Welfare League seeks 1000 warrants in anti vice drive
Seattle October 24 complaint filed with Judge Ronald to issue over 1000 warrants for prosecutions in the anti vice campaign led by the Public Welfare League. The filing names Mayor Gill Chief Wappenstein and King street property owners as defendants for violating Gilliam injunction. Mayor Gill issued orders to close the King street district permanently.
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Seattle
Ronald
Criminal Court
Public Welfare League
Gilliam
Gill
Wappenstein
King Street
Vanderveer
Widow Seeks Court to Save Home From Rejected 1906 Deal
Kate Simons a widow with seven children sues C. C. Case and his wife in superior court alleging a verbal 1906 sale of lot 16 block 97 for 250 dollars. She claims payments totaling 155.35 and construction costs 187.50 support the bargain and asks the court to compel deed of the property with 6 percent interest.
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C. C. Case
Kate Simons
Superior Court
H. J. Snively
Elizabeth Gold Hill Mining Company poised for big gold output
In Summit district this summer the Elizabeth Gold Hill Mining Company developed its property with a new sixteen mile wagon road costing about 16000. A fifty ton stamp mill will operate soon with expected capacity to 500 tons daily. Engineers claim 500 tons daily could be mined for a century. Local stockholders back aggressive machinery investment as Fidelity Mining and others plan follow on. Keep your eye on Geld Hill.
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Summit
Elizabeth Gold Hill Mining Company
Elizabeth Company
Elizabeth
Fidelity Mining Company
Geld Hill
Behold the Western Sky and a Mountain Tea Sale
An odd relic ad notes people live but never die due to Rocky Mountain Tea. The item is offered for sale by D. H. Fry with a curious claim and a brisk promotional tone.
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D. H. Fry
Street Car Right of Way eyed to serve cemetery visitors
Cem etery owners and the public favor a street car line from Nob Hill boulevard to the cemetery west gate along Cemetery road. J D John the cemetery sexton organized support with residents and the street railway company showing interest. A west road track may be accepted if residents provide the right of way for a line that could include funeral cars and make cemetery visits more like a park. My address is D street Wenatchee. Embarrassed at her boldness the reincarnated Eve blushing fled. A note from a ranch resident led to a meeting over grapes but the suitor fled after seeing many relatives. Moral: Girls the game
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Young's Corner
Nob Hill Boulevard
Cemetery West Gate
Cemetery Road
J. D. John
Cemetery Sexton
Street Railway
Miles Avenue
Johnson’s Corner
East Road
West Road
Yakima
D Street
Wenatchee
Eve
Adam
Cashmere
Major Majestic to Screen Johnson Defenses Nov 2 3
Reno entertainment notes announce Champion Jack Johnson to defend his title staged as big fight pictures at the Majestic theater on November 2 and 3. Special matinees planned with lower 25 cent admission after prior $1 viewings. Venue upgrades include 100 new seats and stage reconfiguration. Nagler's four piece orchestra to be added after renovations.
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Reno
Nevada
James Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Shaffer
Majestic
Little House
Nagler
Civil War Veteran Edward Timbrock Dies at 74
Edward Timbrock, a Civil War veteran and early homesteader, died Monday at St. Elizabeth's Hospital at age 74 from old age. A Pennsylvania native, he lived long with Lincoln Sisk in Venus and was once flooded out at Crab Creek. His body rests at Shaw & Sons morgue while two sisters may be located before burial.
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Edward Timbrock
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Timbrock
Crab Creek
Grand Army
Lincoln Sisk
The
Shaw & Sons
Pennsylvania
Noted poet Col Fitzgerald visits North Yakima for short stay
Col Nathan Ward Fitzgerald of Tacoma Civil War veteran and noted poet tours North Yakima for a few days. He once taught James Whitcomb Riley and wrote several volumes. He read poems in Washington Capitol in 1899 and was chosen poet for John Brown monument dedication at Ossawatomie in 1908. He plans to read at Olympia for Washington’s oldest newspaper’s 50th anniversary on the 17th.
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Yakima
Nathan Ward Fitzgerald
Tacoma
Col. Fitzgerald
West Virginia
Congress
U.S. Senate
Bob Ingersoll
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Fitzgerald
Capitol
Washington
Gen
Lew Wallace
Indiana
Ossawatomie
Kansas
John Brown
Roosevelt
Olympia
Young Wife Tries Suicide After Slap, Sister Stops Her
Mrs. Edward Hill attempted to drink carbolic acid but was restrained by her sister Minnie Nuenhoff. The blow upended marriage crisis followed a Monday quarrel. doctors treated burns to her mouth and arms, and her husband, a cigarmaker, was forgiven to return home. The pair had married about six weeks earlier in the Monterey building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hill
Minnie Nuenhoff
Miss Nuenhoff
Seattle
Hill
Monterey
Foley's Kidney Remedy Brought Quick Relief Says Mo. Farmer
A Missouri farmer named T N Regan reports severe kidney and bladder pain that left him unable to work or sleep. He credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with almost immediate relief and a complete cure. Sold by North Yakima Drug Co.
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Foley
T N
Regan
North Yakima Drug Co
Romance of a Vineyard Fable From Wenatchee World
A Wenatchee World item tells of a young woman from D Street visiting Cashmere who found a vineyard and took fruit after a moment of conscience. She left a note on a pan of grapes inviting the finder to respond, seeking conversation.
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D Street
Cashmere
Sane
Adam
Fruit crop and value in northwest orchard
A careful fruit examination shows one wormy apple per 1000. The orchard was sprayed once. Yield reaches 750 boxes per acre, a landmark for large Northwest orchards. The crop will generate about $35,000 in railroad freight and incur $25,000 in box and labor costs for picking and packing.
Commissioners Let Revertment Contract for Bridge Protection
The Toppenish County commissioners awarded a $1470.90 revertment contract to C. E. Lum to reinforce the cement crib on the Toppenish Parker bridge. Work starts immediately and must finish before the fall freshet, following pressure from the Toppenish Commercial Club.
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C. E. Lum
Toppenish-Parker Bridge
Country Commissioners
Toppenish Commercial Club
Cotterill Supports County Unit Plan in Local Option Drive
Senator George F. Cotterill of Seattle spoke at three North Yakima gatherings on local option. He urged the county unit basis for local option law and framed the liquor trade as the bone of an irreplaceable conflict, promising farmers a legislature to back a statewide prohibition stance.
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George F. Cotterill
Seattle
North
Yakima
Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Cotterill
United States Senate
Miles Poindexter
Miracle Recovery After Twenty Years of Drinking
A wanderer describes drifting to the river and sleeping on docks until a boy lends a nickel then a printer on Spruce Street gives a sandwich. He attends a mission, hears stories of forgiveness, prays for the first time in twenty years, and says his load is lifted with wife restored and a happy home.
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Spruce Street
Keene Opens New Jewelry Store in Yakima
D N Keene now occupies 120 East Yakima Avenue next to the First National Bank. The renowned Keene house offers jewelry stationery photography and related lines and aims to remain at the forefront of Yakima’s business scene with its expanded, comfortable new quarters.
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D. N. Keene
Yakima Avenue
First National Bank
Keene
Yakima
Dr David Rosskr Physician and Surgeon Notice
Dr David Rosskr physician and surgeon operates an office over Janeck Drug Store at Sixth and Chestnut. Office hours are 9 am to 12 noon and 2 to 4 pm. Also a member of the Pension Board.
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David Rosskr
Janeck Drug
Pension Board
McAICE SY and MEIGS Attorneys at Law Notaries Public
Attorneys McAice Sy and Meigs advertise as attorneys at law and notaries public. They serve as counsel for American Surety Co and Empire State Surety Co in legal matters.
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McAice SY & Meigs Attorneys
Taw
Notaries Public
American Surety Co
Empire State Surety Co
Notice of Drainage District Eleven Election in Moxee Valley
A 1910 Yakima County notice sets October 29 election hours nine to seven at Hampoux store near Moxee City to decide on forming Drainage District Eleven. The boundaries trace long section lines and canal routes along Selah Moxee Canal through several sections. Voters will determine district organization status.
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Moxee Valley
Yakima
Washington
Board of County Commissioners
Yakima County
Township Twelve
Township Thirteen
EB. W. M
Selah-Moxee Canal
Township
H.W. M
Rainge
E. W
Secions
Norvth
W. M
Hampoux Res
Moxee City
Portland Budget Higi High Taxes Likely In 1911
Portland's 1911 budget, estimated by departments, rises 50 percent over current year expenditures. The increase equals 1,169,102 dollars, with next year’s total projected at 3,248,411. Mayor Simon cites rapid city growth and department enlargements as driving the higher costs.
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Portland
Ore
Simon
Cummins Addresses Chicago Rally On Republican Reforms
Senator Cummins of Iowa spoke at Orchestra Hall under Hamilton Club auspices in Chicago. He warned that voting for Democrats would ruin reforms and urged voters to elect Republicans as the only path to achieve desired changes.
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Chicago
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Hamilton Club
Orchestra Hall
Balloon to Search for Missing Aviators From St Louis
Oct 24 St Louis reports missing pilots Wawley and Post. Louis Von Phul of the Aero club plans to ascend from Sault Ste Marie and search north into Canada with a month of provisions and a collapsible canoe. Lewis Spindler, now in Toronto, heads to Capleau to organize search parties.
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ST. Louis
Wawley
Post
Louis von Phul
Aero Club of
Lewis Spindler
Toronto
Capleau
Ontario
Pomona Orchard Ships 120 Carloads of Apples
Walla Walla, Washington reports the Pomona orchard at Dayton now owned by J L Dumas ships 54 carloads of apples this year with total expected around 120 carloads from 190 acres. The crop is about three times last year and noted as extraordinarily large for a fruit ranch.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Dayton
J. L. Dumas
Redemption From Liquor And Hunger
Joseph J. Rafter, a $5000 a year printing department superintendent, told at a New York mission how he rose from street life. He recounted a Sunday morning after nights of walking hungry and nearly frozen, seeking a bed in a saloon where he had waited seven weeks.
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New York
Joseph J. Rafter
South Street
Drainage District Eleven Created and Ballot Details Noted
The document defines Ballots for Drainage District Eleven with options Drainage District Yes or Drainage District No and records the names of three or more commissioners. It states the district will encompass about 4792.27 acres and is dated October 5, 1910 signed by D A McDonald chairman and Wilbur Crocker county auditor.
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Board OF County Commissioners
D. A. McDonald
Wilbur Crocker
Wyant v Wyant absolute divorce summons Yakima records
In Yakima County Superior Court Walter A Wyant sues Helen Amanda Wyant for absolute divorce. The complaint alleges desertion and abandonment beginning July 12 1907. The summons sets a 60 day response period from September 25 and notes attorney A. Myers of Yakima.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
County of
Yakima
Walter Alvin Wyant
Helen Amanda Wyant
Amanda Wyant
A.myicrs
Yakima Avenue
Yakima Yakima Mounty
Washington
Notice of Probate Sale of Valenina County Estate
The Superior Court of Valenina County Wisconsin appoints Ann Hubbard as executrix to wind down the estate of Elizabeth Hubbard deceased. Parker & Richards of North Yakton represent the executrix with filings due by October 19 in Washington state. Blanche Isario, executrix, and Elisabeth Hubbard heirs are noted in the document. Attorneys: Parker and Richards 126 Miller Building. November 2 9 16.
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Tereby
Stuperor
Valeinia
Wiisilineton
Pouipen
Ann Hubbard
Parker & Wiehe
Haihding
North
Yaka Ton
Rsans
I Sime
Miller
Blanche Isario
Kark
Pligabeth
Ann Thubbard
Parker & Tichards
Miller Bidar Attorneys
Mmxecutix
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Wappy
Elizabeth Mining Company
Gold Hill
Levi Strauss
Jeffries-Johnson Pictures
Schaeffer Changes Theatre
Nathan Fitzgerald
Mother Eve
Cc. E. Lum
Cummins
St Louis Aero Club
Canada
Touchet Valley
Jet
Irrigator
North Yakima
Yakima Valley
Yakima Herald
Ghee Yakima Herald
North Yakima, Wash
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