Local News Roundup From Yakima Area Highlights Visitors and Events
Local notes record visitors to the city including Edgar Allen of Portland and Howard Atchison of Seattle. Births, injuries, and transfers are noted along with club meetings and Memorial Day plans. A number of residents travel to Green River Hot Springs and Minnesota or Ohio for personal business.
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Vestal Snyder
Green River Hot Springs
W. R. C. Aid
I. O. O. F. Hall
John Bruff
George A. Graham
Clara
E. , Boardman
Prosser Bulletin
E. C. Burlingame
Walla Walla
North Yakima
Wells
B. F. Kumer
Minnesota
Ohio
M. Meredith
J. Carver
Ellensburg
Masons
Epworth League
S. Huntington
Frances Pauline Waugh
Yakima National Bank
Covington
Washington Home Finding Society
Harris
Ahtanum Avenue
Many Children to Be Given Away by Washington Society
The Washington Children's Home Society seeks homes for twenty five children ranging from infancy to 15 years at Mortimer Station receiving home. Prospective foster parents are urged to contact Rev. L J Covington in Seattle. The society, with twenty four trustees, operates across thirty states and plans a permanent Receiving Home to care for up to 40 children, funded by a Seattle donor offering $5,000 toward a $25,000 building.
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Washington Children’s Home Society
Grace Annie
Chares
Alta
Alma
John Henry
Fred
Harold
Kenneth
Mortimer Station
Renton
Seattle
L. J. Covington
New York
Wash
Washington
Spokane
A. M
M. F. Jones
Toppenish Leads in Apple Market as Other Crops Change
Market notes show Toppenish holds 2,000 boxes of unsold fancy apples while Wenatchee stock is exhausted. Strawberries scarce, cherries soon, and oranges in good demand. Potatoes weak, hay prices low, onions decayed from winter weather, and Timothy hay remaining steady. Produce and grain prices listed for several items.
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Sound
Wenatchee
California
Kennewick
Timothy
Suspended Patrolman Pierce Retains Attorney
W. R. Pierce has kept Fred Parker to seek exoneration of charges that led to his suspension from the city police. Councilors consider possible injustice in the sudden action while Mayor Fechter defends the police the right to suspend officers at any time.
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W. R. Pierce
Fred Parker
Pierce
Fechter
Mullins' Answer Filed in Divorce Suit
Tuesday attorney E. B. Preble filed in the superior court the answer of John R. Mullins to the complaint in the divorce suit brought by Anna B. Mullins.
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E. B. Preble
Superior Court
John R. Mullins
Anna B. Mulling
Fraternal Brotherhood Presents Evening of Entertainment
Yakima lodge 266 of the Fraternal Brotherhood hosts a program at Wisconsin hall this evening beginning at 8. Admission is free and all are welcome. The committee arranged the event with cards dancing and cake served after the program.
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Yakima Lodge No. 266
Fraternal Brotherhood
Wisconsin Hall
Truth versus exaggeration in society and commerce
A quoted admonition about telling the truth, warning that exaggeration harms trust and could provoke social and legal consequences. It notes that people rely on their own judgment, while a few hypocrites and demagogues would lose standing if truth prevailed.
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F. L. Hayden
Four Thunderbolts Propose Truth in Yakima Debates
Howard Thompson of Alfalfa Washington and E Adler Bros Co Rochester discuss the imagined aftermath if North Yakima residents told the whole truth for 24 hours. They predict widespread shock insanity rumors plus newspapers overrun by truth exposures, with truth becoming more profitable than fiction.
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North Yakuz
North Yakima
Howard Thompson
Wash
E. Adler Bros. & Co
Rochester
N. Y
America
Washington
Dedication Services for North Yakima Eagles Hall
Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 289 holds dedicatory services Friday night in the Jacobson block on North First street. A class of forty candidates will be initiated as H. J. Lee national grand deputy president leads the ceremonies with many Eagles from nearby cities anticipated to attend.
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Yakima Aerie No
Order of Eagles
Jacobson
North First Street
H. J. Lee
Dandelion Kill Formula Found Deadly to Plants
Tests on the new dandelion dope published in the Herald show the mixture kills dandelions but spares ordinary lawn grass. Additional experiments aim to gauge effects on clover and various weeds while accidental spills killed green pea vines. Strong solutions are needed to reach root kill, using iron sulphate and sulphuric acid, the latter a deadly poison.
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Herald
Death of Mrs Martha J Jones at 81
Mrs Martha J Jones aged 81 died at 105 North Third Street on Sunday. She leaves several children including Harry Jones a banker of Wapato. The body was shipped to New Richmond Wisconsin by A J Shaw Sons for burial.
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Jones
Martha J. Jones
North Third Street
Hary Jones
Wapato
New Richmond
Wis
A. J. Sshaw
Civic Brotherhood Heard Yakima Impressions
The Men's Civic Brotherhood met at the M. E. church with many members present. Rev. F. C. Whitney spoke on The Impression of Yakima to a Tenderfoot, praising a cordial welcome and the city’s forward strides including a new Y M C A. He opposed Sunday sports and noted saloons open on Sundays amid business-minded residents.
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M. E. Church
F. C. Whitney
Brotherhood
Yak'ma
Yakima
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Marian Janeck
Helen Gordon
Helen
Lester Coffin
Lewiston
Idaho
Coffin Bros
L. Tyrrell
Toppenish Land Company
Willard Dobins
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J. E. Ryan
Phil A. Ditter
J. L. Slade
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Iowa
Claude Briggs
Tacoma
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P. J. Flint
Parker Bottom
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Thomas H. Walker
Rigg
Edwards
Grant
Walker
Judge Rigg
CT Sre
Bob Toovig
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Yakima Best
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Sunnyside
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Wew York
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Nod Hill
Nori Yakima
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Cannon-Allen CO
Yakima Aerie of Eagles
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