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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
9
Readable scraps report ongoing rescue work at Hanna mine with over 100 bodies feared in the flooded shaft. Other notes mention gunpowder magazine explosions near Lowell, a boy born to Peter Gordon Jr.’s wife, and various trips and health updates among Kemmerer residents.
Afton, Star valley scene of a deadly shooting as Bill Davie dies from wounds after exchange with John Merrill. Merrill injured in the fight and both men are under arrest. inquest and sheriff notified. Separate item reports the wedding of Charles y Mullens and Hattie Mullens at Eagles ball Kemmerer with Judge Rosenberg officiating.
Pay day at the mines and arrivals at home as W S Avery and his wife arrive. Castiel visits his brother while Fred Hamer wins a gold watch at the store. The Frontier wine beats Kemmerer wine 1 25 in a Sunday score. R E Davis of Rock Springs visits Frontier as a guest of Joh Smith. Stanley Braemer plans a weeklong trip to Frontenelle and La Barge for fishing. Mines show steady work this week signaling a bright outlook. Polamier sustains a double leg fracture at No 3 mine and is hospitalized in Rock Springs. Cyrus Fish, rancher from Big Piney, spends days in Prower for supplies. Two four-horse teams belonging to D B Budd & Son of Mig Pury are found with supplies.
Mrs William Clark enjoyed a pleasant Salt Lake City visit and a week in Oakley. Mr and Mrs Barrette Oak a ging trip to Green River Wednesday. The O A K club spent Friday afternoon with Mrs A Ricketts. A lively dance drew young people to East Quality Friday night. Mike Hall of Bloomington Idaho visits with her brother and family this month. A wedding bell may ring soon in East Oakley. The Social club plans for the summer with operations anticipated by October 1 and Local notes from Myau A M King and A Kick ve hole.
A jumble of social notices and happenings from Big Piney and nearby towns. Miss Ercoma Mussalmay and Miss L Bagher are mentioned with various acquaintances, while Haying starts and labor is scarce at $1.50 per day with board. Travel, visits to Utah, and relatives in Fort Bridger and Grand River, Iowa are noted alongside local festivities and a Minor accident report near Kemmerer.
A newspaper item recounts a prison escape from Folkom penitentiary led by thirteen inmates aided by guards and a shield as they fled to the armory, then shifts to a prospecting expedition near the Teton region. The narrative details treacherous terrain, wildlife encounters, a dog poisoned on the road, a snowstorm, and vivid mountain scenery along Gray’s River and Snake River, concluding with a humorous note on haircuts and mishaps during the journey.
The Oregon Short Line will sell return tickets to San Francisco for the National G A R Encampment. Tickets are limited and available for one and a half day departures, with reduced fares for the event.
The M B Church bids farewell to Rev W J Gamble after his pastoral work in Oakley Diamondville Kemmerer since October. He led services, made over 2000 pastoral calls, baptized three and dismissed three, received two by letter and three by faith, and conducted eight funerals. Finances improved with funds raised for incidental expenses church debt and benevolences. A salary of about 251 remains unpaid. Gamble helped raise 6300 in pay and 300 insurance for three years on the Kemmerer church. The article notes uncertainty about recall and mentions the Wyoming event at Newcastle.
Wanted an antelope, tame and male not over three years old. Address Paul Zieghlig hirt seten a ay Dae Utah. Meeting of Kemmerer Pal Jichtinge Cla directors to discuss business and time for evening session.
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