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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1914 | 4 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1917 | 3 |
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- The Inland Empire Land Rush
A massive regional promotion campaign is drawing interest from the Midwest, though Kennewick risks being left off the map.
- A Cold Reception for a Community Booster
While Kennewick gained prestige from 'Strawberry Day,' local residents embarrassed the town by ignoring a guest speaker who traveled from Seattle to address them.
- The Patriotism of Production
A wartime editorial debates whether local farmers are failing their country by exiting the livestock business during high feed costs.
- The Harvest Over the Classroom
As war labor demands pull students into Kennewick’s orchards, local schools adapt to a half-empty high school.
- Bringing The Ivory Tower to Town
Whitman College professors visit Kennewick High to bridge the gap between academic theory and civic life.
- Clean Play vs. Rough Tactics in Kennewick-Prosser Basketball
While the Prosser team walked away with a 25-13 victory, Kennewick's local squad earned praise for maintaining composure despite aggressive, unsportsmanlike conduct from their rivals.
- The Royal Court of Apples Comes to Spokane
A carnival of orchard royalty and Italian bands prepares to descend on the city for the seventh annual National Apple Show.
- Will the Prohibition Law Hold Up?
As Washington prepares for a total ban on alcohol, legal experts and brewers prepare to challenge the statute's limits on interstate commerce and advertising.
- The Economic Pulse of Benton County
Assessor A. H. Wheaton reports a quarter-million-dollar surge in personal property valuation and a steady rise in population, noting a sharp uptick in Ford ownership.
- The Fight to Reopen the River
As high costs of living plague local farmers, the Courier-Reporter calls on the fisheries commission to restore public fishing rights on the lower Yakima River.
- The Great Road War: How Prosser Tried to Starve Kennewick’s Infrastructure
A proposed county-wide tax revolt threatens to halt road building in Benton County, sparking a fierce debate over rural equity and urban development in 1914.
- The Mail-Order Menace: How Catalogs Were Killing Kennewick’s Main Street
A fiery editorial in the 1914 Courier-Reporter warns that buying from Montgomery Ward’s catalog is a betrayal of local commerce, arguing that every dollar sent to Chicago or New York directly causes the death of small-town merchants.