Local Happenings At The Fair And Weddings
Miss Grace McMurtrie clerks at the Fair. Mrs. Farnum travels from North Yakima to attend the Marble Lichty wedding. Mrs. M C Rearback visits Seattle for the holidays with her son Louis. A Hollada and L Summers wed at North Yakima Thursday. C E society elects S E Chaffey president Earl Rowley vice president Lila Spaulding secretary C V Cook treasurer. Roy Armacast returns from Seattle for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace McMurtrie
Farnum
North Yakima
M. C. Rearback
Seattle
Louis
A. Hollada
L. Summers
Eloy Miles
Tacoma
E. J. Young
C. E. Society
S. E. Chaffey
Earl Rowley
Lila Spaulding
C. V. Cook
Roy Armacast
Alfalfa Christmas Events and Local Illnesses
A Christmas sermon by Rev. Mackentyre and an Alfalfa Sunday school program drew big crowds. Local residents report illnesses, travels, and family gatherings. A fatal accident occurred Tuesday as a foggy main line collision injured brakeman Mr. French beyond help at the depot near Worth Yakima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackentyre
Alfalfa
E. Allen
Wilbur Durham
H. S. Hatch
Mae Marston
Seattle
Joe Marston
Dollie Hatch
North Yakima
Evelyn Lyons
Prosser
Ray Marston
Berge
Sotus
Jessie Thomas
Orchardvale
Duffy
W. L. Hatch
May Fleming
Paul
Ellensburg
Roy Rarick
Lotus
Mr. French
Toppenish
Mr French
George Mathis
Worth Yakima
Christmas Visits and School Christmas Exercises
Miss Janie Young visited her parents over the holiday vacation in Cle Elum. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sindall and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lyons joined family gatherings in Toppenish and Nile. Oscar Dillon and Vestal Williams also spent time with local households. Six young friends surprised Mine Varian Carpenter on her birthday as the Christmas program at the school house featured a well received program and a decorated tree loaded with presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie Young
J. W. Young
J. W. Sindall
Toppenish
Guy Lyons
the Nile
Rock
Oscar Dillon
Zillah
Vestal Williams
Parker
Wmiss
Minnie Dorsett
Ahtanum Nuptials Unite Miss Florence Merritt and Mat thias Stanton
The wedding at the Merritt home in Ahtanum united Florence Merritt and Matthias Stanton with Rev. O Umstead officiating. The bride wore a white voile gown and carried a spray of white, as guests watched under a snow white bell. The couple will reside after January 1 at their home and take a wedding trip. The ceremony featured a traditional ring rite and was followed by gifts including silverware china and furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Stanton
Miss Merritt
Aferritt
State Normal School
Stanton
Christmas Dinner by Alfalfa Indian Church in Toppenish
The Alfalfa Indian church will host a Christmas dinner at 2 o clock on December 25 with an evening program and a Christmas tree. Children from both white and Indian communities will perform songs in English and Chinook led by Pastor George Waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toppenish Review
Alfalfa Indian Church
George Waters
Notice of Stockholders Meeting Old Union Ditch Company
Notice is given that the regular annual meeting of Old Union Ditch Company stockholders will be at North Yakima city hall Washington on Saturday January 12 1907 at 2 30 p m to elect officers for the year and consider other business Dated December 26 1906 John J Rudkin Secretary Also for sale thoroughbred barred rock cockrels Fred Johnson strain 2 50 eachMrs W P Hubbard R F D No 4 Read the Herald and keep yourself posted on city county and world affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Union Ditch Company
North Yakima
Washington
Jane
Fred Johnson
W. P. Hubbard
the Herald
W. Howard
Everett
Seattle
L. V. Patch
Idaho National Guard
Joe Wright
Pasco
John Eisler
C. J. Munson
Idaho
Kootenai County
Latah
Nez Perce
Dot Carney
Aberdeen
Wash
Charles Olsen
Ristori’s Madrid Triumphs And A Soldier’s Grateful Gard
London Truth recounts how in Madrid an elderly woman pleaded for her son a condemned soldier and Ristori secured a free pardon and a queenly kiss. Years later a former protégé caused chaos in the theater and was jailed, later revealed as grateful yet drunkenly thanking the star with a pledge of lifelong debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ristori
Madrid
Isabella
London Truth
Running For Exercise by a Professional Runner
A trainer outlines a morning routine starting at 6 30 a m with clothing, five minutes dressing, a quarter mile walk in five minutes and a one mile run in eight minutes. The circuit ends at 6 48 a m at the door, leaving the runner exhausted and perspiring, ready for bath shave and breakfast and promising to banish drugs for sedentary individuals who try such exercise.
How He Learned English by Carl Schurz
Carl Schurz described his early English struggles. He bought The Vicar of Wakefield, translated it into German, then retranslated into English after six weeks and compared with Goldsmith's original, concluding that he then knew English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schurz
Vicar of
Wakefield
Goldsmith
Caves Uncover Monkeys with Six Fingers in South Africa
In several Cape Colony and Orange Free State caves researchers found hundreds of mummified remains of a strange six fingered monkey species. Full grown specimens show a tail positioned high on the back by three to five inches, two sets of canine teeth, beards on males, and other distinctive traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Colony
Orange Free State
South Africa
Dresden Receives Municipal Newspaper Bequest
Dresden gains a daily newspaper bequeathed by the late Dr. Gunt. The paper, with wide circulation, serves as the main local advertising medium and its profits fund city beautification and charitable efforts.
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Dresden
The German I and You Letter Etiquette
The piece notes how German writing uses I and You differently from English. It explains egotism concerns and the lowercase ich while Sie is capitalized, contrasting with English capitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sie
Character Defines a Man Beyond Wealth or Power
A speaker argues that a person’s character is the essential distinguishing feature, not money, power, or brains. The emphasis centers on inner qualities over external measures in assessing a man.
Waves and wagers at the shore in Detroit style
A light hearted exchange compares sea waves to life's ups and downs. The pair joke about coming to the shore in bold fashion and leaving with empty pockets, reflecting a playful, coastal mood from the Detroit News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Fire destroys government saw mill at Ilo Idaho
News notes report a Sunday fire destroying the government saw mill at Ilo Idaho with losses estimated between 1500 and 2000 dollars. The item appears among a roundup of regional incidents and official actions across the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilo
Idaho
Patent for railroad semaphore safety device granted
Spokane inventor George S. Willoughby receives patent No 838,153 for a railroad semaphore attachment using a reciprocating shaft and wire cables to signal danger if a track object falls. Injuries reported as White gravely injured. Allen faces possible first degree murder charges amid alleged enmity. John W. Van Houten of Billings is jailed for felonious conspiracy related to a saloon card game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Willoughby
Spokane
John W. van Houten
Billings
Mont
John Wilcox
van Houten
Charles Allen Held for Assault in Colored Club Fight
Charles Allen is jailed on charges of assaulting a man known as Kid White. The fight allegedly occurred Saturday evening at the colored people's club rooms on South First Street, with Allen striking White behind the left ear using a rock concealed in his hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Toole
Montana
Shabin Farriss
Silver Bow County
Lydia Sullivan
Olympia
Jeanette Billings
Walla Walla
Aberdeen
Medical Lake Insane Asylum
Charles Olson
Dot Carney
Olson
Charles Nelson
Kanasket
C. C. Churchill
George Doose
Hans Ekland
William Billings
Ed. R. Hutchinson
State Penitentiary
Mead
Sigmund Clark
Vancouver Barracks
Charles Allen
Kid White
Colored People's Club
South First Street
Allen
White
New Engineer Arrives to Lead Yakima Traction Work
E. M. Kenley arrived Monday from Seattle to head the engineering corps for the Yakima Valley Traction Company. He will begin with a force Thursday to lay a preliminary line in the Moxee valley and continue work until all planned lines are laid out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Kenley
Seattle
Kenley
Strangers Arrive in City Hotels for Christmas Season
Arrivals listed at local hotels on December 24 include J R Tennyson from Portland, F R Barney Seattle, August Lind Seattle, A W Colburn Denver, R A O'Brien Mabton, E E McKay Sunnyside, M Ellumma Chicago, M V Weatherford Cowallis, T L Jeklin Tacoma, Mrs J S Washtook Kiona, F W Yarns Aurora, Ill, Mrs H G Saint Spokane, Bartholet Snyder Toppenish, M Schroeder Ellensburg, W D Mahndon Ellensburg, Edna Morrison Wapato. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised at 35 cents. Case's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
R Tennyson
Portland
Barney
Seattle
August Lind
W Colburn
Denver
A O'Brien
Mabton
Pacific
E E McKay
Sunnyside
M Ellumma
Chicago
Weatherford
Cowallis
Oregon
L Jeklin
Tacoma
J S Washtook
Kiona
Washington
W Yarns
Aurora
Ill
H G Saint
Spokane
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North Yakima Milling Co
Minnie Dillon
Handy
Santa Claus
Marie Bowers
Ewan
Iona Dudley
Vad Esde
Chas. Stewart
Cee Etree
Erase
Curiosity
Julius Peaches
Edith Hamilton
Eevee Willis Baker
Coseee
Varian Carpenter
Ener Young Men's Band
William Dudley
Alberta Lynch
Hminzel Lynch
Ben Smith
Howard Smith
Bet
Claire Grist
Clarence Pinkerton
Little Girls
Ralph Dorsett
Cecil Stewart
Carl Dorsett
Little Boys
Hazel Lynch
SY Clifford Smith
Emile Jacobs
Alfabfa
Matthias Stanton
Florence Merritt
The
Washington Post
Sou
John J. Rudkin
Hathaway Place
F. Dameyer
News of the Northwest
James Sharkey
Enterprise
Thomas H. Brents
Brents
Congress
John D. Atkinson
J. H. Easterday
State Tax Commission
C. Will Shaffer
Frank B. Morse
J. M. Snow
Betme's
Aep Gal Smikeo
Henry H. Schott
P. M. Troy
Thurston County
H. T. Jones
State Board of Control
J. W. Arrasmith
T. D. Rockwell
C. F. Hubbard
Bartholet
E Snyder
M Schroeder
W D Mahndon
Edna Morrison
Wapato
Hollister
Case
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