Holiday notes and local events in Ellensburg
Mr and Mrs Eugene Zirkle welcome a daughter. Prof and Mrs Hull and their son spend holidays in Ellensburg. Miss Lovina Sherman returns from Whitman college for holidays. A Whitman lecture by Prof Haurbach is hoped for January. Christian Endeavor social at Prof Hulls. En deavor Hymnal ordered for Sunday. Schools close for holidays. Various families away on vacation. Christmas eve trees and a December 27 basket social at the academy planned. New Year church meeting announced. Ben Snall brings cattle from the Sound. Sherrie Brady to Toppenish for work. Wallace Purdin family dance with music by Chas Purdin. Mr New buys Harley Taylor place near the school. Miss Williams ill in Seattle. Miss Kate New to take her district 11 school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
Wallace Purdin
Chas. Purdin
New
Harley Taylor
School notes mention holidays and social ahead
Miss Bessie Rock left Saturday for Ellensburg to spend the holidays among friends. Frank Dillon is very sick with fever. re Lynch of North Yakima is attending in. Misses Janie and Ethel Young are home from the Normal to spend the holidays with their parents. There is to be a Watch social at the school house on New Year's eve, a program for which is now being arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Rock
Ellensburg
Frank Dillon
Re Lynch
North Yakima
Janie
Ethel Young
Roy Lichty
Elsie George
Sunnyside Christmas Activity and Local Happenings
Miss Anna Argent arrives to assist in millinery and dressmaking. Rev. George S. Raymond preaches at Federated church with Rev. W. O. Forbes and Mrs. Woodin leading services. E. M. Douglas sells eighty tons of hay for $28 per acre. New store building nearing completion. Residents and visitors from Michigan City, North Dakota, and Ellensburg in Sunnyside. Necktie social raises funds. Stove accident leaves Mrs. E. M. Douglas burned. Dr. Chamberlain and Mrs. F. C. Jones to return, others visiting Seattle and Tacoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Raymond
Federated Church
W. O. Forbes
8. L. Woodin
Christian Endeavor Society
E. M. Douglas
T. M. Norris
School program and holiday closure described
The notes describe baskets with refreshments to be provided and no charges expected. The school closed Friday for holiday vacation. Miss Bessie Belinger prepared a disciplined program of music recitations and dialogues performed by the pupils to the delight of many parents and patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Belinger
Simcoe Christmas Eve Event And Local Wedding Update
Simcoe residents prepare an old time neighborhood tree at Christmas Eve hosted by Professor and Mrs Richardson at Mr and Mrs A Jellison home. On Christmas Day Miss Birdie Maxwell marries Daniel McEvoy of Walla Walla at Mr and Mrs W H Maxwell home. Chas Franzene and the depot agent visited North Yakima Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simcoe Station
Richardson
A. Jellison
W. H. Maxwell
Miss Birdie
Daniel McEvoy
Walla Walla
Simcoe
Chas. Franzene
Yakima
Local Rural Notes and Farm Updates in New York Cash Store Section
South Riverside street and the township line mark a new line in local reporting. Vandellan completed a barn on South Riverside street while Barney Kenyon baled hay at Euclid. Frank Gorton’s crew pauses work for frost with grubbing ongoing. Weather stays fine for stock feeders. Cline offers four to five hundred Ben Davis apples. Gibson receives another shipment of pure-bred white leghorns. Hinrichs finishes a feed yard to feed hay crop to sheep this winter. Safe Pace finds hogs profitable on skimmed milk. Douglas to reside on Emory Thompson place after Roy Pace moves east of town. A man near Alfalfa siding loses team and wagon in river incident. he and his boy escape deep water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfalfa Siding
Local Business Changes and Hiring in Prosser
I J Crofutt buys out the Daley meat market leaving Prosser with one market. KK A Warner moves to North Yakima for St Paul Tacoma Lumber Co. Greer replaces him at Hour mill with Taylor Kemp. I C McFarland returns from Montana and is glad to be back. Gertrude Elrod named 5th city school teacher. Prosser Falls Lands Irrigation Co hires G Smith of Cleveland to overhaul pumps for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KK. A. Warner
North Yakima
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
Mr. Greer
Taylor & Kemp
Prosser Falls Lands Irrigation Co
G. Smith
Cleveland
Ohio
Smith
Christmas Observances Across City Churches This Year
City churches will hold extensive Christmas services and tree celebrations for children as Rev. J Gihring, Rev. H M Bartlett, and other ministers lead Adventist and church programs. Cantatas, special music, and Santa Claus appearances outlined for multiple denominations. Local civic steps include Cle Elum seeking incorporation as a fourth class city. Also listed are local advertisements and rental, sale, and product notices.
Briggs and Dam Offer Big Bargains on Pianos and Organs
The Briggs and Dam firm reports an oversupply of pianos and organs that must move before January 1 as they relocate to the Clegg block. Special bargains are offered on every instrument, encouraging early selection. Also advertised is a purebred Holstein bull for service at M. B. Sandmeyer’s ranch northeast of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clegg Block
M. B. Sandmeyer
Tity
Bank Report of Condition from Yakima Bank December 1901
The report lists assets including cash and due from banks, U S bonds, real estate, and securities totaling 956 956 dollars. Liabilities show capital stock surplus undivided profits and deposits including demand and time certificates, with total liabilities and capital balancing the statement.
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U. S
Nat's
Internal Revenue
WGN
National Bank
State of Washington
Yakima
W. L. Steinweg
W.steinwag
Fred Parner
Orth Yakima
Wash
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard
Briggs & Dam
Yakima Avenue
Ahtanum
Eugene Zirkle
Prof
Mrs. Hull
Little Son
Lovina Sherman
Whitman College
Haurbach
Mrs. Jacobson
Miss Edwards
Spokane
Miss Dixon
Waitsburg
Wenus
Ben Snall
Sherrie Brady
Williams
Seattle
Kate New
Sunnyside
Merry Christmas
Anna Argent
H. H. Lyon
Messrs. A. Mingo, QC. Sonsteng
Michigan City
North Dakota
Ira J. Boutelle
Michigan
Ed Young
C. W. Chutte
Minnesota
Dr. Chamberlain
F. C. Jones
H. V. Luithlen
Arthur Young
Wm. Hitchcock
Tacoma
Mr. Hitchcock
Homer Brown
The
Messrs
A. G. Fleming
H. M. Lichty
8. T. Woodin
FE. M. Douglas
Frye-Bruhn Company
Euclid
Will Harrison
Yoder
Earley
Well
Mr. Marble
New York
Heinze
South Riverside Street
Mr. Vandellan
Barney Kenyon
Euclideee
Frank Gorton
W. H. Cline
Ben Davis
David Gibson
Wm. Hinrichs
Emory Thompson
Roy Pace
North Yama
South First Street
Prosser
I. J. Crofutt
Daley
I. C. McFarland
Montana
Mac
H. Patterson
J. Stewart
Scott
Gertrude Elrod
Feckenscher
Church Notes
J. Gihring
German Evangelical Church
Christian Church Sunday School
Santa Claus
Santa
St. Michael’s Church
H. M. Bartlett
Bartlett
St. Michael’s Sunday School
Presbyterian Sunday School
Methodist Sunday School
B. F. Kumler
Congregational Church
J. G. Smith
Adventist Church
Cle Elum
Kittitas ‘County
Wyman & Fraser’s
Stephenson
North Fourth Street
Sunnyside Canal
George K. Anderson
Zillah, Wash
Flour Mill Co’s
Grocer
H. H. Hoffman
Orrice
Macponato
First National Bank of
Washington
Esources
TOK
Charles Carpent
Henry B.scoppen
WM. B. Dupley
South Second ST
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