Pasco Prospects Rise on Canal Scheme and Growth
Bright prospects loom up for Pasco as sage brush land sells for 12 dollars per acre amid canal plans promoted by a Seattle syndicate led by J A Moore The scheme envisions damming Yakima lakes diverting water into a large ditch to feed southern Franklin acreage and elevate Pasco to metropolis status The Spokesman Review notes the North Yakima fair plans and statewide net of tours to boost the event with single sentence focus on Pasco growth and fair prospects.
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Pasco
Seattle
Spokesman- Review of Sunday
J. A. Moore
Yakima River
Columbia
Franklin
Yakima
Northern Pacific Railroad
Moore
Market Hints Signal Sharp Hay Prices Ahead
Those in authority foresee hay costing at least 20 dollars per ton before spring with potential rises. Modders are advised to buy now as loose hay costs one dollar per ton delivered, up two dollars from thirty days ago. Bal ed hay sells briskly at favorable prices for the season.
Printers Grow Wealthy While County Farmers Remain Poor
A pointed remark from the Ellensburg Localizer notes farmers in the county linger in poverty and implies printers, despite challenging times, have forged wealth. The line suggests printing as a stronger business than farming in the local economy.
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Ellensburg
Seattle's Reputation Abroad
A Seattle letter describes a nighttime trolley disaster and a masked robbery on the city streets. A sergeant notes suspicious activity, the car crashes, robbers flee with valuables, and a police deduction leads to an alarm and pursuit. The tone mirrors a local nonpareil report from Council Bluffs.
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Seattle
Council
Noupareil
Fancy stock that pays and the lure of odd values
The article notes the fascination with exotic animals as revenue in markets. It cites a flea worth 5000 in the east, a dog in a damage suit valued similarly, and a trained mouse advertised in New York papers, illustrating the allure of fancy stock over traditional cattle and sheep farming.
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New York
Butte
Pithy paragraphs from Yakima page mix news and notices
Local notes report W N Granger visiting on business and various community updates. Items include deaths, travels, itineraries, a ball dispute with light damage, medical lectures, a son entering engineering, a large packing house under construction, a county fair exhibit appeal, farm gear for sale, magnetic healing offices moving, fruit seller ads, a lost dog with a name tag, and a new rental house near the school.
Local Laundry Advancing Service To Satisfied Patrons
A town laundry proclaims its ongoing effort to please careful dressers and notes steadily rising patronage as proof of success. The notice invites readers to join as customers.
Foley's Honey and Tar and Kidney Cure Advertisements
A collection of old advertisements notes Foley's Honey and Tar cures colds and prevents pneumonia, and Foley's Kidney Cure treats kidney disease. Also listed are for sale a driving mare, an Estey organ, and a training opportunity at a hospital. Local merchants advertise ham and bacon, a new drink Iror Brew, and driving gloves at Wyman and Fraser's.
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Foley
Estey Organ
R. Sampson
Wyman & Fraser’s
Brotherhood of Carpenters Meet in North Yakima Hall
The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners No. 1552 meets on the second and fourth Thursdays in Modern Woodmen hall North Yakima to conduct union business and activities.
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Heimbaugh
North
Ahtanum Avenue
Dr. Watson
Des Moines
Iowa
Getted Brotherhood OF Carpenters and Joiners
Woodmer Hall
Yakima
Ferrell Family Named in Yakima County Court Summons
John S. Ferrell George H. Ferrell Oliver R. Ferrell Louise E Adame Elsie St John Frances L Ferrell and Kate Gibbons are listed as plaintiffs in a Superior Court summons for Yakima County Washington.
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State of Washington
Yakima County
Johns
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Yakima Ave
First St
Dayton
Walla Walla
Tacoma
Sound
State Fair Commission
Akima Dental Parlors
Sloan Building
North Yakima, Wash
W. N. Granger
Robert Cameron
Venus Avenue
George Zook
Miss May
Paul Kruger
Chas. B. McConnell
B. J. Pacius
Prosser
Anna Jungst
State Normal School
John Sawbridge Jr
Wash
John
Armory
Henderson
Wright
P. Frank
San Francisco
Lane
Cooper’s Medical College
Frank
Herbert M. Shaw
Jack Shaw
The
State University
Herbert
North Yakima High School
Carsten Bros
Pacific Meat Company
Kittitas County
John Ditter
Daniel Schulz
Capital Hill
Yekima Avenue
Longuet, Kreader & Abeling
John Ditter’s
J. H. Lynch
South Naches
North Rainier Avenue
M. E. Hospital
South Eighth Street
John Diter
Foley’s
A. D. Sloan
Foky
North Yakims
Washington
Township Nine
Willamette
Snyder & Preble
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