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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
12
Readers encounter a collage of bygone quips and vignettes. The text cites wire words about listening, talking, and social follies, plus a muddled note on tin production comparing two years. A Chicago trust magnate and a famed tenor anecdote ends with a toast to trade quirks.
Colon, Panama, Oct. 1. The Panama canal stands virtually complete with the Gatun lake Dam and dike destruction set to begin. Four 26-inch pipes opened allowing Gatun lake water into the Culebra cut to cushion the dike blast planned for Oct. 10. Engineers say the canal is practically finished though official opening is over a year away. Col. Goethals and assistants Hodges and Sibert led the project as the vast waterway nears its final phase after years of massive excavation and dam construction.
The article nostalgically recalls historic nuts like butternut and black walnut and notes their decline. It highlights cherished shellbark varieties, chestnuts, and hazel beech nuts, says pecan becomes the dominant American nut, mentions vast southern plantations and high per acre yields, and remarks on processing limits and nut machines.
The text traces how early civilizations divided day into 12 hours in Egypt and Jewish Greek use, notes Rome adopting hours with Papirius Cursor’s sundial in 293 B C, and mentions water clocks after 158 B C. It also cites public criers in Rome and early English timing methods such as wax candles tied to hours, attributed to Alfred in 586.
Simeon Ford of New York quipped after Morgan's death that wealth cannot bring happiness and poverty cannot either, asking what remains for a man to do. The Argonaut reports the remark as a light aside reflecting on the mogul's passing.
Alexandria, Egypt's main port and commercial center, ranked third among Mediterranean ports in 1908. Twenty one ocean navigation companies maintained a regular scheduled service at Alexandria, underscoring its status as a key maritime hub.
A fragmented passage shows a court scene with a judge remarking on a shy bride. The text hints at a dignified yet hesitant demeanor as the bride hesitates to speak or reveal details ten years prior. The snippet evokes a quiet, anecdotal tone from a historical record.
Illinois woman Mia Jessi of Grayville reports severe cramps and irregularities that laid her up. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she gained better health than in years and praises the medicine highly.
A Chicago woman describes severe menstrual pains and displacement that doctors failed to relieve. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports major relief and encourages others with doubts to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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