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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1904
Page
9
Lonover Kreaper and Apenline County Commissioners report the regular term began last Monday. W H Cline of Sunnyside was elected to succeed the late Lafayette Pace. They audited current expense claims and authorized the game warden to buy 50 pairs of Chinese pheasants for up to $350. Next meeting set for Monday Jan 11.
The Summit View building has been seated and furnished this week and will open next Monday. Three teachers will be employed, with Miss Odell selected as principal. The school can accommodate about 200 pupils. The Colombia school is complete to relieve overcrowding. City school enrollment for December was 1360, with expectant additions in January and a December attendance rise of 100.
Superior Court reports W H Perry granted a divorce from Mary J Perry on desertion grounds after their marriage in 1891 in Wisconsin. The Walker v Walker suit from Sunnyside set for Jan 18 involves infidelity and a cruelty cross complaint. A petit jury will be drawn for term starting Feb 1 amid 30 plus criminal docketed and abundant civil cases. Helen L Pace petitions letters of administration for the late Lafayette Pace estate valued at 2500 dollars.
Special agent E B Linnen arrived Sunday to probe charges against the local land office registrar and receiver. Cannon, the receiver, also leads a bank and a lumber firm, while Hinman allegedly rose from courthouse janitor to registrar with alleged nepotism in his practice before the office. The agent released no outcome details.
The Yakima-Washington Fruit Co proposes a 200 acre apple pear and peach orchard northwest of North Yakima. It will grow melons potatoes onions and other crops during growth. The project uses Yakima Valley Canal Co irrigation and a north slope to guard against frost with wind shelter from Cowiche range. Officers include G. Peck president Jay Yordy VP G F McAulay VP A Clark secretary and B F Kumler treasurer. FE. S. Price will handle stock sales to Yakima investors.
Mr Williams of Spokane representing Aetna Life Insurance Co visits Yakima on business. Henry Wohls leaves for Shakopee to visit parents. Ahtanum wedding of Warren Cole and Nella Seward recorded December 23, 1903. Democrats drop Jack son birthday celebration plan, may honor Jefferson on April 2. Deputy Marshal Short arrests Frank Brown and Frank Seward for whisky sales to Indians near the southern city limits. Naches rural telephone line opens up to 25 subscribers from Janeck & Fechter ranch, G W Bowlin installed system for Inland Telegraph. Tam pico farmers discuss a line into their valley. Mrs Davies of Spokane Home Finding reports several children placed in homes. Yakima Memorial cottage project underway near Spokane, cost about 3000 dollars. Deputy Short detains Chinamen Hop Sing and Lee Sang for immigration issues. Hop Sing slated for deportation appeal, Lee Sang case likely today. R J Curry’s coat lost Christmas Day, found later at his tailor shop after being worn by someone else. Curry suspects warm inquiry led to return.
A fragment shows a dialogue about coal and living high, followed by an ad for Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy. The ad promotes quick cough relief and lists North Yakima Drug Store run by A. D. Sloan as the seller.
The item lists Southern products needing protection such as alligators and sharks, then shifts to medical ads for Foley’s Kidney Cure and Foley’s Honey and Tar from North Yakima Drug Store. It includes a humorous exchange about a wife rushing to a club, a 10 year suffering man praising Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, and a lamp ad from the Oil Wagon with a Seattle street address.
A light exchange contrasts spending on luxuries with the desire for a fine house. The easygoing man argues his tastes are simpler and do not compel him to purchase a grand home.
Name recognition centers on DeWitt s Salve advertised by C C Case with claims of curing blind and protruding Pites, eevema and skin diseases. Counterfeits warned. Also brief ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine cure and a purchase notice for second hand clothing at Keen es.
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