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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1908
Page
4
The Yakima Herald lists advertising rates on request and subscription options for one year six months and three months. Publication is weekly on Wednesdays under manager Geo N Tuesley with mail handling at North Yakima Washington.
A Yakima editorial urges residents to attend good roads meetings to push road improvements and macadamize Northwest highways. It argues better roads save time and money and urges advertising Yakima apples to hold and grow markets, citing Wenatchee and Hood River competition and prices.
A series of society events unfolds across Yakima with Mr. and Mrs. Donald hosting a first in their new North Second Street home for 18 guests over an eight course dinner. Fortnightly and Isabella Aid groups meet for needlework and social hours at 108 North Seventh Street and North Fourth Street, with plans to host future gatherings. Royal Neighbors of America hold a large I.O.O.F hall bazaar drawing crowds, cooking for about 1000 and a quilt bid reaching 3400. Iris Oresta Lavigne and George William Ingalsbe plan a Fairview wedding on November 26, while Lavigne hosts a third anniversary party with art-collection games and prizes. Arvilla Burge weds Alonzo Lee Long in Naches valley as relatives gather for roses and ferns reception.
Market conditions show dull and quiet apple trading with no price quotes and storage expectations headed into spring. Poultry shows brisk demand near Thanksgiving while hay and potatoes stay steady but likely to change soon. few winter pears are available.
November 17 price list shows various apples and pears with sizes, grades, and box pricing. Items include Missouri Pippins, Northern Spy, Red Cheek, Arkansas Blacks, Baldwin, Gano, Hubbardston, Jonathan, King, Spitzenbergs and more with prices ranging from 60 cents to about $1.25 per box, reflecting grade and weight differences.
The piece extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a lasting favorite after more than two decades of popularity. It also touts other Pierce products like Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets, stressing honesty of ingredients and lack of alcohol, with claims of superior toning and liver support and warnings against substitutes.
Governor Albert E. Mead issues a Thanksgiving proclamation designating Thursday November 26 1908 as a statewide Thanksgiving Day observance. He notes Washington’s progress and prosperity and urges universal thanks and fitting observance across the state.
Mrs. Harvey L. Minor reports severe weakness last January improved after five bottles of Vinci cod liver and iron. She says stomach trouble disappeared and she now eats sleep better and feels healthier. Druggist Fred L. Janeck guarantees a money back offer if Vinci fails.
United States local inspectors in Seattle on November 17 concluded no one was to blame for the collision involving the steamer Cottage City and schooners Blackely and Bainbridge. They found the steamer’s steering gear failed at a critical moment and caused the accident.
Fifty convicts at Pratt City mines formed a plot to set mine No 3 ablaze and escape. Eight were killed by smoke and fire, one missing, forty others confined in the stockade as guards intervened during the attempted breakout.
Report from the scene says guards placed at exits to prevent escape due to a suspected arson. All free laborers in the mill are accounted for except one man whose fate remains unknown whether he perished or escaped.
Vienna reports that Countess Marie Louise did not elope with Count Anton Si gray as claimed. Instead she ran away with a German aristocrat who worked as her brother's tutor.
An eminent authority urges readers to prepare a home mixture to combat rheumatism and kidney trouble as “weather” effects begin. The recipe calls for half an ounce dandelion extract, one ounce potassium compound, and three ounces sasparilla syrup, shaken and taken after meals and at night.
In the Superior Court of Washington Yakima County the administrator of the estate of Laura J Rochel deceased asks creditors and all persons with claims to present them with vouchers within one year after the first publication dated October 21, 1908. Claims must be filed at Lynch and Grady 2058 Mullins Building North Yakima Washington or be barred.
The State of Washington summons Angela Maria Savone to appear within sixty days after October 14 1908 to answer the complaint by Mike Savone for a decree dissolving their marriage on abandonment and desertion for over a year. Attorneys Lynch and Grady, 2058 Mullins Bldg North Yakima, Wash. Dates listed: Oct 14 21 28 Nov 4 11 18 25.
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