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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1902
Page
9
A department is set up to provide room for Social Democracy leaders to present their views. It will contain expressions of their opinions, not necessarily those of Tue Harrop.
A letter argues socialism would reallocate wealth through public ownership of utilities and credits, eliminating barter and money, and expanding leisure. It contrasts current toil with a system offering four hours of labor for full goods, universal care, and continued access to transport, hotels, theaters, and education. It notes local organizing Sunnyside and speeches by Comrade Gilbert, plus expected female empowerment under socialism.
An old city restaurant study claims a twelve minute lunch requires three hours to digest each item from eggs to roast beef, warning indigestion follows active brains. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is advertised as a cure for stomach and digestion problems, with a testimonial from Willis Seaman of Washingtonville, New York. The ad touts free medical advice and mailed paper covers or cloth bound volumes.
The text urges women to study socialism as a solution to poverty and drunkenness, citing Frances Willard as an advocate. It argues socialism benefits women most by removing poverty and improving societal conditions. It also includes ad copy for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and One Minute Cough Cure with testimonials and reminders to stock these remedies, mentioning Yellow Drug Store.
A brisk account of Rev. Samuel Peters a Connecticut divine and author noted for early myth making his supposed discoveries about Yale founder Bellows Falls water speed and wild animals and the Windham frogs The piece also credits him with popularizing Connecticut blue laws including bans on mince pies instruments other than drums trumpets or jews harps and a hair cut fashion based on pumpkin shells.
A New Haven report describes a colony of nine invalids off Bramford Conn who quit solid food for a milk cure. Philip H Robinson once of New Haven and now Washington DC supposedly discovered the cure. He drinks ten quarts daily and claims permanent nourishment via milk. Camillus H Oatman of Williams College also reports weight gain and believed cure after adopting milk as sole sustenance.
A sales pitch notes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic contains iron and quinine with plainly printed formula and claims no cure no pay. It cites the tonic’s price of 50c and 49 as part of advertising. It also references the U S Treasury holding of gold on July 31 totaling $504,354,279 as the largest ever owned by the government.
A promotional note touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for constipation relief after nine years of costiveness. It quotes J. O. Green of Depauw Indiana praising the remedy’s effectiveness at the Yellow Drug Store in Chicago.
An ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for malaria chills and fever, describing it as iron and quinine in a tasteless formula with the slogan no cure no pay. A stray quote mentions a girl reading football news and a five yard gain amid damaged silk.
In a London Mail interview M de Bloch argues that the Transvaal war shows old warfare is obsolete and civilians can act as soldiers. He says Boer peasants proved strong, colonial troops matched regulars, and future battles will feature Plevnas defense risks. Cavalry roles collapse under smokeless powder. Mitchell wagons offered by Wyman Fraser.
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