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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
1
The notice list promotes potato sacks, coffee, stamps, hardware, feed, paper, remedies, and dental care. It urges timely portrait sitting before Christmas and advertises a grand masquerade ball December 25 at Mason's Opera House with a $10 cake walk prize. Kinsey Conolly Yakima hardware and bakery names appear with product spots and store displays.
An Yakima inventor R Clark builds a five foot acetylene air ship in a Yakima cellar. It soars with his son in law as passenger before exploding. obits note Benjamin Rust dies in Kiona after brain fever. death follows Alaskan illness and prior pallbearer roles. Local lodges elect officers including AOUW North Yakima OO F Knights of Pythias and Order of Pendo inaugurations with Tacoma officials assisting.
Yakima police statistics hail steady moral improvement in the city. September saw four incidents of nickel in the slot, eight gamblers paying fines, and nine abandoned women fined. October records show two nickel slots, six gamblers fined, and four fines totaling $20. November reports three prostitutes fined totaling unknown amount, including two named individuals.
Faurnished or unfurnished rooms to rent inquire at this office. E C Coleman has thought of J W Beck of North Yakima the old Bill Beck place on the west side of the river. This is one of the best farms in Kittitas valley. Among the new suits filed besides foreclosures and promissory notes are R Smith v Chas McAllister for trespass by the latter sheep and Archie and May Little v Frank Barney for 3000 damages for calling Mrs Little bad names.
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