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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
6
A Victorian era digressive tale recounts Ellen the careless servant who breaks dishes and a kitchen mishap where she spills milk. Mrs H scolds yet shows gentle humor, while Ellen insists the fault lies with her heart not her feet. The dialogue preserves dialect and domestic humor from London scraps.
A physician explains that sleeping horizontal slows the heart by about ten strokes a minute, saving roughly 5,000 heartbeats and about 30,000 ounces of blood over eight hours. To maintain warmth, the body requires extra coverings due to reduced circulation while lying down.
In a playful exchange the caller jokes about smoking while writing. The horse reporter quips I draw smoke, while the dramatic editor’s article and a rival paper’s comments poke fun at food, love, and a hearty roast with desserts.
A traveler shares a snake story about a man napping in the woods with an umbrella. Rain awakens him as the umbrella opens and a black snake emerges, having swallowed the umbrella whole and torn in two. The man only notices after lifting the umbrella and splitting the snake from stem to stern.
A Sixth Avenue tobacconist told the New York Press he refuses cigar cutters, linking their use to public health risk. He argued cutters spread germs if a user with tuberculosis or other illness touches the tool after wetting the cigar end and placing it in the mouth.
Two Scottish women argue over thrift. First boasts a purse kept since the day she got it. Second counters with Dugald, her husband, and claims a higher level of thrift with a joke about his status.
A mother chides her two sons Johnny and Willy with Willy praised as a future president and Johnny told he will dig in the sewer. Willy pleads to share the task while the mother insists on different futures.
In a Middlebury Vermont cemetery a widow erects a stove to her loving husband bearing the inscription Rest In Peace Until We Meet Again. A dialog asks how large a cake piece Jimmy desires and hints at sharing with his sister.
Frank Waldorf, section foreman, has moved his family to the Section house. A large force is planned to load steel and ties for the Snake River division of the S P S. Ancot returns to settle east of the city. Wm Pastorus ships baled alfalfa. Misses Myrtle and Lizzie Seals visit Valley House. Mrs A King and her mother travel to Winona to visit relatives. Finley Valley shows spring building and improvement activity. Snyder leases 40 acres to Retzlaffs and returns home. Carle and Fisher work for W L Davis while fruit trees and grapes are planted. Coffin Bros busy with large flocks east of town.
Try a sack of Yakima Best. All kinds of fruit and vegetables at Fuller's. Yakima Best Flour guaranteed best in the State. Lott's ranch on Columbia Heights offers fine green pasturage. S.C. White Leghorns mated for egg production. Eggs and chicks prices listed. Book orders early, Mrs G W Taylor, Finley. Wash.
A report describes Crab Creek Lumber Company’s new yard with a 40 by 128 foot shed stocked with lumber, a 20 by 100 foot building for coal and cement, a fenced yard with arched gateways, a front office with modern furniture, and a rear hitching rack for farmers. Manager Bidwell aims to please customers with courteous service and accessible stock.
Card thanks friends for their sympathy and services during bereavement. F. W. Anderson expresses sincere gratitude.
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