Mystery Solved as Yakima River Body Identifies Young Long
Lawrence Sanford located the body of William Carson Long on a Yakima river sandbar near the Sanford ranch three miles southeast of North Yakima. Long, a 22 year old rancher, had disappeared March 5 and was found with cash and a signed check. authorities suspect accidental death by train near Selah bridge. A $5,500 reward stands to be claimed by Sanford, with family and local officials reacting to the revelation.
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William Carson Long
Lawrence Sanford
Sanford Ranch
Northern Pacific
East Selah
Sighis
Yakima River
Pomona
Selah Bridge
Fourth Street
Donald Railroad
Yakima
Huebner
Cascade Lumber Company
A. H. Huebner
T. K. Long
Panama
Central America
New Orleans
Associated Press
Sanford
North Yakima
Rudkin
E. A. Dimmick
Dimmick
Caruner
Auttomebie
J. W. Day
Fred Shaw
North Yakima Wins High School Debate in District Final
In Castle Rock on April 12 the North Yakima high school team defeated Castle Rock 2 to 1 and claimed the district title plus a $50 prize from Senator Wesley L. Jones. Speakers included Cunningham and Roland Woodruff for North Yakima and Miss Kehley and Dow Cope for Castle Rock.
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Castle Rock
the Herald
North Yakima
Cunningham
Roland Woodruff
Miss Kehley
Dow Cope
Woodruff
North Yakima Wins District Championship in Debate
Loyal rooters waited anxiously as North Yakima clinched the district championship. Twenty seven high schools compete in the district and the win brings pride. the victory is credited to Miss Elizabeth Prior of the high school for guiding preparation and directing the team.
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North Yakima
Elizabeth Prior
Remarkable Cure By Dr King’s New Discovery Said to End Coughs
W B Holselaw of Clarendon Texas recalls his brother’s severe cough that nearly signaled consumption. After using Dr King’s New Discovery he was cured with ten bottles and now weighs 218 pounds. The remedy is quick and proven with a free trial bottle at Red Cross Pharmacy.
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W. B. Holselaw
Clarendon
Tex
Dr. King
Red Cross Pharmacy
Life Not Worth Living Prompts Vinci Tonic Testimonial
Miss Alta Abel of West Baden Indiana says she was a wreck before Vinci cod liver and iron tonic. She claims the tonic cured her nervous tiredness and weakness and restored health and strength. A money back guarantee is offered if it does not help.
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Alta Abel
West Baden
Ind
Vinci
Miss Abel
Fred JL
Janeck
North Yakima
Wash
Blossom Festival Parade Plans in Yakima April Event
Delegations from Tacoma and Seattle join Yakima residents for the Blossom Festival set for Thursday through Saturday April 18 to 20. A Friday parade at 2 PM features committees, secret societies, and floats from local firms with a North Yakima fire show, dances, and a baseball game at Sumach park following the procession.
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L. O. Janeck
Robert B. Hawks
Yakima Valley
Tacoma
City of Destiny
Hay
Olympia
Seattle
Kulks
Odd Fellows
Modern Woodmen
Woodmen of the World
Knights of Pythias
Moose
Spanish American War Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
Boy Scouts
Barnes-Woodin Company
Yakima Meat Company
U. S. Laundry
Bon Ami
Yakima Hardware Company
Yakima Grocery Company
Capitol Plumbing Company
Yakima
The Lure of the Soil in Yakima Valley Farming
Roy W. Parker a former merchant turned farmer profiles a forty acre Moxee district ranch powered by artesian wells. He and his wife praise outdoor life, independent work, and soil development as healthier than city life, noting irrigation, potato and apple crops, and broad opportunities beyond high land costs.
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Roy W. Parker
Moxee
Parker
Kansas
Stanford University of California
Northwest
North Yakima
Rose Maiden fete attracts musical circles at Masonic hall
The Rose Maiden event funded by the committee will be held at the Masonic hall with the North Yakima Choral Society organizing. Thursday evening opens the fete as a major drawing card in the carnival, following a prior successful year. A liver tonic ad promotes Flierb ine for health, sold by D. H. Fry and W. Camp at 3rd and Yakima avenues.
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D. H. Fry
W. Camp
3Rd
Yakima Avenues
Wiley City to Get New Water Supply Plant
The Wiley brothers plan a western terminus water system fed by a 100 foot well with a 1000 gallon pressure tank. Power will be drawn from the street railway line with automatic controls. Installers Mellen & Morton oversee the project, first of its kind in the valley, aiding homes, the Wiley City hotel, and a future school. Also ad for White's Cream Vermifuge granular in local druggists.
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Messrs. Wiley
Wiley City
Messra
James
Wallace Wiley
Messrs. Mellen & Morton
Naches
Selah
Death of Clara Barton Founder of Red Cross
Clara Barton founder of the American Red Cross died at Glen Echo Maryland at age ninety after pneumonia and a long illness. She retired from Red Cross leadership in 1904 and spent years in retirement. Burial will be in Oxford Massachusetts where she was born.
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Washington
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Glen Hecho
Stephen Barton
Boston
J. B. Hubbell
Miss Barton
Glen Ekecho
Massachusetts
The
Red Cross
Barton
Little
Oxford
Mass
Bade Bears to Play Three Games in Walla Walla
Walla Walla bears visit for three baseball games at Sumach park Friday April 19 with first pitch at 3 30 PM after the Blossom Festival parade. The class D team faces local rivals and a strong Garden City club in a weekend tilt. Times for Saturday and Sunday games to be announced later.
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Bade’s Bears of
Walla Walla
Sumach Park
General Frederick Grant Dies of Heart Failure
Major General Frederick Dent Grant son of the Civil War hero and commander of the Department of the East died at the Buckingham Hotel New York around midnight April 11 after retiring in apparent good health He had recently returned from a trip and was described as improved Despite diabetes and digestive issues his physicians said death was sudden with no premonition His wife and a nurse were present and doctors reported immediate heart stoppage following a period at St Luke's Hospital prior to the Buckingham assignment
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Fred E. Shaw
T. K. Long
East
Mr. Long
The
New York
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
Buckingham
Grant
St Luke's Hospital
Jesse Thornton dies in Fruitvale while putting on coat
Jesse W. Thornton died suddenly at his Fruitvale home on a Tuesday afternoon after rising to put on his coat. A Missouri native and Bee Keepers’ association inspector, he was a longtime beekeeper and preacher with family in Seattle and Yakima. He was 62.
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Fruitvale
Jesse W. Thornton
Mr. Thornton
Washington
Bee Keepers’ Association
Missouri
Baptist Church
Oregon
Thornton
Seattle
Yakima
Requests for pets aid dying man in Minnesota
Physicians in Minneapolis have given a Grandview man two months to live. W. Dr. Wheeler, once chief engineer on the Missouri Pacific, has asked that his horses, chickens, and belongings in Grandview be sent to him so he can see them before his death. He suffered injuries in a railroad wreck and a later fall while building a ranch shack may have worsened his condition. The Livestock and items were sent to him this week.
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Minneapolis
Grandview
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promotes Quick Heals for All Ailments
A vintage ad promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as ideal for boys and girls, fixing pimples boils scrapes cuts and bruises with quick relief for burns and sprains. It touts piles and general healing power at Redross Pharmacy for 25 cents.
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Aleu
Redross
Taft Roosevelt fight continues toward nomination
Senator Ta Follette touring Spokane en route to Oregon predicts Taft and Roosevelt will split the race with no clear nominee. An Helena, Montana man reports improved health after kidney medicine and touts Pobew K Rodney Palle as beneficial. Sale of the products through North Yate fiat Drug Stores noted.
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Spokane
Ta Follette
Oregon
Taft
Roosevelt
M. J. Boardman
W. Matingt
Helena
Mont
Judge Allows Lenient Sentence in Manslaughter Case
Mrs. Eva Bertalon, convicted of manslaughter for the death of her infant, received a $1 fine and costs totaling 154.50, with the judge noting lack of specific act and the defendant’s presumed mental incapacity. The costs actually approach 250, and the cost portion was suspended while the fine was paid by a bystander.
Kittitas Sheep Bring Record Sale to Frye Packing
Milenshire correspondent reports Robert Hamilton the county's largest sheep owner sold a band of 2530 mutton sheep to Frye Packing of Seattle via Ellis Ragan of North Yakima. Open range, no hay feed, two experienced herders guided them to maturity early. Black faced ewes weighed about 110 pounds each in Seattle shipment.
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Robert Hamilton
Kittitas County
Frye Packing Company
Seattle
Ellis Ragan
North Yakima
Malloy and
Giles
Molen's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Pasadena Firm
L Parsons of H Ward Drug Co in Pasadena endorses Molen's Honey and Tar Compound as an effective expectorant free from opiates, suitable for children. The firm notes it relieves cold symptoms without causing sedation or interference with rest.
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L. Parsons
Sec'y and Treas
H. Ward Drug Co
Pasadena
Calif
Heston
Neath
Vakime House
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WM. Carson Long
Pinkerton
Ager
Hahn
Thomas Weaver
Robert D. Redhead
Flint Shaw Undertaking
Yakima Avenue
Miss Prior
W.L. Lemon
Crawford
M. E. Hay
Queen's Pages
W. ©. Schroeder
Comnis
Fred Chandler
Naches Avenue
Eighth
Roy W. Pahrer
C. W. Camp
Yakima Aves
America
Bade
Frederick C. Grant
Jesse Thornton
Minnesota
Lan Pollett
Union Savings & Trust
Seatle
Citizens Bank
Geo
Town Station
Ax Bupinese Howe
Newell Mill & Lumber
Hoge
Seattie
Eva Bertalon
Preble
Kittitas
Herald
Milenshire
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