Frenzied Saturday Night On Yakima Avenue Ends In Sandbagging Scene
A wild Yakima melee unfolds with sandbagging, fights and a knife and gun clash near O K stables and Coffin Brothers store. Shots and a broken glass pane spark chaos as Shorty the well known sport defends a colored man in the brawl. No arrests reported as Sunday dawns peaceful.
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Yakima
Herald
Aguinaldo
O. K
Coffin Bros
Guilland
Rube
Shardlow’s
Fletcher & Turner’s
Shorty
Ellensburg
Shardlow
Demi Monde
Wun Lung
Per Leece
Perleece
Fletcher
Sec. 1
Town
E. Willamette
Debr
Dr. Gordon
Christmas gifts urged for inmates at Eastern Washington Hospital
J D MacLean superintendent of the Eastern Washington hospital appeals for Christmas gifts for inmates who are described as children in need of sympathy. The letter asks friends and relatives to send tokens to brighten the season and assures gifts will be acknowledged and administered. Mepicat Labs Washington December 11.
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Eastern
Washington Washington Hospital
J. D. MacLean
Mepicat Labs
Wash
Snively Supports Continued Fusion Amid Campaign Talk
H. J. Snively, citing a Seattle Times dispatch of January 11, endorses continued fusion. He dismisses claims of fusion forces splitting over expansion as bosh and predicts expansion will not be an issue in the coming year.
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H. J. Snively
Seattle Times
Fusion remains strong in state race despite weaker next year
The text predicts the fusion element will be weaker in 1897 yet still win the state election by 6000 to 7000. It notes about five percent of silver Republican voters returning to the GOP and that populists and Democrats gain from immigration, with most newcomers joining "our people." Also advertises BANNER SALVE from North Yakima Drug Store.
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North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Pasadena Walnut Grove Yields 37000 Pounds For City
Pasadena California reports its 62 acre English walnut grove produced 37000 pounds of nuts this year bringing in 3023 dollars and 39 cents. The item also notes Benj Ingerson of Hutton Indiana recovering voice with FOLEY S HONEY AND TAR and mentions North Yakima Drug Store and A D Sloan.
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Pasadena
Cala
Benj. Ingerson
Hutton
Ind
Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Reading the Riot Act and Bourbon Democracy Debate
The Seattle Times criticizes rival papers the Seattle Review and Yakima Democrat for fusion and calls for a convention to form a Simon Pure Bourbon Democracy. It argues the state lacks twenty thousand Democrats despite a potential hundred thousand votes in 1900. Bond's offers flour and feed with free delivery. An ad touts a $6 suit from Coffin Bros.
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Ador
Union of Forces
Seattle Review
Yakima Democrat
Fusion
Times 1S
Seattle Times
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Eliza Jane
Jones
Fish Bros
RFF
Lombard & Horsley Furniture
Star
J. L. Laswell
First Street
Bond’s
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