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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1909
Page
4
An obituary notes the death of six month old Robert Decker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Z V Decker of Section 7, after a two week illness with cholera infantum. The piece laments parental sorrow and urges renewed devotion to home duties and family bonds.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors who assisted us during the illness and death of our dear baby. Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Decker.
Waldo W Stevens son of Mr and Mrs C W Stevens died Saturday morning at age fourteen after a month with typhoid fever and typhoid pneumonia. The family held services at their town home led by Rev L N B Anderson from the M E Church and burial followed in Kennewick Cemetery.
The Stevens family extends thanks to friends in Kennewick for kindness during illness and death of their son and brother, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stevens and family say.
Mrs Emma Witmark and daughter from Nebraska visit her brother Chas Conway family, arriving yesterday. Mrs O C Retzlaff and son Kenneth Cedric plan extended visit at Carrington NC with her parents. Mr and Mrs Chas Conway and Arthur and Mrs Nancy Russel returned from the Fair after a week. Russell heads East. James Wartinbee from Pasco Division offices toured town with D L of La Crosse Wisconsin to study irrigation. North Bank train trip carried the brother to Portland. New crossings praised as satisfactory. Northern Pacific begins depots at North Yakima and Ellensburg. Pasco work on a recreation building to be run on Y M C A plan for railway employees.
The Willing Workers of Section 7 host a lawn social at Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Elliot’s home tonight. Ice cream and cake available for 10 cents and a musical program will be featured. Town and country residents invited for a pleasant social evening.
The Gentry Bros Show, now united, arrives Monday July 19 presenting elephants dogs ponies and a free animal reception for closer contact. The traveling circus promises wholesome entertainment and education and urges families not to miss the performance.
Mrs Alvin Fisher visited by her brother Kratz from the south last week. Blanch and Jessie Setzer visiting in Tacoma Seattle for the Fair. Martha Williams sister of Mrs E King returned from Cheney Wash to Mrs King during illness. D D Moreland visited Kennewick Monday. Van Dusen returned from Spokane where he had months of rheumatic treatment and shows improvement. John Rothwell’s house burned on the McCutcheon place with two chicken houses. Waldo Stevens died in Kennewick and was buried Saturday. Finley and Angell families care for ill son-in-law and brother-in-law Wm Murray in Kennewick.
The prize winners are J. J. Edwards first for string beans and Jas Crowell second for carrots. Exhibits are sent to the Denton County booth at the Fair.
A brief exhortation declares the wages of sin is death and only God can remove sin. The speaker urges awake readers not to ignore this issue and to heed scriptural sense.
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