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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
18
The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung notes a proposed double decker train for Berlin workers to travel swiftly to and from work. It speculates on a train type not yet built for comfort and contrasts it with other double decker designs.
Dan Tuttle, a Northwestern veteran engineer retired on a pension after 67 years of service, carried daily crowds across Illinois lines from Chicago to Freeport and Sterling without harming anyone. Starting before the war, he worked from the Chicago and Galena Union era, logging 10,000 miles, guiding trains through fog and yards, knowing right of way by sound. He helped in the war, then returned to a career that spanned wooden furnaces to rainbow lights in modern yards.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the “Matt Shay” the largest locomotive ever built weighing 415 tons. Named for Erie railroad’s oldest engineer, it features driving wheels under the tender to maximize traction and is capable of about 120 miles per hour. The Indian locomotive Engine 612 of the Indian Fonkta railway also notes a long service record of nearly one million miles in MW years.
Henry Lawson writes a dramatic verse about a night shift train yard. A car-tinker tests wheels and rails with hammering steel while unseen workers guard against a derailment. The poem explores danger, vigilance, and the quiet labor in the dark.
System will be success L B Foley superintendent of telegraph for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad says wireless message handling on moving trains has passed the experimental stage. Two main difficulties remain sending and receiving between train and station at high speeds around curves tunnels and the continuity of the message during sudden turns. He aims for near perfect service before formal commercial use and envisions wireless stations at about fifty miles apart to extend coverage beyond Hoboken to Buffalo.
Easy to imitate the Gladstone collar at home using an organdy handkerchief a half yard of fine wire and a center dot cut. Fashion artificial fruits from colored silk and cotton wadding with French knots to decorate hats gowns and corsages with chic styling popular at the time.
The article describes three quarter length coats with kilting at the hem and folded sashes, highlighting a brick red middel in duvetyn with a kneelength coat and tabbed skirt design. It notes a sash of oriental silk, a back tab over the sash, and new sleeve construction. A covert cloth model with a draped front and peplum top is also showcased as stylish.
A readable fragment describes artificial jewelry with notes on design and a focus on its dark tone. The item is presented alongside mentions of love and beauty as decorative pieces.
A detailed note describes a large turnover collar with white linen base, blue shoulder bands, and black and red embroidery, highlighting the decorative potits. The fabric features a bold, contrasting color scheme and intricate stitchwork characteristic of the period.
Plaited skirts appear in serge silk satin and crepe de chine with rich ironing and tailored plaits. Tartan variants pair with black coats or tartan waistcoats, while English usage warns that plaid and tartan are distinct. Fine woolen materials remain costly for gowns and travel coats with tartan linings.
The shower bouquet, preferred by some brides, features innumerable narrow satin ribbons cascading from the bouquet and trailing down to the floor, knotted with blossoms to create a continuous shower from the bouquet to the skirt’s hem.
The article details sachets made from crushed dried flower leaves spiced and mixed with sachet powder. The material is placed in net bags lined with scrim, edged with satin ribbons. They are advertised as attractive fragrant accessories for drawers closets and clothing storage.
The note suggests buying inexpensive Jardine vases and painting ordinary flower pots and saucers with a flat off color to harmonize with room decor. Painted green blue or Chinese style hues are described as quaint and decorative for plant displays.
A descriptions heavy with jet beads and rhinestones outlines a display featuring a two tone set of jewelry. An upper left strip shows string of jet beads and pearls with a cameo brooch. A necklace on the upper right uses jet and rhinestones. Center piece suspends small jet bead squares from a brilliants strand. A banknote motif uses jet and rhinestones with pendants. The belt buckle and remaining banknote also use cut jet and rhinestones.
In this season black hats and black fan and taffeta frocks are abundant. Black satin girdles add character to bright frocks, including wash, hot, white, and colored styles, with blacks maintaining a favored place across outfits.
The proposal describes a concealment plan using a hat box and upright shelves to hide a stolen bat from view. It suggests placing the bat on a shelf and covering the boxes with wallpaper to disguise the cupboard’s appearance and avoid detection.
Readers report plaid fabrics appearing widely in outfits with muted tones and tailored trims. Experts note the pattern’s resurgence signals a practical, durable style favoring urban wear and period influences.
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