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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 102 |
| 1890 | 120 |
| 1891 | 132 |
| 1892 | 136 |
490 stories
- The Garden Prank That Sour-Ed a Marriage
A husband’s elaborate scheme to fool his wife with gilded pebbles backfires, leaving the household in a state of icy tension.
- The Desert Bloom: Yakima’s Irrigation Dream
A visiting irrigation expert predicts that 150,000 acres of arid Yakima Valley land will be transformed into a garden through large-scale canal projects.
- The Yakima Inventor Who Struck It Rich
A local inventor's patent for a hay baler nets him a windfall of $16,000 after Portland investors realize the machine's true potential.
- The Yakima Traveler’s Rough Ride Home
After an idyllic trip to the Spokane exposition, a local resident’s journey turns into a bureaucratic nightmare on the Northern Pacific railway.
- City Council Unloads Bonds Under Heavy Scrutiny
North Yakima successfully sells $30,000 in municipal bonds after a previous attempt failed to draw interest, but local observers remain cynical about the deal's profit margins.
- The Struggle for Water in the Desert
Construction continues on the N.P. Yakima & Kittitas Irrigation canal, promising a future for new settlers despite earlier fears of a winter shutdown.
- The Eagle Escapes the Hotel Yakima
A captive eagle, purchased from a local youth, picks its own lock and escapes back into the wilderness.
- A Perilous Descent Down Cowychee Hill
When a team of horses spooked on a steep grade, a local farmer had to make a split-second decision to save his family.
- The Grand Reopening of the Hotel Yakima
After a high-profile purchase by a Puyallup hotelier, the city’s premiere hostelry prepares for an evening of luxury, dancing, and civic celebration.
- The Uncertain Future of the Yakima Irrigation Ditch
Local contractors head to Tacoma seeking answers as construction stalls and equipment is shipped elsewhere.
- The Drunken Theft at the Cadwell Building
A laborer finds his sobriety and his money have both vanished in a late-night scuffle.
- The Political Departure from North Yakima
Defeated political candidates poke fun at their own misfortune through a satirical account of leaving town after a failed election cycle.
- The Near-Miss that Saved the Orchard Boom
Anxious farmers watch the thermometer as a late-spring frost threatens to wipe out the region's record-breaking fruit potential.
- The Guilland House Advertises 'No Chinamen'
A local hotel uses xenophobic hiring practices as a primary marketing hook to attract guests.
- The Thresher's Letter
A moving sketch of two young brothers working the wheat fields of Yakima, finding connection to home through a pressed pansy.
- Late-Night Musings in the Snow
A quiet, philosophical reflection on the difficulty of focusing one’s mind during a winter night in Yakima.
- Democratic Convention Nominates County Slate
Yakima Democrats organize for the fall election with a platform favoring government-owned infrastructure and currency reform.
- A Sudden Investment in the City's Heart
A New York traveler arrives in North Yakima and, impressed by the town's potential, immediately sinks $8,800 into prime real estate.
- Lost Papers in the Yakima River
A pile of naturalization documents found on the riverbank suggests a tragic end for an immigrant traveler.
- Highway Robbery at the Edge of Town
A traveler is ambushed and robbed by two men in the dark at the lower end of Second Street.
- The Great Yakima Duck Caper
A wild northern bird is lassoed in the middle of town by electric light, leading to a spectacle at the local hotel.
- A Night of Masks and Revelry
Yakima’s firemen transform the opera house into a glittering masquerade, capturing the spirit of a frontier city at play.
- Artesian Water Breakthrough in the Yakima Valley
A new artesian well discovery promises to boost irrigation capabilities in the region.
- A Grand Vision for a Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Prominent North Yakima citizens incorporate a new railway company with ambitious plans to tap coal fields and agricultural valleys.
- Safe-Crackers Strike Yakima Avenue
A late-night robbery ends in a shattered safe and a series of bungled arrests.