Tacoma Police Detain Cripple In Vagrant Arrests
A Tacoma police action last week arrested W L Gilbert and twenty other cripples including prominent businessmen, under an order to cuff cripples and vagrants. Gilbert, a one legged bootblack, was jailed after being challenged on Pacific avenue. He insisted he was not a vagrant and had funds to return home. The incident drew criticism for discrediting Tacoma as a convention city.
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Police Department of
Tacoma
W. L. Gilbert
Yakima ‘Avenue
First Street
Gilbert
Pacific Avenue
Northern Pacific
Washington
North Yakima
Burglary Strikes Ellensburg Stores Last Thursday
Burglars entered the store of C. L. Collins at Ellensburg and stole about $12 in cash and clothing. The cash drawer was found next morning near Lyon's warehouse. That same evening the St. Louis Brewing Co brewery office was robbed of about $40 in revenue stamps.
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C. L. Collins
Ellensburg
Lyon
St. Louis Brewing Co
D H Lyons Hurt After Horseback Accident
D H Lyons suffered a serious fall while horseback riding from his Rattlesnake home toward Euclid. He was thrown about a mile from L Dennings place at Spring Creek Gap and spent the night unable to move before being assisted by Dennings and returned home. He remains unable to help himself but is expected to recover.
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D. H. Lyons
Euclid
L. Dennings
Spring Creek Gap
Dennings
Ainsworth History: Seat of Franklin County and Rail Ties
In 1874 Ainsworth served as Franklin County's county seat and in 1880 was the hub for Northern Pacific Railway construction with a sawmill and railroad shops. Tom Johnson of Goldendale drove 20,000,000 feet of logs down the Yakima River to be cut into railroad ties and bridge lumber.
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Klickitat
Ainsworth
Franklin County
Tom Johnson
Goldendale
Yakima
Fey Mand a 6% Ud ERA trellige
A practical progressive school with hundreds of graduates in bookkeeping and stenography offers year round admission. Private and class instruction available with flexible costs. Catalogue free. Board of Directors: D. P. Thompson president D. Solis Cohin David M. Dunne.
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Fey Mand
Trellige
Board of
D. P. Thompson
D. Solis Cohin
David M. Dunne
Enduring Mystery of Ainsworth Vanished Town
In the 1880s the town of Ainsworth decayed rapidly and by now no building remains to mark the former settlement, according to a Goldendale agriculturist.
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Pany
Ainsworth
Goldendale Agriculturist
Flooded Lund's Cellar Destroys 6000 Cigars
Early Monday a flood from the Northern Pacific watering tank swamped the cellar under Thomas Lund's saloon flooding the basement by a foot. A large consignment of $56 per thousand cigars was ruined, with Lund estimating losses at 334.60 and seeking compensation from the railway company. This recurring issue marks a fifth incident of water damage.
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Thomas Lund
Northern Pacific
Lund
Cleanliness Affects Health And Hair In Early 1900s Ads
A collage of health ads asserts cleanliness prevents disease and dandruff. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as a dandruff killer, cites DeWitt's Little Early Risers and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with multiple store endorsements, notes a failed balloon crossing, ascents of Grand Combin, and grim homicide mortality figures.
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Newbro
Post Office Named Kodol in Wetzel County
Washington records show a Wetzel County West Virginia post office named Kodol after the Kodol Dyspepsia Cure made by FE C DeWitt Co of Chicago. The community chose the name unanimously without any solicitation from the company and the department at Washington approved it.
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Wetzel County
W. Va
FE. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Washington
Kodol
Lost Buckskin Horse With Saddle and Bridle Reward
On August 9 a buckskin horse with a large black saddle square rig and red border trimmings and a bridle went missing. The horse bears a 0 brand on the left hip. Reward of five dollars offered for return if left at Coffin Bros. store.
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Coffin Bros
Mrs Dutton Credits Foley’s Honey and Tar for Cough Cure
Mrs. Dutton of Danville Illinois says both her children suffered whooping cough. She credits Foley’s Honey and Tar from North Yakima Drug Store with curing the cough and saving a doctor’s bill.
Editorial Rejection Slips and Cough Cure Endorsement
A fragment notes reading by a father about polite training for his boy and editorial rejection slips. It then advertises One Minute Cough Cure as a safe quick remedy from Ayres Yellow Drug Store with reassurance for cough or croup and a promise of rapid relief.
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Ayres
Yellow Drug Store
Beauty and ugliness clash in a domestic moment
A homely husband dismisses worries about appearance saying beauty is only skin deep and a pretty wife retorts ugliness goes deeper than skin as she adjusts her new hat in the mirror.
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Ethelinda
Melehbior
Night or Nightmare Result of Indigestion
Dr. Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide offers a remedy for stomach trouble and better sleep. Read as an ad from North Yakima Drug Store promoting improved digestion and sound sleep.
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Loyal Ford
North Yakima
Foley's Kidney Cure praised by users in Ohio and Iowa
Wm. Finn of Lima Ohio reports excellent results from Foley's Kidney Cure noting relief from backache and hip pain plus renewed energy. A. H. Davis of Mt. Sterling Iowa says two one dollar bottles permanently cured his two year kidney trouble via North Yakima Drug Store.
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Wm. Finn
Lima O
Foley
North Yakima Drug Store
A. H. Davis
Mt. Sterling
North Yakima
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Allis
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New York
Alps
Auguet
Spelterini
St. Moriiz
Engadine
Switzerland
P. T. Thomas
Sumterville
Ala
United States
Wilkers
FEU
Blair Business College
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Yakima Avenue
J. Patton
Yakima Ave
North Yakima Furniture CO
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