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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
5
Multiple notices specify hearings on Nov 4 1907 at Prosser for apportionment of costs and damages of Haxton Drainage District No 1 Benton County. Recipients include FE Evans Jane Evans Alex Miller Jane Miller Edgar Cox and others with lands described in sections 5 6 8 township 8 north range 30 east Washington. Also includes a divorce suit Eloise Holcomb vs L R Holcomb requesting custody support and division of property.
Notice to Anne Hover and Kathryn Hover and to Portland Seattle Railway Co of Benton county hearing for Haxton drainage district No 1. County surveyor filed apportionment of costs and damages with County Auditor. hearing set November 4 1907 at 10 am at Prosser Court House. Described lands include Hover Villa tracts in Benton county Washington, sections 6 to 8, range 30 E. Contains 0.32 and 0.92 acres portions.
In Benton county Washington review of Tract 3 and Tract 14 of the Chicago Ten Acre Tracts, totaling 985 acres, owned by W.S. Jenkins Co. Aud. Dist. No. 1, with references to Haxton Drainage District No. 1. County surveyor reports damages and fixes a hearing date Monday November 4, 1907 at 10 am in Prosser Court House for lands including Tract 13 and other described tracts. Owners include C.H. Putnam and Jane Doe Smithy.
Department of the Interior Walla Walla land office notices Rossiter W Alexander of Kennewick Washington filing final five year proof for Homestead Entry No 11573 dated October 4 1902 for Southwest Quarter Section 8 Township 7 North Range 28 East W M. Proof to be made before the Register and Receiver November 19 1907. Witnesses C C Williams C M Bentley Mrs Lucy C Bentley William M Butler all of Kennewick Washington. A J Gillis Register.
Carl C Williams of Kennewick Washington filed notice of intent to make final five year proof for Homestead Entry No 11574 filed October 4 1902 for the southwest quarter of section 4 township 7 north range 28 east mounted on November 19 1907 before the Register and Receiver at Walla Walla Washington Witnesses to prove continuous residence and cultivation are R W Alexander W M Butler H D Clodfelter and C M Bentley all of Kennewick Washington.
William M. Butler of Kennewick Washington has filed intent to make final five year proof in support of Homestead Entry No 11504 made September 5 1902 for NE section 34 township 8 north range 28 east Willamette Meridian. Proof to be before the Register and Receiver at Walla Walla Washington on November 20 1907. Witnesses listed: Harry D. Clodfelter R W Alexander Carl C. Williams C M Bently all of Kennewick Washington.
Harry D. Clodfelter of Kennewick Washington filed notice of intention to make final five year proof in support of his Homestead Entry No. 10598 made January 22, 1902 for the NW 14 of Section 34 Town N Range 28 East Willamette Meridian. Proof to be made before the Register and Receiver at Walla Walla Washington on November 20, 1907. Attending witnesses include William M. Butler R. W. Alexander C. M. Bentley Carl C. Williams.
A female passenger tips a steward with a penny by mistake, prompting a mistaken penny for a gold piece exchange. She recalls a past incident and apologizes, then the purser promises an investigation. The reader learns she was an easy mark, unsure how to dispute the error.
A War Department document records buffalo abundance memory and a 1867 mission to divert a vast herd from a soldier camp. An officer witnessed the herd stretching to sight, silencing the camp as it passed. General Cooke halted cavalry to let antelope pass, showing restraint and humanity on duty.
Fifty junior clerkship candidates faced a dictation challenge to rewrite a complex passage. Forty three failed the spelling obstacle race, prompting a board member to doubt whether ten of fifty Oxford M A s could spell all the long words accurately.
A Belgrade correspondent notes a Servian charm about hatching a chicken by holding an egg in the left armpit and swallowing the bird forty days after life. A robber killed by mounted police disproves the superstition, while a London Mail anecdote presents a boarding house comic miscommunication about fish, a cat, and a breakfast.
A country village youth sightseeing in Edinburgh spots a door plate reading Mr. Smith Tailor ground flat and exclaims in astonishment that the man has been crushed by a steam roller. The London Graphic records the humorous misreading and reaction.
Humble line from a Punch cartoon: a timid child asks why the angels need to take the candle while they are promised company in the dark room. The child pleads softly for light to stay with them.
Imitative exchange shows a mother scolding a child as the child prepares a doll for bed. The child claims to have removed the doll’s hair and struggles to remove its teeth, while the mother teases and responds with a note of mock concern.
A humorous exchange mocks medical counsel for insomnia. Blobs quip that consulting a doctor would mean more bills, while Slobs retorts at the irony of owing the doctor money and still not sleeping.
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