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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
11
Fielding Academy star Valley Iapendent and Misses face Hite Afton Viola Wood and Tia Cranney in a Saturday night event. The teens recently returned from Paris Idaho where they attended a Sunday School Primary course and are linked to education and youth activities in the area.
A fragmentary ad touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as especially effective for coughs and colds. It claims the medicine cures rose diseases and is safe, noting it is sold at a City Drug store in New York.
Linwood Ben W and Joe Smith report their site day from the sheep camp in Linwood Utah. They say the ice bands in the Hack mountain area are clear of deep snow and sheep are on good feed. Weather was very cold but moderated enough to move the erling from the flock.
Ira Dodge arrived from Big Piney and will stay about a week for facial treatment. He is one of two movers in the Western Wyoming Mining and Milling Co whose fumes are near Cokewre and who plan to erect a mill there in the spring. The ore is high grade and development is expected to bring progress to the region.
Christmas holiday rates announced for tickets on sale between December 19 20 22 1912 and January 1 6 1913 See agents for rapid further particulars.
French dry cleaning and dyeing of men and women's suits and dresses. Agents for Samuel Kahn & Co. ladies tailors and dressmakers. Hand tailored to measure from customer material or supplied fabric.
Sunday and Wednesday events list a 20 School Carnival at the new high school with an evening show. Encampment Ball by LO C F at Lyceum, New Year's Eve Firemen dance, Masquerade dance by Sublet Nest 1615, Tuesday and Friday evenings feature Davin pictures at the Lyceum.
A collage of Kemmerer social items and ads including rooms at the Palmer Hine, Libbey cut glass at Curtis Jewelry, and a sale offer for a house on the Plate. Mentions visitors A J Samson of Border, Edna Sammon visiting Pocatello, and attorney Payson W Spauiding in town. Also notes skating season, a Firemen’s New Year’s Eve dance, and local updates on residents and commerce.
The ceremony took place in the Hotel Kemmerer parlors on January 11 with Lee Craig officiating. Billy McGinnis, nicknamed Twenty One Billie for years as a former bartender, weds a Pennsylvania-born bride who lived with her sister in Kem cooler. A private dining room reception followed with a feast for about Si plates as the couple begins life at the Hotel Kemmerer.
A noisy jumble covers Kemmerer area life with visits from Curtis Jeweler and A. M. Nelson of Salt Lake City. Town progress includes City Hall work, a new monument, and cement yard activity at the town chutes. Local figures include Peter Gorton Sr visiting Linwood, Janes Wo Chrisman of Opal, and mentions of livestock, horses, and a forthcoming annual ball.
Walter and Hera Bourne ages 15 and 20 suffered severe frostbite after wandering from Hamefork ranch toward Linwood. They were found at a Barret sheep camp near Kemmerer and transported to Hock Springs hospital where surgeons removed feet parts. Both boys later recovered enough to share little memory of their route or split times.
J Adachi becomes owner of the Opera House Cafe after purchasing from A Y Harada. Local notices mention visiting teachers to notify Professor Burch, and plans for Marbleton to open a new dance hall and roller rink as skates arrive.
A Thursday event by the Commercial Club will present a donation to the new high school building project. The effort aims to support the vinitorn and related community facilities.
Wah Sing Chung Co. opens a new store this week displaying Chinese and Japanese laces and silks, Oriental cabinets and trays, teas, cigars, slippers, branel ets and fancy handkerchiefs. They also operate a Roei Springs store and plan to expand stock once new goods arrive.
Early yesterday morning the fire department responded to a blaze at Alt Roberts' north town home. Firemen fought the flames and saved the structure though the interior suffered severe damage. The cause appeared to be a defective heating source and a roof origin. Contents were burned. firefighters emerged soaked from the effort.
One of the season’s best programs was presented by Mr Whitxex at the New Kemmerer theater Sunday evening. Six reels by Whittie & Jarvis featured dancing and novelty acts that drew warm applause. Baritone Henry Hirschais sang catchy numbers.
J W Hildebrand of Rawlins general manager of Standard Meat and Live Stock Co visited Kemmerer after returning from Linwood country where bands are now located and reported about 20 inches of snow on Cedar Mountain making sheep feeding difficult. He noted four stands in the area with some near Rawlins reporting good conditions. Pick Pickrel, now Union Pacific signal maintainer with headquarters at Leroy Wyoming, is mentioned. Three Thomas children in the flats have pneumonia but improving. Chas Badd, Marbleton mayor, and Mrs Badd spent days in Kemmerer for shopping and Marbleton store business. Thomas Fox, a Japanese porter, is new at Hotel Kemmerer, previously porter at Kemmerer depot and briefly worked on the Sublet section to pick straw berries.
An entity has taken over a local restaurant amid ownership changes. Details on the buyer and terms are unclear in the fragment. The notice indicates a transfer of operation in connection with the Hook and can aseite and mentions serving arrangements.
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