Mrs Kennedy and neighbors in local notes
Correspondents report Mrs Kennedy returning from Walla Walla after a two week visit. Mrs Frank Bass fell ill and sought medical care in Walla Walla, accompanied by her brother Frank Crow. George Bennett nears completion of a basement for a new house. Strawberry crops expected soon. Mr Burke of Walla Walla visits his ranch near Carley. Clara and Esther Kennedy called on the McKinney children. Mrs Maud Bury and her children are in Walla Walla for an extended stay. School ends in the district on Tuesday May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bass
Walla Walla
Frank Crow
George Bennett
Burke
Carley
Clara
Esther Kennedy
McKinney
Maud Bury
Local News Notes From Kennewick And Finley
Men and women visit and travel between Kennewick Finley and nearby towns with businesses, illnesses, and social events highlighted. Students complete a year of study with perfect attendance while community activities include a Ladies Aid event, a millinery contest, and a Methodist conference.
Finley Items: Ableys Arrive From Sumner to Live Here
Mr and Mrs Fred Abley arrived on Friday from Sumner Washington to take up residence with us. We hope they settle in presently and enjoy their stay in our community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Abley
Sumner
Wash
Fresh home cooking at Kennewick Trading Co
Daily offerings feature bread and pastries at Kennewick Trading Co with fresh dishes and home style cooking available to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick Trading Co
Teasel and Formosan Tea Testers in Historical Note
The text describes teazel usage in fabric finishing with prickly beads raised on cloth. It notes extensive cultivation in France and other regions, exporting millions of beads. It also explains Formosa tea testers, called chasi, who inspect leaves, infusions, and odors to set prices, with American or English testers, high but not as high as twenty years ago, and no perfume use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Austria
England
Belgium
Poland
Crimea
Harper’s Weekly
Formosa
Black and White Sale Show Cards Cut Costs at Dept Store
A department store swapped white cards with black lettering for price placards to cut wear and replacement costs. The black on white cards stay cleaner longer and improve readability, saving hundreds of dollars annually. The item also notes Wesley’s Narrow Neck of Land and a rock-slab claimed as the first and last English house where John Wesley is said to have sat and written hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
England
John Wesley
Land’s End
Cornwall
English Illustrated Magazine
Elephant Tooth Extraction In Mexico City
A London Tit-Bits tale describes a dramatic dental operation on an elephant in Mexico City. The twelve inch long tooth was drilled and a coke anaesthetic used before an iron bar was inserted and four horses pulled to extract the tooth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
London
Speak to the Horse Voice Guiding Horse Handling
The passage emphasizes using a calm confident voice when handling horses. It states the human voice greatly influences animals and should be quiet rather than loud. It advises speaking to a horse before touching it to establish communication.
Quills Finally Sees Story Accepted
Reporters joke about Quills's long awaited tale finally being accepted as a colleague notes he left home at 2 o clock this morning with a dubious yarn and his wife believed it. A London Punch quip mocks an Englishman returning from the United States calling the country a hell Sollarado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quills
Golden
United States
London Punch
Unclear Excerpt Sparks Mixed Literary Fragments
Fragmentary lines imply a Baltimore American feature mixing quoted lullaby imagery and a quirky misquote from Cheskee Dixieas. The text suggests no coherent event,人物, date, or place beyond scattered phrases about singing, wails, and burden.
Temporary Goddess I
A patient recounts waking in a hospital after a train crash and meeting a nurse who becomes a.focus of affection. He declines marriage after recovery, choosing distance over romance, and later discovers the nurse is transformed into a strikingly unattractive woman, a “perfect scarecrow.”
Richland Notes On Local Travel And Visits
J. E. Burmaster travelled to Connell and Ritzville last Wednesday on business. W. W. Scholes of Granby Missouri, visiting a land tract north of town, returned home Friday. Mrs. Artman of Richland with her mother Mrs. Beem, visiting from Tyler Washington, toured Kennewick Saturday. Miss Anna Born, in Kennewick for a week, returned home for an over Sunday visit. Mrs. B Mulholland left Saturday for Seattle to spend the summer with friends and relatives. F. J. O'Brien and family rented F. B. Petsel’s north edge residence. I. J. Macomber of Hanford was in the city Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Williams
Russel Bevier
Rufus Bevier
Alta
Dalles
Ore
Landis
Finley
Edna McKinney
Myrtle Hampton
G. B. Schroyer
Kennewick
Willis Blackman
Benson
Spokane
H. S. Hughes
Thomas
Alfred
Chas
Wn. Mills
T. J. McKinney
A. J. Remington
S. Nott
John Mills
Walla Walla
Edna
Calgary
Alberta
Chas. Mills
F. E. DeSellem
Prosser
Harry Hedington
W. A. King
Belle Comstock
Pasco
C. E. Cox
Bellingham
Ava Roger
Ladies’ Aid
Fisher Home
Mansel Tewart
van Whaley
E. J. Cottman
Str
W. R. Todd
Weaver
Tacoma
Methodist College
Kennedy
F. M. Cole
J. O. Skirving
St. Paul
Anna Born
Mrs. B. Mulholland
Seattle
F. J. O’brien
F. B. Petsel
I. J. Macomber
Hanford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carley and Whitcomb
Mrs. Kennedy
F. E. Coffeen
Methodist Quarterly Conference
C. J. Whaley
B. S. Travis
H. E. Cooper
F. T. Clark
Lottie Millay
Prof. Day
Cheney
May Rhodes
Okanogan
Mabel Smith
H. Johnson
Walter Williams
Toppenish
S. Hoyt
Clyde Bush
Benjamin Linder
Robert Osborne
David Owens
Teresa Lentas
Celeste Setzer
Cleo Fisher
Floyce Smith
Avis Philson
Clara Lecoulter
Finley Angell
Ethel Claus
Ethel Nichols
Helen Nichols
Amsel] Barton
Elzy Fifer
Lucien Whealy
Roland Godfrey
Minneapolis
Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Duluth
Chicago
St. Louis
Buffalo
New York
Canadian Pacific
SOO
Kootenay and
Arrow Lakes
Canadian Rockies
Great Lakes
Hudson River
E. Malone Tom J. Wall
Sprague Ave
Stanton’s
Baltimore American
J. E. Burmaster
Connell and
Ritzville
W. W. Scholes
Granby, Missouri
al Fisher
Kennewick, Wash
Crab Creek Lumber
Dairyman
Columbia Valley
John Brog
Italy
Holmes’ Cash Store
S.W
Kiosness Mercantile Company
H. A. Howe
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