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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1903
Page
2
Miss Bertha Miller is convalescent. Couples and families attend Fourth of July events at Sunnyside and Prosser. The Indians celebrate at Chief Whiteswan's place east of Fort Simcoe. Word of engravings and letters, local visits, and a new home underway on the School Section are reported.
Coffin Bros. float won the Fourth prize while Rev A H Lyons has been ill. Mrs Embree of Kiona visits her husband. Episcopal Sunday school plans a month end picnic. David Durgan takes over the livery stable. Rev Mr Westfield’s sister arrives to run his home. Federated church graduating exercises Friday evening. Mrs FE Smalley of St Paul discusses property interests. The Woman’s Home Finding Society meets with Mrs J R Harvey Thursday afternoon. Mr Crowder of North Yakima helps at the drug store during Baird’s absence. Editor Wm Hitchcock and wife celebrate a new son. Chas Richey and Rob Satterwhite visit. Dr Toms to lecture at Federated church on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings on The City of the Twentieth Century. C E meeting at Rev Lee A Johnson’s home reports good time. Dr and Mrs Ziph visiting O J Steward. Dr J D Thompson leaves for Hoquiam. A child of Mr and Mrs Sears dies and is buried from the Dunkard church. Rev S H Miller preaches funeral for S J Tiarrison. Rev S Harrison promises an extra good subject. Rev Lee A Johnson’s sermon to graduates praised for usefulness. Large audience, Mrs G kins in charge of plasie, Mrs Jennie Woodman presides at organ.
Local notices recount visits by Miss Harriet Allen of Seattle and Mrs. Renfro and sons from Roseburg Ore plus Ada Minnesota arrivals. Talks of a ball game between Mayor Shaw’s team and Woodmen of the World, a charity ball, property hunts, and a strawberry harvest reaching 1200 crates worth about $1500.
In one day during the height of the season, Lee’s model farm produced a record harvest from one acre of picking. He has begun picking fruit from 100 cherry trees to ship to the Sound market. On Wednesday afternoon July 1, Mrs Nellie Whited hosted Royal Neighbors at Nob Hill. Tea at five, and the group will reconvene July 15 at Mrs Knowles’ home.
The two year old Raymond Ditter died after a measles complication. Funeral at St Joseph's church followed by burial in the Catholic cemetery. Dave Taylor age 82 died July 7 after a set of diseases. Funeral at the Catholic church with burial in the Catholic cemetery.
In Prosser Washington Felix Theodore Swan and Lena Elizabeth Peterson were married by Judge Taggard in the Bartholet hotel parlor. Also Keffer Kehoe Thomas Wetter and Catherine Kehoe tied the knot with Justice J A Yaegard in North Yakima. A soda ad promotes Tron Brew and Madam IdeHa's Cucumber Lotion offering vacation skin protection.
Local feed for Little Chicks advertises cracked wheat and hen food at Flour Mill warehouse on West Yakima Avenue with phone 321. A. T. Danny promotes carriage trimming with in stock trims at 221f, claiming services to repair and replace buggy tops and cushions, implying business with Hulse & Sons.
The Northern Pacific Railway offers sale round trip fares with multiple travel windows and return limits. Stops allowed west of the Missouri River include St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Sioux City Omaha Kansas City with varying city pair pricing to Chicago and St Louis. Contact local ticket office for details. W.S. Meeks agent.
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