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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
12
Chicago detectives raided five matrimonial agencies uncovering stock letters and photographs used to lure clients. Correspondents sent photos for exchange and paid fees. many protests showed dissatisfaction after payment. Advertised matches claim marriages to wealthy widows and promising husbands, with numerous letters expressing hopes for fortune and romance.
Jay Cooke, once prominent American financier born 1821 in Sandusky, is gravely ill. He retired long ago and lives in near total seclusion, leaving many surprised by the news of his health. He built Jay Cooke & Co and managed wartime government finances before later ventures.
Fragmentary OCR describes a waxy skeleton display at a 20 year retrospective organized by a curator. It notes a controversial exhibit of X rays and skeletal models arranged to reveal past abuses and wartime trauma in a stark, unsettling display.
A plan for a national reserve in Camden County Missouri seeks to protect a landscape of mountains rivers valleys and caves. The region features the Ouage and Niangua rivers with exceptionally scenic views and notable caves including a 1600 foot long cave up to 120 feet wide and sixty feet high. A nearby expansive cave reaches 200 feet in width. A spring at mountain base forms a lake of several acres and the area includes multiple waterfalls and abundant wildlife.
Rumor circles in Episcopal circles in New York that Mrs Arthur Corning Clark, soon to wed Bishop Potter, will contribute five million dollars toward erecting the Cathedral of St John the Divine atop the heights above Central Park. The ambitious project nears its central arch rising, ever appealing for further funds.
The Spanish-American War Veterans association reunion elected Col. D Jack Foster as commander in chief with Milwaukee as the next meeting site. Col. Foster appointed Capt. J Cairns of Chicago adjutant general and named Capt. James Fried of Youngstown as quartermaster. Headquarters to be in Chicago. A resolution supported volunteering for veteran reunions and a committee was formed to coordinate with a partner committee.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a male figure named Werner Havin Site and a discussion of partitions at Mawr tien. It references Valentine waits and a “Premdent Lowbert” with twelve ovals, showing unclear events around a likely political or social gathering.
Aunt Rebecca visits her city niece in southern Michigan and urges peach trees. The niece recalls canned peaches superior to local fruit and admits attempting to plant them, but none of the peach pits sprouted in the yard, citing poor soil.
Jose Salvadoey, known as the rubber King of Bolivia, travels to New York and rumored to be plotting a rubber trust with Pierpont Morgan. Former soldier turned magnate, he managed Acre’s rubber fields as a Bolivian regional ruler and now seeks a European style residence on Fifth Avenue.
Mrs Drake attended Saratoga as the celebrated beauty while her husband Mr JOA Drake of Chicago partnered with Bivfread. MP John W Cater attended the event amid the tense scene as the race winner in the Futurity stakes was announced involving Drake and Larabie of Werwarl.
Belle Meade Farm, historic center of American thoroughbred breeding near Nashville, faces its end this year as Gen. W. H. Jackson retires and auctions the famed stud. The estate, once dominant in racing and aristocratic society, reshapes Kentucky and Tennessee horse culture after nearly a century of prestige.
Manager Kilpatrick of Wisconsin announced the officials for the Wisconsin versus Michigan game in Chicago. Everett Wrenn a Harvard graduate will be the umpire and Louis Hinckey a Yale graduate the referee. Both accepted after a managers meeting including Baird of Michigan and Kilpatrick of Wisconsin.
Walter Clarkson, captain elect of Harvard varsity baseball, selected Barrett Wendell Jr. as head coach for the team next season after the Yale games in New York. Wendell, a Cambridge standout, played on three varsity squads that beat Yale and led his class to victories over New Haven rivals.
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