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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1917
Page
20
Specialists from the U S Department of Agriculture urge persistent trapping to control pantry raiders this year. Use wooden base choke traps with light triggers and bait with oats or grains, rotating setups regularly. Store food in rat proof containers and remove damaged supplies to deter infestations.
The text reflects on public life not matching expectation, urging small daily improvements over yesterday’s decent efforts. It notes that easier paths attract the lazy and warns that awaiting guidance hides lack of effort to travel the right path. Gratitude before and after favors is compared to dubious patent medicine ads.
The Bureau of Mines conducts a special survey to estimate existing platinum deposits and locate new ones. It notes the United States currently produces about 10 percent of its platinum needs and stresses platinum as a war necessity for munitions. Three investigators have been sent to study California, Oregon and the Appalachian region, while most of the world's supply comes from Russia.
The glass shortage in Great Britain forces chemists and doctors to collect bottles by car and pay six cents per eight ounce bottle. Merchants need ministry permission for large deliveries. Beer and spirit trade feels limited impact due to reduced consumption.
A reader is advised to chew food slowly and thoroughly and avoid red meat for several days to ease sour stomach. If symptoms persist, take one Chamberlain's tablet after supper. Red meats are identified as a common trigger for sour stomach.
The Standard Timber company will establish a large tie camp on Cottonwood, a Green River tributary, in this county and supply ties from its forest. Company representatives are surveying the ground for the project.
The Fortnightly Bride Club, inactive since last winter, met Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Platt Wilson’s home to reorganize and resume biweekly sessions.
J L Deas longtime La Barge resident dies at Olse Idaho hospital on Wednesday September 11 from stomach trouble. He was father to G P Whit man and Lawrence Mess of Big Piney and Miss Cora Bess of Pinedale and known in Evanston and nearby communities.
A vintage testimonial ad promoting Doan's Kidney Pills as the best kidney remedy. It features Mrs. M. Lewis of Kemmerer praising past use and urging readers to buy at City Drug Store, priced 60 cents, from Foster Milburn & Co. Buffalo New York.
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