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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1914
Page
18
A 1910s fundraising scheme outlines a week of guild stalls with a washing day booth offering clothes supplies, ironing gear, and a reception day, then mending, a bakery, and entertainment. The plan suggests guest registration, committee oversight, and a pie and coffee refreshment system to boost donations.
A Woman's Companion article describes a woman living in a small apartment who devised a neat system for organizing stockings. She uses large pockets to hold folded pairs, placing Lalpeape stockings on the left and her own on the right so every drawer front shows the stored items clearly.
An ornate white wooden table for child invalids is described with a moving clock face on top and a carved moonlike face. It features animal colored oilcloth sides a doll nurse purse a plastic horse seat bottle faces and a toy donkey that serves jelly and toast while entertaining a sick child.
The article describes Cretenne fabric, especially Dresden pattern, used for many gift items. It lists collar boxes, three-drawer cabinets, and powder rags among the offerings. One rag features a square and pointed end with a chamois slit holding a talcum box and copper fastener.
A historic column cautions against excess light and drugs that injure vision. It advises adjusting light to fall from the left shoulder during work or reading, taking brief eye rests, and avoiding belladonna for brightness. It notes insomnia risks and welcomes natural fashion notes on chiffon gowns with decorative details.
An extended portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a vast treasure trove. It notes a $160 million value in art objects, $10 million in resources, and storied gifts from J Pierpont Morgan and Benjamin Altman. The piece lauds its growth since 1871, its generosity, and the Morgan and Altman collections, including Egyptian, Gothic, and Chinese works.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Jo seph Pilitner as editor and proprietor of the Wealliche Post. The tale mentions a stern rebuke from a St Louis judge who vowed to confront Pilitner and deal with him directly.
Desert City claims Acoma as the oldest western hemisphere city, noted by Coronado in 1542. The Pueblo village sits on Katzimo rock, 250 to 400 feet above plains, with multistory adobe homes along narrow stone stairways and stone-faced streets.
The article describes a frontier settlement where streets span 100 feet, mud blocks form sturdy 8 foot thick walls, and the cathedral rises beside houses all built from sunbaked mud. Roof rafters are long enough to serve as ship masts, and towers crown the village as warlike Indigenous forces threaten nearby settlements.
In Pittebarah Kansas B Winaby faced conviction in a path court over an alleged abuse case involving a sleeping three year old girl. Details show a legal proceeding linking Winaby to the alleged act and the court issued a ruling.
The Bedford Street church, the third oldest congregation in New York, has worshiped since 1840 but faces demolition for subway construction. Formed in 1806, the Greenwich village group endured over a century of growth amid boat tea activity, with veterans recalling pre Civil War crowds led by Rev John P Newman who later rose to bishop and served General Grant.
A striking feature at the Imperial summer palace grounds about eight miles from Peking is a marble house boat resting on the lake bottom. Marble wheels on each side hold steps that descend to the water’s edge, as described in Popular Mechanics.
London reports the closing of Haddon Hall to guard against militant groups. An old fiction about the tapestries resurfaces, claiming immense value, though they are not high quality or museum-worthy. Restored by the Duchess of Rutland, the tapestries now serve modest wall comfort and local industry curiosity.
London reports the Island of Lewis offered to Lloyd George as a sale option and proposed as a university site for eugenics. It claims historical practice of exposure of deformed infants, noting Lewis inhabitants’ superior physique and rare tuberculosis, while citing J A Smith of Oxford as an example of local intellectual achievement.
A student named Amukotitoh on an excursion of the Lower Grindelwald glacier fell thirty four feet into the Lutschine gorge. He became wedged on a rock projection and was found two days later by chance. He was hauled up and brought to Grindelwald seriously injured and greatly exhausted.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a person with a lighted item and mentions carrying something. readable details are sparse. no clear names, places, or dates emerge.
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