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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1903
Page
15
Mr Herlihy laments modern improvements in photography after inspecting a cabinet sized portrait. He mutters that improvements exist only for others and that the old image shows a truer, anxious expression. He preserves his card, insisting he must see the supposed progress himself.
The schooner Emily Cooney was rammed and pierced by a swordfish in the South Channel near Gloucester. Captain Cooney speared one of three swordfish. another rammed the bowsprit and struck the hull, breaking a foot of blade and causing a two and a half inch plank to crack. Leaking, the vessel sought port for repairs.
A Berlin photographer recalls Bismarck joking about the sleighing harness as he prepared a life size portrait. In Crossroads Tennessee Ortra Young’s recovery from kidney trouble is credited to Dodd's Kidney Pills, with praise from his father and a note urging parents to treat urinary disorders in children.
The Duke of Marlborough appointed as under secretary of late for foreign affairs will have a private secretary to manage the office and keep the duke from errors. The private secretary’s name isn’t given, likely due to insignificance and limited duties.
A fragment imagines Siberian Railway dining cars serving ice cream and milk by topping trains with refrigeration. The text references Irkutsk and stations across Siberia, with a whimsical chorus about northward travel and American locales.
A garbled reminiscence on youth discipline and social behavior. The speaker cautions a young man about forming bonds with others who reveal or conceal thoughts, noting that quick speech can lead to trouble and strained trust.
A Washington cleric recalls his first funeral and the emotional moment as the widow lay ill in bed. The tale shifts to a terror-filled Ogden crime spree with a bold daybreak holdup on Grant avenue, a chase to the hotel, and police surrounding suspects on the roof as the city reels from the spree.
Dr Friedrich Delitsch, famed for oriental studies, lectured in Burlin before the German emperor and empress on his six months in Babylon. He contrasted ancient irrigation canals and wealth with today’s desolate desert, depopulation, and lack of physicians along former caravan routes in southern Babylonia.
A veteran reflects on Philippine sleeping practices and beliefs about the soul leaving the body during sleep. He notes natives avoid waking sleepers, fearing the soul may not return, and describes careful, ritual-like calls to awaken someone and reasons for taking long, patient naps.
The scene shows a tense moment as the fat man and others react to food duties and interruptions. A bread piece, a locket, and a bean soup arrive while chatter shifts to pork chops and a dramatic line about cannibal delicacies ends the exchange.
Congressman William Lovering of Massachusetts recalls a late night in the House during the Dingley tariff bill conference. He recounts Reed’s quizzical response to a proposed resolution delaying debate until a member had new remarks. Reed declined, joking that such a move would not yet be deemed real.
A mother trains three children to manage time by hour glass timers ending at one hour half hour and fifteen minutes. The girl speeds piano practice and the boys race chores to beats old Time. Cautions against excessive use or weariness.
A report notes commercial scale steel production in electrical furnaces at Froges Works in Isere France. Descours Caband Co of Lyons has marketed this development following extensive lab trials.
An advertisement touts Postum as the key to restored nervous balance and peaceful living. It argues coffee harms digestion and mood, recommending replacing coffee with Postum Food Coffee and claiming benefits proven by experts and physicians.
A painter in Paris sought to sketch an elephant at the Jardin des Plantes with a boy and apples to lure it into a pose. As apples dwindled, the animal quenched its thirst with water, then snatched the painter’s work and wrecked the scene, clearly enacting revenge.
Rates published for the Sante Fe Route to Boston Baltimore Minneapolis Detroit Atlanta and other points. For particulars contact F Warren General Agent A T B Ry 40 Dooly Brock Salt Lake City Utah.
A display in Hamburg showcased galalith or milketons, a casein product from skimmed milk hardened with formaldehyde. Colored variants were used for table tops, combs, knife handles, cigar holders, rings, chessmen and dominoes. It contrasts with celluloid by being less flammable and odorless.
Captain A C Courtney of Liberty Missouri died aged pioneer he named his pallbearers and selected songs for his funeral then staged a rehearsal to show how he wanted the obsequies to proceed.
The Great Episcopal Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York has no definite completion date set by promoters twelve years ago though projected at about 550000000. Work has advanced five years with only one of four arches finished and contractors warn the central dome may take another half century to finish.
A humorous piece describes Milady with a pet dog in an automobile costume. The dog wears a silk body covering, a leg slit, a protective hood, and chauffeur goggles while riding in a car. The piece notes the dog accepts the delicate attention with approval.
Prof. Redmayne, head of the School of Mining, plans student visits to ironstone mines in Cleveland and coal and ore mines in Cumberland, Northumberland, and Durham. A new mining laboratory will be built at Bourneville to match American university facilities.
A fragmented report notes rising demand outpacing supply in a city market. Private interests and public agencies weigh controls as urban merchants face possible disruption and price pressures amid uncertain policy signals.
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