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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1917
Page
3
An I O O F meeting at the Bo'clock in the building hosted by brothers with Ivan S Jones and A W Anderson serving as secretary for B16. The fragment notes welcome remarks and organizational details.
An editorial by a visiting geologist argues oil is likely in southwest Wyoming near the Lincoln County line. He cites the Meridian Anticline, oil seepages along the inverted V from Piney to Dry Piney and Uinta Mountains, and geological conditions supporting a substantial undeveloped oil field.
Casper Daily Press reports exploration areas beyond producing districts, with geologists highlighting several promising fields. Midwest Refining seeks to convert peacas oil to gasoline at Casper and Greybull plants via the Burton process, while transportation delays near Opal threaten new field operations.
Ledger of property deeds listing transfers from J Frank Almy to W Henry and multiple others. Includes dates March 4 1917 to March 3 1909, buyers sutldr. all parcels in Kemmerer Diamondville and surrounding townships with prices from 1 to 12 hundred dollars.
A clipped page from the Wyoming Pen Main zine titled An Unclaimed Rib urges a woman to come claim the speaker’s rib. The note, framed as a penitentiary publication, expresses loneliness and longing for marriage, urging reconciliation with the referenced “camera” and warning against denial.
The text urges killing flies and suggests burning bodies. It hints at war scare and calls for cleaning premises. Observers claim multiple reasons to believe war is coming. the rest of the fragment discusses cleaning out of way places and mentions a diet of files.
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