Price of Peace film to be shown free in New Kemmerer
A film valued at over five million dollars titled The Price of Peace will be shown in New Kemmerer free during the Victory Liberty Lawn campaign. The 5,000 foot feature covers American WWI action from training to the Rhine and homecoming, with censor clearance and rare war footage.
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New Kemmerer
Liberty Lawn
France
Hoboken
Brest
Chateau Thierry
Rhine
United States Signal Corps
Company of Engineers
War Department
Moti
Teessary Department
Kenmeres
School Teachers Entitled to Kick
A 1919 clipping from an army officer at Raleigh claims teachers in a Lumberton High School could earn far more elsewhere. The letter notes white teachers in town paid higher wages and questions incentives for Black barbers and other workers. The misspelled plea requests immediate counter offers and cites salaries like 945 per week for some positions.
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Rulylel
Westar
Ehinn
Pnemayont Porthen
Rivid Nens
Joe Ae’ Eillere
Market Square
Worthla
Lumberton Eh School
Lumberton
R. C
Cale
PIANO AT SACRIFICE AND RARE AIRPLANE SALE
Local notice from Kemmerer advertises a whefly Hieh rerode plane for sale at a nominal price with payment on delivery. Poised as a quick-response opportunity, it directs interested parties to contact the Denver ML Bre Company in Denver Colorado. James P. Jenson of Piney was in town traveling home from Salt Lake after buying a track.
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Kemmerer
Denver ML Bre Company
Denver
Colo
James P. Jenson
Bie Piney
Selt Lake
Familiar Wichita Falls voice surfaces in Kemmerer oil ad
A Kemmerer resident recalls Ninel Davin, now in Wichita Falls Texas, after a Pyramid Oil ad in Salt Lake City promises $500,000 real money and $3,511 daily net profit. The piece touts guaranteed profits and invites investors to sign.
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Kip van Winkle
Kemmerer
Ninel Davin
Wichita Palle
Texas
Mr. Davis
Pyramid Oil and Refining Skindicate
Salt Lake
Abner Davis
Richard
General and Private Stars Misread Salute Tale
A humorous misread salute tale unfolds as a general scolds a private who did not recognize him. The private notices two stars on the car and asks if they indicate the general, prompting a rueful admission and a retelling by the general later that day.
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Cnurtasy
Pheldige
Genera
Nurse of Four Wars Mrs Veresa Eden Riehantyon
Mrs Veresa Eden Riehantyon a Bath resident and nurse served in multiple theaters of war. She received the South Athenean Medal Order of the Crow of Japan and other accolades before wartime evacuations and later work with Red Cross in London and Norway.
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Mré
Veresa Eden Riehantyon
Bath
Englind
Japan
Scar
Dorling
Richardson Hort
Bloemfontein
The Rise of a Czech-Slovak State and Its Limits
An analysis arguing against the demise of small states in Europe and defending the viability of a Czech-Slovak state. It surveys prewar Europe’s many small states, compares sizes, and asserts the enduring role of smaller powers alongside the larger nations in a balance of power.
Army rations kept troops fed under fire in war
The service of supply of the American army provided air tight containers holding food for 25 men per day. Rations included corn bread, corned beef, roast beef, salmon, sardines, coffee, sugar and more. An emergency ration similar to the British iron ration, a cake of ground meat and wheat with chocolate, could be eaten dry or mixed with water.
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P San
Dehydrated vegetables contracts in the United States
The text notes 16,000,000 pounds of dehydrated vegetables were contracted for in the United States. It cites Thomas F. Logan in Leslie's.
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United States
Thomas F. Logan
Leslie
Praise for Stars and Stripes and the Yankee Spirit
Letters from home illuminate the wartime newspaper Stars and Stripes. Readers praise the editors for capturing the private soldier’s view and balancing official commands with frontline sentiment.
Wiping Out Wild Beasts in Arizona Range War
The Arizona state and federal governments hire skilled hunters to exterminate predatory animals harming range stock. Thirteen hunters work for both governments. Other men eradicate rodents damaging ranges. One hunter felled a mountain lion in two months and another killed fifty five coyotes in a month. Mickey becomes Avril 19-20.
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Arizona
State
Federe
Deloney Appointed to State Land Appraising Board
W. C. Deloney of 2S receives notice of appointment as a member of the state land appraising board. The group, described as capable of valuing land statewide, carries a $2000 annual salary. Appraisers will operate from the state capital and travel statewide. Deloney begins May 1 and will relocate his family to Cheyenne soon.
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W. C. Deloney
State Land Appraising Board
Deloney
Sean
Cheyenne
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Patenaon
Carly —Tailors
Old
Wichita Falls
Martinet
Czecho-Slovakia
Chaeles Porgier Welivath
Agia
Somo Koatisp Aquare
Niles
Tnt
Marenger
Rael Marx
Europe
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
England
Italy
Portugal
Denmark
Switereland
Bulgaria
Belgium
Norway
Serbia
Greece
Holla
Sweden
Montesnegro
Turkey
Poland
Tudy
Spain
Louis B
Westholder
Florist
Kemmerer Agents
Blyth-Fargo-Hoshina Co
F. Fitzpatrick
Christine
Kemmer Hardware & Fur, Company
Diamondville
Mountain Trading Co
Frontier
Frontier Supply Co
Hig Piney
Tig Piney More
Cokeville
Evanston
Frontier Supply Company
Ubat Oe
Kiuvrope
Stars and Stripes
Yankees
Berance
Ciewpoint
Hick
Mat
Fragslodged
Shuulders
Mickey
Avril
Kemmerer Shoe Store
Whiston’s Confectionery
Johnson’s, McDonald’s and Sweet’s
Fordson
F.o. B., Kemmerer
Kemmerer, Wyoming
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