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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1906
Page
4
A satirical voice argues that women have grown independent leaving men with little to do. He cites scenes from daily life, such as driving, ordering meals, paying fares, and choosing gifts, suggesting men feel foolish offering help. The piece critiques shifting gender roles and chivalry.
The article describes 19th century social ritual around calling cards and intrusion of visitors in private homes. It explains how a caller often arrives without the resident present, delivering a card through a servant, while maintaining discretion and formality. It notes the modern fashion trend and the public fascination with etiquette.
A city dentist’s wife quietly assists by hand sewing tiny linen napkins for his practice. She never uses a sewing machine, learning to sew after marriage and continuing to produce dozens of hand-hemmed squares. Last summer she made 12 dozen, choosing to support her husband with economical, feminine labor.
The owner defends her calm handling of boarders noting no nagging and praising harmony. She recalls a careless incident with Mr Cranston who hid his bat on the china shelves and faced a sticky reminder, illustrating how etiquette avoids trouble when guests respect house rules.
A fragment from a San Francisco column notes a dietary staple of bacon and eggs recurring in American life. The piece humorously claims such meals ease dyspepsia and gout, asserts cities and mines have profited, and jokes about eggs and bacon shaping fortunes in the West while noting San Francisco’s apparent abundance of eggs with bacon.
Two ambitious tunnel schemes dominate discussion. M. Q. Lobel proposes linking Siberia and Alaska via a Behring Strait tunnel divided into three sections. A second plan would bore under the Dover Strait, a roughly 26 mile route. French engineers have renewed interest in this Dover project.
A Berlin style coin or tablet, inscribed in Arabic characters, draws attention from a collector and experts. The note mentions a 1902 date and a debate over whether the inscription is authentic or a fabrication. Local readers recount conversations about the item’s origin, with figures and measurements noted by observers. The piece prompts questions about provenance and historical value within the collection.
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