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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
2
A tense exchange reveals worker hardship as a sheltering girl argues that long hours and low wages leave workers unable to eat, stay housed, or buy shoes. The boss dismisses pleas, insisting on facts about theft while the girl highlights living conditions and consequences of factory floor fatigue.
Receipts for the week include cattle 1788 calves 57 hogs 5247 sheep 2558. Cattle prices fell with prime steers at 7.50 cows 6.50 and slow trade. Swine ranged 8.75 to 8.50 by midweek, Friday bids around 8.35, 8.00 to 8.25 typical. Sheep trade slow with lambs, quality limiting gains. mutton and lamb generally steady to firm.
Judge Rudkin in Spokane dismissed the suit by Wilmot J. Hall and Louis A. Kortbein to gain title to about 3 300 Pasco lots and 800 adjacent acres. The decision quiets the defendants title to valuable property once tied by a long running cloud.
The Kennewick Harness Shop installed a combined stitcher and finisher to repair shoes "all same factory" quickly while you wait. The 10 foot long unit uses an electric motor, includes a blower to keep attachments clean, and will place Kennewick on par with city quick repair shops with expert operator guidance from the factory.
A city overhaul replaces hand cobbling with a new mechanism that grabs each falling particle and deposits it outside the building. The change marks the end of traditional hand labor in Kennewick.
The Courier launches a novelized chapter of Within the Law this week with Miss Margaret Illington set to star next in Spokane. Newspapers praise the play’s success and promise installments that are moral and engaging with specially posed illustrations by the leading company.
In a public mass meeting response T J Willgut City Engineer presents a breakdown of costs for improvement work. He cites contract total 9160.53 extra work 23.20 total paid 9183.73 overhead 489.62 warrants interest 1329.681.67 assessed levy 10027.09 remaining 345.42 for apportionment after final bond payment.
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