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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1905
Page
15
A tale from New London New Hampshire recalls Gov Anthony Colby hosting poor visitors at Academy Hill. One guest Ozzy Whittler, a simpleminded man, caused chaos by spilling oil and breaking a center table with a lamp. He lamented and offered not to tell Charles about the incident in exchange for a reduced final gift.
Gen Samuel Veazie of Bangor, founder of Veazie National Bank, traveled by stage, rail, and steamboat to Boston. At Tremont House, the clerk demanded advance payment for baggage and Veazie produced a $1000 Bangor bank bill. The clerk verified the bank issued three such notes. Veazie offered the other two if needed.
A Boston story recounts Alfred W Tobin former Oxford Fyebure proprietor as a shy boy who answered a parish clerk that his teacher talked about Jesus and harmed nothing when asked what she spoke of. The verse quoted contrasts love to a rose and a thorn as a recurring theme.
A humorous Harvard anecdote features President Eliot noting he seems to be growing younger. He recalls a Boston teaching era nickname Old Eliot and a student remark about Myo Bowman the infant prodigy living on a New Hampshire farm and spotting a restaurant with a dangerous window display.
Untimely outbreak of a parasitic disease spread by fleas aboard a Pacific mariner’s ship from Tacuit to Peru caused three women to seek medical aid. Chief Surgeon Cummings at Angel Island examined the passengers and confirmed a parasitic condition, delaying docking for the forenoon as authorities reviewed quarantine records. Other items mention Brazil seeking American methods for development and a poignant anecdote about novelist Philip Rourke Marston’s vanished manuscript.
A mother reports her infant’s terrible sore and widespread irritation vanished within two weeks after using Cat Curt Soap and Cutienra Ointment. She tried several remedies with no relief before applying the products, noting almost immediate improvement and no lasting traces.
The text notes a high export tax of 487 dollars per ostrich aimed at preserving South Africa's ostrich farming monopoly by restricting outward shipments.
A garbled report describes a surge of tramps in Wellington England causing concern. The readable fragments reference the town and a broader fear for public safety, but many details are missing or unclear. Officials have urged calm as residents seek local guidance.
An early health notice praises Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. It claims the remedy treats backache nervousness menstrual disorders and related conditions and offers free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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