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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1912
Page
6
Serena at Sent sdrafanpon Ye Giatges reports on a ceremony held Wednesday January 24 1912. Local officials and eyewitnesses describe the event focusing on public interest and unusual aspects. The article notes the involvement of notable residents and a small crowd gathered to observe the rites and speeches.
Chinese in Kemmerer report receipts from Chung Hwa Republic for funds sent to revolutionaries. Gold certificates issued in double value please donors, with English and Chinese sides, denominations of 10, 50, and 100. Most funding raised abroad, locals favor calendar alignment and English use. plans for English schools in China noted by Tom Ming.
Chas Bird of Midway and his wife and children visited Kemmerer on Wednesday for shopping. Bird, the Opal Pinedale mail line contractor, reported a successful previous season. Horeds are used now, but autos were used last season between Opal and Big Piney and will return when weather allows. Bird has long resided in Sheep River valley and was the contractor before 1908 when service moved to Big Piney for four years.
A fragmentary note announces December Mid-Continent a magazine from Denver about irrigation, agriculture and stock valuation in Wyoming and Colorado. It mentions weather data, settler prospects and monthly imaging, plus a subscription price and a memorial line for a spouse.
A garbled entry notes an excursion from Los Angeles to Lake City via a 5 L railroad with an Oregon short mention for details. The Camera Lows Column hints at Tuesday events and evening advertising by Motley, with uncertain specifics and dates.
Funeral services for Larry Quealy were held in Kemmerer Catholic church with High Mass and a sermon by Father Lynch. The procession viewed the casket, then followed to Laramie for interment. Pallbearers and relatives traveled from multiple towns, and trains transported the body, with many business leaders closing shops in tribute.
A lengthy chronology lauds Wyoming’s public building push in Congress noting four federal buildings completed in Cheyenne Evanston Sheridan and Lander with additional sites planned including Basin Cody Green River Buffalo and others. It defends the delegation’s record against critics and cites substantial appropriations and contracts boosting state infrastructure.
Reports from Kemmerer claim Evanaton Lodge No. 4 A F and A M has waived jurisdiction and approved forming a Masonic lodge in Kemmerer. Papers have been sent to Grand Lodge for approval. If confirmed, Kemmerer will inaugurate a lodge with over twenty residents already in the organization and a pool of candidates to grow membership.
Charley Howell of Green River, visiting town last week, says he will quit the sheep business entirely. He plans to sell his horses and focus on cattle raising. He notes the mange is well fed off his section with very little snow.
WW Brink an old-timer from this section traveled from Chicago after hearing of Larry Quealy s death to attend the funeral He once worked for Quealy and now lives in Heyburn Idaho The piece notes Wyoming delegation s continued push for public works and improvements to aid Wyoming workers and economy Prosperity and employment are highlighted alongside the pastry offer from Kemmerer Baker
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