Mink Porter Shot to Death
A fatal shooting occurred in Kemmerer on Sunday night at seven, leaving Mink Porter dead after being shot by Dan Parker. No witnesses. Porter died from two back shots and a chest wound amid a dispute over a woman, with coroner’s inquest and police detentions following.
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Kemmerer
Mink Porter
Dan Parker
Ben Hagwell
Porter
Embree
Bavk
Parker
Johony McPhie
Sod
Kansas
Round House
Dan
Harry Clark
Alvin Anderson
W. J. de January
Frank Norman
Bia
Piz
Robert Sk. Rose
Quinty
Marshal Reynolds
Paeter
Vale County car dealer expands Big Haynes line
D. Hosking bought a larger automobile last week from Vrack Dregovnich of Vale County. The agency for the Excel lent Haynes autos in Vale County has sold several to customers and will deliver the new vehicle in April.
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D. Hosking
Vrack Dregovnich
Bregovnik
Vale County
Infant Dies At Home in Unclear Morning Report
An infant died at their home in unclear circumstances this morning. The text contains garbled words but indicates a death at a residence with no clear cause or follow up details.
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Little Viewe
Amy Whale
Commission buyers seek saltable artillery horses
Artillery buyers from Bloomington Idaho and Ogden visit Kemmerer this week to view horses for the English and French armies. They report purchases made and note good horses are scarce in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alley
Bloomington
Idaho
Dr. Clay
Ogden
Kemmerer
Mrs Tarter Returns From Los Angeles
Mrs P M Tarter, owner of the Palmer hotel, arrived a Kemmerer yesterday from Los Angeles where she has been opening the winter.
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Tarter
P.M. Tarter
Palmer Hotel
Los Angeles
Mim Tarter
Quarantine Lifts As Kemmerer Relaxes Fever Edicts
Kemmerer Wyoming announces quarantine end by Saturday after scarlet fever cases drop. Health officers Dr W A Hocker and Dr C D Stafford say schools and public gatherings resume with fumigation ongoing. Special officer will oversee home fumigation as remaining cases decline.
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Kemmerer
Homesander
Wyo
W. A. Hocker
C. D. Stafford
Conroy Mines Active Despite Recent Mechanical Breakdowns
Elmer E. Thomas of Omaha lessee of U S Coal Co visits Kemmerer this week along with Supt B L Manley from Salt Lake City. Mines are operating again after a shutdown caused by machinery breakage. The company reports a strong winter coal market with much exported to Nebraska. A tipple delay slows dumping, but about 500 tons daily is feasible. Old newspapers for sale at the office.
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Elmer E. Thomas
Omaha
U.S. Coal Co
Kemmerer
B. L. Manley
Salt Ba Kem
Nebraska
Teddy Wilkes Fights In Montpelier Exhibition
Teddy Wilkes traveled to Montpelier last Monday for a boxing exhibition with Ed Black of the railroad boys. The ten round bout ended in the fourth with Teddy counted out and badly shaken before returning to Kemmerer on the midnight train. Black, noted pugilist, had been in Big Piney last summer amid local talk. Geo Watts and S B Curtis attended a Cokeville wool growers meeting where about thirty flockmasters gathered.
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Teddy
Teddy Wilkes
Montpelier
Ed Black
Dukes
Kemmerer
Black
Big Piney
Ett
Geo. Watts
8. B. Curtis
Cokeville
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First National Bank of
Beckstead Bell & Oe
Chas. A. Christmas
Wyoming
Union
Conroy Mines
Kemmerer Savings Bank
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