Fire destroys S. D. Peckenpaugh home in Morain Addition
The Morain Addition residence of S. D. Peckenpaugh was destroyed by fire Monday night with an estimated $2,000 loss, half covered by insurance. Officials cite a possible chimney crack from Saturday winds and delay in water mains on Washington street as factors. The nearest hydrant lay over nine hundred feet away, hindering firefighting efforts. Rebuilding is planned for winter.
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Pacific Power & Light Company
Washington Street
Peckenpaugh
Commission to holding hearing on crossing safety
The Public Service Commission will hold a hearing next Thursday at City Hall at 10 oclock on the S P and S crossing. Commissioners will hear railroad arguments for underground crossing to protect the public and may also take up danger signals at Washington and Tacoma street crossings.
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Public Service Commission
City Hall
Washington and Tacoma
Railroad Fails To Avoid Sewer Assessment in City Suit
The O W R N Co sued the city to dodge sewer charges in district 9. Judge Holcomb in superior court October 2 sustained the city. Costs charged to the railroad. no appeal notice yet.
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Holcomb
County Crop Improvement Meeting Set at Finley Schoolhouse
Farmers are urged to attend a county level meeting at the Finley schoolhouse on Saturday evening October 26 to organize and perfect the Crop Improvement Association for the district. The notice calls all farmers in the lower valley to participate and support the movement.
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Finley
County
His Brand of Whiskers
A brief London Answers note features a governess and Little Willie debating a sentence using the word grewsome in context. The man halts shaving as he contemplates grewsome whiskers and defines a playful exchange.
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Little Willie
London
Kennewick Versus Touchet Football Game Slated
Local grounds host a Saturday afternoon football clash as Kennewick aims to beat Touchet at 2 30 with community encouragement. The note also mentions end of marking period report cards next week and school election results.
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Kennewick
Touchet
Local residents discuss county seat move to Kennewick
Mr. Poston of Finley conducts business while residents weigh relocating the county seat to Kennewick. Local exchanges note hay sales, sheep feeding plans, and visits by residents from Whitcomb Castle Rock Bickleton Goldendale and Clarkston. A turkey shoot at the Crowe ranch precedes Thanksgiving.
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Poston
Finley
Kennewick
William Sheppard
Messrs. Kennedy
Bass
Bennett and
Fellows
Castle Rock
Will Mulrooney
California
E. F. Mulrooney
Mr. Hamilton
Goldendale
Mr. Jackson
Bickleton
Crowe Ranch
Benevolent statistician returns lost note with praise
A kindly elder, noted for collecting figures, assists a train passenger who loses a five pound note. He confirms the loss, retrieves the note, and explains he found the man who dropped it did not claim it. The scene unfolds with gentle banter and a tidy moral.
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Tina
London
Ingain
Bunda
Not a Failure, Young Wrynmer Quote Dialog
A brief exchange from a Boston Transcript fragment contrasts romantic notions with practical marriage, "Not a Failure, Young Wrynmer" and "Everything great is not always good, but all good things are great." featuring a humorous friend reply about poetry fading with marriage.
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Wrynmer
Boston Transcript
Demosthenes
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