Local Notes From Goldendale Farm Life And Visits
Correspondents report on sheep tending by Alexander Hamilton in cold weather. F L Bass traveled to Walla Walla for business, returning Sunday. Harry and Howard Miller assist Mr. Davis with contract work. Mrs A H Poston visits from Finley. Corliss Bullard hauls hay for a 3000 sheep corral above Whitcomb. Esther Kennedy was sick this week. George Bennett’s birthday party hosted by his mother with Whitcomb youths. J B Miller traps coyotes at two per day. E T Mulroney visited Carley on Sunday. E E Wheeler of Kennewick visited Spears in Pasco. Mrs R E Blackman and son Dwight visited Pasco. Basket social postponed to Saturday Feb 1. Mrs Williams departs to Dixie with J P Williams family. Mr and Mrs J E Hampton transacted business in Kennewick.
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Alexander Hamilton
Goldendale
F. L. Bass
Walla Walla
Harry and
Howard Miller
Mr. Davis
A. H. Poston
Finley
Carley
Corliss Bullard
Whitcomb
Esther Kennedy
George Bennett
J. B. Miller
E. T. Mulroney
E. E. Wheeler
Kennewick
Wm. Spears
R. E. Blackman
Dwight
Pasco
Williams
J. P. Williams
Dixie, Wash
J. E. Hampton
Richland visitors and local notes from town
Richland J O Skirving and Miss Martha Bur master of Kennewick visited on Saturday en route to a Sunday at the Willis ranch. Rev H Haueisen completed a bungalow south of town and moved in. Womens Missionary Society met at Mrs Foster’s for sewing. Literary Society met at Mrs C D Hopper’s. Cold spell froze Columbia shores to seven to eight inches. B F Knapp and Co storing ice for summer.
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J. O. Skirving
Martha Burmaster
Kennewick
J. C. Willis
Rev
H. Haueisen
Womens’ Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church
Foster
Literary Society
Columbia
B.F. Knapp and Co
Local Social Notes From Portland Visit and Dance
Mrs. W. H. MacManigal of Portland arrived for a short visit with her husband Capt. MacManigal of Drill Scow No. 2. Mrs. Edwards was seriously ill last week but is improving now. A dance last Friday night drew many in the hall with attendees from Finley and Kennewick reporting an enjoyable evening.
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W. H. MacManigal
Portland
Capt. MacManigal
Drill Scow No
Finley
Kennewick
Born to Hedingtons a daughter in Finley
Mr and Mrs Harry Hedington welcomed a daughter born Wednesday January 15. Chas Rand returned from Freewater where he and his family visited. The family plans to return home later. Will Francis is improving after illness. Rev Landis preached Sunday. Sunday School and Epworth League services planned. Mrs L Hedington and Mrs J E Johnston with children returned from Spokane visit.
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Harry Hedington
Chas. Rand
Freewater
Ore
Will Francis
Landis
Epworth League
Snow Drifts Halted Roads As Teams Restore Access
On Friday all school busses used the direct route but cross roads were too drifted. By Saturday a few teams struggled through and on Sunday the road committee enlisted all available men and teams to break the highways, restoring access for the community.
Snowbound Highlands community endures severe storm
On Monday heavy snow blocked roads as Highlands buses struggled to reach homes. Only Mr. Yost completed part of the route on Tuesday and Wednesday. others abandoned buses and rode horses home. The road crew restored some routes while mail deliveries ceased for days.
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Highlands
Mr. Yost
Mr. Mann
Velker
Sonderman
Taylor
Herbert Craver
Harold Krug
Highlands Club
Mesdames Craver
Miss Olinger
W. D. Baker
Peaks of the Dolomites
The Tyrol loses interest in battle as Dolomite peaks rise above its valleys. The rugged terrain and grim memories of past conflicts stand as sentinels to climbers. With danger and beauty, the jagged heights offer health and strength to careful adventurers who approach with prudence and skill.
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Tyrol
New York Telegram
Brave French Captain Nicolas Chevalier d Assas
Nicolas Chevalier d Assas of the Auvergne regiment, born at Vigan, died during a night reconnaissance on October 15 1760 at Klostercamp Westphalia. He shouted to alert the French army, exclaiming Amoi Auvergne the enemy is here before being killed on the spot.
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Nicolas
Chevalier d’Assas
Auvergne
Vigan
Languedoc
Klostercamp
Westphalia
D'Assas
Bouillet
Effect of Moral Suasion
A humorous Chicago Tribune snippet shows a mother urging Bobby to attend church with lines that shift from direct command to polite suggestion. Bobby responds with a blunt refusal highlighting the playful clash between parental pressure and a child’s preference.
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Bobby
Mamma
Chicago Tribune
A Choice of Evils in a Household Dilemma
A landlady asks whether to send her daughter to cooking or music school. The boarder replies cooking school may be more fatal in its results but is far less noisy, revealing a dry humorous exchange about parental choice and temperament.
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Boarder
You Know Him Gabe He Is Always Lit Up
Gabe and Steve describe a man as a constant presence, noting daytime toughness and nighttime visibility like a human electric sign. The dialogue contrasts day and night impressions of the same person.
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Gabe
Steve
Rich Rockefeller Dodges Congress Silent Treatment Unfolds
The Rockefeller saga unfolds as William Rockefeller evades a Pujo Committee summons by physicians claiming he must not speak due to larynx illness. Sleuths swarm his New York homes while he sails toward Honduras for health reasons on a Key West stopover. The chase captivates the nation as ships and yachts circle, with unclear which vessel carries the famed witness.
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John D
Rockefeller
New York
Tarrytown
Honduras
Pujo
Mr. Rockefeller
Fifty-fourth Street
Hawkshaws
Walter F. Chappell
Dr. Chappell
Key West
Jeky Island
Georgia
Jacksonville
Bermuda
Cuba
Halifax
Havana
Judge Tuleys Impartial Ruling on Swindler Case
A Chicago circuit court judge Murray F Tuley known for strict impartiality heard a famous suit and despite bias found the defendant upright and honorable. He recalled taking evidence to Arkansas for study, then returned home and concluded the record supported the defendant’s integrity.
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Murray F. Tuley
Chicago
Billy
Plate glass transport mattresses of curled hair
Harper's notes that wagons carry plate glass on curled hair mattresses. These are barely thicker than a comforter and require careful construction to avoid glass breakage. Sizes run from $60 to $75, with remaking costing $20 to $25.
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Harper’s
True to His Profession Poem and Copyright Joke
A lawyer offers a poem to an editor who reads it and declines publication. The editor refuses payment. The lawyer insists on payment for his opinion, asserting the editor owes for the professional judgment.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Carley and Whitcomb
Richland
Overland
Ford
Kennewick Valley
Twin City Auto Co
The
Ford Machines
Mrs. Moline
Mrs. Koch
Spokane
William Rockefeller
Haydon
Stanton
Stanton’s Insurance Office
Shepherd’s Hot Spring
Carson
Wington
T-Bone
Credit Cab
the Bank OF
the Portland Trust CO
Portland, Ore
Northwestern National Bank
M. W. Mattecheck
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