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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
6
A short ad exhortation urges readers to craft clear ads and print them regularly to keep profits up to date. It promotes Mail Order Journal and emphasizes timely, well written notices to attract readers.
Portland May 29 opening day for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition with a 10 000 troop parade led by Col E Z Steever. Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon attend as speakers and ceremonies begin with Innes Band and federal, state, and local officials.
A gavel crafted from fifteen kinds of wood representing the United States Europe and Asia was presented to President Goode for the opening of the Lewis and Clark Exposition on June 1. It contains fragments from Fort Clatsop the first Oregon settlement at Champoeg 158438 the site of the exposition and historic trees and grafts from Oregon. The text also includes a series of reflections on sympathy and a local advertisement for hammocks and monuments.
A half repentant bachelor impulsively buys socks and finds a note seeking matrimony from a country belle. He corresponds. she reveals she is an old maid who planned a surprise forty years ago and humbly declines, leaving him defeated and sheepish.
The Northern Pacific will add a new passenger train running Spokane to the Sound area. The schedule is not fixed yet, but arrivals from the west are expected around 9 PM at North Yakima and about two hours later from the east. The extra service aims to ease fruit express delays tied to Portland fair traffic and improve daily fruit movement to Spokane and Sound markets.
The Norris Rowe circus features the McDonald brothers descending 74 foot ladders from a towered tent in a daring bicycle stunt. Audiences dub them “human meteors” for their fearless fall into the arena. They perform June 3 under the Norris & Rowe Greater Circus. Agricultural journals from Washington publish three monthly titles including Dairy and Live Stock and Northwest Farm and Home. A Yakima Hardware showroom showcases new runabouts and wagons.
The piece outlines poll tax rules for men 21 to 50 outside incorporated areas with a $2 annual levy due March 1 and payable to the district road fund. It describes collection duties, reporting of uncollected names, and tax roll adjustments against property taxes, plus related local notices and ads for services and goods.
Northern Pacific Railway announces round trip tickets to Portland for the Lewis and Clark Exposition from North Yakima. Individual tickets go on sale May 29 to Oct 15 at 12.35, 30 day limit. Ten or more on one ticket sell for 9.20, 10 day limit. Large parties 100 plus may buy 9.20 tickets with seven day limit, no stopovers.
An advertisement notes Milch Cows as a great milk producer and Gluten Shorts as a product line. Coffin Bros. promote these dairy related items with a simple sales call likely across local shops.
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