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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1902
Page
7
Medical Examiner and U S Treasury official praise Peruna as a cure for catarrh and systemic disease. Notes claim of renewed strength and long term relief after using the remedy, urging fellow sufferers to write for guidance. Endorsements emphasize nerve-center vitality and permanent cure.
A scanned fragment notes a six year old conference in Tokio planning a university for women. It states the institution opened in April 1901 with 50 000 spent on buildings. It lists 46 professors and instructors and 660 students including preparatory pupils living in dormitory like halls. Departments are Japanese literature English literature and domestic science.
An assortment of fragmentary items includes foreign censorship on German and American newspapers, references to a laxative tablet and a mysterious medical product, plus a bizarre account of a Catholic church construction where plaster beards were pulled from statues. The piece blends sensational blurbs with unfiltered archival text.
Readers in a South American port report imminent volcanic eruption activity near Acafutla and Arajutia. Authorities monitor frequent tremors and glowing lava visible at night, fearing a major blast within hours, tied to ancient beliefs about a "big devil" controlling the mountain.
The fragment describes a chaotic scene where a household performs dubious rites, lights four fires, and tests outcomes with food and water while a figure named Ianto confronts a dangerous option. Characters react with relief or fear, hinting at conflict, ritual control, and peril. The language hints at symbolic punishment and the power of influence.
Gen Fitzhugh Lee offers a theory that young officers tied to Weyler caused the Maine disaster. He cites forged Cuban sentiment, keys found with the captain, and two-burst evidence while noting the naval court found no responsible party. The Indianapolis Journal hints the mystery may be solved in time with the right information.
A mosaic of antique anecdotes describes a Huddersfield man who swore never to speak to a woman after a broken engagement and kept it until his death two years ago, with even his sisters cut from his will. Tales of love and vengeance include a Vienna monument, a bachelar who buried a former love, and a Manchester merchant betrayed by color and dye.
A brakeman turned station agent on a G N railway delayed by injuries receives a smaller post. He planned to catch a night car with a miswired alarm. The alarm failed, he woke to a train whistle, and in a scramble his trousers landed on a crane, leaving him undressed as the mail car passed. The incident is recounted in Harper's Magazine June.
An indignant Irishman loses when tested by Supreme Court Judge Roger A Pryor at the naturalization court. The anecdote recalls the rigorous questioning on the Constitution and independence. The Irish challenger, unable to answer, laments that someday a man may be admitted but not win his vote.
Thomas J. Shryock, grand master of Maryland Masonry, sailed with a large excursion from New York aboard the ocean liner Castle for a Mediterranean tour. On board 167 Masons formed the Celtic Maryland association, electing Shryock president and later naming him honorary member of Jerusalem’s Royal Solomon Mother lodge. In Egypt he was made honorary grand master of the grand lodge of Egypt and received courtesies from Idris Bey Raghel at Rad Helouan lodge near Cairo.
Senator Depew and colleagues organize the Inferno club meeting daily at noon in a restaurant. The group, born from Philippine bill debates, shares hair raising blood and thunder stories to outdo newspaper reports. Depew recounts a railroad robbery murder suicide wreck with many deaths.
Senator Depew’s spin through the avenue to the capitol with Mrs Depew showed reluctance at being a chauffeur amid near misses with street cars. He joked that the omnibus bill should be called an automobile claims bill reflecting his shift away from horses.
A man pleads his cause with wealth and experience as he lists qualifications. The woman notes his strengths but declines, saying she is not seeking a husband at the moment.
A couple sit in a parlor where a man questions his love and future wife about a life changing confession. He fears the impact of revealing he cannot be male, while she retorts with a sly hint about holding his letters to leverage consequences. The tense exchange hints at secrets and power dynamics in a strained relationship.
A distressed speaker informs a recipient that her husband was killed on a railroad journey. The message describes immediate death and the severing of the body, with astonished questions about the fate of his trunk and the brutal misfortune. The tone shows shock and accusation regarding the perpetrators.
The excerpt outlines medieval remedies for wounds and poison. It cites skewed, ritual methods used by old physicians, including blood writing letters A O G L on wounds and potions with nuts figs and herbs to counter poisons. It references Mithridates and cautions against infection with improvised treatments.
Article notes over fifty vacancies in the commissioned medical corps of the Army. It describes strict professional and physical exams and the need for young doctors to apply to the Surgeon General in Washington for blanks and information. Assistant surgeons begin at captain rank with corresponding pay and tenure.
At Yale divinity school dinner President Hadley recounted a story about a French visitor who apologized for taking the mayor’s time. The guest claimed he was mixed up in his genders, prompting the mayor to reply that the word was dencroached.
Baltimore considers changing North Avenue to Schley Avenue to honor Rear Admiral Schley. City expansion has stretched the current name beyond its former boundaries, making the title less fitting.
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