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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
4
The Portland Seed Co promotes its Seeds with prices below the catalogue. This month and next they highlight Poultry Diamond Brand Chick Food Lee's Egg Maker Lee's Lice Killer and Gemnozone for Roup as the essential poultry foods for best results.
A barren islet midway between Alaska and Siberia, King’s island hosts walrus hunters in skin dwellings perched above the surf. The desolate spot lies with nine months of ice, fogs and fierce gales, where natives survive on seal, walrus and whale and trade is minimal.
A collage of anecdotes covers strange fuel sources from Egypt mummy remnants to Lynn shoe lasts and dried fish in British Columbia, plus a Philadelphia pawnshop trade tale. The collection includes quotes on Hastings trials, simple mischief, and light humor about brides and housekeeping.
Advertises 40 acres east of Kennewick at 151 per acre with easy terms, 20 acres near Kennewick for 2600, 800 acres along the Columbia River with 150 to 300 per acre pricing, and Hanford irrigated lands of 32 000 acres near White Bluffs to enter the market in 1911. Also lists Chicago ten acre tracts one mile east, Finley town lots from 125 to 200, Finley acreage up to 300 per acre, multiple large parcels near shipping points, and assorted commercial properties in Kennewick with prices and terms.
A past year circular advertises 250000 in Kennewick buildings and improvements with high returns. Listings include two top business lots at 3500, a large combined store and residence for 6000, a 22 room lodging house for 600, three residence lots for 700, and a six room modern home for 3000. Some terms include cash down and two payment balances.
Property sale notes advertise four Finley business lots at 150 dollars and one at 200, 10 acres at 150 per acre, 20 acres at 150, 40 acres at 125, three Kennewick residence plots at 150, two premium Kennewick business lots at 1500, several pasture and wheat lands, and ten thousand acres of Horse Heaven wheat land at 20 per acre, plus improved Kennewick Valley farms yielding 25 to 50 cents per dollar invested and including fruit trees and crops.
A brief Floridian Times-Onion meditation notes that individual differences sustain social endurance and harmony among people.
Fragmented reads show a string of local items. Mentions involve Mrs J H North Yakima and Mrs A For McKinley with family events. References to contracts, shipments, and business dealings include Mr Nelson and James Pes taking charge of a paving map.
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