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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1921
Page
4
The Kemmerer baseball team earns praise for a Monday game described as the best ever. Spectators would gladly pay to see another performance like it, noting the strong effort from Buck Wright and the rest of the squad.
Utah Senator Smoot introduces a revenue plan to replace the House Ways and Means version, arguing the latter is a sham. His proposal includes an 8 percent tax on all manufactured goods and a preproduction sales tax to shield prices, aiming to fund government without cutting expenditures.
A reader urges immediate temporary street repairs on West Pine Avenue to curb spring quagmires while paving plans are stalled. The proposal suggests gravel or cinder cover, citing Rock Springy as a model, and mocks political rhetoric about freedom and equality.
Motivational marketing copy urges readers to join a prize campaign and prove themselves by increased efforts. It promises valuable awards and a win through self belief and hard work, stressing subscription sales and public display of commitment to win the car and other prizes.
Phernopole Depteine Ted is shot through the heart amid a bootlegger ambush led by E. L. Mellendure of Meeteetsee. Mellendure wounded by Sheriff J. Palace while planning to kill other officers. Other bootleggers jailed. Mellendure a known booze runner and former Meeteetsee pool hall owner. Price a deputy state game warden and WWI veteran.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, urges loyalty to the labor movement. He notes wage trends from 1907 to 1920 and calls for organization to unite unorganized workers, warning against open shop tactics and urging continued mobilization for a five million strong labor day march.
Finn Petrie and J Donaldson of Opal visited by motorcycle route for a Labor Day event. They boosted for Kermocer to win and, with Reed Chit, enjoyed a day that offered baseball and a generous value of entertainment.
A string of ceremonies unfolds as Mina Pauline Sammon wed Frank Aginnon in Kemmerer, followed by several other weddings in the area. Notables including Kathryn Elliott and G C La Rue plan residences in Gate City, Cumberland, and further nuptials tie the community together amid local civic notes.
A person named Tony claims Louis Jones demanded arrest, then extorted $25 in January in Diamondville. He provided a narrative of threats and a supposed gun license offer, but alleges no receipt was given and no known contact since.
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