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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
7
A New York Times piece laments hats as fashion and social burden. It argues silk top hats cause baldness, discomfort, and social misfortune, urging a return to hatless life to avoid mental strain and embarrassment. It ridicules the high top hat and mocks cannibal and missionary tropes linked to headwear.
A Cleveland youth claimed he was over twenty one to obtain a marriage license but now explains he stood on a paper bearing the age. He requests a divorce citing the misrepresentation and his mistaken belief at the time.
Fragmented OCR notes describe birds being plucked for meat while kept in pens and narrowed entrances. A terrier named Prince at Workinghem and then Paddington Way aids a charity effort by collecting coins for a hospital treasury, reportedly raising over 3250 dollars.
A fragment mentions a collectors group and a gathering related to Mooney bin parpomie. The Royal hospital has recently grown to near a notable amount. Exact details and context are unclear due to incomplete text.
Camille Finemanon an astronomer and reformer proposed calendar reform. He urged aligning the year with the vernal equinox and adopting a 364 day year with an independent feast day to remain on the same weekday annually.
Fragmented description notes popular wheel activity in France. Refers to Chate wheels seen in boulevards and parks, kept alive by local fonds and summer amusements. Mentions wheel as a favorite pastime amid snake and summer retreats, with vague references to socieites and customs.
A historic recount marks the anniversary of Mad Anthony Wayne's capture of Stony Point on the Hudson. Gov Odell and officials attended as the site becomes a state park under the Society for Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places. The text notes the fort's strategic role and repeated raids by British forces under Clinton and Tryon, with casualties and property damage cited, and praises humane treatment of prisoners.
A historical note cites Civil War Indian soldiers totaling 118,264 with 15,047 at 6 feet 10 inches and others reaching 6 feet 11 inches and taller. Dr. Gould of the United States Sanitary Commission comments that Indiana men were the tallest natives among U S populations, a striking statistic among civilized nations.
A garbled note claims a death last year may spur a $20,000 reward for discovering a germ linked to a child’s death. It mentions saline Hopkins university and a rapid impact on over 10,000 children, though details are unclear.
Residents watch the Hercepaca unit at Larchment on Tork as they parade through the suburb. Firefighters in white duck outfits and red embered Delmeta hats carry lanterns and small lamps, creating a festive scene for onlookers.
In a New York Times tale Red-leg the duck, famed for cunning, learns hard lessons about overconfidence. A boy on a hill uses a stuffed decoy duck to lure him, leading to Red-leg’s dramatic downfall and final death by a marsh pond.
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