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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1902
Page
9
Col W F Prosser visits the city for a few days while Rineharts advertises dressmaking and millinery. The piece mixes arrivals, visits, shop notices, and Fair Week chatter with references to families, churches, and local businesses across Yakima and Sunnyside, including Mrs. Whitson’s niece, civic events, and commercial ads.
A boy on the school house steps shows off a fine pair of Dudley Shoe Co. school shoes that attracted peers and pleased parents. The sturdy material wears well and offers good value, with girls and boys urged to choose reliable footwear from the catalog in school shoes for boys and girls.
Dr J Blanchard of Minneapolis Times I passes through and notes rapid growth in the Yakima valley. Jos Lannin of Sunnyside explains the Seattle bureau's irrigation literature distribution, praising local cooperation and forecasting better prep for next year. A Sunnyside observer stresses careful fruit display judging at the fair.
In Valley View Kentucky J J Cox recalls severe kidney trouble that left him bedridden with extremely swollen feet. He credits Foley’s Kidney Cure with restoring his health. The account appears alongside local drugstore details and a separate quote about a personal dispute.
An advertiser touts ice cream and water ices made from pure country cream and high grade fruit flavors. The firm promises rapid delivery and quality assured by skilled hands, appealing to both broad audiences and individual customers.
A roundup of scientific trivia covers the 1859 record aurora, cancer digestive prevalence in Germany, seven Taku river calmon species with arrival dates, Gatling’s gasoline plow, Bengal hailstorms, a German pamphlet on steering airships by eagles, early U.S. button production by material type, Tr Javal on blindness and a proposed sixth sense tied to obstacles located in the forehead.
A Washington Post account recalls Senator Plumb of Kansas spending nearly two years to secure water coolers in the Capitol corridors. He fought to ensure a drink for strangers, pushing an amendment to an appropriation bill that placed the coolers during a recess. The water circulates through pipes around the basement storeroom.
An old newspaper advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back guarantee signed by E W Grove. Also notes grain and strong potato sacks sold at the North Yakima Milling Co brick warehouse west of the depot with lowest price.
Mrs Ramond Conner of Shelton Washington states she suffered kidney trouble for years and doctors offered no relief. After using Foley's Kidney Cure the first dose brought relief and she feels cured. North Yakima Drug Store advertises through A D Sloan proprietor.
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