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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1917
Page
10
United States Department of Agriculture specialists urge persistent trapping to end rat and mouse raids on pantries this year. Use wooden base choke traps with light triggers and oatment on the trigger, changing bait and location periodically. Keep supplies in rat proof containers and reduce accessible food to deter pests.
A reflective piece on public life noting discomfort when things are visible to all, urging small daily improvements over yesterday's decent work. It warns against easy shortcuts and the danger of those who avoid hard effort. It also jests about gratitude and contrasts before and after favors with a satirical tone.
A special survey by the Bureau of Mines aims to locate existing and new platinum fields. The United States now produces about 10 percent of its platinum needs, a war essential metal for munitions. Three investigators are sent to California Oregon and the Appalachian region as Russia remains the main supplier.
Glass scarcity in Great Britain prompts chemists and doctors to take drastic steps. A typical eight ounce bottle costs 6 cents, and doctors report collecting bottles like rag and bone men. Merchants must seek ministry approval for large glass bottle deliveries as beer and spirits demand remains limited by consumption.
Advice to chew food slowly and thoroughly and to avoid red meat to ease sour stomach. If symptoms persist, take one Chamberlain's tablet after supper. Recommends meat avoidance as a remedy and notes red meats as a common cause.
The Standard Timber company will establish a large tie camp on Cottonwood Creek, a tributary of the Green River, to supply ties for the Union Pacific Railroad. Company representatives are surveying the site and preparing timber from the Cottonwood forest for shipment.
The Fortnightly Bridge Club, idle since last winter, met and reorganized Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Platt Wilson.
J L Deas a pioneer resident of La Barge and father of G P Whit man and Lawrence Mess of Big Piney and Miss Cora Bess of Pinedale died suddenly at a hospital in Olse Idaho on Wednesday September 11 of stomach trouble. He was well known in Evanston and vicinity and many friends are pained by his demise.
An old advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a proven remedy for kidney issues. It features Mrs M Lewis of Kemmerer praising the product and urges readers to buy at City Drug Store, price 60c, Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo NY.
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