Kennewick News Roundup Showcases Town Happenings
Local items from April 12 1907 report relatives moving in Kennewick new residents and business activity. Mentions J A Kennedy Kiowa fruit grower. Mrs J H Perry and family leave for Seattle. E T Jagerson travels to Hover. C D Swanson family to Vancouver. multiple homes under construction. new hotel contract awarded. census work and local trade notes. social events with Odd Fellows and Ladies Aid upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ehlers
Spokane
J. A. Kennedy
Kiowa Fruit Werand
J. H. Perry
Columbia Tel
Seattle
C. H. Shank
J. F. Perry
Fechter & Rudkin
L. E. Johnson
Summit
Mont
Everett
B.C
G. N
Clean Up Day A Citywide Volunteer Effort
Mayor and Council called for action and residents cleaned streets and alleys. Fire company practiced, hydrants watered, and debris hauled away while schoolchildren tidied grounds and planted trees on Arbor Day. Community enthusiasm suggests Clean Up Day become an annual event.
Public School Entertainment Receipts Reported
Last Friday night pupils and teachers staged an event at Erckson's Hall with strong attendance. The program featured drills chorus singing and a farce titled A Bull Terrier and a Baby. Superintendent Nelson provided the finances noting total receipts of 58.85 with various minor expenses listed by item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erckson
Nelson
Itis Denys Eilide
Orcs
The Athletic Club Forms Broad Membership Expansion
The Athletic Club held a lively Wednesday meeting and added several new members bringing enrollment to between twenty five and thirty. Harry Beach secured lots in the Beach addition south of the Congregational church for club use with a hand ball court already erected under Dr Crosbie’s supervision. Space is cleared for two tennis courts to be prepared for immediate use with plans for water piping and possibly a shower and a telephone at the courts for member convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Beach
Beach
Congregational Church
Aleady
Crosby
Cochran Case Settled In Out Of Court Agreement
Ernest Sohm of Connell and Wood Cochran Co settled a lawsuit in Pasco related to a grain contract. Sohm, hired to grade grain and handle grading disputes while buying on commission, faced a dispute over grades. Attorneys McMath Routh Anderson Holcombe represented the parties in the settlement. A. L. Wylan purchased the Slangenhaupt place in Section 7 and intends to irrigate, bringing Boulder Colorado experience to locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sohm
Connell
Wood, Cochran & Co
Pasco
Sohm
McMath
Routh
C. O
Local notices bring sales births and town updates
Turkeys for sale and assorted ads appear alongside births, visits, and property notes. Local figures include F C Gibbons selling a residence, April 12 birth of a son to Mr and Mrs L R White, and sale events by Baptist Aid Society and Idle Hour. Page mentions residents visiting Prosser, a census trip, and bank balance updates by Rh B Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Egbert
A. A. Green
Egbert
L. R. Whitelock
F.M. Kent
G.N. Cornelius
F. Pattee
Tacoma
J C. Barr
MeePhee’s
Staley
W.S. Crouse
Indianapolis
Ind
C. Hoadley
Rebekah Sisters
Money Attracts Money Savings Prospect
A promotional notice urges saving as the path to wealth and independence. It claims deposits grow with habit and invites readers to “start now today” to learn a method for attracting more money from income.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eleanor Slacer
Riaville
L. Hanson
Jp. M. Godwin
Spo
Kane
Julia
E.T. Jagerson
Western Mercantile Co
C. D. Swanson
Vancouver
Washb
8S. B. Shaw
Columbia
Kennewick
R. A. Whitelock
H. A. King and
Dave Jewell
Kennewick Tranfer Company
A.V. McReynolds
Jas. Crowell
F. H. Lundy
Robert Scott
N. Yakima
C. E. Edwards
Henry Otte
Kurse
C.E. Tripp
Amon
A.J Lawson
Julius Webley
Teon One
Morain Tracts
E. J. Bennett
Hellinger Tract
W. B. Matthews
Prorser
G. M. Annis
J. T. Anderson
Scott & Co
W.H. Layson
McConnell Place
J. R. Helm
Idaho Falls
Haydon
W.H. Witt
Marshall Brothers
E M Godwin
F. J. Bucknell
J. J Cox
G. A. Hamilton
J. B. Rose
W. H. Culling
J. B. Slaugenhaupt
Sunnyside
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Burns & Hall
C. Connoly
Duran
Kennewick Odd Fellows
Order
Odd Fellows
Congregational Ladies
C. J. Beach
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
Thomas McKain
the Athletic Club
Cochran
A. L Wylan
Slangenhaupt Place
Wylan
Boulder
Colo
E. C. Smith
Kodak
F. C. Gibbons
Ladies Cemetery Association
Thos. McCain
F. O. Gibbons
W. R. Weisel
A. Rasmusen
St. Paul and Tacoma
Alfalfa
Wapato
Mr. Rasmussen
Granger News
W B Matthews
Prosser
A. J. Barham
Pallas
Oregon
Salem
Mr. Barham
C. E. Griffeth
Jess
Walt
Sarah E. Roger
E. S. McDonald
P. Simonsen
F. J. Cole
Frank Kergan
Messrs. Cole and
Kergan
Pasca
Rh. B. Walker
Courier
Exchange Bank
Prosser State Bank
The
L. J. McPhee
New Hover Hotel
IG Bank
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