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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
9
Will Irby known as Blubber departs for Centralia Washington to cover center field with the team. Will Spidell also leaves for Centralia and joins the ball club, weakening the local nine but replaced by new players.
The Shannafelt couple marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on the fourth in Tampico. Rain kept many guests away but attendees who came enjoyed a very pleasant celebration with Rev. Smith and others from the Abtanum church, Mr and Mrs J P Marks, Mr and Mrs H Ferguson, and several ladies.
Miss Nagler Mr R Durfee and Mr Chas Home joined Mr and Mrs Shan nafelt for a bountiful dinner and a short program. Mrs Marks sang A Summer Courtship in flawless style while guests praised the entertaining selections and wished them many happy returns. Tokens of good will included a sugar shell with silver mountings and a shell napkin ring as friends hoped to attend their golden wedding.
Hop buyers in Chehalis paid twenty cents per pound last Saturday, the top price in years. Pincus & Sons of Tacoma purchased the remaining of John Dobson’s crop about fifteen tons, along with William Hazzard’s and H Tramm’s lots. Several prime Chehalis lots remain unsold as late market reports show a light New York English crop. a buyer predicts hops may rise to 25c in two weeks.
The piece presents a satirical list of absurd rules assigning death for various professions and actions, such as book agents and umbrella borrowers, with a final jab about newspaper subscribers who deny orders. The tone mocks censorship and contractual obligations in a grim, editorial style.
An advertisement extols DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a gentle liver stimulant to ease constipation and cleanse the system. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. Minerva Smith of Danville Illinois praising Foley's Honey and Tar for chronic bronchitis after 20 years. Local druggists Yellow Drug Store North Yakima Drug Store and A. D. Sloan are named.
A playful dialogue dresses a robin and a timid quail remark. An advertisement for Foley's Kidney Cure claims blood purification and systemic toning, with a North Yakima Drug Store listing A. D. Sloan as proprietor.
Ellensburg won by a narrow margin at Capitol Hill as fans and Nagler's brass band packed the stands. Klink hammer out pitched efforts outshined by poor fielding while Stubbs sat ill. next Sunday a Texas-style excur sion with 500 Yakima supporters is planned to drive a home victory.
Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester Mass credits Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with saving her life after years of severe lung trouble and a stubborn cough. The advertisement urges sufferers of coughs colds throat and lung trouble to try the remedy with guaranteed cure at Yakima drug stores.
A comic exchange features a wife cleaning with insect powder in a clock to remove ticks. Another line promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee and FE W Grove signature. A young woman notes a suitor’s habit of leaving price tags on gifts.
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