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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment shows names and terms like trust and trustees but is too incomplete to identify a clear event or action. The readable bits imply a local notice involving individuals and a governance item, but specifics are unavailable.
Damaged text fragment shows various prices and items, including foreign currency-like values and incomplete product names. It references a YORK location and scattered numbers such as 4.45 5.95 and 9.45 12.45, with hints of a sale or shop listing.
J. H. Forman of Parker sells pears from half an acre to New York, with 950 boxes first class and 150 second class. Total receipts reach 4462.50, first class box value 4.25 to 4.50, second class 1.25. The sale's success is linked to a family illness and public concern.
Los Angeles report says Anna Baker aged 31 left her brother in law’s home with her 77 year old daughter and leapt into Johnson Lake after writing a note detailing how a will should be broken to her husband Red Baker. A rescue party found the bodies the next morning.
Thomas A. Devlin filed a financial report for the defunct Oregon Trust and Savings banks in Portland. Total assets listed at 2,209,536 with cash on hand 73,554 of which 24,323 has been collected since August 21 when the bank closed. The schedule shows securities real estate leases stocks and interbank sums but gives no face values or recovery estimates.
J P and Frank Herke and Coffin Bros award plans to De Vaux and contracts to Charles Bruenn for new two story buildings on the burned site on Yaki ma avenue near Front street. Coffin Bros will build 50 by 80 feet and Herke 25 by 120 feet with uniform fronts.
The W C T U met at Mrs. Tuesley’s home on North Sixth Street and voted to boycott this year’s state fair. No booth will be present and members will stay away citing gambling saloons and immoral shows as unneeded for fair success. Delegates Mrs James Barnes and Mrs Mary Yeager were chosen for the Wenatchee convention in October. A reading room will open on South Front Street, with the next meeting at Mrs Oliver’s on South Seventh Street.
Judge Alton B. Parker and Samuel Mikell, a Massachusetts congressman, spoke at Jamestown fair's constitutional day. Parker argued the federal government cannot be expanded without state surrender of powers and warned against altering the Constitution. He defended the president's views while urging constitutional fidelity.
Reports from the surrounding county describe heavy trouble as hundreds of Indians enter the area. Stabbing affrays and holdups by Indians against white residents have been reported, including an incident near Union Gap injuring Miss Margaret Conrad and her brother. A guard is stationed near Moxee Bridge to protect the area.
Olympia September 17 railroads reportedly deny cars for wheat shipments to independent buyers in eastern Washington. State commission served notice that all legal penalties will be invoked against offending companies. Attorneys promised to investigate the facts.
The commission heard objections from all roads to ticket and car service rules issued last May. Oregon Rail & Navigation admitted need for a Touchet station and the panel will issue the order. Rules will stand with slight modifications and delays need not be announced to passengers.
Aagaard Norway telegram reports search steamer failed to locate arctic explorer William Bruce. Bruce vanished along the north coast of Prince Charles Foreland after starting a voyage. Wellman expedition camps were spotted at end of August. Another search ship returned with critical conditions. plans to send a new steamer are underway.
The state fair commissioners will host the Seattle chamber of commerce when it visits the city next Wednesday. The publicity committee hoped for a full day visit, but the club only arranged an afternoon stop, the longest through eastern Washington. A drive through the fruit country was suggested for the visitors.
The Benton county fair begins today and runs through September 2 with Yakima day tomorrow. A large delegation from Yakima is expected, and Col. Baker promotes the event as the biggest amusement and instructional enterprise yet in the county, inviting attendees from the lower valley and promising a strong showing at the state fair next week.
Letters from Bogota report General Juan Pablo Peraloza, Venezuelan revolution leader who fled to Colombia, was arrested by Colombian authorities at Cucuta and transported to Bogota. Source: Herald.
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