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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1914
Page
2
An early 20th century health essay argues Bright's disease and kidney illnesses kill many Americans. It links urbanization, crowded food supply, and wasteful habits to rising death rates. Emphasizes personal hygiene, food safety, and better water/food handling to prevent chronic kidney disease.
A fragment from a essay argues that disease and crime reflect natural and man made laws. It asserts prevention over punishment, denies deterrent value of punitive laws, and links health to intelligent breeding and training from birth onward. It envisions a future where health and freedom come from cooperative effort and adherence to natural law.
The newly active Centipede locomotive, with 24 driving wheels, two low and one high pressure cylinder, weighs 58 060 pounds and measures 106 feet long. It cannot pull standard freight trains, as it would stress couplings and draft gear, so it sits in middle of trains, both pushing and pulling. Water capacity is 14 tons and tractive effort reaches 160 090 pounds, capable of hauling about 6 400 tons in total.
H W Belnap chief inspector to the Interstate Commerce Commission calls for a full investigation of rail, track and wheel load conditions after reporting that broken rails caused 175 deaths and over 6,000 injuries in ten years with $3,237,793 in damages. The derailment of a New Haven passenger train near Westerly Rhode Island on October 25 injured 74 passengers and three employees. He notes thousands of rails share the defect and urges action before new legislation on railroad operation.
A division superintendent on an eastern railroad explains fuel and oil use reduction through penalties and rewards. The standard fuel amount allows a ten percent overage. if more is needed, crew may be sued unless improved results occur. Rewards credit the crew for savings beyond the limit, totaling substantial sums over years.
The Canadian Pacific railroad plans automatic electric gates along the waterfront to control vehicle and truck flow toward Vancouver. The port structures will operate via electric signals to lower or raise barriers, reducing congestion and improving security at docks.
A brief dialogue shows two people debating house ratings in quake districts. One asks what the other wonders about, and the other says they prefer certain things. The exchange hints at housing standards and uncertainty after a quake.
Grant Showerman in the Atlantic describes a Spanish train moving slowly and deliberately. The piece highlights the train’s careful approach to stations and its occasional graceful, almost reluctant stops. A station bell rings and a staffer announces an eight minute wait in Spanish.
North British railway directors contract Cravens for five restaurant cars and one open first class carriage for dining trains. Six 65 by 9 foot steel underframe coaches with steel body, fireproof exterior, corrugated iron panels, and gas cut off valves. Electric lighting to Nant Wumb Nant to be used. ready for service toward year end.
The American Society of Mechanical Wing demonstrates a new electric brake that enables short stops for modern high speed trains. A 1,000 ton passenger car weighs 1,000 feet long and travels at 6 rates miles per hour results discussed, with safety tests and comparisons to older systems. The report notes a shift from older traction to modern electric braking, amid historical references to premodern rail service and reorganizations of lines between Drewin burgh Junction and Carlisle Word Cardale with steam locomotives phased out.
A fragmentary OCR line mentions a person or entity named Boatae being relieved under Cometreet. The readable text provides limited detail on the involved parties or exact actions, making it the core action inferred from the fragment.
The Gatehouse estate sits midway up the valley offering a beautiful garden with a Japanese influence. A transformed bog forms tiny lakes linked by humpbacked bridges, with a tea-house reflected in water and a rich display of bamboo, rare plants, and flowering trees. Surrounded by mountains, sea, and distant peaks, the garden showcases careful planting and ingenious design admired as a thriving Chelsea-worthy art.
London preacher Grerfell spoke in Newfoundland and Labeda about wife scarcity in Labrador. He cited Moravian rules requiring widows after a fortnight, and recalled a December tale involving Lord Strathcona and donations for a hospital as he narrated life among Labradoreans.
In Newark New Jersey a man missing for years appeared at the surrogates office to contest a will leaving ten thousand dollars to him from the estate of a deceased wife. The hearing centered on whether the claimant could be legally declared heir and enforce the bequest as offered by the widow Mrs Hogers.
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