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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1901
Page
4
A reflective piece recalls Sunday afternoons in a church parlor. The faded parlor furniture, an old organ, and homely revival hymns evoke boyhood memories as music winds down and night settles, with a tear-dimmed image fading behind, leaving a wistful longing for those days.
In the manufacturing town of Tor want, Sheldon, a rich but self-made merchant, counsels his clerk Harry toward a runaway marriage with Meadows's daughter to outwit a stubborn father. Sheldon plots with a hefty bribe and a month’s leave to enable the elopement, while secretly courting revenge on Meadows. The plan hinges on luck, greed, and a clandestine alliance built on mutual benefit.
William Miller Beardshear elected president of the National Educational Association while serving as president of the Iowa State College of Agriculture at Ames Iowa Where he previously led the Western College of Toledo and Des Moines city schools He was United States Todian Commissioner in 1897-98 and has held the Ames college presidency since 1891 Born in Dayton Ohio he studied at Oberlin and Yale.
A breakfast scene unfolds as Harry and Matty plan to marry with Mr. Sheldon learning of the elopement via a telegram. The note reveals Matty’s insistence on her father’s guidance and a pledged blessing. Mr. Sheldon forgives, promotes Harry to partner, and the couple wed quietly. The tale also references Count Stanislas Castellar and a warnful note on money and marriage.
Senorita Natco Terry, daughter of Francisco Emilio Terry of Cuba New York and Paris, marries Count Stanislas de Castellane, brother of Count Boniface. Niece by marriage of Sybil Sanderson, granddaughter of Tomaso Terry, a Cuban planter who became wealthy. Age 22, educated in Paris, she is reclusive and fluent in French Italian German English and Spanish.
A city resident describes a 15,000 strong ant foray from a hut mud wall to a nearby mound of fresh earth. The ants march in formation, encircle the mound, and send detachments to haul crickets and grasshoppers back to the base. The operation ends as the mound is exhausted and the colony returns home with loads for the community.
The United States hosts sixty five sewing machine factories with a $20,000,000 gross capital, employing 10,000 people and earning over $15,000,000 annually. About 9 in 10 of world machines are made in the U S, protected by American patents, with $4,000,000 yearly in exports. Repairs form a separate, sizable branch of the business.
In a late sojourn in Honduras I Givens concludes the country is a paradise for lazy men where crops need little replanting and natives live simply. He notes liberal government concessions but uneven privileges, a salubrious climate, and a social gap for a white man used to civilized society. A tramp’s tale of seeking work ends as he pursues agriculture.
Tea drinkers learn that Ceylon leaves used for common tea have been sold for five cents per pound. Planters in Ceylon denounce the price as ruinous, claiming it harms the island’s tea reputation and could hurt exports to India. London Daily Telegraph reports on the controversy.
A distilled survey traces diamonds from Pliny to medieval beliefs, noting their perceived majesty, durability, and rarity. It discusses the ancient tests, polishing lore, and alchemical theories, with references to Plato, Martial, Lucretius, and Dioscorides. The piece links gem mysticism to India’s wealth of philosophy and the idea that stones reflect souls and alchemical myths.
A young man accompanies a woman home for a second time and is pressed toward marriage by the girl's mother who offers shelter and a comfortable life. The mother recalls past scolding of a fiancé and jokes about her patience. The man, alarmed, seeks advice on whether to flee or end his life.
A Vienna correspondent reports Austria punishes insults to public officials, including railway and tram staff. After a tramcar collision left Frau Sidonie Lankh badly injured, she cried insultingly at the driver and was fined £1 13s 4d for insulting a public official.
Holland leads as the top nation of smokers with an average of 100 ounces per person annually. The Belgian, Turkish and United States follow, while the United Kingdom reports 23 ounces. The piece notes contrasting attire among women and ridicules widow fashion as a dated, ironic aside.
A collage of light hearted jokes and quips from old newspapers including friendly banter on theater, love, and daily life. Snippets touch on stage dreams, cooking, schooling, and household misunderstandings with a punch line in each.
A collage of humorous vintage panels from state journal style gags. A hotel clerk quips about missed calls and trains while characters argue bets and songs without words frame the scene. A museum visitor jokily weighs concerns about size and weight, ending with a light note on domestic strife.
Excerpts show dialogue about political resignation and a medical misstep. A Washington Star note hints resignation signals self-confidence for holding office indefinitely. Chicago Tribune quote presents a physician and patient banter about a blunder and cure, with unintended romantic interest.
A Philadelphia Times excerpt discusses love letters as lava and lovers as unreasonable. It contrasts phrases about indeterminacy with a remark that men in love are unreasonable. The dialogue mentions a character named Dudeleigh seeking affection and wandering a dark parlor, illustrating romantic folly.
A fragment recalls Tommy Pop Ananias and his son in a puzzle about a summer resort booklet. The Philadelphia Record notes a curious origin claim linking Ananas to a local project and a family figure described as Tommy Pop Ananias.
Dialogue from Pick Me Up portrays a landlady noting a lodger’s habits and a young man defending his late night returns. The exchange centers on strict routine versus flexible living as the scene probes personal boundaries.
A humorous exchange from the Washington Star describes neglijay shirts as soft boiled shirts, contrasting them with prim hard boiled shirts. A Boston Street stranger notes a big fire in Boston, while an Old Lady comments on the firefighters taking time to reach burned buildings in New York.
A grim classroom scene depicts a student and professor arguing about a life ending event after a severed jugular and two gunshots to the heart. The student answers that he would die too, highlighting the fatal outcome and the moral dilemma.
In a brief exchange at a social gathering, Mrs Oldham introduces Henry as May Summers gal s intended. The older man reacts with surprise naming himself Brown while noting May Summers earlier report that her beau was Legion Philadelphia Press.
An I1l-spent Fortune reveals a gray haired man recalling wealth and receipted plumbers' bills, while Towne Poor Suburbs is laid up after a car window accident. A visitor shows sympathy as the tale unfolds with a burst blood vessel and a headlong plunge through a window.
At Cornell University Prof. Atkinson tested X rays on growing plants and seedlings. Contrary to fears for human exposure, delicate seedlings remained unharmed after hours of exposure and even sensitive mimosa showed indifference. Photos included interiors of plants and seeds visible through shells and peas and beans in pods.
A fragment contemplates conscience as the tremor that unsettles a guilty man with every thunderclap the weight of wrongdoing pressing hard. The phrasing suggests a moral reflection on guilt and accountability.
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