Local notes include marriages, arrivals and moves in Yakima
C M Naff of Spokesman Review is in Yakima for a few days. Homer Place and Miss Etta Boyd wed by Justice Taggard last Wednesday. Dr B L Baker and wife visit Seattle for Mrs Baker’s health. Mrs John Michels travels from Ellensburg to Minnesota for two months. Wilbur Martin from Oakland City intends to settle and farm in Yakima valley. George Wilson and Frank Jones shipped to Spokane for liquor trials. Hough bank vault moved to Prosser, now a store or office space. David Wheeler cleans city parks. Yakima Milling elevator construction starts. foundation done, rest to follow with lumber. Ed Gunn offers city views with 6x8 camera. Bartholet hotel lobby gains a large business directory. Canal four miles complete. water to run soon per E C Burlingame. Perry Dunning still bedbound with spinal injuries. William Ray from Crookston builds a $5,000 Nob Hill residence with barn. Clark couple rent D R Farquhar building. new business venture with Fell of Seattle. McConnell signs large artwork on Cadwell block. Merwin & Hazel sign boards for Lombard & Horsley Big 4 barber Yakima Tea Co. Thompson couple from Harrison Idaho register at Bartholet. George Holmes to Seattle then California for potato buying. Sister of N S Johnson dies in Richmond VA. Tom Lahar out sick with erysipelas. St Paul and Tacoma Lumber yard fenced. Bacome plans Seattle move into new business. Birth announcement and local mining interest noted. Smallpox quarantines two families. pest house has two cases. Sloan building foundation begun.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Featured In Ad Blend
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a universal cure for sores burns bruises and skin diseases with a testimonial from A S Fuller claiming full recovery of a gunshot wound. It also includes a sensational line about a marriage and a brief plug for Foley's Kidney Cure from North Yakima Drug Store managed by A D Sloan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
A. S. Fuller
Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
State Electro-Medical Institute
Seattle
Accompaniment Guarantee on Pianos Sold
A five year accompaniment to every piano purchase showcases the vendor's confidence in these instruments and highlights a superb lot of pianos on display.
UPRIGHT PIANOS SELL ACROSS FACTORIES AT FINE PRICES
High class upright pianos from various factories feature exquisite tone and appealing appearance with prices ranging from 250 to 750 dollars.
One Minute Cough Cure Promoted As Safe Quick Remedy
An advertisement urges use of One Minute Cough Cure for coughs colds croup grip bronchitis and throat and lung troubles with a testimonial from Postmaster C O Dawson of Barr Illinois. The piece also humorously notes an elderly spinster fearing turning forty and a light exchange about a 40th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Dawson
Barr
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Endorsement Ad
Claim stresses danger of neglecting biliousness and constipation and promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a cure. Testimonial from M. B. Smith of Butternut Michigan praises the pills as most satisfactory, noting they never gripe or cause nausea. Yellow Drug Store is listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
M. B. Smith
Butternut, Mich
Yellow Drug Store
Boston Barber Regulations Set By Health Board
A Boston dispatch dated May 5 1900 reports new Boston Board of Health rules for barber shops. Mugs shaving brushes and razors must be sterilized after each use a new clean towel for every client. A blood stopping material is to be used only in powder form on a towel. Powder puffs are prohibited. Herpicide antiseptic is noted as safe when used after shaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
N. Y. Sun
Boston Board of Health
Newbro
Reduced Rates to Hot Springs for Round Trip
The agency advertises a limited 30 day sale from S. M. Meeks for a round trip to Hot Springs priced at 4 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
S. M. Meeks
Dressed to Kill Or So It Seem
Comic exchange on a masked car thief with fur coat and leather cap contrasts with vintage ad blurbs. Foley's Honey and Tar touted as cough remedy. North Yakima Drug Store and Goldman’s Seattle appear in scattered lines. The piece blends humor, medicine, and retail chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Gotham
Private Diseases and Their Dreadful Effects on Men
The article lists numerous sexual and reproductive health defects like gonorrhoea syphilis hydrocele varicocele and related troubles affecting young to old men. It warns of early indiscretions causing weakness nervous instability night emissions and exhausted drains.
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Charter Oil Co
Board OF Directors
George A. Libby
James A. Williamson
Thomas Carroll
R. Lee Purdin
Edwin R. Ray
A. A. Mulis
Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma, Wash
Bakerfield, Cal
ElLeassure, Wasa
Famous
Queen Oil Company
Sunset District
Kern County
California
Queen
Jewett & Klodgett Company
Santa Fe Railroad
Bakerfield
Sunset City
E. E. James
Eastern
Washington
Ellensburg
C. M. Naff
Spokesman-Review
Homer C. Place
Etta M Boyd
J. A. Taggard
B. L. Baker
John Michels
Minnesota
Wilbur Martin
Oakland City
Ind
Yakima Valley
George Wilson
Frank Jones
Spokane
U. S
Felix M. Pugh
George S. Hough
Banke
Prosser
Bank
David Wheeler
Yakima Milling Company
Ed Gunn
Robert Smith
Bartholet Hotel
Merwin & Hazel
E. C. Burlingame
the Sound
Perry M. Dunning
William Ray
Crookston
Minn
Miles Cannon
W. T. Stewart
Nob Hill
Charles A. Clark
D. R. Farquhar
Second Street
Charles B. McConnell
Cadwell Block
E. F. Crocker
Lombard & Horsley
Big 4
Yakima Tea Company
H. O. Thompson
Harrison
Idaho
Bartholet
George Holmes
A. F. Diteman
Ellora L. White
Los Angeles
Cal
George Davis
N.S. Johnson
Yakima Hotel
Lucy Johnson
Richmond
Tom Lahar
St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company
M. W. Bacome
A. L. Dilly
J. Banks
Yakima
Hazel Saver
John Suver
P. J. Lynch
Our City
Lynch
Fish Lake
Northwest
Earl Watt
North Bend
B.C
Mr. Cline
Mr. Watt
Thomas J. Hefling
Ft. Simcoe
A. C. Coburn
C. W. Smith
Selah
Kennewick Courier
T. G. Brown
Minneapolis
Robert Cameron
West Avenue
Sloan Building
the Bonbonier
X2eim Avenue
Brooklyn Bridge
Liz
North Second St
S. Arendt
Mgr
A.B. Pearson
Miller
Grocer
North
N. B
Julia
Board of Health
Goldman's
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