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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1918
Page
6
Government guidance urges farmers to boost food production amid labor shortages. A free local employment office will offer labor-saving advice and tools, promoting modern plows, stacking outfits, and machinery to substitute manual labor as families adapt to wartime conditions.
Mrs D H Scott and two daughters return from two weeks in Salt Lake City Ogden and Lava Hot Springs. Miss Josephine Bentley returns from Laramie summer school. Mrs George Bentley plans Colorado summer. Families visit, travel, and local meetings noted including a telephonic meeting at Merna Beaver Horse Creek Cy with Jeweth elected president Ball secretary and treasurer. line extension planned to Daniel.
General Pershing issues guiding instructions for awarding the Medal of Honor. The text defines gallantry and self sacrifice above duty, with emphasis on extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy and risk of life. It notes about 1,000 citations have been turned in the United States.
A letter to the editor blends myth and current events noting Nemesis as a symbolic force punishing leaders from Austria to Germany. The piece mentions Francis Joseph, Nietzsche, Bernhard, Hollweg, and Van Tusting, linking their fates to moral retribution while touching on Prohibition and editorial stance in the Sentinel and its rival.
William Moos of Afton fled a complaint before Justice J Tuckey alleging James McFarland, previously employed at a sheep camp, tried to sell ore to Roos claiming ownership of horses. McFarland was released on bond and the case set for hearing on the 16th.
A letter dated the 16th and read at the camera office on the 20th reports Lake River at its highest level in 24 years. The bridge tram and Menor ferry are out, Crawford Ferry wrecked below the bridge, isolating Jackson Hole with no mail for ten days. Crop conditions are good, but locals fear lack of outside news.
Advice to curb relching by eating slowly as a habit and thoroughly chewing food. If trouble persists, take one Cham berlain's Tablet after supper for relief.
General Pershing states duty to country extends beyond the front and demands soldiers write home regularly. A War Department copy stresses that staying in touch with family is crucial, as mothers and fathers suffer without letters from sons in France. Officers cannot write for men, so each soldier must write personally.
A prominent temperance lecturer’s endorsement of Tanlac has reached the Tanlac office. The statement, among the most widely interest generating notes received, highlights that many esteemed individuals across the country back the proprietary medicine.
Martha R Stone of Seattle recounts relief after using Tanlac from City Drug Store in Kemmerer HB D Key Frontier Supply Jackson. She describes years of nervous trouble after the San Francisco fire, severe dizziness, stomach and liver issues, and a marked regain of appetite and strength after the first bottles.
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