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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1903
Page
11
Local notes report Prof L M Scroggs and many visitors in Sunnyside last week. Mentions Coffin Bros hay yard offers and low prices on bundles, plus Spokane and Seattle trips by residents. Court term opens September 1 with contempt case ahead. carnival fallout and Olympia Recorder reflections close the item.
Yellowstone National Park opens June 1. Tickets go on sale May 31 through September 13 at 875.40 for round trips. Valid up to 30 days outbound and 10 days return with a 40 day final limit. Covers coaching trip through the park and up to five and a half days board and lodging in park hotels. W. Mreks, agent.
A Pasco Express item recounts a Southern woman described as Missippi bound for San Francisco. She wore calico clothes, carried a battered telescope and tin cup, and wore worn canvas shoes revealing black toes. She walked part of the way after a conductor invited her to walk.
Police Judge Taggard told a Herald reporter that carnival week saw minimal trouble with only a few arrests for drunkenness and fights. No robberies were reported, a result he calls a good showing given the usual rough and tumble associated with carnival companies.
Yakima Hardware Co offers a ten percent discount on all refrigerators on display due to a double shipment. Alaska Refrigerator is claimed to be superior and is highlighted as part of the stock reduction by the agent.
A Duluth letter to the editor cites a plan urging police officers to practice baseball to improve retrieval skills and suggests Seattle as a model for adopting the idea.
Yakima Hardware Co offers tin fruit cans which preserve many fruits better than glass and also stocks sealing wax for canning and storage.
Cracked wheat and hen food available at the Flour Mill warehouse on West Yakima Avenue. Phone 321. All soda fountains stock Yakima Mineral water. Hay contracting underway. Aa Broa.
Reports from German papers and the English Mechanic describe selium, a newly claimed metal by Edward Mollard. It costs about one twelfth of aluminum, is lighter and stronger, resists rust, and could suit shipbuilding pipes and railroad use. Density 2.6, hardness between lead and iron, melting point 1600 C, with polishing akin to nickel, awaiting further verification.
Rates for campers on the grounds this season are $1 per week for families and 50 cents for individuals A man will be in charge to supervise and maintain order The item includes a garbled literary quote and voice line from Faith Mrs O Hara about twins and a child named Moike.
W S Philpot of Albany Georgia reports a bilious attack relief after taking one DeWitts Little Early Risers, claiming the pill was more effective than calomel or blue mass and pleasantly effects the patient. Sold by C C Case. New Tailored Suits at Macdonalds 32.
Joseph Steiner, student in San Francisco electrical engineering, returned home for summer vacation to Cle Elum. He built an electric motor slated for the Echo office with a full description promised later. Neph ew Walter J. Reed and many local friends celebrate his rapid development and success.
An advertisement touts Dr Gunn's Blood and Nerve Tonic as a cure for nervousness, low spirits, memory loss, and pale skin by building strong blood. It claims 1 to 3 pounds weekly gain and lists price 75 cents per box or 3 for $2, with availability at drug stores and post-paid orders from Philadelphia.
You can save money on tents camp stores wagon covers riding saddles pack saddles in fact a whole mountain outfit if you buy of Wyman Fraser.
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