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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
5
The Emporium invites heads of families to shop for seasonable wearing apparel promising savings of one to two dollars per ten dollars spent in any department. The store proclaims itself the center for genuine values and invites customers to test the claim. Prices apply this week and next.
The Emporium markets Rajah Silk in all colors at 1.55 per yard with Rajah name on the selvage. Also offered are Figured, Batiste and Dimity fabrics from 10c to 15c, India Linens up to 25c, Long Cloth and Damask by the yard, Silk Gloves, and assorted ribbons and linens with various prices.
Spring two and three piece suits for men advertised at eight fifty to ten dollars. Headlight pants for engineers and trainmen priced at one dollar twenty five. West show window display highlights value and selection.
Our Leader in tailored coats is shown in tan brown navy dark red and black silk lined. Regular price ranges from 20 to 25 dollars but now offered at 16 50.
Week long sale lists all leather shoes for children and misses with sizes from 8 to 11 and regular prices from 1.25 to 2.00. Ladies hats, tailored suits, corset covers, and muslin night gowns are offered at discounted prices with numerous price points.
L Adler Bros offers hand tailored men’s suits in up-to-date styles. The house carries spring lines priced at 22 50 24 50 26 50 27 50 and 28 50 with available sizes and finishes.
The Knox Hat is found worldwide and touted as the hat of all hats with a range of hats priced as low as 90 cents. The ad promises extensive stock to meet every hat requirement.
Firsthand market report shows nearly no unsold fruit with producers holding back as harvest nears. Demand weak until fresh crop arrives. hay shipments loosen dealer wallets, lifting offers. Prices listed for livestock crops and produce include apples at 1.00 to 1.50 per box and timothy hay around 13.00 per ton.
An old advertisement touts Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a cure for chest pains and coughs. It claims quick relief from pulmonary diseases and features a testimonial from Mrs. J of Galveston Texas and a retailer named Fry the druggist.
W I Harmon sold the Harmon fruit ranch to E C Van Brandt for 40000. The farm, two miles from the city, is now mostly peaches and apples with three acres of grapes. Harmon plans to move to the Black Hills and then California after settling with mining interests.
A New York hospital keeps pneumonia patients on the roof day and night to ensure air supply. Early symptoms include a chill fever and body pains signaling a severe coldlike onset.
A cough signals illness as breath shortens and the heart beats rapidly. The patient shows fatigue with a rapid pulse flushed cheeks and approaching exhaustion. Headache sleeplessness and delirium appear in some cases as the condition progresses.
Ordinances with improvements were carried by unanimous vote. A resolution to open a new street across the Northern Pacific tracks was passed and the city attorney ordered to draft the resolution. Crossing to extend from Maple Street west. NP to grade. Yakima Avenue congestion growing. traffic may soon become unmanageable.
Lee McDaniel, an old-time Yaki man, visits relatives and friends after leaving 14 years ago for California where he worked for the Southern Pacific railway. He later spent years mining in Nevada.
Lee expresses happiness about his return and hopes to acquire a good farm, believing it is not too late. Mr. McDaniel, once in poor health, has regained strength and rugged condition.
A fragmentary verse describes the Night Wind as loud and mischievous, rattling chimneys and waking sleepers with whispers of shadows and witches. The speaker longs for morning and jokes about money and print.
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