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Newspaper

Yakima Herald

Location

Yakima, Washington, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1900

Page

8

Local Social Notes and Arrivals in the Valley

Throughout the county Mrs. Adame of Seattle visits east of town with Mrs. E. E. Ferson. Louis Clifton travels to Prosser on Tuesday. Mr. Higgins arrives and begins work on a new ranch. Dr. J. R. Harvey attends calls at Sunnyside hotel day or night. Miss Perry sprains her ankle causing several days from school. Ira Miller improves after illness. M. Chase brings land seekers from Illinois pleased with the valley. W. H. Cline visits Mabton. L. P. Vandermark remodels his house into a fine hotel. F. B. Allen returns for the summer. Louis Clifton’s birthday surprise party given by friends. E. H. Littlefield’s new house north of town nears completion. W. H. Stobie Jr levels land south for Mr. Babcock of Lake View, away about a month. The Stobie family departs briefly. Showers rent their hotel during absence.

Adame Seattle E. E. Ferson Louis Clifton Prosser Higgines Mr. Higgins J. R. Harvey Sunnyside Miss Perry Ira Miller M. Chase Illinois W.H. Cline L. P. Vandermark F. B. Allen E. H. Littlefield W. H. Stobie, Jr Babcock Lake View Mrs. Showers Mr. Showers

Post office row and thefts cloud Ahtanum neighborhood

Neighbors complain of post office relocation as Mr Davis confronts Mr Chambers over turnover of duties. In the meantime Walter Griffith and Mr Richards report harness thefts from barns, with no trace found. The district remains agitated by the postmaster appointment and Washington authorities’ stance.

Walter Griffith Mr. Richards Chas. Woodcock Woodcock Place Mr. Davis Chambers North Yakima Post Office Morrison Davis Washington

Local Officials Plan Move to New Quarters

The commission will relocate the office to a store about half a mile east of its current quarters. A. Morrison, formerly seriously ill with pneumonia, is now convalescing under the care of Dr. Gorden.

A. Morrison Gorden

Masquerade Plans and Local Happenings in Tampico

The Tampico notes report excellent roads and about 12 mumps cases locally. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Eglin visited North Yakima earlier in the week. A masquerade night is being planned for February 22. Miss Johnson returns from Port Townsend visit. Stephenson and Bartlett with wives trailed hunting, bringing home two bears.

A. D. Eglin Yakima Miss Johnson Port Townsend Messrs. Stephenson and Bartlett

Local Round-Up includes theater work and weather notes

Switzer's hall hosted a well attended private dance. Potatoes priced at 15 a ton f o b. Auditor Kelso licenses Matthias Groenweld to wed Mise Hiektze Dyks terhuis. Saloon license reductions eyed by city. Ice thickens and night temperatures drop to 10 above zero. Larson's theater furnishings progress amid warm weather. Larson's tower clock dial to rise 70 feet.

Bakery and Restaurant Business for Sale

A bakery and restaurant business is for sale offering a turnkey opportunity. Includes kitchen equipment, storefront, and client base with potential for expansion. suitable for entrepreneurs seeking a ready operation in a busy market.

Presbyterian Ladies Aid Lunch at Electric Light Building

The Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian church will host a chicken pie lunch at the Electric Light building next to the post office on Thursday Feb 8 from 11 30 to 2 30. Judge J C MacCrimmon has returned home from Eastern Oregon where he was summoned due to his wife's ill health. He has worked seven months for the O R and N Ry, which is straightening curves and ballasting to enable a faster schedule as its main objective.

Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church Electric Light J. C. MacCrimmon Oregon MacCrimmon

Local Business Notices and Classified Highlights

A collage of Yakima area ads and notices including feed and dry goods deals at Bond's City Feed Store and J J Macdonald's Annual Clearance Sale offering 15 to 25 percent off. Trade requests, real estate exchange hopes, second hand shop buys, hides and photography specials, room rentals, and a bank draft anecdote from Mull's Pioneer Cure are listed with terse directions and contact cues.

J. J. Macdonald Big Tent Second St Coffin Bros North Yakima H. J. Rand Columbia Yakima First National Bank Taft & Taft

Yakima Church-Goers Sermons and Meetings Noted

A series of church events and sermons across Yakima are announced. Christian Science services at Masonic Hall Sundays at 11. Congregational church will host Rev. P. B. Jackson from Sprague. First Methodist holds morning and evening services with Sunday school and Epworth League. Epiphany services at St Michael's. Missionary teas and society concerts are scheduled, and Rev J H Wood continues a three part sermon series from St Luke 15.

Christian Science Masonic Hall Congregational P. B. Jackson Sprague Christian Endeavor First Methodist Church Epworth League Mesdames Young Gordon, Watt and Stewart J. M. Thompson Hetzler State Bible Society M. E J. H. Wood

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Royal Baking Powder Ahtanum Rae Cal Yakima Mill Co Tampico Switzer’s Henry Kampeter Kelso Matthias Groenweld Mise Hiektze Dyksterhuis Frank Sinclair R. B. Hassel Congregational Church J. M. McCleary The Selah William Kirkland Kiona Messrs Briggs & Dam Joseph Ponti Prosser Ia Ponti H. H. Lombard Larson Mason’s Opera House High School Literary Society B. ‘L. Baker Edward Whitson Sound Charles Hadley Hanford Hadley W. M. Benward Pioneer Mutual Insurance Association T. W. Clark Keck’s James Bond’s W. A. Gidding Felton W. E. Bond City Yakima Avenue Front First Streets St. Paul Yakima Valley F. L. Johnson St. Louis Park Mine Ratter Kinsey & Co's Ana Umts Lince Tenth St Wenast East Court House Wale Nut St Selah Valley City E OO Abtanum Nob Hill School House Second Street W. I. Lince ONE Price Real Estate Agency City Hall Front Street New York the Brown Shoe Co J. A. Adams Viavice Hygiene Alex BO Over Ditter & Mechtel State of Washington Yakima County Lombard Liquidation Company Mn - Annene Jack Morgan Temperance Morgan J. A. Splawn George 8. Taylor Joseph Stephenson Joseph Bartholet Fawcett, Bros North Yakima Milling Company, & Corporation Lombard Investment Company Jock Morgan Willamette Meridian H. L. Tucker the Fair Store F. A. Alexander Propr
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