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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1914
Page
6
A historical note describes a weekly charity fair with guilds and clubs promoting fundraising through daily booths. Monday features washday supplies, Tuesday iron ing needs, Wednesday mending, Thursday reception and guest register, Friday dusting and cleaning items, Saturday a bakery with pies and coffee, plus music and fortune telling to boost proceeds. Women and men interact in a social, improvisational setup.
A woman living in a modest apartment devised a neat plan for organizing stockings. She creates separate roomy compartments in her drawer by folding pairs and placing Lalpeape stockings on the left and her own on the right. The front entries thus reveal each pair’s contents at a glance.
A curious white animated wooden table with a square top and a white oil cloth cover displays animals in color. Its top has a constant clock face, bottles with cork caps and tiny doll purse figures stand by to supervise doses. A funny drinking donkey and wooden tub encourage eating chicken jelly and toast, helping pass time and ease medicine routines.
The article describes widespread use of flowered cretennes, notably the In Dresden pattern, for a range of gift articles. Items include collar boxes, three-drawer cabinets, and powder rags, each crafted from the fabric and adapted with practical features such as a square-to-point rag and a talcum powder box fitted into a slit in the chamois skin.
An advice piece warns against excessive light and late hours harming health and sleep. It urges balanced lighting, reading with light over the left shoulder, and cautions against belladonna or similar drugs. The column discusses eye brightness and fashion notes on a debutante dress and accessories.
An extended tribute to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, praising its vast holdings and unparalleled collections. It notes the museum’s rapid growth since 1871, its priceless loans and prominent donors like J. Pierpont Morgan, and highlights the Morgan and Altman acquisitions, including Egyptian treasures and the Mazarin tapestry. The piece situates the museum as a global art giant with storied provenance and high monetary value, while stressing its educational and cultural significance.
A fragment recalls Joseph Pilitner as editor and owner of the Wealliche Post and a conflict with a St. Louis judge who vowed to confront him. The brief passage hints at a sensational threat and a past offense without detailing the outcome.
The account describes Acoma as possibly the oldest western city, tall cliff dwellings and a 250 foot plateau rise in New Mexico. It recounts Coronado's 1542 visit, the Enchanted Katzimo site, and Acoma's ancient refuge after a rockfall cut access from the plains. The three to four row, three story houses line a 1,000 foot street, with stairways cut in stone to reach the summit.
Streets measure about 100 feet wide as modern city builders imitate the southwest red mon. Homes use baked mud blocks forming thick walls, with joints smeared by mud. The cathedral follows the same mud construction and rafters span roofs, while Indians once attacked the settlement from the plains.
A court in Pittsburg, Kansas convicting Winaby Palnier for abusing a three year old sleeping daughter. The case centers on violent acts described as pathe or path illegal, with prosecuting attorneys highlighting severe harm to the child.
New York reports the Bedford Street Methodist church, a red brick building dating to 1840, will be replaced by subway construction. The Greenwich Village congregation, organized in 1806 by Samugrove, is among the city’s oldest, with members recalling pre Civil War crowds and Rev. John P. Newman drawing large congregations, sometimes needing to enter via a window.
A striking feature in the grounds of the imperial summer palace eight miles from Peking is a marble house boat. It rests on the lake bottom with marble wheels on each side containing steps to the water. Popular Mechanics.
London reports the closing of Haddon hall to protect a long standing tale about its tapestries. Though rumored valuable, experts deem them old and not museum quality. Duchess of Rutland ordered restoration years ago to preserve their role on the walls and inspire Lancashire spinners and weavers with curiosity.
London writes that Lewis, offered to Lloyd George, would suit a university for practical eugenics. The piece claims past exposure of weak infants occurred here, asserts locals are superior in physique, and notes tuberculosis rarity except from outsiders. It also praises J. A. Smith of Oxford, a Waynflete professor.
A student named AMukotitoh on an excursion in the Lower Grindelwald glacier plummeted thirty four feet into the Lutschine gorge. He wedged on a rock projection, suspended for two days until found by chance. Rescued, he was brought to Grindelwald severely injured and exhausted.
A damaged text fragment mentions a person described as carrying a lighted item and references a place or event. Names, dates, or precise locations are unreadable, but the snippet suggests a nighttime or ritual context with a luminous object.
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