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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
2
The ball team traveled to Cunningham on Tuesday and beat the local squad 3 to 7. The game featured loose play and numerous errors with only manager Ben Knapp providing support from the stands.
District Deputy Grand Patriarch W G King installed Kennewick Encampment officers led by P J Crowell H P A A Baker and W F Sonderman installed Subordinate lodge officers including N G A H Richards and V G R G Tripp with numerous subsequent titles and names listed for wardens, guards, and secretaries.
The Courier announced bronze medals authorized by Congress for soldiers who served beyond their enlistment in the Philippines are ready for distribution. Postmaster J N Scott filed first with the Quartermaster General in Washington. A filled form and notarized affidavit are required and then the document is authenticated by the notary and clerk of court before medal issuance.
The undersigned will sell for cash at auction on Saturday August 8 starting at 10 o'clock the rooming house furniture from the lodging rooms above Roesch and Dorothy's store. Sale conducted by Mrs S A Brooks.
The Lutheran church young ladies invite all to an ice cream social at Lauritz Smiths Riverside Orchards next Thursday evening August 6. Ice cream and cake will be served. Miss Isabella Britson of Radcliffe Iowa arrived Monday for a visit with her aunt Mrs L Smith and family.
In Finley Washington on July 27 1908 H M T informs editor that Edwin Angle served as Chief Engineer of the Chariot for the Finley Plus Ultra Class night excursion. He adds he brewed coffee on the Columbia banks while the party parook before returning home.
M. E. Hay of Wilbur leads eastern Washington candidates for lieutenant governor with strong party ties and long Republican activity. S.J. Harrison of Sunnyside pursues state senate seat with temperance stance and Sunnyside’s saloonless reputation. B. E. McGregor seeks Republican nomination for state representative after extensive canvassing and solid precinct support. Walter Reed remains Hay’s West Side rival in the lieutenant governor race.
North Liberty writer reports changes in Indiana with depleted woods, drained swamps, and farms on forty or eighty acre plots valued around 100 dollars per acre. He praises Washington and Kennewick and the Columbia valley and recalls the Greyer homestead with a brick house replacing the old log cabin and the sugar plant still at work.
Mr and Mrs J B Rose entertained Monday with a five course luncheon in honor of Miss Richardson and Mr E D Collins. Guests included Misses Phelps Leitch Inez Beulah Church Richardson and Mrs Rose and Messrs Knapp Wibber King Reckard Collins and Rose with daisy decorations and favors enhancing the event.
On August 2 1908 Episcopal Congregational Presbyterian Baptist and Methodist services listed. Episcopal morning prayer 11 o clock Congregational 10 am Sunday school 10 and service 11 Morning sermon Thy Kingdom Come Presbyterian 11 by Rev John Cudmore Baptist services 11 and 730 Bible school 10 praise 630 Methodist L N B Anderson 10 Sunday School 11 preaching 8 pm Epworth League 630 Junior League 3 Thursday prayer 8 business meeting 8 first Monday Finley preaching second and fourth Sundays 3 pm Strangers welcome.
J P Lasher returns from Cheney on business. Mrs Hammer, minister, preaches in the Friends Church hall. Miss Mabel Cox visits Kennewick and returns home. Rev Walton Skipworth holds quarterly meeting and preaches in the hall. Swastka Club hosts gentlemen at Miss Augusta Breithaupt’s home. Mrs Hammer returns to Newberg Oregon after three weeks with daughter Mrs Eskelson. L A Amsbury arrives from Tacoma and leaves for Spokane. Residents from Kennewick Prescott Ope Hill Clarkston rural visitors. Earl James of Pasco spends the day with his parents. Rev and Mrs Callaway and others visit Richland. Road grader improving principal streets. Seven car loads of Yakima lumber rafted Kiowa to aid Grosscup ditch dam work. Miss Anna Amon returns from visiting Richland. Downs and Allen go to Kennewick. Mr Mueller of Kennewick visits Richland.
A solemn child asks a nurse if the day is God's and insists on finding the funny paper. The nurse, moved, contemplates the boy’s innocence as an adult voice reflects that the child is too good for this world. The exchange unfolds across Thursday and Sunday.
Reeves thanks the Kennewick community for liberal patronage and kind treatment as he hands the bakery to Mr. Allen of Tacoma. He wishes everyone well and signs off sincerely.
Special offer calls for a $5.00 cash trade and 98 cents to purchase a $3.00 oak picture frame at J. E. Tull's. A Whitelock's piano advertised at $225 from $350. Wanted: an all around capable irrigator to run Frank Emigh's ranch with good wages for the right man.
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