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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
7
The special report on the best sugar industry in the United States for 1897 notes satisfactory reference to the product in this county. On page 54 the table of average analyses from the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 1897 shows results for this state.
William Perrine recounts in The Mysteries of the Century that Samuel Houston during a Tennessee gubernatorial bid vanished after a political scandal. He reportedly joined the Cherokees, adopted native dress, and kept his life’s secret as he later remarried and lived to old age through the Civil War.
The article notes Lake Erie may need a Niagara River dam near Buffalo to raise its level by about three feet, deepening Detroit and St Clair waterways but risking flood and international compensation. It argues such a plan, though beneficial for navigation, faces delays and high costs.
Local druggist L. O. Janeck promotes Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Care claiming it prevents consumption and cures severe cold or cough with a fifty year positive guarantee.
The Hon. Eugene V. Debs extols socialism calling it his star eyed goddess. He says it throbs in his breast and is his life, transforming the earth into a paradise while without it men would be wild beasts.
The Big Bend Empire notes an Everett man in Douglas county has fine specimens from the soil. The claim of a diamond mine is unconfirmed, with cautious language and local skepticism.
The items mix medical patent cures with promotional notices for teas tonics and salves. It advertises Karl's Clover Root Tea as a fifty year guaranteed cure and lists other remedies from Janeck's Drug Store. It also includes travel ads for Wisconsin Central and a political note on a postal bill. The page ends with a light humor exchange about a sermon.
The notice lists multiple defendants including Sinclair & Harvey, Arthur Coffin & Bros, and Citizens National Bank of Tacoma in a foreclosure sale. A Superior Court decree of March 7 1900 orders sale of Lots 5 and 6 in Block 210 North Yakima, to satisfy a $782.54 judgment plus fees. Sale set for April 7 1900 at 2:30 PM at the North Yakima courthouse front door, with bidding in cash.
First publication March 15, 1900. Legal notice identifies Graves and Englehart as counsel for the plaintiff in a civil action with a first publication date set for March 15, 1900.
In Yakima County Washington the City of North Yakima seeks to foreclose liens on lots 10 and another in block 111 for unpaid street grading costs and interest. The suit seeks judgments for $13.08 plus interest at 1b a cent annually from January 1900 and half of a $50 attorney fee, with liens to run on the specified lots and immediate possession to the purchaser. First publication March 22 1900.
Advert placed offering a permanent position for a traveling manager with a monthly salary of 65 dollars plus expenses and future increases. Applicants must send a self addressed stamped envelope to 830 Caxton Building, Chicago.
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