Bootlegger Arrested in Yakima Under Indian Whiskey Charge
Frank Jones alias Frank Brown was arrested by City Marshal Grant on furnishing whiskey to Indians. He awaits a United States commissioner’s disposition under Sheriff Tucker. He previously served at McNeil’s Island for bootlegging and complained of mistreatment to Judge Hanford.
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Frank Jones
Frank Brown
Grant
Tucker
United States
Jones
Hanford
McNeil’s Island
Yakima
Yakima Valley Canal Elects New Board of Directors
The Yakima Valley Canal company last week elected the board with Chester Congdon as President and A. S. Congdon as general manager. George Bosdet, Edward Whitson, and E. Weisberger were named secretary and treasurer alongside Bosdet succeeding A. S. Dam in the treasurer role.
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Yakima Valley Canal Company
Chester Congdon
A. S. Congdon
George Bosdet
Edward Whitson
E. Weisberger
Bosdet
A. S. Dam
Four-Year-Old Mayer Boy Breaks Leg in Accident
The four year old son of Mr and Mrs J P Mayer injured his right leg while playing near a buggy. The leg was caught in a wheel spoke and the bone broken just below the knee. The wound was dressed and the limb placed in a plaster cast. He is expected to recover quickly.
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J. P. Mayer
Wreck Claims Father of Dr. C E White
The father of Dr. C E White of Mani Towoc Wisconsin was killed in a Southern Pacific wreck in Texas last week. He was traveling from Wisconsin to North Yakima to visit his son and may invest here, taking a southern route for a business trip to Alabama and Arizona. His remains were burned in the crash. He left a Wisconsin estate valued at 30000 to be divided between two sons, including Dr. White, the third son having his own fortune.
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C. E. White
Texas
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
North Yakima
Alabama
Arizona
Dr. White
Woman's Club Enjoys Anniversary Comedy at Commercial Club
The Twentieth Century club guests joined the Woman's Club for an eighth anniversary celebration in North Yakima. Miss Lombard directed a Hamlet’s Brides Shakespearean farce featuring Mrs. Watt Mrs. Whitson Mrs. Thompson Mrs. Vance Mrs. Sharkey and star Mrs. Snyder to high praise for its stage richness. Also a housework help ad appears.
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Womans’ Club
Twentieth Century Club
Miss Lombard
Watt
Whitson
Thompson
Vance
Sharkey
Snyder
North Yakima
Disputed tract likely settled soon with railroad patent action
Ira M. Krutz received from James B. Kerr of Tacoma a telegram indicating papers were presented to general land office commissioners in Washington for patenting the disputed tract to the Northern Pacific Railway. After 17 years of contest, residents expect an end and immediate permanent street improvements once settled.
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Ira M. Krutz
James B. Kerr
Tacoma
Land Department
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Washington, D. C
Rudkin
Jones
General Land Office
Burglary Suspects Arrested After Salvation Army Meeting
City Marshal Grant and Officer Bland arrested Walter Balser at a Salvation Army meeting last Wednesday night and handed him to Sheriff Brown of Kittitas County who pursued him on Thursday. Balser is charged with involvement with Harry Caladan, also arrested here the prior Saturday, in a burglary near Ellensburg one week earlier.
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Grant
Bland
Walter Balser
Salvation Army
Brown
Kittitas County
Balser
Harry Calahan
Ellensburg
Prosser Telephone Company Incorporated
Incorporation papers filed naming Nelson Rich D M Angus John Chisholm and W H Brownlow The company aims to build a local line to Sunnyside Mabton and later extend to Horse Heaven and Bickleton.
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Prosser Telephone Company
Nelson Rich
D. M. Angus
John Chisholm
W. H. Brownlow
Sunnyside
Mabton
Horse Heaven
Bickleton
Preparing for the 1902 baseball season on Capitol Hill
The club works toward a 1902 season with grounds graded and a grand stand plan of 50 feet, plus other improvements. A team will form after a satisfactory player selection and arrangements with other clubs for several games, though dates and opponents are not yet set.
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Capitol Hill
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Relief for Stomach Trouble
A Macomb Illinois real estate agent cites wife’s recovery from severe stomach troubles after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. The ad claims prior medical remedies failed and urges eating any food without dieting while the drug digests it. A conversational comic exchange about chewing gum and tobacco appears.
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J.R. Holly
Macomb
Ill
Yellow Drug Store
Stops The Cough And Works Of The Cold Ad
An old ad claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay. It also promotes a cash feed yard at 112 South Second Street offering horse feed prices such as 10 cents for hay and 10 cents for oats.
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Cash Feed Yard
South Second St
Agent Named to Oversee Kennewick Townsite Lands
W W. C. Sampson, land agent for the Northwestern Improvement Co. of Spokane, is appointed agent in charge of the Kennewick townsite and lands. He will spend four months there to advance plans for a new townsite and 15 000 acres of canal lands into marketable tracts as water in the canal is expected to flow this summer. The townsite and lands are anticipated to be offered for sale in about 60 days.
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W. C. Sampson
Northwestern Improvement Company
Spokane
Kennewick
Boston Board of Health Sets Barber Shop Rules
A May 5 1900 dispatch from Boston to the New York Sun outlines new barber shop regulations by the Boston Board of Health. Each mug shaving brush and razor must be sterilized after every use. Separate clean towels for each customer. Blood stopping material used only in powder form on a towel. Powder puffs prohibited. The note adds that Newbro’s Herpicide is antiseptic for face or scalp after shaving or hair cutting. A shopper asks for a comfortable stylish shoe. Salesman responds that miracles are past.
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Boston
N. Y. Sun
Boston Board of Health
Newbro’s
The Vice of Nagging and Womanly Nerves Remedy
A sensational 1900s style advert claims nagging wives suffer nervous exhaustion with headaches insomnia loss of appetite and fainting and offers Electric Bitters as a miracle cure. It cites backache weak kidneys and female troubles, urges trials and states 50 cent price with free trial bottles at Yakima drug stores.
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Yakima
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Catarrh Relief System
Advertising copy explains drying preparations worsen catarrh and promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a cleansing soothing healing remedy. A trial size costs 1p, 50c size widely sold by druggists. The balm is described as painless, non irritating, and fast acting for nasal catarrh and hay fever.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
N.Y
How Are Your Kidneys Sparagus Pills Cure All Kidney Ills
An ad promises a universal kidney cure with Sparagus Pills from Bterfing Remedy Co. Chicago or New York. The copy urges readers to sample free and order by mail.
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Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Exquisite wedding stationery and eating cards for sale
Exquisite wedding stationery and eating cards at Toe Herato office. Mitchell wagons run easier and wear longer than any other on wheels. For sale by Wyman Fraser.
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Toe
Herato
Mitchell
Wyman & Fraser
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Woman's Club Entertainment
H. H. Hoffman
Orricz Oven Macponap
Matt.j. Johnsons
North Yakima Drug Store
Willie
C. Sampson
Board of Health
Vestal Snyder
Studebaker Hack
A. J. Sneltjes
Lince Place
Nob Hill
Louis H. Fulkerson
Armory
Yakima Hardware Co
Lila
Pearson & Watt
Ior
Read's Steam Laundry
Keene Mercantile Co
Yakima Avenue
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