Divorces Grow as Yakima County Sees Record Filings
Mildred Walling and Viva M. Stump seek separations from their husbands amid accusations of cruelty and vile language. Walling cites neglect and hardship including a period of living on flour and water. Stump requests alimony and custody, while her husband seeks visitation rights. The surge in divorce actions marks a historic rise in the past 30 days.
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Mildred Walling
Viva M. Stump
Yakima County
Yakima
C. Roy King
Henry Walling
Bickleton
Prosser
Northern Pacific Railroad
Franchise Laid Over in Yakima Valley Rail Route Fight
Temporary victory for G Street property holders as the Yakima Valley railroad franchise hearing was laid over to the next council meeting. Witnesses argued against a line on G Street while engineers proposed an H Street route with the Cascade spur, highlighting lower costs and safer crossings for students and residents.
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Smith
Wight
Engineer Noble
G Street
H Street
Yakima Valley Railroad
G_ street
H. J. Snively
Cascade Mill Company
Barge School
Noble and Libby
Engineer Marble
Donald
Cameron
North Yakima Wins Third Annual Yakima Valley Meet
North Yakima High School captured the third annual Yakima Valley track meet led by McWhorter and Remy with Ellensburg second and Sunnyside far back. Final scores: North Yakima 67 Ellensburg 35 Prosser 25 Sunnyside 5.
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Yakima Valley
Ellensburg
North Yakima
Prosser
Sunnyside
McWhorter
Remy
Cook
Lum
Wirt
Shiley
Corbett
Summitview School
Stewart
Thompson
Move Toward Abolishment of Menace Dens on Front Street
City council discusses a draft ordinance to demolish deteriorated Front street buildings labeled as health fire or moral menaces after seven day notices. The measure requires a 30 percent drop in value and places proof burden on the city. City Attorney Allen cautions potential lawsuits but backs validity.
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Health Department
Allen
Questions on Yakima Valley railroad ties to Northern Pacific
G Street residents press editors with a series of questions about the Yakima Valley railroad extension. They accuse Northern Pacific ties, ask why NP would aid a competing line, and contend the project could use existing tracks on H street. They urge keeping the route off G street to minimize property damage.
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Herald
G Street
Yakima Valley Railroad
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific
Donald
Northern Pacific Railroad
Yakima Valley Road
Elliott
Moxee
Moxee Valley
Yakima Valley
Valley Railroad Ties to Milwaukee Rumor Sparks Local Debate
Committee G Street Property Owners argues the Valley Railroad has no connection to Milwaukee. claims the assertion is a Northern Pacific hireling ploy. They warn prolonged delays will bind the town and ruin hopes for rival lines and an electric system.
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Valley
Milwaukee Railroad
Northern Pacific Railroad
G Street Property Owners
Coyotes Bounty Payouts at County Auditor Office
W W Anderson of Selah collected 119 dollars for 69 coyotes and 20 wildcats while Frank Herke of Tampico earned 37.50 for 30 coyotes and three wildcats. Auditor Wallace Miller notes bounties will be paid and expects strong business next Saturday.
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W. W. Anderson
Selah
Frank Herke
Tampico
Mr. Anderson
Wallace Miller
Mr. Miller
Miller
Indictments Returned in Portland Over Petition Tampering Case
Grand jury retried indictments against Deputy City Auditor Sam H. Lotan Maurice Reinstein president of a local brewing company and S Breslauer book keeper in connection with alleged forgery of an excise board initiative petition in the auditor’s office on the night of April 19 Bench warrants were issued and arrests expected tomorrow as the county sheriff takes charge The focus is on forgery through altering a public document with the three men named as defendants
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Portland
Sam H. Lotan
Maurice Reinstein
S. Breslauer
Reinstein
Excise Board Initiative
Lotan
ANOTHER MILE OF GAS MAINS
The gas company plans a Monday start on extending 6000 feet of mains with prospects of another mile this summer. A new crew of workers will be needed to handle the project as gas consumers rise in the district. Plant upgrades are delayed due to unavailable material, but the mains extension will proceed along Eleventh Avenue South, Fourth Avenue North, Naches Avenue North, South Sixth Street, and possibly Eighth Street North.
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Moxee
H Street
G Street
Eleventh Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Naches Avenue
South Sixth Street
Eighth Street
Outlook Nursery Offers Grafted Trees and Plants in Sunnyside
Yakima valley grafted, home grown scions by E P Dopps Prop Sunnyside Washington advertise Bartlett Pears Commercial Apples and Strawberry Plants. Cheapest in price with bearing trees and rooted stock ready for planting. 5-tf
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Yakima Valley
Bartlett Pears
Outlook Nursery
E. P. Dopps
Prop
Sunnyside
Wash
Bluffe’s Travel Worth Having Road to White Bluffs Improvement
An organized effort to improve the North Yakima to White Bluffs road is planned and to continue until completion. A possible $1000 is needed, and it is proposed to invest the money in road permanent improvement rather than a musical festival, per a Herald Friday suggestion to citizens and the Commercial Club.
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North Yakima
White Bluffs
Herald Friday
North Yakima Eyes Auto Stage To Boost River Route
L A Dash leads a plan to fund road improvements for a faster auto stage from North Yakima to overland routes along the Columbia river. Yakima Garage partners—Tittle and Chandler—will run two cars for tri weekly service once upgraded. The aim is to draw Portland Seattle Tacoma travelers to spend nights in North Yakima and connect with Hanford White Bluffs Wahtake traffic.
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Columbia River
North Yakima
Columbia
L. A. Dash
Messrs. Tittle and Chandler
Yakima Auto Garage
Hanford
White Bluffs
Wahtake
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Dash
Kennewick
Yakima
Brewster Peach Crop Expected After Cold Weather Myth
In Brewster Washington April 30 reports of a destroyed peach crop proved unfounded. Orchards in the valley are in full bloom signaling a likely large harvest. The Okanogan Power and Irrigation company speeds a Whitestone lake canal project to irrigate 800 acres purchased last June from the state, selling most land at about 259 dollars an acre with water rights. About 59 men work on the flume construction.
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Brewster, Wash
Okanogan Power and Irrigation Company
Whitestone Lake
Joshua Klein Deported After Seattle Trial
Joshua Klein, self-styled Messiah and exponent of the radio active philosophy, arrived in Seattle with a Tacoma immigration official and is to be sent to New York that night. The deportation follows testimony at a Tacoma trial alleging he lured two Tacoma girls.
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Seattle
Joshua Klein
Tacoma
New York
A. D. H. Jackson
Klein
Tacoma girl lured to mountains by music retreat
Dora Sauvegot and another Tacoma girl Rose Karasek were persuaded to travel to Europe for music study and lured to Klein's mountain retreat. Dora's mother, alarmed by years of silence, found them after months. Klein, accused of assault and mystery since his Tacoma arrest, plans deportation but vows to return and build a city near Seattle.
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Alps
Dore Sauvegot
Klein
Tacoma
Rose Karasek
Europe
Prince
Dora
Yours
Seattie
Rings Little Liver Pills Claim Health Relief
An ad touts Rings Little Liver Pills for headache constipation and biliousness claiming to cleanse the system without gripe. The price is 28.6 cents and it is sold by C. W. Camp.
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C. W. Camp
Popova Arrested in Samara for Mass Murder Case
In Samara, a woman named Popova is charged with 360 murders over thirty years. She allegedly killed husbands for pay by poison, and one client who feels remorse has denounced her. Popova confesses to murders but says she freed wives from tyrants. mobs were stopped by police and soldiers.
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ST Petersburg
Popova
Samara
Mme. Popova
Foley Kidney Remedy Promises Relief for Kidney Ailments
Advert begins by claiming many weak women were restored to health by Foley Kidney Remedy after other female tonics failed. It says the remedy stimulates kidneys and bladder to eliminate impurities, easing nervous exhaustion and related pains. A Kentucky woman Carrie Harden reports pain relief after using two bottles.
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Foley
Carrie Harden
Bowling Green
North Vakéma Drago
Sloan
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Viva Stump
Noble
Valley Road
Council
Mason
Robinson
Palmquist
McCarty
D. Thompson
C. C. Case
Gondewin
Front ST
North Yakima & Valley Railroad
Coyotes
Columbia’ River Valley
Worthington Pumps
Loomis-Fettibone Gas
Theodore Weisberger
Brewster
Mountain Conservatory
Canadian Pacific Railway Lands
Colonization Department
Alberta
G. A. Yancey & Company
Riverside Ave
Spokane, Wash
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