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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1905
Page
2
Montgomery and Rodwell plot revenge and gain as Clara's fate and Judith's suspicions tighten. A secret plan to fake a cousin's death and burn a house to claim insurance emerges, with Montgomery reluctantly drawn into a dangerous scheme. Time to decide tests loyalty and risk.
The Likieb atoll natives in the Marshall group master shipbuilding using pinned lumber canoes and a 40 ton schooner model. A Portuguese trader and an American sailor introduced the craft, with kavioe timber from a western lagoon isle valued for hardness. Prices vary by wealth, chiefs pay more for the same vessel.
Kansas girl recalls her father’s warning that her suitor should not enter the home. She reveals she still entertains him in the cyclone cellar, while a chiding remark from Hare notes few people live up to their stated virtue.
Judge Kersten of Chicago discharged Mrs. Jessie Hopkins who killed her husband after a brutal New Year’s assault. The editorial defends a woman’s right to defend life, noting the murder was a moral tragedy but legally justified self defense.
A satirical take on England’s public school music craze as thousands of boys learn wind instruments. The piece mocks the push for brass bands and warns of multisite musical ills, suggesting Americans might overtake with similar fads. It cites Manchurian war as a contrast and notes Britain’s lead in musical education.
Nebraska lawmakers move toward Governor signature on an act requiring four years of study before anyone may heal disease for money. Leading educators praise the measure as a strict but sensible safeguard for a complex human body.
A BSt. Louis Globe-Democrat piece argues wars will end when death and injury risk drops so low that men forgo fighting. It cites war machine progress and mortality rising as self preservation rises, noting swords will become ploughshares and demise loses appeal as survival odds fail.
Lewis Adams, a former slave and Tuskegee craftsman, funded an industrial school that led to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School under Booker T. Washington. The institute grew from Adams’s shop to a thriving campus with 151 staff, 875 residents, 163 buildings, and 2,600 acres, all largely built by students and faculty. The piece notes Lincoln’s reputed connection to stories told by students and remarks on preserving historic rooms.
The old Edwards home on South Second Street where Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd were married is being turned into a grand residence in Springfield. The house, later St Agatha's school, has seen many events and its old fashioned charm and corners add to its historic appeal as it becomes a beautiful private home.
In a domestic exchange son Bobby reports to his father that he has been digging out a woodchuck all day. The father expresses pride in industrious effort while comments on an old fashioned woman with an intact handkerchief.
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