives became friends, and when he took his seat he found himself flanked by three wives in a row, a situation described as a perpetual nightmare.
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