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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1902
Page
12
Former staff member listed for Asbury Methodist in Minneapolis Minnesota with office and residence at Kershaw block and phone 1383. All cases attended promptly day and night by the office.
Charley Ross, a so called educated Indian of the neighboring Yakima reservation, tells a Herald reporter that the reservation will be opened for sale with a $7 million cash price that would equate to $16,000 per Indian. He says most Indians support selling, with a few old men opposed, and indicates Fort Simcoe is abuzz with the plan.
Sheriff-elect R. A. Grant announces deputies for the next two years. W. A. Cox will handle office work and J. M. Edwards will operate in the field. Both are prominent locally and the appointments are expected to be well received.
Western Union American District Telegraph Company manager Spencer told a Hearst reporter that after January 1 the telegraph office will move into the building formerly home to A. D. Sloan's drug store. The current quarters are too small and poorly located.
The Yakima High School Cadets will hold a dance next Saturday at the newly completed Wisconsin Building. The event honors the Ellensburg visitors and aims to raise funds for new cadet uniforms. Patronesses include Mesdames Stair Cannon Cornett Sharkey Moran Snively.
Ellensburg travels for a return football game after a close win over the local high school. The lineup includes Dudley Fairbrook Carnwell H Shaw Huxtable Milrose White Pentz R Shaw Loudon Abbe and others with Whitson Waters Casteres and Donald among substitutes.
Overcrowded schools test discipline as 1500 pupils respond to a fire drill. City Superintendent Jolly and principals supervise drills with an alarm at Lincoln, rapid evacuations at Columbia and Central buildings completed in under two minutes.
The tendent outlines a district wide drill to clear all school buildings in one and a half minutes after a fire alarm. The board aims for realistic drills to prevent panic and ensure child safety while balancing heat costs, praising teachers for their cooperation in district number 7.
A fragment mentions M. M. Austin of Winchester Indiana praising Dr King New Life Pills for illness and constipation cure. The piece includes brief notes on Oaker-Dobson the young impressionist and a painted scene resembling Washington crossing the Delaware.
Harry Duckwell aged 25 choked to death at his home in front of wife and child after a cold lingered. A coughing spell led to suffocation before a doctor could arrive, per the St. Louis Globe-Democrat December 1, 1901. Advertisements note Ballard's Horehound Syrup for sale. A juvenile suitor's plea ends with the father offering $5 to seek an oculist.
Saved at Grave's Brink. Mrs. H. New som of Decatur Alabama says three years of severe indigestion and stomach problems ended after using Electric Bitters. She gained 35 pounds and now eats heartily. The guaranteed cure helps indigestion loss of appetite and liver and kidney troubles. Only 50c at Yakima drug stores.
Sheriff H. L. Tucker will sell at public auction on December 20, 1902 at 2 PM at the North Yakima Court House front door the property Lot 7 and 8 in block 115 City of North Yakima Yakima County Washington to satisfy judgment foreclosure and costs in favor of E. Rumfiler assignee of Eloise W. Wood against Byron A. Kem Jane Young William H. Dunbar and Nellie Dunbar. Sale conducted under execution decree of November 17 1902. High bidder receives title paid in cash United States money.
Summons announces foreclosure of delinquent tax liens held by E. F. Aumiller on properties owned by F. D. Shaver in North Yakima. It details certificates numbers 2685 and 2686 for taxes 1893–1901, with interest at 15 percent, costs, and requires appearance within sixty days after Nov 4, 1902, or judgment will be entered.
Summons filed in the Superior Court of the State of Washington for Yakima County. Plaintiff Paul G. Kruger appears in a civil action seeking relief. defendant and case details not fully readable. Proceedings to determine next steps and timelines.
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