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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1912
Page
8
Report describes a chaotic street scene where gamblers plan a counterfeit three card trick to lure victims. Old timers debate risks and capital as a professional con man targets a crowd with promises of quick wealth.
Alphonse Matron, a Parisian with independent means, tests his sweetheart Susanne Rex by poisoning water during a brief, dramatic scene. He collapses, begs forgiveness, but appears to die, prompting Suzanne to summon police. He later revives and leaves, cursing her.
Senator Burrows of Michigan recounts a cloak room exchange with Joseph F Johnston, a unit member from Alabama, naming DuPont as the Yankee Johnston claims shot him at Cedar Creek. Johnston defends his Civil War command claims while Burrows questions the biography.
A Yankee tourist recounts witnessing terrible scenes while an Englishman recalls a man who fell from a 20 story windowsill. The American doubts the tale, the quiet mate says the man was cleaning the window and fell, and the English wording implies the fall was calculated with luck.
A garbled OCR fragment shows a terse exchange where a woman pleads for patience as a hurried speaker orders a relay of words. The text hints at a hasty departure and a request for passage before the speaker returns.
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