Business in U S Prosperity Beyond Precedent
Bradstreet's comprehensive year review for 1906 highlights record crops and mining outputs, unprecedented foreign trade, and robust building activity. It notes mild winters, San Francisco earthquake losses, rail and corporate legislation, tight money, strikes, and high commodity prices, with overall strong business momentum despite setbacks.
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Bradstreet
San Francisco
Chicago
Delivry
New England
Trade Trends and Weather Shifts Across Months
The report traces September to December movements with high money rates and active trade. It notes a record corn crop, cotton goods gains, a severe gulf storm harming property and cotton, sharp cotton price gains, frost benefits, harvest storms harming tobacco and cotton, iron and steel gains, car congestion, and a record holiday trade ending the year.
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Conper
South Atlantic
Northwest
They call Voliva a devil at Zion City meeting
Wilbur Glen Voliva, Zion City leader, was denounced as Judas Iscariot and a robber by Dowie followers at a Zion tabernacle gathering in Chicago. Shouts and scuffles broke out as a Dowieite fought to speak, and Voliva pledged pamphlets on Masonic oaths while asserting he would reorganize Zion City within a year.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glen Voliva
Zion City
Judas Iscariot
John Alexander Dowis
Zion Tabernacle
Voliva
Dowie
Box Rent Increase Applies to All Post Offices
Postmaster Lemon is notified of nationwide rent hikes on post office boxes effective immediately. Small boxes rise from 50 cents to 60 cents per quarter, medium to 75 cents, large to 1 dollar, and bins to 1.25 dollars. Applies to offices with annual receipts between 10 000 and 40 000 dollars.
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Lemon
Company E Smoker At Armory With Guest Lt McClure
Officers and men of company E held a Monday night smoker at the Armory. They served sandwiches, cake, confections, and fine cider from Nob Hill Spitzensbergs. One guest, First Lieutenant McClure of company L, was toasted with three cheers before departure. surplus supper and cider were noted by the Herald.
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Company E
Armory
McClure
Company L
Seattle
Herald
Barrett Family Returns Home After Funeral in Spokane
Fred C. Barrett of Spokane, summoned for his father C. H. Barrett’s funeral, returned home last night with his mother and her three children who will stay in Spokane for the rest of the winter.
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Fred C. Barrett
Spokane
C. H. Barrett
Tithe Row in Sunday School Lesson
A Toledo Blade snippet depicts a child named Willie explaining he now brings one penny less often, citing a preacher’s call to give a tenth of earnings and promising to contribute again after the next week.
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wWillie
Willie
Toledo Blade
A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good
A. H. Thurnes of Buffalo C ifications coal operator reports kidney and bladder trouble lasting years. After using Foley's Kidney Cure relief began with brick dust stones and pain vanished, leaving him feeling like a new man and claiming the medicine did him $1000 worth of good. North Yakima Store
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A. H. Thurnes
Buffalo, C
Foley
North Yakima
New Council Forms Committees and Seeks Efficient Districts
The council organized committees including Finance and Purchasing with Steinweg Keck and Schott, Streets and Ditches with Keck and Schott Armbruster, Police with Shaw Mull and Keck, and others. Mayor Fechter urged a blanket ordinance to reduce costs and notices, aiming for year end accomplishments benefiting North Yakima and council harmony.
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Steinweg, Keck
Schott
Keck, Schott Armbruster
Shaw, Mull
Keck
Mull, Schott, Smith
Shaw, Smith, Armbruster
Armbruster
Smith
Steinweg
Smith, Shaw, Mull
Schott, Keck
Board of Health
Tetreau
Mull
Forsyth
Fechter
Yakima
City Council Holds Organizational Meeting And Paving Plans
Mayor Fechter opened the session to organize with all officials present. He delayed appointing officers until the next regular meeting due to appointments validity. The mayor proposed hiring Mr. Noble as city engineer at a high salary and discussed paving priorities, sidewalks, tree planting, bridges, utility poles removal, and potential parks, urging prudent spending.
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New City Council
Fechter
Brooker
Forsyth
Council
Noble
Smith
Post Office Notice Reads Adverts For Letters At Yakima
A list shows letters advertised at the Yakima post office dated January 1 1907. Recipients include Bil Miss Helen Combs Walter Dawson M G Kisor A B Lee Nellie McLeod Joseph Morton Ethel Qualley Frank Roitz Anton and others. One cent due on each letter.
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North Yakima
Yakima
Bil
Helen. Combs
Walter. Dawson
M. G. Kisor
A. B. Lee
Nellie. McLeod
Joseph
Morton
Ethel. Qualley
D. Quipimar
Frank. Roitz
Anton
Notable Names in Local Society Roster
A reading lists Provst Nora Saman Mrs Asza Smith J A Tabor Mr F Wohlfid Charly Williams Moria and F N Wilson as part of a society roster with varied titles and affiliations. The column highlights community figures and their initials in a single social register entry.
Pretty Wedding at Zillah
At high noon December 27 at the home of Mr and Mrs Willis Douglass of Zilla the marriage of Floyd D Phelps and Miss Sarah B Wright took place with Rev Frances officiating. The couple stood under an evergreen bower as Veda Douglass acted as bridesmaid and Lucille Douglass as ring bearer. Guests then enjoyed refreshments in the decorated dining room. Phelps, a government employee on the Sunnyside canal, is praised as a fine young man. Wright, from Weedsport New York, is described as an accomplished young lady.
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Zillah
Willis Douglass
Zilla
Floyd D. Phelps
Sarah B. Wright
Veda Douglass
Francis
Lucille Douglass
Mr. Phelps
Sunnyside Canal
Miss Wright
Weedsport
N. Y
Phelp
Mr Dooleys Philosophy Quote by Finley P Dunne
An American humorist comments on labor work and wealth with strong opinions about education and generosity. He jokes that work is toil unless paid well and notes money gained young corrupts charity. He references war, debt, and depots with a sardonic tone.
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Mr. Dooley
Gran’childer
Supreme Court
Sojers
Finley Peter Dunne
Wrestlers Divide Honors in Chicago Match
French heavyweight champion Carl Pons and local Greek wrestler William Demetral split the bouts in Chicago. Demetral won the first fall, Pons captured the second, and the third bout ended in a draw.
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Chicago
Carl Pons
William Demetral
Demetral
Pons
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promotes Pain Relief
Advertisement touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as superior for rheumatism stiff joints cuts sprains and all pains. Urges trial bottle with 25c 50c and 1.00 prices and cites Colton-Fry Drug Co. as seller.
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Colton-Fry Drug Co
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