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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1902
Page
7
A.M. Cale, a Selah area chicken raiser, raided a city camp of youths aged 10 to 14 who shot his chickens. He turned over two small firearms and an old revolver to Justice J. A. Taggard, while the four boys fled. Cale plans to prosecute but lacks the youths' names.
The 338th Shakespeare birthday is celebrated in major theaters with notable actors. In New York the Players club plans festivities and Howard Kyle will recite The Seven Ages of Man after Nathan Hale at Larson's theater, adding a rare treat for patrons.
Delegates from the Farmers' Mutual Protective society of Sunnyside met Washington irrigation officials in Seattle last week and won a concession of 50 cents per acre on water rentals for homesteads. The rate was set at 3 dollars previously, now capped at 2.50 dollars with a possible further reduction anticipated.
A dubious medical advertisement claims tearful mood in women stems from physical disease. It touts Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures improving regularity, brain health, and healing inflammation. A testimonial from Mrs. Alice Adams praises the remedies’ effects.
An advertisement touts Seattle based specialists as leading in treating blood and skin diseases including eczema scrofula and syphilis. It claims cures for kidney and urinary troubles plus private diseases such as gonorrhea inflammations discharges stricture and weakness of the organs.
A Sunnyside district group formed an organization for mutual benefit to seek terms acceptable to all. A committee including B. L. Bull, Andrew Green, and H. D. Jory was appointed to confer with the company.
Mrs. Virginia Bartholet won a partial decision on her reclamation entry after a suspension for insufficient improvements. Special Agent Schwartze recommended the suspension, and a deed to Washington Irrigation Co for a water right before final proof was made was noted. The department allows supplemental proof to show compliance with cultivating the land.
The post office at Satas opens with Thurston Masters as postmaster. It will be at the Summit house on the old Yakima road about 18 miles from Goldendale. A petition for a tri weekly mail between Toppenish and Goldendale is in the department, likely to be granted with the new office.
A health ad warns biliousness and constipation threaten health and touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a safe effective cure. A Michigan user from Butternut praises the pills for not causing gripe or nausea. A penitentiary scene features a convict No 1147 answering a visitor with a grim joke about being kept.
Boston Board of Health enforces sterilization of mugs brushes and razors after each use and mandates a separate clean towel for every customer. It bans powder puffs and requires blood stopping material to be used only in powder form on a towel. Herpicide is noted as antiseptic for face or scalp after shaving.
Coffin Bros advertises a No. 1 top buggy priced at sixty five dollars. The brief listing notes the item and the seller, indicating a local hardware or carriage trade listing.
A warning notes that each Cascarets Candy Cathartic tablet bears the C. C. C. mark and warns buyers to avoid bulk sales and fraud, advising all druggists to look for the genuine product.
Fruit Inspector Beck reports Yakima county planted about forty thousand fruit trees this year, exceeding the totals of the prior three years and topping other districts in the state. Most trees came from Stark Bros Missouri Perry Nursery New York and Oregon Nursery with sixteen hundred condemned for root gall.
The county auditor received hop contracts listing George Bosdet to 8 Huntington & Co for 10,000 pounds at 121g cents and S V Hughes with A J Shaw and A B Hughes each selling 8,000 pounds to John W Dole of Boston Mass at 1245.
An old warning urges not to ignore spring coughs and colds as they can worsen. Advertised One Minute Cough Cure claims fast, safe results for throat and lung troubles supported by a testimonial from Postmaster C. O. Dawson. Separate items mention Foley’s Kidney Cure and small dialogues about theatrical jealousy.
Mrs Ellen Harrison of 300 Park Ave Kansas City Missouri reports her two children suffered severe whooping cough with nosebleeds during paroxysms. After trying various measures a family doctor prescribed Foley's Honey and Tar. The first dose improved them and she believes it saved their lives. North Yakima Drug Store A D Sloan Prop.
Edward Mehler of Union Bottling works in Erie Pennsylvania credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with resolving lifelong stomach trouble after trying numerous remedies and doctors. He praises the product for not requiring dieting and digestion of all foods. Bizzer-Simkins comic features a witty dog owned by Simkins.
A. B. Fuller from English Indiana recounts a gunshot wound on his left leg that refused to heal until using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. He credits the product with complete recovery after trying many remedies. The ad also contains a brief courtroom line about a defendant’s alcohol influence.
Promotional copy touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for a cold with No Cure No Pay. A humorous dialogue follows about accepting Mr Oldboy with jokes about age and harmony with antique furniture.
A visitor compliments a young boy as beautiful, while the father responds that the boy has never said a bright word in his life, highlighting a quiet family moment and unspoken pride.
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