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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
2
A reflective poem recalls boyhood hockey, carefree afternoons, and the pull of unwritten letters. The speaker contrasts distant sorrow of a looming whipping with the lure of wild birds, woodlands, and games, yearning for escape through fishing and play.
A Dover New Hampshire peddler Lemuel Vinney tells of a night journey from Hancock County Indiana to Jackson where a robber hid in his wagon. After a tense chase through a pine forest the assailant is captured in Jackson and the sheriff awards Vinney a $200 reward. the robber is imprisoned for life.
A Washington Post letter argues that parental choice of names harms children and fuels ridicule. It cites examples from Button and Ware families and notes a Kentucky family let children name themselves. The writer says all children should choose their own names to reduce tragic outcomes.
A historical overview tracks yellow fever from early beliefs to modern sanitation, noting mosquito transmission, the Havana experiments, slave-trade links, and major U.S. outbreaks in New Orleans and Memphis while tracing global spread from Africa and Europe through the Mediterranean to India.
The Atlanta Constitution quotes a Georgia philosopher urging self sufficiency with cotton for clothing corn for sustenance and faith to seek blessings as the route to happiness. It notes a humorist who pursues fame must be a dry joker.
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