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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
5
An admonitory notice warns of widespread graft in the optical business. It urges readers to compare prices before buying and promises a free eye examination and a perfect fit or money back. A large stock of lenses is kept on hand.
J Silivera leases Shafer ranches for the season. Mrs. C Stafer visits Ritzville. Wallace Duncan travels to Portland on a prospecting trip. M Smith now lives in Conway house on the river bank. J M Tresenriter completes district assessment. Ida Perry substitutes in public schools. Thorn ton Cameron Millinery opens March 19 20 22 23. Slusher family moves to Cunningham to be N P railway station agent. Conway vs Darling appeal to superior court. Walter Barham visits from Dallas Oregon. Larkin Larkin and A Amon travel to Prosser on legal business. A trunk theft occurs at Annis residence. Julius Jacot returns from Okanogan to improve land near Finley. Thimble Club meets next Tuesday with Mrs Crosby. Roy Hobkirk and wife relocate to North Dakota. Lost purse near N P Depot. Swanson builds self dumping gravel wagon for new bank and Concrete Construction Co. Victor Thompson to White Bluffs for bank blocks. Dunn and Lynch seek city property investment. Rev Faucett from Kenmare visits former parishioners. Christensen & Maden buy a meat cutter motor. Mrs Bodwell to lecture on W C T U work and organize branch meeting. John Theo DeGork receives bravery medal from Federal Government for valor in the Philippines. J Eakin from Seattle on business matters. River fruit outlook cites Kennewick center. Plans to winter in Seattle then return. Chotee Sparagua route offered at 3.00 per thousand. Nelson Williams…
Local items show a newborn son to Mr and Mrs W H Kratz born Friday March 12. Various visits and moves around Pasco include Mrs F F Beste and Mrs A Kolb in town, families relocating to Kennewick and Spokane, and plans for a church chicken dinner. Other notes cover farm sales, sheep transactions, depot work, millinery promotions, and public notices in the third district.
Bert and Viola presented a Friday program of farces dialogues and music to a large Hover area crowd. The Ladies Guild served a supper netting 830 for the church fund. Church services, Sunday school, and Young Peoples’ Society are scheduled. Election news covers March 6 illegality and a March 20 bond vote. Local trips include Umatilla docking and river dam plans. Several residents travelbetween Hover Kennewick and Horse Heaven for events and witnesses. A horse was killed by a midnight train on unfenced track with damages likely.
W L Rowan pastor offers morning service at 11 with sermon on Heb 11 6 and evening service at 7 30 titled Triumph over Heredity and Environment Ruth Bartlett rector notes St Pauls Episcopal morning service at 11 and all welcome Presbyterian Sabbath School at 10 am morning service 11 am Homeless Christian Endeavor meets 6 45 pm with 7 30 pm sermon English services at 10 am German at 2 pm both at old school building J A Pine new pastor fills pulpit 11 am and 7 30 pm public invited Eastern Washington Christian Missionary Society secretary Rev Pine supplies duties Parsonage 7 30 pm preaching on Wag es of Sin and 3 30 pm Redemption through His Blood at Finley. 6 40 pm Epworth League Facing Our Record led by Miss Grace Richardson and 7 30 pm teacher meeting Strangers welcome.
The high school plans debate with Prosser this Friday March 19. Judges are J H Lynch and Gerard Meigs with a third to be named by Mr Morgan. A March 26 program by the literary society includes chorus, paper, oration, stories, duet, and a debate on freshman governance. Several students are absent due to illness. Mid semester exams are underway this week.
Members are summoned to meet at G. J. Henneberry's home on March 20 at 7 30 P M to transact important business and recall memories of the past including 1861.
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