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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1907
Page
10
The piece touts a Yakima company claiming a gold-saving device will recover 20 percent of lost gold and boost profits in stamp mills and placer fields. It urges readers to invest stock to fund installation in Alaska and other sources, promising large potential returns for investors.
Describes worsening famine in Sin show and Paichow with starving residents eating children. plants exhausted and roots gone. Refugees blocked from fleeing by officials as cannibalism cases rise and reports of human flesh for sale are noted via Shanghai correspondents.
Dottie Morgan plans to raise ten dollars for a dying friend in Council Bluffs by pawn ing her body after death to Mose Levich, a Des Moines pawnbroker, in a mortgage stating the body will be delivered to a medical college if the debt is not canceled before death.
London reports Professor Sir William Crookes with Profs Krowalski and Moscicki of Friborg University have developed a method to extract nitric acid from the atmosphere. The process, suitable for commercial and agricultural use, promises to transform the nitrate industry and the global food supply.
New York January 28 John D Rockefeller says he would pay a million dollars to end the nuisance that has troubled him for months. After recovering from indigestion he finds his health and enjoyment of his Tacanticco estate at Tarrytown impaired by the shocks from the tremendous mast...
Tremors from blasts at Hook Mountain on the west erly side of the Huson river disturb the Rockefeller homes at Pocantico Hills. John D Rockefeller and son John D Jr report walls shaken and plaster knocked in several rooms, reducing time spent at the Pocantico residence.
The compromise denatured alcohol bill delays its effect until after September 1 1908 to allow the Internal Revenue Service to prepare regulations for small producers not linked to distilleries. Treasury officials backed time to set rules for locked stills and tanks used by farmers in small plants.
A House committee proposes a measure enabling farmers to transform their produce into alcoholic beverages. The plan aims to expand farm processing options and potentially spur rural economic activity.
In Seattle on January 28 a rare event brings joy to Chinatown as twins are born to Mr. and Mrs Chin Gee of Men Yop & Co. The two boys join Chin Gee Gow’s large clan, with siblings aged 24, 20, and 15 pursuing education in Whitworth College Tacoma Seattle Seminary and a Hong Kong college. Gow, a 27 year Seattle resident, hopes all his children receive schooling.
The article ranks crops with corn first, valued at $1 1 million, and cotton second at $40 million. Hay is third at $600 million, while wheat stands fourth with about $740 million, noting dramatic epics tied to its fame.
The report notes bushels valued at 450 million dollars and states the 1906 crop was 8 million bushels less than 1905. In Kiona on January 28 Dr Hedger confirms two mild smallpox cases in a railroad camp, with quarantine and fumigation undertaken and no immediate spread risk expected.
A list announces uncalled letters at the North Yakima Post Office with due one cent fees and names several individuals. The page also features short health and cooking notes and light humor from Yakima about a debating son, fuel shortage, and a groom surprised by a hot biscuit at supper.
A compact roster lists individuals including Robertson Alva Roberts Grace Ramus George Smith Newell B Thompson E Walker Mrs Eva Wyman R L Williams Mrs M E Walters Mrs Rettie W L Lemon P M in a public notice snippet. The names read as a register of residents or signatories associated with the notice.
Puyallup Land & Loan Co. offers 50,000 hop poles for sale. Buyers can purchase in big Kinder yards to plat as lots and acre tracts. Located in Puyallup, Washington.
Simple desserts ideas to refresh households. Chocolate pudding uses sugar cocoa cornstarch milk and salt with cream. fruit pudding suggests steaming fruit cake slices with a rich sauce. cream pie combines a pastry shell with whipped cream and jelly bits for serving.
An advertisement cautions against unsafe at home remedies and promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as a mild, body-building worm medicine. It claims quick improvement for a fretful baby and cites a testimonial from Mrs. J. C. Smith of Tampa Florida. Colton-Fry Drug Co.
Spain adds Queen Ena likeness to stamp portraits with three TB charity stamps issued by the post office. King Alfonso’s marriage to Princess Ena spurred a push for royal imagery on stamps.
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