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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1905
Page
3
President Roosevelt urged rapid work on the sea level Panama canal to shorten completion time. He spoke to the isthmian canal commission consulting engineers, remarks transcribed and sent to Washington for action and high priority.
A heavy rain in the Missouri river valley has caused widespread flooding in Missouri. The downpour, continuing for four days, is described as surpassing the great overflow of 1903 and affecting many areas around St. Louis.
In Manchuria and adjacent regions Chinese brick tea is boiled with rice and meat to serve as a vegetable dish rather than as a drink, a practice noted in the region.
Mothers urged to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants while Nordhadsen Saxony bans street wear sweeping garments along pavements.
Advertisement touts Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer claiming permanent relief from fits and nervousness after a single day’s use. Offers a free trial bottle and treatise from Dr R H Kline Ltd in Philadelphia. Also notes royal owners of 19 wedding pianos and a distant moral about bricks from stolen doors.
The column cites a lotion of nitric acid with water to remove warts, and promotes celery as a rheumatism cure with a boiled celery recipe served with milk, flour, nutmeg, and toast. It also outlines gout treatment including quinate of piperazine, purgatives, and morphine in pain paroxysms, plus a caution for kidney patients.
Lexington Ky Sept 18 Stoner Bradley refused a drink after winning a game of seven up Eli Corum tried to force him Bradley shot Corum killing him Bradley surrendered saying I killed the man for trying to make me take a drink I would do it again as I won't touch liquor
A quirky note describes tea moving from Alaska to Mexico with Grocer refunds if customers dislike Behiling’s best. It recalls Lord Rosebery’s curious silver wine beaker used at christenings for his children, where champagne was poured into the beaker at the christening of his younger son, three dozen bottles at one point.
A man who slept in a newly made coffin at an Amsterdam undertaker’s shop was jailed for usurping a place that belonged to the dead, since he was not a corpse. The remark about moneyback tea humorously frames the scene.
The text notes the Catholic population of the United States is about 14,000,000. It adds the Catholic populations of the Philippines and Porto Rico to estimate a total exceeding 20,000,000 under American governance. It also mentions a booklet in Schilling's Best Tea packages.
A report says the sultan of Turkey will have a bodyguard of dogs. Trust in humans is waning due to conspiracies, and England has ordered a pack of man tracking dogs for service at the royal palace in Constantinople.
Near Bourne England workers uncover a fossilized turtle nest in an old Roman drainage site. One turtle measures about two feet long and weighs around 75 pounds, with another nearly intact specimen also preserved in remarkable condition.
A recent Bathurst New South Wales women's conference passed a resolution urging instruction in firearms for girls aged 15 to 18. Separately, ads promote Hall's Catarrh Cure and other medicines, with various testimonials and prices. A Frenchman left 45000 for his Paris nephew on the condition he cycle to Constantinople to collect the legacy.
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease from Olmsted Le Roy New York offering a free sample and claiming to cure sweating hot swollen and aching feet. Promises relief with new or tight shoes and mentions bunions coins and substitutes with a 25 cent price.
London faces a deepening relief crisis with record numbers on State aid per London Local Government Board data. The unemployed workmen bill aims to provide public relief through employment, funded by a special tax, with safeguards on wages and limits of aid, while promising ministerial oversight and emigration support to move labor from congested cities to land.
A Kansas City-visited Burlington private car waiter mocks the boss over ventilation flaws. He claims expert care fixes transoms and keeps coffee free of cinders, while the boss disrupts carefully set vents. He vows to control wind flow if given chance.
Dr. Rivenbank gave his horse poultry powders by mistake thinking it was stock powders. The horse scratched its stall and showed agitation. A Hartford Alabama Journal item notes this mishap and reflects on local social behavior.
A humorous scene shows a wife frowning as her husband spins tall tales for their kids. The family watches, amused yet skeptical, while the children react with curiosity and giggles.
Crown Point Indiana report says Harry Hohman of Hammon Indiana shot his fiancée Ida Taylor after she wed Charles Jeanette of Steger Illinois. He then killed himself in a sensational tragedy witnessed by many. The wedding occurred Sunday with many attendees.
For forty years Piso's Cure for Consumption has cured coughs and colds. As druggists. Price 25 cents. Statistics compiled by automobile trade associations show that there are about 52 000 motor cars in use in this country the first cost of which aggregated 70 000 000 dollars.
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