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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1903
Page
1
Local items from Kemmerer include social visits, church events, travel between Cumberland and Kemmerer, and preparations for seasonal gatherings. Residents share updates on courtship, marriages, business ventures, and community happenings, with mentions of shops, entertainment, and travel schedules.
Local notes report Mrs Hill seen at Dauiels store and Jenny Candell buying horses. Severe weather persisted with snow, while residents like Mr Thompson and Mrs Kirby visited Burns. Nebraska visitor S Henderson plans a Green River trip. Wun Fields and Jack Morehead called on friends. Shurey fears continuing snow will force mail by snowshoe. Snider and Sargent toured Merua logging camp. many recount a snowy week with cards and little rest.
An avalanche trapped miners at a site near Park City Utah. Rescue efforts were underway as workers struggled to reach survivors with hopes high and operators coordinating the response.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled piece mentioning names and places. readable bits reference a hero, locations, and events with unclear chronology. No coherent narrative to confirm a specific outcome or date.
Scots in Pine Ball Diamondville mark the Burns birthday with a village program. Prof John Sneddon opened with Café of Boris, followed by Richards McDermid’s There was Lad was born in Kyle and a string of songs by Mira Sharp, Hubert Crosbie, Eddie Turner, Mary Sneddon, George Hunter, Donald McAllister, and others. The Highland Ploy in Highland dress drew the loudest applause. Mrs Rue and Janice Hunter impressed despite grippes. audience praised the tribute to the poet.
A fragmented report describes a community program where Lonroe could not appear and Diamondville was to take his place. Applause and cheering followed as the crowd, including Lowrie and Mrs Hotchkiss, danced into the early morning hours with a late supper of genuine Scotch, and the entire event was praised as grand by the participants.
Sneddon Jr. out this week with a severe cold as Glencoe attendees join anniversary events. Miss Sarah Ano hosts games at Friday gatherings while Meenashaw takes a Daly hotel waitress job replacing Miss Leo McPhie. Mrs. Morris' Kemmerer store temporarily cared for. her husband ill. Mrs. James Hunter from Glencoe visits Spring Valley, Burns celebration with Mark Hopkins and Jack Faddis from Cumberland. John Barr, new from Scotland, heads to Colorado to settle near his homeland. Mrs. Gee of Hanna plans Diamondville home. husband to follow. Kensington club meets at Mrs J. M. Hallor with lively social. 3.0. Johnson returns to Rock Springs, welcomed back. Wa. Hanson fills F. C. Nelson’s vacancy. A one-year-old RC Yodd child dies after brief illness, burial in Diamondville cemetery.
A fragmentary advertisement-like notice attributes a complete cure to Dr King’s New Life Pills for a wife’s illness and mentions benefits for stomach issues and headaches. It lists a drug store and names Chas Hendleman as seller, with generic claims of miracle outcomes.
A. M. Faddies of Sterling Alberta Canada describes Canadian peace efforts and Mormon missionary work in Ireland. He spent 26 months abroad, noting clashes with Orangemen in Belfast and southern Ireland, yet many Protestant converts join Mormonism. He praises the Irish Land League and its land law reforms despite Catholic-Orangemen tension.
The article praises British backed mounted police ensuring cattle bounds are respected and claims no range wars in Canada. It notes Sterling’s $175,000 irrigation ditch enabling a million acres for crops and a sugar mill under construction in the Mormon settlement, seen as a community wealth booster.
New York reports reveal Elizabeth Dickinson, witness in the Hooper Young murder case, received multiple anonymous letters from a man’s handwriting in black and red ink. Letters threaten her life if she testifies about what she learned in the Mormon church and about meetings with Young and Mrs. Pulitzer. Dickinson joined the church in 1901, later renouncing it after being urged toward a Salt Lake City “spiritual marriage.”
Last Thursday night Bar ney Gesas hosted a social religious event as Rabbi Brody of Salt Lake City performed a circumcision on his son. Attendees included relatives from St Anthony Montpelier and Cumberland with local guests and a humorous moment as Mr Keenan teased a baby and a diamond pin incident sparked laughter.
Local Eagles rent Cweys opera house and convert it into a lodge and club rooms with front entrance relaid. Interior by BE N Oberg features carpets wallpaper and new furniture. Plans include library reading room pool hall and social functions opening Monday with a grand social event.
Police report in a Post area case cites a group of 14 young suspects connected to a line of alleged ehiblewa activity. Officials describe the incident as a local youth disorder tied to a stretch of school property.
An unusual wedding occurred last Sunday evening January 25 at the bride’s parents home in Fossil. Ralph Soule married Miss Catharine Cook with Judge Rosenberg presiding. Train delays sparked extra revelry as guests enjoyed humorous courtroom antics during the celebration.
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