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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1902
Page
10
Reports from Siberia warn of a poor wheat harvest while famine fears rise in the Philippines. Immigration to New York reaches 6,740 in a 48 hour span as European trade and British India policy strain tensions.
In the remote south of Mexico villagers fear as ash showers spread from Palenque to San Juan Bautista and Comitan. A burning mountain reportedly awakens volcanic activity across the region, with towns fleeing, praying, and watching the skies for danger as experts call it a broader wakeup of West Indian and Central American volcanism.
London dispatch reports George Chapman, now a Southwark saloon keeper, poisoned a young woman who lived with him as his wife, the third death in his houses within five years. Police may exhume bodies. comparison to 1802 Neill case noted. Also brief items on a Denver boy killed by desert exposure near Needles and a Portland farmer killed by a boar during a hog fight.
Michael Hartress fatally wounded his wife and first shot at himself in a serious domestic incident in Seattle. He later died as police investigated boastful claims about the act while Hope for Mercy Treaty discussions amid Lodge opposition are noted as unsettled in Washington.
Fragmentary report notes a dispute over a failed major’s command leading to a killing. Wadsworth fired on William Durham during guard duty on the night of October. Durham died. The general condemns the act but defends the officer’s duty performance amid the incident.
War era notes report famine in the Philippines with foreign trade orders to ease freight and costs. Locusts and fall in silver price threaten crops and industry while cholera advances in Mindanao and Panay. over 100 000 cases reported. Civil authorities plan action to avert suffering among poorer residents.
In Owen, Albany county, Wyoming, B. C. Van Ortwick and David Cochrane face warrants for assault with intent to kill after a neighbor dispute with E. C. Decker and his family led to a gunbattle. Deckers allege Van Ortwick and Cochrane fired first. Van Ortwick claims Deckers provoked and attacked him, with eight gunshot wounds reported. Sheriff Cook investigated as families provided conflicting accounts.
The schooner Bonanza and the whaler Alice Knowles report a major quake about 200 miles off Kurile Island on August 13. The shock stopped their chronometers. Three crewmen on the Alice Knowles were badly burned earlier when a boiler exploded, but all recovered under Captain Montgomery's care.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton a renowned suffragist passed away in New York City on Sunday after a long illness. She lingered in consciousness until near the end as family and children Mrs M Lewresce Mrs Branton Hintell Henry Robert Lotmyers Theodore and others from Parith Wardon Ollie Cong Lalmod were at her bedside.
A miner named Jacob Knight in St Lawenice wlor at Mette sustained a severe hand injury at work. While engaged in pleklog he fell to ground and a rank piece severed his knee, ending in a fatal injury as if struck by a blade.
The wheat crop in Morrow County will net ranchers over 500000 dollars this fall, with export expected to reach 66 million bushels and an average price around 11 1/2 cents per bushel. Umatilla County is noted as a banner farming region on the state's west border.
A fashion feature surveys neckwear and trims, praising lustrous fabrics like tafeta and satin, lace details, and black accents. It notes Hungarian peasant embroidery, sheer finishes, and the trend toward structured, tailor like pieces for gowns, with tips on cleaning and refreshing fabrics.
A description of a pale grey camel hair gown from Paris with long winged hair, a high neck, silver edged seams, and three silver bordered bands at the skirt hem. The bodice front opens to a cream vest with embroidery, braided trappings in silver and pale blue, and cream satin stock. Autumn coats are long, modern first-year styles fading.
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