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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
12
The notice describes local reading notices pricing for the Reading locale. Rates listed include per inch charges by month and per inch by week. Also mentions legal notices short fixtures per line and per line increments, with bravier type and thank you or resolution notices at ten cents per line.
Secretary Lane proposes using arid lands to build irrigation systems and reclaim waste areas for returning soldiers. The program aims to create homes, boost resources, and strengthen industrial power, funded by government spending with long payment terms.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses a proposed federal or territorial amendment, mentioning a vote in a legislative body and referring to various names and figures. The text is garbled with missing words, making precise entities unclear, but indicates debates on an amendment and a tally described as negative.
Fragmentary notes report extreme heat reducing beer sales while tallies claim Chicagoans drank 6,460,000 pints in one day. Mentions of public works officials and a presidential message hint at national energy or resource debates amid the weather.
General March notes U S troops reach a million every four months while Yankee recruits on battlefields match Germany’s yearly German intake, suggesting the Allies outpace the Hun. He argues Hindenburg’s odds look poor as accessions to allied forces rise and the math favors Allied advantage.
The piece urges subscription to Liberty Loans as support for democracy and a safer world. It frames backing the loan as defense of women and children at sea, protection of hospital ships, and the fight against German dominion, emphasizing American reasons for war.
The sample text urges a September 28 start and October 18 finish for the Fourth Library Lean fund drive. It calls for prompt and liberal subscriptions, noting the need for a larger sum than before to support Americans, the army, and national effort. It praises patriotism and urges collective effort without shifting personal burden.
A New York based drive to supply front line soldiers with home papers gains government approval. Families are urged to pay subscriptions so letters from home can reach servicemen, as the Front battle dynamic shifts toward Berlin with Hindenburg and Foch figures cited.
The Federal Food Administration in Wyoming announces a 20 percent substitute limit, requiring four pounds of flour for each pound of substitutes. Bakers and households must follow the 80-20 proportion, with whole wheat and graham flours allowed at 94 percent of wheat berry. Hoarding limits still apply, and moderation will help secure surplus for the war effort.
The author argues the United States must boost beet sugar production to replace imports and reduce wartime exposure to foreign supply. It notes Europe's industrial and agricultural progress, highlights past American neglect of beet sugar, and urges rapid expansion of domestic beet acreage to meet national needs.
Comet on vacation Mr Comer departed Kemmerer Sunday morning for a cross region trip. He plans to visit Lava Springs Billings and Hutte Montana and Conner Wyoming en route. He was last seen in Kemmerer about two weeks ago.
A Kemmerer reader attests to the relief from back pain using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at City Drug Store. He recommends the remedy and cites local product confidence over unknown endorsements, noting the price and the manufacturer's Buffalo, New York address.
Theodore Diers, Federal Food Administrator for Wyoming, announces an additional 26 pounds of sugar for canning or preserving. Consumers may obtain this by signing applications held by grocers. Previously four person families received 25 pounds and larger families 50 pounds. Merchants may deliver only 25 pounds under this allotment. those not reached by signed applications should contact the Sugar Division in Sheridan, Wyoming.
The report notes that Jay is not in a base hospital and is in poor condition due to injuries. Miss Helen Simpson traveled to St. Anthony after visiting her father, with others from Jackson moving to Boise and St. Theresis Academy. Jackson Schools opened with decent attendance as harvest work and beef-cattle gathering loom. Local teachers and schools update, plus war-related hunting season delays and steady Jackson valley business activity.
The Wyoming branch of the Federal Labor Department announces a list of non essential industries during wartime. It includes auto industry accessories drivers of pleasure cars and cleaning repairing and delivery of same sightseeing cars auto trucks not engaged in fuel or government work teams other than delivery for war products bath and barber shops bowling alleys billiard rooms bottlers and bottle supplies candy manufacturers cigars and tobacco cleaners and dyers clubs confectionery and delicatessen shops builders not in war work florists fruit stands junk dealers livery stables yawn brokers peanut vendors shoe shining shops window cleaners soft drink establishments fountain supplies.
Mewers J A Christm Whitney left Kommerer yesterday for Laramie to attend the Grand Lodge session of the A I and A M. The grand lodge will meet for two days and Mr Christ mas and Mr Whitney expect to return Friday.
A. D. Hawkins left Kemmerer Sunday for Cheyenne on business. He spent Monday and Tuesday in the capital city and will stay two or three more days at the State Fair in Laramie before returning to Kemmerer Saturday.
Jackson Hole residents discuss building a winter crossing over the Snake River between Jackson and Wilson at the old bridge site. The river runs low most of the year except two to three months, so a removable bridge is considered. The project follows the road act Range expansion and influx of travelers. The hunting season is strong, haying finished, grain cutting underway, and crop prospects look good across the valley. Local guides Looner and Lian assist the Gichrist brothers on a Cryatal Creek hunting trip. searches continue for the drowned Lownia body.
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