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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1909
Page
4
Local post office listing shows North Yakima weekly issue printed Wednesday. Subscription rates set at one year 1.50 six months 0.75 three months 0.50. Advertisement rates available upon application.
A citywide appearance ethic is urged as residents, including prominent locals, repaint homes and tidy streets for visiting guests. The piece notes Nome Alaska’s heavy painting, praises North Yakima’s health-cleaning efforts, and calls for individual pride to curb litter and improve overall civic beauty.
Washington apple growers face a glut fear, but world demand supports expansion. One shipment to Europe sparked orders for next autumn, showing immense market potential. With careful care, packing and advertising, Washington apples can reach European cities at top prices.
Spokane Chronicle notes that European buyers may struggle to locate a sale and urges Washington fruit growers to maintain the high standards shown at the local apple show.
The article argues that socialism threatens the Kaiser's discipline as soldiers grow discontent. It holds that democracy and socialist reformers see war as driven by rulers and greed, not the people. A universal soldiers strike could end war, with weapons melted down for peaceful tools, praised as the wise path.
A bill in the New York assembly proposes hospitals of inebriety run by city boards to treat first offenders with medical care and probation rather than jail. If recidivism indicates a habit, the offender would be sent to an inebriates' hospital for cure. Massachusetts Iowa and Minnesota already have similar institutions and the plan may spread worldwide.
A columnist argues that women have long performed hard labor, emphasizing laundry as grueling and weighing down the work of housewives. The piece challenges views that women belong only to certain roles, urging recognition of their demanding domestic tasks.
A candid critique argues washing drains women physically and emotionally, calling washing drudgery and bondage. It contrasts female toil with the relief enjoyed by professional washerwomen and urges men to share in washing duties as civilization advances.
A young man from northern Iowa, born to a Dutch immigrant, climbs from farm labor to successful lawyer and legislator. Through self education and study, he masters contracts and torts, passes a top exam, moves to town, builds a law practice, enters politics, and aims for Congress. His story is a testament to self-reliance and personal cultivation.
Sumach park near North Yakima draws a fair Sunday crowd with visitors enjoying the grove water beaches and driveways. W L Steinweg allows public use of the attractive grounds and many travelers anticipate larger crowds as the season advances.
Mr Steinweg has transformed a grounds area by extending walks and a watercourse after sewer expansion. Trees shrubs and bamboo from federal sources have been planted with plans for a future menagerie. Bears birds and other wildlife now inhabit the park, which remains open to the public as ongoing improvements continue.
A New York press item reports the Woman's Massachusetts Homestead association aims to employ spinsters and widows by buying suburban land near Boston to grow flowers herbs mushrooms strawberries and other crops for the city market. A wealthy New York donor is expected to fund the plan with hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A former Minnesota prosecuting attorney admitted to tricking two Black men into confessing by exploiting mob fear. He urged the pardon board to release them for the sake of his conscience, noting the irony of men serving sentences for crimes they may not have committed and asking how many others are in that position.
Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern, reportedly took a 700 mile detour to avoid testifying before the Spokane grand jury investigating a former Great Northern counsel. The maneuver is described as perhaps the longest way around.
Residents protest a new automobile fire engine praised for being noiseless claiming it robs fire scenes of fun and excitement. They argue the quiet approach dulls public awareness and emergency response dynamics.
Susie Boyle hosts St. Joseph's church ladies at North Third Street for a pre Lent social. Members raised 50 cents each to speculate and share experiences. Prize winners include Mrs A Villame with 65 dollars and Mrs Frank Nagler with 40 dollars. Raffle prizes go to several members and friends.
Mrs Palmer and a circle of about sixty ladies enjoyed a successful sales event featuring items such as Martin, a shirtwaist, Agnes Donovan, a doll, Mrs Shuck, load of wood, and Mr Al Mechtel a dollar bill. After the bidding Mrs Palmer Revard Nevin Nagler McNeff Mahyer Mock Ditter Mc Arthur Mullin assisted as hostess in serving a light spread. Mrs Eschbach announces a tea at 16 North Sevenin Street on Tuesday afternoon May 4.
Miss Marjorie Moran, soon to wed Randolph Perry Scudder, was feted at a luncheon hosted by Miss Ida Sharkey Miss Betty Gamble and Miss Zelah Fraser at 202 North Sixth Street The event featured tulip decor hand painted cards and a pink perfume bottle keepsake The afternoon included a music interlude and a guest list of Moran family friends and West Seattle residents.
A guaranteed cough remedy advertised as Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for coughs and bronchial affections. Promoted as quick to relieve and good tasting with gentle laxative effect suitable for children, by C. W. Camp.
Municipal elections held today across the state centered on local option. Saybrook Leroy Hayworth Weldon voted to drive out saloons while Colfax Danvers Antioch Libertyville Marengo Kewanee Crescent City Lebanon Litchfield Carlisle Plano Naples Dubois supported license saloons.
Boston April 20 Professor William Henry Pickering of Harvard outlines a plan to contact Mars by mid July if funding reaches ten million dollars. The method uses giant mirror arrays to flash telegraph style signals when Mars comes within 35 million miles, hoping intelligent Martians would respond and a shared code could be developed.
Peter Kiel of Brookfield Missouri waits for a telegram from his brother Pius to decide if he may marry Sibila Lambert of Düsseldorf. If Pius approves, Sibila becomes Peter wife. if not, Sibila will be deported and Peter returns home brokenhearted.
A Oneonta New York father endorses Foley's Orino Laxative as a gentle effective remedy for constipation and liver trouble. The North Yakima Drug Co highlights it as mild pleasant and suitable for women and children as a spring cleanse and complexion helper.
Robbers tunneled under four buildings to reach the Suffolk bank vaults and escaped with 1500 dollars. Investigators believe the work took ten days. Inside the tunnel were bottles cigar stumps and bits of food.
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