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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1902
Page
9
Local notes report Pinafore will be staged at the Kemmerer opera house on January 16 with a farewell tour of the company. Tickets are on sale at Lovejoys as locals boast a busy social week with shopping, travel plans, and ongoing bank and business notices across town.
A brilliant meteor lit the morning sky Tuesday just after 7. Reports describe a lamp chimney shaped fireball with a long, smoky trail traveling from southeast to northwest. It exploded with a loud report, startling witnesses along its arc from Summit to Bear Lake and Pocatello, leaving sulfurous smoke and a luminous trail visible for about fifteen minutes.
A fragment from a Kemmerer column listing a Pinafore stage scene with songs and cues, followed by local social notes. Mentions J B Morrell of Opal, Mrs Ed Howland, a new hotel planned near Poats store, evangelist W E Wallace, a record party at Hotel Kemmerer, and dancing party hosted by Miss Nellie Sammon with Miss Katie Rameey visiting from Rock Springs.
Notice describes the Elk hotel at Kemmerer changing hands and now run by the undersigned. Mentions Chamberlain's tablets for bowel health and sale by dealers. Reports Olympia Lodge No 28 plans to incorporate under state law to buy their building, own stock, and rent space to other societies, with aim of a lodge hall and financial benefits.
A lengthy old court fragment notes disputes involving Lumbaga and W C Williamson of Inuhoirat Vib The text mentions more than a year of suffering from a lamba ailment and references Chamberlain's Pal i Balm as a remedy The fragment listsHooker and Lauer as advocates and hints at a legal filing by Sahl or related party under a local firm name.
G I H Burkhalter traveled to Fontenelle due to Mr Forncrooks illness. McCoy of Cosgriff Bros. returned from Salt Lake Idaho trip. Opal youths danced at Granger last Saturday night. Rumsey of Ft Steele assists in invoicing Opal attire. Mrs Heaper leaves for California for months. M N Newton covers post office. Annette Solon to resume teaching at Be Viney after Salt Lake visit. Freight teams from Big Piney Kendall haul lend. roads to Pontenelle tough but Fontenelle 4 good. Judge Holden returns from Evanston with Wyoming Press party for illustrated edition. John McNish LaBarge returns from Phoenix with wife. woman died of consumption. burial at La Barge.
The Frontier notes report families moving to Kemmerer and Cumberland, job changes at the Kemmerer Coal Co., and Frontier School opening on January 6 1902 with growing attendance. It notes Mins Freebing taking charge of the primary dept, John Smith leaving Frontier for Cumberland, and a Burns celebration with the Frontier band. Edward Harris dies of diphtheria leaving two small children. funeral at Ham's Fork graveyard.
A dozen men attended the Opal masquerade last night unaware of absent ladies and some had other business. The Opal event drew praise as the town, with two large stores, serves as a supply point for upper country. A Piney daily stage is planned from Opal starting July 1, and local sheepmen estimate around 75,000 head on nearby ranges. A.W. Church of Kemmerer visited for shearing supervision set to begin in April. R.A. Hocker returned from Evanston and will meet patrons at his Kemmerer office briefly.
A notice announces a Fire Department meeting for Monday evening January 13 at Byur, aliirp, in the new city hall. The session will address important business. General M. Tuoure, Carot. Laowr, and a dignitary ring with a stamped name Jobin Puler, Diamond villy are mentioned with a liberal reward.
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