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| Year | Stories |
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| 1914 | 3 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1917 | 4 |
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- Richland's Farmer-Owned Phone Line Struggles for Capital
With a rapidly growing subscriber list, the community-owned Richland Telephone Company faces a shortfall in its expansion funds.
- Kennewick Struggles to Meet Liberty Loan Quota
With less than a third of the target raised, local bankers fear falling short of the community's wartime financial allotment.
- Richland Builds a Community Fountain
Town residents donate labor and money to add a centerpiece to Amon Park.
- The Subscriber’s Revenge
A reader cancels a decade-long subscription after the editor has the audacity to send a bill.
- The Exemption of Martin Garber
When a local man avoided the WWI draft to farm beans and fruit, the community demanded an explanation, forcing the draft board to release his records.
- The Patriotic Strawberry Farmer
A Richland grower contributes half of his town's Liberty Loan total, demonstrating his support for the Great War effort.
- The Wind That Spoke: Kennewick’s Dusty Plea for a Sprinkler Cart
A fierce Monday wind storm drove residents to subscribe to a new municipal sprinkler fund, proving that the battle against dust was won not by speeches, but by grit in the eyes.
- The Dust Storm Liberty Loan Drive
While high winds and dust storms battered the valley, Kennewick's volunteer solicitors hit the streets to push the city $10,000 past its wartime bond quota.
- The Fight for Accurate Election Reporting
A local editor slams rival newspapers for their abysmal, inaccurate coverage of the primary election returns.