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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1902
Page
10
An old Baltimore American verse fragment contrasts male poets with evolving attitudes toward women. It notes that despite time and fame the speaker observes women appearing the same, while youth and mood shift. The tone resembles a lament over gender perceptions.
Milly Ranscome comes back to Groton with Harry Lawrence, a dashing young man in new clothes, drawing scorn from villagers. Milly, torn between affection and social pressure, faces gossip as a village drunkard’s outburst disrupts the quiet night scene and tests her romance.
The latest shirt-waist fashions show a strong white lead with black and white combinations. Key features include extensive stitching and large front buttons, creating a tailor-made look. One notable model uses coarse white linen with four 2 inch box plaits, black edge stitching, white pearl buttons, and a belt of black velvet ribbon.
In a dramatic village confrontation Harry Lawrence defends Milly during an assault as a bully is restrained. A later carriage ride leads Milly to confess her longing for Harry, and a diamond appears on her third finger signaling a fiancée pledge to the city swell.
Professor Edward J. Thorndyke of Columbia University explains learning as selection. A chick in a cage tries many acts until pecking a spot opens the door, after repeated confinement it reduces useless actions and pecks sooner, learning to escape reliably.
The Isthmian Canal Commission designed the Nicaragua locks to handle ships up to 740 feet long and 74 feet wide with a navigable depth of 35 feet. The plan accounts for present largest vessels like the Oceanic and anticipates future growth while controlling costs. A note on Servia describes dolls in cottage windows signaling a marriageable daughter.
An English hunter stalking an African elephant finds the creature faster on hills than expected. The elephant charges, but the hunter lures it into a cliffward retreat. The beast can descend steep slopes by sliding, and the hunter narrowly escapes as the elephant thunders after, ending the chase exhausted and returning to the woods.
The Minneapolis Journal surveys authors and books including Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Calmdy with emphasis on middle syllable, and The Gai fly by Voynich. It notes Alice Colwell Hogan born in Louisville and Marie Van Vorst as a prominent short story writer, plus opinions of Conan Doyle H G Wells and references to Ruskin Dickens Macaulay Tennyson Emerson.
A survey of unusual names from English parish records and historic name practices. It cites acts such as Acts of the Apostles and other bold labels, then shifts to a discussion of Siberian driftwood carried by ocean currents to the American and Greenland coasts, detailing logs found on beaches and their transformation over time.
An extraordinary young woman, English at heart, captivates New York society by riding astride fencing dancing singing and playing. At Paderewski recital hosted by William C Whitney she performs a fight and sword dance with walking sticks on the floor. Noted in London for farming baby boa constrictors as pets and kindergarten patronage.
The article reports experiments from 1806 testing young chicks learning to perform tasks for food and ease. Chicks learned to escape by pecking a door spot, jumping to a platform, or pulling a string with their necks, demonstrating early problem solving and adaptability.
A Baltimore engraver etched the alphabet onto the head of a common pin in about an hour and a half, showcasing fine skill and speed in a miniature craft.
European artist warns that Americans are expanding into every mercantile field including art and old masters, while reports note Greece orders 720,000 gallons of Russian petroleum in New York amid trade tensions.
A small grass seed germinated in a patient’s eye and was quickly removed by a Japanese clinician. The report comments that higher expected credit yields smaller gains.
A boyhood tale from John William Kaye's Essays of an Optimist recounts two ushers in a private school. The first, mocked as stingy, hid an impoverished family. After a cruel misjudgment, a community fund supported the man, who later vanished into madness, teaching a costly lesson on mercy and restraint.
The Japan current or kuro siwo is described as highly interesting for oceanographers for its potential role in peopling America. It is portrayed as a prime natural mechanism that could carry a boat set adrift on the Asiatic coast across the Pacific to Alaska, if storms are survived.
A collage of anecdotes on letters of introduction and misread social signals. Includes a caricaturist anecdote about a consul, a cracker-barrel tale of a ten-foot pike and a fifteen-foot basswood log, Mrs Norton discovering Major Peverill's first name, Maui Garlinghorn in a play, and quips about courtship, justice, and fame.
A collage of quips and anecdotes from early 20th century papers features teasing dialogue about wealth age and society. Readers encounter snippets from Philadelphia London Chicago and New York humor columns with brief exchanges, punchlines, and social jabs.
In Harlem Life, a wife tests her husband cut with a joke about blue chips costing a dollar each. She reveals a box bought for 75 cents from a bargain counter. The piece then shifts to Venice and its German school where Italian children outnumber German, noting some classics are too heated.
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