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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1905
Page
7
North Yakima Washington weekly paper notes Tuesday as business manager day. Published every Wednesday with advertising rates on application. Subscriptions offered for one year six months and three months. Official city paper dated Wednesday July 12 1905.
The piece surveys the drive for wealth, noting Jim Hill's rise and the era’s storming of the impossible. It discusses a labor viewpoint on school district funding for asphalt sidewalks and wage deductions for holidays, and mentions irrigation needs, Fourth of July planning, and local civic figures while weighing public improvement costs and taxpayer impact.
Local council approves a saloon license for J. R. Piland and the Dooly block on Front Street will house the Palace Bay venue opening Saturday night. Community notes report church services, outdoor outings, and memorial news among residents along the Ahtanum and Sound regions.
A new organization, Coffin-Babcock Land and Livestock, forms to manage a $300,000 empire with 50,500 acres deeded and 24,000 leased land in Kittitas Douglas and Chelan counties. 1,600 of 3,000 shares held by Coffin brothers. H Stanley Coffin to manage books at North Yakima. Day-to-day oversight by George Finn as superintendent. aims to expand sheep and cattle operations while leveraging timber, ranges, and government land.
The article touts a new “diamond cure for consumption” said to heal coughs and lung diseases. It cites W. T. McGee of Vanleer Tennessee praising Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and colds, available at C. C. Case’s drug store with a trial bottle free.
The Foley's Honey and Tar ad states it is not a guaranteed cure for consumption in advanced cases but claims relief in early stages and comfort in severe ones. It asserts the product as the greatest lung remedy and warns against substitutes. North Yakima Drug Store, A. D. Sloan, proprietor.
Local notices advertise Berry Crates and bulk furnishing up to five thousand units. Vendors promote Paris green insecticide and Foley's Kinney Cure for health toning. Coffin Bros. offers discounted men’s suits at nine dollars eighty five cents and buys hay while selling milking cows and gluten shorts.
Northern Pacific announces Epworth League Eagles Osteopathic and G A R meetings to be held in Leaver Colorado from July to August. The railroad will sell round trip tickets valid thirty days with stopovers allowed within the limit. Contact the ticket office for rates and sale dates. All committee meetings are in E G Peck’s private offices free of charge.
The First National Bank of North Yakima in Washington is certified by Deputy Comptroller Thomas P. Kane to have succession extended to June 30 1925 under the 1882 national banking act. Also notices on Meilinks vaults and Crawfords cigars appear along with Rosanna E. Peck estate notice for creditors to file claims by August 9 1905.
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