Sunnyside Booms With Macadamizing and New Buildings
Sunnyside develops a rapid growth phase with macadam paving on Sixth Street Mayhew avenue and F Street costing 18000 dollars, an eight foot sidewalk, Western Union telegraph plans, major new structures including J. B. Georges dept store the Sunnyside bank Reese and Sons block and Barnes brick building. Northwest Forum frames a 24 by 50 foot social and library building on Seventh Street and the Methodist church project on Mayhew avenue East Boulevard valued at about 6000 dollars.
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Sunnyside
Yakima Valley
Western Union
W. McKiver
North Yakima
Sixth Street
Mayhew Avenue
Zillah Avenue
East Boulevard
F Street
Sixth
Tenth Street
Sunnyside Bank
Northern Pacific
J. B. George’s
Reese & Sons
G. F. Barnes
White's Cream Vermifuge praised for children’s health
Advert praises White's Cream Vermifuge as the best worm medicine for babies. Mothers express gratitude for improved health, and Colton-Fry Drug Co. sells the product to households.
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Colton-Fry Drug Co
Scott's Lumber Yard Roofing Stain Cost Advantage
Short note notes arload stained shivles and says cost per thousand is cheaper than a stain when used on a roof at Scott's Lumber Yard.
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Scott’s Lumber Yard
Post Office Extends Lobby Hours All Night
Postmaster Lemon announces a new all night clerk and a lobby open during the night, a long contemplated measure to aid local residents and provide greater convenience.
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Lemon
Public Roads Discussed by Lancaster at Commercial Club
A large crowd attended a Saturday evening lecture by Sam C. Lancaster, with Governor Mead praising Washington road laws and urging county officials to prepare road data for the highway commission. Lancaster spoke on road construction, materials, and California roads, with views shown of roads worldwide. He suggested using convict labor to advance local improvements.
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Commercial Club Rooms
Sam C. Lancaster
Department of Agriculture
Lancaster
Mead
Yakima Valley
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Washington
Union
California
Convicts Suggested to Work at State Fair Grounds
Governor Mead proposed in a Saturday meeting that convicts from Walla Walla be brought to the city to work outdoors at the state fair grounds. He said the project would cut costs and aid humanity by occupying prisoners with cleaning, rock crushing, and landscaping under a trained supervisor. After completion the convicts could be moved or returned to the penitentiary, with fair commissioners responsible for ongoing maintenance.
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County Commissioners
Fair Commissioners
Board of Control
Mead
Fair Grounds
Walla Walla
Gardner
Civil Service Opens Clerk Carrier Exams in May 1907
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for clerk carrier to be held in this city on May 1 1907. Promotions vary by grade with salaries from 600 to 1200 yearly and requirements of one year service and satisfactory records. Applications advised to the secretary of the Twelfth Civil Service District in San Francisco or the local post office secretary.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Pacific Coast
Twelfth Civil Service District
7Th and
Mission Streets
San Francisco
Cal
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Coffin Bros Herald Want Ads Close Out Plows At Cost
Coffin Bros advertise in the Herald that they are closing out plows at cost. Customers are urged to act quickly to secure savings on farming equipment.
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Coffin Bros
New Townsite Hen son planned at Wenus station site
A new townsite named Henson will open at Wenus station once preliminary work ends. Backed by F L Charboneau of Venus station, 40 acres will yield 10 acres for town lots valued around 1250 dollars each. Wenus station to be renamed Henson honoring George Henson who planted first apple trees in 1865.
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Henson
Wenas Station
F. L. Charboneau
Venus Station
Wenus Station
George Henson
Wenus
Charboneau
Married in Seattle Chinese merchant elopes to wed in secrecy
Wo Frong Kong a 49 year old Chinese merchant from North Yakima and Chin Sue his younger partner obtained a license in Seattle and married yesterday eloping to the city to seek American recognition They then returned to North Yakima with Kong insisting their photos be pasted on the license book.
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Seattle Times
Wo Frong Kong
North Yakima
Little Chin Sue
Seattle
Chin Sue
Kong
Fire in Naches home destroys building
Fire raged in the Naches home of C. B. Scott shortly after midnight Thursday morning causing about 800 in damage. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and their two children escaped safely. A box of valuable papers was saved. The home was insured. Two residents of the Scott home L. C. Farr and John Carson were away in North Yakima and lost their personal effects.
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C. B. Scott
Naches
Bound Over to Higher Court in Arson Case
Robert King faced a preliminary hearing before Justice Taggard and bound over to the superior court on arson charges with a $1000 bond. He pleaded guilty after inmates testified that he attempted to set the St. Paul house on fire during quarantine and again later. He was temporarily jailed after authorities arrested him, escaped, and was recaptured before the fires were extinguished.
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Robert King
King
St. Paul
Prosser Bridge Rebuilding Nears First Span Lifting
North Yakima contractor E Lum, awarded the Prosser bridge rebuild, has one set of concrete piers in and plans to raise the first span this week. Delays due to lumber shortages are over, and once materials arrive the repair work will proceed rapidly to completion.
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Co. E. Lum
North Yakima
Prosser
The Blessing of Marriage and Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
The article extols marriage as the path to healthy progeny and family continuity. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women’s health, claiming it strengthens feminine organs, eases pregnancy, aids nursing mothers, and supports a wife’s role as mother. A testimonial from Mrs. Jennie Parks of Marshall, Washington, endorses the medicine, noting improved strength and recovery.
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Dr. Pierce
Jennie Parks
Marshall, Spokane Co
Wash
Pierce
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Rushford
Winona
Hartung Larson Hardware Co
Samuel Lancaster
Governor Mead
Royal Baking Powder
Herald
Selah
Yakima
Yakima’ River
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