Local News Roundup From Kennewick and Nearby Towns
Correspondents report visits and travels of residents from Spokane to Pullman and Kennewick. Social gatherings include a surprise party for Mr and Mrs Walter, a Ladies Aid meeting, a basket social raising 27.90, and a farewell for Miss Lois Gammon. Nearby trips include business from Richland Pasco and Vancouver plus a horseback runaway incident without injuries.
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Walter
Kennewick
A. L. Nelson
Spokane
Reading Circle
W. Lasher
M. E. Church
Pasco
Richland
Rev
C. S. Foster
J. M. Breithaupt
C. A. Willis
Wm. Altrogge
Newbury
Ore
Schick
Kraber Bros
Seattle
Goss Place
J. P. Lewtas
E. M. Landis
Stanley Coffin
North Yakima
H. H. Davis
Lois Gammon
Wm. Teawalt
Miss Gammon
Pomeroy
Hedges
Joe Lea
Deer Park
Wash
Finley Ladies' Aid to Host Chicken Supper and Spelling Bee
The Ladies' Aid will host a chicken supper at Finley hall on February 21 followed by an old fashioned spelling bee. A candy booth run by the Young People's Class will sell home-made candies to buy song books for the church. Adult price is 25 cents and 15 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Finley Hall
Local Social Notes Highlight Farewell and Visit Events
George Bennett shipped two carloads of hay last week. Frank Bass and family and Ed and Will Mulroney dined with Mr and Mrs Kennedy on Sunday. A farewell party for Mr and Mrs Joe Miller Friday featured instrumental music by Miss Glenn, Mr Davenport and the Mulroney brothers, with Maud Kennedy singing. The Millers left for Six Prong Saturday. The Baldwins, visiting Mrs Baldwin’s parents the Postons, left for the Okanogan country. Corliss Bullard is shipping hay this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bennett
Frank Bass
Will Mulroney
Highlands Farmers to Form Crop Experiment Association
The Improvement Club’s agriculture and statistics committee invites all residents around Kennewick to a Thursday February 13 meeting at 7 30 p m at the club house. They plan to organize a Crop Experiment Association with members testing crops under varied conditions and reporting year end results to boost local production with Mr Meikle of Kennewick High School assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Agriculture and Statistics
The
Improvement Club
Kennewick
Meikle
Kennewick High School
Highlands
Community notes on events and travel in cold weather
The column describes a Friday dance with lower attendance due to ice and snow, a charitable Improvement Club wish for sheds to shelter horses, and a bus trip for children amid the cold. It also reports Helen Taylor's illness and Ed ward Kenyon's illness improving after care at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Improvement Club
Helen Taylor
Edward
Ground Hog Day Stirs Kennewick Weather Hopes
In Kennewick residents note no shadow on Ground Hog Day despite a long cold spell. The weather man predicts continued cold and snow flurries. The German Lutheran church community thanks neighbors and Rev. Walter for support during the illness and death of Minnie Elizabeth Pasche and family.
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Kennewick
Minnie Elizabeth
Walter
C. Pasche
The Fakers Prey on Grabbing Buzz in Everyday Life
A column warns that everyone succumbs to quick grabs and is stung by scammers. It notes that legitimate targets become easy prey for those fakers who exploit faulty impulse buying and casual trust.
Smuggled Lace Scam Hits Town Teachers Targeted
Local vendors warn of a hustler selling handmade lace as genuine at a dollar a yard. An Irishwoman, smelling of whiskey, enticed shoppers including teachers with a tale of duty and loss, undercutting legitimate merchants and draining cash from the town.
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Life Insurance
Stanton’s
Mnewick, Y
Isurance Office
Telept
Leona Koelsch
J. Koelsch
F. M. Seeley
W. J. Vander Bruggen
A. M. Jewel
F. A. Howes
Bowen VanHorn
Pullman
Mr. Miles
Vancouver
H. W. Powell
J. E. Hampton
Chas. Evans
Treas
McKenzie
Evans
Wm. McGuire
Colfax
E. D. Spicer
H. Powell
Bowman
Portland
Finley
Joe Wilson
Miss Celeste Setter
Miss Celeste
Mr. Goosh
Pateros
Goosh
Kindgren
Lucian Whealey
Lester Cox
Roland Godfrey
Teresa Lentas
Overland
Ford
Kennewick Valley
Twin City Auto Co
Ford Machines
Carley and Whitcomb
Antem
Pee
Skillman VanCott
John Campion
Domo
Kjosness Mercantile Co
Portland Trust Company
Oregon
Emory Olmstead
Bank of Kennewick
Portland Trust
H. L. Pittock
Oregonian Publishing Co
J. D. Farrell
O-W.r.n. Co
John Twohy
Twohy
Chas. H. Carey—Attorney
Nicholas
Emery Olmstead
M. W. Mattecheck
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