Excursion and town notes in Kennewick daily
Local notes recount Monday and Tuesday visits by businessmen and families, river excursions on the Gerome to the Walla Walla mouth, band entertainment, and town developments. Updates include new editors, street and bridge work, housing, and upcoming events with prizes and public notices.
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C. FE. King
King& Son
Gerome
Kennewick
Pasco
Lower Columbia
Walla Walla River
Portland Exposition Opens With Strong First Week Attendance
The Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland reports 99,275 admissions in its first week, including 39,577 on opening day. The daily average excluding opening day stands at 10,608, with a 137 day run ending October 15 and expectations of attendance approaching a million and a half as events multiply. The management expresses high satisfaction with the start.
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Portland
Fine Mineral Exhibit at Lewis and Clark Exposition
The Washington state building houses a premier mineral collection staged by Colonel Frank J. Parker of the Walla Walla Statesman. The display, built over thirty years, covers 150 square feet of shelving and features silver and gold ores, tin varieties, copper ores, a 53 ounce natural silver specimen, and notable samples from Japan and Derbyshire England, including stibnite and fluorite.
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Japan
Derbyshire
England
Children’s Day Program at Congregational Church
June 18 at 10 30 a m the Congregational church hosts a Children’s Day program featuring music stories prayers recitations and songs. Participants include Mrs F C Gibbons Josie Cahn Harold Weisel Anna Cahn Hattie Pettijohn Shirley Holmes and others with offerings supporting Sunday School mission work.
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Congregational Church
F. C. Gibbons
Earl Weisel
Joe Cahn
Cora Spiegelbers
Josie Cahn
Sarah Tweedt
Frank Cahn
Marie
Polks
Harold Weisel
Anna Cahn
Stummer
Hattie Pettijohn
Shirley Holmes
Kennewick Horse Sale Delivers Action and Wins
The Kennewick event featured a horse sale with three purchases by B J Duncan W A Murray and Bill Price. A high energy main show followed with W Geizentaner as chief roper and Mike Glover as ringmaster. Snowstorm the horse fought the crowd and rope work before finally yielding in a dramatic finish.
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Kennewick
B. J. Duncan
W. A. Murray
Bill Price
W. Geizentaner
Mike Glover
Murray
Duncan
Butch
Kansas
Pony
New York
Congregational Church Services Set for Tomorrow
Rev. H. J. Zercher will lead services at the Congregational church tomorrow at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday school convenes at 10 a.m. and the Endeavor society meets at 7 p.m. All are welcome.
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H. J. Zercher
Congregational Church
Endeavor Society
Special Train to Portland Fair Priced at $10 Round Trip
A special Northern Pacific train to the Portland fair costs $10 for the round trip with tickets available only on June 27 and valid for seven days. The Upper Columbia navigation story notes the Enterprise steamer, under Captain Bruce Griggs, reached Oroville with freight, then sailed to Brewster, proving navigation above Riverside may unlock regular river service. Oroville becomes a subport of entry. Capt E V Ruger promoted to subcollector at Oroville.
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Northern Pacific
Portland Fair
Upper Columbia
Enterprise
Columbia & Okanogan Steamboat Line
Bruce Griggs
Oroville
Riverside
McLaughlin Canyon
Anchorage
Simiikameen
Brewster
Treasury Department
E. V. Ruger
Chesaw
Danville
Steamer Gerome Serves Patrons After Coal Unload
Kennewick Transfer Company unloaded a coal car at the dry docks for the Steamer Gerome on Wednesday. Regular trips of this boat have been announced in the Courier, and all who patronize her will receive courteous treatment and service.
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Kennewick Transfer Company
Gerome
Courier
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H.C. Mitcham
H. A. Bier
Edith Ebner
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Chas. Geizentauer
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E. P. Greene
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Justice Anderson
Geo. Lippincott
Yakima
Mr. C. H. Collins
Marcus Whitman
Whitman
Mr. Finley
Benton
W. H. Sutherland
Connell
Estopia
M. D. Root
Wallula
R. A. Klings
H. A. Greenburg
N. P
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Ore
Geo. Jauslin
Hampshire House
Mr. Roots
Coffin Bros
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E.F. Benson
Babcock and Benson
Columbia
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E. E. Hall
Mr. Wise
Prosser
M. D. Glover
Win. Blattner
Kennewick City
Hampshire
Prof. Juuslin
Bessie Roberts
Davenport
C. C. Co
Gavin Hamilton
Marshall
Spokane County
Dr. Sill
Nelson
Cooperstown
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Nez Perce
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Hampshire Hotel
C.H. Collin’s
Columbia Commission Co
Horse Sale
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Kennewiche, Wash
India
Nagareth
Black & Co’s
Carson
A. Hawes
Swift
Chase & Sanborn
Pillsbury
Mrs. M. Heard
Drf
J- Kayler
Palister
L. G. Moore
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