Yakima Fruit Growers and Shippers Union Formed
About 20 leading Yakima County fruit growers met at the courthouse to adopt The Yakima Fruit Growers and Shippers Union. The group plans to handle fruit products for members, act as a purchasing agent, and employ a salaried general manager with expenses borne by members. A rigid summer inspection will enforce quality standards.
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Court House
W. L. Wright
James Brown
Yakima
California
Messrs. Waldren
Orchard, Sawyer and Bush
Zillah
van Holdenbeke
Sound
Seattle
Tacoma
Sound Cities
Shipped Sheep From Kennewick to East on Thursday
Stanley Coffin visited Prosser on Wednesday and told the Record that a train load of mutton sheep would be shipped east from Kennewick on Thursday. The flock has grazed the lower range all season and is in prime condition. Work on new buildings will start after the sheep season ends.
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Washington
Heraup
Holdenbeke
Yakima
Beck
H. J. Snively
Nob Hill
Stanley Coffin
Kennewick
Hollingsworth
School Census Totals In District No 7
Census takers George Hough and CC E Lum completed a nine day survey reporting 1578 children in district No 7. Hough covered north of Yakima Avenue with 978 school age children and Lum covered south of the avenue with 600 pupils. previously one man needed 30 days.
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George 8. Hough
CC. E. Lum
Resolutions of Respect for Sister McKiver’s Loss
Unanimously adopted by Yakima lodge No. 7 Royal Tribe of Joseph. Expresses sympathy to Sister McKiver and family after the death of their oldest son Albert. Resolves to spread the resolutions in lodge minutes and send copies to the family. Ordered by the lodge June 12, 1902.
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Yakima
McKiver
Albert
Coke
Curse of Cramming Warns Against Forcing Fast School Growth
A Denver school superintendent warns that pushing three year olds through three years of growth mirrors cramming a tree in two years. Such hothouse education harms the mind, while health and recreation must come first. Exceptions exist but do not justify accelerating the average child.
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Denver
Hothouse
Tacoma Ledger
Does It Pay Invest in Sunnyside Land After Farm Sale
J C Sanger, Sunnyside bank cashier, sold his 200 acre North English Iowa farm for 12650 which rented at 700. He buys 150 acres of Sunnyside land for 11250 claiming the land will rent at least 1350 and yield a net advantage of 650 over the Iowa farm after accounting for water tax.
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Iowa
Sunnyside
J.C. Sanger
Sunnyside Bank
North English
Sunnyside Sun
You Know What You Are Taking Tonic Claim
An ad critiques Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as iron and quinine with plain bottle labeling. It notes a No Cure No Pay offer and mocks a clergyman and a neighbor. The piece implies consumer skepticism about tonics and advertising claims.
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Grove
Fo ley's Honey and Tar praised for quick asthma relief
Otterville resident Daniel Bante writes that after years of coughing and failed treatments from doctors in New York and elsewhere he found immediate relief with Fo ley's Honey and Tar and will keep it in his home. North Yakima Drug Store promoting the product. A timid suitor joke ends with a father's reply about gifting his daughter.
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Daniel Bante
Otterville
Towa
New York
Foley
North Yakima
Village Dame Recalls Borrowed Basket
A light exchange between two village dames reveals a forgotten basket loan from last week. One insists she did not return the basket, while the other jokes about borrowing it again.
Stops The Cough And Works to Cure Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay. The copy notes a young girl Miss Fairmount Parke-Poor, too young to die, and Miss Caipe May, who was improving in golf before a dreadful turn.
Reward Offered for Lost Horse Near Moxee June 1
A horse with saddle and bridle missing near the south end of Moxee on June 1. The animal has four white feet and a white face. A suitable reward is offered by J. Sauve of Moxee.
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South End
J. Sauve
We Cure A Cod in One Day Patent Medicine
An ad promises a one day cure for a cod related ailment with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Refund offered if no cure, box bears E W Grove signature. Price listed as 25 cents. The closing lines include a humorous misquote about a dark hallway.
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E. W. Grove
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Yakima Tea Company
Yakima Fruit Growers’ and Shippers’ Union
Goldman
the Authority On Watches
India
Dr. King
Smith
Keene
Toe Blittse
North Second St
S. Arendt
Mgr
ALL Steel
FAW Chit Bros
A.B. Pearson
Grocer
Miller
North
N. B
Allmiller
Drayman
Yakima Ave
Zimmer
Zimmer & Blurton
South Second St
Palo Alto
Zimmer& Steward
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