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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1905
Page
3
A poem by Caroline A. Mason presents a chorus of women each praised for distinct allure. Margaret, Madeline, Katharine, Marien, Eleanor, Genevieve and Isabel are described with vivid, period tone as suitors debate whom to choose. The piece ends with a playful lament over indecision and desire.
James Randolph, courting Curtis's widow Minnie, stays with Horace and Kate Perkins in Scranton. He lavishly praises their cooking in early letters, then complains of a cooling welcome and hints at shifting to a hotel as meals decline. Minnie senses jealousy and urges patience while Randolph plots to secure a fortune.
James Randolph is chosen to close important pending transactions in Scranton with orders to target Horace Perkins, a man who could yield Smith & Eldridge a quarter of a million dollars. Perkins is a key ally, and Randolph expects swift gains though his wife worries about his long absence and travels.
James Randolph loses a business contract after a Scranton stay plus a marital clash. Horace Perkins awards the deal to a rival, citing Randolph’s personal troubles and a wife’s letter accusing him of poor treatment and improper food at the Perkins residence. The episode unfolds with firm executives questioning the wife’s influence and Randolph facing fallout upon returning to Philadelphia.
Miss Agavine Gilbakian of Constantinople, protégée of Miss Alice Miller of the Boston City Missionary Society, graduates from the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia after a full course of study. She will intern in a New York City infirmary next year and then return to Constantinople as a medical missionary.
Pierre Loti, Bordeaux cat show founder and Turk advocate, praises Turkish people as brave gentle loyal and noble, noting their dreamer nature and warlike prowess amid admiration for their steadfast character.
A poor Tivoli resident presented the pope with a bunch of asparagus he grew himself during an audience. In exchange, he received the pope's photograph as a keepsake.
Garofalo notes Europe executes about 10 000 people annually for murder and only one third of criminals are brought to justice.
A fragment notes an English and Irish old woman living and dying in a garret fed by tea. It adds that workers tending salt pans rarely contract cholera smallpox scarlet fever or influenza.
Miss Helen Gould will travel to Washington B ash Ind in August to confer with Colonel Isaac Washington Brown who is running a campaign for better treatment of birds and bees under her patronage.
A nightly bee in Indian jungles is unusually large with combs up to six feet long. Allen's Foot-Ease offers free samples from Le Roy New York for sweaty feet and foot ailments. England's Motherwell town council plans a septic sewerage purification plant costing 16 000 pounds including site.
Fire destroyed part of the Speedwell iron works near Morristown New Jersey where S F B Morse and Stephen Vail perfected the first telegraph instrument. Also noted are 40 year old patent cough remedies and a London auction sale of a 1692 William and Mary copper farthing fetching 35 dollars.
Mrs Isabel Strong and Mrs Frank Norris the authoress spend the summer in California occupying Robert Louis Stevenson’s cottage on the hills above the Santa Clara valley.
Forfeits and matches loom the labor day card as Buddy Ryan meets Honey Mellody forfeit money in Butte. Everett heavyweight Al Tara and Jack Overdorf of Spokane sign for a 20 round or decision bout on August 5. Kid Scaler and Kid Oglesby fight to a draw after 20 rounds at Burke Idaho. Eddie D. Allen gains recognition on the eastern vaudeville stage. O'Brien and Sullivan tee off a 20 round bout at Skagway August 8 ending in a draw at Dawson City. Ruhlin shows peak form as a world title challenger. Sysonby leads American racehorses with $91,543 in turf earnings through 1905. Colfax may host a world championship pitching bout next December between B Tichenor and J Roberts. The Dwight F. Davis trophy returns to England for another year. McBurney wins the Lewis and Clark tennis title at Portland with Walker and the Victoria pair flourishing in doubles.
The all Russian zemstvo congress adopts a peace based resolution to uphold national rights of man while not submitting to authorities and condemns sacred rights violations. It also approves a radical address draft detailing the prejudicial effects of bureaucratic organization.
The article estimates 550000 Japanese bayonets with 2000 field and mountain guns and 100 siege guns, distributed among generals Nogi Oku Nodzu Kuroki Kawamura Hasegawa. The sickle shaped front stretches from south of Liaoyang through Chantafu to near Possiet Bay, with Tamura’s cavalry guarding the left and Okihara commanding center forces. Rains are light, enabling earlier operations, while Japanese cruisers threaten Russian lines in Korea to aid Hasegawa’s advance.
The Grand Vesseur restaurant in Paris, once famed as the city’s premier dining spot, shut its doors after a continuous 136 year run ending just days ago. The landmark endured through countless patrons and historical eras before its final closure.
Paris newspapers discuss Emperor Nicholas aboard a cruiser in the gulf of Finland en route to an audience with Emperor William. Analysts weigh potential outcomes and diplomatic signaling amid rising European tension.
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