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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
7
William Fiss from Zillah and Charles Richey from Mabton visited on Tuesday. Sunnyside guests P Brown and F Searle also called, while births include a daughter to FE Prahl on August 26 and a son to G A Bailey on August 28, 1901.
An ad touts a durable bricklike material and strong clay products offered at low prices. It highlights tested strength and a wide assortment of dishes for prudent housekeepers.
The Wiedeman Company's performances at Larson's theatre each evening this week have drawn growing crowds after a slow start. Saturday night offers a $15 gold prize to holders of a lucky number bought since Tuesday. Several locals, including Leslie Courtwright and John Adams, took mountain trips this week.
Letters discuss curbing unfair produce buying practices by Seattle firms and the impact of loaded stone transport on Yakima avenue roads. Also noted are road maintenance updates from Yakima to Goldendale, a funeral in Tahoma cemetery, and two local death notices for Wayne Graham and Sanford M. Harris with interments.
At the regular school board meeting a five million dollar levy for school taxes was approved. Arthur J. Wise was elected janitor of the High School at 45 dollars per month and J E Schwartze was named janitor of the Columbia School at 40 dollars monthly. School will likely open on Monday September 23.
Obituaries report deaths in North Yakima and at St Elizabeths hospital on August 24 1901 with ages 32 and 42. Victims include a man from Oregon, a woman widow of A H Struben, and a Cincinnati native known as Louie the bartender. Funeral services held at the Christian church and interments at Tahoma cemetery.
Yakima Hardware Co advertises Coffin Bros No 1 Top Buggy for 65 dollars and 23 modern water kegs for harvest use. Local shop promotes farm equipment in a single-page listing.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic with the C. C. C. mark on every tablet and warns buyers to avoid bulk sales and fraudulent copies. It urges all druggists to carry and verify the product.
Pioneer Lumber Co. advertises bee supplies while Kleis & Sine ma's offers 17 twentieths and 23 twentieths vacuum fruit jars for sale. The brief notice highlights available home canning equipment and related goods in the region.
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