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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1918
Page
12
A historic legal notice mentions publication costs for notices, with rates of 10 cents per line for insertion and six cents per line for each following insertion, brevier type. Cards of thanks and resolutions priced at 100 per line.
A late issue defends county road management and costs arguing large area small population limits funding. It notes Kemmerer to Nugget stretches need grading and drainage with a $1000 allocation likely insufficient and criticizes postal and wartime tax policy shaping public opinion.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses postal rate increases, how newspapers and periodicals respond, and public reactions to government efforts to raise funds. It notes the public and press urging support despite burdens and criticism from various quarters.
The piece defends a newspaper stance on jailer responsibility after a prison escape and defends Sheriff McMinn and County Commission actions. It critiques a rival report and notes editorial independence. It also discusses Republican support for a potential third term for President Wilson without official confirmation.
The Rock Springs Rocket notes Mitchell's death in a Lake Charles air crash at 49. Once mayor of New York City at 36, he held high offices and influenced national life. The issue also highlights Red Cross drive subscribers and labor union support. The Camera cites T. D. O Neil for State Senate with claims of public spirit and business ability.
A wartime vignette on Marcel a fifteen year old French boy who bears adult burdens after Germans occupy his village near the Marne. With no father he feeds siblings, works the soil, and endures hunger while his mother hopes. The Red Cross supports the family as Marcel quietly sustains the farm and earns aid through diligent labor and sacrifice.
St Patrick's Church will hold services every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Mass will be celebrated on the first Sunday of each month at 1 a.m. Rev. TD. Lyorh is the pastor.
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity service at Holy Communion led by Rector Morton Joslin at 1.008 m with morning sermon at 19.009 m and Sunday School at 11.00 a m followed by evening prayers at 8:00 p m.
In the L. yard, two separate wrecks disrupted operations after a derailment on a snake track and a train coupling mishap. A wool car overturned, wheels in the air, but no injuries were reported though property damage was substantial.
Kemmerer celebrated Independence Day with a morning patriotic meeting in Lyceum Hall and a candy and fruit giveaway for about three hundred children. Crowds gathered at Tri Angle Park and Frontier, with concerts by local choir. Diamondville Oakley and Glencow held similar events, and the Kemmerer Orchestra dance at Lyceum Hall capped a successful day.
The next regular examination for teachers will be held July 26 and 27 in Kemmerer Afton Jackson and Big Piney under the new rules adopted November 1917 and found in Bulletin No. 1. Teachers should come prepared with pens and ink. Margret F Nicholson County Superintendent of Schools July 1 1928.
George Alleman, son in law of W N Reynolds of Kemmerer, died Sunday night in Salt Lake City after a long illness. A former Oregon Short Line conductor, he left rail work years ago for ranching near Cokeville. Survived by wife and six children. Funeral at Cokeville today with Kemmerer lodge 334 B M services. Masons to travel Cokeville on trains No 17 and 18.
Monday afternoon a car carrying two women broke down about fifteen miles from Kemmerer on the Big Piney road. Hillyer and Mr. W. J. Hillyer offered to help, but a high speed ride with driver Lackey led to a head injury for one passenger when the speedometer climbed past fifty miles an hour. The women were picked up by a passing car before the two men arrived at the scene.
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