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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1917
Page
14
A premonition of spring sets in as large wiring outfits arrive in Opal to load up with supplies after snowbound months. Visitors from the upper country have come to stock up, with more expected in the near future.
Frank W Trimemr, who ran the Opal livery stable for a year, left on No 18 Saturday for Orange New Jersey to enter a chicken raising business near Orange a summer home to wealthy residents including President Wilson Frank is regarded as fortunate by friends while Opal people regret his departure Miss Caroline Skinner Opal schoolteacher has been very sick for a week causing a temporary school closure but returned to duties Monday
Albert Larson of our town shipped 28 head of choice beef cattle to the Kemmerer Market Sunday and sold them for eight dollars ten cents per hundred with no shrinkage or freight. Mayor W. H. Solliday and Mr. and Mrs. James Davison visited Kemmerer Sunday for the funeral of James Taylor.
Cy Condron of Border Wyoming, a U S Weather Bureau observer, reports January was the coldest on record for the region. Border noted an average January temperature around 11 degrees above zero with a low of 40 degrees below and a high of 8.5 degrees above. He warns February would need a strong shift to beat past records, citing 1903 as the coldest February on record for the area.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cure catarrh at all stages through constitutional treatment. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any failure to cure, inviting testimonials and asserting strong faith backed by Druggists.
F B Brooks, who week prior pleaded not guilty to obtaining money by fraudulent means, had a Saturday preliminary hearing. He was discharged on technical grounds after an attempted fraud involving a check drawn on Wm Luce of Big Piney. The unendorsed check rendered the transaction without legal hold as value.
A Wyoming mail order company offers a reward for the person who maliciously hurled a piece of ice through their display house window Tuesday night. No arrest has been made.
Mr and Mrs William Woods and Mr and Mrs Fred Hamerick welcomed newborn daughters born last Thursday. The Woods are known in the Combination Barber shop community. Both mothers and babies are reported doing nicely.
The text lists foods that slow and promote bowel movements. It notes common constipating items like cheese tea and boiled milk, and suggests raw fruits graham and whole wheat bread as promoters. It also recommends taking Chamberlain's Tablets after supper for severe constipation.
In Wyoming Lincoln County the District Court hears the estate of Sarah Wood. James Wood, administrator, presents final account and petition for distribution. Creditors and interested parties may inspect filings, file objections within thirty days of last publication, and attend final settlement on April 14, 1917 at 10 AM in the court room Town Hall. Ivan S. Jon, Attorney.
Estray description: one brown gelding about four years old, 1000 pounds, branded W X on both thighs. Taken up January 1917 by D. B. Judd of Wilson under Chapter 125 of 1913. Sale at Wilson on March 15, 1917 at 11 am for owner claims by March 11, 1917. Board of Livestock Commissioners of Wyoming. Fred L. Thompson, Secretary.
Department of the interior United States Land Office Evanston Wyoming December 20 1916 notice that Banta Fe Pacific Railroad Company through attorney Guy B E Pyle of Opal Wyoming filed December 29 1916 to select land under the 1897 act serial number 05863 ne% of section 27 township 23 north range 115 west sixth principal meridian for disposal protest affidavits must be filed by March 1 1917 in the office and public notice of rights and objections are stated
The Superintendent of Water Division No 4 will be in Kemmerer on March 1 and 2 and in Cokeville March 5 and 6 to take proof of water under permits issued by the State Engineer's office. R B Carron Supt Water Division No 4.
Mrs. Frank Crocker of Pana Idaho writes about her five year old son Paul who suffered severe lung coughs last winter. After trying ineffective medicines, a neighbor recommended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The product eased the child's coughing and he was cured.
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