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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1902
Page
3
A collage of brief notes from Eugene Oregon discussing Marconi signals at sea, Harper fiscal aims, social quirks, and college women. The piece blends humor with opinions on suffrage, bishops, pasteur, Berthelot, and a Boston College Club art exhibit, highlighting education, gender roles, and public discourse.
The piece recalls Marquis Ito’s rise from poverty aboard a London bound ship to political prominence in Japan. It contrasts his early struggles with later greatness, cites Aristotle and Matthew Arnold on knowledge, praises expanding access to learning, and notes New York society queen Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson as a social emblem of the era.
A petite lady fainted at a dignitary dinner due to poor seating and restricted circulation. The piece notes antique French seating and modern furniture copying showy high seats with spring cushions, urging seats where the knee sits well above the chair.
The Philadelphia Telegraph describes the Bundy clock system used in U S post offices to log each employee's arrival and departure with individual keys. It notes penalties for late or missing rings and for working beyond eight hours, with suspensions and fines for carriers and clerks. It also recounts local anecdotes about Sparrow Jack and the Germantown sparrows.
Survivor M Rouyer recounts the January massacre at Siberaka New Guinea where 32 explorers were killed by cannibals after landing from yacht Salvanti. Victims included Baron Villars Count de Saint Remy and M Hagenbeck Vries. many others wounded, Rouyer captured, later freed by rescuers.
Two elderly residents wandered Germantown Avenue visiting historic sites including the old Ship House. As they rested, they noted myriads of sparrows gathered on a nearby root and discussed how the ship came to be placed there.
Ex Governor Upham told a story about his past bids in Wisconsin. He offered a property at 60000 while seeking pine trees. A fortune teller warned his luck would beat his brains. Days later the option group passed, and Upham sold the land for nearly twice the price.
Mrs Lannigan recalls a visiting priest and a walking delegate making speeches around town. Mr Lannigan dismisses the claim as influenced by overstatement and defends his abstinence stance. Clarkson Southard cites an Arizona law restricting bill wording to actual served items to curb misleading menus.
A French review voters named forty living women to form a feminine immortals academy. Queen Wilhelmina leads with 5212 votes, followed by Mme Adam and other royals, authoresses, artists, actresses, and pianists. Readers fault English and American literature knowledge.
In Rome the Bar Nantes society sponsors winter swimming with diplomas awarded to those who brave the Tiber’s swift cold waters in November through February. At the fourth meeting forty two swimmers earned diplomas as the river swelled nearly fourteen feet due to heavy rains, while high diving and clothes swimming entertain the sporting section.
Ancient Egyptians crafted footwear for pyramids and left a lasting mark on shoemaking. Modern tanners still follow similar methods, using comparable materials and processes. Steam power and machinery accelerated finishing, but tanning principles endure unchanged through the ages.
A poetic scene describes a cellar full of jams jellies apples pumpkins and pickles stored on swinging shelves and firkins. The brown oak cask labeled root stands out as a symbol of a mind storing rich fiends for life’s festal board, as quoted from Good Housekeeping.
Keepers of Washington lodging houses act quickly under a district code provision that imposes a heavy penalty on fraudulently evading payment for beds and boards. The remark about women wearing store teeth adds a satirical finish to the item.
In a storm scarred night Vera learns Dysart has been at sea aiding a distressed ship. The lifeboat saves five sailors while Vera and Dysart confront buried feelings as she admits love and he declares theirs with a kiss.
The passage notes equal day and night in Guayaquil with sun at 6 PM and 6 AM year round, then glimmers of phosphorescence on waves and a blue sunset. It mentions the southern cross, a dark spot called the dee, and sailors observing stars, while a Chicago Echo item references the Mare of Graham and the Duke of Montrose seeking a seafaring certificate.
A garbled passage mentions a ward, attendances, George, Mrs regarding fines or property matters. Names and specifics are unclear, but reference to houses and legal action suggests a local notice about fines or property issues in a ward.
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