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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
10
The fragment extols a narrow house as sacred and refuses any sacred rite pass without pay. It contrasts sympathy Pity and Genius as celestial forces wending through a pious shrine with a reverent, if somber tone.
About 200 Highlanders and Lowlanders gathered at the Yakima hotel on Friday to honor Robert Burns with poems and songs. The event featured toasts, solos, and performances by clan members including D C Reed and J MacPhee Ferguson, celebrating Burns and Scottish heritage.
Ernest A. Brown advertises orchard planting service with guaranteed full stand, thorough inspection and pruning before setting. Offers season planting and normal price. Telephone 4791, P. O. Box 875.
lL L E Buchholtz city marshal of Toppenish and former special officer heads to Seattle to arrange a meeting with Dr Roller or Farmer Burns after challenging Roller. He is willing to wrestle the Roller Burns winner and aims to secure a bout on the coast.
C2ey Crevittes Ginfford, two year old son of Wills Baker, lost his left hand and part of his forearm after an accidental shotgun discharge by Howard Lee while hunting near Yakima City. He was carried home for treatment and is recovering. G W Gallaher, Busy Bee M and D manager, reports 45000 dollars of coal shipped since July and 8000 dollars more land purchased, totaling 1040 acres, increasing stock value.
The Official Journal of the Reclamation Service announces Joseph Jacobs, formerly in charge of the Yakima headquarters, a constructing engineer with offices in New York City, as taking one of the most important positions in the Reclamation Service.
The Neson Naches ranch owners were found not responsible for three calves of J. Thurston that escaped and vanished. Judge Preble, in ruling, lamented that the plaintiff would lose despite ordinary vigilance in stock care.
Plans firming for North Yakima amateur athletic exhibitions with local aspirants to face Seattle and Spokane wrestlers and boxers. Dates not yet announced.
Lester Palmer has been elected manager of the high school debating team. The choice is praised by his schoolmates who note his active interest in all school work and his vigorous approach promises success.
North Yakima merchants rely on open storefronts as a gauge of business climate. They note stores keep doors open January 25 signaling confidence in trade and community activity.
Thieves struck Coffin Brothers warehouse on the west side missing a set of four buggy wheels. Two rifles were also taken from a shop at Yakima avenue and Third street, police report.
Dr. Terreau city health officer and councilman F. Shaw visited North Yakima meat markets on Saturday and reported all markets in good sanitary condition.
Yakima avenue is crowded with roughly 30 large electric signs and an even larger number of smaller signs, creating a sensation of a busy seaside boardwalk in the city.
A daughter was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Campbell of Broadway.
The attending physician reports County Clerk R. K. Nichols is recovering from his recent sickness.
Jacob Springer of West Franklin Maine says the pills keep his stomach liver and bowels working. If the product disappoints, money will be refunded at C C Case's drug store. Price 25 cents.
Cas cade Lumber company auditor P. Palmer said the outlook for lumber is excellent and plans a large output from North Yakima mills. Logs have been harvested at Easton and, with river breakup, thousands will be driven to dams to ensure continuous operation through late fall.
A Yakima businessman who buys 96 percent of the valley fruit praises Yakima’s progress and energy. He admits little knowledge of Kittitas fruit, urging broad public praise in Kittitas to boost regional publicity. The note frames Yakima as a leading western area in reputation.
North Yakima buyer Court Meyers purchased the last of A. E. McCredy’s sheep, after most of the flock had already been sold earlier in the season according to the Wapato Independent.
Richard Strobach of North Yakima looked over a tract of Indian land yesterday with intent to lease. The visitor, known widely in the valley, toured the area near Wapato observing the country.
Advertisement urges mothers to use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to keep children strong and healthy during winter. It claims the tonic is pure and harmless and provides the greatest good, noting sales at Case's drug store.
The Churchill family on North Second Street endures a widening crisis as a mother is quarantined at home while four young children contract smallpox and her son Charles Church, already convicted of murder in the first degree, is jailed. Community sympathy grows amid financial strain and uncertain prospects for relief.
Washington announces suspension of the prohibition on using sulphur in drying fruit for the coming season. California growers led protests demanding relief from the rule as President Roosevelt informs the delegation a five member outside board will decide under the pure food act. Decision 76 to be suspended meanwhile.
Under the Pure Food Act, Decision TH set a limit that dried fruits may contain no more than 0.25 percent sulphurous acid, claiming higher levels are injurious. Fruitgrowers found well cured fruit held a greater proportion of acid than the maximum allowed.
An advertisement touts White's Cream Vermifuge as a cure for worms and related diseases in children. It claims the medicine removes worm nests and associated mucous, with mild action. A Tennessee parent reports his child passed 73 worms after the first dose. Sold by D. H. Fry Drug Co.
Miss gii head of the high school English department outlines the remaining year’s work and plans to finish department organization by year end. Seniors will take Harvard entrance exams as a test of their readiness. Miss Hill publishes a manual on teaching English for the first year, designed around local topics.
An old-time drug store promotion touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a universal remedy restoring blood, flesh, and vigor for men women and children. It claims unmatched efficacy and markets 385e Tea or Tablets at Case's drug store.
Bessie May Johnson two years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hos T Johnson, was unconscious for eight days before a Saturday arrival for surgery by Dr Dempsy of Granger and Dr C J Lynch. An abscess behind the left ear was removed, she regained consciousness, and doctors expect full recovery. Nourishment was given by tube and she lost little weight, noted for her remarkable recuperative powers. Mr Johnson moved from Everett.
The note references a discussion with Granger about a cannery in progress and mentions a roughly nine month timeframe during ongoing conversations.
Empire Georgia resident C O Eldridge praises Dr King s New Discovery as the best cough and cold remedy. The ad touts its use for croup and throat or lung troubles with a money back guarantee and prices 50 cents and 1.00, trial bottle free.
A New York druggist catalogs whimsical foreign born customers orders for medicines. Entries include odd phrases such as acute pain in my child's diagram and garble requests like five sense worth of Aundie Toxyn for gleaming throat, plus a note about a child eating its father's plaster and sending an anecdote.
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