21 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1911
Page
1
Lincoln County plans a free Fourth of July celebration with barbecue, games, a parade, ball game, dance, and fireworks. The Kemmerer committee reports funds raised near 1800 dollars, free meals, a bowery, and entertainment for all visitors.
A fragmentary notice reports a proposed division forming a new county in Washakie area after a river of flawed text. It mentions a poll of people and a vote, with unclear results and multiple conventions referenced, signaling ongoing county reorganization.
Messages of welcome flood in from Natowa and Uinta counties to the new Lincoln named leader. Senator Pat Sullivan of Casper wires greetings to Mesers Hoskins and Kemmerer people, praising the stalwart support among divisionists and noting distant realms of gratitude and approval.
In a spirited note the Evanston Press congratulates Lincoln County Kemmerer and brother Brandon on their victory. The paper praises the fight and urges readers in Uinta County to embrace closer ties with Evanston and surrounding towns while vowing to publish more cooperative material without losing focus on local progress.
A jury in Lander found Harleigh Binning not guilty for the killing of Joe Wilson near Pinedale last month. The defendant shot Wilson eight times through a window after watching him with a woman staying with Binning. The unwritten law and family absence dominated discussion during the trial.
Fragmentary OCR yields unclear items. Readable entities include scattered names and places but no coherent event or date. Summarizes a partial news snippet with limited detail suitable for a brief card.
Several rigs will be established in the Kemmerer district as Henry B and others bring up to date oil machinery and begin work on ten wells. The Lincoln County Oil Company and Sublet Oil Co plan drilling near Sublet with Lew R. Henderson as manager. Bost on oil man J. B. Ashley visits Kemmerer, optimistic about nearby oil sands and coal formation.
An 1890s style report notes Lincoln county created from old Dine county with Kemmerer named county seat. Vote margin reportedly 500 to 600 in favor, while Star Valley backed the move and Uinta county potential gains cited. Local figures and campaign dynamics described amid a tense division.
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