Yakima Herald Highlights Local Wednesday Update
In North Yakima the Yakima Herald reports a midweek briefing of local happenings. Editors note ongoing city events and community notices as residents follow the day’s developments.
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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1906
Page
12
In North Yakima the Yakima Herald reports a midweek briefing of local happenings. Editors note ongoing city events and community notices as residents follow the day’s developments.
Extensive twelve month trials by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station will test methods for keeping apples in cold storage. Results will compare varieties, ages, soils, storage vessels, and delays after picking, with Yakima as the proposed site for Northwestwide work. Local officials note climate differences but expect value for Washington horticulture and storage practices.
Normal school at Ellensburg reports 198 students the largest enrollment in its history. Yakima students list Anna Wilson Bessie Richardson Clare ng Leroy Rogers Bessie Rogers Jane Warner Minnie Noble Myrtle en Anna Kohls Catherine Lesh Iice Lee Kate Nichols Minnie throder Myrta Clark Miss Myrtle Peck substitutes in Roslyn for a month. Weekly talks by faculty cover Sir Walter Scott and Londonderry Killarney and Miss Thomas discusses Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands.
An Arkansas grocer ran a farmers egg contest for 30 days recording entries and giving a duplicate record to each farmer. Prizes went to those delivering the most eggs, sparking farmer interest in poultry culture as demand remained high.
Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine reports her mother's sudden rejuvenation at age 70 after six months on Electric Bitters. The tonic is praised as a great restorative improving stomach liver and kidneys, purifying blood, curing malaria and weakness. 50 cents guaranteed by C. C. Case drugstore.
Charles Bay, charged with kicking James Kelley from a flat car on a Yakima City train, was discharged by Judge Taggard after defense and state witnesses described the incident. Prosecution contends Bay identified. defense argues head brakeman Lyal may have been the assailant. Additional testimony touched on other train crew, while unrelated abduction tale closes the report.
In the evening the doctor left his office with a medicine case and visited the Red Cross drug store for a purchase. He returned to find his case had been opened and a fine set of small surgical instruments missing. Sheri Grant was informed and has been working on the case with limited success.
Dr. Lynch is one of the latest victims of thieves in the city. The loss occurred Tuesday evening and details were withheld at the doctor's request in hopes the theft would be traced to the guilty party. His horse and buggy were found near the Mullins building.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use White's Cream Vermifuge to calm fussy restless infants and restore color and laughter, promoting Colton Fry Drug Co as the supplier and urging readers to follow telegraphic updates in the Herald.
Tenant Jacob Temerer uses an infant as security for unpaid rent on a tenement. Neighbors report a dispute over back rent and possible eviction proceedings. Local authorities investigate unusual collateral in an apparent housing dispute.
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