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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
9
Local items from Kemmerer detail visits, travels, and small-town happenings. Residents include Daniels, Smith, Thole, and Hocker with movements to Cam, La, Pocatello, and Wilson. A fishing party reports a wagon mishap, 150 trout caught, and a nearby oil strike news brief.
An Austrian passerby, Joe Sateller, reported being robbed of twenty five dollars and missing three hundred more. The incident occurred near Elk Hotel as he was guided toward Diamondville by two young men from Salt Lake City and Gentile valley. Marshals Naylin and Faidis tracked the suspects to Diamondville and later to the Sneddon residence before arresting them.
Five young men from Uinta County join government service in the rail mail clerks corps. They begin training and will serve in official posts, with duties tied to federal transport operations and clerical tasks.
A Kemmerer resident vouches for a remarkable bear encounter near Snyder basin north of La Barge. Ed Parmenter, unarmed, chased by a large river bear, was bitten on the right leg and later aided by a companion at camp for a leg dressing.
Local traders rush to purchase gasoline as prices slip, aiming to cut inventory costs and capitalize on the drop before potential rebounds.
Local residents mingle with visitors and sendoffs across towns. Neil Lft returns from Garden City Utah. Walter Burnett departs for Denver for a new position. Jane Fearn visits Cumberland Diamondville and Oakley see notable social rounds. A Jap boy dies in No 2 mine. mining idle. many residents depart for Almy Evanston Aly Spring Valley and other places.
Oakley residents hear of Mayor Barrett's Park quarrel a shooting scare at a Kentucky boy incident and several travel notes. David King returns from British Columbia Archie Ricketts comes from Salt Lake City with his mother while Barrett and Scott figures stir local talk. Craven's gun taken, McAllis dodges on Donald's quick intervention, with Crave bound over to district court.
The Camera retracts a false notice about marriages involving local residents. It says information came from an unreliable letter and no public licenses were issued to Dismondville people. The editor apologizes to the unnamed young woman and others mentioned. Also an unrelated ad offers a dark brown mare for sale by Earnest Peoken in Pomil Wyoming.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway has added a new dining car to its Pioneer Limited, the largest and tallest yet. At 82 feet long and six inches wider and higher, it seats 36 patrons on movable dara and includes a large kitchen for six cooks, six waiters, and a conductor. The upgrade addresses crowding in the previous car.
The Salt Lake Tribune promotes its campaigns and announces The Weekly Tribune and Inter-Mountain Farmer and Ranchmen as valuable daily and weekly newspapers. The note highlights the Tribune Publishing company's role in delivering news across life sectors to farmers and general readers.
An advertisement touts Dr. Kings New Life Pill promising full body vigor. It claims improved digestion, active organs, absence of headaches, and a rosy complexion, urging readers to try the pill at Kemp Drug Store for two cents.
A Georgia man J H Trohuston recalls years of bronchitis misery and work loss until Dr King s New Discovery cured him. His wife also found relief from asthma. The ad touts this remedy as best for throat and lung diseases with guaranteed bottles and trial offers.
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