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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1912
Page
8
A straw poll in the Commercial hotel lobby favored Roosevelt with 25 votes, Wilson eight, and Taft four. Voters then questioned the need for a November election. Also notes include school progress at Tieton, railway time changes, and local civic updates.
Margaret Woodward argues that the American mother holds the vital duty of training boys for citizenship. She likens the home to a miniature republic and warns lax discipline harms both the family and the state, urging mothers to cultivate responsible, self reliant citizens.
The International Apple Shippers association projects a 12 to 15 percent U S and Canada crop gain this year with Pacific Coast up about 118 percent in cars shipped and quality good. New England stays similar. central states see mixed changes. southern Virginia Maryland and West Virginia fall about 15 percent. middle west up over 40 percent. Nova Scotia down 59,000 barrels offset by Ontario gains and British Columbia.
Dr. A J Skimp and wife of Rockford Illinois tour the coast visiting North Yakima and inspect Beulah and Zillah orchards. Addie McTarnehan departs for Winchester Idaho after guest period, plans Seattle return during state fair week. Mrs Newbury and Mrs Noble of Hoquiam arrive. James J Newbury to visit. Judge J J Hay of Toppenish visits. Wooly Rochester and Martin switch to railroad jobs. Charles A Jenkins visits from Tacoma. H B Marks becomes deputy meat inspector. Charles Hunt returns from Spokane. Fred Kruse joins local baseball scene and will finish season here. Judge HE B Preble returns to duties. F J Bravo on disability list for bone felon. Floyd Foster receives notary commission.
Dr Rosser physician and surgeon located above Janeck Drug Store with residence at Sixth and Chestnut. Office hours are 9 a m to noon and 2 to 6 p m. He is a member of the Pension Board.
Boston capitalists two years ago began coal mining on Spitzbergen. Output reaches 50 000 tons yearly showing potential, attracting Russians Belgians English and Scandinavians. Norway seeks international conference to grant Spitzbergen status as disputes loom. 250 workers from Sweden Norway Finland and Russia faced harsh winters and mutiny, culminating in seizure of the steamer Alma and relocation to Tromsoe.
Yakima Valley notes show G N Remington and wife visiting Ae lah residents, Mrs Leo Bivens traveling to Tacoma, Deputy Sheriff J G Hillyer visiting on Yakima county business, and Mrs Miles Thomas visiting her parents. F Lodge resigns from M D Bak er store and moves to Grangeville Idaho to manage a large department store.
Bloomington resident Mrs. Clara Wagoner returns home after three months with sister Mrs. John Gibson. Mrs. Slusher ill at Mrs. H. R. Nelson’s. Roy Griffith from Missouri takes bachelor quarters on Mrs. E Parker’s orchard tract. Harold Briggs and his California mother settle in Fruitvale for the winter.
Germany produces a tantalum powder pen that blends steellike tenacity with goldlike flexibility. Unlike steel pens, it resists oxidation and ink sticking, while avoiding the expensive hard-metal alloying with iridium. The article notes the material arrives as black powder ready for manufacture.
T F Thompson of Hopkinsville Kentucky reports twenty years of itch and dandruff ended after one Saxo Salve tube. The ad says Saxo Salve relieves itching burning and heals skin for eczema ringworm or other skin ailments with a money back guarantee through dealer Fred S Janeck in North Yakima.
A public man should speak in simple direct terms using one syllable words. The energetic statesman adds he relies on the brief and beautiful word of one letter, as quoted by the Washington Star.
Washington reporters note that U S government and steamship firms acted swiftly after the Titanic sinking to boost safety at sea. Inspectors, lifeboat orders, and better life saving equipment were emphasized while ocean travel to the United States continued with no meaningful drop in passengers or cargo.
A Selah physician Dr J S Kloeber was offered direct sale of his pear crop to Atlantic Fruit Distributors but Yakima Valley Fruit Growers' Association denies any direct purchase or advances. The Gillette note includes telegrams from Atlantic and the association defending cooperative marketing and condemning false reports.
Four districts in Kittitas County vote 11 600 to build a union high school near the R I Scammon ranch east of Kittitas. The school will offer a regular high school course plus manual arts horticulture domestic science sewing cooking nursing and agriculture and will teach sex hygiene physiology and morals for the first time in the county.
London report says Sun Yat Sen's visit signals triumph of reason over force. An American team with Sun Yat Sen plans a program to map a railway network across China, as described by the Peking Daily Telegraph correspondent.
A scanned price sheet lists wholesale and retail prices for flour meats dairy produce and fruits. Items include World different flour brands, alfalfa hay, potatoes pears grapes lemons and oranges, butter cheese and eggs, canned goods and seasonings, as well as live and dressed livestock prices and per pound meat figures.
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