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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1903
Page
8
Births, moves, and social notes from Diamondville and nearby towns. A baby boy born to the wife of W P Clements, community greetings for newlyweds and new residents, along with mine injuries and job changes. Local officials and detectives pursue a murder case, while social events and club meetings fill the week.
Prof W H H Moore visited Glencoe last Saturday. Mrs Teane Luka remains convalescent after a recent illness. Baby Miller recovered from a minor ailment. Jack Boarn's baby is said to be much better after a serious spell. Mr Win Thompson and babies return from Montpelier tomorrow after two months with relatives. Citizens attended the Kickapoo show in Diamondville and praised the entertainment. The school mistress notes normal progress with occasional classroom discipline. Bishop McPhie plans moving his family to Cumberland, leaving friends in Glencoe. Mrs Jane Tichburne from Triangle City visited and commended the school privileges. Snow melted and people began drifting away from town due to limited work and retreat-like sentiment about life here.
Seven year old Elsie Mahaffey was attacked last week while feeding a tomcat. The cat sank its claws into her back and was killed by Mr. Mahaffey. She sustained scratches and is recovering rapidly.
At the annual shareholders meeting of the First Nations Bank of Kemmerer the existing board was re elected. Officers listed include Qualy as president Thos Sneddon as vice president Frank Pfeiffer as cashier and M A Kemmerer Arthur Robinson and J L Lane named to directors.
A damaged line mentions soldiers of the first war and names like Burns and Hendemon's drag store, with unclear references to cures, eruptions, and payments, reflecting a fragmented wartime medical or retail record.
Washington Jan 14 Congressman Mondell of Wyoming is likely to be named chairman of the House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands to replace the late Tongue. Mondell is the ranking member except for Reeder who leads the Mileage Committee and disputes Mondell's claim. The President has approved a bill authorizing resurvey of lands in the Big Horn basin, Wyoming.
This season urges prudent households to stock Chamberlain Cough Remedy for winter. Quick, satisfactory results come if used at first signs of a cold before it settles in. Safe for children and adults, it is pleasant to take and widely sold by dealers.
A driver named Howetson completed a cross country winter trip starting Sunday evening from Opal at seven o clock and reaching Big Viney by two a m, then returning via Kemmerer. The journey included three relays and covered nine total hours per leg with an average speed around a mile per hour, with no horses harmed.
A garbled 19th century advertisement from Chas Houliarsons drug store touts remedies claiming cures for constipation headaches and stomach troubles. The piece mentions MM Austin and town names such as Winehunter and Indianapolis but details are unreadable.
The piece describes a frigid Japanese winter, noting the Bushido ethos and the minuscule heating from hibachi braziers. It highlights thin wooden houses with paper panes, open interiors, and people enduring cold in minimal clothing, with coolies and shopkeepers braving mud and chill.
The article notes the peanut’s global journey from Surinam to Brazil and Peru, then to Asia including China, India, Ceylon and the Malay archipelago, later to Africa and Australasia. It highlights its utility for both human and animal feed and credits early exploration and Portuguese voyagers for expanding cultivation.
A Washington Post reprint recalls a 40 year old paper offering enslaved children aboard the brig Jenney in New Boston. It mentions fuel from Africa and payment in treasurer notes and New England rum, with the boys and girls aged 12 to 16 sought by commander William Ellery.
A fragmentary a discussion of New York transformation through tall apartment living for growing families. It notes a projected 100000 population and annual 10000 growth, with high costs and the shift from single homes to urban dwellings. The piece contrasts private privacy and urban comfort in modern tenement life.
The readable text references a family scene and several proper nouns such as Lorng de wid Abe lant jew and Vand Shot. It hints at a domestic context with unclear relationships and a mention of 1008 but lacks coherent actions or dates.
The article touts Chamber's Cough Remedy as a reliable, safe prevention for croup. It claims early hoarseness and rough cough signal an attack and asserts the remedy can avert all symptoms, highlighting wide mother use and fail-free history.
Notice of a land application by Patrick J. Quealy in Uinta County Wyoming under the 1897 act. Description covers the east fork of the equ road section 30 township 19 north range 116 west sixth principal meridian. Protests or contests due within thirty days of posting, reported to Commissioner Chas Kingston. First publication January 17 1903.
Notice to all concerned that Bonanza Oil Company of Uinta County Wyoming and Evanston Wyoming is performing assessment work for 1902 on listed sections. Shareholders must furnish their portion within 90 days or risk forfeiture and sale to cover expenses, including advertising and sale costs. Dated November 22, 1902. G. W. Lynch, Secretary.
Notice is here by given that the following named settler has filed notice of intent to make final proof for desert land claim in Wyoming. George M Winkelman of Richards, Wyoming, seeks to prove residence and cultivation for HK 1839 and related sections before G W Halden, U S Commissioner at Fontenelle on January 26, 1903. Witnesses: William H Baker Howard H Grow Jacob W Bolinger and Hach Martin. Also George M Winkelman of Machande, Wyoming, to make final proof for Nu 955. Witnesses: William H Booker Howard J Girne Jake W Huluger Hugh Martin and Ian Char Kivgetun. Register.
United States Land Office Evangton Wyoming issues notice that John Arnold filed an application to purchase timber land in Evangeton Cate county. The notice lists plot 22 NW116 and requires all claimants to present their claims within sixty days from first publication. Witnesses are named for the filing.
Notice of auction before the Register and Receiver at Evanston Wyoming on Saturday March 18 by William Newborough of Evanston Arthur Robinson Charan S Beach and Pak Malone of Poontier Wyoming for a certain pool of building stone and related property. Chas Kingston Register.
United States Land Office notice lists Charles B Beach of Frontier, Uinta County, Wyoming, applying to purchase sections 24 and 18 in township 1 north, range 22 west, Sixth Principal Meridian. Claimants and witnesses named include William Newbrough John R Arnold Arthur Robinson and Frank Malone. Proof to be made before the Register and Receiver in Evanston on March 14 1908.
Department of the Interior notice records Charles J. Davis of Pearl Wyoming filing for final proof on land parcel in township 36 north range unspecified. Proof before J H W Strong Ul Commissioner at Cora Wyoming January 17 1903 with witnesses David H Scott William Scott Charles T Davis and Harry K Hoff listed.
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