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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1918
Page
2
Complete fixtures used in the Kemmerer Steam Laundry offered for sale in good condition. Easy terms available to a responsible party. Price reasonable. Apply at the Kemmerer Union Laundry.
Legal notices outline three amendments from the Fourteenth Wyoming Legislature for the November 5 1918 election. Amendment One bars manufacture sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors with limited exceptions. Amendment Two imposes a special tax on stock inspection and indemnity. Amendment Three shifts a district judgeship to a Supreme Court seat within the District Judges’ roster.
Notice records Thomas M. Holland of Subl ot Wyoming filing for final proof on Desert Land Entry Serial No 95957 for NW SW quarter and SW quarter of Section 4 Township 25 North Range 115 West, before United States Commissioner Ivan S. Jones at Kemmerer on October 25 1918. Witnesses Herbert Beachler Fred J Bryson Michael Stevenson Albert Shinskie all of Subl et Wyoming.
Land Office at Evanston Wyoming September 15 1918 Notice is hereby given that Mina Aim of Diamondville Wyoming who on the 24th 1914 made Desert Land Entry Serial No 04178 for SE of Sec 21 NE of Sec 27 Township 21 North Range 1 West Sixth Principal Meridian has filed notice of intention to take Final Proof to establish claim Taken & Jones United States Commissioner will hear the claim on the 8th day of October 1918 at Diamondville Wyoming Witnesses Mary Aim Joe Vivenna Felix Halford John Teitrano all of Diamondville Wyoming ISBET ALE Register
Department of the Interior Land Office in Evanston Wyoming notes that George Haddenham of Kemmerer Wyoming intends to make final proof on a timber and stone entry No 418 for lot 4, section 24 township 114 range 117, before United States Commissioner Ivan Jones at Kemmerer on November 1. Witnesses listed David Haddenham James Long Louis Bartlett Henry Haydenall.
A lone widow in a prairie town travels across miles and trains to visit her son at Camp Funston. She endures theft, fear, and illness to reach him, then returns to her seventeen washings, saved by a government backed War Work Council helping women nationwide. The piece highlights the council’s role, its network of secretaries, and its mission to aid women during the war.
National headquarters urges Lincoln County units to ship bath towels handkerchiefs and linen for American soldiers in France. Supplies scarce in markets, quotas set for sheets towels and napkins with strict condition to be new or nearly new and laundered before delivery.
Red Cross fundraiser held at Bentley School Home last Friday attracted a large crowd. Donations listed include J. A. Waters six dollars, Johnie Moffat five dollars, Martin Wardell five dollars, Anson Hentley six dollars, Dannie Ball five dollars, M. R. Jewett ten dollars, WP Beamer one dollar, Monty Price one dollar, Fred Shin one dollar, plus a remaining three dollars.
The Diamondville Red Cross Chapter hosted a dance at Aerie Finn Hall last Saturday night attracting the largest crowd yet at that venue. Local ladies served coffee and sandwiches, a decorated centerpiece crocheted by Mrs. Mosher was auctioned for Red Cross funds, and Dr. Tucker drew the winning raffle number.
A Western town announces establishment of a wheelbarrow factory by Naveuiter Int. The move follows earlier revivals and moral waves and shows a shift from service to manufacturing in the local economy.
A local figure promotes broad schemes claiming to raise living standards and moral guidance. He favors industry as the path to prosperity and shows little interest in taxes or immediate civic duties, prompting the community to favor building real industries instead.
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