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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1903
Page
7
Listing shows office at 101 South Second Street corner Second and Chestnut. Specializes in fevers diseases of women and children confinement and surgical cases. Phone Main 1121.
O M Moore writes on the irrigation potential in Washington state. He notes the Cascade barrier creates two climate zones, reviews Yakima Valley rainfall and soil, and describes year round farming advantages including abundant water, stable harvests, and high land productivity for 10 acre irrigated plots versus 40 acre nonirrigated plots.
Growers press for higher prices with some asking 30 cents for this year’s crop while Salem reports quiet 1903 hop trading. Prime hops linger above 25 cents though poor grades sell around 23 cents or less with one lot at 21 cents due to blue mold. Market direction hinges on export demand and farmer expectations.
An ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with its iron and quinine formula printed on each bottle and features a no cure no pay promise for 50 cents. It also markets Prussian stock food, poultry food and lie killer as farm staples sold by Yakima Hardware Company.
Product note states movable screens can be screened with Movable Screens at the same price as stationary versions. Manufactured by the noted maker.
Mrs Brown and Mrs Smith clash over attendance as Mrs Robinson questions actions. Mrs Brown explains she stayed home to care for her sick baby, sparking a lighthearted domestic dispute.
M. M. Austin of Winchester Indiana faced a severe stomach and liver illness in his wife. After doctors failed her he used Dr King s New Life Pills and she found relief at once and was cured. The ad notes the price as 5 cents at all drug stores.
An advertisement extols Bucklen's Amnica Salve as effective for burns, sores, bruises, cuts, boils, ulcers, skin eruptions and piles. Priced at 25 cents, it guarantees satisfaction and urges readers to buy from druggists. A stray anecdote about a small boy's cursing ends the note in a humorous aside.
An advertisement promotes beauty and vigor through pure blood and proper digestion. It claims many women fail to digest food, becoming pale and weak, and offers a remedy with nourishing food and a small dose of Herb ine after each meal for 50 cents from F. L. Janeck's.
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