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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1916
Page
5
1890s style ad notes properties for sale in Kemmerer with steam heat baths and furnishings. Offers include down payments from $375 to $3300, balance by easy terms and payments on corner lots and multiple houses.
Mrs. Wm. Mullen of Pocatello and Mrs. Roy McBride of Jackson Hole visit Kemmerer with sister Mrs. Peter Gordon. The McBrides returned from Panama where they viewed a ranching proposition, but Mr. McBride went home. Mrs. McBride contracted malarial fever in Panama and has endured illness since.
Greek immigrant Peter Carras sought guardianship by the sheriff for a stolen valise but faced a grand larceny charge. He initially pled guilty due to ignorance of alien protection laws. Judge Arnold ordered an interpreter and Carras later pled not guilty with a May term hearing set. R R Rose was appointed his defense.
The Evanston Press notes The Welsh Singers on the road and mentions Dan Sullivan recovering from a foot injury. Ericson of the Cokeville Register is in Kemmerer, Herman Strine may return from Ohio, forest rangers from Green River Valley travel to Idaho Falls, and Wm Gilchrist reports healthy sheep and mining activity in the Red Desert and No. 3 mine.
The Camera will close the advertising and paper columns at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon to allow printing for Tuesday evening. Publication remains Wednesday, but due to growing subscriptions, printing Monday night is used to ensure mail delivery.
The Methodist church women plan a basket supper this Saturday in the banquet hall of the Odd Fellows. Baskets will be numbered and voted the best for a prize. The donor’s name will be in each basket and some gentlemen may join the supper.
Used piano offered for rent or sale near Kemmerer Wyoming with prompt delivery. Terms favorable to purchaser, no storage or freight to Denver. Write THE KNIGHT CAMPBELL MUSIC CO Denver Colorado for details.
February 26 Grand Ball by K R Tieran Lodge at Finn Hall Diamondrile. February 27 Royal Gwent Welsh Singers at New Kemmerer Theatre. Regular picture show evenings Sunday Wednesday Thursday and Saturday at New Kemmerer Theater.
Kemmerer residents and visitors noted a week of town life with railway and mining work, dental and medical visits, theater plans, and social events. Local professionals and tradesmen from Cokeville to Cokeville, Ogden, and Salt Lake City were mentioned, along with church activities and upcoming entertainments.
County officials including HL Peterson chairman and commissioners O'Neill Piney and T. BD meet at the Kemmerer court house to discuss county business. The record shows fragmented names and locations but confirms a supervisory gathering.
Unclear readable text notes church activity in Kemmerer with partial dates and names. The fragmentary lines mention audience forecasts and a person or group associated with local church matters.
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