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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
4
A U S government bureau report shows wholesale prices for 257 commodities in 1910 rose 4 percent from 1909 and 1.6 percent above 1907’s high. Farm products up 7.5 percent from 1909, lumber and building materials up 10.7 percent. Prices peaked in March 1910 and fell slightly thereafter.
The text notes changes in 1910 with farm products up 7.5 percent and drugs up 4.1 percent while food, clothing, and miscellaneous rise. House furnishings fell 0.1 percent and fuel and light rose 3 percent. Eggs surged 90 percent coffee 60 percent and mess beef 35 percent.
At 5 o clock Saturday Observer Bender’s thermometer hit 105 degrees the hottest in over two decades except for two days. Last year’s peak was 100, while July’s ten year mean in the valley sits at 88. Though many felt the heat few complained and local losses in eastern cities matched yesterday’s discomfort without work stoppages.
E M Stewart of Chicago reports relief from hay fever during hot months using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. The remedy is noted as effective for coughs and colds in both children and adults, contains no opiates, and is sold by North Yakima Drug Store in a yellow package.
Ila Northwood reports a horse kicked an automobile causing a wreck that may prove fatal to Dr. Bennett Porter of Albert Lea. Carlton Leightly was seriously hurt as the horse's leg trapped the car wheel and broke the steering gear forcing the vehicle down an embankment.
In busy seasons you may suffer diarrhoea and lose days before help arrives. The ad urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand and taking a dose at first signs. Sold by all dealers.
Berlin news outlines a 70 member society advocating new fashion with knickerbockers and loose blouses, while crematories push spread in Prussia with Berlin, Charlottenburg, and Bonn already acting. A separate anti bribe campaign forms in Berlin, uniting 400 manufacturers and 60 chambers of commerce to curb corporate bribery.
Thomas Cooper and Robert Strahorn visit North Yakima to discuss widening Northern Pacific and Harriman interests. Talks cover Donald to Cowiche routes, Wide Hollow extensions, and potential lines into Selah and Moxee as freight and refrigerator car traffic grows. Cooper and family depart after a pleasant stay.
In Fox Hills Staten Island a moving picture rescue scene ended in a real drowning when actor Albert Brighton, formerly of Strongheart and Squaw Man companies, dived to save actress Mary Murray during a lakeside shoot. Brighton disappeared underwater and was recovered hours later.
For summer diarrhoea in children always give Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil and a speedy cure is certain per case by all dealers.
Taft’s message on amending the Pure Food and Drugs law in relation to Prepared Medicines does not reference Foley s Honey and Tar Compound or Foley Kidney Pills. The Foley remedies have long been standard cures for coughs colds throat chest and lung ailments and kidney pills are praised as effective and meritorious.
Winona Lake Indiana July 15 A Bible contest unveiled by Rev Fr N Palmer at the Winona assembly tests knowledge in a August 3 event with three prizes. Questions include biblical facts and stories. ministers barred. Palmer lists 148 sample questions. Also promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
In a brief exchange, Briggs notes his daughters excel in music and Griggs adds their playing has rid them of two troublesome neighbors, as reported by the Boston Transcript.
A proposed auto highway from North Yakima to the Cascade summit at Bear Gap would showcase vast scenery from Naches valley to the mountains. Officials cite easy travel, fertile orchards, river dams, and alpine blooms, arguing the route would attract tourism and boost local trade.
Col Walter J. Milroy arrived from Olympia and praised the city as a beautiful place. The N. P. RR shipped over twenty carloads of stock hops and hay, with projections to double in July, while local banks and residents reported growth and new projects across the area.
A bomb on the front porch of Dr. F A Davis at 628 West Bellevue Street in Pasadena exploded shortly before 11 pm, tearing part of the porch but not damaging the home. None of the occupants were injured. cause and motive are unknown. The household included two of Dr. Davis’s daughters, their uncle HL Smallwood, and Mr and Mrs W M Zimmermann. Dr Davis’s wife and daughter are in New York.
In Sycamore Illinois a one acre plot and a seven acre field yielded two fair stands of wheat. Seventy nine year old Mrs Martha Olson carded wool and fed it to a spinning wheel while De Kalb county residents aged 50 to 98 used scythes, cradles, flails, and a self rake reaper to reap bind and thresh. The crowd watched as the historic wheel finally spun again in a family kept device dating to the eighteenth century and Edward Johnson county treasurer stood nearby.
The ad claims disease germs attack people in air water dust and food and asserts Electric Bitters destroy and expel them from the body. It touts relief from chills fever and malaria and promises renewed strength with a money back guarantee at Clark's Pharmacy for 50 cents.
H K Martin of Port Harrelson recalls facing death from consumption twenty one years ago. After a year of treatment with Georgetown doctors and no relief, a friend urged Dr King’s Discovery. He was cured and now endorses the throat and lung remedy as guaranteed for coughs colds and bronchial ailments. Trial bottle free at Clark's Pharmacy.
The Herald requests copies of the Weekly Herald for June 15 July 13 November 23 and December 7 1910. Anyone possessing any of these issues is asked to inform the witice at once.
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