Local News Notes From Yakima Area June July 1902
Summary of brief items: J H Wills returned from Spokane. Dr R N Gordon attended Tacoma medical meeting. Mrs G J Will and daughter back from Indiana Illinois. Mrs Larson came from Sunnyside for business. George Stacy at Portland school with top Northwest marks. Gourley’s west side warehouse nearing completion for soon opening. Mrs W F Wholstein arrived from San Francisco to visit daughter Mrs W L Lemon. Judge Rudkin back from Ritzville. special term opens at the courthouse. Henry Dillon arrested for liquor selling to Indians, taken to Tacoma. Col J G Boyle in Seattle Everett on Washingtonian and G A R business. Frank Smith convicted for stealing a $50 watch. bound over to court. Deadline posted at Northern Pacific station barring hackmen from soliciting. Platform edge line noted.
Northwest trains bring a colorful traveler to Seattle bound
A stylish woman described as a "cold lady" in the red light district was stopped by Marshal Grant at the station Friday morning while awaiting a Seattle-bound train. A complaint from John Chinaman over a $3.40 debt led to her paying the amount, after which she headed toward the mountains. The note mentions other local travelers and events from Prosser, Goldendale, and North Yakima, with various relocations and plans.
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Red Light
Marshal Grant
Seattle
John Chinaman
G A R officers elected for Washington Alaska district
G A R encampment at Everett elected district officers headed by Department commander B C Bedel of Walla Walla and senior vice commander J C Sherfey of Everett Delegates to the national encampment in Washington DC October 6 to 12 and alternates and council members listed with their home cities
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Everett
R. H. Ball
LaConner
R. W. Williams
Mount Vernon
C. B. Dunning
Spokane
R. McMann
Seattle
R. M. Anderson
Vancouver
L. H. Prather
W. L. Peacock
Gig Harbor
J. A. Green
Chelan
Council of Administration
W. H. Wiscombe
J. M. Comstock
C. L. P. Roberts
Aberdeen
J.E. Rosedorph
Abraham Garl
Burlington
No Opposition to renomination of local lawmakers
The Goldendale Sentinel reports no apparent opposition to the renomination of Hon. G. H. Baker for senator and Hon. Joseph Nesbitt for representative. The paper lauds them as enterprising citizens and says Klickitat will be ably represented in the legislature.
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G. H. Baker
Joseph Nesbitt
Klickitat
Goldendale Sentinel
U S Commissioner Available for Homestead Applications
The act allows filings before U S commissioners near the land, aiding settlers in Yakima County. W B Presley is designated U S commissioner at Goldendale, reducing travel to the North Yakima land office and cutting costs.
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Congress
U.S
Yakima County
W. B. Presley
U. S
Goldendale
North Yakima
How Horse Heaven Was Named By Kinney in 1881
James Kinney, a Yakima valley pioneer from Prosser, says he named the country Horse Heaven in 1881 after runaway horses fed on rich bunchgrass in a mountain upland. He awoke to find the herd near Prosser and exclaimed this spot was Horse Heaven, despite attempts to call it Columbia Plains.
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Horse Heaven
James Kinney
Yakima Valley
Bedrock Springs Country
Kinney
Prosser
Mr. Kinney
Columbia Plains
Hop Contracts Filed by Huntington & Co
Huntington and Co filed hop contracts last Thursday listing John Wetzel to Ira D Drainard for 4000 pounds at 11 cents, H M Shaw to Ira D Drainard for 4000 pounds at 12 cents, and Ira D Drainard to Huntington & Co for 20000 pounds at 1245 cents.
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Huntington & Co
John Wetzel
Ira D. Drainard
H. M. Shaw
Reduced Rail Fares To Cities From Portland
M S Meeks agent announces rail and boat fare reductions with round trips to Hot Springs Minneapolis San Francisco Chicago Westport Long Beach and nearby points. Special Fourth of July one and one third fare for trips within 200 miles. Tickets on sale various dates with 60 day limits.
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Hot Springs
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Portland
Chicago
Westport
Long Beach
South Bend
M.S. Meeks
Tonic for Nervous Households
A light exchange between a mother and Simpkins humorously contrasts a squeaky rocking chair with finding a tonic for nervous people. The quip turns on managing domestic frictions and the irritations of daily life.
Bucklen’s Amnica Salve Praised For Piles Burns and More
If a man lies to you and says another salve is as good, cite 30 years of cures with Bucklen’s Amnica Salve. It treats piles burns boils corns felons ulcers cuts scalds bruises and skin eruptions. 25¢ at Yakima drug stores.
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Yakima
Lovers in Quiet Battle End in Fear to Speak
Two lovers quarrel over who loves the other more. They refrain from speaking now, each afraid to concede. The dispute deepens as silence grows between them.
Sermon Delayed by Alarm Clock Quest
A man jokes about his wife making him carry an alarm clock to remind him to take his medicine at a quarter past eleven, turning a daily routine into a humorous scene during a sermon.
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Mr. Pogram
Pahson
Foley's Honey and Tar Ad Claims Cure for Early Consumption
The Foley's Honey and Tar duty claims it cures in early stages and eases the worst cases, but objects to being advertised as a universal cure. North Yakima Drug Store and A. D. Sloan, proprietor, caution against substitutes and promote the product as a lung remedy.
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Foley’s
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Head of Firm Questions Office Boy about Skills
The firm head asks the new office boy if he can do more than whistle and loaf. The boy replies he can play craps. The boss then asks James if anything happened during his absence and James says no one called to collect a bill.
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Stanber
James
Two Betties Cured Him By Kidney Cure Claim
A.H. Davis of Mt. Sterling Iowa reports kidney trouble for two years and credits Foley's Kidney Cure with a permanent cure after two bottles. North Yakima Drug Store and A. D. Sloan are mentioned as proprietor.
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A.H. Davis
Mt. Sterling
Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Finest in the city offers a Yakima Avenue parlor
The ad promotes a Jackson tensorial parlor on Yakima Avenue offering shaving hair cutting shampooing and baths with special emphasis on children's haircuts. It also markets Foley's Kidney Cure from North Yakima Drug Store run by A D Sloan.
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Jackson
Yakima Avenue
Foley's Kidney Cure Advertises Effectiveness
An old advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Cure succeeds where other medicines fail. The proprietor states the product has cured when all else disappointed.
Would You Consider Percy Monckton a Good Catch
Dialog excerpt shows Madge agreeing with Ethel that Percy Monckton would be a good catch if all others failed. The exchange hints at romantic competition and social courting.
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Ethel
Percy Monckton
Madge
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AL Tun
Keene
Yakima Herald
J. H. Wills
R. N. Gordon
The
God Medical Society
Tacoma
G. J. Will
Indiana
Illinois
Larson
Sunnyside
George Stacy
Northwest
John Gourley
W. F. Wholstein
W. L. Lemon
Rudkin
Ritzville
Court House
Henry Dillon
United States
Col
J. G. Boyle
Washingtonian
Frank Smith
Justice Taggard
Sidney Arnold
Northern Pacific
Yakima Bakery and Confectionery
John Mechtel
J. H. Needham
Miss Owens
St. Paul
National Educational Association
Vertner
Hanna Crooks
Matt Grubeschmidt
H. C. Foote
Child
Pine Creek
Beers
Bartlett
F. L. Hayden
Mary Young
Charlotte Lum
Florence McWain
Christian Endeavor
Charles L. Pierce
Gertrude Sinclair
Ida Sharkey
Margery Krutz
Jean Sinclair
Leander Bros
Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Company
Sam McCaw
Yakima National Bank
Sound Cities
Victoria
Florence Clark
Chehalis
Dean Stair
Toppenish
Herato
Havana
Standard Navy
Cudahy Packing Co
Omaha
Neb
Simpkins
Tess
Jess
State Electro-Medical Institute
Bright
State Electro-Medical Institute Safe Deposit and Trust Company
First Avenue
Wash
Ae Drug Store
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