Good Work of the Home Finding Society Conference
The Washington Children's Home Society, after a Seattle conference with Superintendent Covington, aims to expand statewide child welfare efforts. It reports 614 children helped in the past year and details placements by county, plus 32 out-of-state adoptions and four from Alaska, with King and Spokane counties among the largest recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Children’s Home Society
Seattle
Covington
Spokane
Asotin
Benton
Clarke
Clallam
Chehalis
Cowlitz
Columbia
Chelan
Franklin
Island
Jefferson
Klickitat
Kittitas
Kitsap
King
Lewis
Lincoln
Mason
Okanogan
Pierce
Pacific
Stevens
Snohomish
Skagit
San Juan
Thurston
Whitman
Whatcom
Walla Walla
Yakima
Alaska
Mrs W Kennet to Be Buried Here After Prosger Death
Mrs W Kennet died yesterday at Prosger and her remains will be brought here for interment tomorrow morning. The Kennets previously lived in Horse Heaven south of Hover and later in the Jas A Rose house in the Garden Tracts. The family is well known and many friends will attend the burial services arranged by Jas A Rose.
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W. Kennet
Prosger
Kennet
Horse Heaven
Hover
Jas. A. Rose
Postal disparities spark debate over savings banks and foreign parcel rules
A reader criticizes unequal parcel rates favoring foreigners, calls for postal savings banks mirroring Japan and Belgium, cites Belgium Liege school savings, Hawaii appeals, and Philippine precedents. The piece links favored foreign arrangements to Senator Platt and express firms, urging equal benefits for U.S. citizens.
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Austria
Hungary
Senator Platt
Japan
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Honolulu
Local notes recap from Roslyn to Kennewick and town
G H Delaine returns from Roslyn mines. Victor Graff visits home over Christmas then back to Spokane. Mayme Dry leaves for Kennewick to work. Bess Dry to Walla Walla with Mrs Richards. Junkens and daughter visit from Kennewick. Mrs D S Stuart improving. Dimick and Nilson ill. Christmas guests at McKenny home. Pratt and Bevier families visit Kennewick. New Year gatherings and church services noted. School opens January 4 with good attendance. trotting pair show off, minor runaway with no injuries. New Year celebration at Nina and Gwendolyn Ely’s with friends. Requests for a milch cow and a lost gold necklace with heart pendant reported.
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G. H. Delaine
Roslyn
British Columbia
Victor Graff
Spokane
Mayme Dry
Kennewick
Northwest Light & Water Company
Bess Dry
J E Richards
Walla Walla
Junkens
Dry
Smithfield
Utah
Geo. McGuire
W Nissen
Landis
New York
WL Blackman
Farmer’s Institute
van Medigal
Berling
Germany
Shroyer
Pardon Granted in Old Washington Murder Case
Olympia notes Governor Mead grants a conditional pardon to Olympia-Bradshaw, who was jailed in Walla Walla after a Pasco murder conviction in 1900 and later commuted to life. he was 18 at the crime and his older accomplice fled free. The report covers prior appeals, family needs, and a lengthy misplacement in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Oscar Bradshaw
Walla Walla
Mead
Bradshaw
Pasco
Supreme Court
Battleship Fleet Circles to Suez Route Under Sperry
The 16 American battleships led by Rear Admiral Sperry sail from Colombo on December 20 and pass Aden bound for Suez as they continue a world cruise.
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Suez
Aden
Arabia
Sperry
Colombo
Ceylon
The Place to Buy Our Grocery Dept
The store promotes its grocery and household supplies with emphasis on quality, complete stock, prompt delivery, and reliable brands. It highlights being the valley’s best grocery and notes its large and growing customer list.
Amocat Store Ad Highlights Wide Grocery Selection
The advertisement lists a broad assortment including peaches prunes pears apricots berries pumpkins oysters corn and various vegetables. It promotes Golden Shield 99 Tull's coffee Crescent teas Washington Cracker Co pastries crackers wafers cookies and chocolates and notes ham bacon lard canned meats and seasonal fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Shield
Tull
Crescent and Schellings Washington Cracker Co’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home Finding Society
L. J. Dimick
Mary E. McGuire
Chas
William Mills
Ellensburg
Eben Robinson
Richland
Ramiel Nance
Kennewik
Nina
Gwendolyn Ely
Eda McKenny
Edna Graff
William and Charles Mills
Tve
J. T. Harrison
Whitelock
Woman’s Home Companion
McClure’s Magazine
the Kennewick Courier
the Courier
Evergrow State
Port Townsend
Puget Sound
Celestial Colony
San Francisco
War Department
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Treasury
Western Lines
St. Paul United
Chicago
Milwaukee
Pacific Coast
Cosgrove
Eugene Lorton
S. G. Cosgrove
Paso Robles
Cal
California
Howard Cosgrove
Seattle Title Co
L. M. Held
Guarantee Abstract & Title Company
Title Trust Company
Guarantee Company
Hoquiam
James Burrows
Harry Sanborn
Linn Cogdill
J. E. Tull
Pure Food Purveyor
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