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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1917
Page
17
The text describes typographic rules for small classified items including lovdle singing notices at 10 cents per sign, line by line per insertion, brevier type, and cards of thanks and resolutions at 16 per line. It reads like a printer's instruction sheet detailing pricing and layout conventions.
The Sixty fifth Congress closed after six months with war declared against Germany and a strong domestic effort to support soldiers and dependents. Submarine threats are now seen as diminishing as US policy lowers shipping insurance rates from 6 to 5 percent, signaling a reduced peril amid ongoing war concerns. The Denver Post also notes Wyoming oil potential and local advertising focus.
The oil edition debut of the Cheyenne State Leader arrives in pewterpaper style with 22 pages of oil news from the Wyoming fields. It highlights local oil stories and aims to put Wyoming resources before the world, praising the publishers' efforts and urging more such papers.
The article urges every woman in the state to support Food Pledge Week from October 21 to 28. It notes high voter registration but questions if women will uphold the pledge as U S waste in homes amounts to about five hundred million dollars annually. It emphasizes saving small amounts to aid soldiers and allies.
The Kemmerer Republican announces new management and expresses best wishes. The editorial notes broad minded optimism and patriotism, urging unity and support for the national administration as the paper pledges to back the government and Americanism.
The note marks August 7 as the first anniversary since the opera's opening, noting celebration of the milestone and ongoing performances.
A board review shows farmers increasingly rely on Federal Aid loans under the law. Applications are arriving at over a million dollars daily, and last month loans exceeded sixteen million dollars at five percent.
With Austria craving peace and Germany pressing, England and France crowding troops to the Western front, and the United States mobilizing an army of three million for 1918, Kaleer is expected to join the fight soon.
Citizens of Kemmerer are urged to attend Monday evening’s City Hall meeting to elect Red Cross officers. A lesson class with instructors is to start and supplies like needles and yarn are to arrive next week. With cold weather approaching, volunteers vow to provide warm clothing for the fighters.
Local bankers report Kemmerer expects higher subscription than the first Liberty Loan with a larger amount likely to be raised. Nationwide reports show the second Liberty Loan may be the greatest success yet and oversubscribed by over a billion dollars. Public enthusiasm is high with broad booster support.
A P Heitz has bought a new modern residence to be built by Charles Huff near the C D Stafford home. The six room pressed brick house will feature thorough modern detail and vacuum steam heat. Heitz sold his hilltop home to JW E Fenn and expects occupancy in about six weeks.
A. J. Layland grows large round red apples on his Thomas Fork Valley ranch near Cokeville and the Wyoming Idaho line. Layland, visiting Kemmerer, praises his Wolf River Utter's Large Red American Peach and White Transparent varieties as delicious for eating or cooking with patient effort.
F C Webb western sales manager of the Cole's Hot Blast Stove Company based in Chicago visited Kemmerer last week. He demonstrated the Cole heater and Cole range, served free coffee and sandwiches, and offered aluminum ware with each range sold. Four ranges were disposed of, and a Cole range was auctioned by Kemmerer Hardware and Furniture Co with a top sealed bid of 1.50 by Frank Davis.
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