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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1900
Page
6
A humorous verse extols the Washington hen as irrigation’s ally and barnyard treasure. It contrasts the maid and milk girl with the hen’s early start laying eggs, enough to sustain a family, and praises the fowl as a regional blessing and source of plenty.
W J Forrester of the Western Book Syndicate announces Ellis History of the United States in six volumes bound in half morocco. The liberal terms and high quality promise a welcome Christmas gift, spanning 400 A D to the Hispano American War with over 1000 illustrations including colored two page war pictures valued as part of the volume price.
The marginal reference aids quick lookup and indexing in the closing volume. It serves as both a history for students and a ready reference for busy people. Mr Forrester has many testimonials, yet the work stands testimonial on its own.
A letter from Nome Alaska dated October 21 1900 recounts freezing river crossings snow on nearby mountains and winter cabins built by prospectors. The writer notes distant mining districts Blue Stone near Port Clarence and Bugrock area plus a lease in the latter district and warns about claim jumpers and weak mining laws. He mentions local residents George Dempsy and John Fletcher and reports on Indian arrowhead collections and contemporary dentistry cures.
A stranger asks a child what they will be when grown. The child replies they will be nothing because Tam is a little girl, turning the question into a playful line about gender.
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