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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1906
Page
4
Chestnut flour from Corsica is used as bread and polenta across the island with wooden mills and a high moisture sensitivity that makes it prone to mould. A humorous anecdote follows about Senator Howard, famed for chronic lateness, ending with a macabre joke about resurrection.
A passenger in a railroad tunnel questions smoke harms while a prominent citizen replies with a wry quip. He notes that cinders and a little smoke can make a very good lie, suggesting wit over fear in the aparently smoky debate.
A fragmentary column recalls a dinner anecdote about two subeditor children with scarlet fever and a panic over a note. It shifts to notes on preserving paintings under glass and a description of a Welsh wedding custom with archaic language and garbled text.
A Chicago antiquary claims cats were trained as retrievers in ancient Egypt. He cites a photograph of Nile boats with cats in the stern and cats swimming with dead birds, suggesting the Egyptians used felines for hunting work, with pieces in the British Museum supporting the claim.
The Connoisseur exposes autograph hunter ruses. George Eliet is duped by a woman feigning sympathy in fictitious social work. A letter to Ruskin draws no reply, followed by a plea and a fake art club secretary persona inviting an address. The author describes a polite, long letter seeking excuse to delay, yet offers guidance and encouragement.
The piece traces how esplanade and boulevard began as military terms. Esplanade referred to glacis and slope in fortifications, while boulevard meant space within citadel ramparts later used as promenading void space. It notes historical shifts and linguistic connections to explain modern usage.
Fragmented OCR presents a reflection on heroines across literature from Shakespeare to novels, noting evolving roles from unwedded males to strong female figures. Mentions Rosalind Lady Macbeth Othello and references to Amelia and Lally Cwatlewood with tangential anecdotes about a Parkes visit and a vault.
The piece traces powdering hair from sixteenth century convents to European fashion. It notes French and Roman influences, Empress Eugenie popularizing gold powder in 1860, and ancient Greek and Roman fascination with golden tresses. It mentions blue powder in Rome and hair locks traded from beyond the Alps to Latin dandies.
Judge Aldrich known for asperity on the bench had a daughter married to a Boston lawyer. While the judge presided in Boston the son in law counseled the plaintiff. The judge wrote asking a postponement due to his relation, and the lawyer replied he hated the judge but would try the case anyway.
An abortive garbled anecdote from Le Sport Parle recounts a tragic road incident. A mother with thirteen children, described as hardworking, witnesses an automobile crash that kills one, provoking her dramatic outburst. The fragmentary report depicts a tense, surreal event centered on loss and anger.
In Rome suburbs two farms produce antique modily items in large quantities. People burnish coins or medals bearing Tiberius or Caligula effigies by feeding them to gastric juice and stones in gizzards. The process may have supplied specimens to public collections.
A London Globe report describes a colossal Swiss oak near Burgdorf. The tree, termed a forest monarch, stands sixteen feet in height with a trunk more than six feet in girth and about sixty rings, suggesting planting around the early eighteenth century.
Fragmentary text describes a struggle with an octopus and a scene at a pier. Mentions growing towns and discharges. References to repair efforts and changing colors to blend with surroundings. Overall unclear due to damaged OCR.
A fragmentary report describes a court debate involving prisoners and a conservator at a pallor court. The text references common women and a morphia tober and mentions the Symptomone of the morphia, with emphasis on consolation and legal proceedings.
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