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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR reads like a publication notice from Eugene Oregon describing a price or rate, an advance payment, and a Thursday August publication marker. It mentions a postal or legal processing context and class matter designation.
The Guard Printing Co. of Eugene Oregon advertises a one year prepaid offer for August. New or old subscribers paying a year in advance by Aug 1 can choose a free year of either the Twice-a-Week St Louis Republic or the Oregon Agriculturalist. Existing magazine premiums may be swapped with these papers at no extra cost.
The state board of health analysis is cited as saying Eugene’s water is impure and requires prompt action. Officials urge thorough council investigation of the current water system, official testing of supplies, and cooperation with the company to ensure a safe, valuable water source for all uses.
Eugene residents confront conflicting claims about water quality as saloon closures recede. Officials in Portland dispute local health board statements while citizens press city government to verify filtration and source standards or push for a municipal system. The piece then shifts to regional growth notes, recounting Napoleon era travels, San Francisco rebuilding, and rail and electric road developments across Oregon and beyond.
A column excerpt attacks sensationalist editors and claims about post earthquake personal crisis reports. It condemns sure cures ads targeting the poor, a stove that burns air as fuel, and mystic healing, while noting the editor also promotes a high interest stock. It questions who truly harms the vulnerable.
Charles J. Bonaparte secret ary of the navy and Jamestown Exposition host will visit to crown a line of events connecting Napoleon to Jamestown. The name Jamestown recurs in 1907 Hampton Roads celebration near Norfolk to mark three centuries of national growth.
The article reports a mutiny at Sveaborg near Helsinki on Monday night leading to a successful seizure of the fortress by insurgents by Wednesday. It notes Red Guard support across Russia, tension in Kronstadt and Sebastopol, and parallels to the French Revolution as unrest spreads through Poland and the Caucasus.
The report alleges W. E. Corey paid his wife 23 million to obtain divorce so he could wed an actress. The tale recalls Mel Corey’s humble past sewing patches and darning socks for twenty years ago, contrasting with the current spending on the so called lobster millionaire circle.
Opinion argues that mutual fraternal life insurance societies can distinguish themselves from bad firms. If states backed several such companies with strict laws, executive salaries and stockholder dividends would fall and insurance costs drop to a minimum.
The backlog of about 6000 freight cars in the San Francisco and Oakland yards cripples coast industries by limiting transport. The car shortage amplifies the drive for more rail routes in the West, a longstanding Oregon complaint during peak seasons prior to the disaster.
The piece praises the Blue River district as a rich mining camp and notes Linn county plans to secure trade and build a road to the mines within a year. It argues that developing the mining area will boost the surrounding county and city economies and improve business development statewide.
The speaker proclaims extraordinary knowledge and power as a graduate, claiming control over tides and weather, trespassing into political and legal realms, boasting to run the state, smash trusts, tame the sea, and influence legislation and courts. He asserts his intellect surpasses older men and frames himself as the engine of progress.
Jeasie James Jr son of a famous bandit becomes a lawyer in Kansas City. The father robbed in crude ways, while the son with good education plans to pursue genteel and legitimate methods given his father’s fate.
A terse local note critiques political maneuvering around land fraud cases. It quotes Hon. Lark Bilyeu urging a prudent course and hints at democratic shifts as a remedy, while wryly noting that even democracy may not save Charlie Nickell.
The passage urges voters to back Republican candidates Shelby M. Cullom William G. Webster and Richard Yates for U S Senate in Illinois. It notes the election reflects popular choice and the legislature will ratify it, with Cullom identified as the present senator.
A man named Dany Guard C Morae was injured while working Heitzman Hero's threshing machine about five miles northwest of the city this forenoon. His right hand got caught in a chain causing severe lacerations to the first two fingers, flesh stripped but no bones broken. L W Brown attended to the injury.
A plant supervisor explains a worker was dismissed for turning berry boxes upside down and packing too few berries per box. The exchange reveals the employer’s judgment of the worker as lacking intelligence for his tasks and misplacing blame on perceived deficiencies.
A fragment shows a quip about the wicked fleeing and a playful line about purpose and practice. The lines suggest a joking dialogue on motives and foresight, with a medieval style twist embedded in the phrasing.
San Francisco completes its first permanent brick building in the downtown district. Twenty one days ago the site was bare land with brick and twisted pipe. Today a substantial business block stands in the place.
The Salem Journal states H. B. Huntington plans to enter one of America's richest undeveloped electrical fields in the Willamette Valley saying he will not miss the opportunity. The note hints at continued brisk news gathering so long as Russia maintains its current pace.
An 82 year old Dublin resident extols Eletrice Bitters claiming relief from dyspepsia, liver and kidney issues. Adverts praise Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for beauty, with Lion Drug Co. marketing pills. Ben Lyons and Jesse Wallace of Jasper plead not guilty to killing a deer out of season. examination upcoming.
The Lane county court moves to reopen the road into the Hine River district melting into the Lucky Boy mine after mine owners obstructed it. The action reflects the court's appreciation of local mining traffic and the need to restore access for operations and transport.
A verse imagining summer cravings for cooling beverages. The speaker longs for coal to calm heat, then favors waters, beer, soda, lemonade, wine, and finally cold buttermilk from the churn. The poem expesses relief in lactic acid rich milk and contrasts sour drinks with refreshing dairy.
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