Velvet and Silk Hats in Red and Velvet Styles
Readable fragments describe red hats and velvet headwear with price cues. Mentions silk colorings and decorative trims. No clear event or person names.
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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
1
Readable fragments describe red hats and velvet headwear with price cues. Mentions silk colorings and decorative trims. No clear event or person names.
The town council voted to vacate all streets requested by the North Coast Railroad with Monroe street kept open. The decision followed a public session with remonstrances from Beach and other property owners and included compensation terms and plan details for depots, crossings, and irrigation pipes.
W. W. Angell fits up space just east of Dircksen Market for a lunchroom. A regulation lunch counter faces the room with a cosy rear dining area for ladies and a private entrance. Short orders and dainty luncheons served from noon to midnight. Home Bakery pastry praised for quality.
Benton County Poultry Association advances plans to host a winter show in Kennewick. They have prepared display coops and circulated circulars to nearby breeders of fancy poultry. A subscription paper indicates a goal of 225 to 250 dollars to finance the event. The group seeks widespread community support to establish the annual chicken show.
The Kennewick Cemetery Association states no board member favors moving Riverview Heights Cemetery. State laws governing cemetery associations would prevent any move, and further agitation would harm relations. the matter should be dropped.
Sunnyside High School football defeated Kennewick 15 to 0 last Saturday as changes in Kennewick’s lineup and a heavier Sunnyside squad highlighted the game. Officials were criticized for favorable calls and the field’s alkali slime hindered Kennewick’s lighter players.
The Political Equality League of Kennewick met at Hotel Kennewick parlors to plan work and launch a local campaign for the equal rights amendment. About twenty women attended from 10 a.m. to noon, then joined by husbands for a five course banquet hosted by President Mrs. M. O. Kilitten.
The state grain commission reports 2 995 000 acres devoted to cereals yielding 49 565 000 bushels with 35 095 000 wheat 9 290 000 oats and 5 180 000 barley. Whitman and Lincoln lead acreage. Whitman tops wheat and oats, Columbia dominates barley. About one quarter of wheat and one half of oats are consumed locally. three quarters of barley is exported. Millings total about 9 000 000 wheat 1 000 000 oats and 750 000 barley annually, with Tacoma Seattle Spokane and Everett as main centers.
Dr and Mrs F M Crosby hosted about fifty guests for their wedding anniversary. Games provided the main amusement while toasts and sincere wishes punctuated the evening. Halloween themed refreshments featured pumpkin and corn shaped ice cream.
Rev. H. T. Murray attended the Prosser meeting on Monday and Tuesday reporting a very interesting session with large attendance. State Secretary C. J. Boppel of Spokane was among the most interesting speakers to address trained workers.
A new brick opera house is being built on the south side of Second Street beside the Courier building. The 25 by 100 foot structure will cost upwards of 1000 pounds and include a 20 by 25 foot stage, seating 856 with three aisles, and dressing rooms below. Niebel and Coulson lease it for five years and the current moving picture show will relocate here when finished, enabling regular circuit shows and first class attractions in town.
Colville Wayton Pomeroy Prosser and Wenatchee are five county seat towns that have voted dry during the past twelve months.
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