Christmas Festivities at Ahtanum Sun School Enjoy Bright Program
The Ahtanum Sun school held Christmas events with a cantata Crown Christmas and a memorable tableau featuring the Madonna and child. Santa Claus distributed gifts as students and parents attended, while teachers and students look forward to expanding school facilities and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Merritt
Ernest Burtril
John Henderson
Santa Claus
Helen Umstead
Santa
Chiildren
B. Woodcock
Feurteen
C. C. Palmer
R. D. Bailey
William
Robert
H. C. Vesper
Kannith
Yakima City
Louise Henderson
Mosier
North Yakima
Alice Gentry
Dayton
Moyer
Astoria
Astoria, Called There On Account of the Fllness of Her Mother. Miss Olive Draper
Wallace Braithwait
Hood River
Auto route proposed for star mail carrier in Yakima Fort Simcoe region
Fort Simcoe Washington December 26. O P Stevenson contractor on the star mail route between North Yakima and Fort Simcoe including Old Town and White Swan considers buying an automobile to replace horses. He once sought department consent to split routes by meeting halfway but patrons objected. If feasible he could bypass 616 Town by trolley to Wiley City then over Ahtanum ridge to White Swan reducing distance. Local residents of Old Town and current patrons may oppose. Stevenson, a member of the Alaska Brotherhood and pioneer, and visitors Louis Simpson judge Joe Williams Louis Brown Mrs Frazee at the Fort. Seelatsee, former chief of police, fully recovered and to return to school. Mrs Jim Gowdy of Medicine Valley recovering from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Fort Simcoe
Wash
O. P. Stevenson
Star Mail
North Y Kime
Old Town
White Swan
Wiley City
Ahtanum Ridge
Stevenson
Alaska Brotherhood
Louis Simpson
Indian Notice Court
Mon- Gay
Joe Williams
Medicine Valley
Louis Brown
Frazee
Aiso
Joe Seelatsee
Frank Seelatsee
Seelatsee
Jim Gowdy
Man Robbed of Foot in Hunting Accident Near Take Chatcolet
J R Crews suffered a gun discharge injury while hunting near Take Chatcolet on Sunday afternoon. The wound required amputation of his right foot. W. E. Ward and Mrs. Ward traveled to Couer d Alene after telegram news. Included are local society notes and arrivals in Toppenish with names such as Florence Anson Laura Page and Frances Skahill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crews
W. E. Ward
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
J. R. Crews
Take
Chatcolet
Florence Anson
Nebraska
W. ©. Cowan
Seattle
Laura Page
Yakima
Oaks
Tribune
Charlotte Meen
Toppenish
Frances Skahill
Rupert
Floyd Hutchinson
Joseph Stephenson
North Yakima
George
G. M. Allen
Pine Street
Z. Y. Coleman
D. L Leed
Eastern Stars
B. W. Felder
W. M
L. Bryan
W F. Anderson
W. P
W. F. Anderson
H. M.johinson
W. L. Shearer
Coleman
H. W. Sut
G. G. Lee
Igs
Plorence
Naches City Advances With Gas Lights And Growth
Naches City improves with gas street lights marking a shift from dark streets. The town shows growth through new buildings and holiday merchandise displays, signaling its rise among valley towns. Frank Morton and Matt Hagerty faced a rough trip to Cold Springs due to bad roads. Romso Trottier moved his goats to North Yakima. Mt View ranch, owned by Fechter and Janeck, rented to a Japanese party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naches City
Naches
North Yakima
Frank Morton
Matt Hagerty
Cold Springs
Romso Trottier
Yakima
Mt. View
Fechter & Janeck
Illus trated Lecture At Congregational Church
Rev Herbert from the Sound gave an illustrated lecture at the Congregational church Tuesday evening. D Walters made a trip to Yakima. Sickler children remain home with colds. Forest Turnly shows improvement after a long illness. Miss Nita Slavin returned home for Xmas vacation from the coment. Emma Barr hosts a well attended social. Christian Endeavor plans continued winter and spring entertainments. Myrtle Rupert confined with chickenpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxee
Herbert
The
Sound
Congregational Church
D. Walters
Yakima
Forest Turnly
Nita Slavin
Priday
Coment
Emma Barr
Myrtle Rupert
Ahtanum Visitors and Club Notes in Yakima Area
Messrs. J Thornton and Geo N Watkins visited Ahtanum on Friday. Mrs. H C Hill of Shoshone Idaho, guest of Mr. and Mrs. F T Carney, returned to Yakima. Mrs. J C Berry joined the Portia club in North Yakima and guests at a luncheon included several local women. W C Carney of Alta Canada reports thousands of acres of wheat still to be threshed nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Wash
Messrs. J. ©. Thornton
Geo. N. Watkins
Ahtanum
H. C. Hill
Shoshone
Idaho
F. T. Carney
Yakima
J. C. Berry
Portia Club
North Yakima
Ellensburg Christmas Delights and Local Obits
Ellensburg residents greet holidays with visits to relatives in Cle Elum Tacoma Wenatchee Chehalis and Seattle. The community mourns Harry Waddell brother of Mrs Wright and notes a birth at 606 Worth Chestnut Street. An illustrated lecture on See America First was held at the Presbyterian church with proceeds to the Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellensburg
Ethel Waters
Pilsnburg
Rufus Kirby
Isabel Pratt
Normer School
Tacoma
Aletha Hadley
Wenatchee
Vergie
Rhoda Burroughs
North Yakima
A. M. Wright
Wright
Alva
Leland Bull
University of Washington
Marian Turner
Cle Blum
Lensburg
H. Chapman
Worth Chestnut Street
Elks Plan January Minstrel Show in Regular Meeting
In Tuesday evening’s meeting the Elks approved a February style minstrel act to be staged in January with a Romeo and Juliet balcony scene by Jake Becker and Roy Weneer, plus stunts by Wilson and Link Palmer. Ruth McLelland, home from Ellensburg for holidays, visited Toppenish parents. W. H. Pearson and wife sold 82 acres near High Line canal to Edgar Harvey for 30000. Jacob Weiss of Omaha bought 160 acres for 12000 cash, sale by Harvey Land Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Becker
Roy Weneer
Wilson
Link Palmer
Elk People
Ruth McLelland
Ellensburg
Local and Personal Notes From North Yakima
Miss Daigy McCabe of Weston Wisconsin visits East Yakima avenue home of Mr and Mrs A L Thompson to attend the state educational association. Musicians from Anacortes and Olympia guests at the Commercial hotel. Mrs Thomsen travels east on Northern Pacific No 4. Incoming Ahtanum line trains now stop at Pine street and Second avenue. Numerous educators and staff stay at the Commercial hotel during sessions. A Dite man Jr visits from Seattle with Mayor Druse’s family. Birth announced for Mayor Druse and wife a son born Saturday December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daigy McCabe
Weston
Wis
A. L. Thompson
East Yakima Avenue
Seattle
State Educational Association
A. L. Thomson
Perry
Anacortes
A. L. ,Thomsen
A. G. Thomsen
North Yakima
Northern Pacific
Henry B. Dewey
J. M. Layhue
C. E. Beach
Olympia
State Educational Department
Commercial Hotel
W. M. Richards
City
Thomas Carpenter
Milton Morton
Child
England
Ahtanum
Pine Street
Second Avenue
Yakima Avenue
John J. Rudkin
Kennewick
Yakima
Josephine Preston
Walla Walla
Public Schools
Carolyn Fritz
Emerelda Longmire
Floyd Fritz
Ritzville
Dotha Walker
Tacoma
Tacoma Y. W. C. A
Fred Eberle
L. K. Davis
Columbus
B. F. Kumbler
S. A. M. Young
Yakima Imditan Reservation
Washington Hotel
Clyde Samson
British Columbia
Australia
James Berkley
The
Horticultural Union
Mary Druse
Mildred Druse
Whitworth College
D. L. Druse
Nob Hill
J. A. White
Idaho
John Druse
Yakima City
H. M. Brock
Urbine Diteman, Jr
A. F. Diteman
Yajima
New Managers Wolverton and O'Day Back With Strong Material
New York Americans boss Harry Wolverton and Cincinnati Nationals chief Hank O'Day enter on strong rosters. Wolverton, ex third baseman, comes from Oakland California league fame. O'Day, a long time umpire, offers deep baseball knowledge to coax Reds to potential pennant contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Wolverton
New York Americans
Hank O'Day
Cincinnati Nationals
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Walverton
Oakland
O'Day
Cincinnati
Reds
Total Death Roll in Briceville Mine Disaster Expected to Reach Eighty-Five
Briceville Tennessee reports the Crags mountain explosion death toll to be eighty five or more. Five men were rescued from the mine. All known victims accounted for, leaving fifty nine widows and 147 fatherless children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briceville
Tenn
Crags Mountain
Toppenish Officials and Local Moves in North Yakima
North Yakima Tuesday saw visits from Toppenish figures including city attorney-elect W H Shea and city health officer Dr J J Tilton. Local business and legal notices followed with marriages, a divorce suit, a city safe purchase, and a federal suit by Senator Wesley L Jones involving a Sandyside promissory note and a land mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Shea
Toppenish
North Yakima
Superior Court
J. J. Tilton
F.S. Melvin
Weed
Union Gap Irrigation Company
Ellensburg
Harry McNiece
Grandview
A. B. Anton
Matt Poyner
William Adler
Granger
Laura E. Palmateer
Frank M. Palmeteer
County Auditor
E. H. Hinman
Nellie B. McMurry
T. A. Faris
Viola Trueblood
Eugene F. Moore
Julia Myrtle Gunn
Lizzie Gagnon
Frank Gagnon, Jr
Pendleton
Ore
W. H. Shea, Jr
Sam Chong
East
Yakima Avenue
Milroy
Wilbur Crocker
Finance and Accounts
Ackenhausen Company
Masonic Building
United States
Wesley L. Jones
Mary Virtue
Chester C. Argent
Homer Wisner
Sandyside
H. B. Jones
Family Reunion and Holiday Gifts Across Naches Area
Members of the John McPhee family gathered at the old Naches home for Christmas and plan annual reunions at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Yakima police received candy boxes with kind notes, and Mayor A. J. Splawn was gifted a smoking set engraved with 1911. Wrestler Donald McPhail visited North Yakima, praising his ability to hold his weight class. Dunn family Christmas at Parker Bottom hosted Mr and Mrs A Dunn and many relatives from this city and Parker Bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McPhee
Naches
Mrs. McPhee
John Mechtel
Yakima
A. J. Splawn
Police Department
McPhail
Donald McPhail
U. S. Reclamation Service
Sunnyside
North Yakima
Gotch
A. M. Dunn
George
Parker Bottom
Dunn
Thomas Redman
William Morgan
Charles McKee
Duncan Dunn
City
D. A. McDonald
Elliott Ellis
School Superintendent Walter Ricks to Attend State Meet
Walter T. Ricks, superintendent of schools, will attend the Washington Educational association meeting in North Yakima December 27 to 29. He will present a Franklin County Teachers' Institute resolution urging rural school supervision and seek endorsement for favorable legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. Ricks
Washington Educational Association
North Yakima
Franklin County Teachers’ Institute
Pasco Progress
Visit From Santa Claus Delights Hulse Family
Esther Hulse daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Hulse hosted a Christmas Eve party at 318 North First Street with guest Katherine Carver. Grandparents William McKiver and the McKiver aunts attended along with several guests. S E Farris of Old Settlers Real Estate impersonated Santa Claus to great effect. A pleasant evening was enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Esther
Louis Hulse
North First Street
Katherine Carver
William McKiver
Misses McKiver
S. E. Farris
Old Settlers’ Real Estate Company
Christmas Wedding In Mrs Chamberlains Home
A Christmas wedding was held at 1 o'clock Monday at 815 North Third Street, the residence of Mrs 4 J Chamberlain. The daughter of Mrs Chamberlain married J W Jewell of this city with Rev E H Francis officiating. Thirty guests attended and a Christmas dinner followed. The couple will reside in Moxee valley after January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Chamberlain
North Third Street
J. W. Jewell
E. H. Francis
Selah Christian Church
Moxee Valley
Vail Stevens Nuptials At Family Home Wedding
Edith Lucile Vail and Raymond B. Stevens wed Christmas day at the Vail home in North Second Street in a quiet ceremony attended by about thirty relatives. The wedding featured Christmas greens, white chrysanthemums and bells with Lohengrin’s march. After a two week honeymoon on Puget Sound they will reside on a ranch near Naches City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vail-Stevens
Edith Lucile Vail
Raymond B. Stevens
A. C. Vail
North Second Street
Lohengrin
Ella Martin
Tacoma
Little Clark Vail
Dorothy Brown
Mary Alexander
Sunnyside
Homer Stevens
Groo
Stevens
The
Sound
Naches City
Jones Responds Gratefully to Employer's Item
In a brief exchange, Jones thanks his employer after a direct address, the scene noted by the Boston Transcript in a concise moment.
Love letters read in court reveal hidden fiction promise
A courtroom reading shows a man’s love letters contain vivid storytelling and hints he could have become a fiction writer. The moment highlights how personal correspondence can expose literary talent unseen in daily life.
Closing last gap in Canada's Grand Trunk Pacific
Edmonton reports Grand Trunk Pacific construction crews will be about 590 miles apart by end of 1911. Westward gangs from Edmonton and eastward crews from Prince Rupert push toward a Rockies crossing with a single summit. Prince Rupert expands townsite, expects shipyard and dry dock subsidies, while Edmonton braces for heat light power and water improvements as rail traffic nears completion. A frontier grain and forest boom accompanies the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winnipeg
Prince Rupert
Rockies
Panama Canal
trans-Pacific
Dominion
Vancouver
Athabasca
Peate
Grand Trunk Pacific Line
Brazeau
North Saskatchewan River
Senator Clapp Opens La Follette Campaign in Ohio
In Salem Ohio Senator Clapp of Minnesota launched the progressive Republican bid against Taft. He declared that La Follette is the logical candidate of the true Republicans for 1912 and that party faith is sliding away from platforms and pledges. He becomes the first La Follette speaker to campaign in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Senator Clapp
Minnesota
Ohio
la Follette
Watterson Fears Roosevelt Victory Threatens Democracy
Col onel Watterson warned that if Roosevelt wins the White House in 1912 the nation could never escape the Republican rule, while expressing belief in a party shift but withholding his nomination preference. The Atlanta dispatch dated December 25 cites his remarks on the national Republican situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Roosevelt
White House
Colonel Watterson
Watterson
Divorce Alimony Quest Sparks Lawyer Rivalry
A Chicago Daily News excerpt shows a woman seeking an attorney to reclaim alimony from the lawyer who secured her divorce. The dialogue lampoons divorce lawyer behavior and the pursuit of money rather than justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attourney
Chicago Daily News
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Toppenish Review
Darfur
Oregon
Miss Merrill
McKim, Nevin & Co
Pryallup
A. H. Gossard
A. M
Moxee City
Lige of
Mlks
Wolverton
Canada
Taft
Teddy
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