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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
12
A compact quip on economic mood with voices from a beggar undertaker rider draggist author man on the dump bandsman bottler parson butcher tailor all weighing in on business. Each line hints at livelihoods facing hardship or resilience in a single vignette style.
Twenty four paper firms from the Paper Combine were fined $2,000 each by Judge Hough in the U S Circuit Court after pleading guilty to maintaining an illegal restraint of trade. The Manila and Fiber Association members were cited under the Sherman Act. extenuating circumstances reduced the fines to a nominal amount. The case arose through the American Newspaper Publishers Association with the industry circle organized by John J Parks in 1906. A federal grand jury indicted Parks and 25 companies two months earlier after an investigation into the arrangement.
A quirky item notes a fashion trend of sandal feet and rustling gowns. It mentions a rumor of replacing silk skirts with sandpaper arene strips at the ankles to keep up a rustling effect. The piece mocks rubber and Neudpaper as alternatives.
James Gillies a Public Service Powerhouse employee in New York was nearly electrocuted when his hand touched a live wire. The 1,000 volt shock threw him from a platform to the cement floor ten feet below, causing a severe scalp wound and burns. He was taken unconscious to a hospital. survival was miraculous.
The piece notes a novelty event where twenty couples divorcees allegedly toast the judge who granted their decrees as divorced husbands attend. It mocks domestic life rules, praises a carefree grandfather figure, and humorously extols keeping grandfathers around for baby care and household *fun*, stressing savings and intergenerational quirks.
A concise ad promises watch cleaning for $1.50 with mainspring service included and no guesswork. All work is done the same day received, at proportional charges, with a guarantee and prompt attention to mail orders.
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