Kemmerer Carpenter Killed by Switch Engine No 2012
Eugene Cleveland a Kemmerer carpenter was fatally struck by Switch Engine No 2012 while walking along the tracks near the freight depot. He died at Lincoln County Miners Hospital at 12:20 PM. Cleveland, about 30, from Georgia, had worked for Lincoln Lumber Co. and left a wife and two children. Funeral plans expected from the LDS Church in Kemmerer.
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Kemmerer
Eugene Cleveland
Carpenter
Gome
Cleveland
Krank Brezovnik
Lincoln County Miner's Hospital
Georgia
Lincoln Lumber Company
Pocatello
Idaho
Murray
Utah
1. DS
Woman Injured In Sublet Accident
A sad accident last Friday at Sublet left Polly Picolla struck while walking beside a truck. She was hit from the rear, her foot crushed and amputated at Linvoly County Miner's Hospital. Her baby is reported healthy and both she and her husband, a Sublet miner, are recovering.
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Sublet
Polly Picolla
Sbe
Ficolla Fe
Linvoly County Miner's Hospital
Stafford
Banders
Tater
Pieolla
Miners in District 22 Gain Wages Raise in Cheyenne
Representatives of the United Mine Workers and Southern Wyoming District 22 operators met in Cheyenne last week and approved a substantial wage increase for all district workers, some up to 20 percent. The agreement, signed on the conference’s first day, avoided friction and stressed collective bargaining and wartime coal production. Both sides pledged no unnecessary shutdowns and full cooperation to serve community interests.
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United Mine Workers
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Benefit Smoker Planned by Local Union Groups
A benefit smoker is set for Saturday evening at the Lyceum organized by local union groups to aid young Pike Leyich who lost a leg in a mining accident. The program will include boxing, wrestling, and other sports with star features highlighted for a hoped for big turnout.
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le DE An An
Lyceum
Pike Leyich
Patriotic Ladies Bring Ice Cream and Cake to Company H
A group of patriotic ladies treated Company H with ice cream and delicious cake for Sunday dinner. The gesture was warmly received, with praise for the donors' generosity. A complete donor list could not be published. Fred Roberts, a Cokeville sheepman, visited Kemmerer Monday.
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Company H
Fred Roberts
Cokeville
Kemmerer
Kemmerer Camera Industrial Edition Promotion
The Kemmerer Camera Industrial Edition is to be released this week. Subscriptions and others requesting extra copies should order now, sending 25 cents per copy. Cash must accompany orders as demand may exceed supply.
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Kemmirer Camera
Lamb losses blamed on harsh winter and hunger
The article notes a large lamb death toll this spring with about half the crop at risk. Ewes and newborns are thin after a severe winter and scarce food. Coyotes prey on weak lambs while remnants of carcasses dot valleys and hills. Sheepmen push to protect the rest as lambing nears completion.
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Oyster Ridge
Ikewise
Wyoman
Kemmerer Red Cross Chapter Organized in Lincoln County
A large meeting in Kemmerer City Hall on May 14 organized a permanent Red Cross chapter for Lincoln County. Mrs. P J Quealy chaired, officers were named including Dr Sundera and Mrs A M King, with committees formed for membership and civic affairs. A talk by Dayin highlighted low local Red Cross membership versus Germany and the U S. The group planned further organizing at the High School map on May 16 and emphasized broad participation.
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The
Red Cross
Kemmerer
Lincoln County
P. J. Quealy
P J. Quealy
Dr. Sundera
A. M. King
Frank Pfeiffer
Harry Trost
A. v. Hopkins
Nellie Rathbun
R. M. Turner
Thos
Sneddon
Lester Pratt
Reed
Bert
Harold Harrison
Mra. Chapin
Strine
Turner
Mra. Evans
Kavanagh
Mamie Thomas
Mary Rene
Military Meller—Om
Thomas Jones
Roy Mason
Mosby
Stafford
C. M. Whitney
Civic Heller
Will Monay
J Pratt
Rene
Mina Reed
Sand
H. Hocker
Donald Meal
Dayin
Red Cros
Germany
United Staton
Company FH
Voluttivnrad
Boy Scouts Organize in Kemmerer Under Wyoming Guards Pact
In Kemmerer a company of Boy Scouts is organized with Corporal Titensor of Company H, Wyoming National Guards in charge. Twenty youths aged 12 to 18 enlist, with plans for summer drills hikes and uniforms. Meetings set for Tuesday and Thursday as the movement aims to build discipline morale and physical fitness.
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Lhat
Kemmerer
Titensor
Wyoming National Guards
The
Episcopal Church
Focal Boy Scouts
Noted Explorer Captain Cook Arrives in Kemmerer
Captain Frederick A. Cook, famed explorer and North Pole claimant with Admiral Peary, lands in Kemmerer from Brooklyn. Abner Davis of the Pyramid Syndicate accompanies him. they tour LaBarge and Fossil field areas and meet local oil interests, eyeing Cook as a major influence on regional companies.
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Frederick A. Cook
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Kemmerer
Brooklyn
New York
Abner Davis
Pyramid Syndicate
Chicago
Captain Cook
Pyramid Company
LaBarge
W. N. Norton
The
Plains Company
Abner
Cook
Lincoln County
Mavis
Norton
Friday Dance Night Changes At Kem Morer Church
Entertainment Friday evening dances at Kem Morer Church drew crowds as a new dance style was introduced. The event featured a nice lunch and general enjoyment among attendees enjoying what the crowd felt was a more decently conducted dance.
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Kem
District Court Happenings in Lincoln and Sweetwater Counties
This week in the district court featured the trial of T Obama who was previously sentenced to hang. The jury found Not Guilty after a lengthy week of testimony and jury deliberation. Also noted were naturalization sessions with 22 citizens admitted and three cases continued. The Crafton murder case proceeded with evidence and witness testimony, yielding a manslaughter verdict after days of court activities. Additional cases included the Wyoming v Warritt and the Delaney docket being set for later dates.
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T. Obama
Wm. Parritt
Crafton
T. Ohama
Supreme Court of
Obama
Hon. A. McMicken
Rawlins
Wyo
J. W. Simister
L. 8. Brown
Richard Anglesey
James Hunter
Simpson
CG. W. Whitman
Josiah Deyo
G. B. Allen
J. H. Ikola
John Beachler
E, L
Sullivan
Denver
Colo
Lincoln
Sweet
Water Counties
State of
Sammon
Melvin
RR. Rose
Old Mexico
Texas
State of Wyoming
Wm. Warritt
Wm. Porter
Here
Wyoming
Patrick J. Delaney
Dr Cook to Lecture Friday Night in Kemmerer High Hall
World famed explorer Dr Cook will lecture Friday evening May 18 at 8 30 in the Kemmerer High School assembly hall. A dance follows with 10 cent admission.
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Dr. Cook
Kemmerer High School
Funeral of Miner Henry Hukkon at Frontier Mine
The miner Henry Hukkon who died in a Frontier mine last week was buried in the local cemetery last Sunday. The funeral was organized by the mineworkers union and attended by many. The Kemmerer band played during the ceremony and a large procession accompanied the casket to its resting place. Kinney of Cokeville was observed on Kemmerer streets Sunday.
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Henry Hukkon
Frontier
the Kinney
Cokeville
Kemmerer Streets
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Kemmerer Yards
First National Bank
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D. C
U.S. Hoade
Seook
Federal Reserve Book
Hank
Alt Riask Bistrot
Notary Publis
Jares Robincowict Don Directors
Kemmerer Camera Industrial Edition
Ted Mickfeldt
BOY Scouts
Large Company
Ted Blickfeldt
Naturalization Proceedings
Crafton Case
Kemmerer Savings Bank
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