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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1902
Page
15
A Geneva New York dispatch notes widespread use of crude grain cradles as floods wreck harvests. Wet conditions render modern reapers ineffective, forcing farmers to revert to old cradles despite scarce supply and dealer delays.
Items include claims for St Jacobs Oil relief from rheumatic pain and various medical pitches, praise for Sir George White’s extended governorship, political shifts by Stephenson of Michigan, and notes on lighthouse keepers and orchid cultivation. Miscellaneous health cures, running-light items, and census figures about reading material appear alongside fashion and household tips.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports a Sunday service aboard a naval vessel with Marines in fixed bayonets and an altar on the gun deck. A sailor serves as altar boy while newspaper men fill the front choir seats. The service includes a sermon by the chaplain and a postlude of non Latin hymns sung to celebrate in uniform.
An elderly narrator recalls a childhood friend named Smith who grew to become his rival after shared schooling and university years. They became partners, fell for the same woman, and a hinted betrayal led Smith to leave for Australia, prompting a sharp turn in their friendship.
The article notes Moscow's rapid population rise from about 252000 in 1832 to 1,473,500 by the latest count, making it one of the world’s most populous cities. It compares Moscow’s area of about 1,000 square kilometers to St Petersburg and other great capitals, asserting population, not area, drives its prominence.
Fragmented text speaks of eternal love and guidance through hardship. References to faith, devotion, and a healing power emerge, with imperfect names suggesting a religious or poetic meditation on devotion and grace. The piece blends yearning with spiritual assurance and ends with a line about gratitude and joy.
A court case notes Mr Val Pringepan’s attempt to curb a morning crow by a light string fitted around the rooster’s neck. The magistrate saw no need for warning, praising a painless contrivance that quiets the fowl without causing harm, as described in Country Life.
A Philadelphia Record item notes boxes left unpaid in city bank vaults reveal surprising contents. One box held only baby shoes after a renter vanished, another contained a diamond brooch valued at about $100, held by the bank for heirs. Messages and notes frequently appear in such deposits. A note on explosive powder from France claims greatly extended rifle and artillery ranges.
A collage of notices and snippets from a period newspaper, listing education ads for Salt Lake Business College and templeton inquiry lines, political mentions of Fitzhugh Lee Curtis Guild Jr and a Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate, a mishmash of wartime references, medical ad copy, and stray remarks about Dutch and South African affairs. Also includes rail excursion ads for the mis sissippi and Missouri, gossip, and fragmented stories including infant care and a drowning incident.
Mrs Eckis Stevesson of Salt Lake City describes long term ovarian inflammation and pain. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief within four weeks and cure in three months avoiding surgery. She invites inquiries to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
One victim of the Mont Pelee eruption is French painter Paul Merwert who traveled to Martinique on a government funded artistic mission and reached the volcano crater on April 28. The report references dangerous exposures and mentions a patent medicine claim for Bunnock Blood Bitters as a remedy.
Ohio professor Elliott testifies before the Ways and Means Committee on Alaska fur seal preservation. Representative Tawney asks if a horticulturist viticulturist artist and naturalist is the same man. The exchange ends with a quip about Cleveland.
The Brooklyn rope firm produced the largest wire rope ever made, measuring 17.70 feet? in length and weighing 22 pounds. It consisted of forty-two strands of steel and took sixteen days to manufacture at a cost of $5,300.
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