Locust Grove Literary Club Notes Neighboring Valley Happenings
LOCUST GROVE Correspondents Items of Interest reports the Locust Grove Literary Club held a regular meeting January 14 at the school house with singing readings and an essay and a debate on woman suffrage. Refreshments were served and the group prepared for a January 18 meeting including a railroad spelling match. The club president Mr Wroe is in poor health, Miss Minnie Edwards visits Prosser, and several members.
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Locust Grove
Community Notes from the Local Sjson Weekly
Mrs G B Schroyer returns from Spokane where she attended a Church of God convention. Mr and Mrs A J Remington host New Year’s gathering. John Mills does business in Walla Walla. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs John Mills with few due to bad weather. F C Stretchberry visits from Long Beach. Mr and Mrs T H Dry return from Walla Walla. E E Wheeler of Kennewick visits Mrs Wm Spears. Mrs Martha Bushnell arrives for a short visit. Ladies Aid monthly meeting set for Jan 15.
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G. B. Schroyer
Spokane
Church of God
A. J. Remington
John Mills
Walla Walla
Aid
F. C. Stretchberry
Long Beach
Cal
Highlands Improvement Club postpones meeting and local notes
The Highlands Improve ment Club delayed its monthly meeting from last Saturday to Jan 11. K H W Club skips this week awaiting warmer weather. Bus No 4 runs 7 25 am this week to ease snow travel for younger children. Mrs Wuth hosts a gathering for Mrs Morgan visiting her daughter Mrs Cranmer. Several residents relocate visit and recovery news include Mrs Nye and Mrs Hudnall. A social group attended the Amon schoolhouse Literary society.
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Improvement Club
Highlands
W. B. Wuth
Morgan
Cranmer
Miss Stiles
W. T. Mann
Tacoma
Finley Social Roundup From North Powder to Spokane
Mr and Mrs Chas Knautz and Miss Pauline left Friday for North Powder Oregon after visiting neighbors and relatives George Moore of Kennewick visited friends here last week R J Retzlaff and Owen Webb returned from Weiser Idaho where they visited Webb s mother Mr Hester of Portland arrived to look after his interests here A Mr Smith of Canada transacted business here Wednesday Mrs Geo Schnell returned home after visiting her parents Spokane Miss Adele Poston came from Carly visiting for two weeks School will begin next Monday
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Chas. Knautz
Pauline
North Powder
Oregon
George Moore
Kennewick
R. J. Retzlaff
Owen Webb
Weiser
Idaho
Mr. Webb
Mr. Hester
Portland
Mr. Smith
Canada
Richland Notes of Visits Meetings and Local News
Richland hosts include Mr and Mrs R B Ross visiting S M Ross family. Nims family from Cottonwood Idaho visit parents Mr and Mrs David Fish. E C Roberts family return to Salem Oregon after holidays at J T Roberts ranch. Richland Water Users Association holds annual meeting at Union hall. Local high school boys lose 15 13 to town team in basketball. Anna Harper Carter return from Seattle. Anna Born and Elmer Richter wed at bride’s parents home with Rev C S Foster presiding. Hershel Jameson family visit to Walla Walla returns. Mrs C S Teachout leaves for Ritzville to take two month public school position.
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R. B. Ross
S. M. Ross
Union Hall
Anna Harper
Carter
Seattle
Hershel Jameson
Walla Walla
C. S. Teachout
Ritzville
President Bryan Addresses Students On Education Abroad
Last Friday morning the high school hosted Mr. Bryan president of the Washington State College at Pullman who spoke on the rise of high schools in the United States over the past fifty years. He contrasted English and American schooling noting tuition in England and earlier exit ages, and praised American grade and high schools as well as technical education for girls including a two year dressmaking program with stipends guiding graduates into retail work.
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Bryan
Washington State ‘College
Pullman
United States
London
Kennewick High School Exempts Twenty One Students From First Semester Exams
The Kennewick High School faculty reports twenty one students excused from first semester examinations. The list includes Ellis Dorothy 94.25 Geraldine Crossland 98.55 Marcella Gould 92.8 Lara Shanafelt 92.5 and others with high averages. Juniors top the exempt group followed by Seniors and Sophomores with many students excused from one or more exams.
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Bryan
Ellis Dorothy
Geraldine Crossland
Marcella Gould
Lara Shanafelt
Raymond Rarey
Mildred Allen
Ralph Dague
Olive Simson
Marilla Meikle
Cora Lee
Gladys Dague
Cecil Poston
Clara Bachman
Sadie Earhart
Margaret Zwanzig
Edmund Carpenter
Tom Swayze
Alice Baxter
Martin Garber
Helen Stewart
Eunice Orr
Elsie Mueller
Esther Peterson
Ed. Henderson
Edwin Osgood
Russel Rarey
Theodore Rich
Clinton Copeland
Kennewick High Boys Triumph Over Pasco 21-10
In a Pasco Kennewick game last Friday Kennewick won 21-10 as Ed Mund Carpenter and Arnold Burmaster starred with strong passing and forward plays. The Pasco effort was hindered by weaker team play. Arnold Burmaster, a junior, plans to move away soon.
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Kennewick High School
Edmund Carpenter
Arnold Burmaster
Kennewick
Pasco
Arnold Barmaster
The Winds of Kansas Tumbleweed Tale
Gus Woodall of High Point township found a giant tumbleweed four feet in diameter rolling across the prairie during a strong south wind. He kicked it loose with a note attached dated October 28 1912 in Bazine Kansas asking to be notified where it ends up.
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Danby
Gus Woodall
Highpoint Township
Gus
Bazine
Kas
Galveston
Tex
Agun
Ross Calhoun
Tumbleweed Remains Found With Mysterious Message
A worn tumbleweed bearing a dated card from Galveston Texas 1912 reaches Ness County Kansas. The note from Ross Calhoun scorns the weed while recounting its 1000 mile wind driven journey across New Mexico Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and back.
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New Mexico
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Ness County
Kansas
Margaret Stahl to Appear at High School Next Tuesday
Margaret Stahl will read plays at the high school next Tuesday evening January 14 at eight oclock. The article praises her talent and lists The Dawn of a Tomorrow Strong Heart The Mother Madam Butterfly Enoch Arden The Servant in the House and The Man from Home as part of her current season. Tickets cost 35 and 50 cents with seats reservable at Vibber Gifford Drug Co.
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Margaret Stahl
Miss Stahl
Vibber- Gifford Drug Co
Townsite intrigue flares in White Bluffs rail plots
White Bluffs residents denounce a flurry of townsite speculation by North Coast division engineers Pitman and Morrow. The columnist mocks the constant trips and looming townsite bets, noting many stakes may wither without sufficient regional support.
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Pitman
Morrow
North Coast Division
White Bluffs
Columbia River District
Dairymen Call Meeting at Kennevik City Hall
Notice invites all interested dairymen to attend a meeting at Kennevik City Hall on Saturday January 18 at 3. The notice seeks participation from local dairy producers and related interests.
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Kennevik
Dairy men plan February meeting on seeds breeds
Crop Improvement Ass'n secretary L S Cross Lane notes a February meeting to discuss seeds breeds and consider forming a local dairy men's association with dairy expert Hansen expected to attend. Von Moltke anecdotes describe a card game arrogance and habit of letting him win despite poor play.
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Hansen
L. S. Cross Lane
Sec’y Crop Improvement Ass
von Moltke
Count von Moltke
Germany
Light of the Stars Measured Brightness of Vega and Fainter Suns
The light from first magnitude stars such as Vega is about a forty thousand millionth of the sun. The total light from the lesser stars equals about 3,000 first magnitude stars and amounts to a sixth of the light reaching Earth from the Moon.
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Vega
Unclear tales of music and walrus myths emerge
A fragmented dialogue about daughters’ singing and piano skill appears alongside an old sea hunter’s blunt verdicts on walrus anatomy. The notes discuss sounds and a harsh belief that bullets mainly injure fat and flesh, with little immediate effect on these large animals.
Domestic Tragedy Cited Over Strangled Furnace
A Louisville Courier-Journal report notes a domestic tragedy after a furnace was found choked this morning. Suspects center on a tense family history with a sworn enemy uncle and threatening father. Police investigate potential motive and cite family disputes.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Mortals Quarrel Over Umbrella In Rainy Moment
In a light Spare Moments snippet Borrowes complains about lending an umbrella to Mr. Sweetfern during a rainy night. Mrs. B. confirms the umbrella was lent, prompting a shocked reaction and humorous exchange between Borrowes and Nellie. The scene captures a domestic dispute over a borrowed item during inclement weather.
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Borrowes
Nellie
Lessons of 1912 for Yakima Valley growers
The 1912 season leaves Yakima valley ranchers with hard lessons. Hay producers must feed more at home due to weak external prices, while fruit growers face competition from eastern orchards and a low price outlook. A systematic handling approach could mitigate losses.
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Yakima Valley
East
Unspecific quotes on regional cooperation and changes
The passage discusses systematizing through cooperation and adjustment to altered conditions. It notes the Yakima valley benefits from duct dispositions and contrasts with other regions, reflecting a broader view of progress and national modernization.
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Yakimg
Wapato
Public Notice of Final Homestead Proof for Laramore
Department of the Interior notice from Walla Walla announces Edmund Lee Laramore of Kennewick Washington filing intent to make final five year proof to establish a claim on the NE quarter of section see township and range in 1913 with witnesses Amon Adolphus A Edwards M J Heberlein and Pete Nelson all of Kennewick Washington and before Z Henderson U S Commissioner on February 8 1913.
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Department of the Interior
Y. Land Office
Walla Walla
Wash
Edmund Lee Laramore
Kennewick
Wington
W. M
Clain
Z. Henderson
U. S
Washingon
I Amon
Adolphus A. Edwards
M.j v. Heberlein
Pete Nelson
Keynewick
Joan H
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John Nelson
Baby
Larramore
C. Petti
Minnie Edwards
Prosser
Luth
J. M. Davis
J. M. Nye
Moline
Evans
Fouch
Amon School House
J. R. Lott
A. E. Saulk
E. A. Moline
Mr. Saulk
Mr. Moline
Finley
Richland
Anna Born
Elmer Richter
C. S. Foster
Linnie Witt
John Hamilton
Orlin Fisher
Clark Mauk
Arthur Simson
Fred Smith
Royston Spaulding
Dorothy Arnold
Lydia Evans
Luella Squibb
Eva Barquist
Esther Bachman
Grace Colley
Alice Zadow
Lyle Johnson
Reuben Larsen
Harold Oliver
Rodney Soth
Marvin Carnahan
Engineer Pitman
Progressive
Bank of Kennewick Capital
Portland Trust CO
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