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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1902
Page
6
Roy Morrison son of A W Morrison was thrown from a coal wagon when a wheel dropped into a chuck hole. He lay unconscious until the next morning and was found by a neighbor. Doctors report serious spinal and head injuries but expect eventual recovery.
Hops harvest near, prices around 2 to 22 cents a pound, roughly double opening season levels. Washington expects 34 000 to 35 000 bales this year versus 30 000 to 31 000 last year, with strong grower profits if yields hold. Past volatility caused yard closures, yet ten year averages of 10 to 12 cents yield steady profits for efficient growers. West Coast Trade reports the market could reach near 100 000 bales if prices stabilized.
The Washington State fair opens September 30 with a strong card of two $1000 stake races and a total purse of 5725. Entries for the Merchants stake and Hotel stake are listed with riders, drivers, and horses from Spokane Park City Ellensburg Seattle and other locations. The program also promises Indian and squaw races drawing large crowds while rumors circulate about sheriff nominee missteps in the fourth ballot.
An advertisement-style meditation on malnutrition as a fettered swimmer, arguing stomach disease drains blood and health. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as cures, cites a testimonial from E. J. Ransell of Virginia, and offers a free Common Sense Medical Adviser with 21 postage stamps.
Alleged error in Bedrock precinct tally favored Dilley by two votes. Three scorers misread the Bedrock two votes for Wiley, leaving Dilley at 61 instead of the 63 needed. The official scorer later credited Bedrock to Dilley, prompting remarks about a last ballot Wiley vote.
A man from Leesville Indiana endures asthma pain to fetch Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and lung troubles. The ad praises cures for coughs colds and pneumonia and offers trial bottles free at Yakima Drug Stores. Also includes rail freight and passenger services across many U S cities from Portland Oregon with a commercial agent contact.
The week ending August 25 1902 brought moderate temperatures with cloudiness but no rain. Harvesting progressed for wheat barley and oats with winter wheat nearly finished and spring wheat and oats to finish in a week or ten days. Wheat yields are fair to good, oats in Skagit below average with blight and smut, potatoes and root crops needing rain, hops strong, alfalfa third cut in Yakima, and fruit markets active with peaches pears plums and a improving apple crop. New York Herald cereals estimates show vast crops and potential farm profits, signaling strong commercial prospects for next year.
An ad-like clipping quotes C W Landis of Chanute Kansas claiming Ballard's Snow Liniment cured his neuralgia after a single bottle. The message touts low prices 25c 50c and 1.00 at Fred L Janeck's while a humorous aside mocks aging with a garbled blessing about reaching a great age and an octogeranium joke.
Advert shows DeWitts Little Early Risers as a gentle liver cleanser curing biliousness and torpid liver while preventing fever. Yellow Drug Store promotes the remedy amid a domestic scene with a comic line about hush money and conscience money.
A crowded boarding house scene features a mother praising White's Cream Vermifuge to stop her children's hunger cries caused by intestinal worms. A humorous aside follows about a gentleman's remark on contentment after a lunch of calves' brains, shared at the table.
M. S. Meeks, Agent announces daily sale of round trip fares to Hot Springs at $4 and Westport at $8.20, with July 1 start and September 30 limit. Also Long Beach via South Bend at $10.20 and Yellowstone Park at $75.40 covering rail and stage transport plus five and a half days at Park Hotels, valid daily with 30 days going and 40 days total, stopovers allowed.
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