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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
4
Local publication details list The Yanima Herald's office and contact information. It notes publication cadence every Wednesday and subscription rates for one year six months and three months. The issue header cites December 1, 1999 with no additional news items readable.
A Minnesota preacher’s son Rudolph Juul tells of stealing a valise and selling it for 1.25 to avoid starvation in Chicago. The piece argues the danger facing country boys drawn to big cities and urges them to return home and rebuild their lives.
W. W. Robertson argues to discharge about seventy women teachers in North Yakima claiming female workers lose self respect. He cites Minnesota teachers and notes several are relatives of local citizens. The proposal targets all current staff, prompting community debate.
Twenty four hours after The Herald reported the Reed affair with the school board and after F A Hatfield voiced an opinion the Republic published the same facts. The Republic then claimed credit for the expose. The Peary Cook controversy resurfaces over North Pole discovery. Nicaragua is urged toward a steady Fourth of July. President Zelaya may address marines soon.
A surprise twentieth anniversary gathering at Mr. and Mrs. A. Decoto's home 304 South Fourth Avenue on Friday November 26 featured Chinese supper and games. The couple married in Webster South Dakota on November 6, 1889, and received numerous presents including a china dinner set.
A busy society week features a bridge party at Mrs. Hugo F. Luhman’s home with Mrs. H A Kenyon and Mrs. Arthur Clark as honored guests. Other events include a bowling party at the Y M C A, a drama banquet at the Y M C A, Women’s Club programs, Gayety club cards, and the Pitman Jones nuptials, detailing attendees, venues, and postevent entertainments.
Dr H J L Boardman explores Pauls view that Christians must be responsible citizens and vote for honor and decency. He frames citizenship as a duty aligning public life with gospel values, urging wakeful participation in elections and civic reform to lift moral standards.
Captain Jenkins explains the Salvation Army sale in North Yakima items donated by locals. The goal is to help the poor feel independent when obtaining cloth with a small ten cent charge, with free garments for those unable to pay.
The Zediker Institute of Drugless Healing promotes osteopathy with electricity vibration massage baths mental and magnetic therapies plus hygiene dietetics heat hydrotherapy and traction. It claims 1700 cases treated with no knife or drugs and lists contact at 211 East U kima avenue with phone Mat 673.
Dean Alfred Lockwood of All Saints' cathedral considers an offer to lead St. Michael's in North Yakima. He plans to study the proposition and may depart Spokane early next year. Lockwood notes growth and financial potential in North Yakima and recalls his five years of progress in Spokane.
Olney Boggess of North Yakima High School football, injured six weeks ago in the Ellensburg North Yakima game, underwent a third operation on Saturday with a fourth anticipated. Confined to bed, he endures pain and discouragement as vitality wanes, though friends and strangers hope for a swift recovery.
Jacob Schrall of 432 South Street Danville Illinois recounts eighteen months of kidney and bladder trouble with weight loss from 185 to 118 pounds. After trying doctors and pills he started Foley's Kidney Pills seven weeks ago, gained 11 pounds, returned to work in three weeks, and reports ongoing improvement. He urges others with kidney or bladder issues to start the remedy at North Yakima Drug Store to avoid Bright's disease or diabetes.
Yakima county chicken fanciers lack a venue for their annual show. They announce it for December but a suitable showroom is unavailable. East Yakima avenue has one vacant room, west Yakima none, and side streets offer unsuitable spaces amid new construction.
The organizers announce their annual show and say they are prepared to exhibit the finest feathered stock ever seen in central Washington. They invite a public minded citizen with a suitable room to support by hosting the best birds of various breeds.
Harry Catalan closed a deal with the Burbank Land Company for two principal corners of the Burbank townsite at the Snake and Columbia rivers confluence opposite Kennewick and Pasco. The sale centers on placing a hotel on one corner and a bank on the opposite. The Burbank Land Company includes Fritz Miller Harry B Averill and Edgar B Allen. Catalan expresses confidence in the Columbia river country and joins as a pioneer investor in the project.
J D Koven division engineer of the Northern Pacific Railroad visiting North Yakima inspected the station progress. He notes the cement walk will stay for now and cement paving will surround the new station and south end near the express building while all other changes to the platform are deemed unnecessary.
North Yakima fire chief Dawson urges city contractors and house movers to add two white lights beside red warning lamps on sidewalks and houses. He says this will help fire horses and crews navigate safely during runs and prevent delays that could endanger homes and lives.
Classified ads offer money to loan on first mortgage by International Mortgage & Loan Co Apel Doorn Holland or H Bront sema R F D No 1 city Also wanted 200 stock hogs weighing 49 to 190 lbs by D S Beardsley & Son 610 N 8rd St
One registered York shire boar and sow offered for sale. Breeders and price stated as cheap. Contact KE Anderson at R F D No 4 box 122 North Yakima Washington.
Washington November 30. The comptroller of the currency has directed all national banks that have met irregularly with their directors to hold at least monthly meetings going forward. About 2,500 banks fall into this category, out of 7,000 nationwide.
W Camp returns to North Yakima after six weeks in California with two firm convictions. He believes California offers better business opportunities and superior roads yet is glad to be back in Yakima. He searched for a drug store site and a poor highway but found neither.
The passage portrays Monte Carlo as a warm winter resort for Russians, Germans, and English, noting Promenade Des Anglais, many hotels, and state taxes. It contrasts French prosperity with Italy, mentions food costs, luxury fruit boxes, and government gambling ties to theatres, ending with a reference to attempting luck at the Monte Carlo bank.
The piece describes crowded gambling rooms with 300 players wagering $50 to $200 per turn while croupiers manage wins and losses. It notes a Russian bidder and strict entry rules, then contrasts Monte Carlo’s wealth under the Prince of Monaco with operations, staff, and entertainment, dismissing Schweab breaking the bank as fiction.
The article touts a vast 1909 apple tree output totaling 1,891,000 trees across ten leading varieties including Newtown Pippin and McIntosh Red. It highlights large orders such as 400,000 trees and 110,000 trees, plus substantial plantings for the Tieton Project funded by government water costs, and urges demand for catalogs from agents nationwide.
A. J. Miller is listed as a local agent for Washington Nursery Co with contact details at 6 South First Street Office Main 394 and residence 1147. The notice seeks additional agents in the area.
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