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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1903
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes describe homicide and arrests near Basin with references to a deputy dying instantly and a widow in Hot Springs. Mentions cholera and river incidents, but readable facts are sparse and names unclear. The fragment hints at a murder investigation with multiple prisoners and a deputy casualty.
Six masked highwaymen boarded an Oregon City line trolley in Portland at midnight Wednesday. They robbed about fifty passengers, took around 300 dollars, and shot Patrick Day in the abdomen when he failed to surrender valuables quickly. Five robbers later fled, one remained to force the car onward, and the gang escaped after reaching timber near town. Day is seriously wounded but likely to recover.
Mrs James G Blaine aged 76 died at the Blaine homestead in Augusta Maine after a general system breakdown. Her maiden name was Harriet Stanwood a daughter of a Maine citizen. She married at Pittsburg while teachers in Kentucky and later moved to Augusta where Mr Blaine edited the Kennebec Journal. She leaves a son James G Blaine and two daughters Mrs Harriet Beale and Mrs Walter Damrosch of New York who were with her at death.
A young woman found on the Gulf of Finland shore behind the Sergiyo monastery twelve miles from Saint Petersburg with severely burned feet and legs wore a monk's cassock. She had read religious texts and believed self immolation was salvation. After attending service she prepared a funeral pyre, then tried to flee but collapsed and lay unconscious for forty eight hours. doctors hope to save her life.
Mrs John Taylor of Chester Pennsylvania was wounded when a bullet from a .32 caliber revolver shattered through a shop window striking her head. Her hair cushioned the impact, sparing a more serious injury as she and her husband counted receipts in the store.
Reports from Iquique Chile indicate rising balvinic pingie cases amid chaotic public notices. Multiple incidents across Kansas Colorado and Kentucky report drownings lynchings fires and mob actions. Weather diseases fires floods and political moves mark a broad, disorderly sweep of events across nations and states.
In a domestic crisis, Admiral Westmacott and Harold face a financial and reputational storm. A rogue brother Jeremiah Pearson claws at their fortune, while Mrs. Westmacott and Ada Pearson reveal long held family tensions. Harold confronts betrayal as an investment plan unravels and the threat of ruin looms over the household.
In a stove corner tale, Frank Timins claims a remarkable quail hunt. He says a muzzle loader felled three birds in three directions with two barrels. Listeners doubt and joke about the feat as the crowd winds down.
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