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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1905
Page
3
A jumble of playful lines and misheard phrases forms a comic improv of characters and events. Names like Rocatian life and Punetht appear as garbled echoes alongside a baronet and a tailor in a surreal scene.
Dr Horton shields his wife Pearl from a flirtatious suitor Jack Langdon. A staged opera night spirals into risky rendezvous at a cafe where Langdon and a chorus girl cause a scene. Horton redirects Pearl toward a sick patient, where a whispered name shocks her.
A feature riffing on the dangers of high heels condemns the trend as unnatural and harmful, quoting a New York physician who links tall stilettos to poor posture and health, while comparing Western and native adornments and noting Greek sandals for better throat and lung health. The piece shifts to a humorous author anecdote about a Boston editor and a private still tale, then closes with a dramatic poem on duty, duty, and crime.
Following a Harriaburg Pennsylvania rail wreck newsmen awaited updates in a company office. Reported were claims agents securing settlements and releases for injured passengers. A claim agent described a case of a passenger with multiple injuries, including broken ribs and leg, facing a $2500 release.
The countess of Northbrook formerly Viscountess Baring is praised as one of London’s handsomest women. She spent much time with the late earl at his Hampshire country home, hosting shooting parties and overseeing every detail for guests. The earl adored her and spoke of her as his "beautiful daughter in law," presenting fifty portraits and pictures.
In uptown neighborhoods families boarding houses for summer abandon caretaking, leaving cat shelters and plant care to prevent plant starvation. The piece notes fashionable florists and residents using slang sankariums for plants, a humorous take on seasonal plant care leaving pets and belongings behind.
In a Massachusetts town a gaunt fellow asks Jacky A. Bile for an introductory line. Bile quips about saying nothing but the artistically aloof phrase. A serious friend then takes the stage and admits unfamiliarity with the speaker.
The piece blends a quirky, advice style note about school life and parental expectations with a disjointed set of lines about striving, duty, and generational differences. It then shifts to instructive content describing a funnel trick using two funnels soldered together for a water mystery demonstration. The entry ends mid explanation as it moves to a practical setup with a glass of fresh water.
A collection of stage tricks and safety tips is described, including a water pouring illusion with a funnel, a stick leaping from a pot trick, and a noose of knives forming a bridge. Sinking swimming rescue methods are explained with arm and grip maneuvers, plus a card color-detection trick, a canary sparrow anecdote, and experiments on porous materials and light effects for a magic lamp illusion.
An Abstraction shows how to build a rough frame house in the woods using small branches and bark. Instructions detail frame size from front to back, roof and wall weaving with sinew, waterproof layering, and bedding cots.
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