Janeck Block Fire Destroys Yakima Avenue Building
Fire gutted the Janeck building on Yakima avenue last Thursday, with losses around 15000. W E Ayres drug store and Dr Rosser’s office furnishings were ruined, Dr Stephenson’s dental office nearly 600 lost, and the building damage about 3000. Insurance covers losses. origin of the blaze remains a mystery. Firemen used the chemical engine to check the rear and water streams to the front. The building may be repaired and Ayres plans to reopen.
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Janeck
Yakima Avenue
W. E. Ayres
David Rosser
J. F. Stephenson
Ayres
Rosser
Doorgraf
Charles McEwen
Beck
Monied Mendicant Thadeus Schmit Arrested for Vagrancy
Thadeus Schmit, an Ireland native, was arrested last Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Sindall for vagrancy. An elderly, short man found with 220 in gold was jailed and sent to hospital, where attendants bathed him after he refused to wash. County officials face a dilemma over his fate and potential return to public nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thadeus Schmit
Ireland
Sindall
Schmit
Tucker
Postoffice Report Shows Growth at North Yakima Office
In three years the North Yakima postoffice business rose threefold requiring eleven staff now. Clerical costs climbed from 100 dollars per month to 5600 dollars yearly while annual business surpassed 4000 dollars for the year ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Nagler's Band Sets Wednesday Concert Program
Nagler's band plans its regular weekly concert tomorrow evening with an invitation to all. The program features marches and overtures including Tenth Regiment and Darktown Jubilee, baritone solo Tramp Tramp Tramp, and Nagler Serenade Nightingale, plus medleys and waltzes by De Beyer and De Steppano.
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Italy
G. de Stepano
Otto
Nagler
Nightingale
Soeee
Geo. McQuaide
Warren Beebe
Motion Court Hears Sentencing and Jury Draw
Judge Rudkin held motion court on Monday setting next week trial list. Harry Cutting pled guilty to robbing the Bartholet hotel till and was sentenced to three months in jail. Frank Williams pleads not guilty to cattle theft. A petit jury was drawn by the judge Sheriff Tucker Clerk Allen and Auditor Kelso with members including G. W. Cary George Finn Phillips Edward Farmer and others.
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Rudkin
Harry Cutting
Bartholet Hotel
Frank Williams
Tucker
Allen
Kelso
G. W. Cary George Finn T
Phillips Edward Farmer
Robert Dunn
J. L. Cameron
J. H. Rhodes “i M. Li
Stockmen Meet at Court House For Grazing Talks
Woolgrowers association held a forenoon meeting at the courthouse to discuss sheep grazing and related matters. A joint cattle and sheep meeting followed on reserve land division with May 15 as the grazing application deadline and allotments to be made that day. Coffin Bros. sheep shearing plant opened for operation with twenty machines. one man sheared a sheep in two minutes without harming it. A midday lunch followed. the event was declared a success.
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Woolgrowers’ Association
Court House
Coffin Bros
County Horticultural Society Meeting Planned
State Fruit Inspector Van Holdenbeke orders Inspector Beck to convene a May 10 meeting of fruit raisers and interested parties to organize a county horticultural society. The goal is to create mutual benefit and to spread this initiative across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Holdenbeke
Beck
Patent Issued Restores Railway Land Listing in 1885 Filing
Washington reports final patent issued to railway company for disputed tract. Cash entry No. 1281 canceled by the city and the railway listing restored per filing 5 dated June 23, 1885.
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Washington, D. C
Railway Company
Scarcity of Carpenters Reported in Zillah District
A Zillah report notes a shortage of carpenters district wide and in the country south to Sunnyside. With many buildings under way, scarce mechanics have halted work on several projects. A No 1 Top Buggy is offered by Coffin Bros for $65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zillah
Sunnyside
Coffin Bros
Queen Esther Cantata Seeks Local Chorus for Performance
Professor M Edwin Robinson director of the cantata Queen Esther plans to direct a local chorus here. He has staged successful shows in Tacoma Everett and other Western cities plus in Montana and Idaho. Singers should contact George S Vance with their names for rehearsals and booking.
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M. Edwin Robinson
Tacoma
Everett
Montana
Idaho
George S. Vance
Private Sale Notice for G. L Allen Property
A. Sadlier as administrator of the late Samuel Sadlier advertises a private sale of the G. L Allen property on Moxee avenue after a failure to conduct a public sale. The sale is set for May 3rd by court authorization in Pierce County. readers should view the sale notice and contact the references provided for details.
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A. Sadlier
Samuel Sadlier
G. L Allen
Moxee Avenue
Court of
Pierce County
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Istic
Florsheim
Thompson Bros
Drew-Selby Co
Julius Kokenge & Co
Nugent
Dudley Shoe CO
Ingrain
Studebaker
M. Schorn
Drs
Postoffice Report
Horticultural Society
Cadwell
H. H. Hoffman
MacDonald
Lan
Sunnyside Valley
Sunnyside Canal
Northern Pacific Railroad
Washington Irrigation Co
Hi. B. Scudder
North Yakima, Wash
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