West Yakima letters discuss crimes and civic plans
The writer notes difficulty in proving the Tennewashe murder and credits native solidarity. D. B. Sheller discusses water impacts from sheep grazing, with reduced numbers this year and targeted districts. C. Ee Hall urges wheelmen to organize for bicycle paths, while F. D. Cook shares a health and climate impression of North Yakima and a frontier gun story from 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Sheller
Yakima
Peck
Nob Hill
Fruitvale
Moxee
Pure Water Faucet Filters Offer At Yellow Drug Store
Small cost reliable faucet filters marketed for pure healthful water with a free trial. Includes notice of seeds sale at Kleis and Sinema. Also lists new cases in Spokane court docket including condemnation for right of way and quiet title actions among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Drug
R.S. & C. Irrigation Co
S. E. Aumiller
Spokane Drug Co
J. B. Burns
Virginia Bartholet
Alice V. Lowe
Body Found Of Colfax Girl Laura Morgan
The body of Laura Morgan, a 16 year old who disappeared on March 12 after leaving school in Colfax, was found on a Palouse river sandbar four miles below the presumed jump site. A diligent search followed her disappearance. the river recovered her body. Wonderland 1901, a Northern Pacific Railway advertisement, is praised as artful and historically insightful with many illustrated articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Morgan
Colfax
Palouse
Palouse River
Northern Pacific Railway
Great West
North Coast Limited
Custer Battlefield
Lewis and Clark
Siskiyous
Sands of
Nome
Newbro's Herpicide Claims Cure for Dandruff
An old newspaper blurb argues dandruff stems from a scalp germ that causes hair loss. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the only product to kill the germ, promising dandruff relief and restored hair. The ad urges destroying the cause to remove the effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
Hats Repaired at J M Currys Tailor Shop
A brief notice directs gentlemen to bring soiled hats to J M Currys tailor shop on Second Street between Yakima Avenue and the post office for restoration. Local instruction ends with the number 17 indicating shop or notice reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Curry
Second Street
Yakima Avenue
Post Office
Woman’s Rescue Praise for Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription
Letters from grateful women describe salvation from long term female illnesses via Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery. Testimonies from Chicago and Buffalo cite recovery, renewed strength, and improved motherhood, with offers of free consultation and the People’s Medical Adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Pereciani
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington
A.C. Bollenbach
Cider and Feed Mill
Larson
West Side
Applegate Bros
Yakima County
Eee Sant Ast
Xpert Watchmaker
Foley
Jay Lynch
F. D. Cook
California
Aurora
Kleis & Sinema’s
J. E. Barkweth
Molly
Florsemein
Napoleon
France
M. Galais
North Yakima
Whipple’s Barn
South Second Street
M.W. Dunham
Wayne
Illinois
Nximes
Department of Orne
Dampierre
Melvina
Nouvion
W. H. Whipple
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