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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1914
Page
24
A speaker reflects on shifting judgment of a man previously seen as dull noting his later courage and hard work. In a local scene, friends urge a run for office while a domestic dispute unfolds with Mrs. Cole suing her husband, a dentist, for divorce amid an intrusive confrontation in the dentist chair.
A fragment from a 19th century piece features quirky musings on marriage alimony and moral choices. A beggar quips about civilization while recalling past business and a line about building cigar store Indians.
Archibald Marshall notes Oberammergau's courteous gentle residents in a festival year. He describes white houses with red roofs, carved wares, and frescos, the surrounding mountains with a wooden cross, and locals greeting visitors with Gruss Gott. He notes long hair on men and the service exemptions after 1870 during the Passion Play.
The Britten Steamer Lord Antrim reported a field ice ribbon over 200 miles long east of Newfoundland. The ship reached Halifax for coal and to resume its voyage from Narvik to Philadelphia after delays from westerly gales. The vessel skirted the ice field for nearly two days guiding its course south and east.
A garbled dialogue piece features a speaker claiming earnings of 250 and mentions 10 day 1,000 euro payments of The Kind Word. The text mixes misspelled phrases about a dog, safety, age, and a vague threat, ending with a cryptic note about overdoing it and the devil.
A famous National Corn Exposition display in Dallas vanishes, the so called thousand dollar ear. J J Purkong of Minnesota state fair leadership reports the theft from a hotel lobby desk. James J Hill is noted in a separate dispute over a $61,000 prize as the case unfolds. Meanwhile a man Wade York is injured in an automobile incident and a wedding proceeds despite the disruption.
Dexter Brow n, assaulted by two footpads, is aided by a stranger who later reveals himself as John Bross, his recovered son’s fiancé Millie Dale, and a mission led by a reforming preacher. A healing donation follows, reuniting father and son and promising aid to the poor.
An honest banker Mr. Bross disguises himself to tour a lodging-house district with a tramp who acts as guide. The journey reveals harsh urban life as Bross recalls his past and the estrangement from his son Dexter, who fell into drink and defied the father before being disowned.
An old practice of naming equipment with titles like De Witt Clinton and Hero 6 is fading. Portland officials plan to replace wharf names with numbers and add the word pier to standardize locations. The Portland Express argues the change would reduce confusion for outsiders along the shoreline.
Fragmentary street scene shows a phrenologist claiming to read honesty from a bump on the head. The text presents garbled dialogue and unfamiliar spellings, depicting a quirky, old time street oddity.
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