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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
3
A Chicago teacher surveyed schoolchildren after reading a line from Tennyson and asked for a written meaning of pimpernel. Responses varied wildly, including a frog, a coal deer, a dragonfly, a prickly pear shrub, a pampered car, an eel-like animal, a tramp, and pimples. The exercise shows juvenile imagination running free with abstract clues.
Scientific American argues railroads should use black on white text for legibility, noting retina structure causes white letters to appear thicker and black letters thinner toward the edge of vision. White letters can work with thin strokes if well lit. black letters benefit from heavy strokes for distinctness.
Kansas City Journal notes a rugged Oklahoma family of a farmer, his wife, and four sons who have to decide how to share newly acquired wealth while the mother toils for the family. The oldest plans a Chicago and Niagara Falls trip, and the sons vow to provide for their mother as they consider options for $200 bids and future plans.
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