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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
3
A valley poultry note reports hens increasing laying after moult, with one woman averaging 118 eggs per hen for the year and another selling chicks at $1 each. Breeders plan early hatches and winter shows as incubator sales and Buff Orpington imports loom.
Indian agent Thomas J. King Jr and special officer D L Crowder led indictments from a grand jury on the Cheyenne and other reservations. Crowder secured confessions from the Standish Rock band, cracked bootlegging, timber theft, and cattle theft cases, and halted 108 pints of whiskey entering the reservation.
Oscar Hammerstein, American impresario, launches a twenty week season at the London Opera House challenging Covent Garden. He funds the venture with about a million dollars, despite few famous singers, and predicts success against established rivals.
Chicago statistics show about 90 percent of divorces filed in circuit court are by wives, with similar shares for trivial causes. Men file the remaining cases on desertion or misconduct, and maternal-in-law sympathy is noted.
A pipe once smoked by Sir Walter Raleigh on the gallows is to be offered by a London antiquities dealer. The carved Virginia maple piece features dog and Indian heads and a whistle in the stem. It was handed to Bishop Andrews at the scaffold and has remained with its owner’s family for two centuries.
A verse by A Brininstool asks a simple timely question about Christmas shopping. The speaker assures it is not a deep problem, just asks if the reader has started buying gifts as Christmas draws near.
A playful exchange reports a wife eloping with a chauffeur prompting a sharp retort about the drivers. The unnamed speaker Mr Flimgill voices a sardonic take on chauffeur recklessness.
In a heated exchange a speaker questions the billionaire’s motives while another asserts personal involvement in his good deeds. The remarks touch on public perception of wealth and philanthropy.
An American consul in Calcutta reports India faces a serious horse and mule shortage for government and private needs. US breeders could fill short cargos via New York Philadelphia and New Orleans. Prices range from 250 to 400 dollars for ordinary to exceptional mounts as India shifts imports from Australia and toward Argentina.
The Oregon Agricultural College reports high bud take rates for English and California black walnuts using year-old buds and dormant cions. Techniques include head back, staking, and careful timing to encourage growth, with June work favoring earlier heading and August to spring deferral if late.
The Wapato Independent warns that political feuding in Toppenish harms the town. It denounces mudslinging and slander threats, urges deposing rival factions, and calls for council restraint while supporting a grand jury to clear officials. It pleads for unity to protect the town’s welfare.
A citizen notes that a newspaper man faces hostility from criminals, swindlers, hypocrites, critics, and others who disagree. The remark suggests reporters must accept malignment as part of public life and implies a career without such resentment is impossible.
A White Gas taxi with 30 horsepower and seven seats arrives for the Yakima hotel as its new car. It costs $2,800 at the factory and is owned by Noel & Son, who already operate taxis for the hotel. The auto reached North Yakima after a 12 day trip from Cleveland.
Memphis resident Mrs Emma Looney claims eight years of misery ended after taking Cardus. She reports improved strength, no missed meals, and gratitude, while an ad urges Cardui to address female troubles and related headaches and dizziness.
A garbled paste of lines and titles recalls poems and verses none of which clearly form a single narrative. The jumble references Maud Muller Algiers Kosciusko bridge and seas with lingering rhythm, presenting fast fragments rather than a cohesive report.
A quotation reveals mixed views on hatpins as a social device. The speaker notes some people may tolerate them, but they are not desired in their circle. The remark hints at public etiquette and fashion norms of the era.
In a curt exchange, Mr. Cumrox defends favoring older writers. One speaker scolds modern authors for lacking care, while Cumrox jokes about how his family will not invite new writers to pretend to be superior.
North Yakima merchants debate apple industry advertising. They argue locals should fund and manage publicity, highlight valley diversity, and shift focus from apples to other opportunities. The idea, proposed by Alex Miller after Spokane's show three years ago, gains traction as sentiment grows.
Police report a fatal early morning shooting in Tulsa tied to a robbery. A Black man, identified as Dus Walker, died after being wounded near Miarnater Walker. Another Black person was detained in connection with the incident.
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