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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
8
Holland Boys' Shoes claims to fit growing boys with a special last made over a growing foot. It touts Highland Calf leather, strict inspection, skilled craftsmen, longer wear, and prices no higher than cheap shoes.
Holiday forecast notes a wide array of stamped goods and finishing materials. The store touts a holiday display intended to surpass all prior efforts in Kennewick as they begin receiving inventory and silks and threads for completion.
A suggestion to set headquarters at the Big Store during visits, offering a large stock to choose from and lower prices than mail order, with freight charges to consider.
A local ad promotes an 11 by 4 size cotton blanket at 1.25 but offered at 1.00. Other cotton blankets list prices of 58c 75c 66c 1.25 1.35 1.50 and 2.00, indicating a range of options and savings for consumers.
The advertisement promotes Wearproof clothing for boys and youths, highlighting silk stitched suits with double seat and knees, taped seams, and durable wool fabrics from leading manufacturers. Fall assortment expands with boys and youths suits priced 2.50 to 15 and overcoats from 3.50 to 12.
A vintage style feature highlights lace and silk waist gowns for women. The item emphasizes refined fabrics, feminine silhouettes, and proper dress sense suitable for formal or dressy occasions.
An advertisement touts fresh guaranteed meats including beef pork veal mutton and poultry. It emphasizes best fed cattle sheep and poultry and promises tenderness and quality with custom cuts and fancy joints at reasonable prices.
A reader in American Agriculturist offers fall tree care tips for borers. Look for dark dead bark spots to locate borers and use a strong alkaline wash or soft soap solution to prevent egg hatching. Avoid girdling when removing borers in fall and consider kerosene or coal oil injected into the entrance to kill larvae.
The long established lapped glass roofing for greenhouses remains reliable but costly and slow to install. Growers increasingly adopt alternatives such as the butt joint and zinc strip system or the West Virginia experiment station method for laying nine-penny glass, reflecting a shift toward more efficient construction techniques.
Instructions describe using warm putty rolled on a board to set a pane of glass, pressing and trimming excess putty, then a roof worker finalizing placement. The piece also covers chrysanthemum care, thinning buds for quality blooms, palmers on pansies, peach tree trimming, and apple crop handling with storage and market planning notes, concluding with a quote from Emerson.
A brief humorous exchange framed as dialect speech from the Atlanta Constitution. A mother mentions knitting socks for the father while he prays for shoes, illustrating a regional, colloquial snapshot. The item captures linguistic flavor and cultural vignette rather than news.
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