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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1902
Page
3
North Yakima faces a smallpox scare with 84 cases in about 40 quarantined families and nine at the pest house. Officials report most cases are mild, urging vaccination, school closures, and strict quarantine enforcement while construction of a new pest house proceeds.
At the Inland Empire Horticultural association annual session in Spokane the standard apple box was adopted. The 2241 cubic inch box will be made in two shapes to fit apple sizes and will hold a little more than a bushel. Each box will be stamped one bushel. A committee will try to push legislation enforcing the new standard.
The Congregational church tested a newly donated furnace funded by the ladies who will host a New England dinner to raise money for installation costs. Rev. Joseph A. Persell from Nebraska arrived to replace Rev. M. J. Carmichaels who will attend a Mennonite convention in Iowa and not remain locally. Rev. W. S. Crockett plans protracted meetings in Ellensburg.
Deaths reported include Gertrude Ditter, 2 years 6 months, from complications after a cold. Mrs. Robert Irwin of Zillah, typhoid malaria. Grace Rolph, 3, measles. Nick Meyer, 30, appendicitis after surgery. James McKinnan, about 50, injuries from a runaway. Dora Curtis, 9, appendicitis after surgery. Funerals in Catholic cemetery, Roslyn, Moxee, and local sites.
Mammoth Bronze gobbler for sale inquire A A McDermid Rural No 2 Box 75. For sale or rent 120 acres one mile east of town call 502 South Second Street. Two incubators and eggs of pure bred Buff Wyandotte White Wyandotte and Buff Rock inquire W C Winner Nob Hill. Five acre tract for sale or trade north of city A Eric kson Kit. Potatoes hay oats and barley Coffin Bros. Bone meat ground clam shells for poultry and stock sold at Mill Company brick warehouse. Yakima Hardware Co sprays pumps buggies hacks harness save about 20 percent Coffin Bros.
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