North Yakima News Highlights Local Happenings and Visits
William Verran returns to Yakima county from Ishpeming Michigan where his father lay ill but is recovering. Marquette College students plan a play at Marquet hall with new scenery by Brother Carigano. Various residents, visitors, and business matters fill the week including travel, mining claims, bridge notes, and agricultural updates.
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William Verran
Wapato Independent
Yakima County
Ishpeming
Mich
Verran
Michigan
Copper Country
Marquette College
Marquett Hall
Brother Carigano
Marty L. Ansart
Walla Walla
W. P. Sawyer
North Yakima
George Rogers Reed
United States
Veneliu
F. E. Ellsworth
Northern Pacific Hospital
Tacoma
Tod
W. W. Felton
Richland
South Second Avenue
Yakima Avenue
B.C. Inman
Teneton Harbor
Tieton Hotel
William Lee Jr
Len
White Bluffs
Columbia River
D. F. McGee
M. S. Turner
Portland
Ore
Paville Power & Light Company
R. KE. Slaughter
Cascade Llamber Company
Kittitas
H. J. Asbury
Washington
Asbury
Myr
Mrs. Burke
Tarn
Furnished Rooms Sign Sparks Italian Rivalry
In a Chicago suburb two Italian households vie for social leadership. A newcomer asks about rooms. one man claims not to rent while pointing to a sign saying rooms for rent, a gesture sparked by a neighbor’s similar sign.
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Chicago
Judge's Library
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold for Female Trouble
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills aid constipation and female trouble with a testimonial from Mrs. M. C. Dunlap of Leadill Tennessee. The copy encourages readers to try the product, priced at 25 cents at Clark’s Pharmacy.
Sheriff Chanler Returns With Bermuda Lobster Tale
The Washington Post reports Sheriff Bob Chanler back in New York with the largest lobster ever captured in Bermuda, though not as large as the one Lina caught.
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Bob Chanler
New York
Bermuda
Lina
Washington, D. C
Post
Bridge Parties And Social Meetings In North Yakima
Susie Boyle lists a series of social events for May including Bridge Party at Mrs Lyfe’s 108 South Sixth, Mothers Meeting by North Yakima Society of Social and Moral Hygiene at First Presbyterian with address by Yor EE A. King on protecting children from impurity, and multiple teas and dinners hosted by local clubs and families. Some events honor Miss Agnes Hinman and feature guests from Seattle.
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A. BE. Dunn
Appleton
Wis
John Thyazak
Roslyn
Margaret Coen
Missoula
Mont
EW. Peake
Duluth, Main
Burdick
Northern Pacific Railway
J.K. DeForce
W. R. & N. Railway
Bicter Meloy
The
Granger News
North Yakima
George Donald
Porter
New York
Seattle
Peter Andres
Bellingham
Skipworth
Methodist Church
SR. Lamont
Zillah
Ro McKee
Thompson Fruit Company
R. Paddock
Horticultural Union
Tower Valley
W. Dillehay
Tieton Flote
J. B. Maher
Mesdames
T. L. Lynchva
Charles Underwood
Ajux- Hiary
First Evangelical Chovel
Kensington
Ladies’ Auxiliary
First Evangelical Church
George Shrimpton
Seventh Avenue South
Women's Missionary Society
First Presbyterian Church
Mesdames K. van der Arle
Whitehouse
van der Arde
Yakima Heights
Park Avenue
United Artisan
S O'Tlocke
St. Michael's Parish
South Nadhes Avenue
Misses Prosser
Jessie Snively
Nob Hill
Miles
Champagne Avenues
J. M. Perry
EB. D. Palmer
A Corner for Men Little Fables of the Rising Young Man
A columnist advises Horace on breaking from routine in spring and choosing steady work over drifting. The piece contrasts the two paths, warning that ease tempts many to quit their current jobs, while urging grit to avoid aimless wandering and the lure of easy open areas.
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Horace
Kiddo
Wither
Jess Andre
Rock of Gibraltar
Design 4B House with High Pitched Roof and Cedar Siding
A compact 26 by 28 foot house features a high pitched roof with gables on all sides and a wide projecting cornice. It includes a central chimney, reception hall, long room, dining room with sliding doors, kitchen pantry, hardwood floors on first story, pine second story, full basement, four bedrooms with bath, cedar siding, and an estimated cost of 2200 dollars not including heating and plumbing.
Bridge Parties Planned by Local Hostesses
Mrs. Charlies Heath will host a second in a party series at 110 North Sixth Street in the afternoon. On Saturday May 20 Mrs. Dick Rist Mrs. Clayton Udell and Mrs. Lloyd Garretson entertain with a bridge party at Mrs. Garretson’s Chase Hill home inviting guests.
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Charlies Heath
North Sixth Street
Dick Rist
Clayton Udell
Lioyd Garretson
Miss Agnes Hinman Engaged to Oscar Thygesom
Society notes say Miss Agnes Hinman and Mr. Oscar Thygesom are engaged. Lavish events in her honor included a handkerchief shower, attendant tea, and a teachers’ tea at Lincoln school with lavender and lilac décor. The couple’s friendship began after Thygesom moved to North Yakima a year ago and plans call for early summer nuptials.
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Agnes Hinman
Oscar Thygesom
Charlotte Lion
Welia Hawkins
Miss Lum
South Sixth Street
Miss Hinman
Lincoln School
Stiss Hinman
Yakima
Thygeson
Gypsy Queens and Royal Ceremonies Across Nations
The London Standard notes gypsy figures like Matilda Stanley honored with royal funerals in Dayton in 1878 and a later coronation ten years afterward. Esther Fan Birthe’s 1888 death drew aristocratic visitors, yet overall gypsies faced harsh laws since 1562.
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America
Matilda Stanley
Dayton
England
Esther Fan Birthe
Ringland
Society of Gypsses
London Standard
Lost horse reward notice for two mares near Tieton Drive
A black mare weighing 1100 pounds with a wire cut on the right front foot and a bay horse weighing 950 pounds with a wire cut on the left front foot are lost. Both are newly shod. Reward of $10 offered. Return to Chester Brand, R. F. D. No. 4, Tieton Drive. Phone Farmers 8215.
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Chester Brand
R. F. Dd
Tieton Drive
Japanese Nurse Adoption Grows in Cities
The new trend sees Japanese nurses hired to care for children across eastern cities. Japanese youths are employed as caregivers, filling roles formerly held by local nursemaids. They work cheaply and focus on duties, reflecting shifts in child care practices.
Cigar Box Materials and Global Use
The article discusses cigar boxes, noting the vast annual usage in the country and worldwide. It highlights Spanish cedar as the preferred material, its impact on flavor, and the difficulty of substituting other woods. Attempts to cultivate Spanish cedar domestically have failed, while Mexico supplies Spanish cedar for premium cigars.
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Cupba
Mexico
Ruby Jewel Worth More Than Diamond Says Historian
The most valuable gem is the ruby especially the pigeon blood variety, red purple and sparkling. Origins lie in Burma and India with rare spinel rubies found in Europe and the Americas. The ruby’s fame includes the diamond cross center on England’s state crown.
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Burma
India
Europe
United States
South America
England
Outdoor Illumination at St Joseph Military Tournament
The St Joseph arena measured 450 by 227 feet totaling 102 150 square feet. It used 127 110 watt arc lamps on 110 volt circuits suspended by span wires outside the enclosure with two energy wires running parallel to each span.
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St. Joseph
Iliami- Prevesti
Indoor Lighting Lets Viewers Distinguish Faces Across Arena
The report notes the nation compared favorably with common indoor lighting and that spectators could distinguish faces from one side of the arena to the other.
Radium Bromide Microtube Promises Medical Use
A surgical instrument maker supplies tiny quartz domes containing radium bromide for therapeutic work. Each hermetically sealed tube, about a quarter inch high and three sixteenths inch in diameter, is designed to be inserted into an incision or body interior. The quartz unit holds a fraction of a grain of radium bromide and costs around five hundred dollars.
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Tific Instrument Makers
Risers Firm
Medical
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Fe. B. Marks
Antanum
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Marks
Irwin Herd
Minnesota
Irwin
Joseph Rosenheim
Richard Scheibe
Wisconsin
Fred Sharkey
Office of
City Engineer
Dre
J. S. Kloeber
Selah
Apriis
W. H.patterson
Independence
Oregon
Si. W. Dooly
Messrs. Patterson
Tolbert
Green River
James Berkeley
Mr. Berkeley
J. H. Regan
Terrace Heights
Denver
Mel G. Duncan
Benton City
Duncan
Spokane
Katherine Walters
Ellensburg
J. P. Kinney
John S. McClure
Kinney
Knights of Pythias
North Yakla
Clegg
Pythiane
Toecome
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Rudolph Mayne
Summit
Glen Russell
C. J. Fairbanks
Lensburg
Otis R. Sprague
J. F. McNaught
W. H. McClure
Hermiston
C. M. Jones
F. B. Leckey
State Association of Opticians and Opteometrists
Hagles
Hoquiam
Kalai Sikoloff
Rusian Symphony Orchestra
Yakima Theatre
Frederick Warde As
Brutus
Julius Caesar
Susie Boyle
Chas
Wick
Herald
Ruby
Plata
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