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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1919
Page
12
A small classified item notes local readers are invited to respond to notices about advertising rates and opportunities. It mentions a price per unit and a call for community input on local ads.
City residents demand at least fifty new homes due to full occupancy and workers commuting from other towns. Rail yard and city workers note housing shortages, predicting Kemmerer could grow by about 500 people next year if residences are available. Proposals call for organizing a home building association to spark a boom.
War Department details plans to discharge enlisted or drafted soldiers abroad for vital family reasons. Instructions direct General Pershing to process requests based on sickness or distress in the soldier’s family, with criteria for self or family consent, proof, and travel allowances, emphasizing discharge only in exceptional cases and coordination through the Commanding General, AEF.
The Lincoln county chapter of the American Red Cross held its annual meeting in the district courtroom last Wednesday evening with small turnout. Eight local members joined one from each district branch to form the executive committee for the coming year, and officers will be elected soon. Membership rose from 120 in October 1917 to 1537 by October 1918, with seven branch offices in Frontier Sublet Quealy Diamondville Cumberland Mencoe and Opal reported as thriving. Treasurer Pfeiffer presented receipts for the year totaling 1% and disbursements of 8,870.48, with further war drive funds noted amid ongoing wartime activity.
TD Lehman of Kmomerer reports a son wounded at Vimy Ridge and back with his unit in France. He notes three brothers serving with Allied forces, Harry in the 84th Division since September 1, 1918, and Dwight with U S Army. Lehman awaits their safe return home from battlefields, expressing pride in their conduct.
Local Red Cross chapter reported a sizable distribution including 106 items, 242 pairs of shoes, 363 boys and derabicta, 60 children's petticoats, 45 women jackets and 20 loyette sets. Officials said the effort will continue with more sewing at the Red Cross rooms open each Wednesday through Friday afternoons.
A Union Laundry team caused a brief stir in the downtown area Monday afternoon as their wagon broke free and circled the triangle. The runaway stopped briefly near the First National Bank in front of a young Japanese lad who drives the wagon. No damage occurred.
The Jackson Hole Courier recounts Karl M. Kent of Grovant who volunteered for U S Regulars and shipped from Salt Lake City to San Diego then Camp Kearney to train recruits. It includes his poem about the front line and an attached letter from William Haddenham’s son in the 44th engineers describing his voyage from Kemmerer to France and Rennes, with vivid but restrained wartime scenes.
A child, Theodore Irwin, about four years old, was scalded when his father Mr. Irwin stepped out momentarily while bathing him at the RK Trewin home near Daniel. The boy died the day after the accident despite efforts to save him.
A citizen from Kemmerer asserts reliability of Kidney Pills sold at City Drug Store. The letter praises past use for back pain and kidney remedies, urging trust in locally endorsed medicine amid community chatter.
Plum heating and plumbing by WM E Pitt with all work guaranteed. Call telephone 89 for service.
Lincoln County lists about a thousand young men who joined the colors to fight for democracy and freedom. Twelve have made the supreme sacrifice this war. Names include Hugh Wardell Sidney Edwards Clifford Phillips Peter Johnson David Lielewyn Emory R. Daniels among others, with more to be added as the war’s full story unfolds.
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Mrs C W Christensen of Tacoma describes dramatic health improvement after using Taniae, reporting 36 pound weight gain, relief from nervousness and dizziness, back pain, and digestive troubles. She credits the remedy for restored energy, appetite, and sound sleep following a long illness and a past automobile accident.
A historical classified notice states a grey horse is lost about seven months ago in Kemmerer or Diamondville. A $916 reward is offered for its return. The ad lists brands B2 and is signed by Mike Beyda of Sublet, Wyoming. Also references Taniae with a poetic plea for night and morning routines.
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