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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
8
Mr Craig of Eugene Oregon is to be the new creamery manager. Roy Stuart has resigned as manager and gone to North Yakima, leaving a notice of his departure amid local social and religious circles.
Earl Cibell visits friends in Wenus while Walter and Wallace Purdin buy an Empire cream separator. Thaw and rain swell creeks. Vandoren Ritter hosts a surprise party with about forty guests. Local youths stage a coyote drive in the hills producing about fifty scalps and an exciting hunt.
Mr Hedges begins work on a ranch dwelling and plans to move in when ready. Choir practice for Episcopal services in Zillah occurs weekly at Miss Sawyer's home. Charles Wilder buys the Lord ranch and leases it to Albert Draggoo for three years. A Midway Zillah Parker school led by Miss Hattie Sawyer teaches about 40 pupils. Parker youths, twenty four in number, take a sleigh ride to the Draggoos residence for a lively evening of bells games singing and dancing.
E B Kellogg moved into his new house on Friday. Robert Scott visits from the Sound to see his father. Mr Herins bookkeeping school thrives as the literary event succeeds. Mrs Pratt leaves for Yakima to nurse Gordon's patients. A large gathering of young people enjoyed sleigh riding last Wednesday evening.
A quiet party near Sunnyside ends with guests walking home after sleigh trouble. Rowley and Walker haul hay from W H Normans to a new home northwest of Sunnyside. Crews market expansion and creamery growth amid good cattle feeds. Young folks visit the Bull Hermitage with games and refreshments. A chinook reduces snow and mud, aiding hay and pasture prospects in Sunnyside.
Local notes report land prices, new purchases and community events. Smalley, Collett, Hagle and Dowling are among residents buying land in Sunnyside while homes and hotels expand. A band fair, religious services, embroidery classes, and a new Episcopal church project are highlighted alongside several social visits and gatherings.
Master Ralph Dorsett has been quite ill and is convalescent while Hi Rock improves from a grip but remains weak. Misses Ella and Lena Dillon hosted about fifty youths with dancing and late revelry. The Dillon flue burned out during a strong wind but no fire. Neighbors surprised Mr. and Mrs. Morehead Saturday evening despite bad weather with music games and a fine recitation followed by lunch.
An old advertisement argues dandruff stems from a germ that harms the hair root. It claims Newbro's Herpicide destroys the germ to stop dandruff and prevent baldness. The slogan states destroy the cause to remove the effect.
The new county board met to organize with Horsley named chairman. Bonds for treasurer Dudley were approved, and taxes on the Dell Haven canal were cancelled as the canal is a public entity. Salaries for county officers were fixed and Dickey seeks to assume the office of school superintendent before August.
Mrs. E. L. Davis state organizer formed a Spokane local board for the Northwestern Home Finding Association. Officers named include President Mrs. Edward Whitson and representatives from Congregational Episcopal Methodist Baptist Presbyterian and Christian churches. Monthly meetings set for the first Tuesday at Mrs. Whitson’s home.
The Homestead No 363 committee drafts condolence resolutions for brother Charles Shultz on the death of his sister. They express heartfelt sympathy, order the resolutions entered in minutes, and request publication in The Herald and Republic. Also notes a Great January clearance sale at J J Macdonald's with every article reduced.
Senator Heinrich of Seattle spent ten days in Yakima supervising Bavarian method hops curing. He believed the beer from Yakima hops would be excellent, prompting hop growers to seek news of the beer’s arrival. A letter to Thomas Lund notes shipment of fifteen and a half barrels of Yakima hops beer from Seattle Brewing and Malting Co. and that Heinrich wished to be notified as shipments go forward.
Advertised Letter List lists names including J W Burtis J L Carpenter Mack Carter John Cline Mrs Minnie Cook J B Cook JBR Cook Miss Emma Crofton and others. Also an advertisement for Greene Mercantile Co. ripe olives in bulk and Heinz sauerkraut and a hotel note for Guilland House in North Yakima. Also medical ads for Mull’s Lightning Pain Killer and Mrs Dr Adair offering women and children health services.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures grippe cough and restores strength. The notice includes North Yakima Drug Store as the retailer.
A promotional consumer ad offers Mull's Pioneer Cures in separate formulas for kidney and bladder issues, liver and impure blood, stomach problems, rheumatism, and female complaints with chocolate tablets. Priced at 25 cents and one dollar, the notice directs readers to Taft & Taft or W. J. Roaf for purchase.
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