A Tale of Two Cops and a City’s Governance
A satirical tale contrasts a mayor and chief of police grappling with warehouse thefts and a changing leadership. It shifts to Roosevelt era land debates with Garfield Ballinger and Taft, criticizing protective action timing and policy, then closes with notes on racing, aviation, and business magnates amid a wary future.
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Jim
Roundsman
Him
Roundsman Dick
Presidentoosevelt
Jas. R. Garfield
T. Rh
Garfield
Roosevelt
Taft
Ballinger
Congress
Suffragette Wedding On Train Ahead Of Seattle Convention
A Spokane bound suffrage train will carry a celebrated bride and groom to Seattle for the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention July 1 to 7. Passengers include Anna Shaw Carrie Chapman Catt and Dorothy Dix as speeches are planned at Pasco North Yakima Ellensburg and Tacoma.
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Washington
Emma Smith de Voe
Equal Suffrage Association of Washington
May Arkwright Hutton
Spokane Suffrage Club
Spokane
Seattle
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Northwest
Anna Shaw
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Dorothy Dix
Frances Squire Potter
Sarah Platt Deckes
Juey Anthony
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Europe
Union
Pasco
North Yakima
Ellensburg
Tacoma
Public school exhibit draws broad support for AY P expo
North Yakima public schools showcase a doll house by Lincoln pupils with electric lights and a clay kitchen. Manual training pieces including a grand fir rocker and a stenciled table were shown for the Yakima county building. Sewing and kindergarten displays from Central and Columbia schools highlight student skill and effort ahead of the AY P expo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Yakima County
Central School
Elizabeth Webster
Margaret Coffin
Irving Shiley
Yakima School
Columbia School
Maggie Redfern
Lillian Sellers
Central Kindergarten
Hill Spends Big Sum on Northern Pacific
Seattle May 18 Im provements to the main line of the Northern Pacific railroad involve radical grade reductions and feeders in North Dakota and Montana. James J Hill plans spending upwards of 16 million dollars over two years with big contracts awarded to Grant Smith Winters Co and Wren Greenough. The project aims to abandon the Mandan to Glendive main line for a water grade following the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers over 207 miles. The work is seen as a strategic move against Harriman and toward enhanced Chicago to Seattle service.
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Seattle
Wash
Northern Pacific Railroad
North Dakota
Montana
James J. Hill
Northern Pacific
Grant Smith, Winters & Co
Yellowstone River
Wren & Greenough
Missouri River
Mandan
Glendive
Mont
Missouri
Yellowstoke
Harriman
Hill
Great Northern
K E. H. Harriman
Pacific Northwest
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
William Winters
Caughren, Winters, Smith & Co
Veeder
Sims & Shields
Glendive-Mandan
Mandon
Porter Bros. & Welch
Spokane
Portland
Wren
Weekend Home Cooking Tips and News Digest
A collection of breakfast and dinner menus with beverages and desserts, plus guidance on soups and stock types. The piece also notes raisin values, flour price effects on bread loaf sizes, kitchen hacks, egg beating methods, and brief society items including Mrs. David A. Gove’s election as Washington state regent and Baroness Von Mutten’s divorce amid Finnish diet elections with many women nominees.
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David A. Gove
Seattle
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
D. C
Baroness von Mutten
Pam
Betsy Riddle
Erie
Women Turn Garden Herbs Into Pin Money
A Chicago woman grew twelve rows of sage fifteen feet long and harvested pounds of leaves in one summer. Dried every two weeks, the leaves sold for 25 cents a pound. Thyme mint and parsley also sold well to restaurants hotels neighbors and druggists. Another woman dried lavender stems and leaves and made lavender sachets sold to a dry goods store.
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Chicago
Accused Murderer to Scene of Crime in Spokane Return
Luther Minnich, Missouri farmer and sawmill owner known as Frank Short, jailed in Spokane on murder charges for the February 3, 1908 death of W. S. Millsap. He will accompany Oregon county Sheriff Charles L. Davis to the crime scene where Millsap fled and hid behind a mule before Minnich fired.
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Spokane
Wash
Luther Minnich
Alton
Sargeant
D. D. McPhee
W. S. Millsap
Charles L. Davis
Oregon County
Minnich
Frank Short
Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Russell
Idaho
Missouri
Texas
Holland
Millsap
Davis
Minnic
Fall Fruit Show and Street Fair in North Yakima
The executive committee of the Business Men's association approves a weeklong fall festival in North Yakima featuring fruit displays and carnival elements. Parades sports and attractions may be added with the event slated after the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in October and marketed to Seattle fairgoers.
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North
Yakima
Business Men's Association
Seattle
Public Notice of Homestead Final Five Year Proof
Department of the Interior notices Louis Draper Mitchell of Selah Washington to appear for Final Five Year Proof on land described NE% NE Section 10 Township 13 N Range 18 EWF M. Witnesses include Fred C. Belohlav Sherman F Edwards Fred C Hanson and George Vann all of North Yakima and Selah Washington with the hearing set for July 9 1909 before the Register and Receiver at North Yakima Washington. Apr 21-28 May 5-12-19.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
North Yakima
Wash
Louis Draper Mitchell
Selah
Washington
Fred C. Belohlav
Sherman F. Edwards
Fred C. Hanson
George Vann
Harry Y. Saint
Register
Notice to Creditors in Ditter Estate
Notice is given to all persons with claims against the estates of Henry Ditter and Katherine Ditter, deceased, to present claims with vouchers to administrator Phil A Ditter at Fred Parker, No 6 South Second St North Yakima WA within one year from May 5 1909. If not, claims will be barred by state law.
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Henry Ditter
Katherine Ditter
Fred Parker
South Second Street
North Yakima
Yakima County
State of Washington
Notice of Claim Commencement at North Yakima
Notice is given that Charley W. Currey of Natches Washington filed Final Commutation Proof for a land claim in Section 18 Township 14 North Range 18 East Willamette Meridian. The hearing occurs July 7 1909 before the Register and Receiver at North Yakima with witnesses John A Carpenter Samuel Moore James Jackson and Thomas Jackson listed.
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Charley W. Currey
Natches
Washington
Township
Range
Willamette Meridian
North Yakima
John A. Carpenter
Samuel Moore
Wash
James Jackson
Thomas Jackson
Harry Y. Saint
Summons for Publication in Yakima County Court
In the Superior Court of Washington Yakima County plaintiff W Buzby sues Mrs E B Shelton Charles W Shelton B H Taylor and Shaffer & Company to foreclose a chattel mortgage on a Columbia hay press for steam power No 2263 size 19x28 wood frame No 2. Defendants must appear within sixty days after May 12 1909 and answer. judgment by default if not. Attorneys LUHMAN & CLARK North Yakima Washington May 12-19-26 Jun2 9-16-25.
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Superior Court of
State of Washington
Yakima County
Ly W. Buzby
E. B. Shelton
Charles W. Shelton
B. H. Taylor and Shaffer & Company
E H. Taylor and Shaffer & Company
J. B. Shelton
TI. W. Buzby
Columbia Hay Press
Luhman & Clark
P. O
North Yakima
Washington
County Commissioners Assess Road Rollers in Portland Visit
County Commissioners McDonald Meloy and Lemay returned from Portland where they tested four road rollers on a 28 percent grade and under other conditions. They compared steam and gasoline options and have not chosen a model yet they plan a June board session decision. Portland they report as a fine city and looking well at this time.
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McDonald, Meloy and Lemay
North Yakima
Portland
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TE Yakima Herald Herald Publishing Company
Geo, N. Tursley
Asia
Bill
Wickersham
Interior
New York
Wright Brothers
Jim Hill
Pierpont Morgan
Pacific Coast
State of
Great Lakes
Lola Knerr
George W. Rankin
Victor Janeck
Summit View
Carner
Raphia
Fairview
A.Y.P. Exposition
A.Y.P
Barge School
Northern
Pacific
West Side
Dragziss
California
Money In
North Yakima, Wash
County Commissioners Home
Norshy
Kima Drug Company
A. D. Sloan
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