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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1909
Page
3
Fifteen land owners sue the White Bluffs Irrigation company known as the Todd plant seeking a receiver and damages of 17543 for inadequate water supply to crops and orchards. They allege pumping is insufficient and wrongful representations led to excessive land prices and threatened contract forfeitures.
The crowd awaits William Jennings Bryan labeled the second Man of the Nation. He will address the Northwest audience at the Natural Amphitheatre at 2 30 PM after Governor Hay and Mayor Miller introduce him. The evening features a Democratic rally with drums and brass bands in period attire.
Local option campaign notes show three criminal cases from saloons costing Benton County over $5,000 and raising taxes by 3-4 of a mill. Taxable county property at $8,000,000 yields 0.75 dollars per $1,000. Prosser's $700,000 property would bear about $525 for these cases.
A traveling man glances at a menu and speaks to a waitress who notes the day and her health remark. The dialogue suggests a light moment in a casual dining scene with implied humor and character interaction.
A country girl in a Joliet church town narrative tells of working in a hotel and resisting advances from a traveling man who orders coffee and hot cakes. Her brother, a hotel cook weighing 200 pounds, once defends the dining room by ejecting a persisting date. The piece ends with a bakery reminder and a church act reference.
A small, unreadable OCR fragment shows numbers and cents such as 58¢ 18¢ 25¢ 426 1.98 and negative values. It appears to be a disjointed price or financial table with no clear events or individuals.
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