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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1906
Page
12
A columnist recalls a male viewpoint that women now do more for themselves, leaving men with few duties. He laments independence, citing examples from shopping, driving, and courting, arguing women’s self reliance reduces a man’s role and questioning the need for traditional courtesies.
The text describes 19th century social rituals around calling cards and discreet visits. It notes the emphasis on truth as Christian virtue and explains how a caller visits homes in a carriage, with servants delivering messages and the hostess often not at home. It highlights the anonymous yet formal nature of social calls in Metropolitan Magazine style.
A city dentist relies on his wife for all hotel linen work, sewing tiny hand hemmed squares used on napkins and collars. She learned to sew after marriage, avoided machines early, and continued despite his ability to hire help. Last summer she made twelve dozen squares, maintaining a practical, budget-friendly routine.
The Rehoboth Sunday Herald quotes a cheerful landlady who says she never quarrels with boarders yet notes occasional tensions. She recalls Mr Cranston, a well meaning but careless guest who left his bat on her china shelf, prompting a strict but quiet lesson about respect and rules at the table.
From the San Francisco pages a playful riff on a bacon and eggs diet spreads through era prose. The New York World cites common rations as nation shaping, boasting wilderness conquests and estate feasts. A lighthearted nod suggests eggs banish dyspepsia, with local taste for chicken putties a la reine and salmo hollandaise amid a claim San Francisco has abundant eggs with bacon.
Two tunnel schemes capture attention as novel, grand plans. One for a Siberia Alaska link beneath Bering Strait envisions three sections across a 4814 mile span. The other proposes a Dover to Calais tunnel about 26% miles long, quietly revived by French engineers.
A collector’s tale revolves around an Arabic inscription found on a coin or artifact. In 1902, an inscription puzzled experts, prompting debate over its meaning and origin. The item sparked much speculation about ancient scripts and cultural exchanges, drawing attention from scholars and local observers alike.
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