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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
5
A report mocks the belief that tunnels and underground railways cure illnesses in children. Women and a doctor recount tests where a tunnel supposedly treats whooping cough and croup, while others push herbalists and gas therapies. The piece notes scientific progress replacing older theories and mentions public misunderstanding.
An article describes a burglar trap in Juago using a camera and flash to reveal intruders. The system triggers when windows or doors are touched or stepped on, emitting a bright flash and recording the scene for evidence. Similar devices have been used to photograph wild animals.
An antiquated piece muses on the banana as a curious fruit for epicures, then as a staple in Uganda’s protectorate, noting its low labor needs, underground rhizomes, and rapid spread. It touches on horticultural propagation, plant growth, and a tangential jab at hotel keepers and tastes.
The notice advertises blanks and large halfwallets for locating colonies and planes in the region, with winter and spring shortages forecast. It promises a fill complement of blanks in latest forms, colored and cribbed, approved by Wyoming authorities. An ample stock is available for purchase and to share with friends.
Mary Field, contestant, accuses Henry Meyer of failure to settle or improve homestead land in WY section 14 and NW4 section 35 township 3N range 112W. Notice directs appearance and evidence on July 10 1902, final hearing July 22 1902, with publication due to service issues.
U S Land Office Evanston Wyoming May 12 1902 notice by John M VanDervort contestant against William H Moffatt entry No 1647 for lands in section 26 35 township 34 north range 111 west alleging abandonment and lack of improvement set for June 21 1902 and final hearing July 1 1902 before U S Commissioner J H W Strong at Cora Wyoming plus notice of final proof for Vernon M Sil and Oswald B Silt in Pinedale Wyoming with witnesses named for residence and cultivation proofs to be made before J J W Strong at Gara Wyoming on July 2 1902
Notice states that William S. Hughes of Big Piney Wyoming filed for final proof on his claim SEY SWI, SF SEI and neo. 6, Ned NW, and low t acre 7 tp. BON. Kt Te Wes. Witnesses named: Joseph B. Fredell, Mary J. Hughes, Henry C. Bucknan of Pusey and William J. Shaney of Panedale. Also Mary Hughes of Big Piney to pursue desert-land claim No 75a for irrigation and reclamation. witnesses listed: Bredell Taubes Boeckman Shauler Kingston.
Fragmentary report notes Kaiten Chow in WA involved in a branding or marking event at Slate Creek. Details are unclear but contemporaries mention horses and stock branding processes. No injuries or outcomes are specified.
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