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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
6
A humorous piece explains German compound words by example with Hottentots and a kangaroo cage story. An assassin is named Attentaeter after being captured and recaptured, with playful wordplay causing confusion at the mayor’s office.
The article traces how Mrs originated as mistress from ms tress and was once used for unmarried women and even children. It notes pronunciation shifts and recalls the Milton infant burial entry in St. Margaret Westminster where a child is listed as Mrs Katharine Milton with a c to denote child.
A New York clubman recalls his Irish setter Tip whose name was Tipperary and who kept Sunday quiet. Tip woke him at 7 each morning, fetched the mail from the village post office, and refused to leave his rug on Sundays, a story the witness says is absolutely true.
A clipped quote recalls a detained actor in Russia who refuses conspiracy charges, insisting he has long performed in musical comedies. The exchange highlights a wry boast about innocence and a legal trap, framed by two humor pieces: a dramatic aside from the Baltimore American and a golf pun from Pick-Me-Up.
The quote extols the true great man who remains steadfast in independence of mind while among the multitude. It contrasts living by public opinion with living by inner principle and quiet resolve.
After a performance a tragedian playing Richard III. was approached by an honest farmer who said the general who sought a horse would likely do business if still inclined. The proverb notes poverty and want as the best masters.
Weather favorable for farmers in Kennewick Valley and the Columbia River Fruit Belt with cool periods protecting buds. Wheat outlook good for large crops as moisture returns. prices listed include alfalfa hay nine dollars per ton, wild hay fourteen fifty, wheat sixteen to eighteen, rolled barley three twenty, oats same, bran and shorts up due to shortages, butter thirty, eggs twenty, root vegetables one to one twenty five per cwt, potatoes demand improving, seed from twenty five per ton, eating stock one to one twenty five per cwt, poultry up with hens eleven to twelve cents, green onions moving, market weekly via Chas. H. Collins Co.
Notice states the partnership dissolved February 29, 1908 by mutual consent. H C Mitcham will continue the business at the old stand and collect or settle all accounts. Also mentions sale of Barred Plymouth Rock eggs and a clothing sale at Photo Gallery store, with John F Pierce and Garden Tracts referenced.
A Kennewick shop advertises short term sale of trunks and suitcases at cost in a harness shop storefront promotion aimed at engaged couples planning weddings.
JS Keener and Co of Tomoda North Carolina say Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy gives perfect satisfaction. They praise it as non narcotic and suitable for children. Available at Columbia Pharmacy for sale.
Wanted to lease a section of good wheat land in Horse Heaven to a responsible farmer on terms. Carl Williams Kennewick Washington. Choice strawberry Clark's Seedling only 3.00 per thousand. ES McDonald RF D 1 Ex 32 Kennewick. For sale some fine grape cuttings 1.50 per hundred and some Loganberry plants. Chas Widing 308 Section 7. Thoroughbred white Leghorn eggs for sale 1.50 per setting or 600 per 100 Wycoff strain. B Q Zwanzig Sec 7. For sale twenty five White Plymouth Rock cockerels and 50 pullets Fisher strain. C L Smith Finley Washington.
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