Seniors Celebrate with Juniors at Mann Home
A lively evening for seniors hosted by juniors at Miss Dorothy Mann’s Highlands home featured color themed decor in the porch living room and dining area. After midnight games and contests entertained guests before they returned to the city. Tomorrow alumni banquet at Hotel Kennewick will close commencement week with an elaborate menu and speeches.
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Dorothy Mann
Highlands
Hotel
Kennewick
Obituary of Mrs Geo Brown in Kennewick service at Christian church
Funeral held Sunday for Anna Sandage Brown widow of Geo Brown. Rev J D Bird officiated at the Christian church as Pythian Sisters assisted. Born in Perry County Indiana she lived in Decatur Latah Rosalia Cheney and Kennewick with survivors including husband two daughters son Harley Brown and many Sandage relatives.
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Brown
Christian Church
Cheney
Pythian Sisters
Alton Circle
Women of Woodcraft
Anna Sandage
Perry County
Indiana
Decatur
Illinois
Geo. Brown
Latah
Wash
Rosalia
Kennewick
Henry Bird
Milton
Nellie Brown
City
Harley Brown
Hood River
Ore
Charlotte Sandage
James Simpson
Ianis
Sadie Britton
Spokane
Willa Sandage
Route 2 Extends Rural Delivery To Highlands
Postmaster Wheaton announces daily service for Route No. 2 starting June 1 extending to all north Highlands and the south Highlands sections 11 and 12. Mrs. A B Ely says Rev C E Wilkinson and wife offer lawn of Episcopal church and parsonage for the strawberry festival.
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Wheaton
North Highlands
South Highlands
A. B. Ely
C. E. Wilkinson
Episcopal Church
Help Wanted Twenty Girls for Basket Factory
Help wanted notice seeks twenty girls to work in a basket factory. Easy to learn work with good wages. Apply immediately to L H Marks, Mer.
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L. H. Marks
Mer
L. H. Marks, Basket Factory
Her Irish Blood A Story For St Patrick's Day
Kathleen O Bryans tale centers on a girl born at sea who grows up between Ireland and America. Two suitors George Carpenter American born and Mike Donegan Irish born vie for her favor while her father laments a split identity. Kathleen remains torn between two worlds and loyalties.
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St. Patrick's Day
Kathleen O’bryan
Emerald Isle
Kathleen
Dennis O'Bryan
Ireland
United States
Dennis
England
George Carpenter
America
Mike Donegan
Carpenter
Donegan
O’bryan
O'Bryan
George
Irish Rivalry Ends in St Patrick Day Romance
Kathleen falls for Mike during a St Patrick day parade after he vies with a rival and endures a dramatic fall. Kathleen, moved by Irish pride and Mike's daring, kisses him and vows to stay by his side. They marry soon after the parade and triumph of love.
Origin of the Three R's humor amidst London lore
The claim that Sir William Curtis coined the Three R's reading writing and arithmetic at a 1795 London dinner is debunked by a defender who says it was a jest. Some recall it as a serious effort, while others insist the anecdote survives as a blundering mayoral blunder.
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William Curtis
London
Tower
London Board of Education
Board of Education
Sir William
Record hailstorm devastates Nodaway County in 1898
A severe hailstorm on September 5 1898 swept Nodaway County Missouri as the worst of its kind in U S history. The storm tracked about three miles wide and eighteen miles long with four square miles most violent east of Claremont. Hail drifted so thick it remained on the ground for four weeks in unprotected areas. Residents later gathered the hail.
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United States
Nodaway County
Missouri
Clarmont
Corn and Ice Fuelled Storm Damage Across Acreage
A Chicago News report notes storm damage to agriculture with ice blocks four inches long and two and a half inches wide found during cleanup. Eighty acres of corn were nearly wiped out, with only one stalk remaining in a field.
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Chicago News
The Queer Elephant Shrew Observed in Africa
A short account describes the elephant shrew as barely four inches long with a trunk and short tail totaling four to five inches. It notes drab fur like chinchilla, large ears, and rabbit-like legs, plus a sensitive movable trunk. It highlights swift leaping, rolling escapes, and rapid, meal-driven behavior.
A Certain Shot by a Parson Sharpe
A gamekeeper recalls Parson Sharpe as a remarkable shot who hunted with dogs. He describes Sharpe firing at birds in the woods and occasionally striking cows horses pigs dogs or even men. The audience learns Sharpe could hit something every time.
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Parson Sharpe
London
Meadow Brook Farm
Bulldogging a Steer World Record Time Noted
Sunset Magazine notes the extreme endurance of bulldogging a steer where the pony controls the lasso, trips the steer, and the rider ties the four feet before three minutes. A contestant reportedly achieved 29 seconds, a world record.
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Sunset Magazine
Begging the Question Definition in Brief
The phrase beguiles propositional validity by treating a premise as proven. It describes assuming truth to avoid necessary argument, a concept discussed in Uncle Remus' Magazine with Latin term petitio principii.
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Uncle Remus
Pocket theft foiled by spouse not present
Humorous exchange recalls a man claiming his wife thwarted a street pickpocket by having already emptied his pockets. The joke hinges on the misdirection that she intervened without being there, highlighting a quip about domestic misperception.
Adama Fallen Man Sermon at Little Chapel
Regular Sunday services begin each week with a morning sermon titled Adama Fallen Man. Sunday School starts at 10 a.m. Wednesday meetings are held at 8 p.m. at the Little Chapel on Third Street.
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Adama
Little Chapel
Third Street
Church Services Announced with Dr Cost A Cook preaching
At 10 a m bible school and 11 a m morning service with Dr Cost A Cook of Spokane preaching. Evening events include 8 p m address by Dr Cook and 3 p m teachers training班. Epworth League 6 45 p m and 8 p m service. Choir to sing during public worship.
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Orr
H. F. Burgess
To Congregational Church
Cost A. Cook
Spokane
Carl Kolterborn
Dr. Cook
Puget Versity
Epworth League
M. Weare
F. L. Fraser
Card of Thanks for Grace Brown and Family
We express thanks to friends for kind words and deeds extended during our bereavement for Grace Brown and family.
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Mike
Darlin
Crab Lumber Co
Kennewick Trading Co
Jersey
W. S. Haxton
Meadowbrook Farm
Emigh
Miss Selig
Seattle
the Koontz
Minnesota
Inland Furniture Co
Jas. Hess
Atshome
Willapa Harbor
D. E. Fessenden
Raymond, Wash
Alfred Schaeffer
Idse Green
Frank Enigh
Koontz
E. Seiler
A. B. French
G. L. Jones
Crab Creek Lumber Co
Scotch Collie
van Holterbeke Nursery Co
Christian Science
E. A. Orr
M. E. Church
Presbyteria
Stanton Sells
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