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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1906
Page
11
A ham porter recalls twenty years of kidney pain and diabetes diagnoses. After trying various doctors, he found relief eight years ago with Donn's Kidney Pills, reporting restored health and stable weight. Sold by dealers for 60 cents a box.
A British explorer returning from Abyssinia explains finding a mining population along tribal routes near the Bike Wile region. He notes a large quantity of gold in the area and thousands of natives employed in mining, marking a significant discovery not previously known to white men.
A garbled passage discusses ancient figures and a medicine, referencing Methuselah and a cure or remedy. It mentions a leak medicine weaver and exotic terms as it attempts to describe a plant property, roots staying anchored to the ground, and notes various trees including lime and apple.
The annals of Hoveden recount Richard Coeur de Lion ordering a thief be punished with head cropped and pitch poured, feathers flung, then stretched on a rack to die. The tale, part of European origin later labeled American, reflects medieval justice and royal zeal during the third crusade.
A grateful widow from Hernarding, California, recounts illness and nervous prostration last year. After following neighbor’s advice to eat Grape-Nuts, she regained strength quickly and gained weight, while her 1 year old son also improved on a similar diet.
A chaotic digest reports arrests for counterfeiting in Bellingham and Tacoma, a dynamite blast in Oregon, wind and flood damage in Nevada and Montana, a Japanese worker killed near Golconda, and a baby born in Wyoming. Navy and railroad news include Milwaukee line work at Snoqualmie, forest reserve proposals, and a Roosevelt railroad-rate stance amid local court actions and land policy debates.
Seven members of Charles Ayer's family die in a farmhouse blaze near Pembroke New Hampshire. Ayer kills himself an hour after the fire, authorities theorize he murdered the family but lack conclusive evidence of method. bodies found include a child and a mother in law. The fire struck around nine in the morning. Ayer later wounded himself at his sister's home in Chichester after being told his farm buildings were burned.
In Paris the national assembly elected a new president with 849 voters present. Fallieres received 449 votes, Doumer 371, 28 scattered, and one abstention. Fallieres departs from Verrnails for Paris with a military escort to assume duties February 18.
M Taigny leaves Venezuela amid a diplomatic break with Caracas. French charge d affaires M Talgny departs on the Martinique for Curacao via Porto Cabello, awaiting a French cruiser to Martinique. Dutch West Indies ruptures affect cable links. Carlson and Bourget expelled from Venezuela.
London reports Wednesday’s returns show Joseph Chamberlain and all seven of his Birmingham candidates re elected. Chamberlain led with a 6000 vote majority while others averaged 3000. The elected members stand Liberals 167 Unionists 73 Laborites 0 Nationalists 59.
A Manhattan auto carrying eighteen passengers overturned near Goldfield Nevada on Wednesday. Dr R J Mapes of San Francisco sustained a fractured forearm and broken nose. William and George Foley of Denver suffered multiple bone fractures and left arm injuries. F E Toohey H M Rogers Charles Nelson mining men of Nevada were slightly injured. James Higgins was unharmed. Many passengers escaped by jumping onto blankets.
Only survivor Carl Gummer of a thirteen aboard the four-masted steamer Robert H Stephenson, rescued by the German steamer Europe. The disaster occurred Saturday morning. Gummer endured without food or water until Monday evening. The vessel had departed Philadelphia bound for Gayannan, at latitude 64.08 north.
A chaotic collage from old print blends verse and stray notes about theater acts, sailors, crafts, and a simple DIY bookrack. It references a Houston Post poem by JM Lewis and a Philadelphia Inquirer snippet about American sailors, a ple-eating contest, and a boy friendly woodworking project with detailed steps for a wall bookrack.
A London Standard report recalls how a raven nesting on Rathin island provoked a deadly dispute with peregrine falcons. When eggs were taken by a collector the falcons blamed the ravens and attacked their nest in a coordinated raid, tearing it apart.
This guide describes making a musical instrument from a long narrow box of old wood with a hole in the middle. Seven to ten fine gut strings stretched over bridges, tuned to the same note, respond to air currents creating varied tones. A widow and harp-like air feature influence sound, sometimes producing full tones, other times faint murmurs.
Instructions describe making peanut dolls and figures from whole peanuts threaded on twine. Figures include various cultural attire and accessories, with wigs created from peanut fibers, dyed to portray different appearances.
A clever illusion uses a waxed fingernail to grip a dime in full view. The performer presses the wax to the dime, then blows and says be gone. The dime seems to vanish when opened. Remove the wax before returning the dime to its rightful owner.
A rooster and a cat quarrel over a woman and rules, plan to flee to the woods. They endure a night in the dark woods with owls and danger, return to the yard exhausted, and reflect that there is no fearsome animal left to threaten the lady’s yard.
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