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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1911
Page
3
Local notes cover visits by W H Amon A H Wheaton Walla Walla and Pasco travelers, typhoid recoveries, family gatherings and church society meetings. Ongoing items include real estate interests, school activities, missionary society plans and a Toppenish football reception in Kennewick.
Items of interest from The Courier recount a dead shot incident near Kennewick where Bertha Stuible shot a coyote at 200 yards. The Northern Pacific Irrigation Co plans Kennewick Gardens on 40-acre tracts at about 87. A share related to Amos Johnson and other locals is noted along with arrivals from Missouri and Iowa and a deputy town scene near Yakima street.
The Youths Companion offers a yearly subscription for 1.75 with access to 52 weekly issues covering fiction science essays sports and more. It promotes serialized stories by Ralph Payne and J W Schultz and a Mercer girl tale by C A Stephens. New subscribers receive a 1912 calendar lithographed in ten colors and remaining 1911 issues free until payment is received. Subscriptions rise to 2.00 on January 1 1912.
Mrs. W. N. Kenyon hosted thirty five friends at the Club House in a birthday gathering for herself and honoring Mr. Kenyon s sister Mrs H Lumah and her husband from North Yakima The event featured a spelling match cake walk Virginia Reel and other dances Refreshments were served Mrs Gordan H Taylor entertained children and mothers Mrs Clark visited Mrs Taylor s mother A new residence for Averil Beavers of Seattle nears completion and the Beaver family will move to the Highlands A Van Holderbeke from Spokane is overseeing nurseries with a reduced crew W H Conklin visited to inspect his Highlands tract and booster notes the area could become a premier fruit district Kennewick could rank among eastern Washington cities within five years The Highlands Club plans a silver tea next Friday and a correction notes the club meets on the first Friday of each month A surprise event is planned for early November Mrs Theodore B Wright returned from North Yakima Others visited the city O A Fechter did business here and A D Villier is making residence improvements
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