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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
5
Ring us Up. We are prepared to serve our city customers more promptly than ever. Telephone us your order and it will have just as prompt attention as though you came in person. Every thing in Groceries clean and fresh.
Readers share views on gold standard confidence and prosperity. Mentions include Paul Mohr’s Klickitat railway crew, W R Clark’s flying plans, and local political stances. Also notes sugar beets yields, land grazing concerns, and prison observations with named places and people.
The page blends medical patent rhetoric with jokes and ad lines. It touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as a fifty year guaranteed cure, lists Mull's Lightning Pain Killer at 25c, Taft & Taft as sellers, and includes a humorous dialogue about a $4000 house with a $2000 plan.
Advertises Shilohs Consumption Cure with a two thirds usage guarantee. If no benefit, return the bottle to the Druggist for a possible refund. Priced at 25 cents for a small bottle, 50 cents, and one dollar, offered by L. O. Janeck, Druggist.
The Ellensburg Capital notes Yakima’s boast of a 125 member Commercial Club and credits the group with uniting the community and driving the town’s strong prosperity through collective effort.
A collection of vintage drug advertisements touts Shilohs Cough and Consumption Cure Ely Cream Balm and One Minute Cough Cure. Claims include rapid relief from coughs colds croup and pneumonia cures marketed by Janecks Drug Store with trial sizes and 50 cent bottles. The tone mimics period marketing and includes testimonials and staged dialogues.
A humorous exchange ponders a popular novel from a year ago. The confusion centers on a Pennsylvania figure named Quay, leading to the pun Quo Vadis or Quay Vodis as the misheard title.
The advertisement claims strong demand on maternal strength during nursing and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a perfect preparation for motherhood. It cites examples of improved health, no morning sickness, and nourished babies, urging sick women to consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free of charge.
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