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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1903
Page
7
Mr Herlihy laments decline in photography after viewing his cabinet portrait taken in Sunday clothes. He argues improvements exist only in others work and clings to the old likeness, muttering about a long-ago face and the anxious look of the new image.
The schooner Emily Cooney was rammed and damaged by a swordfish in the South channel. Captain Cooney speared a fish, provoking another that leaped onto the bowsprit and struck the hull, causing a leak and forcing a Gloucester port of repair.
A Berlin photographer recalls Bismarck’s remark about a lifesize portrait and the camera misread his “sleighing harness” as his dress uniform. Crossroads Tennessee reports Ortra Young’s kidney health victory with Dodd’s Kidney Pills, praising the remedy for children’s urinary troubles and advising parental use.
The Duke of Marlborough, recently named under secretary for foreign affairs, will be provided a private secretary capable of handling the office and shielding the duke from errors. The private secretary’s identity is not stated, likely due to insignificance and limited prior duties.
The text imagines a hypothetical Siberian Railway dining setup with rail lunch counter privileges at Irkntal and Trakutsk, suggesting chilled cream and ice cream service across distant paints. It references names like Baa tat oln Tay and notes cold storage and refrigerators could be unnecessary with milk and mineh oe.
Fragmentary dialogue notes warn youths to learn early. A veteran advises against clamming up, stressing caution in speech and social ease. The tone hints at a moral about men who speak freely and the risks of arrogance or carelessness in conversations.
A Washington clergyman recalls his first funeral in a small town and a later at their home wedding where a bride and groom, strangers to him, caused an awkward scene as the bride announced she would faint and marry with gravity. A stray violent report from Ogden follows about a bold hold up and police chase.
The article notes Dr. Friedrich Delitsch's Burlin lecture comparing six months in Babylon with Biblical times. It describes ancient Babylon as a fertile alluvial plain connected by extensive canals supporting a vast trade network, then contrasts it with today as a dreary desert with depopulation, poverty, and absence of physicians along the former caravan routes.
A retired soldier explains why locals regard sleep as sacred in the Philippines. He notes natives avoid waking sleepers, believing the soul departs the body during sleep, and waking risks the soul not returning. He adds that calling someone from sleep must be done with care and formal orders to avoid offense.
A fragmented scene shows a portly man in a tense dining room. A Walter serves bean soup while others discuss pork chops and cannibal fears. A minister reads aloud as a chaotic moment unfolds with bread and a locket mentioned.
Congressman William Lovering of Massachusetts recalls a long night in the House during the Dingley tariff bill conference. He quotes Tom Reed who quizzically deflects a proposal to bar speaking on tariff matters unless new points are offered, joking about tyranny and duty.
A clever mother trained three children to time tasks with hourglasses ending at 60 minutes, 30 minutes, and 15 minutes. The girl improved piano practice after watching time run out, and the boys timed evening chores to beat the clock. Caution urged to avoid excess use or fatigue.
A Wheat Street Baptist pastor in Atlanta greets Booker T. Washington with exuberant praise, imagining angels pleading for privilege to hear his wisdom. Separately in France, Descours Caband & Co begin commercial steel production via electric furnaces at Froges Works Isere after extensive lab work.
An article promotes Postum as a cure for nervous strain and poor mood by replacing coffee with Postum Food Coffee. It claims stomach health drives nerves and mind, urges quitting coffee, cites a Indiana physician endorsing coffee alternatives, and promises restful equilibrium and happiness through the product.
A painter sought to sketch an elephant with a boy and apples. The elephant feigned thirst, then used its trunk to grab water and topple the painter and his work, clearly enacting deliberate revenge around the enclosure.
Rates via the Sante Fe Route to Boston, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Detroit, Atlanta and other points are listed. For particulars, address F Warren, General Agent, A. T. & 8. F. Ry, 40 Dooly Brock, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The article notes galalith or milketon samples shown in Hamburg. Casein from skimmed milk hardened with formaldehyde is used for table tops combs knife handles cigars baile rings chessmen and dominoes. It is less flammable than celluloid and is odorless.
Capt. A C Courtney a Missouri pioneer died at Liberty named his own pallbearers and chose the songs for his funeral then held a rehearsal to show how he wanted the obsequies to take place.
New Yorks great Episcopal cathedral St John the Divine near twelve years since project began no fixed completion date proposed cost about 5500000008 dollars with St Peters at Rome work continued five years only one of four arches finished central dome may take another half century to complete Contractors warn. Also a note says Piso Cure for Consumption has no real remedy. From Trinity Springs Texas February 1? 1a.
Milady dresses her dog for automobile travel with goggles and silk coverings while a South family stages a black funeral with a twist as a servant wears white gloves to signal dignity. The piece blends whimsy with social observation in a humorous clipping style.
Prof Redmayne of the Birmingham University mining school targets field visits to Cleveland ironstone mines Cumberland coal and hematite Cumberland and Durham coal mines Northumberland and Durham coal fields. A large mining laboratory is to be built at the new university buildings at Bourneville with an American style model coal mine to give students practical exposure.
A roughOCR fragment notes wild trade and private markets in a city. It mentions demand outrunning supply and mentions New York, with references to markets, gardens, cargo, and parties. The text is unclear and partially garbled.
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