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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1906
Page
2
Friday issue reports a Chicago woman's will reveal an idol worship motive and an Indian idol. A New York man posing as a physician offered a dubious remedy to bring a stork to childless homes and charged a dollar. About twenty women allege the prescription failed and sue for false pretenses.
Oregon University link to Hull Raw water stirs suspicions of Portland bias, Eugene trade may shift to San Francisco. New York Life Funds reported at 292500 used for campaigns. Carnegie grants aid aged professors at Pacific University Forest Grove drops church trustees rule. Judge Frazer cites home care gaps for juvenile delinquents. liquor cures deemed fake. NY bank clearings drop 2.2 percent, national markets mixed. Reichstag naval expansion seen as presaging inevitable clash and bloodshed.
The wife of the government weather bureau asserts that within a year it will be possible to forecast the weather for the next month with reasonable certainty. She notes many common tools now used, and evokes Shakespeare to suggest there are more things in heaven and earth than dreamt of in philosophy.
In the United States court at Boise a verdict was returned in a damages suit over the death of a railroad laborer killed on a bandeur while returning from work by a locomotive without a headlight. The decision reflects an unusual finding in a case involving railway safety and negligence.
In Dayton Ohio on Wednesday two workmen fell seventeen feet from a church steeple to the ground. The men faced fatal injuries after their brief moment of fear and attempted escape, with the incident described as merciful in their sudden deaths.
In a St Louis circuit court yesterday Mrs Florence Knecht admitted she was Florence Osborne owner of a renowned disreputable house and had been arrested several times leading to the dismissal of her cruelty based divorce suit.
From the Oregon State Journal a letter by J A Bingham Republican candidate for State Senator from Lane County argues that only one Republican can win the June primary and that a Democrat must win the U S Senate vote if the ticket lacks multiple Democrats. He notes four Lane County candidates for Representatives signed Statement Not and that his letter arrived too late for full publication.
The Fast Eugene Improvement and Development Club met to discuss the new electric road franchise. A committee was chosen to draft resolutions, to be presented next Tuesday, and later sent to Eugene city council to share voter views. Professor W. H. Dempster and M. Svarverad were named. Next Friday the club will dedicate its new hall with a supper and program, also benefiting Rev. C A Wooley.
A long list of real estate transfers, mining locations, licenses, marriages, and court notices across Cottage Grove and Springfield areas. Transfers involve many individuals and parcels, including lots in Mulkey cemetery, Springfield ad expansions, and several 80 acre to 160 acre tracts. Also recorded are mining claims Never Sweat No 3 and No 4 in Blue River district, hunting licenses for local residents, and a court action over a Coburg mill race drainage dispute.
G A Johns, a 48 year old native American from Willamette Valley, Baker City resident since youth, a Willamette University AB graduate of 1878, admitted to bar in 1881, has long public service record. He served Baker City as mayor, school director, and enjoys cross party support from business interests, with Eastern Oregon backing and strong home endorsement.
The final eighth cradle examinations for public schools will be held May 17 and 18, and June 14 and 15, 1906. Teachers with ready pupils should notify the chairman of the school board and the examiner of the number of questions and the proctor. Specialties to garden seed include asparagus, sweet corn, beans, peas, rhubarb, and vegetable oysters from Chambers' Hardware.
Arbor Day on April 4 is observed statewide by public schools under Superintendent J. H. Ackerman. Eugene schools plan exercises to urge planting and protecting trees and shrubs with a model program including readings recitations songs and addresses.
The high school lit society staged a mock senate last evening showing a grim portrait of state politics. Republicans elect Roy Applegate U.S. senator as the mock session ends at midnight amid jabs at party bosses and endorsements of the Democratic boss.
The News reports on a March 1906 birth of a boy. Druggist Hull of Eugene plans a Springfield branch store, leasing the Kepner and Turner building. Will Hodes of Eugene Steam Laundry awarded a contract for a new building on the block between Peerys drug store and the City meat market. J R Cherem is the successful bidder starting work on a 24.60 foot building.
The Rev J C Warren of Sharon Baptist Belair Ga extols Electric Bitters as have cured his lame back stiff joints and general weakness. He claims two bottles let him walk three miles in 50 minutes and feel strong enough to walk more, calling it the greatest remedy for stomach liver and kidney issues sold by W L DeLano with a guarantee.
An old remedy advertises Dr Kings New Life Pills as a safe cure for constipation and stomach troubles. The note warns of preventing appendix problems by regular use and mentions W L Dees druggist selling them for five cents.
Report notes arrivals at Springfield and Wendling camps as Booth-Kelly pushes wage raises. Ten men reach the land scene to work, while inaudible slogans hint at unrest and efforts to feed profits and poultry.
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