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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
12
Fragmentary OCR from Kemmerer publication shows garbled lines with names Watt Brandon editor and publisher notes. Readable elements include Thursday date and a reference to a local newspaper page segment with unclear headlines and repeated phrases.
The town adopts a Health Officer position to be filled by a physician for one year. Salary set at 150 dollars annually, payable monthly. The officer will inspect public institutions and report health conditions, order quarantines for contagious diseases, disinfect premises, and enforce penalties for escapes from quarantine.
Notice announces an application to select land by a desolate tract. The public may inspect details at the willow site before bids close to be forwarded to the General Land Office in Washington for action. Thomas V. Davin, Register.
Marcus Herris of B Harris Wool Co. bought the Tim Kinney flock at Cokeville, Wyoming, delivering over 500 pounds to St. Louis buyers. Twenty five large freight cars hauled by the Union Pacific carried the wool, fetching a total price around 1100000.
The ongoing street grading and general cleanup around the triangle shows rapid progress. Crews work to improve the area and anticipate noticeably better street conditions once completed.
Fragmentary report notes a cow strayed or stolen near Beart, with vague references to people named Audiew Hemming and Prout, and a possible healing procedure noted in the text. Further details are unreadable.
Local snippets report obituaries for Mr. and Mrs. A. D. and notes on travels of Dr Denet and Dr Marquis in Kemmerer. Chas Christman and Chas Wright are active in town business and woodworking. Advertisements promote Mountain Trading Co goods and services. Marriage of George Heddenam and Gladys Gheen noted. Community events include a postponed church song service and a small social gathering at Mrs Curtis home.
The people of Mig Piney plan a grand Independence Day celebration on Monday July with a morning program of exercises for children, a reading of the Declaration by Orient Hisch, and a ball in the evening. Afternoon sports include horse races and foot races, followed by more festivities.
The article describes college students sailing to Europe to oversee cattle shipments to Britain. It notes a growing summer trend with shipping agents along the Atlantic seeking educated youths to manage steers from Montreal Boston New York and Philadelphia. The piece frames the venture as romantic and practical for college men.
B McDonald, formerly of Mee Feetee Wyoming, plans to mine coal at Katalla Alaska. He diggs near the surface during winter frost and hopes to remove hundreds of tons, aiming for deeper work before thaw. The mountain slides and movement threaten future operations and surface mining.
A garbled survey cites exotics like Brazil palm trees living up to a century plus a half and venerable oaks near Dundee. It mentions Abbey yews in Yorkshire and fabled cypress in Chapuitepese, with Africa’s haubab reportedly surpassing a millennium in age.
An unclear note describes Chimney Chas. bristles and Kemmenve's popular young druggist bus, claiming it dispenses all kinds of pund ariahs vow. It mentions a nights werome tee frvet and a trum. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent details.
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