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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1902
Page
9
Yakima Herald lists sale of five gallon oil cans and furnished rooms in the Clozy block, inviting applicants for room 4. Local notes report business trips, visits, and society events including dance and church activities around Yakima, Prosser, and Seattle.
E P Greene criticizes wholesale houses for giving printed letter heads and envelopes to local dealers as incentives, noting this activity in Kennewick. He argues it unfairly encroaches on newspaper printing business and urges the local paper to rebuke hardware or grocery suppliers.
A Minnesota citizen plants four shade trees for a doctor who later treats the citizen’s mother-in-law, who dies. The doctor bills, the citizen pays, then recalls an unpaid claim for the trees. The doctor remarks the trees died, and the citizen retorts that so did the mother-in-law. The doctor asks for receipt amid further discussion.
The Morning Oregonian notes how wealth has exploded since 1860 with post office receipts rising from $8 million to $121.8 million by 1902 and national bank deposits leaping from $967 million to $3.661 billion. It argues a 1860 millionaire would need about $15 million today for equal standing.
A herd of about 100 Carsten Bros. sheep from the country attempted to cross the pond near the stock yards on ice. With the man away a boy watched them, the ice failed under the load, and the sheep drowned. Pond owner Mr. Sinclair must now drain and clean the pond, a tough task.
Dialogue from a wedding scene as the bride wonders how life would differ if their parents had never met or if they had not been born or fallen in love. The groom questions the consequences of those imagined changes.
A cold wave forecast warns of coughing and illness at home with One Minute Cough Cure praised by E H Wise of Madison Georgia for improving health. The ad claims it treats coughs colds la grippe bronchitis pneumonia and lung troubles. A merchant recounts wholesale loss from theft but notes no recovery.
An advertisement touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve from Chicago as a specific remedy for piles and skin ailments. It warns of counterfeit products and urges asking for the genuine DeWitt’s.
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