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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
2
Attendance at bi monthly lectures by Professor Thornber shows rising interest among fruit growers. A Friday night talk on Soil and Cover Crops drew a large audience at the Commercial Club rooms. Saturday’s Highland Club House session also drew a full house with Mr Sickels and Mr Powell assisting.
Miss Jessie Perry and Miss Rosella Hamilton present a program of drama and song at the Presbyterian church under the Womans' Club. The list includes pieces by Flotow Lichner Kipling Dvorak Guertin, Godard, Lytton, and Meyer with selections such as The Little Princess of Make Believe and Japanese Lullaby.
Spokane Chamber of Commerce official Gordon Corbaley has asked Dr. David T. Day of the US Geological Survey to conduct an oil survey for the Inland Empire region. Rumors of seepages have circulated for months and inquiries from outside sources justify a formal survey to assess potential cheap fuel for the district. A copy was sent to Senator Miles Poindexter to help secure action.
Mr and Mrs J K DePriest and daughter Virginia depart Tuesday for Shelby North Carolina where Mr DePriest will assume business management of the Highlander owned by his brother B H DePriest They leave many friends regretful and he may return to Prosser next year to drill with the Uniform Rank of the Knights.
An Independent Record tribute highlights a key Pythias figure who helped elevate the group to top national rank, achieving first prize three years in a row and sustaining the team’s high efficiency and morale.
J C Syfford of Hanford and a crew appraise lands between the Columbia river and Yakima valley for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Much land is not worth taxes and thousands of acres evade their public burden. Benton county may require payment of a fair share regardless of abandoned land, a move praised by the White Bluffs Spokesman.
Rice Bros. Colossal Shows will bring a premier menagerie and hippodrome to Kennewick as the season’s first big event. The Menagerie DuLuxe features top acts chosen for superiority with an elaborate free street parade of tableaux cages and horses.
The first dairyman's congress in the Northwest begins September 18 at the Spokane Interstate Fair grounds with exhibitors showing new sanitary dairy machines. Speakers include J. E. Dorman from Salt Lake City and E. J. Rinehart of the University of Idaho.
A catalog of persons includes Tony and Laura Olbrich Ida Kruse Mabel Smith Lulu Reese Anna and Laura Halverson Messrs Fred Arthur and Paul Speigelberg Albert and Otto Reese Theodore and Julius Beck A I and John Smith Will and Del Bergen G E Mounsey and A Sporleder.
Local church notices list sermons Bible study and services. Missouri Synod at Fifth and Yakima offers 10 a.m. preaching with Rev A Waker. Baptist at Washington and Third hosts Bible School 10 a.m. and evening events. Zion Lutheran led by S Probst schedules German and English services along with Sunday school and midweek testimony meeting.
List of advertised letters and postcards including Bush James J Francisco Will Hubbard Co Mangles Alex Pexley W E Phelps S F Scott C C Sukunski J Troyer J D and Brown C W Bush Anna Ferguson Sam H. England's First Coffee notes how coffee rivaled alcohol and spurred sobriety in England after its 1659 introduction with Sir James Muddiford credited for bringing the practice to London.
In a Kansas City Journal excerpt a dialogue questions why one should mull over a ring’s price. The speaker worries about taking the engagement ring to a jeweler yet seeks cost insight through trusted peers who have had rings valued.
In a Washington Star exchange Miss Cayenne suggests Steggins, likely showcasing vanity, may have drafted an elaborate sarcastic note with a new stenographer. The remark hints at office dynamics and writerly posturing.
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