Lights and Side Notes From Yakima in 1900
Local brief items describe Harry Moran shipping four cattle cars to Tacoma, Isabel Jones traveling to Seattle, Dr. Lesher visiting with Commissioner Hoyt, and Wm Badger visiting Missouri. Marshal Boyle delays duties until his bond is approved. Social visits include Mr. and Mrs. Winters of Dakota with Yakima hosts. Dog poison incidents and pet losses noted. Lectures by Rev. Carmichael, a Nob Hill surprise party, and various letters home from Honolulu. Ice plans, winter travels, and editor shifts round out the week’s snippets.
Lime on the Farm Its Role in Soil Health
The Farmers' Review argues lime should be studied for soil physical effects as well as fertility. It improves sandy soils by moisture retention and cohesion, opens clay soils for air and water movement, speeds organic matter decay, and increases nitrogen availability. Lime also sweetens sour soils and aids clover by freeing potash, but overuse depletes potash and phosphoric acid, risking clover sickness.
Austrian Grapevine Uses Exploding Mortars to Halt Hail
An Austrian vineyard owner reported to United States Consul Stephan at Annaberg that six mountain stations with ten mortars each successfully dispersed threatening hail clouds. On signal the blasts created funnel shaped cloud movement, breaking the storm before any hail or rain fell, a test repeated six times last summer with consistent results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Stephan
Annaberg
Bacher Mountains
Durable Farm Gate Elevates Surroundings in Design
An illustration features a farm gate praised for rigidity and permanence, promising to resist sagging and detachment while conveying a substantial finished look to the nearby area.
Gate and gatehouse brace for secure position
The passage describes sturdy bracing for a gate and gateway to prevent sagging or slipping. It notes that bracing from all points ensures firm position, and though it takes more time and lumber to build, it is profitable in time and materials.
Legislature forms alliance to keep capital in Olympia
The assembly met Monday with southwest and northwest counties allying with King to steer affairs. R B Albertson of Seattle was chosen speaker as backers reportedly shelve any move to relocate the capital. Rail and corporate interests are said to dominate, with no relief from burdens if freight rates stay high.
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Southwest
Northwest
King
R.B. Albertson
Seattle
Olympia
Folys Honey and Tar Cures Wife's Grippe Cough
G Vacher of 157 Osgood Street Chicago reports his wife suffered a severe la grippe cough that improved after using Folys Honey and Tar. He claims an 80 cent bottle cured her cough entirely and notes a 25 and 50 cent price. North Yakima Drug Store.
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G. Vacher
Osgood Street
Chicago
North Yakima
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Telephone
South First Street
Yakima Herald
Herald
Washington
Harry Moran
Pacific Meat Co
Tacoma
Isabel Jones
R. Saxe Jones
Dr. Lesher
Flathead Indian Reservation
City
C. G. Hoyt
Wm Badger
Missouri
Mrs. Weaver
Moundville
State
John G. Boyle
John Winters
Dakota, Ill
W. L. Wright
Fruitvale
Winters
Wright
M. B. Murchie
Newfoundland
Claude Briggs
M. J. Carmichael
Mennonite Mission
C. P. Wilcox
Nob Hill
James Fraser
Miles Cannon
Jas. Greene
J. E. Shannon
Blanche Read
R. D. Read
O. R. Wilkins
Yakima
Tue Herano
Honolulu
L. W. Haworth
Nesbit
Klickitat
The
Cascades
Linnie Rowe
Natchez
Scow
B. Scatchard
Mr. Scatchard
H. J. Rand
J. L. Banks
Ft. Simcoe
E. J. Jaeger
Zillah
W. A. Maxwell
Portland
Mr. Fell
Daily News
John Roberts
Mr. Roberts
K. Current
Current
J. P. Douglas, Sr
Sunnyside Canal
PF. H. Rodkin
Elensburg
Pendleton
Marysville
Mont
W.H
Lucre
RST ST
North Yakima Furniture CO
Mulhollan
Grocers
Yakima Ave
Frank Nagler
Breis Bros
G. T. Aumiller
Lincoln
Lincoln Proprietary CO
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Quiett & Ayres
O.R
Oregon
Pullman Palace
Canda
Europe
F. E Ellis
General Agt
First Avenue
Wash
W.H. Hurlburt
Ore
Foley
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