Election for district No. 7 school board to be held Saturday
The annual school election for district No. 7 will take place in the Central school between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. One director will be elected to replace Norman Compton, whose term expires, while Prof. Barge has one year and Mr. Nichols two years remaining. Compton is favored for reelection amid west side interests seeking representation on the board.
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Norman Compton
Prof. Barge
Nichols
Herald
Mr. Compton
A. F E. Larson
Naches Avenue
J. B. Burns
Third Street
West Sie
D. E. Lesh
West Side
Compton
Local News Briefs Cover Life in Yakima Area
Reports from North Yakima and surrounding area include retirements and new appointments, social events, marriages, and club activities. Notables: B F Barge visits Sunnyside. W M Anderson in city. Epworth League March 17 social. Coterie and Twenty Century Women clubs gathering. marriage notices for Joe LeGrand and Daisy Wheeler, and Charles A McWain with Mary M Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Anderson
Epworth League
South Moxee Avenue
Joe LeGrand
Daisy Wheeler
Arthur Coffin
Mexico
San Francisco
North Yakima
Charles A. McWain
Mary M. Russell
Christian Parsonage
Morton L. Rose
Woodcraft
Wisconsin Hall
J. K. M. Berry
North Yakima High School
Yakima City
C. M. Beardsley
Not A Farming Country Says Alaska Farming Claims Foolish
Washington Post reports H Bratnaber of Arlington derides Alaska farming promises. He cites Governor Brady promoting agriculture while Copper River area farmers failed after planting seeds. Bratnaber says Alaska's wealth lies in mining and scenery, not crops.
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Alaska
H. Bratnaber
Arlington
Washington Post
Brady
Copper
Lan
Rey
Sol
Laugh Cure Restores Insane Patient to Sanity
A patient in an asylum with extreme melancholia failed to laugh or smile for months. A jovial man was hired to laugh at his door daily. The contagious laughter spread through the ward and the patient suddenly laughed and regained reason.
Scourge of the Amazon Mosquitoes Ravage River Region
The Indians along the Amazon River suffer martyrdom from aggressive mosquitoes. Even hardened communities flee villages at night, dragging women and children into woods. Smudges and similar methods fail as swarms drive people out in terror, forcing daytime returns at dawn.
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Amazon
United States
Curious Justice in West Africa Police Fines Officials
A London writer recounts Brown and Jones cycling without lights in British West Africa. Both are summoned to the district commissioner court where Brown sits on Jones and fines him five shillings. Jones then sits as judge, scolds Brown, and fines him ten shillings for the alleged menace to regulation.
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Africa
London
Brown
Jones
Smailing
Corea's Empress an American
Miss Emily Brown, daughter of a missionary, formerly a lady in waiting to Empress Mia, was invited to join Corea's court. She declined the harem offer and accepted the position of empress under the emperor after the 1895 murder.
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Empress
Corea
Emily Brown
Mia
Miss Brown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sharples
F. A. Morgan & Co
West Yakima Avenue and
Selah St
City News
B. F. Barge
Sunnyside
Rinehart’s
The
Uniform Bank
Clemmer
Rinenart
Fred Mailloux & Co
J. A. Orchard
First Street
Yakima Avenue
Ahtanum Congregational Church
Curious Justice
Henry H. Schott Co
Batiste
Batistes
Madras
Jayne
Dr. Pierce
Wolfen
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
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