Postoffice Seeks One Year Clerk in Wetwestenn
The Yarima Herald reports a Wetwestenn Washington post office listing an opening for a one year clerk position. The notice appeared in the August edition with details on duties and appointment.
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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1910
Page
4
Insurgent Victor Murdock Attacks Rail Rates and Tariff Abuse
Speaker Victor Murdock at Yakima accuses railroads of stealing five million dollars yearly through a post office service leak and argues for tariff reform. He criticizes Cannon standpatter leaders, defends representative government, and supports Miles Poindexter and direct primaries amid a broader insurgent stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Murdock
Yakima Theatre
Miles Poindexter
Post Office Department
Viota
Theodore Roosevelt
Murdock
Mr. Murdock
Cannon
Aldrich
Payne
Dalzell
United States
Injunction Clamp Drops on Greensburg Miners Strike
A Pittsburgh region piece recalls the Greensburg injunction that barred miners from talking singing marching or standing still as 15000 workers faced strike and lockout. A miner's funeral required court dispensation yet the cortege faced limits on banners and the Starry Emblem of Liberty was doused. The piece notes two activities forbidden breathing and praying and highlights the miners prayer for strike-breakers and owners to find mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Campbell
Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment
Jamison
Evicted Miners Raise Families as Court Weighs Anti Prayer Injunction
The report notes deputies acting for lawyers and a judge may intervene on an anti prayer injunction. Meanwhile miners evicted from company houses live outdoors with their infants, described as potentially healthier for their lungs in summer.
Forest Fire Crisis Urges Strong Conservation Action
The Spokesman Review warns that unchecked forest fires threaten U S forests, water, and soil. Experts say within 40 years the U S could be treeless like Spain, unless the conservation congress at St Paul in September educates communities to prevent fires and safeguard forests. Pacific Northwest press warned early spring of dangerous climatic conditions and urged precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Spain
Central Asia
Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Pacific Northwest
Own Your Own Home Advice for Young Earners
A persuasive editorial urges young men with any income to buy homes using down payments and regular installments. It argues real estate is a stable investment that builds neighborhood and civic interest, contrasts rent with ownership, and cites a historic real estate tale to underscore potential gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hunt
New York
Insane Asylum
High Cost of Dying Reveals Undertaker Profiteering in 1910s
A Pearsons Magazine writer exposes funeral industry practices that overcharge the bereaved. He reports prices rising from 1853 to 1910 and alleges insurers and undertakers profit by delaying payments, with many policies held until death. The piece criticizes ethics and calls for scrutiny of crowded funeral businesses and predatory pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ll. BK. Theiss
Pearson's Magazine
Busine ‘ Tt
Eobhuranir
Eyury
Wil
Separate the undertaker trade from casket business
A discussion proposes licensing undertakers to raise professional standards and reduce exploitation. It argues that separating funeral services from casket sales would curb the influence of unscrupulous undertakers and attract more reputable professionals, aligning the industry with other licensed professions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Theiss
Do You Care Two Cents About La Follette Re-Election
A call to action urging readers to support Wisconsin senator Robert M. La Follette against a coalition of Aldrich allies and corporate interests. The piece accuses opponents of tainted money and suppression of La Follette’s campaign news and asks readers to write letters to male friends using a two-cent stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob la Follette
United States Senate
United States
Aldrich
Senate
Canmon Outfit
House
Trusts
Railroads
Breweries
Public Service Corporations
la Follette
Theodore Roosevelt
Rubber Aldrich
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Poindexter for Senator Faces National Trust Foe
The piece argues Poindexter challenges big interests in Washington State as the key issue mirror in California and other states. It highlights his stance against railroads and trusts, calls for equal protection and opportunity, and critiques tariffs tied to powerful fortunes like Standard Oil, sugar and steel trusts, and partners such as Harriman, Weyerhauser, and Guggenheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Union
Collier's
California
Johnson
Harriman
Weyerhauser
Guggenheim
Sugar Trust
Steel Trust
Carnegie Steel Works
Carnegie
Senate
House
Republican Party
Steel Trust and
Germany
France
Washington
Kansas
Iowa
Ancient Wisdom Calls to Stop Beetles and Pests
A newspaper excerpt parodies calls from old wisdom urging eradication of crop pests. It cites imagined verses from the Atharva-Veda and contrasts them with modern scientists like Woodworth Wickson Ulue, noting that following such commands might have prevented India’s plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Professor Wood- Worth
Wickson
Thupert Ulue
India
Vedic Beliefs contrasted with Public Health Insights
The article notes Hindu claims about time before creation and cites the Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene praising Veda influence on eradicating pests. It critiques Berkeley’s Cow College and urges action over talk, urging field agents to persist in pest control using the Strenuous One’s maxim that words without deeds are vain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
India
Berkeley
Science
Cow College
A Wise Mother Inspires Long Term Family Sacrifice
A widow fights to educate four children while the son earns 25 dollars monthly. He declines a higher paying clerk job to study law, and three years later becomes a partner in the same firm. He cares for his mother into old age, and ensures better schooling for siblings. The tale warns against short term gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esau
Acquittal of Mamie McLaughlin in slaying case
A New Orleans jury acquitted Mamie McLaughlin charged with killing her betrayer, a wealthy businessman. The ruling rejects an unwritten law defense and upholds a single standard of morality for both sexes, suggesting working girls face greater protection in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mamie McLaughlin
Louisiana
Southland
Georgia Thwarts Cannon Ally in Primary Fight
Leonidas Livingston and William M. Howard, both aligned with Cannon, were defeated in Georgia primaries. The losses illustrate rising opposition to Cannonism across the South and suggest waning support for Cannon allies in national party contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cannon
Georgia
Kansas
California
Leonidas Livingston
Conserving Natural Resources for State Benefit
The speaker argues that the nation’s natural resources, valued in the millions, should be developed so the state gains from them. State ownership does not justify handing control to large capital groups, and opposition comes only from those seeking a free grab.
Dry Farming congress deemed of great importance
Governor Hay highlights the Dry Farming congress in a statewide proclamation urging full representation from Washington and other states, with delegates already chosen and a large gathering anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Washington
Congress
Election Whimsy Notes on John L. Wilson's Victory
A wry remark suggests Wilson's win may reflect timeless voting habits. The quip implies voters act after a loss or mistake, not before, highlighting the stubbornness of political outcomes and the enduring role of practical consequences.
Gifford Pinchot's Fate Tied to Public Land Controversy
The sentence alleges Pinchot would have faced defeat as chief forester if he had aided railroads in filing half a million acres of public domain land, implying a political consequence tied to land policy and career survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Local developments and travel as North Coast railroad work continues
Arrangements shift to Dubld while Freeman relocates to establish a business house with living quarters. Prosser and Portland visits noted as orchard shipments of Elberta and Crawford peaches wind down. The North Coast railroad pushes westward with 100 ballast workers, a gravel pit opened four miles west, and three work trains in the yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubld
Civery
E. M. Freeman
Toppenish
Don McAllpin
Ben Culps
North Coast Railroad Bridge and Building Department
P. Webb
North Yakima
Yakima Transfer Company
Pasco
Rudd
Ben Culp
North Coast Railroad
C. A. Hartman
Genevieve
Seattle
Mattison and Weir
J. Kelley DePriest
Prosser
D. S. Siegrist
Miller Realty Co
Siegrist
Benton City
Yakima Valley
F. J. Whitney
Spokane
Minnie Whalen
Pitman
George Arrowsmith
New York and
Pittsburg
Power and Light Co
John Palmer
W. F. Blaisdell
Blaisdell Hotel
Madton
Crab Creek Lumber Co
Z. E. Scott
Scott
Kiona
Weir
G. H. King
Foley's Kidney Remedy Praised by Satisfied User
Mr Claude Brown of Reynoldsville Illinois reports months of kidney trouble resisted treatment until Foley's Kidney Remedy. After a few large bottles he achieved a complete cure and recommends the medicine highly. North Yakima Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Claude Brown
Reynoldsville
Ill
North Yakima
Poindexter Campaign Verse From Naches Poem
A political verse by Mrs. Hilda A. Meystre from Naches urges support for Miles Poindexter. It praises his independence from party lines and his readiness to defend the people’s rights and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Poindexter
Pinchot Policy Said To Doom Western Cattle Industry
A contemporary claims Gifford Pinchot conservation policy crippled western cattle interests. The statement frames conservation measures as a factor in industry decline and prompts debate over policy impacts on ranching regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
West
Vermi Fuge Promise for Wormridden Child Growth
A notice touts WHITE'S CREAM VERMI FUGE to destroy and expel intestinal worms in children, claiming immediate health improvement and rapid growth. Sold by D. H. Fry at 10 Yakima Avenue, and W. Camp at Yakima and Third Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Fry
Yakima Avenue
W. Camp
Yakima
Third Avenue
Benton City Visitors Return From Tacoma and Cheney
Mrs A A McAlpin and daughter finish visits with relatives in Tacoma and return home. Misses Anna and Mary Wolford come back from Cheney to rest, with Anna planning a Spokane stay and Mary to Lincoln county to teach this fall and winter. A L Yakey of Sunnyside also spent the end of the week here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. McAlpin
Tacoma
Anna
Mary Wolford
Cheney
Miss Anna
Spokane
Miss Mary
Lincoln County
A. L. Yakey
Sunnyside
Foley Kidney Pills Ad Description
Foley Kidney Pills are advertised as tonic in quality and action and quick in results for backache headache dizziness nervousness urinary irregularities and rheumatism. The product claims to tone up and strengthen the kidney and bladder restoring natural urinary organ action. North Yakima Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
North
The History of Rubber and Its World Impact
A historical overview of rubber tracing its global exploitation and finance. It notes origins in India Africa and South America, key centers like Para Brazil, Goodyear's vulcanization, and the rise of rubber's value from 1891 to 1900 with sharp price increases and profits for early adopters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Mexico
Satan
Aldrich
Bristow
Rhode Island
India
Africa
South America
Bolivia
Para
Brazil
United States
Chas. McIntosh
Chas. Goodyear
Higher Rates Declared At Santa Fe Hearing
President Rin ley testified before ICC examiner Brown arguing railroads face higher operating costs due to wage hikes and a dimmer 1911 outlook. He noted Santa Fe paid dividends for ten years, estimated property value at 579 million, and warned earnings may shrink affecting dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rinley
Santa Fe
Brown
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thorne
Ripley
W. R. Bailey
James Peabody
Statistican
Rock Island
Foley Kidney Pills Promote Relief for Kidney Ailments
Mrs. Rose Glaser of Terra Haute Indiana reports long standing kidney trouble cured after four weeks of Foley Kidney Pills. She suffered severe backache and spent on ineffective cures before finding this medicine, and now is able to resume work and recommends it widely. North Yakima Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Rose Glaser
Terra Haute
Ind
North Yakima
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yarima Herald
Wetstenn
Wosh
Greensburg
H . Woobird Ab
First Avenue
Seutiic
Poindexter
John L. Wilson
Hilda A. Meystre
Naches
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Worth’s Dispensary Medical Association
M. D
N. Y
Riply
Ben. B. Lindsey
Denver
National Conservation Congress
Minnesota
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