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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
4
Scant readable text shows partial phrases and names, offering little concrete detail. The fragment suggests a community item or notice but lacks clear event, date, or involved entities.
The fragmentary OCR hints at a sports or aviation note mentioning a team or event with unclear names. Key entities and precise details are unreadable, preventing a confident summary.
Local notes from Yakima include Ellensburg visitors E W Dooly and family. Mrs Gorgar and Mrs Michaels holidaying at Hotel Bartholet. Greenwalt Groshen and Cooper touring Seattle. Various residents return to Spokane for schooling. hop crop value placed at 364 000 with 14 000 bales. prices 9 to 16 cents. Rev A H Lyons improves after illness. John Sinclair returns from Christmas in Yakima to Spokane. O Outlook resident Norman plans Michigan trip. Fechter builds a cottage on Second street. dispute over two lots with Steinweg. Samsma fined 25 for a 2.50 board bill. railroad merger rumors tie Great Northern and others to Atlantic outlets. A saloon brawl ends with a nonfatal firearm discharge. Max Bogle back to Seattle football. Bryan paper ad and subscriptions noted. local business and property news plus ads.
The naval board weighs expanding the number of submarine torpedo boats amid mixed advice from top officials. Some officers push for more boats like the Holland and endorse light patrol craft, while others urge caution until trials and improvements finish. Secretary Long will consider expert input before Congress.
New York tax returns show 1900 as a banner year for inheritance duties with over 4 million dollars due from New York County estates alone and 8.2 million already collected. Millionaires repeatedly die each month, boosting fees to referees and City Controller Color, who nets about 40 thousand dollars this year. The list includes heirs such as Cornelius Vanderbilt and Collis P. Huntington with estate values from 40 to 50 million and taxes ranging into hundreds of thousands.
Dr J Hammond Bradshaw of Orange New Jersey owned a large Angora cat that killed a house adder after noon. The snake measured about five inches around and three feet two and a half inches long. Mrs Margaret Haughwout witnessed the scene as the cat crouched and sprang at the snake in the roadway. The cat bit the snake’s back and dodged a strike. The snake wrapped around the cat’s neck and nearly strangled it before the owner seized the snake and killed it in a few minutes.
The Reina Mercedes, a large sieve cruiser captured at Santiago, is now at a navy yard and described by the Lewiston Journal as a superb modern fighting ship. It features a submarine ram torpedo tubes sponsons and breech loading rifles and stands as a prominent symbol of American naval prowess for generations.
The November tally shows McKinley with 7 207 269 votes to Bryan 6 355 027, a 852 242 lead and a 250 388 gain over 1896. Digestive health tips urge Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, while ads warn against counterfeit DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
A dated recipe for a French Loaf Cake lists ingredients including two cups sugar one of butter three eggs cream tartar saleratus salt and milk with three heap ing cupfuls of flour. The mixture is beaten to froth and baked in a round tin with sugar sprinkled on top.
The Chicago Times-Herald notes a $15 entry price for the Paris exposition not covering reserved seats mementoes or behind the scenes peeps in side shows.
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