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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1903
Page
2
A teacher should foster genuine desire to learn rather than fear of punishment. The pupil’s home conditions, interests, and pace shape effort. Treat each child individually, set clear aims, and guide practical application to ensure thinking and purposeful practice. Stella FE. Davis.
The Ellensburg Capital reports that PP. P. Gray, receiver, has $5,500 on hand to declare a final dividend of 2.72 cents on the dollar for Ben E. Snipes & Co creditors. The firm failed June 9, 1903, making a ten year closeout. total dividends reach 9.72 cents on the dollar from about $198,000 in debts, with the county clerk to handle remaining duties if unpaid by January.
Prof L M Scroggs resigns as Cle Elum schools superintendent while Walter J Reed advances local development with a new post office brick block and hot water plant. Cascade Lumber expands dam and log drive work on Yakima river. Miss Emily Gilson and Agnes Hinman join area schools as teaching staff.
One of last year’s normal graduates spent the week here visiting old friends prior to heading to Yakima where he will serve as principal of the Central school.
A western farmer loses a silver dollar after years of spending it locally. He trades it for poultry and produce, then mails it to a mail order house four years ago and has not seen it since. The tale urges spending locally to keep money circulating and benefiting the community.
Miss Wright and Mrs. Lemon reopen their private school on September 21 for children above kindergarten. Accepting all grades with special rates for ancient and modern language study. Military training offered and college preparatory work emphasized.
An old time ad touts Ballard’s Horehound Syrup as a pleasant remedy for neglects colds across nose throat ears and lungs with prices 35 50 and 1 00. A Texas reader from Valley Mills reports using it for coughs and throat troubles. A side note mentions a traffic accident in which Big Moike Monohan was knocked down and several people were injured.
A local offer for monuments and markers invites inquiries by mail or phone. Estimates are provided cheerfully, with detailed quotations for gravestones, plaques, and memorials.
An old newspaper fragment markets Bucklen's Arnica Salve praising cures for burns boils and skin sores, with a 25 cent price at C. C. Case and North Yakima drug store. It also touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers purgative pills as a trusted laxative, citing W. H. Howell of Houston Texas. The clippings include wedding gifts and silverware ads plus stray catalog codes.
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