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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
3
J Harrison visited Kennewick on business while W L Newman and many locals and visitors circulated through town life. A mix of family, church, social events and upcoming political notices fill the week with sports, lectures, and community updates.
County auditor announces a primary election to nominate non partisan judiciary candidates for the general election to be held in Benton County Washington on the second Tuesday of September 1912. Polls will be open at designated locations.
While sinking an artesian well on the Blalock seven hundred acre farm near Walla Walla a coal seam about ten feet thick was discovered at three hundred feet. A sample sent to Pullman reportedly shows good coal quality. Other notes mention land sales, farm improvements, a shoe business opening, a Riverview ranch dinner, a canal pipeline project, grape production, strawberry runners, and a school grounds beautification idea.
The notices outline multiple church services with Sunday School at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m across different churches. Evening sermons focus on works and speech with union meetings at 8 p m and a Wednesday prayer meeting. Pastors F L Fraser and E A Orr welcome strangers to the city for these gatherings.
The 60 day egg laying contest standings through August 17 list White Wyandottes leading with 93 total, followed by Barred Plymouth Rocks 82 and S C Black Leghorns 79. Pens experienced weather impacts with cold rain, set hens moved between pens, and two birds died during the week with replacements.
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