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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1903
Page
5
The Gopher state endures severe weather as St Charles in Winona county was nearly obliterated by a tornado last Saturday. Several people were killed and 28 injured, some fatally, amid ongoing disaster reports from the region. The dispatch also notes the Armenian crisis as major world tensions rise.
In Seattle three people linked to a prominent dairy face manslaughter charges after the death of a young girl from poisoned milk. More arrests are expected on charges of delivering adulterated milk as authorities aim to halt the practice.
The State Medical society in Portland favored legal intervention to prevent marriage by those tainted with insanity. A local confirmed bachelor argued that intent to wed should suffice to convict when reviewed by a competent examining board.
A Seattle milk man is under arrest for using formaldehyde to preserve milk. The practice caused fatal harm to an infant whose parents had bought the product.
The record notes a claim that Senator Fosters sawmill uses non union labor while mentioning Ed Hamilton, reflecting tension over labor practices and possible union involvement in the dispute.
A spokesman claims non union stevedores are brought to Taco Ma to replace striking white miners in King County coal towns. It alleges Sam Piles, attorney for a grinding corporation, handles the case involving colored miners brought to supplant the strikers.
The Sunnyside Sun argues Yakima public favors rail, beet sugar factory growth and criticizes North Yakima for hindering Sunnyside. It cites the Spokane Review noting many state and national figures at the State Fair exhibit, including Atkinson Maynard Welty Henrich Ruth Vandevanter Hamilton Jones Humphrey Ankeny Grosscup Huson Hare and others in the band wagon.
The Spokesman-Review reports the trades council received a mere 6.40 from a Southern Carnival Co contract after about 143000 gate admissions generated 14300 in gross receipts. The council's share was 15 percent with expenses, while the carnival took 14000, leaving the labor temple fund with a token building sum amid chorus of curtain acts including dancing girls and a snake handler.
A letter hints at a new tree fauna named leviathan in a state fair feature. The piece cites Webster on leviathan as an aquatic creature and muses on its woodland origin. Scattered classified ads describe properties, lumber yards, and homes for sale near the city, with various acreage and improvements.
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