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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1914 | 3 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1917 | 1 |
6 stories matching wrap
- The High Cost of Packaging
Yakima Valley fruit shippers consider a major shift to marketing apples without paper wraps to offset rising production costs.
- The Telephone Dust Prank
A creative hoax in a small town fooled local housewives into wrapping their telephones in rags to 'blow out the dust.'
- The Highlands Fruit Heist
A Kennewick orchardist loses his entire crop to nighttime thieves, while a neighbor's attempt to stand guard ends in a bizarre vanishing act.
- The Christmas Scavenger Hunt
A Kennewick family tired of the standard tree tradition invents a complex, house-wide treasure hunt for their holiday gifts.
- The Hungry Teenager Who Could Not Resist
After a kind Kennewick woman fed a hungry 17-year-old drifter, he stole her silver mesh bag and watch, later telling police he felt a strange compulsion to commit the crime.
- A Nine-Year-Old’s View of Ranch Life
A young Richland girl writes a candid, humorous account of her first encounter with farm life after moving from the Alaskan frontier.