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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
3
The Kennewick area saw births, moves, and visits as families welcomed a daughter for Mr and Mrs H H Davis and others moved into homes on Second Street. Local talks covered church socials, excursions, and farewells while residents traveled to Spokane Tacoma and Walla Walla for duties and leisure.
A short postal notices section lists individuals with advertised letters and postal cards awaiting pickup. Names include Atchanoff V P Boie H H Bent George M Coleman H D Cole Henry Darnell J E Gheorge Theodor Heedley C B Lewis Bryan Lawton Jack Maves Mrs Henry Moores Mr G C Murphy Mr Mullan Edward Patzwaldt W Swan Henry Steffen Miss Carrie Wright D Wastleff Jani and Beedy Ray Clarke John Fielder Mrs Ida E France Miss W Stacy A M.
Mrs J R Lott traveled to North Yakima for a week with friends. Mr and Mrs E O Keene hosted a porch party with music storytelling and vocal selections. Highlands West End plan a picnic at Clements grove next Sunday with a substantial lunch. W B Kenyon went to North Yakima to help harvest the peach crop for a month.
Carley and Whitcomb business visitors to Castle Rock. Zumwalt guests of Miller. Wilda Clark of Portland visits sister J W McKinney. Mulrooney seeks a missing boat near Hepner. Kennedy plans a Walla Walla medical trip. Bass enjoys two swarms of bees in his house. Bulard family sails up the Columbia with Bennett.
Mrs. Almyra Cox leaves for a week in Julietta Idaho to visit her mother and Christian Puderpaugh with son Glenn spend a couple of weeks at Pomeroy. Local haying rushes as Holloway and Tweedt prepare the season’s crop. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Willard relocate from Hatton to the old Eckman place and plan on poultry development. Miss Della Macomber and Mamie Burger from Centralia visit H. C. Puderpaugh. Macomber to teach in Kennewick schools. Deputy Fruit John Storland called to Luzon Monday to seek bugs, with confidence he’ll find them. The column questions Kennewick municipal light plant and notes the need for farmer pumps, arguing against granting a 50-year franchise to a company.
Secretary of State Howell returns from honeymoon. Attorney General approves $290,000 Tacoma school bonds. Gov Hay schedules Sept conference in New Jersey and speaks on workman's comp. Industrial Insurance Commission rates operators non hazardous. Thirty designs submitted for the Temple of Justice with a judging panel listed.
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