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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1904
Page
12
Real estate ads offer several Capitol Hill homes including a 1 room house with bath at 1359, a 5 room plastered house with two lots at 950, a 3 room new story and a half home at 1250, and a 4 room residence area at 700. Also listed are 40 acres near Mabton under Sunny Side canal at 1050 and 50 acres Moxee ranch seven miles out at 65 per acre. Investor options available.
Postmaster W N Lem reports the North Yakima postoffice shows a strong rise in 1905 receipts to 16834.11 from 14050.74 in 1904, a gain of 283.67. The office now has four city carriers and 36 mail boxes after recent additions. A former North Yakima confectioner, OF Vi Gammon, writes from Ashland Kentucky praising local progress and expressing a future visit.
The Yakima County Horticultural Union met in the post office hall Saturday and elected officers for the coming year. Officers include MLN Richards president, R O Bacon vice president, A M Brown secretary, J Remy treasurer, with directors L Bo Kinvon W L Wright J Mo Brown BE Rem. They reported 1905 warehouse shipments of berries and fruit totaling crates of strawberries cherries blackberries cantaloupes watermelons peaches pears prunes tomatoes crabapples grapes nectarines potatoes quinces. The group decided not to elect delegates to the Inland Empire convention but to credential attending members. They planned an institute for farmers in February and set the third week for that event. The next meeting and readings will be at their wirehouse, with trustees and officers listed and committees named.
Miss Mamie de Dannette Norris, a leading portrait artist, recently returned to Tacoma after a visit with Mrs. Verdie Erwin. She studied in New York and Paris with Whistler, heads the Whitworth art department, and plans to open a Seattle studio. Mrs. Irwin hosted a well attended reception in her honor.
The First Congregational Church held its annual dinner, business meeting, and social reunion last Thursday. A large turnout heard encouraging reports, the Ladies Aid with 63 members raised 145 dollars, Sunday school growth and a strong treasury balance were noted, and all church bills were paid. Extensive property improvements and larger benevolent offerings marked a united membership anticipating a strong new year.
A condensed reader note on teachers institutes arguing cost efficacy and state support for training teachers. It praises practical, month by month instruction and highlights speakers like Yoder Shafer and Kartranft while noting the need for respectful listening and selective adoption of ideas. It ends with a brief classified line seeking second hand clothing.
An advertisement claims Koley's Honex and Tar is a safe cough medicine free of opiates, promoted as a cure for coughs, colds, and lung trouble. It notes it is sold by North Yakima Drug Store and lists ALD Sloan as proprietor.
Fragmentary text mentions a man and a girl and a disagreement but lacks coherent events or names to summarize a complete item.
The ad asserts Herbine cures poor nutrition from liver bile deficiency, easing digestion and constipation. It promises to strengthen appetite, improve complexion, and renew energy, selling at 50 cents a bottle through BLL daneck's diag store.
A fragmentary report hints at Constance Wha amid questions of love and motive. The text shows a strained, private dialogue where names and dates are unclear but emotional stakes linger.
Chienge reports March 4 1 Having suffered lumbago after trying doctors and remedies the writer credits Bathard Shaw Lindner for almost instant relief and urges others to use it He adds his name to a list of former sufferers Also notes insolvency and financial pride in another brief.
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