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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1902
Page
6
The readable lines suggest a dialog about perceptions of a journey and purpose. Names and phrases appear garbled, with hints of a travel or quest motif and a focus on a man's emotional state amid a long, reflective discourse.
A garbled OCR text describes a fine play and mentions players and teams in a fragmented manner. The readable names suggest a game context with inconsistent details and missing dates or locations. The article appears to be a sports brief about a recent match or performance.
A Civil War tale notes a Fortyninth Ohio Infantry private Pergurson doubts his father served with Confederates. After Duck River crossing in 1862 the young man learns from prisoners that a Col Ferguson commanded Confederate cavalry, making Pergurson suspect the Confederate colonel could be his father. No woman is a heroine to her dress maker.
Account from Chicago Inter Ocean describes a Confederate signal officer on a tower near Fort Powhatan being hit by a Parrot shell and the tower collapsing during the James River campaign on May 4, as Union forces advanced toward City Point and Bermuda Hundred.
A Thirtieth Iowa veteran recalls Osterhaus in Civil War action. He recounts Osterhaus riding up under fire at Resaca and a captain's salute, with the general replying he fears no one and follows orders while observing. The tale continues on a foraging march toward the sea and a squad challenged by strict siege rules.
Narrative recalls Benjamin F Jacobs who with two US Sanitary Commission aides carried water to wounded soldiers amid heavy shelling near Nashville Tennessee on December 31 1861. He and companions faced Confederate fire aiding dazed men as Christian courage deterred further danger in a fraught Civil War moment.
Veterans of Two Wars organize a unit named A wolfarm for service in China and the Philippines. The text recalls WWII era scenes including battles near Verne, depots, and clashes with rebels, with mentions of Maltos Urkumile and other named localities.
Fashion notes describe a two-piece gown with a princess effect for slim women in voile and foulard fabrics. It highlights side pleats forming a front panel and a back box pleat, with fullness around the hips and various shirring or pleating options. Also includes a chicken salad recipe and piqué trimmed silk gowns.
A detailed fashion narrative describes a white Paquin gown with green velvet collar and embroidered touches, plus a Dutch-like second gown with elaborate trimming. The text lists fabrics, trims, embroidery, lace, and decorative knots as elements of high fashion, with many decorative names and measurements interwoven.
A critique of pie and its cultural role traces the dessert from patriotic symbolism to fashion and appetite. The essay contrasts pie with noble foods, condemns pie as unhealthy and unserious, and urges desserts that evoke dawn and sunset, artistic charm, and refined taste. It discusses the pie eater’s psychology and the idea that pie can dull imagination.
A late 19th century style piece questions whether perceptual déjà vu proves metempsychosis or is a normal brain phenomenon. It suggests each brain half can dominate perception, discusses interrupted thought during train travel, and references folklore like roses in Var and Wallington Mingo Provence.
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