This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1917
Page
4
Telegrams and letters to State Director Francia A. Davis show Wyoming joining a million dollar drive this week. Wyoming must raise 8450 with libraries to be built in camps and cantonments starting October first and stocked for soldiers and hospitals.
A surge of floaters in Kemmerer led to multiple barroom brawls over the past days. Marshal Con Brady has been kept at peak alert, with incidents including a broken looking glass and a shattered plate glass door. A prominent local warned drastic action is needed to drive floaters out or employ them to prevent worse trouble.
A western Wyoming editor accuses a neighboring town editor of pilfering his editorial. The incident highlights tense relations between local papers and raises questions about journalistic ethics in small communities.
The 7th and 8th graders attended the annual social at the high school last Friday night. Professor Jones and Miss Hullhan led the event with dancing and games followed by a luncheon. Mrs. P. W. Comer is visiting Rock Springs and will return later in the week.
The Lincoln County Draft Board reports a Provost Marshal telegram from Cheyenne dated September 27 1917 offering a reward for delivering deserters to the nearest camp or post. The notice urges boards to publicize rewards to mobilize efforts, outlining consequences for wilful delinquency and rewards payable as full expenses incurred.
The Camera features an advertisement by Kemmerer Savings Bank for a new bookkeeping machine now installed. It purportedly handles keeping books, printing, subtraction, deposits, and overall replaces much of a human bank clerk’s work, described as a wonderful device.
Mrs A D Hoskins entertained a group of girls related to her niece Miss Annie Davidson who has been visiting at the Hoskins home for several weeks during a Tuesday evening gathering.
Local brief items report Tom O Neal of Big Piney to Kemmerer expecting three to four thousand bushels of oats from his Reids this year. A Mr Dixon of Glencoe ban pur purchased Willyn Knight Club Six from Kemmerer Hardware and Furniture Co. Frank Davias worked at Up to Date Garage part of the day. Mrs Embree drove the Em ree car to Lyma ast are Bindeen they took aim ers t at the hor. Chas Pierce is ali Embree. FOR SALE Wilys Knight tour a car ed Rock bargain. Manley sales agent for Kemmerer Font Co Salt Lake office and T G Poston California wales agent visited Frontier early week. J W Chrisman of Opal came to county seat Monday on business.
Market totals show cattle receipts at 38 000 with steady markets and steers around 16 25. Hogs at 6 000 head stronger than Friday but weaker than Saturday, top 19 50. Sheep and lambs 14 000 with strong demand. lambs 17 50. Beef cattle prime steers quoted around 17 with top sales 16 25. outlets ample from Kansas Texas Panhandle Oklahoma Colorado Oregon Nebraska. Cows 6 50 to 10, sanners 5 50 to 6 50, wethers up to 13 50. Black steers 6 75 to 9, feeders 9 to 11 50, fleshy feeders to 15 25. Sheep and lambs now 17 50 for killing lambs, 17 25 for plain native lambs. breeding ewes in demand 14 to 16 50. A. H. Embree back from Salt Lake City driving a Willys Knight.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.