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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1914
Page
15
A lively note describes the game Up Jenkins with players, captains, coin toss, and confusion over calls. it also lists state flowers chosen by legislature or school-vote, giving many plant names and a brief commentary on accuracy.
A fragmented report describes Argentine dyes and vivid hues as a cheerful shift in fashion. The passages mention yellow enrichments, red tones, and pink hues resembling Nell rose, noting bold, bright color effects though text remains unclear on specifics.
Fashion notes reveal coat enes reemerging in daring forms. Silk and cloth coatees show shortened fronts, extended backs, and empire waist belts worn over sheer blouses. Plaided and Roman striped versions pair with white serge frocks or black satin skirts at resorts.
Black velvet patches are favored over old-fashioned patches for court plaster due to their becoming appearance on peachy skin. The patches come in round diamond or crescent shapes, are tiny and mucilage-backed, and cling firmly once applied to the cheek chin or brow. The coquette often wears one with an evening frown and sometimes places a patch on the shoulders or back to highlight beauty.
Small nickel or brass photograph frames arranged on two uprights imitate easels. They tilt to any angle for adjustable viewing.
A new turban style arrives from the Orient featuring a wide wrap of net with folded creases tied to the forehead. Accessories in gold or silver, simple rope shapes and oval, horse shoe or crescent motifs keep the turban secure atop a white gauze headpiece.
A fashion note describes a gown with black ornaments and tunable white tulle at the bust, offering a refined silhouette and modern styling cues for evening wear.
After nine years of labor, New York completes the Catskill aqueduct. It cost 162 million dollars, employed 72,000 workers, and caused over 9,000 injuries or deaths. The system will boost city supply to 660 million gallons daily and deliver water from Ashokan to Scarsdale via a 160 mile underground aqueduct including a record setting Storm King siphon under the Hudson.
A powerful industrial locomotive uses geboline as motive power and operates on the lake front in Chicago hauling dirt cars for area improvements. It features a steel frame with 30 inch wheels, gauge 4 feet 8 inches wide, length twelve feet four inches, height seven feet, weight seven tons. The short four foot wheel base allows sharp turns, suitable for outside tracks and narrow tunnels.
An 230 000 feet board rough timber crib and trestle system on the Ruskin Stave Falls extension in British Columbia aided by cedar timber from the right of way. The 3 300 foot line cost about 20000 with timber totals per trestle and crib work reaching 59000 feet board measure for one trestle and 41000 feet for another. The economy of rough timber halves the cost versus dressed lumber and a 5 percent grade with 16 degree curvature accompanies heavy earthwork and multiple trestles including a 600 foot long rough timber trestle graded for permanent roadbed.
A railway guard reports a humorous incident at a northern station where a kingmen party tried to book a Midlands town. With limited tickets the clerk split pasteboard, used children's tickets, and explained the situation while noting full fare had been paid. A miner later laments a carriage full of people drinking whisky and playing cards.
Industrial project highlights Bligtris engines chosen for a New York freight terminal. Officials announce sustained service upgrades and a push to modernize rail capacity.
A patent bearing signal using a parabolic mirror arm is described. Tested at Tempelhof near Berlin in fog and clear weather, the system shows low operating costs. The device uses acetylene lighting, aluminum bronze coated mirrors, and a parabolic reflector to illuminate a signaling arm.
Census bureau figures show railroad men have lower death rates from tuberculosis pneumonia heart disease and nervous disorders than most industries while deaths from accidents remain relatively high. The report highlights overall health advantages for railway workers across several nations and stresses the lower rate of deaths due to chronic illnesses in the railroad sector.
Russian railroad construction and bond financing through September 1 1913 funded 19 new companies and line improvements totaling 48 50 000 dollars with an annual average around 73 41007. Government construction expenditures reached 916s 28 700 with 269 500 000 allotted for construction.
A tiny street railway line measuring about nine feet in length, roughly a city block, has begun operation in Oakland California. Built by the city to connect two segments of the streetcar system, it aims to improve local service in Clusetown.
The Nickel Plate road laid a new record for a single track line by moving 29 t r u m e s from the yards in Connault Ohio to 4 bourse. This averages about one train every 60 minutes, a feat considered remarkable for a single track line.
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