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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1905
Page
7
The Sunday following a tumultuous hops picking day saw strict law observance with saloons and many businesses closed. Merchants backed the movement as beneficial to buyers and fruit growers. the council granted Isaac W. Anderson a modern gas franchise, while nearby Sound cities face typhoid fever and a typhoid-like health warning echoes.
Services as usual next sabbath morning and evening at the Congregational church. A four month old child of Mr and Mrs Henry Van Diest died yesterday and was buried from the family residence today. Miss May Zook and Fletcher W Flint will be married this evening at 7 30 with Dr F L Hayden performing the ceremony. The Methodist ladies will serve three meals daily during fair week at Odd Fellows' hall. C Phillips of Duluth visited Yakima this week as a guest of Mr and Mrs W T Stewart. A casket for Mrs assay who died yesterday was requested to be sent to Toppenish by Yakima Furniture company undertakers.
A community drive for Sunday saloon closures gains momentum with deputies stationed at troubled points. A. E. Kinsey praises the council action as aligned with church and merchant cooperation and predicts the measure will safeguard the town's peace.
For sale First class honey offered by Mrs S B Readle at east end D brown house 38 11. Wanted at the Nob Hill Cannery good tomatoes and good prices paid.
Colfax visitors Mr and Mrs A J Davis enjoyed Yakima and consider wintering there while Fred DeGraff of Spokane stopped in en route to Seattle. The Read family moves into a new home on Ahtanum Ave as Mrs Read recovers. Chas Hessey and family arrive from Tacoma to plan housekeeping. Mrs E N Carpenter of Spokane visits on the Portland fair trip. Paul C Duce and wife depart for a year in Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles. Rev Horace Bywater to arrive as St Michael's rector on Sept 27 and begin duties Oct 1 with services announced by Rev Dr Hayden on Sept 23. Fire at Lot Durgin’s home quelled with neighbors’ help. City bids for West Side drainage sewer undecided. St Paul Tacoma Lumber bid rejected. Ordinance planned. Christian Endeavor Society to serve supper Sept 22 with zono-phone concert for 25 cents. Opinion pieces praise Sheriff Grant and Prosecuting Attorney Krutz for enforcing Sunday closing amid hop-picking era.
D. J. Wynkoop a former valley resident now in Nome City Alaska spends a few days visiting his daughter Mrs. John Henderson of the Ahtanum. He is astonished by local changes since his three year absence and notes the city’s growth while country areas keep pace. He favors Alaska’s future prospects.
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