Personal notices from the Daily Guard in Eugene
A string of arrivals and departures with residents and visitors moving through Eugene including Fred Withrow in Harrisburg Bert Meserve from Portland Y D Hensill home from San Francisco and many others visiting or traveling to Portland Seattle San Francisco and Hoquiam from Eugene during the week Read of shuttling locals and officials and business trips involving relatives and merchants across the region.
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Daily Guard
Fred Withrow
Harrisburg
Bert Meserve
Portland
Note and Comment Home From He Old Country
Cottage Grove notes reflect a contentious exchange over press fairness and politics amid local business. Miner brothers Godfrey and John Gruber return from Switzerland after seven months, reuniting with family and planning further mining work, to a warm reception.
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Cottage Grove
John Gruber
Bohemia
Switzerland
Godfrey
Vesuvius
F. J. Hard
Oregon Mining Exchange
Albert Ziniker
Stocks
Harlow
Old Country
The Eternal Feminine by Max O'Rell
A vintage essay contrasts gender roles and love with humor, noting that beauty does not guarantee virtue and that modern society swaps swords for checks. It discusses marriage patterns, male vanity, and the shifting balance of affection and power between men and women.
Peculiar South African Affliction Causes Alarm
The sleeping sickness has emerged in Uganda Africa after the Hoer war. The disease mimics meningitis and inflames the brain causing coma and death within one month to six weeks. It is highly contagious and practically fatal, prompting medical scientists to study its germ and halt its spread into British East Africa.
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Great Britain
Uganda
Africa
British East Africa
Ministers clash over Spiritualist linking of Heecher
Dr Haldeman of New York City dismisses Rev Dr Funk and Henry Ward Heecher as a spurious spiritualist vision. He condemns any Christian man who claims to have seen or spoken with another minister via Spiritualist means as lying. The exchange highlights tension within clerical circles about alleged posthumous communications from pulpit orators now deceased.
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Haldeman
New York City
Funk
Henry Ward Heecher
Peace Nearly One-Half Of Three Quarters Billion Dollars
A historical note reports that nearly one half of the three quarters of a billion dollars was appropriated at the last session of Congress. The item reflects fiscal action and congressional allocation during that period, highlighting substantial federal spending decisions.
Corbett Will Delays Heirs to Forty in Inheritance
The late Henry W. Corbett left a multi million estate to three grandsons who are underage. They may not access the fortune until the youngest reaches forty, about twenty seven years hence, with only minor allowances in the meantime. The will provokes debate over whether such restrictions undermine independence.
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Henry W. Corbett
Lee
Hetter
Flood defense remark on mound storage for plantations
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes that good mounds above overflow would keep barns cribs and dwellings safe during Mississippi floods. It recalls how mound builders placed safe sites, suggesting such locations remain serviceable today for protection against high water.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal
Young helper injured by steam hammer at Oregon Short Line
At Pocatello Idaho a young man starting work as a helper in the Oregon Short Line blacksmith shop suffered a severe hand injury when a heavy steam hammer crushed his hand about forty minutes after he began work.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Oregon Short Line
Prominent New York Presenter Claims Conversation with the Dead
Rev Ir Jense K Punk states he looked into the face of Memory Ward Beecher in recent nights and spoke with him. He asserts such experiences prove why men are sent to insane asylums for maintaining dialogue with the deceased.
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Jense K. Punk
New York
Menory Ward Beecher
Whaling town heiress to wed thrifty mill owner
The wharf of Yarmouth reports a marriage between Mixes Thaw, a millionaire heiress, and a financially broke local man. The arrangement promises the heiress a large fortune while the groom receives the tithe.
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Yarmouth
Mixes Thaw
Real estate transfers flood Lane County records
A compiled notice lists multiple real estate transfers and land deals in Lane County. Transactions include parcels in Tecumseh and Georgetown, exchanges of land for others, and timber-on-land arrangements among families and firms such as Long & Bingham Lumber Company and Siuslaw Lumber Company. Names include Matthew Flaherty Alfred A King Jennie G King and Florence N Murphey. Several parcels carry prices up to 35000 with acreages ranging from fractions to several dozen acres.
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Lane County
Matthew Flaherty
Jennie G. King
Alfred A. King
W. Long
Long & Bingham Lumber Company
W. FE
Florence N. Murphey
Oregon & Southeastern Railroad
Long & Mingham Lumber Company
Georgetown
Elizabeth N. Thompson
Charles H. Pickett
Starris
Eugene
J. C
Clara M. Godale
Victor
Lola M. Dobbins
Coburg
C. E.G. Delaney
Skinner
Delaney
D.C. Eaton
Lee W. Clark
Lota
Washburne & Millorn
Junction City
W. Wo
Ida L. Sharp
Rhodes
Scotts
Spencer Butte Lodge
W. H. Gossler
O. F
Wade H
Mary Justin
Geo. K. Wentworth
James
Eugene Hoffman
Jacob
Louisa M. Keller
Dow
U.S
Amasa IF
Alfred 8
A. King
Edson S. Krower
Elizabeth Nelly
Sinslaw Lumber Company
Edward H
Isabelle M. Anderson
Siuslaw Lumber Company
Crow Town Notes and Local Happenings
The infant daughter of Jim Holland suffers from fever with Dr Canady called. Emma Hartwig aids the family during illness. Clark Sturtevant found a goose nest last week in the goose peo. Union Sunday School formed with Louis Pitney as Superintendent. Albert Stutevant contemplates leaving town while Jim Sturtevant returned from mountain timber claim work.
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Crow
Jim Holland
Dr. Canady
Louis Pitney
Albert Stutevant
Jim Sturtevant
Dorris of Lewiston Responds To Eugene Guard Letter
A Lewiston Idaho hardware business manager and former Eugene boy, EK P Dorris, writes from Lewiston to Eugene’s Guard. He encloses a check toward a statement, recalls leaving Eugene in 1882, and asks to keep the Guard coming, noting he remains on the mailing list.
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FE. PL Dorrie
Lewiston
Idaho
Eugene
K. F. Dorris
Oregon
EK P. Dorris
Democratic Delegates Named From Lane County Precincts
Partial list shows delegates selected from Saginaw Cottage Grove and South Eugene areas for county convention in Eugene. Notable names include Frank Jackson E P Redford J P Sherridan Geo Sears James Sears James Osmitt L F Wooley J S Medley Doe Patterson Thos Medley J C Wallace J W Baker S Buchanan W H Miller Geo Thompson H Taylor J Markley J P Carrin H Veateh J Campbell John Hampton J D Mallock BR McKinney Thos Brown.
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H. HL. Veateh
J. Kh. Campbell
John Hampton
J. D. Mallock
B&b. BK
Corbett Will Admitted to Probate in Multnomah County
The will of Henry W. Corbett was admitted to probate by County Judge Lionel R. Webster on Saturday. Dated December 17, 1808, the petition states the property is worth over 810,000 with a probable estate value around 5,500,000. Charitable bequests total 20,000, benefiting the Portland Art Association.
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Henry W. Corbett
Lionel R. Webster
Multnomah County
Aaste
Portland Art Association
Hermann Drives Bid for First Ballot Victory
The Roseburg Plain Dealer reports Hermann has 78 pledged votes with 17 total, needing ten more for election. He is the second choice of four delegates, sustaining expectations of nomination amid shifting anti Hermann sentiment.
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Roseburg Plain Dealer
Annti- Hermann
Hermann
Itenys
Hoermann
Obituary: Mrs Eliza Bell of Myrtle Creek Dies
Mrs Eliza Bell mother of Rev J R Bell of Baker City died at her daughter Emmifervey home in Myrtle Creek Oregon. Born in Virginia in February 1912 she was over 80 years old and had lived in Oregon for about a year.
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Roseburg, Or
Elizabeth
Hell
J. ER. N. Bell
Baker City
Emme Flervey
Myrtle Creek
Wight
Bell
Virginia
Oregon
Mohair Pool Sells at New Valley High Price
C H Walker for the Patrons of Husbandry Association sold Mohair fleeces to Robson 4 Bussard from a Sodaville pool. Price 2 1/2 cents per pound with 100 to 1000 pounds in the pool. This is the highest price paid in the valley and a favorable outcome for owners. Albany Democrat, April 1.
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C.H. Walker
Hosbandry Association
Robson 4
Bussard
Sodaville
Ata
Albany Democrat
Notable Local Appointments and Travels Across Oregon
Sam Goldsmith remains in the city while W. W. Cressman visits Junction City. Mrs. Frank Blair travels to Portland today, with J. H. McClung going there yesterday on business. C. B. Clement from Portland is in Eugene. G. L. Harwood orders his Guard relocated to Janetson City from Lexington, Oregon. Horace Fenton visits from Portland, while I. E. Lounsbury, assistant superintendent of O R lines, is in Eugene. William Jennings of the Willamette Valley Land Company leaves for Portland. G. Y. Harry, state AFL president, arrives from the south. Romeo Gilbert helps coordinate Lane county’s exhibit in Portland. A. P. Goodman arrives from Independence to aid his ill father J. H. Goodman. Prof. J. M. Glen directs Salem ora torio rehearsal. Paul Green resumes navy duties at Vallejo after furlough. County Clerk E. A. Lee travels to Albany for his grandfather’s funeral. J. A. Finch goes to Eugene for the Kelly congressional convention. State Superintendent J. H. Ackerman speaks in Salem and at the University about high schools. Hermann Christenson leaves Hall & Sons Grocery for Nebraska. David Cherry returns from a visit to Salem and Southern California with his dog Harry. Mrs J. K. Robertson, nee Winnie Smith, returns home to Oregon after illness fears.
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Horace Burnett
A. d. Johnson
Dr. Lowe
Optician
Eugene
Ingham
Oregon
F. M. Wilkins
Gladys
Portland
Agnes Harlow
Tike, Wash
Leila Russell
Seattle
Heattice Howell
San Francisco
Ruth
Marion Hornaday
Sam Goldsmith
W. W. Cressman
Junction City
Frank Blair
J. HH. McClung
C. B. Clement
G. L. Harwood
Lexington, Or
Janetson City
Salem Journal
Horace Fenton
L. E. Lounsbury
8. P. Lines
Wm. Jennings
Willamette Valley Land Company
G. Y. Harry
American Federation of Labor
South
Romeo Gilbert
Lane County
Union Depot
A. P. Goodman
Independence
J. H. Goodman
J. M. Glen
Salem
Paul Green
Navy
Vallejo
Cal
E. A. Lee
Albany
Kiges
J. A. Finch
P. R. Kelly
J. H. Ackerman
Hermann Christenson
Hall & Sons’ Grocery
Nebraska
Neatir
David Cherry
Selon
California
Harry
J. K. Robertson
Winnie Smith
EC Smith
Visitors Arrival and Local Health Notes in Crow
April 2 Crow reports Louis Kraal of Zeist Holland visiting his brother A J Kraal in town. Burdette Hadley survived a horse accident near Eugene with severe arm injuries and tooth pain. Mrs Corrie Hadley and T J McCulloch’s daughter show improvement after illness. Local schools report reduced attendance due to a flu-like sickness among pupils.
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Crow
Louis Kraal
Zeist
Holland
A. J. Kraal
United States
Eugene
Burdette Hadley
Burdette
Corrie Hadley
T. J. McCulloch
West Eighth Street business completes glass front work
W Saunders finishes glazing the front of his commission house and store on West Eighth Street. Albany forms a Ladies Lewis and Clark Fair Club to boost the fair enterprise. An excellent idea.
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W. Saunders
West Eighth Street
Albany
Partnership Change at the Guard and Call for Subscriptions
Campsate Bros of Eugene announce the sale of L. Campbell's interest in the Guard and urge subscribers with outstanding balances to settle promptly to cover nearly five thousand dollars of obligations. The notice, dated March 18, 1903, requests prompt attention from readers to secure the paper's financial footing.
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Guard
L. Campbell
Pretty Guard
Campsate Bros
Eugene
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