Unsatisfactory Pan-American rates announced for Expo travel
The Western Passenger Association issued fare plans for the Pan-American Exposition with a one fare plus $1 round trip on selected May dates and a 1 1 3 fare rate for trips April 30 through September 30. Stopovers up to ten days allowed via Buffalo for a $1 fee. The Trade Register derides the plan as a farce and urges Northwest travelers to ride straight tickets. The Yakima state fair commission begins work to ensure a record state fair and asks citizens to participate.
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Western Passenger Association
Buffalo
Trade Register
Northwest
Amendments Lift Stamp Tax on Various Financial Instruments
The new revenue law, effective July 1, exempts bank checks, post office money orders, promissory notes, express bills, telegraph and telephone messages, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, mortgage deeds under 2500, and powers of attorney from stamp tax. Bank drafts remain taxed 2 cents per 100 dollars.
Health and sanitation in North Yakima urged by officials
City leaders call for public cooperation to improve sanitation and health in the Yakima valley. The article emphasizes that a healthy locality underpins permanent community growth and urges residents to help maintain nature's healthful influence in the region.
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Yakima
Yakima Valley
Call for Clean Up to Halt Disease Spread
The article urges residents to reduce filth from decayed matter as crowds return to harvest crops. It warns that disease germs thrive in summer and calls for a systematic cleaning to prevent outbreaks and protect habitation.
Sunnyside Visitors And Local Business Notes
T J Harrison of Sunnyside visited Yakima on Wednesday. John Curry the tailor moves into new quarters on Second street Coast place. Wanted female cook apply California Restaurant Front street North Yakima. Wallace Coburn Co brighten storefront with jet black paint. Busy Bees hold handmade handkerchief sale Saturday May 4 at Hotel Yakima parlors. Coffin Bros employ shearers near wareroom clipping thousands of sheep. Alex McNeil from Prosser brings Shire horse sold locally. D E Mackinnon from Ida ho visits. mining interests grow. Standard Faucet filters purify water sold at Yellow drug store. James Dixon returns from two weeks in Goldendale Klickitat county with cattle sheep hogs. F G Drew and family relocate from Minneapolis to Yakima for health reasons and potential journalism work. Dr H R Wells reports two scarlet fever cases in Andrew Newburg family. quarantine and precautions in place.
Sage auction shows taxes unpaid auctioned Nyack farm
A 100 acre farm near Nyack owned by Russell Sage sold at New City for 150 to satisfy a $150 tax claim, the county buying after no bidders. County Treasurer Randolph conducted the sale amid disbelief that Sage would let property worth 7500 go unpaid. Sage later denied owning the land saying he always pays taxes.
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Nyack
Russell Sage
Randolph
Mr. Sage
Fifth Avenue
Penniless Pennsylvanian Spends Big Yet Ends Up Bankrupt
A Chicago Times-Herald excerpt praises a Pennsylvania man who became penniless after spending 400 900 dollars in two years, noting he put his money in circulation and deserves a good word.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago Times-Herald
Foiled by Honey and Tar saves child in croup case
Mrs P I Cordier of Mannington Kentucky credits FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR with saving her three year old daughter's life after the doctor’s grim prognosis. A dosage gave quick relief and the story appears in North Yakima Drug Store notices. Also listed are legal actions in Margaret Moore vs Robert Moore and Fred Pennington vs Cole Brown, seed offers from Bartlett Bros and Kleis & Sinema, and a DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve warning against counterfeits from Quiett & Ayres Drug Store.
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P. I. Cordier
Mannington, Ky
Foley’s
North Yakima
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
Quiett & Ayres Drug Store
Locusts Phrases and Local Ads Prompt Readers to Save
Italian and German terms for locusts appear alongside a string of small ads. Kinsey & Co offer bargains on shoes at 60c on the dollar, Coffin Bros invite dining, and Kinne & Baker advertise as successors. J T Rains sells choice Guinea eggs for setting at $1 per dozen north of the power house.
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J.T. Rains
Power House
Eggs for Hatching Pure-bred White Wyandotte
Pure-bred White Wyandotte eggs for hatching offered by Mrs. H. E. Angel. One dollar per sitting of 15 eggs. Orders filled promptly. Address East end A Street North Yakima.
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H. E. Angel
East End
North Yakima
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State Fair Commission
J. M. Curry
Second Street
Yakima Avenue
Postoffice
T. J. Harrison
Sunnyside
John Curry
Coast Place
California Restaurant
Front — Street
Wallace, Coburn & Co
Coffin Bros
Alex McNeil
Prosser
D. E. Mackinnon
Ida‘ho
Yellow Drug Store
James Dixon
Goldendale
Klickitat County
F. G. Drew
Minneapolis
Mr. Drew
H. R. Wells
Andrew Newburg
Sage
Shoe Department
Miller Shoe
Thompson
Crockery Department
Henry H. Schott Co
North Yakima, Wash
Margaret FE. Moore
Robert Moore
Fred Pennington
Cole Brown
Oregon Burbanks
Bartlett Bros
Timothy
Kleis & Sinema’s
C.C.C
Kinsey & Co
Kinne & Baker
J. M. Murchie
Jackson
Ouraundry
Telephone
South First Street
Care Herald Office
Yakimaps
J. Macdonald
Keene
State of Washington
County of Yakima
City of
Gove
Maud A. Gove
Muntetbel Corporation
As Gove and Gove
Ier Pene Pteadante
Ashington
Nore Yakima
Yakime Na County
Leah Money
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