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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
4
A nostalgic excerpt from the Enquirer recalls a mother on her wedding day. The narrator describes her beauty and the husband’s proud gaze, contrasting sorrowful distance with a vivid, affectionate memory of youth and affection.
In a breezy village market Angela, praised as the best of the lot, sells pink roses and corn to strangers including a dashing man, Geoffrey Lawler. Years later Tom Thurlow returns from service with Captain Lawler, revealing Angela and Geoffrey’s connection sparks a budding romance as fate seems to unite them.
The article explains toning ferro-prussiate prints to brown using caustic soda and tannic acid, outlines a 10 percent citric acid and red potassium prussiate mix, and provides steps for developing and fixing negatives with old hydroquinone. It warns amateurs about expansive views, promoting small, detailed scene selection and suggests photographing reflections on calm waters with careful exposure and controlled development. It also offers tips for improving weak negatives through redevelopment.
Prominent New York clubwoman Mrs. Dimles T. Denison elected president at the General Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Los Angeles California. She is a public speaker linguist musician and poet with leadership roles in Sorosis Patrice Club and New York State Federation of Women's Clubs. The excerpt also includes a proverb about patience with a son and a remark on self-made class.
The article discusses zebra mule trials with both failures and limited successes. It notes attempts involve crossbreeding zebras with horses or mules, but results vary and some offspring lack value. The text emphasizes size and coat patterns, outlining challenges in maintaining desirable traits.
A collage of jokes and quips from a 19th or early 20th century humor page. It includes a peddler selling insect powder, a witty exchange about love and looks, and brief cartoons from Punch and Chicago papers. Names and places appear in brief captions, with a light, punning tone throughout.
An old State Journal item describes a stern father taking Johnny to the barn for punishment. The exchange centers on the pain of the whacks and the father's stubborn stance. A humorous aside features a landlady offering milk versus water to a star boarder.
A collage of brief jokes and quips from late 19th century papers. Skits poke at high craft jobs, social pretensions, and urban life. Bits include a ship of fools tale about an importer testing a job applicant, a trolley town joke, and a wry note on aging workers in industry.
A humorous exchange on literary habits and social manners. A merchant praises a typewriter girl who avoids Duchess novels in the office. A child mentions ending the winister’s meddling by telling Miss Juddon that block is finished. Dialogues touch on money, church visits, and prize prompts from publishers.
An inventor, Yhomea J Moriarity, develops a cigar shaped bronze torpedo boat housing a Whitehead torpedo. Operated from inside or outside, the cabin provides air, shelter, and propulsion via compressed air, enabling a single operator to launch the weapon at a distant target.
Chicago inventor Joseph Husak unveils plans for a 100 foot long iron elephant and a 50 foot whale. The elephant, four stories high, will house showrooms cafe theater and a roof garden with elevators in its legs and a trunk capable of lifting cars. Electric power drives its features including searchlight eyes and a fire-escape tail. The whale will swim in a circular tank and be operated by electricity.
A Sanbornton ancestress, alone with a baby and another child, faced a five mile trek over a dangerous bull her road to secure a reed and harness for weaving. She refused to waste time and undertook the perilous journey to keep her work going.
A Treasury Department official laments few male stenographers, praising women typists but noting confidential work requires male judgment. He cites Secretary Cortelyou as evidence of upward moves via typing, while a boarding school boy humorously explains letter delays, and the world is said to be improving with more sudden deaths and untold kin problems.
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