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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
4
Kennewick Courier editor Lauren W. Soth urges local unity to transform Kennewick into a large city with factories and a cannery. He notes fruit abundance yet grocers stock imported canned goods and calls for domestic processing, cement blocks, sausage, and printing as the town’s starting industries.
The Courier notes a 72 page booklet “The Road of a Thousand Wonders” promoting Oregon and California routes by O R and N and Southern Pacific. It highlights scenic displays aimed at health recreation and travel, with veiws of sea sky mountain and valley.
Kennewick town warrants Nos 152 through 173 drawn on the Current Expense fund will be paid upon presentation to the acting Town Treasurer Edith Ebner at Hardward Co.'s Store. Interest on these warrants ceases after March 23, 1906.
The Junior League of the M E church held a social evening at John Mertes home with about forty members and friends. Mrs Mertes and Mrs Patterson served lunch after games and fortune telling. The event kicks off a series of monthly gatherings at members homes.
The list names pupils with 90 or above in most studies and no absences, across grades one through eight and high school. Notables include Louis Payne, James Reed, Pearl Weisel, Elizabeth Martin, and many others, with multiple Richards, Sondersman, and Carroll family members appearing in several grades. The note also mentions daily steamer service from Kennewick to Hover and Wakula at 2 p.m. with choice lots at Hover priced at $30.
The notice advertises a sale offering stock at or below cost. It promotes a large selection of dress goods, trimmings, and White Leghorn eggs for sale, with a contact by B. G. Zwanwl.
The Union notes debate on shipping grain in bulk led by Bal four Gutherie Company with worries for European trade. It cites past failed experiments and warns of carrier changes, urging gradual adoption and risk of losses from unsacked wheat while predicting growing use of flour mills. Carload of Burbank Early Rose and Early Ohio seed potatoes for sale.
A scrambled OCR snippet mentions Rev nationali conway watson and John G osietor of Co in Columbia Stac to the A school. Various names like Miss B Wash and W McVey appear with nursing, building, and county notes. The text includes references to a telegraph, Spokane, and wartime imagery.
A fragment reports the death of Glen Sohn in an unspecified accident. No other details such as date location or surviving relatives are provided in the readable text.
A garbled OCR item mentions pathy ely dale in a book by Busch and a track topic. The readable parts are sparse and do not provide a complete event or clear attribution.
Fragmentary item notes a person named Mrs Prof Tegiste and a reference to a triathlon or trial. Little context or details are readable, no clear event, date, or organization identifiable.
Partial OCR fragment records a tow date notice with unclear wording. The readable items mention a tow date and related queues or procedures but lack complete details about location, agency, or exact deadline.
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