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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1907
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions a ceremony or observance for a person named Terry. The readable elements hint at a memorial or service date but lack clear details on location or full names. Entities detected include Terry and a possible service context.
Judge Rigg convened court to seize findings of fact in the North Coast railway versus Northern Pacific railway cases. The hearing examined cross uses of land, grade elevation deadlines, and potential jury trials for damages in Parker bottom and other points.
Roy Huff adopts Curet fashion and christens a child Kee-Mah Kee-Mah with the native Indian name Kee-Mah meaning in the face of the wind. The baptism occurred late last week with a sand ceremony draft.
Pasco defeated Kennewick with a score tied at the end. Pascoites were strong but rusty while Kennewick players had more practice. Three umpires officiated at different stages. Individual scores, runs and hits follow.
The New Machine Shop run by J. C Barr is repairing for the Beat Company and Water and Light. It features a gasoline engine powered lathe drill emery wheels forge and other equipment. Barr formerly worked at Northern Pacific shops in Livingston Montana and has the J I Case agency and other machinery supplies.
Call of school warrants lists multiple district numbers and warrant counts with registration and retirement dates. Interest on above warrants ceases on and after April 12, 1907. R. B. Walker, Co. Treas.
An Iowa merchant Testimonial extols Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as agreeable, effective, and superior for coughs colds and croup. The product is favored by mothers and children and sold at Columbia Pharmacy. Also a notice seeks sub contractors for Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul team and rock work with address Joseph Allen Hatton Washington.
The week was cool with daily mean temperatures 1 to 6 degrees below normal and frosts in colder districts. Highs reached 45 to 65 degrees in various areas, Waterville hit 25 as the low on the 4th. Showers hit eastern counties late week. western and southern areas saw rain most days. Aberdeen reported 3.94 inches, Euphrata 0.62. light snow in eastern spots on the 5th and some hail. Skies were overcast, winds blustery to gale force along the coast. late March snow in the mountains was substantial, with spring two to three weeks late.
Last Saturday night fifteen Odd Fellows from lodge No. 222 traveled to Kiona with regalia to assist in initiating a large class into the newly organized lodge. The event fostered strong fraternal ties and goodwill between the towns.
Washington seethes over Roosevelt's potential bid and a push for a proxy or successor to carry on his policies. Supporters boast of a broad national desire for another term, while opponents back Fairbanks, Akers, or Cannon as alternatives. If an election were held now, Roosevelt would likely win several southern states with Congress aligned to his agenda.
Engineer Josph Jacobs announces no one year postponement for the Tieton Irrigation Project. He says work will be rapidly completed with delays only from material shortages and that irrigation is expected in 1909.
Kennewick Land Co begins erecting four Fairbanks Morse gas engines and two Jackson centrifugal pumps to irrigate about 45 acres along Nob Hill and City View, using the Northern Pacific canal as the water source. The plant will pump for 100 days of 12 hours, delivering 11.5 gallons per minute per pump. Local residences are under construction and buyers plan a shared water well for drinking and domestic use.
Special arrangement offers the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Weekly Courier for 5.50. Both papers cost less than the regular price of the Post-Intelligencer and under 56 cents four months for both papers. Also promotes Kennewick Kandy Kitchen pure home made candy.
An article explains how weight varies by location and why astronomers use mass. A 30 pound ham would weigh 5 pounds on the Moon and about 800 pounds on the Sun, illustrating mass independence from gravity.
A grave gentleman with a tall hat places his hat on the floor behind a door in a drawing room. A second visitor deposits his dripping umbrella in the hat, mistaking it for an umbrella stand, and soon the floor hat holds many umbrellas with inch deep water inside.
A south side man recounts a new variation of the thirsty cat joke told by a nurse for his children. He notes the tale ends with the cat seeking milk and water, shared after telling it to the milkman who did not laugh.
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