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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1900
Page
10
A garbled page of notices and advertisements discusses health potions, foot care remedies, and household tips. It mentions Pinkham’s remedy, Allen’s Foot Ease, and various medical and educational promotions, alongside notes about a California school and English smokeless coal.
United States Consul McCook at Dawson reports Alaska poised for mining boom with Tanana and Kyokuk districts yielding pay dirt from shallow beds. He highlights need for roads and camps, criticizes lease contracts that cut wages, and notes Canadian reforms eliminating royalty and creating a government assay office. Also covers Oregon mines, Rogue River timber fires, and local fruit crops and dairy output.
Trade and speculation show irregular patterns this week with demand improving in some sectors while still weak in others. Rain boosts prospects for a large corn crop in the West and winter wheat gains remain buoyant. iron and steel face low spirits with price declines below raw material costs. Wheat and flour shipments total 2,565,749 bushels versus 3,029,381 last week as exports seek suitable ship room. Business failures dip to 183 from 202.
A long list of produce and commodity prices including onions lettuce potatoes beets turnips carrots parsnips cabbage tomatoes butter eggs cheese poultry hay corn flour oats barley millstuff and various meats with regional notes and per unit or per bag or per ton figures. Several items show mixed spellings and typos but mainly reflect a dense catalog of market rates across dairy produce grains and livestock.
A miscellany of promotional blurbs notes Portland to San Francisco steamers every fifth day at 8 PM offering a 12 dollar, scenic ocean trip with meals and attentive service. It touts the North Coast Limited sleeper and mentions brown paper for wrapping gowns, liquid hydrogen curios, and lighthearted excerpts on fashion and social banter.
Washington Star reports on a census office exam in Washington where 52 applicants. only 14 scored above 0 and 10 failed. Answers reveal widespread misremembering of history with multiple errors about Jefferson Davis, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Patrick Henry, and William Cullen Bryant, including misdated wars and false roles.
The text compiles miscellaneous items including an old Mercury drug testimonial for Malls Catarrh Cure with various signatures, a recipe for caramel custard and a teething syrup endorsement, and a New York state expenditure figure on investigative committees. It reads as a mosaic of early 20th century consumer notices and household tips.
A collage of household cures and notes on population figures. The item mentions Cascarets family laxative, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Carter’s Lok, and general household tips. It cites census data for the District of Columbia and broader population estimates, plus travel ads for steamer trips Portland to San Francisco.
A fragmented recap mixes moral advice and early railway notes. Jerry Simpson’s early congressional savings and land holdings are mentioned, alongside observations on Chinese and American workers. The passage notes Bitters for health, Pullman cars, and irrigation prospects in Persia, hinting at broader industrial and transport themes of the era.
Richmond to Atlanta area headlines show new cotton mills rising in the last decade. The North Coast Limited offers rear observation cars for ladies and daily service with no extra fares. A chafing dish note suggests sautéed bread rounds with anchovy paste and a creamy egg topping.
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