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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
2
A Cincinnati girl suffering melancholia over three years made 26 fatal self attempts and remains defiant. Physicians and others debate the theory while she endures repeated arrests, hospitalizations, and various self destructive methods.
Great Falls Montana reports four youths aged 15 to 17 held up the Great Northern train 240 from Shelby to Great Falls at the stock yards. The oldest, Hatch, 17, led the plan and demanded cash, with one boy shot at Conductor Jack Hayes. All four confessed, a fifth was not present.
In Paris a sensational murder case shocks the art world as distinguished painter Adolphe Steinhell and his mother in law are found strangled in his Rue de Vangirard residence. The house was ransacked and Steinhell’s wife, gagged and bound, identifies two men and a woman, with the woman possibly a model.
Washington reports the Senate adopted the report by a decisive vote, ending the effort to push the Aldrich Vreeland emergency currency bill. The measure failed to clear the required two houses and the emergency funding plan was not enacted.
Lawmakers wrap a long day with a singing sendoff led by members including Senge and others. The scene features improvised verses, a light moment as tensions ease, and a closing remark about a final vote and seating amid the Capitol bustle.
Detroit Tigers first baseman Claud Rossman and Ty Cobb insist players must uphold dignity daily. Rossman emphasizes dressing well and avoiding a “tramp” image while earning over 3100 weekly. He questions peers earning 2000 to 35000 yearly who neglect appearances and manners.
A noisy, fragmented recap covers pitchers Hayner and Katine, plus various players and moments from the season. It mentions mound work, substitutions, and uncertain lineups, with scattered references to teams, games, and a spring campaign.
Historic debate on peak performance in baseball centers on age twenty five as the usual top form period. Proponents cite star players like Tyrus Cobb at twenty one and argue careful training extends prime into the mid to late twenties, with mental baseball sense guiding long careers.
Fragmented text mentions players Jack, Gorge Diels, Unwin, Adie, Natty Nol Minee Melding one Hit Oven. Names like Fred Clare and Davie appear amid garbled lines, with references to teams and matches. The passage reads as a jumbled game report or sports column with unclear events and outcomes.
The mining outlook for Pearl Idaho is promising with operations starting or expanding, ore valued around 150 per ton found at Easter Mining companys claim near Pearl and Mahoe, and leases in the Pittsburg district signing wage accords through March 41, 1909. Copper production in 1907 listed at 121,764,000 pounds, Utah and Nevada developments advance, and several mines in different districts report new strikes, openings, and stock acquisitions as more ore is readied for market.
A flood of brief items notes deaths from fright during a storm, mass layoffs after Santa Fe shops suspend work, a wealthy banker’s suicide, Afghan incursions into Persian territory, an upcoming Vanderbilt cup race near New York, attacks near Desores Chihuahua, a deadly river dam incident, and varied political and crime notes. The scattered items cite notable individuals, institutions, places, and incidents across the US and abroad with no single unified event.
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