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| Year | Stories |
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| 1914 | 2 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 7 |
| 1917 | 3 |
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- Kennewick Celebrates its First 'Wormless' Corn Crop
Local farmers are puzzled and pleased as the 1915 sweet corn crop arrives remarkably free of worm damage.
- The Finley Fair Feud
Kennewick business leaders are accused of ignoring their neighbors after a local paper falsely claimed they supported the Finley Fair.
- Will Yakima Growers Organize?
A government-backed marketing plan for fruit crops is stalling because local growers refuse to engage with the system.
- The Prohibition Ploy: Licensing Soft Drinks to Stop Bootlegging
A new city ordinance requires soft drink counters to purchase a license, not for revenue, but as a lever to shut down businesses caught selling liquor.
- State Commission Slashes Electricity Rates
Public Service Commission mandates 16 to 30 percent cut for residential users and reforms irrigation power billing in Kennewick.
- The Fight for the Ballot Box
A legislative attempt to curb 'professional petition pushers' aims to ensure only legal voters influence state law.
- The Finley Fair's Pie-Eating Showdown
A local pie-eating contest goes off the rails when a contestant tries to drink his pie like beer.
- The Panama Canal Promises Prosperity for Kennewick Fruit
Local industry leaders anticipate a massive shift in freight costs and market reach once the Panama Canal opens to refrigerated shipping.
- The Struggle for Water Autonomy
Facing a decaying irrigation system, Kennewick farmers are urged to stop fighting the provider and take control of their own infrastructure.
- The Fight for Accurate Election Reporting
A local editor slams rival newspapers for their abysmal, inaccurate coverage of the primary election returns.
- The Great Swimmin' Hole Scandal
A group of local boys face the judge for skinny-dipping in the Columbia, sparking a call for a proper municipal dressing house.
- A Common-Sense Case for Public Waterfront Control
A heated civic editorial argues that Kennewick must build a port district to compete with neighboring towns like Pasco for the future of Columbia River commerce.
- Columbia River Strawberry Growers Compete Against Themselves
In 1914, Kennewick farmers were losing profits not to outside competitors, but to their own self-defeating price-cutting tactics.
- The Price of Disunity
A local growers' association leader condemns farmers who bypass collective bargaining, warning that consigning produce to commission agents leads to market collapse.
- The Tomato Whisperer of the Columbia Valley
After two decades of watching his crops wither, a local farmer discovers the surprising secret to thriving garden plots in volcanic soil.
- Kennewick's Oiled Road Is Falling Apart—and the New Commissioner Will Inherit the Mess
A local correspondent warns that emergency warrants, neglected road districts, and a rut a foot deep will greet commissioner-elect R. E. Pratt.
- Kennewick’s Merchants Are Losing the Town to the Mail-Order Catalogue
A Courier-Reporter editor counts the local ads that never ran—and blames Kennewick shopkeepers, not distant catalogue houses, for the trade slipping away.