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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1900
Page
4
A playful verse features a potato pursuing an onion bed amid a parade of vegetable characters. The tuber woos the onion with garden pun heavy dialogue and a coy, tempted response from the onion levelled by comic dialogue and risqué imagery.
A hundred year old man, Isaac Bastian born March 1 1801 in Montreal province, is expected to reach his centennial next week if alive. He claims descent from Napoleon Bonaparte and has lived worldwide, now in Yakima County living with friend Al Lillie. Dr. Greene recalls Bastian as a veteran of Indian wars. Yakima County notes the county is out of debt.
Railway circles report the Sioux City Black Hills and Pacific Coast line to be built this season along the old Sioux City and Northern route surveyed through Yakima in 1890.
The Prosser home of Nelson Rich was burglarized last Wednesday during his daughter’s marriage. Some wedding presents were stolen and a few valuable watches belonging to guest ladies were taken. The Record notes ongoing petty thefts and hopes the culprits are punished.
T F McCaustland told a Dawn reporter in Yakima that Ellensburg is coming to the front in nice shape and remains a good town with strong local interest, despite his residence in Yakima.
In a Yakima county report the Dawn notes how local businessmen unite to back projects benefiting Yakima town and valley. It highlights their commitment to collective action and financial support for community progress. The piece also includes assorted anecdotes and testimonials from vendors and readers about remedies and symbols of resilience.
Engineer J W Strack, surveying Paul Mohr's Portage road, reports a twenty mile railroad segment near The Dailes surveyed and half complete grading. Fall completion should enable grain handling. A boat has been bought with three more planned plus many barges for river transport above and below the portage.
Mrs Frances L Sales of Missouri Valley Iowa suffered years of severe kidney trouble and tried five doctors without relief. After using three bottles of Foleys Kidney Cure she reports a perfect cure. North Yakima Drug Store A D Sloan proprietor.
The Count and Countess Castellane departed aboard La Gascogne for France amid a civil suit with the Figaro editor. A farewell gathering featured George, Edwin, Frank and Miss Helen Gould.
Dealers guarantee Foley's Honey and Tar to satisfy. North Yakima Drug Store hawks the remedy for throat and lung diseases. A humorous aside notes an absent minded man unsure if his wife urged a photo or a tooth extraction.
A Champaign Illinois resident cites a year of coughing mistaken for consumption and credits Foley's Honey and Tar with a full recovery after one bottle. North Yakima Drug Store owner A D Sloan endorses the product's efficacy.
A quirky exchange features Miss DeMuir and several men mispronouncing names as Mr Gallopper, Mr Pacer, and Mr Trotter, highlighting humorous identity slips during a social gathering.
An exchange claims a palmist found as many as 4000 dates on a palm, with the name withheld. A reader, Jno Berry of Loganton Pa, touts One Minute Cough Cure as a universal remedy that cures pneumonia, whooping cough, colds, croup, and throat and lung troubles for adults and children.
In a Chicago magistrate court a witness echoed uncertain memory when asked if he took cognizance of the bartender. He replied that he did not know what it was, but took the same as the others.
Advertising copy promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a cure for catarrh and cold in the head. It claims to dry secretions, cleanse and soothe membranes, and relieve inflammation without irritants. The ad notes a 19 cent teal size via mail and a Co. size sold by druggists. Dream Balm is also advertised for hay fever protection.
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