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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1903
Page
9
A sprawling Kemmerer column reports social events, shop moves, and local goings on. It notes barbers, merchants, and police figures, plus theater dances, church plans, Enginemen departures, and residents traveling east and back, with casual snapshots of daily life.
A 1908 letter from Hans J. Axperson accompanies a two dollar fifty cent money order to Dr. W. A. Hocker. He recalls a visit twenty one years earlier in Byanston and work at Union Pacific car shops under R. V. Beinkley. He asks for forgiveness and expresses poverty while supporting a large family.
Seven masked men raided John Storrie’s sheep camp forty miles north of Lusk. They overpowered, bound, and blindfolded the herder, burned a wagon, killed horses and 500 sheep. The victim escaped after walking fifteen miles to warn the sheriff, who traveled to the scene. The violence followed a similar March raid on Cottonwood Creek.
In Rock Springs Wyoming March 16 the semi monthly pay law for coal workers drew opposition from businessmen miners families and coal officials. Officials say miners waste funds twice monthly hurting families creditors and potentially harming mine operations.
Mr C E Peterman visited this week while Supt Tom Sneddon and Mrs Hallorn were briefly ill. Adam Micklejohn suffered a severe cold. Jas Roddy of Cumberland spent Sunday with kin. The Kensington Embroidery Club met with the Misses Smith. Wm Penman and son headed to Montana for future work. L D S Sunday school thanks participants for last Saturday’s concert. Frontier residents RN Sneddon and others attended Robert Sneddon’s funeral in Ogden. A C A W St Patrick's dance drew small turnout but lively spirits. LD and Sunday School concert praised as a standout effort. A note mentions a bar outfit shortage and related issues, per Cheyenne Trib special.
A scanned fragment shows a doctor reply from Krownars Wyoming dated March 20 1903. The note mentions Aspen Sok Monte Ro Plainview and Web tending period with reflections on time lapse and rarity. It praises courtesy and self pride honesty and gratitude expressed by W A Hooxrr.
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