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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
2
The narrative follows Billy Watkins a generous but imprudent businessman whose failures to repay loans and pressure on suppliers lead to his shop’s collapse. A creditor recalls lending $200 during Billy’s rise and the slow, failed payments amid illness and mounting debt culminating in a final, symbolic repayment of a single silver dollar.
A man explains selling a debt against Billy to a woman for $62.50 and later Billy rejoins his life with a fiancée who funds his future. Billy proposes to marry next month after a windfall and asks the speaker to be best man. The tale shifts to a German fairy tale about invisibility slippers, then a quip about romantic expectations.
Princess Mary, the sixteen year old daughter of King George and Queen Mary, is described as a lively, wholesome English girl. She swims regularly at the Bath club and enjoys cooking, making cakes for Windsor forest picnics and Balmoral outings while her brothers study.
County reports show eighth grade students largely passed state exams with four skipping half a year to enter high school. Among top performers are William Sly with 91 average and Perry Soth close behind. Nevada Dague and George Gerards earned midyear diplomas.
A Kansas City Journal item recalls caustic quips about Whistler and a district attorney. The narration includes a smoking English student a candle lit peasant sketch and a diplomat of wit. A gossip column pair of jokes follows about engagements and a proverb about eating cake.
The Finnigg school reports a total 606 pupils for the year, with 321 nonboys and 285 girls. Attendance averages 456.7 daily, 95.7 overall, 24 boys and 19 girls had perfect attendance, and the high school enrolls 100 pupils with 53 boys and 47 girls.
Gust Beck, a farmer east of town, showed a seven inch cherry twig with ripe Royal Anne fruit and said he picked eight boxes from one tree. He notes the orchard has not been irrigated this season and Mt Banta projects about 1000 boxes total, roughly double last year. Bings sell for eight to ten cents and Royal Anne varieties fetch five to six cents.
The Coats and Mar Basket Factory advertises a new piecework rate of 12c per hundred, up from 10c, and seeks several mat operators immediately. See L. H. Marks, Manager, this week.
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