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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
3
Vague OCR fragment mentions injuries and a vehicle or incident with possible local witnesses. No clear names, places, or dates are readable. Further text needed to identify people involved, location, or outcomes.
Several itemized regional notes reveal a Spokane wrestling win by Joe Heinrich over Harrington rivals in 17 minutes 65 seconds, a Yakima embezzlement case acquittal then rearrestment, a Spokane death, a new pastor at Spokane and Seattle churches, and a near-centenarian death at Kettle Falls. Also covered are sugar beet price implications, a Washington university plan to fund Chinese language chairs, boxing match talks in Spokane, and various regional political and business updates across Idaho Oregon and Montana.
In St. Petersburg a New Year celebration at The Bear restaurant ended with student Davidoff dead after Count Sheremetieff struck five shots when Davidoff refused to rise for the anthem. The incident caused chaos, injuries, and a public clash of loyalties among elite guests.
The Spokane Theater in Spokane offers a January slate with Buster Brown College Widow When Johnny Comes Marching Home Bohemians County Chairman. Also notes a Louisville & Nashville collision near Repton Alabama injuring several Little Johnny Jones company members. Washington theater touts first class shows with 2 7 and 9 pm performances. Admission 15c Reserved 25c Children 10c.
C J Blanchard of the geological survey touted 77 miles of main canals built in three years by the reclamation service and 90 million dollars invested in irrigation over 25 years. He cited vast canal networks, miles of ditches, roads, telephones, and extensive earthworks across 11 active projects, with significant outputs in concrete, lumber, steel, and other materials. The talk also noted a Bank of England note paper praise and a London Crystal Palace dog show with 3503 entries valued at 1.25 million dollars.
The account follows an English actress recalling hardship in New York and London. She describes walking on and off stage with no lines, her early success in England, and the struggle of stray artists. A veteran character notes London lodging misery and proposes UK aid for stranded women.
James A. Wainwright of Oakland California one of the original forty niners spent a brief stay in St Louis last week en route from Philadelphia where he visited a grandson He traveled with plans to finish the trip to Oakland and recalled the gold rush era noting travel is very different today He was greeted by nephew Frank Blair of Chicago and they lunched at the Planters before continuing their journey
The Rock Island site served as a POW camp during the Civil War with extensive barracks hospital and officers quarters housing over 20 000 Confederate prisoners. In 1898 the arsenal amplified from 500 to nearly 3000 workers and produced necessary war supplies, taking 114 days to ready troops. Washington’s maxim to prepare for war to preserve peace is cited.
A Four Track News item describes daily spring to autumn deep sea trips from East River piers aboard a fishing steamboat. Passengers span all walks of life sharing the democratic lure of rod and reel and a rough three hour voyage to the banks. A closing remark notes neighbors might object less if a father’s discipline were called hazing.
Dr. Thomas Spees Carrington, founder of Marsovan's first nurse training school, highlights Lusaper, a pioneering Armenian girl who became a nurse despite family opposition. The Marsovan program now takes educated English-speaking girls, expanding care in Turkey and inspiring broader health and sanitary improvements nationwide.
A South visitor offers sympathies to a jubilant old parson who jokes about plating salary, nails, and building a new church, saying he will repurpose small coins into nails for shingles and sinks for fishing lines with a cheerful refrain.
A recipe explains glazing a cold ham with beaten egg yolk then heavy bread crumbs and thick cream before a quick oven to form a brown crust. The text shifts to witty morals about honesty in courtship and definitions of a successful man and persuasion.
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