North Yakima Model Shows Growth Driven by Local Effort
An old discussion contrasts North Yakima’s rapid growth with neighboring Old Yakima. Despite similar land and location, North Yakima thrived due to a business community, a continuous commercial club, and proactive civic projects. The piece urges Payette to sustain a competitive club to avoid stagnation.
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North Yakima
Yakima
Old Yakima
Ale Gomhead
Yakima Valley
North
Payette
Milday Payete
Yakimas
Lottery Man at Blive Opera House Promises Thrills
Aida Johnson Young stages The Lottery Man at the Blive Opera House on November 1 with Herbert Thayer as Jack Wright the newsman who wagers his own prize to fund a big scoop. Wright falls for Helen Heyer as a sharp plot unfolds when a lottery coupon is won by Mrs Payton’s old maid companion.
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Aida Johnson Young
Blive Opera House
Herbert Thayer
Jack Wright
Mr. Thayer
Foxy Payton
Wall Street
Wright
New York
Jack
Helen Heyer
Payton
Brown
Harvard
Revenge of a Venetian Courtly Encounter
In Renaissance Venice a nobleman Leonardo di Guida courts Senorita Lucia Aboti while betrothed to Bianca Vincenza. After a tense dinner where Lucia appears friendly, a poisoned almond kernel tests loyalty. Bianca masks fear as the plot unfolds and Lucia departs to Florence, leaving Leonardo to face consequences.
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Leonardo di Guida
di Guida
Luela
Leonardo
Bianca
Lucia Abeti
Leonards
Lueia
Senorita Aboti
Bintea
Blanca
Leonanto
Lucia
Senorita Abedl
Florence
Italy
Won by a Song. English Telephones Break Through
The piece recounts early British reception to the telephone after American success. It notes initial resistance and a pivotal moment when Kate Field sang to Queen Victoria, prompting royal interest and an English line with ten wires. It cites an 1879 Boston order for 100 hand telephones and mentions a high Alpine connection on Monte Rosa for Queen Margherita.
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England
National Magazine
London
Kate Field
Kathleen Mavour
Queen Victoria
Bell
All England
Theodore Wall
Boston
Monte Rosa
Margherita
Queen Apartments
Ince
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the Canyon Commercial Co
Julia Crowley
Burnett
Canyon
Payette Enterprise Butessor
Payette Valley Enterprise
Wells & Brown
Payne, Tanne
SPA Press
Hackney
Jeumess
G. Burroughs
Tae An
the Lottery
C. H. Bowman
Lea
Cook
London Standard
Giesler Bros
Wm. Ireton
Lovers Lane
Towit
J. M. Swanson
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