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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1907
Page
2
A compact sales note highlights Yakima Best as a daily essential for households. The memorandum emphasizes reliability and broad use in kitchens and living spaces, urging steady purchase and familiar brand trust.
Four carloads of sheep were shipped to Frye Bruhn of Seattle by Bud Walker from Sunnyside on Tuesday morning. The column notes many local visits, holidays, church services, and social events around Sunnyside and nearby towns.
Lloyd Douglas Phelps and Miss Sarah Burritt Wright were married last Wednesday at high noon by Elder E. E. Francis. The bride recently arrived from New York state and the groom has been a ditch rider for the Washington Irrigation company for six years. A large circle of friends offer congratulations and wishes for lasting happiness. Geo. C. Cadle and bride returned from Sound points with a honeymoon and were welcomed home with a house warming at the Cadle fruit ranch.
In Wapato the Methodist and Christian churches plan a union revival meeting. The Christian church ladies will host a New Year dinner at the tabernacle featuring chicken, pie, cake and other foods for a small charge. Local notes mention residents traveling to North Yakima and local land sales near the railroad for orchard development.
Mr Abner Sinclair who sold his farm in the upper valley and moved to Lake Union on the Sound is a Natchez visitor this week. The Yakima Valley train killed a steer for Ed Kershaw Saturday. Walter Roue and wife have gone to Seattle to spend their honeymoon. Mrs Everett is visiting her parents. Walter Purdin and family attended a turkey dinner Sunday at Wallace Purdin’s residence on the Wenas. The shooting match at Angle store drew a light crowd due to muddy roads with Bair and Lon Parker as top shooters.
The column notes Mr C Hyde living independently and Chas Hensell plowing with two plows on a thawing farm. Miss Jennie Vanderlinde in North Yakima plans to return by December 29. H Bewinkleman experiments with cooking while his wife visits. C E Garrison, back from Moxee, has gone to the next task.
Sound plans a week or ten day absence to visit his mother sister and brother. Mrs Olive Berry and children spend holidays in Blackrock valley. J E Doescher sold many turkeys in North Yakima. C E York teacher of school No 62 expects to return Saturday December 29. Union Bible Sunday school well attended with seventeen present. Mr Meeboer burning sage brush in east end of valley. Grandma Vanderlinde Isaac Vanderlinde A Vanderlinde and wife dined with Mr and Mrs C E Garrison for Christmas. George McNorton bought potatoes from C E Garrison who has more to sell.
A wedding on Christmas night unites Eula Hardison and Elmer Piland with Rev. Sanford officiating and Mrs. Thompson at the piano. The couple departs for Cle Elum to start their new life, while families celebrate reunions and local events continue in Wapato and surrounding areas.
Miss Janie Young returns to Cle Elum school on New Year’s day after holiday visit with her parents. Mrs. A. P. Dudley recovers and resumes domestic duties. A Chandler nears full recovery after a head injury from a wagon accident and returns to the ranch. Mrs. George Carpenter hosts New Year’s dinner. School resumes Wednesday with sturdy attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Austin relocate to town renting a cottage on Rainier avenue.
Mary Russell Mitford the English authoress, as a child, chose lottery number 2224 on her tenth birthday. The combination, completed by the office, won a prize of 20000 pounds after an express from Dublin arrived, bringing enduring fame to her tales and sketches.
The comic opera Sergt Kitty returns to the Metropolitan this week with Helen Byron as Kitty and Tom Hadaway and James McElhern in supporting roles. Carrick Major leads a vocal cast while Miss Terol Desmond and a bright chorus drive the story of a French girl and her Hussars romance set around 1830.
Henry Ward Beecher linked eating with Christian living urging plain bread and butter, chewing until liquid, tasting liquids, and eating only when calm. Horace Fletcher popularized these four rules, praised by mothers seeking better health and dental care.
Kavol Kowates a Pesth shoemaker invented the meerschaum pipe and died in 1764. A large piece of meerschaum was brought to Pesth by Count Andrassy in 1723 from Turkey. The material inspired Kowates to carve pipes that proved popular, launching meerschaum mining and pipe making into global industries. The original Kowates pipe remains in the Pesth museum.
Count Enzenberg asked Prince Bismarck to add a note to an album with autographs of Guizot and Thiers. Guizot states two prudence rules to forgive much and never forget. Thiers suggests a little forgetting would not detract from sincerity. Bismarck says he forgets much and asks to be forgiven much.
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution features Brother Dickey arguing that giving to the poor is lending to the land, and warns against spending all time calculating interest.
A Horton Kansas reader praises Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a rapid remedy for coughs bronchitis influenza and pulmonary diseases. Colton-Fry Drug Co. backs the product in this testimonial style notice.
Great farm bargain offers 320 acres near Anacortes eight miles away with 200 acres cleared eight acres in orchard 85 ewes two Jersey cows 50 Plymouth Rock hens 40 tons hay and farming utensils plus a fast gasoline launch valued at 2500 and waterfront access with a large 8 room house barn and outbuildings. Pri 15000 part cash apply to Josey Sweeney 526 17th Avenue North Battle Washington.
Cahalan's dry goods have been moved to a splendid new room in the Miller building and are open for inspection this morning. The store offers bright lighting and long display windows, with an emphasis on attracting customers through roomy, well arranged displays and an inviting atmosphere.
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