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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1901
Page
7
A Bristol reader reports severe cancer on the eye and asserts cancer is in the blood. The letter claims S.S.S. restored vitality after doctors said the disease was incurable, with renewed flesh and health following treatment.
Howard Ebert spent a day or two in Yakima this week. As a successful farmer he viewed the country critically and remains willing to take chances in Kittitas valley, the Ellensburg Capital notes.
W H Honefenger of Wilbur and C W McCoy of Waitsburg traded land in Horse Heaven Yakima County to Williamson Bros for their Sprague merchandise stock. McCoy will manage the business going forward. Lincoln County Times
The local K of P lodge gave a grand banquet for Grand Chancellor Cornett of North Yakima on Tuesday evening. The spread was elaborate and the exercises continued until 2 a.m. Wednesday, reflecting the lodge’s spirited, all in style.
The city of Butte Montana slid six inches on a mountainside last Saturday illustrating a town moving on its own foundation. The local note asks why distant towns like Tacoma North Yakima Pasco and others do not similarly abandon level ground for hillside locations.
Old Pioneer Gene H. J. Stickney died Tuesday morning April 16, 1901 after long residence on the west side of the river. The funeral was held Wednesday with burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery. He was father of Mrs. Mett Drummond Ellensburg Localizer. Stickney was among early pioneers before Klickitat split from Yakima and was well known to many Yakima residents.
Ellensburg's Frank McCandless plans to charter a San Francisco schooner carrying lumber machinery and men to the Beh ring sea side of the Alaskan peninsula. He aims to establish a business this season with salted catch and hopes to open a cannery next year under his personal supervision.
France the Wenatchee fruit grower has just planted 2,000 trees on a single plot 1,484 of which are Winesap apples. The Wenatchee Advance notes the vast scale and expects substantial harvests when bearing begins. France praises the Winesap as a top red apple variety with solid reasons.
He notes 100 boxes of that variety in his cellar and has refused $250. He believes he can fetch over $300 for the lot before May 1.
Ellensburg Capital notes Yakima turnout for Modjeska as a two thirds full house. With 1,000 tickets sold there, the North Yakima opera house capacity is 1200, suggesting about 900 attended. Ellensburg remarks Yakima’s appeal despite limited seating.
Retrospective column recalls M. D. Rahm and M. V. B. Stacy and a practical joke about moving a house in early Yakima history. Also notes 1898 Illinois fruit growers losses to apple scab, a banner advertisement for Banner Salve, and a brief item on Thomas Sapp returned for burial after a circusing career. oddities and local history interwoven.
The page lists daily notes including Jeremy Taylor finishing sermons, De Witt's pills from Quiett Ayres Drug Store, and the Berlin City Mission distributing 108000 sermons weekly. It mentions One Minute Cough Cure, Foley's Kidney Cure praised by W B Conklin, and future Washington orange cultivation by H J Weber with hybrid oranges from hardy varieties.
An ad extols Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for severe lung troubles. It claims to heal tissues destroy germ disease ease inflammation and ease breathing and sleep. The pitch notes wide druggist endorsement and a Green's prize almanac at North Yakima Drug Store.
A promotional notice touts the Rio Grande Western line for travelers heading east from Portland Oregon. It highlights Salt Lake City scenery three Rocky Mountain routes via D&RG and Colorado Midland. It touts dining car service fast through trains and sleeper cars from San Francisco and Portland to Denver Omaha and Chicago.
H A Small holder of certificate 1314 announces a tax delinquency lien on Lot 4 Block 210 North Yakima, owned by Alice V Goodwin et al. defendants must answer within sixty days or the Superior Court will foreclose the lien for taxes penalties and interest recorded since 1893. Judge foreclosures and notices issued by Prove DER & PREBLE with P O address North Yakima Washington.
Willis Mercer files to foreclose liens on North Yakima lots 7 and 8 block 131 for unpaid 1894 95 taxes plus penalties and costs. Delinquency claims total $31.72 for lot 7 and $32.19 for lot 8 with interest at 15 percent from payment dates. Court action sought in Yakima Superior Court with 60 days to respond.
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