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22 stories matching jeffrey
- City Attorney Campaigns for Local Artillery Battalion
Kennewick’s City Attorney F.R. Jeffrey is trading the courtroom for the field, urging young men to enlist in the National Guard before the draft forces their hand.
- City Attorney Heads to War
Kennewick's City Attorney enlists in the officers' reserve corps, but the City Council refuses his resignation, keeping him on the payroll during his service.
- The Tightest Race in Town
A primary election for city attorney ends in a razor-thin, one-vote victory that exposes deep divisions across the three wards.
- The Home-Front War Over Patriotism
A fiery editorial from 1917 defends a local lieutenant against armchair critics and challenges the town to support those enlisting for World War I.
- The Struggle to Keep the Grape Carnival Alive
Kennewick business leaders scramble to raise a $2,000 guarantee fund to ensure the city's annual Grape Carnival continues.
- The Sticker Rebellion at City Hall
A last-minute write-in campaign by outgoing City Attorney C. B. Hamlet keeps the local municipal election close as new faces enter the council.
- Street Improvement Row Erupts in Kennewick
Second Ward property owners clash with city officials over mandatory immediate payment plans for street work.
- The Town Takes Up the Drill
Thirty local men gather at the Knights of Pythias hall to master military maneuvers, driven by a newfound surge of community patriotism.
- The Midnight Hog Thieves of Seattle
A neighborhood slaughterhouse foreman turns the tables on a persistent gang of livestock rustlers who had been terrorizing the area.
- Tragedy on the Puyallup Line
A logger named T. J. Sullivan was struck and killed by a motor car while sleeping on the tracks near his camp.
- The Water Wars of South Bend
A dispute over local water infrastructure ends with the arrest of a city contractor.
- Hanford Postmaster Fired After Audit Reveals Shortage
A postal inspection in Hanford leads to the sudden removal of M. W. Gross and the appointment of a successor.
- The Finley Grange's Mock Divorce Trial
A local organization stages a fake courtroom drama to serve as a closing act for a years-old, real-life legal grudge.
- The Last Hurrah for Benton County's Battery B
Before shipping out to the battlefields of Europe, local recruits were treated to a day of city-wide celebration, free meals, and community fanfare in Kennewick.
- The Paving Paradox: A Kennewick Infrastructure Headache
City council members scramble to find a way to connect sewers before paving streets, fearing the destruction of brand new pavement.
- The Fight Over Local Road Taxes
A Marysville resident challenges a poll-tax law, sparking a legal test case that worries road commissioners.
- A State Medical Examiner Accused of Faking a Fracture to Bilk the County
M. D. Minkler of Centralia faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses after county commissioners say his claimed treatment for a pauper patient was a fabrication.
- The Perils of the Road: Early Motorists Lament Terrible Conditions
Vacationing families return to Kennewick with horror stories of busted axles, tire troubles, and roads that are 'the worst on earth.'
- A Texas Tall Tale Falls Flat on the Olympia Stage
The Tribune's critic takes a traveling company to task for butchering a popular novel into an 'unskillful' play—and even the little Scotch terrier doesn't escape review.
- A Wooden Pistol Emptied the King County Jail
Thomas Blanck, awaiting appeal for murder, locked the night jailer in a cell and walked out with eight other prisoners—armed with a black wooden fake.
- Benton County Organizes a Road Lobby
Farmers, businessmen and all three commissioners met in Kennewick to create a county-wide good roads association—one dollar to join, a seat at the levy table.
- The Secret Courthouse Bond Deal Benton County Tried to Ram Through
Commissioners Clements and McNeill authorized $125,000 in bonds for a Prosser courthouse after a closed-door plan their own lawyer admitted was designed to keep taxpayers in the dark. A Kennewick lawsuit put the deal before Judge Grady.