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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
4
A bustling week in Kennewick featured visits and moves among residents, club meetings, and church activities. Notable items include A. Bier leaving for Portland on business, Miss Elizabeth Casper hosting a bridge club, and the Klatter Club gathering at Mrs. Frank Young's home.
Names of addressees include Anderson Chas D Mulcahy Jerold Car ds Elva Allen Elva Brown Mrs Katie Forster Clough Mrs Rolland Cummings Richard Dodge Johnson Har Mrs Scott Mrs Smith Mr ae o O G Readable entries show several residents awaiting mail and notification of pickup at the post office.
The illustration previews colossal works to be shown at the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Left figures include a Tibetan Lama and an Arab Sheik in the Nations of the East group, over the Arch of the Rising Sun, with "Sunshine" and "Rain" by sculptors A Jaegers F Piccirilli and A Stirling Calder.
A baby girl was left at Mrs. Hanratty’s home on Sunday in Highlands. Mrs. Merrill and her son, visiting G. H. Taylor, left for Berkeley, California. Groundhog Day arrives on Monday February 2, with forecasts of six weeks of weather. Mrs. F. J. Kadow is convalescing after a month of illness, and Mrs. Fouch continues to improve.
A miscellany from The Courier notes a prank called Ticke the Editor, local property purchases including John Prentice’s lot, and bids from J O Long and J B Warren on the Lundy Dunlap Crowell wheat ranch. Updates cover building plans, a Portage Road extension by Oregon funding, a new steamboat landing in The Dalles, band director Prof Jauslin, a city bell for the Methodist church, and plans for future homes near Amon's addition.
Weather halted road construction Friday along a westward stretch from Kadow's corner causing Bus No. 4 to detour toward the county road. Work resumed Saturday morning. The rest of the section reports social visits, barn damage, animal losses, illnesses, and community events in Section Seven.
Kennewick defeated Pasco 42 to 9 in a one sided high school basketball contest. Pasco played with less endurance and weaker teamwork compared to the Kennewick players.
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