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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1910
Page
6
Arthur Coffin reports from Yokohama and Tokyo describing Japanese life and economy. He notes population growth, debt, and trade, praises American influence, and comments on rickshaws, department stores, and merchant advertising while detailing impressions of culture and cities.
The article promotes apples as a remedy to drink craving and tobacco desire. It cites Dr. Samuel Bailey of Mount Ayr Iowa and claims apples can reduce appetite for liquor, suggesting even famous leaders could have benefited from eating apples. It frames the apple as a moral aid backed by horticultural society endorsement.
Residents of the Wenus valley Yakima County Washington protest to the Secretary of the Interior against releasing flood waters of Wenus creek to the State or for Yakima Highlands Irrigation. They claim most waters are already appropriated for irrigation and domestic use and that flood waters are not available.
A group of landowners and settlers along Wenus Creek warn against storage and diversion schemes by the Yakima Highlands Irrigation and Land Company. They argue the creek cannot support existing appropriations and irrigation needs, fearing injury to their rights and costly litigation. The letter lists names of signatories including George Longmire, A J Lots, John Ogburn, L J Anderson, and more.
The Bel lingham dispatch reports a massive blaze in Nooksack that destroyed half the town and two mercantile stores along with the opera house and a barn. Firefighters aided by residents battled flames from wells as damage neared 380000 dollars. A separate blaze at Glen Echo Shingle and Lumber mill caused about 50000 dollars in losses.
Jack Johnson conducted his first training run in San Francisco drawing a large crowd though no bout date was set. He completed a twelve mile road trip at a brisk pace and later estimated his weight around 226 pounds with observers predicting he may trim further.
The program begins Sunday and runs three times weekly for at least two weeks. It will then increase to four days per week.
In San Jose and Cartago Costa Rica relief workers report more than 1000 dead from the quake. Debris clearing continues with dynamiting dangerous structures while survivors remain largely hungry and helpless. Cat village is reported totally destroyed and Entraries partially destroyed.
Spokane based Dry Farming Congress led by F W Mondell and John T Burns predicts major shifts in western commercial conditions by 1915 due to increased farm production. They estimate 200 million acres of western lands could be put to plow with 50 million producing wheat and potential annual wheat output near 73 million bushels more than current levels.
A savage lion at Pittsburg attacked a child through its cage while a cold and related illnesses threaten young ones. Dr King’s New Discovery could have saved many. a mother testimonial claims quick cures for croup and cold. The ad promotes the medicine for babies and others with coughs colds and asthma. Trial bottle free, price one dollar guaranteed by Clark's Pharmacy.
Charles A. McIntosh, a Milwaukeean, beat time racing to Naples to reach his ill father. He left Milwaukee April 6 at 10 AM, reached Chicago by noon, boarded an urgent steamship and then sped toward Naples. Travel officials say the ten day route is the fastest between the Midwest and Naples. He arrived to find his father alive.
Charles L. McIntosh’s son McIntosh crossed from Chicago to Naples in under ten days aided by a tug and the Pennsylvania Special train. He left Chicago April 6 at 2 45 pm and arrived Naples April 16 to find his father alive and well, then thanked Pennsylvania officials.
Gloucester engineer Grindell Matthews announcements claim a wireless telephone capable of speech transmission over London distances without Hertzian waves. Demonstrations at Broad Street House show conversations between distant rooms possible, using a non conventional radio energy method. Also includes an unrelated liver remedy advertisement.
Governor Marion E. Hay endorses a state tax of 1 per horsepower on all automobiles trucks and motorcycles to fund public highways in Washington. A 3748 motor vehicles with 83 316 horsepower last year would raise 838 316 for road maintenance and construction.
An idea husband advocates Electric Bitters for anxious, nervous, and ailing women. The ad claims sufferers with melancholy, loss of appetite, headaches, sleeplessness, digestive issues, and weak kidneys find relief. It touts 50 cent price and Clark's Pharma Co guarantee.
John Speedy Smith, a poultry farmer on Placer Creek in the Coeur d Alene mining district of northern Idaho, uses talking parrots as guards to scare hawks and rats. Since their deployment, raids have ceased. parrots screech and deter pests, saving hundreds of dollars and prompting nearby farmers to consider the plan.
Old Wenas Valley conflicts flare as settlers protest a new irrigation district while apple growers eye 15 000 acres for premium orchards. Debate centers on flood waters and water rights claimed by Supreme Court allocations, with critics warning against halting progress.
A Kentucky traveler offers five dollars to the laziest of three boys sitting on a fence. After he returns the boy who stayed in the dust says to put the money in his pocket, delivering a blunt punchline about laziness and business men.
Mrs. W. W. Lamaster of Louisville testifies she suffered with internal catarrh and bladder kidney trouble for 26 years. After eight bottles of Peruna and three bottles of Manalin she says she was completely cured. Other letters praise Peruna as a systemic catarrh remedy and claim relief from bowel inflammation.
A motivational ad script urges persistent advertising as essential for success, comparing it to driving nails in building a house. It criticizes merchants who quit after few attempts and emphasizes daily, sustained effort to make advertising pay. Also an herbal liver tonic promotion appears with price and local sellers.
The text presents a health discipline list urging abstention from intoxicants proper breathing food limits pure water daily exercise baths regular habits and sound sleep. It stresses temperance prevention and positive attitudes while warning against overexertion and decay of teeth with a concluding call to spread these teachings.
To relieve constipation and tone digestive organs Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is offered as a reliable tonic for thirty years priced at 35 cents in Tea or Tablets by D. H. Fry.
The California Fig Syrup Co touts its exceptional equipment and chemists to produce Syrup of figs and Mixir of Senna in all varieties. It warns that only the genuine product bears the full company name on the front, and urges buyers to avoid imitations.
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