Home-Made Chemical Engine Powers North Yakima Fire Service
Fire department mechanics built a 50 horsepower chemical motor engine from salvage totaling under $4200 to back a third motor vehicle. The engine, crafted with local labor by Capt. Brown and J. C. Perkins with others, weighs 5500 pounds and performs at high speed without a fourth gear. It marks a shift toward mechanized, skillful firefighting and highlights the city workshop’s role in public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Schliesmeyer
Carl Brown
J. C C. Perkins
G. A. Kinnaman
Delmer DeFoe
Roscoe Clair
Miss Venino to be Queen Titania XI at Asbury Park fete
Olga Venino, a popular summer girl from Orange New Jersey, will be Queen Titania XI at Asbury Park in a grand August 81 fete. The event features the famous baby parade and a children's carnival in a summer celebration led by the retired businessman’s daughter.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Olga Venino
Orange
Titania XI
Fire and speedometer tale of a Locomobile in Yakima
In 1910 Poole sold a car to A L Schliesmeyer who used it as a rent car with up to sixteen passengers. The private garage burned on September 19 destroying the machine and a Locomobile type EE while engines and frame survived. Schliesmeyer claims 20500 miles under his ownership, pace indicates over 100000 miles with the speedometer out. Fire Chief Dawson bought salvage for 50 and 25, with department rebuilding efforts and a runabout from the HI and I engines. The scene shows the Locomobile chemical delivering speed and reliability amid the fire department reconstruction.
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Dawson
South Third Street
Success Automobile Company
Los Angeles
Heinzeman
California
Arizona
Los Angeles Motor Car Company
Arthur E. Poole
North Yakima
Poole
A. L. Schliesmeyer
Mr. Schliesmeyer
Schliesmeyer
E. G. Dawson
Insurance Company
Cardui Banner Promises Restored Health From Kentucky Testimony
In a signed statement Mrs. Cook from Dexter Kentucky credits Cardui the woman’s tonic with restoring her health after nineteen years of weakness and nervous exhaustion. She reports better health regular routines and daily strength gains and notes thousands of women have been helped by Cardui.
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Dexter
Morgan dodges questions on Astor wedding as Morgan rejects interview
New York reporters press J P Morgan on John Jacob Astor and Madeline Force marriage. Morgan remains cautious and dismisses the inquiry, urging reporters to return to their Christian Advocate. The gossip page also notes Mayor Gaynor clashing with actors over a book ban and other city lore.
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New York
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
John Jacob Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Cliveden
Madeline Force
Protestant Episcopal Church of
United States
Steel Trust
Morgan
Christian Advocate
Gaynor
Anna Malleen
Actress Mildred Holland objects to Mayor Gaynor on book ban
Mildred Holland president of the New York Actors Church alliance questions Mayor Gaynor’s handling of a contested library book. The mayor approves the book’s exclusion as it is deemed unsuitable. Separately Harry Thaw's lawyers seek habeas corpus amid Dr. Baker’s resignation and asylum politics.
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Mildred Holland
New York
Actors’ Church Alliance
Elinor Glyn
Miss Holland
Mayor Gaynor
Baker
Mattewan
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Earl of
Yarmouth
Thaw
Supreme Court
Madison Square Roof Garden
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for Hay Fever Relief
I M Stewart of 1084 Wolfram St Chicago reports great relief from hay fever using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound during hot months. The remedy helps coughs and colds for both children and adults with no opiates or harmful drugs. Available at North Yakima Drug Store.
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Woley
I. M. Stewart
Wolfram St
Chicago
Foley
Stewart
Poley
North Yakima Drug Store
Lee Confesses Murder of Parents and Brother
Evansville dispatch reports William Lee aged 22 confessed to killing his father mother and younger brother to conceal the blaze that followed. He said anger over his engagement thwarted by his parents prompted the crime and money for housekeeping was refused. Deputies escorted him toward Jeffersonville reformatory to prevent violence. He described returning home after visiting his fiancé and the mother’s denial of marriage the next day. He attacked the three victims and fled as flames began. bodies scorched.
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Peter Hains, Jr
U.S. A
William
Annie
Sing Sing
Javis
Anis
Hoston
Evinsville
William Lee
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Lee
Lee Say
County Jants Improve Jail Security With Steel Bars
County commissioners approve stronger security at the county jail adding steel bars and heavy screens to windows and doors. Jailor Hawn requested the reinforcements as deputies seek enhanced safety. The Herald asks readers to locate and supply copies of the Weekly Herald dates June 15 July 13 Nov 23 and Dec 7 1910.
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Down
Little County
Hawn
IH Herald
US Agriculture Agent Studies Orchard Rosette In Yakima
W S Ballard, fruit disease investigator for the U S Department of Agriculture, arrived in North Yakima to study the rosette condition seen in local orchards. He will collect samples and soil data, compare with California lab results, and assess irrigation area conditions to understand what soil factors trigger rosette in apple peach pear and prune trees. He travels from California through Hood River and Walla Walla to inspect the lower Yakima valley orchards.
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W. S. Ballard
United States Department of Agriculture
North Yakima
Morrison
Ballard
California
Yakima
Nob Hill
Hood River
Walla Walla
Cardus Medicine Promises Relief for Women Ailments
Mrs Minnie Lamb of Lebanon Kentucky credits Cardus with saving her life and preventing future spells. The medicine, made from harmless vegetable ingredients, is described as safe and reliable and has been used by women for over fifty years. Available at all druggists.
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Lebanon
Jet
Minnie Lamb
Pioneer Stockman Dead Henry H. Allen
Henry H. Allen aged 71 a well known stockman and Yakima pioneer died Thursday night at 10 after bladder surgery. He had been visiting friends on the Sound and returned recently to 280 North Second Street where the operation was performed and he never recovered.
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Henry H. Allen
Yakima
Blood Purifier Pills Advised By Tracy Native
In a health patter from a 1900s era ad style, white blood cells battle germs, causing boils and sores as toxins flood the blood. The text promotes a proprietary blood purifier to regulate the liver and kidneys, expel poisons, and build health, endorsed by Budahn of Tracy California and sold at Clark's Pharmacy for five cents.
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Mhee the Kiders
Budahn
Tracy
Calif
Clark's
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Fragmentary note quoting a Baltimore American cartoon caption about a costly cash register. No verifiable event, person, or organization is clearly present.
Meaning of Indian Names in the Okanogan Region
The article explains native names for local places in Washington and beyond. It notes Okanogan as rendezvous, Soovos meaning narrows, Conconully as Sklow Ouliman for beaver country, Yakima as great shcotash garden, and Kifekitat as cove salmon, concluding tribal names carry defined meanings but the term money hole appears in reference to mining wealth.
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Okanogan
Moses
Okanogan Lake
Washington Territory
British Columbia
Alaska
Petlateh
Conully
Conconully
Okanogan Country
Yakima
Columbia River
Skagit
Snohomish
Spokane
Walla Walla
Money Hole
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Big Jersey
Miss Ivenino
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Levi Strauss
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By Francis Phillips
William A. Hamilton
Decies
George Gould
Hamilton
St. Paul and Southwestern Railroad
Loeb
Custom Office
Roberta Hill
Gould
John Edward Garaghty
Newport
Julia Hstelle
Amos Tuck French
Ireland
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Geraghty
Main
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Duchess of Marlborough
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Niall of the Nine Hostages
Brian Boroimbo
Caw
Brian Boru
Andrew Toth
Pennsylvania
Homestead
Hungary
Andrew Carnegie
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Steve
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