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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1901
Page
8
Residents debate the Yakima avenue macadam project with critics warning basalt will not endure winter, favoring lime rock or gravel for durability. Local voices urge better produce handling for market readiness, while civic plans spur neighborly organization and cross-town praise of Yakima Valley changes.
Tim Lynch is reported very sick while Charles Merwin improves. Mrs. Fred Lauderdale and family spent Thanksgiving at Ellensburg with relatives. Eva Sherwood joined her mother in Ellensburg for the holiday. Madam Idella opens hairdressing parlors in the Miller block. A dance class with Prof. Fulkerson is advertised. William McMillan of Ellensburg visited North Yakima. Frank Bartholet and family hosted at Bartholet home. The Northern Pacific plans a $15 000 station at Hot Springs next spring, boosting the health resort status. A sale on flannelette gowns and skirts at The Wonder offers reduced prices. A bicycle found abandoned near a wagon is at Hulse & Sons. Rockwood Creamery shipped a Jersey calf valued at $100 to Latah, Washington, the second such shipment in two weeks.
The speaker notes a desire to satisfy the people while acknowledging potential winter trouble from mud. Current work is washing off mud, with the first two courses of stone praised as excellent. A solid foundation remains for possible future asphaltum or brick use.
Citizens at city hall last Tuesday night named a full ticket for today’s municipal election. With only one ticket, all candidates were elected: mayor O A Fechter city clerk H B Doust city attorney Vestal Snyder city treasurer C R Donovan health officer Dr P Frank councilman first ward long term Harry Moran councilman second ward long term E J Wyman councilman third ward long term J C Liggett councilman at large W E Ayres.
Advertisement states Chester White male pigs for sale by H. M. Gilbert at his residence one and a half miles west of North Yakima Washington. The notice includes contact instructions for prospective buyers.
Directors of School District No. 56 Moxee will accept bids until noon December 22 1901 for a frame school building. Plans and specifications are with the clerk. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Board H Garrettson Clerk School Dist No 56. 483 Notice A public meeting at Moxee Schoolhouse Saturday December 7 at 7 30 p m to petition Congress against leasing or selling public lands for grazing. 3Y Order of Committee. In France they do not burn their money they build airships with it. Wife Seems to me that since we were married you might at least have doubled your income What good would that have done Dyspepticides Dr Loyal Ford s Dyspepcide makes the stomach right and restores health and happiness North Yakima Drug Store A ID Sloan Proprietor
An old pill advertisement extols Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as curing malaria by removing the cause. A jokey dialogue follows in which Merritt and Cora debate believing half of what a girl says, reflecting era humor.
Satisfied users praise Foley's Honey and Tar as a splendid remedy for coughs colds and sore lungs. North Yakima Drug Store sells the remedy under A D Sloan, proprietor.
A short ad notes FOLEY S HONEY AND TAR as a remedy for colds with a warning about substitutes from North Yakima Drug Store run by A D Sloan. The piece also mentions birthday gift exchanges and wedding stationery services from Toe Heaton office with a brief line about a book titled Wild Animals I Have Met.
Warning about Cascarets Candy Cathartic counterfeits and substitutes. Also notice of sale offering 20 acres of improved land in Natchez valley, addressed by Milton Shearer of North Yakima.
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