Local notes from Cle Elum and Sunnyside region
Jenks Henry Creason and E W Taylor visited Swank district. P Vandermark leases Pennsylvan ia avenue property to C W Badger who will open a cigar and stationery store. Walter Reed contracts for building opposite Echo office as post office move location. A E Flower leases Behel building to start by August 1 with full merchandise stock. Flower of Mabton loses three fingers in artesian well work accident. Mrs Stackhouse and Miss Carlson visit Sunnyside. Stackhouse plans five acre west town lot. Christian Cooperative Telephone Association raises stock price to 50 cents above par on August 1. Tourville Todd and Albert Hommel buy Barbur Tourville Co interests. continue firm name for fruit season. Tourville praised for experience and popularity. West Coast Trade mentions new firm setup by Tourville, Hommel, and Todd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elof. Jenks
Henry Creason
E. W. Taylor
Prosser
Terlum
Swank
P. Vandermark
Pennsylvania Avenue
C. W. Badger
North Yakima
Walter Reed
Echo Office
P. Flower
Mabton
Stackhouse
EF. J. Carlson
McCracken
Zillah
Sunnyside
Christian Co-operative Telephone Association
Sunnyside Sun
A. F. Tourville
Geo. Todd
Albert Hommel
A. J. Barbur
J. M. Page & Son
Barbur, Tourville & Co
Tourville
Hommel
Barbour, Tourville & Co
Todd
Can Buckwheat Be Grown Here
Farmers hereabouts report mixed results from buckwheat grown by irrigation. Judge Stout, noted for irrigation expertise, says buckwheat can be fine or even finer than usual when conditions are right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout
Irrigation—Yakima Valley crops show promise for grain and tobacco
A speaker notes crops grown outdoors in Yakima valley can thrive with irrigation. Samples shown to the Herald office reach over five feet tall with mature grain, impressing eastern farmers. The judge calls for different handling in irrigated areas. Stout notes tobacco grown there is excellent, emphasizing harvesting and curing as key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Valley
Herald
Stout
Combine Dream Sparks Auction of Strength at Connell
A strong-arm exhibitor at Connell Bar Tuesday night shows raw power by bending 16-penny nails with fingers and twisting railroad spikes into corkscrews. The crowd imagines him fitted to a combine to ease horse labor and rest the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connell
Connell Statesman
As Others See Us in Ellensburg and North Yakima
The Prosser Record notes J. Nichols of Ellensburg may have died by his own hand or been murdered in a room with a young woman in North Yakima. It laments legalized dives in cities, arguing they invite trials and lower taxes for respectable citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Nichols
Ellensburg
North Yakima
Prosser
Tent Canopied Wonderland Promises Americas Best Show
Praises fill the press as Campbell Bros announce North Yakima events on August 6. Advertised attractions include a traveling aquarium the largest wildlife collection and unique ethnological exhibits with grand circus and hippo drome performances drawing thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Campbell Bros
North Yakima
White's Vermifuge Promoted as Child Medicine
Leighton Alabama druggist Dr H P Krumpe reports a customer’s child sick and vomiting. After one bottle of White's Cream Vermifuge the child expelled 119 worms. Ad claims vermifuge is a chief worm medicine and also a children's tonic improving digestion and vigor. Available at F L Janeck's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Krumpe
Leighton
Ala
White
F. L. Janeck’s
Coffin Bros Advertises Sorosis Petticoat Style
Fragmentary ad copy notes sorosis pink petticoat style at Coffin Brothers with mentions of Yakima mineral water and multiple soda fountains selling the beverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffin Bros
Proverbs for a Good Wife in Old Advice
A vintage moral list describes duties for a wife including gentleness, neat dress, secrecy, industry, self reliance, homemaking, charity, temper control, caregiving, reading, exercise, and avoidance of trashy literature. It ends with hope she may fly to a better land and make a lucky man a fine spouse.
Hearst the Fighter and His Stand in 1904
Olympia Capital lauds Hearst as a fighter who challenges trusts and speaks out against democracy scorned by readers. The note predicts no GOP default in judgment with him as a standard bearer in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearst
Olympia
Vapor Baths Claim Cure for Colds and Fiery Fevers
An advertisement touts electric vapor baths to open pores and speed healing from colds and fever, with a free bath offer and a 50 cent charge. also promotes corn and bunion removal, nails, and foot care by Prof. R. F. DeLeon at O. K. Barbershop, 204 Dugan Case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
R. F. Deleon
O. K. Barbershop
Kershaw Block
Variety ad notices and local classifieds blend in Yakima
A misc of real estate sales harness work shops groceries and job ads along with auctions and social notes. It lists property for sale rent and trade in Yakima with names like Ek. M. Pentz Mrs. Hattie Laird Coffin Bros Geoffin Bros and D. B. Fox plus merchants Coffin A Coffin Bros Wyman Fraser and McEwen's Harness Emporium.
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Yakima Business College
Spokane Grain CO
Seattle
Hay
Western Ave
Butchers and Packers
S. Second St
Stacker
Managing Agents
Yakima Ave
N. B
Flour Mill
West
Yakima Avenue
the Boss
Dugan
Casey
Melrose & Morr
Mr. Grooves
Sessions & Gilbaugh
Schorn’s Paint Store
Glearance
Lonaver, Kreenperk Avenue
Rob Roy
Gold Hill
Summit Mining District
Elizabeth Lode
Elizabeth
MacCrimmon & Needham
North First Street
Flour Mill Co’s
McEwen
Harness Emporium
South First Street
Europe
Cedar Rapids
Ek. M. Pentz
North Seventh Street
Yakima
Yakima City
Hattie Laird
Hookline
Justin
Wyman & Fraser's
Western Labor Union
M. S. Meeks
Geoffin Bros
Front Street
C. H. Barrett
Front St
Nice
Yakima Novelty Works
D. B. Fox
South Second Street
Coffin Bros. Aa
Foley's
A.D. Sloan
Dora
John Ditter
Mulhollan
North Third Street
Burt & Packard
Scott
C.F. Heimbunesh
Over Moore Clothing Co
Cheacp
O. A. Clark
Court House
Wyman & Fraser
Heimbaugh
G. Macl. Richards
Sloan's Drug Store
Osborne and Hodges
Jackson
Tonsoria
Gus
J. R. Radford
Little Ways North
German Lutheran Church
Nob Hill
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