Fourth of July Celebrations Bring Joy to Kemmerer and Surrounding Camps
Real Sane Celebration follows the Fourth with organized parades in Kemmerer and Frontier. The Kemmerer band led a 9:30 parade from the Lyceum theatre while Frontier hosted a car parade and a large float depicting the states. About 200 dollars was raised for kids, and refreshments worth 150 dollars were distributed. Races and prizes for children followed, parading pride in the national holiday across the region.
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Kemmerer
Frontier
Diamondville
P. J. Queaty
Dick Brown
Ed Hansen
Theo
Lyceum
Mtreeta
Non
Boone
Prises
Local Pure Food Inspector Beats Unclean Dairy Case
Pure Food Commissioner fines Maurice Greshon fourteen dollars for operating an unclean dairy near the city limits and bans cheese making at his home operation. He may sell milk after sanitation upgrades. A separate arrest fines baker Andrew Moretti for under wraps bread not meeting law. Groshon urges strict local compliance and advances a proposed state refinery bill to standardize refined oil.
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Synopale
Betintio Carolla
Maurice Groshon
State Pure Foot
Ofta
Cumberland
Groshon
State Pure Food and Oil
State O
Groshon F Tepes
Weekend Excursions Offer Weekly Ticket Sale
Advertises attractive excursion ticket rates valid Saturday to Monday with weekly sale and better rates for Sunday only. Encourages consulting agents for details on timing and pricing.
Are You Patriotic Afton Leads War Fund Drive
The town of Afton reports sixty eight volunteers sent to Cheyenne for militia service. Lincoln County faces calls for loyalty and support as Sheridan already funds Cheyenne relief. A public meeting is set for Thursday at eight to form a fund committee and accept subscriptions to aid Lincoln County’s militiamen. The Camera newspaper will seed the drive with $25, inviting all townspeople to attend and contribute.
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Afton
Cheyenne
Mexico
Lincoln County
Star Valley
Uncle Sam
Wyoming
Sheridan
Kemmerer
Startling Charge Brought in the Local Court
A serious charge was filed against Charles B Sammon Alert Palooner Sam Potter and Otto Zeigler for holding up Job Beno in Mondville and robbing him. Beno identified the four men from a crowd and testified at a continued hearing in Diamondville before Justice Carnahan. He described being invited to a poker game, then assaulted as Potter drew a revolver and Sammon secured the money and a diamond ring.
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Job Beno
Charles B Sammon
Alert Palooner
Sam Potter
Otto Zeigler
Mondville
Diamondville
Sretentnara 2 Pa
T. B. Carnahan
D Watt
Reno
Biegler
Falcwner
Potter
Sod Gammon
Ziegler
Falconer
Witnoas
Sammon
Lone grave found in hills near Cokeville mystery
Jack O'Brien reports a lonely grave high in the hills near Cokeville tied to the disappearance of a Spaniard who never returned and a Mexican who fled after his companion vanished. County officials reinvestigate as the grave is opened and the ghastly secret may finally be revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cokeville
Jack O'Brien
Joe Smith
Marshal Reynolds
R. Embree
Reserves Decision in Rancher Assault Case
Elias Nifranen, Slate Creek rancher, charged with pointing a weapon at William Danvers to stop livestock watering from a stream filed as Danvers sheep water. Judge Carnahan reserved his decision after both sides testified. The dispute stems from long standing tensions over water rights and land boundaries near Danvers’ leased land. Ivan Jones spent the fourth at Pinedale.
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Elias Nifranen
Slate Creek
William Danvers
Danvers
Toys of the Willows Burglary Case In Justice Court
Two 14 year old boys Ernest Smith and John Haddenham were found guilty in a local Justice court of breaking into Mrs Mat Willison’s unoccupied house and stealing, including a 22 rifle. Both were bound over to district court in 250 dollars each, with Mrs Haddenham agreeing to stand surety.
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Ernest Smith
John Haddenham
Mat Willison
H. Haddenham
William Haddenham
Haddenham
Captain Major Recruits in Kemmerer and Beyond
Captain Jack Majors of Company H W N G opens a recruiting office in Kemmerer and holds a patriotic meeting, securing six recruits John M Brows Chester Nelson Neila Sorenson John Martin Andrew Lupedo and L C Strout. He travels to Lyman Evanston to recruit more while Governor Kendrick asks Evanston to boost numbers. Company H will march to the border once at full strength. Sheriff and Ed Hansen will move to Cheyenne with the Kemmerer recruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemmerer
Lyceum
Evanston
Captain Majors
Company H
Sheriff
Ed Hansen
Cheyenne
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Greshon
The
First National Bank of
Wyoming National
Diganie
Collett Place
Aneurle
Mr. Melvin
Hello
San Frencisco
Carnahan
Ivan Jones
Pinedale
Lyman and
Kemmerer Savings Bank
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