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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
8
A rally was held Friday evening as the community clears and beautifies school grounds. The valley forms a choral union with 25 members meeting at Woodcock Academy, drilled by Prof. Dow. Edward Baxter Perry of Boston will give a concert likely on November 23, arranged through Prof. Dow.
Mrs. Phoebe Adams visits Mrs. Swain as guest. Miss Alta Nordyke stays with Mrs. Geo Evans and attends school. Spencer Jacobs reelected road supervisor last Saturday. The selection meets general satisfaction. Mrs. Harry Murchie and sister Miss Barnes from La Girande Ohio had a runaway scare but no serious damage. A Lynch baby found a can of concentrated lye but avoided harm.
Miles Cannon and W. W. Robertson will speak at the school house on Tuesday evening. A. J. Shaw, democratic candidate for sheriff, visited last Friday. Kreider bought the corner lot by the post office. Hollinsworth acquired 20 acres near Chisholm. Yoder(s) moved into the big hotel. Vandermark added another new carriage. J. Harrison will lease land on the townsite and feed in spring. Woman’s Guild plans an October 25 reception at Mrs. L. L. Higgins. George Vetter returned from Spokane visiting his sons. Mr. Atwood and Farmer Todd drew a large audience with their talks Tuesday. A. J. Whisler and Join Heiland visited the Cline home over Sunday and praised the country.
The article questions why Yakima residents favor a railroad contractor to represent them in the state legislature, noting there have been too many legislators aligned with rail interests.
The Yakima Republic mocks a political gesture while Nelson Rich is portrayed as a dirt and rock worker with limited campaign appeal. Prosser Record questions its independence as students progress and housing remains cramped. Alfred Thomas and Lucile Drew relocate for education and music study. Maxwells stay, Reimer family moves in, hay baling continues, and growers face eventual self-payment amid foreign wars.
The article notes a summer rise in typhoid linked to water impurities and describes Farmer Todd delivering blunt, fact filled speech to a Denley hall audience. It mentions undertaker L E Lawrence in Zillah and local commerce and ads including hats, fruit jars, and wagons in Yakima listings.
A compact chronicle of residents and events in Yakima and vicinity. Cattle purchases and moves, theater plans, new daily newspaper venture, immigration officials, and street grading proposals are outlined with names and places such as Silverton, Arlington Ore, Sunnyside country, Prosser, Yakima, and Seattle.
A historical drug ad promoting a cold cure labeled Laxitive Bromo Quinine tablets. It claims the product cures a cold in one day and offers a money refund if it fails. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
In Yakima County Superior Court the City of North Yakima sues Ella H. Mendenhall and her husband to foreclose liens on Lots 9 and 10, Block 46, North Yakima, for street grading costs with 7.5 and 15 percent interest, respectively. First publication Sept 27 1900.
The state summons Gustav Hein and Mrs. Gustav Hein to appear after first publication or judgment will be entered. The action seeks liens and foreclosure on Lot 1 Block 280 North Low, Lot 2 Block 230 North Yakima, and Lot 3 Block 230 North Yakima with interest from February 20, 1900, and one third of attorney fees and costs. H B Rigg, North Yakima City Office and Post Address, North Yakima Washington.
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