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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
18
Turkish towel offers practical uses for laundry bags bath slippers and a compact travel case. Create a pocket from the towel bottom attach with hooks inside a door frame and fashion slippers from towel cutouts. A 9 by 16 inch wash-toweling travel kit with rubber lining holds necessities and can be personalized with French knot initials.
The tub frock in washable voile remains popular for summer. Plain cambric or batiste handkerchief type frocks with hemstitched edges adapt to many outfits. Simple, smart designs with minimal embellishment suit everyday and dressier occasions.
A fragmentary description outlines a delicate undergarment with skirts a yard and a quarter long, worn with a crepe de chine top and white lace. The unusual wording notes a brown lower piece and an evening wear design, mentioning shadow lace and a flat, closely lace shirted detail.
The gardenia is described as the fashionable flower of the hour, placed through lapels and near necklines to complement tailored suits and jackets. It often hides eckpieces or scarves and decorates fabric muffs, with turbaned styles featuring it as the sole trim. Wax gardenias are natural yet costly. amateurs should use white velvet or satin petals with dark green silk for foliage.
Delightful sachets filled with unusual odors made of knitted silk. They are long and narrow with fringed ends. One pale green example features lemon verbena and is sold in small boxes with verses and lute-themed cards enhancing their daintiness.
A reader advises damp towel preps to ease new kid gloves over hands. By placing gloves between damp folds for an hour or two, the moisture stretches the leather so the gloves conform to the hands without slipping.
A beauty advisory urges women to resist overwork, use brief rest breaks, and practice simple exercises. It cautions against excessive hot baths and recommends tepid baths daily along with controlled indulgence to preserve looks.
A tank car loaded with fuel oil lurched on a trestle after a bump from a twitching engine. It tipped from unloading trucks onto a storehouse below, narrowly missing two electricians. The car’s weight broke a beam but settled safely until a wrecking crew stabilized it and moved it away.
A tribute to George Westinghouse highlighting his air brake invention and influence on rail safety. It recalls Lord Kelvin’s praise, notes Westinghouse’s birth in 1846 and life in Schenectady, and retells a childhood anecdote showing his stubborn character.
Texas appellate court rules railroad companies must exercise the care of a very cautious and prudent person to protect passengers from dangers during travel. The decision bars negligence charges when a passenger, though ill and deranged en route, showed no specific signs of intending to jump from the moving train, despite the carrier's knowledge of her condition.
A refined sanitary inspection system has been instituted on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, aiming to improve station cleanliness and trackside facilities. The update introduces standardized procedures, trained inspectors, and stricter compliance measures to ensure safer and more hygienic operations.
A Chicago focused comparison shows 802 street fatalities in 1913, with 321 per million residents, and railroad fatalities far lower at 105 per million. The piece notes rail immunity would imply vast street travel if applied, and cites 34,500,000,000 passenger miles recorded nationwide. It also reports South Africa ordering ten German locomotives and 34 passenger cars, highlighting cost savings and a push for world wide tenders.
The North Railroad company in France experiments with wireless waves to dissipate fog over railways. Electric waves are said to affect water particles in fog turning them to vapor. Claims suggest up to 600 feet of fog clearance in front of transmitting wires, with potential railroad safety uses and practical cautions.
A report concerns George Caswell of Bugdah railway company facing 695000 for alleged safety violations involving railroad carriages. The text mentions an invention and relates to lapses in safeguarding trains and passengers.
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