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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1919
Page
4
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The piece urges Kemmerer to obtain a federal building with a $75,000 request in a new Congress bill led by Senator Kendrick. It calls for a Chamber of Commerce push to contact Representatives and Senators Kendrick Warren Mondell to secure the project, noting other towns already have such facilities.
The piece argues that Republican members of Congress will cast the league issue as a party battle. It notes Senator Lodge quickly opposed the constitution in its present form and proposed changes to safeguard the Monroe Doctrine and allow optional mandatories and veto rights for members.
Financial fragment notes capital stock paid in 100000.00 with a surplus and undivided earnings of 147793.33. It mentions interest and discount collected but not earned and notes 70070 Baxacas Bank notes outstanding.
The article notes a Republican split between progressives and standouts after eight years of Democratic losses. It highlights the Senate finance chairmanship contest, where Senator Penrose, deemed highly reactionary, won 35 to 5, signaling a likely largely non progressive Republican majority.
A proposal to stage a grand Fourth of July celebration in Kemmerer in honor of servicemen is gaining wide approval. No firm plans yet, but organizing groups will begin shaping arrangements in coming days for what could be the town's most elaborate wartime celebration.
Monday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Platt Wilson a unique sly shower party was held. The event celebrated two new brides, Mrs. Carroll nee Rathbun and Mrs. Jefson nee Johnson, who received many beautiful gifts.
The local Chautauqua Page announces the event will run from August 28 to September 2 with an effort to hold the teachers institute concurrently. Further details and announcements will follow.
Read of the annual ball traditions where freshmen sophomores and juniors join for a school entertainment night. Seniors offered theirs earlier while plans for a Kemmerer Episcopal church pastorate change affect upcoming services. Edwin Brown of DeWitt received joyous news regarding a pastoral call in Omaha and no services are planned at the local church next Sunday.
Wyomings state historian Miss Eunice G Anderson announced a four state wise organization to compile a complete history of Wyomings part in World War I. County chairs cover Laramie Albany Gillette Campbell Douglas Crook Lander Freemont Hot Springs Johnson Kemmerer Lincoln Natrona Niobrara Park County Sheridan Sweetwater Uinta and Weston.
The Kemmerer schools will close Friday June 13 with graduation exercises at the high school that evening. Diploma recipients include Bert Jones Minnie Molinar Steve Jiacoletti Clarence Eesman Viola Stacey Grace Sommers Pauline Sammon Irene Wainwright. President Aven Nelson of the University of Wyoming will address the graduates.
Ralph A. Conrad announces increased vocational pay for disabled soldiers in training. Minimum monthly pay rises by 10 to 75 dollars for single men with no dependents, with extra sums for those with families. officials justify the increase to meet living costs.
J. D. Colletti, longtime with Scooby tea and the Frontier Supply, will move to Ogden Utah near the start of June due to ill health in the family. He will join the Modern Market there and relocate after eleven years in the current position.
Sot Morrow arrives at his new field with Kemmerer Merd ware and Purniture Co. facing oddities as a single customer buys nails and someone else buys a pineapples, while glue confusion sparks returns. The Roberts son Jack Roberts from Frontier returns from overseas duty in France after five weeks from home.
The damaged text references a promised announcement by the German government and a claimed plot to poison land and life. It mentions Uncle Sam and the idea of retaliation once a treaty was signed, with vague allusions to Berlin and imperial plans.
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