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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1916
Page
16
The article notes the red tailed hawk as a well known bird of prey with wide distribution and great economic importance. It hunts small mammals reptiles and insects, guards against pests, and earns protection despite occasional poultry predation. It also highlights its diet, feeding habits, and role as an insect destroyer.
The article describes the barn owl with pale yellow plumage ranging from white to tawny. It notes its broad range from Mexico through the southern United States to New York, Ohio, and Nebraska. It highlights its value as a beneficial predator feeding on small mammals, and mentions observations of pellet contents and nest behavior.
The ruffed grouse shows varied foraging, feeding on over 60 fruit kinds and numerous seeds. Insects make up about 10 percent of its diet, with potato beetle, clover-red weevil, May beetles, grasshoppers, and caterpillars among the main prey. The bird’s economic impact is favorable and warrants only moderate management to keep populations steady.
The text discusses whether drinking water with meals aids digestion. It claims meals produce a gastric juice of about two pints weekly and argues that water with meals helps supply part of the digestive liquids. It presents a debate on appropriate intake and digestion efficiency.
A National Geographic bulletin recalls the Tigris as the long waterway of Mesopotamian history. It notes Lagash and Babylon, Nineveh and Ctesiphon, and the kelek boats used to haul goods along the river and the Euphrates, highlighting ancient trade and culture amid modern decline.
Social scientists estimate a living wage for a five person family at 840 dollars annually while New York city pays laborers 480 dollars per year, 360 short. The Detroit Free Press argues society bears a heavier price through public costs for health care, welfare, and crime, arguing the city effectively loses funds for every underpaid worker.
A fragmentary historic note describes the record long beard of Juke Mayo, a legendary Emperor Charles V figure, noting how the beard grew so long it could be tucked and tied. It mentions grooming with ribbons and the fashion of dragging the beard along streets, reflecting vanity and courtly display.
The Kansas City Post notes early locomotives by Peter Cooper for the Baltimore & Ohio eight five years ago could pull 40 passengers at 18 mph. It credits Mathias Baldwin of Philadelphia with building the Treveides and the Duainess in 1832, marking the true start of locomotive manufacture and the industry’s rapid growth to 100 ton engines capable of pulling 5,000 ton loads.
Indianapolis News describes the construction of the 23 mile trestle bridge across the Great Salt Lake connecting Ogden and Lucien Utah. It covers pre planning in 1902 to completion on November 14 1903 including 38 000 trees cut 1 380 tons water carried daily and 3000 workers through extreme seasons. The solid earth causeway reliefs lake waters and creates a near level grade with minimal incline.
Fragmented OCR describes a crowded scene in New York with poets and locals. It mentions farming, a figure named Juad Otek of Mk, and references to a gathering or event. The text is garbled with nonsensical phrases and unclear details.
Erie railroad promotes a pamphlet on locomotive history from Billy No 1 in 1816 to the Matt Shay. It notes the Shay’s 105 foot length 410 ton weight 640 car hauling capacity and 24 driving wheels. Other big engines include Atchison Topeka Santa Fe 16 driving wheels and Missouri Pacific mountain type locomotive. The Billy No 1 pioneered direct drive in 1815 1816. The Stephensons created the first practical passenger locomotive in 1829.
A man named John Jones was struck by a switch engine while taking a shortcut through railroad yards near his home. He had a habit of crossing yards at night to reach his house and read before meals. He regarded railroad wrecks as mere negligence and believed safety awareness varied with providence.
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