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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
3
A local butcher advertises beef veal mutton lamb pork chops cutlets steaks and poultry with carefully cured hams and bacons described as the most delicious in taste. The copy emphasizes a sweet appetising flavor making it a family favorite and labels the shop as a model butcher for particular people.
A new shop opens in the Blattler building beside the Dircksen Market inviting neighbors to share in the trade. The proprietor urges passersby to patronize and notes their work justifies support from the community.
Portland police report David Conelli an Italian, age 27, fatally shot Dolly Sharp and her companion Delmar Peterkin at the Awahnee apartment building. Sharp died in hospital. Peterkin died after five hours. Conelli fled, was chased by a crowd, locked himself in a room on Salmon Street, then killed himself with a gunshot.
Officials in Hackensack New Jersey probe the bound body of Mrs Otelia Eberhard found on a Colburg railroad line after a passing train split her corpse. Her daughter, wounded and fleeing a mile to safety, reports a nephew August Eberhard may know more. Police seek him amid a possible second murder and missing $2200. Mexico for Mexicans debate in Mexico City clashes over foreign influence and Yankee insinuations. Lewiston Idaho endures Cottonwood fire with losses over 300000. Carey Act selection approved in Idaho for Lost River irrigation project.
The Attorney General's 1908 ruling concludes candidates for Superior Judge in Benton Franklin and Adams Counties are not disqualified for using newspaper ads or signatures. It states that paying for ads or publishing candidate information does not violate law, while prohibiting a newspaper from misleading readers about its political motives. The report of disqualification is a hoax.
KN Farrar of Cat Island Louisiana recalls a 1907 diarrheal attack and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy with prompt relief. He claims had it been used in 1902 it would have saved a $100 doctor bill. Sold at Columbia Pharmacy.
A local notice urges travelers to take Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy before leaving home as it may be needed unexpectedly. It cannot be purchased aboard cars or steamships and is available for sale at Columbia Pharmacy.
Advertisements from Kennewick and Pasco list horses for sale including a bay mare with a U brand, a black driving mare, and a Hamilton filly. Also offered are Plymouth Rock hens, two work horses, a portable oven, carload flour and beer items, insurance, an orchestra, piano lessons, and various groceries and services at Kennewick Trading Co, Watson Bros Warehouse, and The Elite Barber Shop. Reward offered for estrayed mare. contact Moritz Allgaier and City Market Pasco.
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