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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
7
Mothers urged to use Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children to ease colds feverishness teething headaches and stomach troubles. Sold in drug stores 5c with free trial package by sending name and address to Allen C Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Dr Heg urged liberal health funding to combat typhoid citing three main spreaders flies food and fingers. He called for manure elimination septic tanks waste burning and stricter city ordinances with police enforcement as essential steps alongside county and state cooperation. He noted Seattle’s rat control as a model and praised local health department improvements while stressing sanitation in outlying areas.
North Yakima automobile enthusiasts will gain a new resort as a good road to Bumping Lake is completed. A federal game preserve stretches along the lake shore, and visitors are reminded to carry game laws to avoid conflicts with federal officers.
Case’s Drug Store advertises Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a family tonic that will keep everyone well through spring. The offer guarantees money back if it fails and lists a price of 36 cents.
A. A. Coffin and L. H. Clegg endorse the Yakima Valley Transportation company as a solid local investment. Campaign leaders E. M. Kenly and H. N. Irish push for $150,000 more capital to keep control domestically and finish line construction, with $200,000 already subscribed and prospects for bonding to accelerate projects.
The first suffrage special train to carry delegates from across the country will arrive in North Yakima at 9:20 AM on June 29 for the 41st annual National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in Seattle. The train will feature a wedding on board with a young social leader as the bride and a prominent suitor. Speeches by Rev. Anna Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt are planned during the Yakima stop.
Pineules are advertised to relieve backache lumbago rheumatism fatigue and all symptoms of kidney disease. They are described as a tonic to the entire system building strength and health. Price 50 cents and 1.00 sold by C W Camp.
Apple and fruit shipments in the Yakima valley from June 1 1908 to April 30 1909 totaled 1602 refrigerator cars under Northern Pacific service. R P Ober, the superintendent, released the figures to the Herald. East bounds dominated apple traffic while North Yakima and Toppenish led shipping centers.
Strawberries, locally grown, sold in the North Yakima market with ready patronage. Parker growers delivered three crates from Grace Wees, D. B. Siegrist, O. A. Taylor, and W. H. Massey, marking a strong start this year alongside West Nob Hill fruit from F. J. Mahre. Parker will ship enough berries this week to meet local demand.
Olympia telegraphs accuse mismanagement while L O Janeck state fair commissioner and treasurer invites inquiry. He notes commissioners personally owe about 2100 to banks and that debt has reached 4000, with interest charged to the state. he rebuts protests from Olympia and calls for prompt action on fair finances.
Mrs. A. L. Alley of Beals Maine praises Dr King s New Discovery after using ten bottles with her family noting it cures coughs colds and lung trouble quickly. The ad claims relief for bronchitis asthma memorrhage croup la grippe sore throat and chest pain with a trial bottle offered free and a guarantee by C C Case druggist.
An advertisement claims Williams Indian Pile Ointment cures blind bleeding and itching piles. It asserts instant relief, poultice action, and tumor absorption. Sold by druggists and mail order 566 and 1.00. Williams Mfg Co Cleveland Ohio. for sale by Fred L Janeck Co.
The speaker describes roses and vines in a trellised wall scene with sunlit blossoms and perfumed air. A single golden head, a beloved maid, stands brighter than garlands, prompting the speaker to hurry and press aside blooms to greet her.
Dr Granville Lowther editor of The Washington Fruit Grower warns peach growers to avoid rushing to cut trees after last winter’s severe freeze. On six 20 year old trunks dug up at T B Johnson’s North Yakima ranch, decayed center wood traced to a 14 year old freeze and bluegrass seeding suppressed growth. The rings show uneven annual growth, with bluegrass cited as the cause of reduced vigor for future crops.
The article notes that records on cold impact are unreliable and memory varies from 20 to 80 degrees below zero. Experts mark 18 degrees as a danger point but a tree damaged by cold can still revive, regrow sap, and bear fruit years later through its root system.
Daniel Mann a Spokane farm laborer released four of his sons after sending a 1200 money order to Genoa Italy to repay funds borrowed to bring his wife and four daughters to Spokane. Mann recounts brutal immigrant ordeal from Kuraka Russia to Germany Brazil and Genoa with coercion and threats. Prominent Spokane residents seek settlement via steamship agency Bremen or sue for damages.
The ad claims Foley's Kidney Remedy has healed many weak nervous women after other female remedies failed. It says the product stimulates kidneys and bladder to purge impurities from the blood, relieving nervous exhaustion. A Bowling Green Kentucky woman reports relief after one bottle and full recovery after a second. North Yakima Drug Co. and A. D. Sloan promote the product.
W Case sues in superior court to recover 185 dollars claimed as losses from draw poker at a Yakima avenue and Front street gambling resort run by St David Corrall and Joe Doe. Case states he played December 1908 to February 1909 as a guest and that the defendants engaged in the game of draw poker, asking the court to declare the amount due.
Northern Pacific General Manager H. C. Nutt visited Portland merchants and outlined plans for a new North Yakima railroad station to be built by contract. He said plans from St Paul had arrived recently and he would consult the division engineer on minor changes within the next 30 days.
The discussion favors relim forced concrete for a construction class, with engineers optimistic it can prove profitable. Brick remains possible but concrete promises permanence. The project will be bid by contractors including North Yakima bidders, and decisions should come within days to start construction.
James Wright of Spurlec Kentucky demonstrates staying youthful at 120 and living to 152, claiming Electric Bitters keep him energetic. He says the tonic makes him feel like a 16 year old after six bottles, touting it as a cure for the weak and run-down. Available for 50 cents at Case’s drug store.
A backyard farm amid city life yields peace and plenty as the narrator boasts a rich smallholding with crops and a jungle ready to defend. At 5 P M the office door closes and he tends to weeds and cutworms, finding calm in labor over wealth. Chicago News Herald Want ads.
An OCR damaged ad promotes Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets as a busy person’s medicine for constipation indigestion and kidney troubles. It lists misspelled ingredients and a price of eight cents per box, with garbled publisher details and location.
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