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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1907
Page
3
Alma Stone charges Edward E. Stone with fraud in obtaining full custody of their child and property valued at $7,000. She says she was misled into signing a document that granted him complete custody. attorney fees of 150 dollars are also sought along with the court action.
A. Sh. Melander of Washington College in Pullman reports Wenatchee spraying trials show 99 percent of fruit free of pests versus about 60 percent in unsprayed orchards. One uncultivated Walla Walla area orchard yielded mostly marketable fruit from sprayed half, while the unsprayed half produced little usable fruit.
J. W. Bales of the Glade visited the county seat describing a fine Glade district farm with wheat averaging twenty bushels per acre and an estimated 600000 bushels for the district. He notes No. 1 Bluestem wheat at 82 cents per bushel and farmers’ shift toward fruit despite no irrigation. Farmers are threshing.
Unclaimed letters listed for the week ending October 12 1907 at North Yakima post office include Miss Levann, Bruley Mrs, G L Bolton, Harry S and others with incomplete names.
A homemade mixture combines Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Kargon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to relieve rheumatism backache and urinary issues. Claimed by a so called authority to be plant based and harmless and inexpensive from prescription pharmacies. Users are advised to take teasoonful doses after meals and at night with no known harm and potential benefits for some.
A well known rheumatism expert in a New York daily presents a home preparation using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. The mixture is taken after meals and at night, claimed to ease pain and swelling without stomach harm after a few days.
A telescope satchel containing school books was found Tuesday. The finder offers the item to the rightful owner who can prove property and pay for this ad. Contact 264-21 to claim.
Dr F L Hayden, seven years with the North Yakima Presbyterian church, departs for Baker City Oregon to lead the largest church in Eastern Oregon. Influenced by Dr W S Holt of the home mission board, he will move with family by October 24 after serving a long tenure. North Yakima residents regret his departure and wish him well.
S. B. Beadle of Ninth and D streets claims top Sabway peaches in the area. A fruit measured twelve inches in circumference, a common size for this tree. He sent a box of peaches yesterday to a Minneapolis friend. Mr. Readle is growing a young orchard budded from the tree that bore the largest fruit.
F W Laubert of Fisher Brothers Seattle wholesale groceries says Eastern Washington enjoys exceptional prosperity with large crops and high prices. He notes stable demand while lumber markets wobble, and cites rapid town growth and a recent influx of eastern residents in the region including Walla Walla and North Yakima.
Washington dairy prices high spur dairy industry growth and push traveling dairy schools. The program, led by Professor R. E. Elliott with Mr. Ira P. Whitney teaching, aims to inform farmers unable to attend regular courses and to promote milk production.
Pitchforks hay stings and rope and Chinese matting rugs offered at 50c each. Coffin Bros. note quoted from the Herald to attract buyers.
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