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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1914
Page
14
A fragment dense with verse mocks wealth and power while a family quarrel exposes pride and marriage strain. The dialogue shifts from a millionaire’s conceits to a troubled home where several couples divorce amid winter gloom and social satire. Names appear in a garbled mix, with hints of Mr Wimpleton and Dr Temple and a police officer remarking on dead elgur, all framed by a mosaic of poems and fragmented scenes.
A colonial report describes a Makua cosmetic paste from Lourenco Marques area in Southeast Africa. It claims a white enamel like finish applied to the face, lasting a month or more, and produced by a craft known only to a few old Makua women using white hard wood, pumice stone, and ant oil, with secret processing steps.
P Amaury Talbot studied the Eket district finding a secret society named Ekkpo Njawhaw. Its juju Thirt Bong is invoked by leaf gesture and name to harm an enemy, with offerings cast into a creek and carried to a sacred day. The spirit is said to drag to death the person on whom aid is invoked.
The phola or boring clam of the northwest coast is a curious bivalve that bores into rock using a rasp like shell. It penetrates about six inches, then stops. It feeds on infusoria in salt water and is valued at summer resorts though blasting rock with dynamite has occurred in some bays. Trade has grown on Puget Sound with clams shipped to rail centers.
In France mushrooms are cultivated in subterranean quarries 60 to 200 feet deep beneath the surface. The beds use manure and a thin layer of white stone, with mycelium spawn introduced a few inches deep. Beds run long, about 20 to 25 meters wide and of similar height, vented to ensure air flow.
An expert inquiry into a Leaning Tower in Pranes found the tower’s tilt has not advanced by a millimeter over three centuries. The 1830 examination compared with present readings shows no change, despite prior concerns that movement was excessive.
The article explains how to distinguish genuine diamonds by hardness and reflectivity, noting that real brilliants resist scratches and retain original faces while imitations show irregularities. A file test and sapphire fragment are suggested, along with water, acid, and light behavior observations. it also discusses BC forests as vast timber wealth requiring prudent protection and reserves.
In a village tale, Coline, posing as a house cook, outsmarts Hugh Farnham who tries to prove his wit by a road challenge. After he learns to drive, he confronts her again as she operates his vehicle, causing a comic crash at a rail fence. The widow and matron witness the scene as tensions rise over deception and pride.
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