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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1918
Page
13
Public testimonials flood print praising Donn's Kidney Pills for kidney and backache relief. Mrs. Jobo B. Matthews of Kemmerer testifies the remedy repeatedly eases lame backs and kidney discomfort, urging buyers to ask for the same product priced 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo NY.
A fragment notes Fraternal Orders gathering with mentions of 0. O. F. and visiting brother Smith, Grand, BR. details unclear.
Locals and personals list residents visiting Kemmerer for business, hospital stays, travel, and family news. Injured Henry Hilfikar moves by stretcher toward Idaho. others return from Salt Lake City, Reno, and Seymour for funerals or quarantine. Various residents plan to relocate as quarantine and work duties affect travel and employment.
Justice of the Peace J W Glasgow performed the ceremony for Edith Harris and Dob Faddien, the couple whose courtship began amid Cumberland camp conditions. The wedding followed a letters reception and the bride helped care for friends during illness in the camp.
Rev. Father Lynch returns to Kemmerer after weeks in Connecticut due to family conflict and surgery. He has been granted immunity from the 72 hour quarantine so that his parishioners may call him at any time.
Jack Pern, an old resident of Diamondville, died there Friday from acute alcohol intoxication. He was born in Almy about two years ago. He leaves no known relatives.
E. L. Smith and We Moray left Kemmerer Sunday afternoon for Wichita Falls Texas to view the oil fields there about which much has been heard. They will be gone about ten days.
Penman, a long time resident of Dintonaville, is reported seriously ill with heart trouble attributed to an aliment, after years of residence and community involvement. Mr R J Little of Cokeville spent several days in Kemmerer last week tending to legal matters.
Mr Gj Alle, proprietor of the Kemmerer Cigar Factory, plans a Christmas market push with clear boxes and two dozen gift wraps. Donald McAllister recently returned from Hanston after Thanksgiving dinner with old friends, and was briefly quarantined for three days on returning to Diamondville.
A telegram from the War Department informs Celeto Ini that his son Guido Mama, 24, is seriously wounded at the battle front as of September. No details have been received. Guido, unmarrried, left with a Kemmerer contingent on May 0. Fontenelle rancher Mark Mam has business ties noted in an unrelated ad for Grand Island Business College.
Notice is hereby given that the annual stockholders meeting of the First National Bank of Kemmerer Wyoming will be held in the Directors room on Tuesday January 14 1919 at 10 oclock a m for the election of a Board of Directors to serve during the coming year and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the meeting P J Quealy President Frank Pfeiffer Cashier
Notice to teachers sets exam dates December 26 27 and 28 at Kemmerer Afton Jackson and Piney with eligibility rules requiring at least two years of high school work five normal credits and excluding those who studied before 1918. Teachers with prior credentials must prove high school and normal credits to the deputy examiner. County Superintendent Margaret F Nicholson dated November 1918.
Fragmentary report notes a visitor arrived in Kemmerer on Monday morning. The text references a veteran home at Huck Springs and a person named Waite, but details are unclear.
A wartime Red Cross convalescent home system offers Rest and care to injured soldiers. Nurses and staff provide calm rooms and soft furnishings to ease trauma and memories of combat.
Matthews arrived from Mate Creek yesterday afternoon and his horse team bolted near Willow Gap. After a brief chase of several hundred yards he regained control and reached Kemmerer, returning to the ranch today. Influenza is reported prevalent in St Anthony and Vienna area east of Jackson with about 180 cases and several deaths in the town.
The Red Cross and National Tuberculosis Association cancel the Christmas Seal Sale for this year to cut public fundraising efforts. They plan a campaign with a $7,500 appropriation for anti tuberculosis work and offer ten seals to each donor who joins the drive.
Garland Linn Sure undergoes third operation at Linewin Comity Miner's Hospital on Tuesday November 20. He is sent home to Big Ping after appendicitis. His sister Mice iteona Lin accompanies him.
Hon W G Camplin announces the appointment of Mikey KD of Laramie as deputy, with Mr Hiskey named accountant of exceptional ability. He has been connected with the local business in Laramie for years and will reside at the capital around January 1.
The Bureau of Crop Estimates notes average wheat prices by state for 1917 and 1918. It cites states with notable figures from $1.46 to $4.00 per bushel, with Utah at about $1.42 and South Carolina near $4.00, reflecting regional price variation.
An advertisement promotes Gets-It as a genuine corn removing treatment. The copy claims fast action and relief for corns with a simple peel off process, asserting it is the only safe and effective remedy offered.
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