City News in Brief One in Fort Simcoe and many visitors in Yakima
City newcomers and visitors populate Yakima as Jay Lynch, J B George, and others conduct business and visit. Notables include Bishop Wells and Miss Norah Yeager while Mrs Hoffman hosts a Sunday school gathering. Local events cover dances, expositions, marriages, deaths, and business deals with multiple named people and organizations across cities like Tacoma Portland Fresno and New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Lynch
Fort Simcoe
J. B. George
Sunnyside
E. F. Benson
Tacoma
F. C. Hall
S. H. Dills
Agent Meeks
Portland
Arthur Coffin
Lemuel H. Wells
Episcopal Church
J. H. Gano
J. E. Patterson
Fresno
Calif
W. H. Vessey
Spokane
Circle of
King’s Daughters
Walter Tuesley
North Sixth Street
Free Talking Machine With Cash Purchases At $16 Al
An advertisement proclaims one Standard Talking Machine free to customers whose cash purchases total $16 or more at Rinehart's North Yakima store. Hear the instrument, see listed pieces, and learn how to obtain the free unit. Also note platinum finish photos at F J Tickner's for 98 cents a dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rinehart's
Leaders i
Yakima Avenue
North
Yakima
Wash
F. J. Tickner’s
Fragmented Data Card From OCR Entry
Reads like a broken sequence of numbers and letters. No coherent event or entities are identifiable from the readable text. The fragment lacks clear subject, actions, or context to form a proper news item.
Forgery conviction felled Toppenish school official
Walter R. Laidler of Toppenish, former school director and school board clerk for district 49, pleaded guilty to forgery before Judge Rigg. He forged hundreds of dollars in school warrants and will be sentenced to the penitentiary. Other notes include acquittals and dismissals in the Galler robbery case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Laidler
Toppenish
Water Users in Line in Yakima Valley Meetings
Two Tuesday night meetings in the Natchez valley discussed water rights for reclamation projects. Congressmen Jones and T A Noble urged cooperation as Natchez ranchers signaled alignment. E G Peck led a Woodmen Hall meeting with wide turnout. Additional meetings are planned across the valley to inform all stakeholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez Valley
Reclamation Department
Gleed School House
Jones
T. A. Noble
Natchez
E. G. Peck
Woodmen Hall
Yakima Valley
Bloody Fight Between Farm Families In Natchez Valley
Peter McCallum and John W Foster, both of Natchez valley, are hospitalized after a violent fight over a ditch on Foster land. McCallum and his two boys attempted to restore water. Foster and his sons attacked them. McCallum Sr. fired twice with no hits. the elder Foster was stabbed and is reported not to recover. Both families’ youths suffered injuries. the clash ranks as one of the valley’s worst. Yakima County Abstract Co and Yakima Hardware Co advertise abstracts and camping goods respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yansck
Olf
North Second Street
C. H. Hoffman
South Natchez Avenue
Eddie Conners
Edison
Wash
Pacific Coast
Conners
Garthie
Commercial Club
Holland E. Wight
Park City
Utah
North Yakima
South Third Street
Wight
Harry Driscoll
Ellensburg
Driscoll
G. Heifner
New York Life Insurance Company
Heifner
New York Life
Christian Church
Miss Hill
Broulette
Peter McCallum
John W. Foster
Natchez Valley
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Foster Place
McCallum
Foster
Yakima County Wins Top Premium at Spokane Fair
Yakima County won first premiums in all entries at the Spokane Interstate Fair. The Yakima Horticultural Union prepared the display under E Remy W N Trish and J B Kinyon. The exhibit, similar to the state fair, earned over 181 in cash prizes with grapes apples prunes plums nuts and a display of English walnut black walnut almonds and pecans. Wenatchee Chelan county placed second with competing fruit. Carriages and buggies were also shown at lower prices. Coffin age 34-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima County
Spokane
Wenatchie
Chelan County
Yakima
Rumor Ties North Yakima Rail Proposal to North Coast
Excitement spilled onto the streets as word spread that North Yakima and Valley Railroad head George Donald, with Northern Pacific support, sought to defeat the North Coast Railway. Supposedly ready to lay ties on Selah street by morning, the material appeared on a side track bearing N P yard marks. Coffin Bros. advertised saddles and harness to cut costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima and Valley Railroad Company
George Donald
Northern Pacific
North Coast Railway Company
Donald
Selah Street
N. P
Quirky Household Scene and Local Notices Mixed In
A well known man returns home to find his wife absent and questions the hired girl Bridget who quips she has just washed the family linen. The piece also mentions Foley’s Honey and Tara cures, a comic misheard line about eligibility, and a veterinary contact for Dr Hall at 102 South Selah Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Cleveland
South Seventh Street
M. B. Jones
South Eighth Street
T. Osborne
Paul C. Kruger
Yakima
Woodmen of America
A. P. Davis
D. C. Henney
Joseph Jacobs
Morris Bein
A. J. Wiley
Reclamation Department
Portland
Union Gap
John Whitlow
No. 211
North Rainier Street
Brights
Tahoma Cemetery
Paul F. Akin
Verdie A. Erwin
Cartersville
Norah E. Yeager
Peoria
Ill
L. A. Conrad
North Welsh Street
Edward Conrad
Conrad
O. F. Spring
Chicago
Iowa
H. O. Schroeter
West Yakima Avenue
Asa Parshall
Schroeter
Colorado
T. A. Davis
Davis
Oliver E. Applegate
Harlin Talbert
Albany
Hiram Nettleton
Coquille
Portland Exposition
Albert Stewart
Cowychee
Tahoma
Bridget
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A. Schindeler
Yakima Av
City News
Ladies of the Maccabees
Wisconsin Hall
A. D. Brandenburg
New Haven
Conn
B. Brandenburg
Fairview
R. D. Read
Seattle
Ryan & Newton
Ryan
J. Harrison
City
Shank
Gibson
Hudson
Congregational Church
H. H. Wyckoff
Berkeley
M. E. Zion Church
George H. Smith
Mink von Marten
Fisher Otter
The
Globe Store
Cor. Ist and
Chestnut Streets
H. M. Hellie
Superior Court
Laidler
McMahon
Galler
Leo D. Bivens
Edna Johnson
Edgar D. Evans
Maud Woolsey
Calvin A Reasor
Annie Lusby
Foster and McCallum
Yakima County Abstract Company
Yakima HardwareCo
Peck
Coffin
Geo. Donald
Coffin Bros
Henry H. Schott Company
Dudley Shoe Co
Foley
Tara
Mr. Footinit
Spinsters’ Club
Hall
South Selah Avenue
Minne
Henry H. Schott Co
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