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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1914
Page
8
Notice outlines the regular teachers examination in Kemmerer Lincoln County Wyoming on Friday and Saturday July 25 and 26. It lists subjects by session including grammar geography rhetoric psychology and more. Also notes certificates must cover full term and dates.
Lava Hot Springs will celebrate the opening of the new sanitarium with a three day event from August 20 to 22. Activities include athletic sports ball games boxing and wrestling bouts a speaking program music and dancing. Governor Haines may attend to deliver an address and a lot drawing contest will be held on the final day with prize balls to be played for by leading teams. A brass band will provide daytime music and the local orchestra will accompany the dances.
Gus Helbig manager of the Kemmerer market shows pride in the business after a state food and sanitary inspector visit. The inspector’s report ranks Kemmerer market as one of the cleanest and best kept establishments of its kind in the state with all items rated as good or excellent.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe new town marshals and deputies in Kemmerer Wyoming with unclear phrases. The text mentions McMinn, a deputy, and past service in the Big Horn country. Contact details include a P O Box in Kemmerer. The readability is limited and several phrases are garbled.
M Covey of Cokeville was in the city on business Monday. Wanted to rent an office desk call at this office. Lyon Rathton was down from Fort Tenelle the first of the week. Drop in and see the Clarinda Lawn Mower Kemmerer Hardware & Furniture Co. B Barrett was over from Pealon on a short business trip. Mr and Mrs Satton were in town on Thursday last. Ralph Gnoter was up from Church Buttes Thornlay to attend the Odd Fellows meeting. Ralph is a signal maintainer on that district. W W Wiscomb at Salt Lake was a business visitor the first of the week. Economy fruit jars all sizes Kemmerer Hardware and Furniture Co. George Wester a prominent livestock man Cokeville section was in the city the first of the week. Mrs J Ed Hansen accompanied by her husband’s father left last week for a visit with relatives and friends at ce and other puthts in Star alley.
Lost two children's coats one blue and one cream with black stripes. Finner should return to Ti Cam BELA office. Mrs C Ho Dunham and daughter Mrs Gilbert Hayden recently returned from Lava Hot Springs and visited Cottonwood. Bill Krag Jorgensen, in Denver about a month, returned to Kemmerer early this week and plans to return to the sheep camp with Geo Ware soon. F250 gasoline ranges now BIT 50 at Kemmerer Haw and Par Co jett. Ladies Aid society hosts a handkerchief sale Thursday afternoon in the former Mre Rhoades millinery building beside City Drug Store. cake and sherbet to be served. Public cordially invited.
The Kemmerer colony at Lava Hot Springs reports hotels near full occupancy with cottages scarce. Guests include Dusty Lyons, Brig Seb, Billy Davis, Mike Naylin, Platt Wilson, Joe Apadoes, and the Gerhites at Toono hotel. Morris and son Eugene of Rock Springs rest at the Hillcrest bungalow while construction booms with new sturdy residences under way.
Burch withdraws from the race for State Superintendent of Schools, endorsing Donough as a qualified candidate. He cites a greater interest in Kemmerer school and pledges to devote efforts to its success. Supporters regret the withdrawal but welcome his continued service in local schools.
Episcopal notes describe arrival and placement of carved pews at St. James. Infant baptism performed for the Bickley child. New choir stalls and a wall altar enhance the church interior, creating a spiritual atmosphere. A Junior Guild is planned by Rector Cresson’s wife and local young women. a meeting is scheduled Friday at 7 40 PM. Services next Sunday include 11 30 AM Sunday school and a morning prayer with Rev Cresson.
The County Clerk recorded several warranty deeds and land patents this past week. Transactions include Dan Sullivan to Way Pitt. Manghirita Olkon to Charles Bromm. Frank Po Cranney to Charles Gomi. Ralph Bagher to Alice Lohmame. Dae Sallivan and Wor A Pitt to Guy Al Donegan. and Short Line Land and Imp Co to Gay A Donegan among others with locations in Kemmerer and surrounding townships. Dates range from Sept 20, 1013 to April 1, 1914, noting parcels in sections and townships with lot numbers and improvements where listed.
A jumble of small town notices includes a marriage license granted to Andy Sharp and Mollin Kink, plus ads for household goods, a cream bottle collection request, and miswritten items about hotel occupancy, a baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Tanna, a lost bald-faced mare, and various local business promotions and courier messages.
Sullivan and Bickley offer sanitary plumbing heating tin sheet iron and copper work with prompt attention. Phone available.
A garbled report describes a crowd at a venue with references to snakes and lava sprigs, a hotel, and a ball boy. Names, places, and events are unclear but hint at a Saturday gathering with unfamiliar terms and scattered observations about participants and onlookers.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a marriage announcement involving individuals possibly named Austin and Lee, with garbled dates and locations. The readable bits offer no concrete names, places, or dates to confirm event specifics or deliver a solid summary.
Richard Hartley, a Lat Barge resident, shot himself yesterday as Undersheriff Gundmindsen approached with a warrant accusing him of rapes against his daughter Mrs. Whitman. Hartley, about 40, a Lutheran by birth, had faced family troubles and mounting legal pressure. Coroner Embree ruled the death a suicide after finding two gunshot wounds at the cabin.
Mrs FH Chapin hosted a Wednesday evening gathering for Indies at the Kemmerer hotel Five Hundred. Three prizes were awarded to Mrs Stewart for first Tunel cloth, Mrs Thos Sneddon for second a hand embroidered apron, and Mrs A M Ki for third. Guests included Mesdames Keedy Suitford Bagwell Husted Clark Whit ten Hosking Thomas Curtis St Clair Anaconda Sneddon King Stewart Bull Huth Sueddon Diamondville. Rooms were nicely decorated and a dainty lunch was served.
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