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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
7
A simple batter mixes two eggs two tablespoons sugar one tablespoon butter one cup milk three cups sifted flour two tablespoons corn meal two teaspoons cream tartar one teaspoon soda and a pinch salt. Bake in roll pans or muffin rings until done.
Recipes describe adding cream and canned tomatoes to baked beans and sweetening with maple syrup or sugar. Etiquette notes explain how to sign one’s name in different social contexts and provide stitching instructions for the whipping stitch on thin materials.
A sewing guide notes that evenly taken fabric creates difficulty in shaping the material. It states that a whipped ruffle must be twice as long as the space it is sewn to fit.
Plan an informal afternoon or evening watermelon party. Buy melons and chill 24 hours on ice. Decorate with Japanese lanterns and grass mats for comfortable seating. Serve only ice cold fruit and entertainment with plantation melodies and a banjo or guitar.
The article advises using brushes at the sink instead of dishcloths to lighten work and protect hands. A nail brush saves time washing vegetables and corn silk. another brush cleans pressed glass better than cloths. a stiff sink brush handles greasy pans, with hot water and soap avoiding direct hand contact.
Samuel Hutchinson of Oregon stands seven feet tall and 414 inches in height, leading a tall man parade in Yakima with $25 cash prizes for the tallest and shortest. Sidney Smith of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 4 feet 1 inch, is his counterpart. Hutchinson, a Sunnyside rancher, would be 20.5 inches taller than required to join the police if he wished, while Seattle’s Dr. M A Matthews is 6 feet 6 inches. Oregon disputes Yakima tall claims as irrigation ties fuel jokes about fruit farms.
Miss Geneva Hatfield of North Yakima leapt from a turning car on the Almota grade near Colfax to escape injury when the auto overturned. Five occupants, including Mrs. A Balsinger and Miss Lindsey of Seattle and Bert Hargrave, Virgil McCroskey, and driver Bert Hargrave, were nearly crushed but survived with minor injuries after the crash on Friday.
The machine refused to operate and plunged into a high bank. Hargrave drove it over, pinning Mrs Balsinger and Miss Lindsey under the tonneau. Miss Hatfield escaped, Hargrave was thrown clear, McCroskey pinned between seats, and all suffered bad bruises. Assistance from Stine farm workers freed them. Doctors Balsinger and Benson attended.
Jimmie Durkin a saloon keeper and Spokane railroad president declares his bid for Washington governor as a Democrat. He touts honesty in business and pledges to donate the salary to charity while criticizing corporate influence and pledging a square deal for taxpayers. He notes his long whisky business and cites Lincoln and Grant as examples of public service.
The speaker describes offering to hire TI as an advertising agent at $52 000 yearly for five years with a $260 000 bond from Union Trust Co of Spokane. The reminiscence notes TI’s childhood and recalls a piece of meat as a metaphor for the decision, calling it the best piece of meat ever eaten.
The team plans a November tour through Washington facing top high schools including Washington Seattle Lincoln Seattle Tacoma Olympia Aberdeen Spokane and Wenatchee. Last year the valley champion squad faced a 4 to 2 Thanksgiving state normal victory.
Auditor Wilbur Crocker leased two sections of school lands yesterday for five years. Section No. 6 in East Selah valley was leased to George Harris for 51.20 dollars per year. The second section No. 16 in Cowiche was leased to the Wiley Land and Stock Company at the same annual price. Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertisement promotes cures for colds and related illnesses with a testimonial from Mrs. Hall of Sioux Falls, S D. Sold by D U H Fry Drug Company. Wed-Fri-Sun
A quiet wedding took place at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the North Third Street home of Mr and Mrs T P Jeffery. John O Jeffery of Jeffery Bry ant real estate firm married Miss Emma C Gregory formerly of Chicago. After a wedding lunch, the couple left at 3:10 p.m. for British Columbia points. They will reside at 798 North Third street after October first.
Congressman Jones outlines the rest of his campaign with planned speeches at the Spokane labor carnival on August 20 and in Hillyard the following day, finishing the trip in Walla Walla.
On August 22 in Davenport he begins a tour. Between August 24 and 26 he will address audiences in King county, then speak in Tacoma. He then travels through Clarke, Klickitat and Walla Walla counties and ends with a Labor Day speech in Walla Walla.
G D Duncan aged 75 died Saturday morning at the home of his daughter Mrs C L Darling at 13 South Eighth street after a brief illness. He came to North Yakima from Pasadena California about a month ago. The body will be shipped to Astoria Illinois for burial with Mr Darling accompanying it. Besides Mrs Darling another daughter Mrs W T Vandecar survives.
Bayside New Jersey Captain Peter Conover Haynes fired seven bullets at William E. Annis owner of Burr McIntosh magazines on the Bayside Yacht Club landing stage. Annis died hours later at Flushing Hospital. Haynes and his brother Thornton J. Haynes surrendered to police. Haynes, quartermaster at Fort Hancock, was not described as disturbed.
A letter from Grand Mound Washington dated July 29 recalls months of typhoid illness in North Yakima in 1907. The writer praises Dr James P Zediker and his nurse Alma Davenport for saving his wife after professional nurses refused care.
James F F Zediker and Elmira M Davenport Zediker invite consultation at Ditter Bros store 211 East Yakima North Yakima Washington. They promote drugless fever treatment claiming typhoid cure with no poisonous drugs and offer free consultation.
Indians from across the Northwest will converge near Toppenish for the annual potlatch starting September 11. Lancaster Spencer, son of Chief Spencer, announced the event at the pace course. The two week festival will feature games and races likely to draw hundreds of whites, with attendance expected to match last year’s record.
The North Yakima school board plans September start for manual training in a new basement room of the high school building. George Le Vesconte will head the department with prep for woodwork plus other handcrafts. The program will serve high school and grade pupils west of the tracks and may display student work at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition.
Douglass becomes the first candidate for mayor of Wapato after a Wednesday caucus in the reservation town. He faces no opposition. The municipal ticket includes Treasurer Eugene Christer and councilmen A. J. Rehrer J. S. Cisne W. K. Luby A. C. Barnes and A. C. Ness for the August 28 incorporation election.
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