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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
5
Atlanta resident I Culbreth travels to Kemmerer while Payton of Wyoming State Tribune covers business. Local notices mention land for lease, new maps, and a string of visitors from Idaho and Nevada. Community events include a theater feature with L D S church folk performing and a big milliner sale in Lincoln Securities Building.
The Frontier high school hosts an art exhibit today 7 30 to 8 40 pm and tomorrow 7 80 to 10 pm with about 200 masterpieces including French English and American artists works. Proceeds fund patriotic pictures and the event offers other amusements.
The Odd Fellows 96th anniversary ball honored Liberty Day as a half holiday with a Red Cross benefit. Performances featured Harrison, Mayme Thoman, and Mayme Thomas with choruses, plus pieces like Just Baby's Prayer and The Star Spangled Banner. The Kemmerer orchestra led by Mrs. Stafford and Dr. Roe impressed attendees with a polished program and a lively dance following the concert.
Notice of mortgage default and public sale in Lincoln County Wyoming for 1918 detailing James S Wilson and Lucy Wilson to Alonzo Baker deed securing $2500 with interest and taxes, sale date May 24 1918 10 am at County Courthouse Kemmerer. followed by incorporation of a Kemmerer oil company with 5000000 shares at $0.01 each and five directors.
Public notice from the Department of the Interior Land Office at Evanston Wyoming dated April 4 1918 announces Emile J Duthrie of Frontier Wyoming intends to prove up a homestead entry filed May 12 1915 for lands in Section 9 and 10 Township 21 N Range 115 W Sixth Principal Meridian before Flo La Chapelle Kemmerer Wyoming on May 20 1918 Witnesses listed include Mitchell H Lambermont Jeanie Lamont Ben Morgan and John Reachler Jr all of Frontier or Kemmerer Wyoming.
A home front message urges maintaining a war chest to assure families that soldiers will receive all they need to secure victory. The note emphasizes continued support and supplies for service members.
A fragmented notice lists several horses missing northeast of Sago. The inventory includes a bay mare three years old, a roan mare two years old, a white hind foot, a bay colt one year old, all branded with a Waltt shoulder K quarter circle brand. Also noted is a dark brown yearling branded 7 with tet a.
The Twin Buttes Oil Company incorporated in Wyoming on March 27 1918 with capital stock of 2 000 000 shares of 0 10 each. It aims to explore develop operate lease and sell oil shale and related products in Sweetwater and Lincoln counties Wyoming under seven directors led by J T Young.
A fragmented letter-like notice claims sight impairment and offers $100 for readable text. It mentions diseased kidneys, weakness, and a medical dealer pair Dr Wattundort and Taube at Huy n Thrift Stamp, with locations Erie and Taube, reflecting a grim era ad.
An advertisement extols a corn remover claiming painless relief and quick results. It promotes a tape and paste method sold at City Drug Store in Kemmerer, Wyoming, urging readers to try the product for smooth skin. The piece imitates a lively, sensational tone from an old local paper.
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