This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
8
North Yakima reports on local residents and visitors including Jolson from Maston, Tecoma residents, Ellisburg arrivals, and Mooreth town updates. The notes cover court actions, real estate sales, school census results, road and railroad work, ball games, travel plans, and upcoming community events with multiple named individuals and organizations.
County correspondence covers spraying for codling moth, visits from residents and visitors in Parker Heights, and social events. Marital union of Frank Rote and Agnes Brophy at North Yakima with plans to live in Parker Heights. Ladies' Aid meetings, missionary talk, and new telephone line work in Parker by Yakima Valley Telephone Company.
May births reported for Barker family a boy and for Eklema a girl. Local visitors Newman York and Edyth Whitmore from Naches paid calls on Barker family. Harbrette left for Wisconsin due to his father’s illness. Clingensmith named range rider and departed for the mountains. Hiscock returned from a trip east.
Carl Kinney from Seattle stops with Mrs Effie Perry and goes to school Jack Snavely from Ohio visits old neighbors Joe Reed and Will Schisler The county road grading crew camps on the power house road working near the Stevens place Mrs F G Orr expects a visit from a niece from Mt Vernon
The Naches Draught Horse Association has secured a high quality block Percheron stallion from Kansas City. Arrived Tuesday with K Sinclair and Will McPhee, the horse is valued at $5000 and praised by local farmers for stock improvement efforts.
Mrs C D Gresswell in Capitol Hill shares a letter from Aunt Dr Colburn of Riverside California recounting a sensational elephant incident. The town misreported a death in Glenwood Court while the animal looted a barber shop and windowed music store before fleeing to Main Street. One man killed by the elephant is confirmed by AP after initial doubt.
A 1908 letter exchange shows Levi Ankeny urging direct primary pledges for legislative candidates to honor voter will and avoid senatorial contest entanglements. Christopher Horr replies by asserting the secretary of state must certify highest votes for U S senator and the legislature to honor that result.
Randall Larson a Wenatchee High School student died Friday from uraemic poisoning. His parents live 80 miles from transport lines in Okanogan county and can be reached only by horse.
Albert Helander 32 of Seattle announces candidacy for insurance commissioner on the Republican ticket. Born in Minnesota he trained in business and banking before moving to Washington in 1899. He held posts in Tacoma Olympia and Yakima including cashier, business manager, and Seattle office head for Guardian Life Insurance.
Mrs. Smallpurse laments poverty and urges invention. Months later Mr. Smallpurse reveals a patent for a barbed wire safety pocket for bus bands, claiming his fortune is made. The exchange frames a comic arc from frustration to entrepreneurial boast.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.