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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
4
A Detroit Free Press remark sketches a breakup where the woman proclaims her former fiancé conceited for never acknowledging his unworthiness of her love during the engagement. The exchange highlights a self important suitor versus a decisive partner.
A Washington Star quotation explains a provisional government as one that must hustlingly secure provisions from day to day. The exchange features a small boy asking what a provisional government is and a father answering in plain terms.
A Detroit Free Press item notes friends are trusted with the Browns canary bulldog and gold fish while the Browns are abroad. The casual exchange underscores close neighborly ties and mutual support in daily life.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes the challenge of recalling a person’s name even after an introduction, a common social hurdle across gatherings and formal events. The column reflects on memory slips and social etiquette in everyday life.
A fire at Sing Sing led to a serious prison riot and mutiny as leaders were moved to Auburn. Damages reach 200000 with cocaine tied to disturbances. Warden John N. Clancy acted swiftly, several hundred convicts confined, leaders kept in damp outdoor coolers.
In Paris a group of young writers launches a poets bank to provide immediate financial aid to struggling poets and authors during their period of pursuit and fame. The move aims to ease starvation and illness among artists before they reach recognition.
In a severe storm in Fort Smith Arkansas lightning struck the home of state legislator J. W. Baxter in Fayetteville five times within an hour. The strikes knocked off a chimney a telephone entry felled Baxter and his wife his mother and finally toppled the house from its foundations.
Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa asserts the Yakimine is a pure apricot variety not a cross with plum or peach. A letter from the Luther Burbank Press to C W McCullagh discusses samples from J E Shannon’s North Yakima ranch and notes flavor and parentage details.
A state horticultural circular warns orchardists about pear blight a contagious disease of pear apple and quince trees. It details symptoms infection prevention and cooperation with inspectors advising careful cutting disinfection and use of guidance bulletins to learn the germ life history and safe cutting depths.
Finley Tems notes an Epworth League entertainment planned for Friday night or the following week on August 22 at C J Whealy home with free admission Ice cream and cake will be sold. Other items include church events a quarterly conference a Bible class and local haying news.
Mrs. Thos. McKain came back late last week after visiting her daughter and relatives in Walla Walla. Miss Ashton, a stenographer for the P P L Co, has resigned and left for the east to resume her former job. Miss Etta Wag i fress Heaven at William Smalley hag rus c in F last F threshing on hig raj Wm. Helm left Son, of has got returned s ister, Mrs. Present, for a two weeks' br- Coast.
Twenty dollars in gold will be awarded to the young lady elected Queen of the Columbia River Valley Grape Carnival to reign at the event on September 25 to 27. Princesses will also be honored. entries open to young ladies from Kennewick and surrounding areas.
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