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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
10
Local Kemmerer items recount holiday shopping at Cleveland Drug Store and City Drug Store with sales on silverware and lithographs, and mentions of town residents traveling to Salt Lake City and Oregon. Notes on births, new business purchases, and a promotion for M oody to Montana Division trainmaster, plus community appeals to support local merchants.
Coroner Curtis presided over an inquest on the Diamondville disaster victims on the 14th with jurors Penman Ball and Smith. Witnesses from Needham to Easton testified to a gas ignition from a blown shot on the 15th level causing coal dust explosion. Verdict exonerates the coal company. mine dust and causation cited as factors. witnesses described a thorough inquiry amid grim losses.
Two year old Harry Duckwell died after choked on a coughing spell yesterday. His wife Hy kept him calm while a physician was sought but he passed away before help arrived. Local rumor and faint remedies are noted but no cause beyond the choking spell is established.
Classified fragment describes sale of Rambouillet rams in lots with contact Charles Rathbun at a ranch and phone for price. also mentions for rent or lease and several unclear addresses and names. Text is heavily garbled with multiple misspellings and unreadable segments.
Wyoming reports from Cheyenne state that Major Glafeke announces a new government revenue license for sale of certain patent medicines and extends the deadline to April 1 to finish analysis of medicines containing whiskey or alcohol. Eleven medicines found over 50 percent whiskey, with expectation the number will double by April.
Regular correspondent reports Congress debates a Panama Canal bill of about 11 million dollars, likely to pass before Christmas. It criticizes high salaries for canal officials and praises Bishop as information source, while noting postmaster term extensions and patronage tensions among Congress and President Roosevelt’s administration.
Notice is given that the annual stockholders meeting of The First National Bank of Kemmerer will be held in the directors room at Kemmerer Wyoming on Tuesday January 9th 1906 at ten o clock a m for the election of a board of directors to serve during the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may legally come before the meeting. Frank Petersen, President. Cashier.
High mass will be celebrated at midnight on Christmas Eve with Father I J Barrett officiating. P J Quealy will lead the choir and Miss Clara O Connell will preside at the organ for a musical treat of rare excellence.
A Christmas tree program with appropriate exercises will be held at the M. E. Church on Saturday evening December 23. The event benefits the regular Sunday School scholars and all children are invited, with treats for attendees and their families.
Dr Bayl spoke last Saturday on a grand topic to a cold Kellimer audience. The lecture was praised as the best yet and described as the grandest ever by those in attendance. The theme focused on uplifting the intellect and spirit of the community amid hardship.
The speaker criticizes the lack of imagination hindering perception of beauty and life’s value. He cites figures like a pug dog owner and a brushmaker as illustrations of seeing beyond the physical world. He argues that standing firm on life’s issues defines worth, while those who waver are lesser in value.
Brand new baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Thos Jones. Pete Himer receiving treatment at R.S. hospital for floating knee. Mrs Thos Callahaw leaving for parts unknown. Joe Coriga moved from Bock Springs Hospital to Haly Ojos Hospital in Salt Bakke City. Dob Crawford formerly Mine Pure Mia accepted a position here. Mr Dubraugh, Cumberland’s good looking bachelor, stranded between two trains last night. Question about shooting a Chinaman for thirty three eighty five owed for clothes. Louisa Powell visiting her mother Mrs I T Edwards and plans to stay through holidays. Prof Selon preparing an entertainment for school children on the 2nd inst. Corigan family moved to the Frontier. Harriet Arandall and Julie Carey wed at the bride’s home Friday. A W Stewart departs for Higa Sunday. Friends of Frosty Massie glad to hear of his planned return. Mr and Mrs Ch T Williting announce marriage of their daughter Mary B to Mennesteifa on Friday eve at their home. Miss Cord Kennedy wed to Miss Mocking in Ogilen. Trinids and Keanolds to wed Mer William McLeith on Tuesday eve.
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