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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1903
Page
9
Wyoming officials announce Wyoming Day at the St Louis Exposition. July 11 chosen as the state day with Governor Chatterton and state officers present in uniform. They seek low excursion rates and promote Wyoming exhibit funding from the last legislature to attract visitors from the state.
A fragmented 19th century ad copy urges readers to try Bucklen's Amica Marns at City Drug Store for wounds sores eczema and other ailments claiming it offers relief.
A switchman named Beckstead was severely bruised and pinned between a moving coal car and a structure while idling near the tipple at a Diamondville mine. He was hospitalized in Kemmerer, later sent to Salt Lake City for spinal and shock injuries, with reports of improvement. Beckstead, from Oxford Idaho, had been new to yard duties a week prior.
The Wyoming Mining Company and a newly organized corporation operate to coal lands along the Tongue River near Sheridan. They report a 24 foot vein of West lignite with surface exposure and ten feet of Chevelu, now being worked. A 120-man workforce extracts coal daily, with tunnels and a new tipple under construction to support 3,000 tons per day. Five miles of tracks lie for support of roads and ore loading, and housing for workers is rising at the new camp. The outlook is optimistic as the operation grows toward a major production center in the Spring Valley area.
A. W. Canton of the Oregon Short Line dies after a slip on a drawhead and being crushed by three coal cars near Kemmerer yards. The jury found no fault by the railroad, noting Canton’s long service and care. Other items note community arrivals, injuries, and a local wedding.
It advises shoppers to buy where value is best and money goes farthest. The Kemmerer Jewelry Co. promotes its stock as the smart choice for holiday purchases and invites visitors to judge for themselves.
The Mountain Trading Company wraps up its December clearing sale on Ohlo Week with record business and strong customer turnout. Reports indicate higher-than-expected demand across departments, and the event ends with a late Thursday close and active inventory movement.
John A. Benson a wealthy San Francisco real estate operator is arrested in Washington on alleged land frauds spanning over a dozen western states and territories. Authorities accuse him of using advance forest reserve land information to obtain and barter vast tracts of public lands in Washington Oregon California Montana Idaho Nevada Utah Wyoming Colorado North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Arizona and New Mexico. The investigation began about a year ago led by Secretary Hitchcock.
The jury finds engineer John Henickel not guilty after two ballots. A prior ballot showed one for acquittal one for conviction and one blank. The case involved alleged negligent acts leading to a train wreck near Ly Kow last fall that killed one man.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions several names and places with unclear roles. It references Dayle Howhbeng of Kemmerer and Air Sullivan as a Short Line agent, plus Simonds as a popular teacher figure, all in a Fossil context with unclear dates or actions.
The article notes widespread strain in the livestock market with low prices puzzling shippers and livestock men. Analysts cite presidential campaigns, packer storage caution, and unsettled industrial conditions as drivers, while range receipts thin and supply tightens may lift prices if the trend continues.
An anarchist in Galveston Texas held for denouncing President Roosevelt and urging labor uprising. Rough plans of the executive mansion in Washington and Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay home found in pockets along with letters from Paterson New Jersey Chicago and New York. Indicates a dispersed national anarchist plot with Chicago as a headquarters.
Hood de scribes recount a country purseryman selling a simple tower under the name Rhodum sidus. The name drew Indies buyers and the flower sparked a fashion craze. A curious hotworst asked the nurseryman the origin of the name.
The damaged text shows a doctor remarking that a patient’s nerves are too strained and a suggestion to move to the city. Punctuation is garbled, rendering the source unclear and fragmentary with references to Linselfick and WDE Crmdiie.
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