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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1903
Page
10
Thomas J. Woods, advance agent for the Washington Agricultural College Glee Club, visited Saturday to arrange a stop on their annual statewide tour. The group previously performed here under favorable auspices and delivered a high class entertainment.
G S Rankin and A E Poole expect arrival of 40 car loads of hop poles totaling about 10000 from Snoqualmie for the firm’s 60 acre hop ranch in the artesian district of the Moxee valley.
The Sunnyside Sun notes citizens question higher valuations and unchanged levies. People worry increased school costs justify heavy tax, while some plan to pay willingly to local offices, others to resist by protest or delay.
Sheriff Thomas returned to Walla Walla with A J Turpin the sewing machine agent after locating him in Indiana where Turpin fled two weeks earlier following a four year old conviction for criminal assault. The Ellensburg pursuit ended with delivery to prison officials. Local editorials echo calls to safeguard irrigation bills and warn about policy effects on Yakima valley lands.
In 1902 two men were killed in prize fights and in a three month season 21 were killed playing football. Fifteen died from broken necks or backs and many others were permanently injured. Elbert Hubbard notes two acquaintances in lunatic asylums from football. parents’ views urge caution about the sport.
The interior department directs Jay Lynch to allocate 1 000 cubic feet of river water to irrigate 40 000 acres of allotted Indian lands while Yakima Land & Cattle Co allocates 8 000 cubic feet from Bumping Lake to water 40 000 acres under Moxee control. Filings require work to begin within six months, signaling intensive operations this year. Neighbors note two major projects, Yakima's 600 000 dollar beet sugar factory and McNaught's electric railway system.
A Chicago magazine issue showcases mother and daughter features on waists lace embroidery and home dressmaking plus a wedding breakfast article and window gardens by Ethel M. Colson. A separate notice seeks 300 head of cavalry horses from Mattoon Stables in a prior sale plan.
An ad extols Electric Bitters as an all round remedy for overwork insomnia nervous tension and liver and kidney disorders. It claims to dispel nervousness rheumatism and malaria germs and offers a 50 cent price with satisfaction guaranteed. A brief anecdote follows about Mrs Witherby noting a change in appearance.
A vintage health claim asserts a weak stomach weakens the body and that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cleanses and strengthens the stomach to cure indigestion and related ailments. The piece concludes with a humorous exchange about social climbing through marriage and divorce.
LaGrange resident P. A. Danforth writes that Bucklen's amica salve healed a six month running sore on his leg in five days. The advertisement claims ulcers wounds and piles respond well and guarantees cure for 25 cents at all druggists. kde He-What would you call a polite fiction? She-Why if I should say to you Really Mr Jones I hope you are not thinking of going so soon
North Yakima Milling Co. offers alfalfa seeds Grass seed and clean grain at the warehouse west of the depot This item appears amid miscellaneous vintage ads and quotes including a Society Islands tidbit and a DeWitt's Little Early Risers reference The snippet also notes an authority on watches and a Goldman’s Seattle mention.
If you own a city lot or home you can borrow money at a reasonable rate to build enlarge or improve. The Equitable Savings and Loan Ass'n offers monthly installments. Apply for particulars to W N Steinweg at First National Bank Maud To feel so sorry for poor Lillian and Reggie had to give up their elopement due to her father’s money.
All persons owning property in Yakima County with fruit trees must prune and spray between March 1 and April 30 using lime, salt and sulphur solution if infested. Noncompliance violates the hort icultural law of '97 and will be punished. Horticultural Inspector Orlando Bre signs the notice.
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