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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1906
Page
12
Katharine A. Carl notes in Century that Kowtow functions as thanks not greeting. It occurs at royal audiences and among equals to show gratitude for favors or gifts. The ritual involves kneeling and bowing three times, with the head touching the ground each time, and is seen as dignified, not servile, by the Chinese tradition.
A quotation expounds true beauty as substance and spirit not just outward form or statuary faultlessness. It praises a beauty that shines through dialogue, where the mind appears to glow from within the body, as the eloquent blood imprints on the cheeks.
A Hong Kong licensed junk was searched by Sergt Garrad for contraband. He found that kittens in a basket on deck were smeared with a sticky substance later found to be opium. Other kittens aboard were treated similarly, concealing a sizable quantity. The junk owner was convicted.
The piece argues wealth cannot buy health leisure or discipline. A man earning 91,000,000 yearly may eat better live in more places or drink freely yet cannot live in multiple places at once. Daily work, self denial, and effort provide enduring value and chance to raise children well beyond riches.
A pharmacist crafted a plan to avoid night emergencies by disconnecting his bell so customers cannot reach him. If pressed, a late caller goes to a rival store and returns early the next morning to complain about the other druggist’s rudeness, prompting the original pharmacist to learn of the customer’s displeasure.
A 100 year old historian notes the British navy often issued meat salvaged from other ships stored in distant victualing yards. Salt pork and beef were tough and salty, sometimes years old, requiring magical cooking. Sailors recounted strange tales of animals and vanishings around the yards, yet could carve small boxes from the meat.
In this piece the author notes the lack of understanding about how different animals sleep and introduces wider questions about sleep, hypnosis, multiple personalities, and the link between consciousness, memory, and suggestion. It argues that knowledge does not dispel mystery and life remains inherently mysterious.
The article explains memory as a physical change in brain cells. An impression forms when a cell first acts, but fades unless repeated. Repetition strengthens the trace, creating lasting recognition of stimuli such as a specific smell.
A traveler notes Moorish leisure ranges from children’s games like football leapfrog and rabbit hunting with curved sticks to adult sport labeled barood. Moorish horsemen charge on horseback firing pistols before rearing onto their haunches, a spectacle famed for their horsemanship.
The text notes that pure invention was seen as vulgar in antiquity. Archimedes treated mechanical ideas as mere geometry amusements, granting practical form only to favored schemes. Eudoxus and Archytas faced denunciation by Plato for turning geometry into corporeal, practical craft, and mechanics were later viewed as a military art.
A long ago tabulation of 1001000 English men and women shows the twenty five most common Christian names. Mary, William, John, Elizabeth, George, Sarah, James, Charles,Alice, Joseph, Ann, Jane, Emily, Frederick, Margaret, Emma, Eliza, Arthur, Alfred, Edward appear among the top names. The list includes thirteen male and twelve female names and notes broad distribution among the sample.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions local names and events in a stalled report. Readable bits reference people and a place, but details, dates, and actions are unclear in this partial text.
In a muddled note a southern Russian town Ovidopol proclaims Ovide Ciy as its name, linking it to the Tym and a deportation tale of Ovid. Historians now suspect the real port might be Kuatendil in present Romania, with ancient Glossa and Worms figures referenced.
A disrupted Biddeford courtroom scene unfolds as Haley a young lawyer from York County faces the Supreme Judicial Court. A spectator fainted mid plea prompting the attorney to pause and the court to address the interruption with calm procedural remarks.
A master of Baiocol lege at Oxford slipped in the street and fell. Two undergraduates rushed to aid him but watched as others hesitated. The master refused help, insisting dignity be preserved and declaring a master of arts would assist him instead. He rose and continued with his day.
A prominent builder of a large commercial concern dies in middle age after a period of alcohol and gambling excess. The obituary notes his wrecked nerves and suggests his misfortunes stemmed from his own vices rather than business failures, reflecting on modern business temptations.
A historic note describes a plant called Bye-Bright used by grandmothers for colds, bronchitis, hay fever, and headaches. It explains preparations including a water infusion, steam treatment, and a tincture mixed with water for internaI use, suggesting several large drops daily for relief.
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