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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
3
Mayor Wa H Repay proclaims May 30 1900 from 1 to 4 pm as a city wide closing of businesses for Memorial Day ceremonies. The notice calls citizens to join patriotic observances and honor heroic dead with flowers and reverent remembrance.
The article laments Captain Charlies Clark, praised for commanding the Oregon in a famed voyage around the Horn and capturing the warship Colon. It notes his postwar decline in rank due to favoritism and the personnel bill, leaving him inadequately rewarded and awaiting recognition.
The new city clock clearly signals it has adopted a cash system as there is no tick audible. The device on its face shows the change, implying a silent operation and a shift in how time or funds are tracked locally.
Rev. Silas C. Swallow is presented as the United Christian party candidate for the presidency. The piece notes his timely appearance with spring but hints at heading south as November grows cold.
Adaven, the gifted correspondent with poems in Tue HeRaxo, has an illustrated poem in the current Overland Trail issue. The Seattle magazine is described as new, handsome, and well edited.
Wharton Barker, a leading Toad populist nominee supporter, asserts Bryan will lose as Barker expects to secure about 1.5 million votes. He spoke after visiting President McKinley, who will press on to seek another four years in the White House despite Barker’s claim.
The appointment of Jim Knox to replace Rev J T Escelman as U S shipping commissioner at Port Townsend shows political rot. Senator Foster paid a political debt, accepting a bitter compromise as the move drew mixed feelings and distant applause from Yakima as news arrived.
Editor Robertson of the Republic notes his paper's space is valuable and regrets that the HeraLtp item has caused him a personal ache by touching on the gallant colonel. The correspondence thanks him for his kind words while hinting at unintended emotional strain.
The item lists Memorial Day plans at the Methodist church dinner in the Fisher building and a hall program with Rev H M Bartlett, Mre Fox, Mrs Douglas and others. It notes marriage license issued to James Carr and Sadie Reynoldes, theater prices for Larson's opening night, a surprise party at Columbia school, and Bosco the snake eater ending a show amid license cancellation after a bite incident.
The piece grills the Colonel for taking himself too seriously amid a tough political fight. It links his dour mood to potential health issues and warns that his loss or retirement would hurt the paper. It praises Tak Herap’s success and urges him to remain vigilant about his mental state.
Memorial Day and Memorial Sunday events are announced with a schedule. Rev Condit will preach at Mason's Opera House. Meade Post G A R and Woman's Relief Corps will parade from the G A R hall to the opera house at 1 30 p m. A second service at the Opera House includes Mayor Redman in the welcome, with music readings and Grand Army orders. Citizens are asked to bring flowers to Roaf's drug store by 8 30 p m on the 30th.
Memorial service announced for Sunnyside on the 30th with participation invited for soldiers Odd Fellows and schoolchildren. They will assemble at the school house at five, march to Comrade Webber’s grave, then gather for dinner at the new hall at six served by soldiers’ wives and friends.
Our White Mountain freezers are marked very low this year but remain the best, says Yakima Hardware Company.
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