Spokane Health Board Vaccination Rule Triggers School Exclusion
In Spokane Edison schoolrooms ordered closed by the health board many pupils were refused attendance without vaccination certificates. Superintendent Bruce M. Watson directed teachers in absence of board orders. About half enrolled had certificates. ten parents refused vaccination. One patron planned a court test case challenging the exclusion.
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Spokane
Edison
Board of Health
Bruce M. Watson
A. W. Davis
Wenatchee Fruitgrowers Agree to Sell Pool Apples
The Wenatchee Valley Fruitgrowers association met to decide on selling 200000 boxes of pool apples from about 300 cars. Bids for 90000 boxes fell short of growers' valuations, and the group voted to take control and dispose of the apples at a price it deems just.
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Wenatchee
Colfax Pioneer Wife Dies After Bee Sting
Mrs Caroline Hofer wife of Valentine Hofer longtime Colfax area resident died at home Tuesday morning after being stung on the hand by a honey bee near a hive in the Spring flat neighborhood. Her son and daughter had just prepared to depart for Colfax when she spoke to them at the buggy. She grew ill quickly and died before Dr Mitchell could arrive.
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Colfax
Caroline Hofer
Valentine Hofer
Spring Flat
Hofer
Mitchell
State Insanity Commission Opens At Penitentiary
In Walla Walla the state insanity commission chaired by Dr. J. M. Semple and including Dr. A. P. Calhoun Dr. Elmer E Heg and C E Reed begins its first meeting at the penitentiary. The group aims to plan care for the insane under the new state law with sessions extending over a day or two.
Multiple local notices report jail bond rise and suicides
Walla Walla Prosecuting Attorney raised E. B. Sweet bond from 2500 to 4000 after new evidence on a Prescott bank report. Elliott, 86, was found dead by a bullet in his cabin near the Northern Pacific tracks. he had ties to New York and California. Everett hosts 300 WWCTU members in a convention, pushing equal suffrage questions to candidates. Spokane hosts Smalley party seeking a site for a $200,000 playing card plant employing 80 men.
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Puget Sound
Northwestern card factory plan reported by Smalley
F C Smalley unveiled a Seattle area venture to manufacture high quality playing cards in the Pacific Northwest. The project will begin with 80 workers and about 200000 dollars in investment, with six traveling salesmen and a Spokane distribution plan. A factory site decision is pending for late fall or spring construction.
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Spokane
Pacific Northwest
F. C. Smalley
Ex-bank cashier and Prescott mayor held on $2000 bail
E B Sweet former bank cashier and mayor of Prescott remained jailed in Walla Walla. Despite promises to post bond several friends offered but none could provide sufficient property to meet the $2000 bail.
Stella Wilson Named State College Librarian
State College Pullman reports Miss Stella Wilson has advanced from assistant to college librarian filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Gertrude Saxton who had served as librarian for many years.
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State College
Pullman
Stella Wilson
Gertrude Saxton
New Postoffice Established in Conconally
A new postoffice named Clark has been established in the eastern part of the county with Captain James Clark as postmaster. The office will serve over 100 families who previously traveled more than twenty miles to collect mail.
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Conconally
Clark
James Clark
Spokane Clerk Edward Fisher Dies by Morphine Over Courage
Edward B. Fisher, clerk of the Spokane police department, killed himself with morphine after fear over irregular cash accounts uncovered by auditors. He disappeared Friday, found near Medical Lake in a Cedar rooming house with a note requesting burial by the Eagles.
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Spokane
Edward B. Fisher
Police Department
Fisher
Cedar Rooming House
Medical Lake
Eagles
Missionary struck by lightning in China reports omen
Fred J. Fletcher a former Tacoma jeweler now in China as a missionary describes a vivid thunderstorm at Chi Kong Shan. He and his wife and two other missionaries witnessed fierce August storms. He felt a sudden premonition he would be struck and possibly killed just before lightning flashed through an open window.
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Tacoma
Fred J. Fletcher
Seattle
China
Appleton
Chi Kong Shan
Record Coldest September Freeze Hits Ellensburg Area
Ellensburg reports the region’s hardest September freeze. Grapes tomatoes and late peaches perished while potatoes and apples remained unharmed due to dry ground. Snow touched the nearby mountains visible from Ellensburg.
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Ellensburg
Prosser Schools Expand Due to Higher Attendance
Since the public school at Prosser opened, attendance exceeded expectations prompting a new school east of Prosser on the north side and a Buena Vista school addition. The directors also needed two additional teachers beyond initial estimates.
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Prosser
Buena Vista
Threshing Engine Blast Injures Two Near Lynden
George Wood and Richard Brown were seriously injured when the Giles and Brown threshing engine exploded on John Moran’s ranch four miles south of Lynden in Whatcom County. They were transported to Bellingham for treatment.
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Bellingham
George Wood
Richard Brown
Giles & Brown
John Moran
Lynden
Whatcom County
Pickpocket nabbed after theft on Seattle to North Yakima trip
A man accused of stealing seventy dollars from a fellow traveler on a Seattle to North Yakima train was arrested by Deputy Greenwalt after the victim woke to find a hand in his pocket. The suspect fled but returned to ask if the man was in trouble before being detained.
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Seattle
North Yakima
Greenwalt
Pickpockets Targeted Farmer Louis Larsen at Local Depot
The Ellensburg Localizer reports Louis Larsen, a noted Kittitas County farmer, had his spare change taken last Friday evening by pickpockets at the depot. He noticed the loss when paying a Chinese restaurant for supper after disembarking to buy fruit.
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Louis Larsen
Kittitas County
Ellensburg
Larsen
Fifteen Year Old Girl Wins State Fair Cake Prize
Miss Rosalia Strobach, age 15, won first prize in the state fair culinary exhibit for the best cake, a lemon layer, competing in the juvenile and overall categories. Judges noted the field included many bakers. prize awarded by Yakima Milling Company.
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Rosalia Strobach
Yakima Milling Company
Yakima County
Miss Strobach
Strobach
Richard Strobach
E. B Moore
W. D. Wright
Wakefield
Paving Work Underway on West Yakima Avenue
Excavation has begun along the full length from West Yakima avenue to Seventh avenue with paving expected to rush completion. The concrete crew has reached Third avenue as preparations continue.
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Yakima Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Third Avenue
Independent bid by Kate L. Brown for Yakima County Superintendent
Kate L Brown of Granger Washington thanks Yakima County voters for primary support and announces her independent candidacy for County Superintendent in November She cites pressure from friends and claims a biased primary race affected her chances and asks for continued support.
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Yakima County
Kate L. Brown
Granger
Wash
Divorce Decree Sought In Yakima County Suit
Fay Meyers petitions for divorce from Otto Meyers in Yakima County Superior Court. The summons requires Otto Meyers to answer within sixty days of August 19, 1998. Case cites incompatibility and lack of support as grounds. MO Bruffpf, attorney, North Yakima.
Notice and summons in real property suit in Washington
Notice and summons in a real property case in the State of Washington. W Brown files against Unknown Owners and all persons unknown who claim any interest in the described property. The named defendants include all parties with potential claims to the property. Official service and legal actions follow under state process.
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Superior Court of the
State of Washington
Yakima County
W. Brown
Guardian's Sale of Real Estate in Yakima County
Notice of guardian sale of Ernest A. Salter's minor interest in Lot 19 of Hathaway's Five Acre Tracts Yakima County Washington. Sale bids cash October 19 1908 at 7 00 a m from the North Yakima county courthouse per court order. Carl A Berndt guardian dated September 19 1908 with publication Sept 23 30 and Oct 7 14.
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State of Washington
Yakima County
Ernest A. Salter
Carl A. Berndt
Washington
J. H. Hathaway
Minor
North Yakima
Wash
Carl A Berndt
Hyde v Hyde summons for divorce in Yakima County
Washington for Yakima County George M Hyde plaintiff vs Mary J Hyde defendant. You are summoned to appear within sixty days after September 23 1908 to defend the action and answer the complaint. Case seeks dissolution of marriage and custody of Georgia L Hyde with Vestal Snyder as attorney. Sept 23 30 Oct 7 14 21 28.
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J. W. Brown
Yakima County
Washington
W. M
Prince
Northern Bank Bldg
Seattle Wash
Plaintiff
Superior Court
State of Washington
George M. Hyde
Mary J. Hyde
Georgia L. Hyde
Vestal Snyder
P. O
North Yakima
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News of the State
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M. A. Matthews
Destroyers of Homes
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Leclaire
Canada
Everett
F. C
D. S. Smalley
Galesburg
Ill
Olympia
American Lake
State
Adjt
Hamilton
Leo Febiger
Third Infantry
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Otto Meyers
A. D
MO. H. Bruffpf
Guardian
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