Community plans and local development in North Yakima
A Spokane style letter discusses purchasing land on Yakima avenue for a new two story building 100 feet by 130 feet with bids from North Yakima contractors. The writer urges building a merchant club to boost home industry and hints at eventual name Yakima for a baby. Also notes Ontario Land Company site rumor and local farming optimism amid good yields and expanding grain shipments.
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T. He Clogg
Yakima Avenue
Biscell
Third Street
North Yakima
Yakima County
Yakima
Community notices and letters on local life
Letters discuss tragic accidents involving Mr. Roberts and Mr. Ordway, a Washington settler praising central Washington wheat potential, a Tacoma Elks Carnival fruit display funded by Yakima growers, drought stories from Fort Scott Kansas, and a critic arguing against buying more land for a courthouse site.
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Mr. Roberts
Mr. Ordway
Horse Heaven
Washington
Eastern
Kicked By a Horse Injures Local Youth
Chorge Leach son of Mr and Mrs John Leach suffered a severe accident Tuesday after a horse in Tucker's livery stable kicked him in the back between the shoulders. The wound is deep and may affect the spinal cord though no fatal result occurred. He rests easier today but endures great pain.
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Chorge Leach
John Leach
Tucker
Trotting Race Set for State Fair August Fourth
A 400 dollar trotting race is announced for Sunday August 4 at the State Fair grounds. Di odone owned by D M Shanks and Chester Abbott owned by H A Griffin race with the mare driven by Fred Brooker and the horse by the owner. A 50 dollar forfeit is on file and the purse rest will be posted before noon race day. Both entries also enter a 1000 dollar race at the State Fair this fall.
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State Fairgrounds
Diodene
D. M. Shanks
Chester Abbott
H. A. Griffin
Fred Brooker
The Best Prescription for Malaria Tonic Advertised
An ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a simple iron and quinine beverage that kills fever. The offer promises no cure no pay and claims savings on tires with Keene purchases.
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Grove
Wool Market and Livestock Exports From The Dalles
Frederick Joslyn of The Dalles woolen mills made a bid for remaining county wool but offered too low a price. Coarse wool is scarce and not in demand while good grade wool commands gains. Vessey and McRae plan a 3000 lamb train to Chicago with others following. around 30,000 lambs expected to depart in a month. Peach prices slipped to about 30 cents per box, apples begin with early cooking varieties at 50 to 75 cents per box. Northern Pacific provides express cars daily for shippers, handling Seattle-bound fruit with no extra loading.
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M. McLennan
Coffins Bros
William Buckholtz
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Local Quotations and Classified Notices
Listings include legal cases W J Robbins v Walters promissory note and Brown Morford v Williams, Allen divorces, sale offers for farms near town with houses and orchards, a jacket lost on Selah road, Yakima Bottling Works Soda Springs drink ads, Osborne binders oils and binding twine bargains, bike sundries at Keene, a No 1 Top Buggy for 65 dollars, and Coffin Bros. offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Coffin Bros
Keene’s
Coffin 23 Bros
Malaria Cure Ad Claims Blood Purity Healing
An antique advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a remedy for malaria and asserts it purifies blood. The copy emphasizes quick relief and targets readers seeking a cure.
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WMT
Meera
Congdon
Ontario Land Company
Capitol Hill
Court House
Tom
H. D. Winchester
Wide Hollow
Cle Elum
N. J. Spratt
M. Webber
Portland
Grocer
Briggs & Dam
Ea Orlando Beek
Tacoma
T. H. Davis
Fort Scott
Kansas
FF. M.spain
Keene
W.J. Robbins
John W. Walters
Thurston Brown
John Morford
F. A. Williams
Justice of the Peace Court
Bert H. Allen
Mary E. Allen
Annie Robinett
James M. Robinett
Nob Hill
Selah Road
Prosser
West Avenue
Depot
Chas. J. Johnson
Propr
MA Gunpany
Hassocks
LACE
Camp Comforts
Lass Ware
Oano
Second Street
S. H. Mason
Kleis & Sinema’s
Pioneer Lumber Co
W. E. Carpenter
Royal Worcester
Alaska
Yakima Hardware Co
J. M. Curry
Kleis
Sinema’s
Leaming
FE. R. Leaming
FOLEY
North Yakima Drug Store
Kleis & Go Ma’s
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