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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1914
Page
8
The Bachelor Girls annual Hallowe'en ball lit up the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday night with yellow and black decorations, jack o lanterns, and a frieze of cats and witches. The Kemmerer orchestra provided lively dancing while punch, cider, doughnuts, and apples were served. A stylish mix of attendees from nearby camps enjoyed a festive, spirited evening.
Mrs Albert Heitz and Miss Katherine Rowehe hosted the Diamondville Ladies Club on Friday. Card games crowned Mrs A M King first with a hand painted plate, Miss Winnifred Trothen second with a plate, and Miss Jeasie Sneddon booby with a painted tray. Luncheon for twelve followed in a festively decorated dining room.
A collage of local happenings from Kemmerer outlines events for Saturday Sunday and Wednesday with showings at Lyennen and Lyconrm, plus a basketball game and dance at Kemmerer High School. Also notes visits, rentals, personnel changes, teaching duties, health updates, and a new birth.
Local listings show several ads and notices including for sale items such as a four room house and a nose wheel house, plus household goods like Cole's Hot Blast stove and two heating stores. Local officials and residents including Jake Herschier Ned, P H Healey Ralph Bugber, and Deputy Sheriff Joe Gudmundsen visit Kemmerer on various trips from Piney and Idaho. Town events note Epworth League activity and a small crowd for De Mos entertainers at the M E Church, with Union Pacific Coal Company figures Frank Manley and Mr Kemmerer traveling for business to Reliance.
A piano offered for sale or rent for bar use in Thayne Wyoming. Listings note potential use in apartment or bar setting with nearby availability and contact details for inquiry.
Mrs. Thomas Sneddon and daughter Elizabeth with Mrs. J. L. Stewart visit Mrs. C. H. Brown in Evanston en route to Salt Lake City. Hallowe'en pranks in Kemmerer largely mild with little property damage. Local notices include real estate for sale and rent, piano lessons, marriages, and business updates from McKay Morrow, United States Coal Co., and the Kemmerer theater vaudeville. esiblings and town figures frequent Kemmerer and Piney activity noted.
Mrs M B Rhoades announces a ten day sale featuring all trimmed date stock at cost as she prepares to go home on November 7. Sale emphasizes reduced prices to clear inventory.
Leghorns for sale from Sullivan and Bickley Plumbing heating and sheet metal work advertise heating plant cleaning and maintenance services. Contact phone 132 for details and scheduling.
Interest rises as inter class practice attracts attention. The first games start Saturday evening with Clare T facing Class 111 and Class LI meeting Class TV, each game two 15 minute halves followed by a dance. The curtain rises at 7:30.
Orlando Curtis spent summer and fall developing Green Hill Ranch located last year in a valley near water tanks. A reservoir burned last year but he built two more reserve reservoirs under Green Bill to supply the larger acreage next year. Dry farm potatoes did well and the oat crop was satisfactory. Development will continue this winter and he plans to build a home and move there.
The Kemmerer Cigar Factory outgrows its space and moves to the old tailorshop building of Chas. Piz. Mr. Abel notes rising demand for Lincoln County Hoosters, with two cigar makers to be employed in the new factory.
Chas Hoff returned to Kemmerer after a six week absence spent chiefly on Grays river. His party shot five elk and one bear and brought back 100 pounds of trout. Hoff, a veteran hunter, notes that game are harmed when travelers disturb trails. Thursday is Fish Day at Kemmerer Meat Market. come early.
Fragmented text details church listings in Kemmerer, noting Episcopal and other services. Mentions Sunday scholars, relief events, and a 2 p.m. session with groups in charge, led by Arthur in Kerman and others.
WM E PITT Plumbing hosting another tuning event with contact phone 8 percent and box address in Kemmerer and Wonlen listed.
Notice to teachers in Lincoln County Wyoming outlines the next teacher examination to be held in Kemmerer for several towns on Friday November 5. Subjects include penmanship reading spelling grammar geography history arithmetic civics political economy school law and education theory.
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