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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
3
A verse from the Northern Christian Advocate reflects on a mother's comfort from a child's small hand. The speaker cherishes the tender touch that steadies fear and conveys love and understanding during a troubled moment.
In a tense scene an elderly couple confronts the upheaval of a household as their daughter Caroline hauls away treasured items. The wife Sarah laments the sale of heirlooms and rugs once cared for, while the husband Nathan consoles and urges them to descend to warmth below, noting the strain and sorrow.
Emily and John marry in their own home and plan a modest life with a rented flat after selling the old family treasures. The elderly parents rejoice at a homecoming visit, hopeful to see their children set in a new local life. Emily reveals a townhouse with a lovely tiled house and a flat to rent.
A tale from the Indianapolis Sun recalls an old couple furnished with heirlooms after a wedding. The son-in-law quips that they paid the rent in advance by giving their daughter, ending with a touch of humor about future payments.
The Chicago Chronicle reports the 47th annual Chicago Relief and Aid Society study detailing 50 000 widows and half orphans, 25 000 homeless men, 8 000 deserted women, and 8 000 tuberculosis sufferers. It notes 3 500 TB deaths, only 415 beds, and calls for home care, better footwear, clothing, nutrition, and fresh air to ease the burden on families and breadwinners.
A description contrasts Napoleon at Austerlitz with a modern general at a map table connected to field headquarters. The article notes telephones, telegraphs, switchboards, and stenographers coordinating a forty mile front, with messengers in uniform and staff officers filing time-stamped messages. It ends with a Scribner's quotation about truth and a remark on human fallibility.
Inter State Commerce Commissioner Prouty testifies in Washington arguing railways should set their own rates and development of business without a federal rate making power. He says only a fair reasonable rate must be charged and fourteenth amendment protections prevent confiscation of railway property. The text also notes Theophile Delcasse’s career prior to becoming France’s foreign minister.
A Schilling & Company in San Francisco notes Tolstoy is not a popular writer yet his books circulate more broadly than any living author. Reports state his works have been printed in 45 languages.
The passage compares Schiling's Best coffee baking powder spices and soda as a reliable standard for grocers. It notes inventors focusing on automobile details and mentions a new patent for a wire frame device arranged to sweep rubber tires to remove tacks and glass fragments, reducing punctures.
The noted British army officer Lord Roberts plans a visit to the country next fall. He has told his old friend Colonel W Gordon McCabe of Richmond Virginia about the trip, a person accustomed to spending much time in London.
A ceremonial drink named assine among American aborigines was prepared by women using stone vessels and boiled with heated tones to rouse new life and almost satisfy hunger.
Reed Meyer died at the German hospital in Philadelphia after a brief illness. He was the son of Conrad Meyer, the inventor of the iron frame that enabled the modern piano’s development.
Frederick Nuremberger was found guilty in a United States court in Fargo North Dakota on July 5 for land fraud offenses. Governor Warfield of Maryland assembled a large scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Lloyd Lowndes to place in Annapolis state archives.
President Roosevelt mourns Hay as a national calamity and loss to public life. King Edward I offers deepest sympathy. Vice President Fairbanks calls Hay a wise sober diplomat and steadfast patriot. Washington officials laud his statesmanship and service to three presidents.
In St Louis county the lid on Sunday drinking was torn off with drinks available at many places for a price. Governor Folk faces a challenge to enforce the closing order, while in the city no arrests were reported by 9 p.m. A Parisian named George Teyron is noted by the London Express as the 14th guest at dinner parties that would otherwise have 13 attendees.
In a sweeping operation the Philadelphia administration emptied 20 square miles of massage houses opium joints and speakeasies. About 2000 prisoners were detained 150 houses raided and 400 police deployed. Fines reached around 5000 bail totals about 100000 and authorities confiscated 300 quarts of champagne 100 cases of cigars and gambling devices. The Law and Order Society provided the evidence for the crackdown.
A detailed catalog of regional prices lists potatoes at 1.10 per cwt and 2 per cwt for new stock, onions at 6.25 per cwt, asparagus 6 to 7 cents per pound, rhubarb 2 to 3 cents per pound, various fruits including Hood River strawberries at 2.50 per crate and California and Snake River cherries ranging from 25 cents to 1.75 per box, plus numerous other fruits vegetables and grains with prices for bran, shorts, hay, meal, oats, and live stock. Standouts include steers 3.35 to 3.50 per cwt, hogs 5.50 per cwt, and eggs at 5.50 to 6 per case.
The article credits Alfonso XIII with inheriting his father’s steady eye and precise hand and labels him among Spain’s top marksmen.
Mothers are advised Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup as best for teething children. Four fifths of Zululand is declared unfit for European habitation by the British delimitation commission.
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