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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
13
War department guards potential finds from dredging the Delaware below Philadelphia as rumors spread that Captain Kidd hid vast wealth along the coast. The question arises whether the government has received an authentic tip on Kidd’s treasure and its possible location.
The old trough that fed Washington's horses has moved from the Mington site to a new stand near the Washington arbor on the Bartram house riverfront. The relocation, chosen to honor the historic water source, beckons visitors as they enter the gardens.
In Chicago a brash reporter asks if women in public life lose their charm. The speaker cites Aspasia Zenobia Cleopatra Mme Récamier Mary Queen of Scots Nell Gwynne and Sara Bernhardt to argue charm endures. Men marry ambitious women yet expect domestic devotion after marriage despite continued ardor. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is noted among those attracted to public women.
A Brooklyn magistrate heard a police court work case tied to a jealously charged suitor. The swift session finished in thirty five minutes establishing a formal record for the court.
Fragmentary text notes the Vinegar Bible associated with a 1771 upheaval in Havering or Havell and Imbert Newman, linking George I’s era to a large Oxford edition. It mentions five large prayer houses and a shift to a new order of work, with references to royal family, clerics, and alterations to printer books.
Fragmentary verse evokes mist by river hills and springtime light. Images of a bugle, morning summons, and the soul growing larger hint at hope and onward endeavor amid winter and plain landscapes.
A starving Cuban village boy steals a sword from a Spanish mess in Bahia Honda and challenges officers. After a dramatic capture the boy explains his family’s hunger and insists punishment fit the crime, urging mercy over harsh reprisal.
A muttered exchange among officers ends with a condemned prisoner ordered to perform a heavy burden. A boy is told to act with his whole heart or face summary punishment, while others approve the harsh sentence and threaten harsher measures.
In a Georgia campaign a rival duo Grady and Captain Evan Howell faced off over a ward with a large Black population. Grady planned a possum supper to sway voters, but Howell countered by warning Black supporters. A staged scene caused misgivings as cries and feigned illness signaled the ruse, undermining Grady’s effort and leaving him unable to persuade the voters.
A Virginia family hosts an English bishop whose boots are nightly polished by a servant. The boy narrator struggles with the bishop’s greeting, misnaming him and mixing up speech as he announces in error that the lord arrives with the boots. The incident ends with the bishop asking who is there.
An excerpt from the Washington Star extols the value of persistent effort. It contrasts the everyday worker who "does his best" with crisis moments that reveal true character. The verse commends the unnamed man whose steadfast nerve and heart endure when others falter.
A returned traveler recalls Hanks once had no son but money, then lent $1,000 to a man starting a circulating library. After failure, Hanks kept the books, reading them to recover his money.
In Quebec City a public disturbance over royal succession erupts as onlookers debate King Edward's pull and the role of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with comments touching the queen and Canadian monarchy amid tense exchanges.
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