Moxee Valley Notes on Posts Prunes and Picnics
Letters recount rural concerns from Yakima County including new post office service Artesian to the city and twice weekly mail to upper Moxee, prune and fruit harvest forecasts, Fourth of July plans in Zillah, and local remarks on theater and hop yards.
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Fox
Zillah
Yakima County
J. H. Gano
Artesian
Upper
Moxee
Yakima
Uncle Sam
J. H. Liggett
Montana
Kiralifes
Hanlons
John Drew
Nat Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Max Jackson
Hiscock
From Slaver to settler and news notes across Yakima
A narrative passage covers a former slave voyage to Cuba and arrival in New York before settling in Yakima in spring 1861. It notes early local figures Mortimer Thorp and Charley Splawn, a first log house, and a Moxee Company demolition. Other items mention editor pursuits, Goldendale prospects, Pasco gossip, election tallies, wheat yields, Kipling’s critique, and irrigation rail/land tax plans with H B Scudder as local agent and Herato news.
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Africa
Cuba
New York
Yakima
Mortimer Thorp
Charley Splawn
Thorp
Moxee Company
Giezentanner
Pasco
Goldendale
Tam
Franklin County
Kipling
E. F. Blaine
Washington Irrigation Co
H. B. Scudder
North
Tue Herato
Ely's Cream Balm Aims to Cure Catarrh and Hay Fever
Advertising copy promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a remedy for dry catarrh and nasal inflammation. It claims to cleanse and heal, with a trial size mailed for 10 cents and a 50 cent bottle in drugstores. Promotes painless relief and non irritation.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
N.Y
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A terse exchange on politics and personal finances features a complaining husband and a wife who cites proposed furniture purchases after a failed nomination. The dialogue hints at domestic friction tied to public life and elections.
Cheap Insurance Claim Sparks Caution At Local Drugstore
A 50 cent bottle marketed as FOL EY'S KIDNEY CURE is promoted by North Yakima Drug Store under A. D. Sloan. The claim of protection against Bright's disease and diabetes is highlighted, prompting consumer caution.
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Bright
Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Promote Quick Liver Cleanse
Small in size and great in results are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. The famous pills cleanse the liver and bowels and do not gripe. Quiett & Ayres Drug Co.
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DeWitt
Quiett & Ayres Drug Co
Evolution to End Use of Legs Warns Prof. Yang
Prof Yang of the University of Gulf Switzerland warns in the New York Herald that in a thousand years humans may forget how to use their legs. He says locomotion will fade as automatic travel devices expand and become cheap making airships and electric cars common. He predicts longer arms and shorter legs as an evolutionary trend driven by technology.
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Yang
University of Gulf
Switzerland
New York Herald
Yung
R. E. Blackburn
California Consoldated Petroleum Company
California
Will A. Harris
Fred L. Johnson
8. N. Andreus
Southern California
G. W. Luce
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
P. J. Beveridge
Beveridge
Illinois
Los Angeles
Holywood
Santa Monica
J. M. Hale
Hale Brothers
San Francisco
Sacramento
San Jose
Salinas
Petaluma
New York
Bradstreets
Ruskin and Cardinal Manning Lunch Description
A private letter from the late Mr. Ruskin to Cardinal Manning recalls a lunch with charming details including soup roast beef hare and currant jelly puff-paste and preserved cherries described as kisses in amber.
Company controls vast oil stake network in California
The firm owns two million five hundred thousand land shares of the capital stock of fifty leading California oil companies, aiming to cover all major oil fields.
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California
California Consolidated Petroleum Company offer seeds broad oil income
The document promotes a diversified oil investment with royalties on 5000 acres, dividends from 2,500,000 shares across 50 companies, and oil from 10000 acres. It claims expansion, independent operation from Standard Oil, and a limited stock sale at 50c per share with fast withdrawal if treasury stock sells out. First come first served.
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California
California Consolidated Petroleum Company
Pacific Coast
Standard Oil Company
Sec
Treasury
Prospectus Details for California Consolidated Petroleum Co
Drafts and money orders must be made payable to the California Consolidated Petroleum Co. A prospectus is mailed upon application.
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California Consolidated Petroleum Co
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Graham
Fred Thompson
Nicholas McCoy
By Square
Fred Mailloux & Co
Yakima Ave
Ditter & Mechtel
Divter & Mechtel
Kinsey’s
Metcalf’s
Admala
Newbro
Livinceton
Mont
Nagner
Bsolu
Oakland
San Diego
Merced
San Benito
Fresno
Monterey
San Louis Obispo
Kings
Kern
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Orange
Laughlin
Cal
aAlditress
Laughlin Bldg
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