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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1909
Page
3
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A long, garbled Eugene society page reports on multiple clubs, meetings, and celebrations. Mrs. Charlie Flaher hosts the Sunshine Club at Pear Street, with bediwork and an Easter favor. The Birthday Club visits the Smeede grill, and various afternoon groups meet on Wil lamette Street for needlework and conversation. Horace Burnett and Miss Josephine Jensen marry at a West Seventh Street home. Burnett, a Eugene native and veteran, to be at home on College Hill after a Southern Oregon honeymoon.
Florence Fairbanks reports from New York on Easter week fashion signals. Designers favor white gowns in satin charmeuse and white serge, with subtle changes to Directoire silhouettes. Lingerie gowns gain importance, rabot neckwear returns, and corded fabrics from Bedford and Liberty dominate, while tassels and passementerie embellish evening wraps.
This column offers varied domestic advice from preserving white fabrics and jewelry to polishing ivory handles and cleaning cut glass. It covers starch blends with turpentine, pressing velvet, hair removal with pumice, dusting plant leaves, ammonia solutions for wool fabrics, and making burnt almonds as a candy-like treat.
A Springfield merchant recalls doctors declaring his son hopeless with consumption. After three weeks on Dr King’s New Discovery the boy recovered fully. The ad touts the cough and cold remedy as safe and strongest treatment for lung diseases with 60c and $1 prices and a free trial bottle.
Misa Maude Rucker traveled to Salem today for a short visit. The trip appears casual with no listed events or formal engagements, indicating a routine travel stop.
The Civic Improvement committee of the Woman's club designates Friday in April for general cleaning up in Cottage Grove. Citizens are urged to donate teams to haul rubbish and volunteers to aid. Residents are asked to remove old fences and sidewalks where new ones have been laid. Also, C C Woodward has awarded a brick building contract on Main and Third Streets to Wes Wallace for about $8,000, with Gleason and Atkinson supplying brick. The Bohemia Mining Camps plan an ore exhibit for the Alaska Pacific Yukon Seattle Fair, with display being prepared for Modern Pharmacy window.
John A Benson the San Francisco multi millionaire faces a district court trial for bribery next Monday arising from alleged land fraud links. He was acquitted less than a year ago of conspiracy in the same land fraud case. The charge alleges bribery of two clerks in the general land office to obtain approvals in Oregon and California school selections.
J. H. Hadley of Springfield and his wife with their 20 month old son Donathan Claire Hadley were visiting the grandfather in Tangent when the child seized a carbolic acid bottle and ingested a deadly amount. The funeral is planned for ten a m Saturday in Albany City Cemetery.
Pressure from work and social demands weakens the nervous system and digestion. Hood's Sarsparilla is recommended to strengthen the body, boost nerve tone, and sustain vitality during strenuous times for both men and women.
Today's Suggestion outlines a pretty six to twelve year old dress with a plain waist and box plait, large sleeves, and a sailor knot at the neck. It favors washable fabrics like colored linens and gingham, with pearl buttons and braid details, emphasizing careful construction for lasting appearance.
The narrative traces Rouletabille tracking Jean Roussel from Philadelphia to Cincinnati and New York, linking Roussel to Ballmeyer through arrests and crimes. It notes Rance’s devotion and unrequited love, Mile Stangerson’s hidden child, and Ballmeyer’s five years earlier voyage with papers from New Orleans. The mystery remains partly unrevealed.
C Yarnell about sixty fainted in front of the Guard office this morning and bruised his nose. His home is at Hyland.
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