Community entertainment and local updates in Moxee Valley
The northwest forum notes a successful Commercial club evening with dancing and a basket supper. Updates cover residents visiting North Yakima and Yakima, ongoing improvements in Moxee City, the Moxec Valley exhibition, Ladies Aid at Woodburn, and plans for future events, with multiple local business and public notices across Oct. 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Lorena Bangevis
North Yakima
John Shannon
Emma Barr
Tampico
M. O'Laughlin
Mr. French
Northwest
Ferum
Moxee
Dickinson
Allen
Mary Allen
Tera
Aumiller
Aumille
Shannon
Community Notes from Moxee and Nearby Areas
Brakeman Cooper drove the Moxee train Sunday while Conductor Harmer fired at ducks. Fr. Arsenalt hosted Rev. Fr. Alain, St. Joseph’s Tacoma chaplain, Tue and Wed. Mrs. Robi Lance entertains sister Mrs. James Howarth of Parker WA. Delina Brulotte returned from Yakima for Sauve LaDue wedding Tuesday with guests Eugene Riel Sam Robillard Capistran. Brumel shopped in Yukoa Thursday. Langevin and family in Wapato. C A Beckett returns from vacation with St. Paul Tacoma Lumber Co. sale: Dupre sold seven acres to Alberta buyer, facing dispossession. Commercial club dance Monday. Langevin basket prize sold for $12. Club meeting and smoke-fest Thursday. committee to study mail rouge changes. Wagenburg to push exhibit claims with state fair management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Harmer
Arsenalt
Allain
St. Joseph's Hospital
Tacoma
Robi
Lance
James Howarth
Parker, Wash
Delina Brulotte
Yakima
Moxee
Eugene Riel
Sam Robillard
Capistran
Brumel
Yukoa
Hector Langevin
Wapato
C. A. Beckett
St. Paw & Tacoma Lumber Co
Dupre
Champoux & Bro
Alberta
Canada
Wagenburg
State Fair Management
Local notices and civic updates from the Yakima Valley region
Religious and legal appointments announced as Rev. CG Ware travels to Spok ane for a Washington Synod meeting. Zillah welcomes Walter Loewe a lawyer from Seattle and a State Law School graduate planning to practice in Herod building. Sunnyside Sun editor Preemin and Ilaiah growth noted. Yakima Valley Telephone crew expands service. Zillah high school forms a devoting society to discuss school government starting October seventh. Bricksayers and carpenters at the work site. Wapato visitor J G Prakes noted. Mrs Skeen returns from visiting M Brawster in Ahtanum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG Ware
Spikane
Washington Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
Zillah
Walter 8. Loewe
Settle
State Law School
Herod
TivewWwe
Malden
Whituean
Preemin
Sunnyside Sun
Freewar
Illah
Yakima Valley Telephone Co
Local residents attend fair and visit relatives across towns
Mrs MacGrue and Miss Ethel Ide enjoyed the Toppenish fair Saturday and Sunday. Leona Gelhart visited Mabton friends over Sunday. Prof Edwards and Joy Barris drove to Sutusa Sunday for fishing. Judd Ide traveled to Alfalfa by auto Saturday. Mr Johns visited Granger Thursday. W L Hatch of Granger called Tuesday. The Nass daughter is ill with a severe tonsillitis attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judd Ide
Mr. Johns
Granger
W. LI. Hatch
Lon Nass
Ellensburg News Briefs Include Construction Update and Local Visits
Ellensburg Woolen Mills manager O W Sinclair says foundations were lav ed and 16 men are at work on concrete. The Methodist church hosted a reception for Normal and high school students with solos and refreshments. Lou Weslow and Carl Glauber travel to Seattle for business and social visits respectively. Mrs Retta Arnold returns from Valder Colorado after a relatives visit. Ora Hunsucker visits Cle Elum home. Hiltonsburg high school pupils circulate flyers about city uplift. Mrs David Francis shows improvement after typhoid. Mrs Frank Stimpson remains ill as report continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Sinclair
Ellensburg
Methodist Church
Lou Weslow
Seattle
Carl Glauber
Cr. W. Roekers
Tacoma
Retta Arnold
Ben
Valder
Colorado
Ora Hlunsecker
Cle Elum
Hiltonsburg High School
Bilensburg
Arthur Gregory
Civic Improvement
O'Neille
Clarence Seene
Granger
Sunnyside
Aid Society of the Christian Church
W. J. Bruce
Visiting relatives brighten Seattle trip and local construction
Mrs. W. W. Walters of Seattle visits her mother Mrs. Henry Roach while Edith Crooks from Cle Elum stays two weeks with her sister Mrs. Fred Gilmour. A new concrete block is rising at the corner of Pine and Fourth on Mrs. FE Lyons property to serve as a fish market once finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
W. W. Walters
Henry Roach
Edith Crooks
Cle Elum
Our City
Fred Gilmour
FE. Lyons
Pine and
Fourth Streets
Cornerstone laid for Sunnyside Congregational church
Sunnyside reports the cornerstone of the new Congregational church will be laid Oct 12 at 2 p m with a program including hymn prayer scripture reading by Rev H Curtis and address by Rev K A King. Also details of a 25th wedding anniversary at the Newkirk home and local civic notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
New Congregational Church
H. Curtis
Toppenish
K. A. King
North Yakima
Samuel Greene
Local Notables Return from Various Trips
Local brief items note W D Wrighter returns from Spokane while KF Barge heads back to North Yakima. J W Pace visits Seattle for Potlatch Association events. Harold Scudder, ex Spokesman-Review correspondent, travels abroad. Hood Mineshoot Prosser injured near home in a recent accident. Mrs Loo P Powell leaves North Yakima for Richfield Idaho. Mrs Joseph Gawler’s mother A L Raighni travels to Washington aboard the O W T N railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johny W. Pace
State Oary Commission
Seattle
Potliteh Association
Harold HW. Scudder
This It
Spokesman-Review
Sokane
Brope
HOOD
Prosser
Loo P. Powell
North Yalma
Richfield
Ida
Dharriman
Notable Local Movements and Harvest News Across Yakima
Passengers departed on the O W R N for Salt Lake while J Candle left for Weiser Idaho. Mr and Mrs W H Rahsey visit Portland Vancouver and Oregon points. Dr Sam Cameron heads to Vancouver B C to visit his mother for four months. The October 12 holiday closes banks. Local business and orchard activity include David Wakin purchasing the Dr Sloane property for a brick building. George Prior & Son acquire a blue ribbon Lincoln buck from Salem Walla Walla Spokane fairs. William Lee Jr displays a wide grape variety winning most prizes at Interstate fair. The Yakima apple shipment car schedule for the New York show departs Oct 16 17 18 from Ellensburg North Yakima Toppenish Prosser and Pasco, arriving in St Paul within three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frakes
Frank Allen
William Frakes
White Swan
George Sotzen
Denham
The
Sweet, Denham & Sweet
North Yakima
Mahan
Parker
Pacific Produce Co
H. G. Tyfe
Kennewick
Cascade Lumber Co
Johnson Brothers
Herod Wlock
Pray
Spokane
Follawsbee Bros
D. A. Fox
R. H. Hill
Vellah
Crayner, Ky
R. Kerr
J. G. Frakes
Second Avenue
A. A. Hunter
Maple Way
Kensey
Bybe
Will
Toppenish
Nebraska
Northern Pacific
Thomas F. Grady
Brotherhood
Zillah Market
Herod Block
H. M. Harlan
L. J. Hillbury
Lloyd Bush
Walla Walla
Mr. Beechwood
E. A. Beechwood
Griffith
Clute & Co. Johnson Brothers Company
Salt Lake
J. ©. Candle
Weiser
Ida
W. H Rahsey
Portland
Vancouver
Oregon
F. Kraft
Tacoma
Christian Science
Commercial
Maurice J. Bywater
Seattle
Sam Cameron
B. C
David Wakin
Dr. Sloane
Cascade Miner
Cascade
White Bluffs
R. J. Roberts
Yakima Valley
S. R. Hogan
United States Reclamation Service
Hogan
United States Land Office
Washington
Northwest
George Prior
Messrs. Prior
Riddell & Son
William Lee, Jr
Lee
New York
Ellensburg
Prosser
Pasco
St. Paul
St Joseph’s Church Fair Draws Attention To Piano Contest
Interest grows for the November fair hosted by St Joseph’s church with active participation and rapid funds. The piano contest pits the Young Ladies’ Sodality against St Joseph’s Academy with nearly 1000 votes added recently. Diamond ring entries include Louise Lentz and Anna Voelker. ships a prize in Ackenhausen & Co.’s store. A Marquette club order for a famous stone linked to Ireland’s Blarn ey Stone adds mystique to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s
Young Ladies’ Sodality
St. Joseph's Academy
Sodality
Louise Lentz
Anna Voelker
Ackenhausen & Co
Marquette Club
Ireland
Masonic Temple
Yakima Avenue
Jerusalem
Rollo
Thor
Norway
Scotland
Clontarf
Brian Boru
Europe
Pasha Sulieman
The Blarney Stone and Its Storied Echo Across Ages
A long legend traces the Blarney Stone from Ireland to English hands and back, linking victory in war and eloquence to the stone. It endured sieges, shifting places, and a famed oration by O Neill atop the stone, culminating in its place at Blarney Castle where kissing is said to grant fluency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
London
Ireland
Yellow Ford
O'Neill
Blarney
County Cork
Blarney Castle
Three Marriage Licenses Granted at County Auditor Office
Three couples applied for marriage licenses Saturday the most in one day that week. Frank Alexander Reichert of Sacramento California and Olive Marie St Martin of Crookston Minnesota. George Ingram Muirhead of Outlook and Sarah Ellen MacNamee of North Yakima. J B Young and Augusta Diand Rohde of North Yakima also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Alexander Reichert
Sacramento
Cal
Olive Marie St. Martin
Crookston, Minn
George Ingram Muirhead
Outlook
Sarah Ellen MacNamee
North Yakima
J. B. Young
Augusta Diand Rohde
Unclaimed Advertised Letters at North Yakima Post Office
List of names of letters unclaimed as of Oct 7 1911 in North Yakima with one cent due per letter and another set for Selah Washington for the month ending September 30 addressed to patrons asking to say advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Barr
Miss Peggy
Fred
Beckett
Geo
Benke
Bergeson
Ruby
Bivins
N. A
Boye
Edna
Buckbourgh
Coldwell
Carl
Wyne
Chase
C. C
Chidester
Coy
D. J
Crisler
Ian
Dean
Lola
Deguay
Odilon
Dunbar
Louis
Fahr
John
Fannon
Francis
Fihry
Henry
Fitz
Walter
Fleming
Herbert
Fory
George
Freade
E. A
Gage
Carrie
Gannile
M. E
Gibson
Lunie
Golden
W. R
Good
Roos
Gordon
Chas. D
Gorn
L. E
Hatch
Charles
Hipple
Cora
Heiple
Mrs
Hogue
Clarence E
Hurley
J. D
Jones
James F
John A
Johnston
M. J
King
Nellie
Kinters
Laberge
Etienne
Lake
H. R
Lavenath
Herman
Lee
Miss Ruth
Leslie
Charlotte
Linon
Ted
McAnnelly
Arthur
McNatt
Nate
Macknot
Maxwell
E. S
Millard
Moreland & Sasse
Moen
Nicholas
H. F
North Yakim
Smith
Miss Ruby
Snip
Mildred
Stanley
Will
Staton
J. C
Steele
R. E
Stevens
E. J
Stump
Rev. A. B
Sturms
Ethel
Thaley
L.M. Thompson
Babe
Thompson
Lindsay L
Miss Myrtle
Tutt
J. E
Wharton
Elias
White
Miss Anna
Williams
Miss Ida
Zeisels
Josie
Zimmerman
D. F
Zonto
Joe
Zopti
Casper
W. L. Lemon
P. M
Selah
Wash
Anderson
Car
Adams
Brown
John W
Brlown
Willoughby
Bulman
J. A
Bucknell
Ralph
Carson
EB. L
Carnes
Olive
Dunham
Matilda
Ellis
Charlie
Jarvis
Slats
Gilson
H. A
Highstreet
W. J
Kelley
L. B
No Good Without the Pulley
A Bartonville Wisconsin letter from June 16 1908 complains to Mister Field Brundage Co about a missing pulley for a steam engine. The writer Oscar Kransheimer demands a replacement or refund, threatening that the vendor is to blame for his business losses and customer anger. The note ends with an admission that he found the pulley in the box and offers an apology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartonville
Wis
Mister
Field-Brundage Co
Mister Field Brundage
Mister Field Bruntage
Wunee
Oscar Kransheimer
P. S
Paper packing offer beats excelsior at Herald office
Advertising line claims old Herald office papers provide cheaper packing material than excelsior, priced at 10 cents per bundle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
Gypsy Smith Praised By Yakima Visitors In Spokane
Gypsy Smith the renowned evangelist impressed North Yakima visitors including Rev S J Kennedy W D Wrighter and Mr and Mrs B F Barge and Mrs McCredy with his wholesome inspiring style He avoids sensationalism and keeps to his text earning high praise for earnest effective outreach from Kennedy Wrighter and others in the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gypsy Smith
Spokane
North Yakima
Rev
S. J. Kennedy
W. D. Wrighter
B. F. Barge
McCredy
Wapato
Kennedy
Smith
Barge
Moody
Campaign Costs Highlight Wisconsin Senate Fight
Testimony before a senate committee shows Stephen son campaign managers spent $107 798 on nomination efforts. The figure is small beside estimates of $150 000 to $200 000 possible with more systematic campaigning. The high costs reflect a sharp Republican split between La Follette and Stephenson factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Senate
Stephenson
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Grand Hotel liquor license petition filed in city session
The city commission received Herman Hatfield’s petition to sell liquor at the Grand Hotel and will act next Monday. The Yakima hotel license renewal was granted. The Enterprise saloon license on South First Street was transferred from H. Van Buren to M. B. Sandmeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Hatfield
Grand Hotel
Splawn
Redman
H. van Buren
Enterprise Saloon
South First Street
M. B. Sandmeyer
Commissions to Attend Chicago Workmen’s Comp Conference
C A Pratt of the Industrial Insurance commission and W V Tanner attorney general depart for Chicago to join delegates from about fifteen states for a conference October 18 and 14 on state and federal workmen's compensation. Also to be discussed are interstate commerce law amendments uniform accident reports and malingering patients under compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
C. A. Pratt
The
Industrial Insurance Commission
W. V. Tanner
Chicago
Flood spreads along Mississippi nine miles north of La Crosse
The Black Falls river flood which wiped out Black River Falls on Friday and Saturday now spreads through the Mississippi valley from Minnesota to the Wisconsin bluffs. The larger river merges nine miles north of La Crosse and inundates thousands of acres as wreckage dots the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Lacrosse
Black Falls
Black River Falls
Minnesota
Wisconsin Bluffs
Mississippi River
Porty Miners Entombed After Lewis Mine Explosion
Telluride reports a dynamite blast at the Lewis mine near town injuring a dozen men and entombing about forty workers. Rescue gangs race to reach possible survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Mine
Transfers of Sheep Prolific in Local Market Report
H Stanley Coffin returns from Ellensburg turning over 4500 fat weathers to A F Diteman at 3 75 per head and to Frye Bruhn a band of Lincoln lambs at 3 50. Coffin lines up another deal with BE P Sanford while selling yearling ewes and dry sheep. George Prior and Son buy two Lincoln bucks, one from Coffin Brothers and one from Riddell Oregon. Dunham and Sons report strong Shropshire sales in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Stanley Coffin
Ellensburg
A. F. Diteman
Mr. Coffin
Venus
Frye- Bruhn
Lincoln
BE. P. Sanford
Messrs. Coffin
George Prior
Coffin Brothers
Riddell
Oregon
L. 8
Dunham and Sons
Shropshire Hall Lotch
Concord
Mich
Meridian
Idaho
Spokane Ostrich Farm Planned by San Diego Exhibitor
Frank W. Heilman of San Diego says he will establish a large ostrich farm near Spokane next year after an extensive study. He notes cooler climates in the Inland Empire suit ostrich farming, with high quality plumes and strong profits. He cites Oregon and Washington as successful precedents and highlights low humidity in the Columbia River basin as favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Frank W. Heilman
San Diego
Cal
Inland Empire
California
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Heilman
Columbia River
State Finances Show Cash Balance In Washington Treasury
State Treasurer John G. Lewis reports for the week ending October 6 receipts exceeded warrants paid, leaving a cash balance of 1 467 786.98. Warrants paid totaled 75 392 while receipts were 109 648, and a new accident fund holds 54 818. General fund stands at 79 330.76 with two drafts remaining for military and capitol building funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
John G. Lewis
Accident Fund
Industrial Insurance Commission
General
Military
Capitol Building
Government seeks urgent trial tribunal in Spain
Lisbon oct 9 both chambers to meet oct 16 in extraordinary session to suspend part of the constitution for a special high tribunal to try political offenses. The move follows a monarchist invasion of northern Portugal. About 600 prisoners await trial with more likely to be added as monarchists hold positions near the Spanish frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Spain
Portugal
Triat
Pie Sized Slice Sparks Big Talk
A humorous Life note compares a person to a pie slice, joking that though not very large, the speaker feels suitably sized for a small serving. The wry remark plays on self perception and appetite.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moxer City
Co. M. Mudd
Lower
Zilla
J.G. Prakes
Skeen
M. ©. Brawster
Ahtanum
Middleton
GC. Adame
Leona Gelhart
Mabton
Stunday
Prof Edwards
Joy Rbarricis
Ape
B. K. Finley
Syattle
David Francis
Frank Stimpson
Sunnyide
Congregational Fellowship
W. W. Scudder
O. E. Stevens
H. F. Burgess
Eighth Street
Newkirk
George Moore
Saugerties
New York State
Sarah Tredgett
Coldham
Essex County
England
Beatrice
Congregational Church
M. D. Clark
Burgess
W. DL. Wrighter
KF. Barge
Pullman
A. L. Raighni
Joseph Gawler
Washington, J. T
O.W. Tt. & N. Railway
Airs. F.C
Anna Harcis
IRA
King, P. M
Yakimans
Grand Hotel License
Porty
Republic of Portugal
Willie
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