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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
4
Councilman Miller urges strict limits on liquor sold in Chinese and Japanese restaurants saying illicit drink harms the community. He links post prohibition disorder to youth violence and family ruin and warns of enforcement if illegal traffic continues.
A writer urges opening Yakima avenue to the river to spur development. The area shows new orchards, ranch activity, and rising property values, with a bridge at the river’s foot seen as catalytic for growth on both city ends.
Hon. K Pendergast attorney for Okanogan county travels to Washington to press a case on behalf of prominent Indians of the Oilville Indian reservation seeking to curb indiscriminate grazing by stockmen on the south half of the reserve.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports auto tires wear on Macadam surfaces causes dust and road wear. France plans an international Paris congress on October 11 to discuss road preservation while experiments seek dust free surfacing or dust control methods across the United States and Europe.
Plants large orchard in Parker district. Darby brothers purchase 43 acres under Lombard and Horsley ditch and set to fruit. Varieties include Winesaps Jonathan, Newton Pippin with peach and pear fillers. Plans to plant watermelons and cantaloupes between trees this season.
Pacius of Mabton Chronicle spent Saturday in North Yakima. He posted a literary personal ad seeking a well educated, cultured companion with worldly goods, refined sensibilities, and no minor children, then countermanded it. The ad’s wording stirred local reaction as the Herald prints it with literary merit.
In Jacksonville New Jersey on a calm Sunday morning a janitor found a small black and white pole cat on the church porch while 50 Sunday school attendees waited. Dogs barked but no one harmed the animal and the sermon proceeded without Sunday school.
About sixty ladies attended the Catholic Aid society meeting at Mrs. Joe Ditter’s home on North Third street. In Lent each member aimed to earn one dollar. about $50 was turned in as members shared experiences in verse and prose while enjoying instrumental duets and vocal solos. Refreshments followed. the next meeting will be at Mrs. Mayer’s home on North Third street.
A preventive kidney and uric acid remedy is advertised using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with instructions to mix and take after meals and at night. The notice claims relief from early doses and urges readers to cut out and save the prescription, noting pharmacists can supply ingredients or prepare the mixture.
A large alumni group plans an elaborate entertainment for the high school graduating class, including a special April 27 meeting to finalize arrangements. Officers listed are Glen Fairbanks president Harry Cook vice president Anna Cornwall treasurer and Laura Burbank secretary. In related notes the Twentieth Century club met at Mrs. Rand’s home with readings on the age of Chancer public schools in England and Old Oxford.
Chester Dinwiddie, rejected by a intended fiancée in Los Angeles, shot himself upon returning to Silverton Oregon, dying instantly.
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