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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1906
Page
3
The article extols metallic lead as essential to civilization and industry. It notes lead in plumbing, bearings, type metals, pigments like white lead, and oxide forms such as red lead. It emphasizes lead’s role in paints, coatings, and structural uses, urging appreciation for its practical value.
Politically Brazil is divided into 21 states and a federal district. Five states cover most lowlands and part of the western uplands, surpassing the area of the other 18 which include the highlands. The uplands harbor most of the population, with about six tenths living there.
A satirical critique denounces a proposed rule labeling all women over a certain age with a fixed mark and compelling them to reveal their ages. The writer argues the policy is unkind, impractical, and driven by patriarchal bias, noting women often exaggerate age and men rarely reveal theirs.
A reader details digestive illness and nervous prostration leading to a change after using Grape-Note for breakfast. He reports renewed strength, fewer indigestion attacks, and improved health, attributing the improvement to Grape-Note while noting a wary reaction to foods afterward.
A Philadelphia man proposes a circular star arrangement with a keystone center for the US flag as states like Oklahoma join in. The piece notes debates over flag design since 1777 and mentions Henry Vogt's widely discussed design displayed on his porch.
The All American bowling trio, famed for a flawless 81-0 record across 88 cities in a prior tour, announces a revival of interest nationwide. A four month schedule in the United States Canada Mexico and Cuba is expected with many applications from states. Prizes and medals will reward high scores and there will be exhibition games in each city.
The report outlines an extended basketball tour led by Samuel Karpf of the American Bowling Congress, aiming to start in New York around October 1 and travel through the South and Mexico to Canada. It covers five three man teams, five man games, and rule changes aligning with college play, including dribbling and timed periods.
A garbled romance snippet shows two women discussing names and marriage, with odd phrases and broken syntax. The text hints at a marriage, identity, and social expectations, but many words are unreadable, leaving a hazy scene of conversation and longing.
The report notes a mining boom across Nevada and Utah with high grade ore at Beavergard and Ruth Nevada. It highlights the Columbus Consolidated Mine selling 442 tons and grossing 9812.78 dollars, plus substantial ore shipments from Bristol to Salt Lake smelters. It mentions Talisman North Star lease, Black Horse district interest, and forthcoming railroad and smelting expansions boosting activity in Park City, Las Vegas, and surrounding districts.
A Chicago Record-Herald report recounts a flirtatious scene where a woman joins an anti kissing club while a man taunts microbes. He asks about dangerous kisses and demonstrates a kiss, then asks why she joined. She cites thrill and social tension as reasons.
A medical brief notes Michaud found a steady rise of talent men born in New England westward. It compares per 110000 births with 54 in New Hogland and only 34 in New York, 19 in Ohio, 11 in Triana, 10 in Tinala, 6 in Missouri, 102 in Karas, and 1 in Colorado, using directories of public figures to measure native status and fame effects.
In treacherous water of the great lakes the fleet of ocean going ships face heavy loads. The Afference arinate to several hundred tons for the largest vessels, implying cargo capacity concerns on the draft and buoyancy.
Report notes that during imprisonment in Britain convicts are prohibited from possessing or using mirrors. The rule applies irrespective of gender, restricting personal grooming aids for inmates in the period discussed.
A fragment describes making ginger beer by combining gallon boiling water with one pound leaf sugar half ounce ginger and one ounce cream of tartar. When nearly cold add a spoonful of yeast and set in a bottle to ferment, with instructions to boil root ginger in water for twenty minutes.
We Make Travel offers five trains daily via Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and connected lines to Colorado Kansas City St Joseph Chicago Galveston El Paso City of Mexico and asks readers to inquire about rates. Contact C F Warren GA for details at 411 Dooly Block Lake City Utah.
An old Boston Transcript joke suggests distracting a highwayman with a friendly greeting and a ruse. The strategy hinges on delaying action, buying time to think, then asking for a match through an accomplice back there. The piece reads as a quirky, practical aside on quick wits.
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