Nine Killed as Auto Smash at State Fair Race
At Syracuse during a 50 mile race crowds were crushed when Joe Oldfield's Knox Racing car leaped into the track fence. Nine dead, 14 hurt, including several unidentified. President Taft had just left the grounds after a wet track ride. Oldfield injured and to be arrested when able.
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Yracuse
State Fair Track
Knox
Joe Oldfield
Speedway
Fred J
Arnold
Syracuse
Claude Hamil
Hammond
N. Y
Charles BaNantin
James Cain
Alexandria Bay
Taft
Ralph Depalma
Bob Burman
Oldfield
Foley Kidney Pills Offer Quick Relief For Urinary Ailments
An old advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills as fast acting relief for kidney and bladder trouble and backache. It urges readers to use before physical limit and notes sale at North Yakima Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakeima Drug Store
State Agencies Open Bids for Wide Range of Supplies
In Olympia on September 16 the state board of control opened bids for all kinds of supplies totaling about 250000 dollars. Samples fill offices with dry goods grocery items tobacco pipes canned fruits and clothing for prisons and asylums. Deliveries begin after contracts are set by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
State Board of Control
School For the Deaf and Blind
Vancouver
State Penitentiary
State Reformatory
Board of Control
McGEE'S Baby Elixir Soothe for sick infants
Mothers who spend the night with a sick baby appreciate McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR which quiets fever and irritation soothes the stomach checks the bowels and aids sleep. Price 25c and 50c per bottle. Sold by D. H. Fry and Co. W. Camp at 3rd and Yakima corners.
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McGee
D. H. Fry and Co
W. Camp, Cor
Yakima
Indian Fair at Toppenish Draws Tribes and Visitors
The Yakima reservation tribes plan an October 2 to 7 fair at Toppenish with delegations from eastern Oregon Colville and Nez Perce lands. Dozens of Indian horse races with prizes funded by Toppenish business men totaling around 1000 dollars. Yakima chief Lancaster Spencer will manage events with EH G Fleming as business committee chairman and a stock company is planned to ensure the fair’s permanence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Reservation
Toppenish
Oregon
Umatillas
Cayuses
Walla Wallas
Colville Reservation
Nez Perce
Lancaster Spencer
Yakima
Indian Council
EH. G. Fleming
Business Men’s Committee
Z. Y. Coleman
Stolypin Attacked at Kiev Theater During Performance
Premier Stolypin was shot in the hand and body at a Kiev theater while Emperor Nicholas attended. The assailant, a lawyer named Bagroff, was arrested as the audience reportedly tried to lynch him. Stolypin’s wounds were described as mortal by some reports.
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Kiev
Russia
Stolypin
Emperor Nicholas
Bagroff
M. Kokovsoff
Saratov
Duma
Militia In Washington Now At Peak Efficiency Says Report
John H. Whalley reports the Washington National Guard in excellent condition with high officer and soldier bearing and sanitary encampment at American Lake last July. Gov. Hay and Adjutant General Fred Liewelson receive praise for support and inspection, with a recommendation to detail a noncommissioned officer at each troop station for uniform instruction. North Yakima units show strong attendance, with 86 to 87 percent in Company T and Company C while Companies E and C post solid figures.
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Olympia
National Guard of
Washington
Hay
John H. Whalley
American Lake
Fred Liewelson
Capt
Robt. H. Dunham
Commission to Enforce Old Rate on Fruit Shipments
The public service commission in Olympia reports that the O W R N has agreed to restore old less than carload rates for fruit and vegetables from Snake River points to Spokane. Waiver of the usual thirty day notice was granted to avoid delaying the 1911 fruit shipping season.
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Olympia
Public Service Commission
W. W. Cotton
Snake River
Spokane
Pasco
Railroad Rates Reduced After Supreme Court Decision
In Olympia on September 16 the supreme court ruling trims twelve mile out of Tacoma Seattle trips and lowers Seattle Renton and Tacoma Puyallup line fares. The Puget Sound Electric Railway must redeem passenger coupons issued since appeal and bond of 40000 dollars stood for certificate redemption. Thurston county superior court upheld the railroad commission, ending a long rate battle for line residents.
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Olympia
Supreme Court
Puget Sound Electric Railway Company
Railroad Commission of Washington
W. H. Paulhamus
David Hart
Tacoma
Seattle
Seattle-Renton
Tacoma-Puyallup
Superior Court
Thurston County
Railroad Commission
Pioneer Abraham D. Eglin dies at 77 in Yakima Valley
Abraham D. Eglin a Yakima valley pioneer who settled near Tampico in 1871 died at 77 from kidney trouble. He served as Yakima county commissioner and was known as Uncle Abe among both old and new residents. Born June 11 1834 in Woodstock Ontario he traveled across the continent reaching Oregon in 1854 and later moved to Washington with eight sons and three daughters surviving him.
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Abraham D. Eglin
Yakima Valley
Yakima County
Abe
Mr. Eglin
Woodstock
Ont
Indiana
Pacific Coast
Eugene
Oregon
California
Corvallis
Tampico
Dalles
Eglin
Margaret Crews
Plains
Benjamin K
John S
Warren M
Thomas W
Charles D
George W
James B
Frank
Lavina Strong
San Francisco
Judith Dithenthaler
Olivia L. Barth
Seattle
Pears and Prunes Upset Orchard Prospects This Season
A season of unusual crops and questions of pruning and spraying affects orchards across the valley. Second growth pears appear on Bartlett trees while some growers fear reduced pear yields. Apricot trees are being turned to prunes to meet steady Italian prune demand as orchardists debate best spray timing to curb worms and slug damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tieton Drive
Tacoma
South Nob Hill
France Delivers Final Reply on Morocco Note
Paris reports that Ambassador Cambon handed Germany's foreign minister a reply from France to the German note on Morocco. Cambon will courier the response to the French foreign office after a today interview with Von Kiderly Wachter, with a detailed report expected.
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France
Germany
Morocco
Paris
Foreign Office
Berlin
Ambassador Cambon
Herr von Eiderlin Wachter
M. Cambon
von Kiderly Wachter
City approves 60000 bond issue for sewerage bonds
Weil Roth Co. of Cincinnati and Chicago won with a 1611 premium on a 60000 5 percent refunding bond issue. Nine bids were submitted and opened by the city council in a special session at the city treasurer’s office in the First National Bank. Mayor Schott presided with all members present except Mull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weil, Roth & Co
Cincinnati
Chicago
First National Bank
Schott
Mull
Douglasville Woman Credits Cardui After Illness
Edna Rutherford of Douglasville recounts lifelong chills and fever after a rainstorm five years ago. After trying four doctors, she credits Cardui the woman's tonic with restoring her health and notes Cardui has 50 years of success.
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Douglasville
Tex
Edna Rutherford
Cardui
Young doctor expresses discouragement over slow practice
The medical student laments slow patient flow and doubts his future as a physician. A mentor urges patience, while the hopeful clinician retorts that having patients would ease his discouragement.
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M. D
Irrigation Water Drains Into North Yakima Cellars
The article reports that cessation of irrigation since September 4 due to heavy rains has reduced cellar water depth from twelve to fifteen inches, supporting the view that irrigation contributes to cellar flooding and that winter is favorable for sewer work.
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Yakima
Supreme Court Affirms Water Rights and Orders New Trial
The Washington Supreme Court affirms the Thurston County decision on the Western Washington hospital water rights near Tacoma. It reverses Jefferson County in Bailey v Hayden Olsen, ordering a new trial after a $860 timber removal judgment. King County Superior Court case MacLeod v Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound Railway grants $8000 for personal injuries.
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Olympia
Louis K. Church
State of Washington
Supreme Court
Thurston County
Western Washington Hospital
Tacoma
Jefferson County
BE. O. Bailey
H. T. Hayden
C. A. Olsen
Bailey
King County Superior Court
Donald MacLeod
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
$500 Prize in Gold for Best Apples at New York Exposition
E F Benson of the Northern Pacific land department promotes an $500 gold prize for the best 25 boxes of apples at the American Land and Irrigation Exposition in Madison Square Garden, November 8 to 12. Yakima region exhibitors are urged to contribute apples from Zillah to Prosser and along the line, with extra fruit shipped to New York for re arrangement.
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E. F. Benson
Land Department
Northern Pacific Railway
Madison Square Garden
New York
Yakima
J. 8. Kloeber
H. M. Gilbert
Benson
North
Zillah
Toppenish
Sunnyside
Prosser
Inland Empire
Cardus Promises Relief for Womanly Troubles
In Wills Point Texas Mrs Victoria Stallings reports lasting relief from severe coughing and pains after taking Cardus. She credits the medicine with making her stronger and healthier than ever. The ad asserts Cardus cures and offers its age as a guarantee to readers seeking relief.
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Wills Point
Tex
Victoria Stallings
Cardus
Better and cheaper packing than excelsior, old Herald papers
Old papers at the Herald office offered at 10c per bundle as a cheaper packing material option.
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Herald Office
Bank robbery suspects linked to Vancouver theft
Report states that a New Westminster bank robbery suspect roll included a ten dollar bill deposited at a Vancouver bank. Police believe three men planned the heist with forty pounds of gold and bundles of five and ten dollar notes, the gang possibly hiding in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
New Westminster
Governors Protest Federal Court In Minnesota Rate Case
Governors of 24 states unite to protest Judge Sanborn's Minnesota rate decision as an invasion of states rights. Ohio's Judson Harmon to head committee with Missouri's Hadley and Nebraska's Aldrich. debate centers on interstate commerce and power of state rail commissions.
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Springlake
United States Supreme Court
Federal
Sanborn
Minnesota
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Chester H. Aldrich
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission of Three
O'Neal
Stubbs
Montana
Governors’ Conference
Supreme Court
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Treasury Secretary McVeagh Sees U S On Easy Street
Boston Sept 14 Secretary of the Treasury McVeagh after visiting Taft at Beverly expressed optimism about the general business situation saying the country is pausing after the headlong flight of 1906 and 1909. He added the banking system is sound and the national treasury is on easy street.
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Boston
McVeagh
Taft
Beverly
National Treasury
First Base Based Hops Arrive in Yakima Market
Hops from the McManis and Payne yard arrive as twenty bales stored at Yakima Transfer and Storage. Growers, holding out for about 50 cents a pound, prefer storage over current sale prices while predicting large yields and long-term storage benefits for warehouses.
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Payne & McManis
Yakima Transfer and Storage Company
McManis & Payne
Ahtanum
First Avenue
Payne & Manis
Herbal remedy for bowel relief advertised locally
An 19th century advertisement promotes HER BINE a laxative or purgative. It claims relief within hours if taken in the morning and effect by breakfast if used at night. The price is 50 cents. Sold by D. H. Fry and C and W. Camp at the corner of 3rd and Yakima avenues.
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D. H. Fry
C. W. Camp
Cor
Yakima Aves
D. H. Fry and
W. Camp
3Rd
Spawns Herefords Win in California Lead Honors for Splawn
Hon A. J. Splawn, North Yakima’s first mayor under a commission government, gains fame as a Hereford breeder. California state fair awards go to Bemmerly and Duke’s exhibit, with Donald Hope the grand champion bull and Ruby Splawn a top prize.
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A. J. Splawn
North Yakima
Golden State of California
Splawn
Joe Lancaster
Bemmerly & Duke
Donald Hope
W. J. Bemmerly
W. D. Duke
Woodland
Yolo County
Francis
Bemmerly
Ruby Splawn
Molly Hope
Duke Woodland
McCord Prince
Simon Newman Company
Newman
Duke
Bemmerly Am Duke
Cough Remedy Promoted for Lung Relief
Ballard's Horehound Syrup promoted as effective for soreness or congestion in the lungs. Sold by D. H. Fry and Co. and W. Camp at the corner of 3rd and Yakima Avenue.
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D. H. Fry and Co
W. Camp, Cor
Yakima Ave
Wanted copies of the Weekly Herald dates 1910
Advertiser seeks any issues of the Weekly Herald from June 15 July 18 November 23 and December 7 1910. Readers who possess parts or complete issues are urged to inform the Herald office at once.
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Weekly Herald
Herald
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Lee Oldfield
Foley
Militia
Commission
Washington Supreme Court
Puget Sound Electric Railway
Council
Madison Square Land and Irrigation Exposition
Texas
Easy Street
Dame Rumor At
Herefords
Bemmerly & Duke of
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