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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1900
Page
9
The column rails at war fears and imperial greed, cites Maxim guns and Krupp, notes political ages in the Senate, and urges practical town improvement schemes. It warns against pennywise South Africa migrations, explains neuron myth bust, and parks Mason’s health cautions amid modern vanity.
The piece contrasts hypochondriacs and disciplined health fans. It argues most people should not chase self-help cures or constant symptom watching. It urges relying on natural health tendencies while seeking medical aid for real emergencies.
The disaster at the Hoboken docks of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company caused massive loss of life and property. Three steamers Main Saale and Bremen burned as crowds watched, fireboats failed to save ship crews, while the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse narrowly escaped damage. Courage amid the tragedy offers a glimmer of hope in a devastating event.
The image shows a native Mexican olla seller with earthen water cooler wares. It notes earthen vessels keep water cool long, common in Mexican households and Southwest regions. A South American envoy claims most Brazil bound dams came from America, repackaged in England per Brazilian rules, explaining Brazil’s 1897 import pattern. The text adds a proverb about charity and fortune and a nod to creditors.
The article surveys bird migration including plovers from Nova Scotia to South America, notes on nocturnal plant behavior, zodiacal light observations, and Honolulu as a potential astronomy outpost. It explains artesian well water rise, African songbirds, bobolink westward expansion, and Olds's findings on birds using human musical intervals. It also covers rice irrigation advances in southwestern Louisiana and ends with a frontier tale of Bannock and Cayuse interactions and enslavement avoidance myths.
A Cayuse woman known as White Fawn is celebrated as the mother of the tribe’s only set of twins. In Cayuse custom most twins are slain, but an exception was made for her two infant daughters. She rides into Pendleton Oregon with the babies atop her horse, one on each side, untroubled by the quiet infants.
A St Louis Globe Democrat correspondent recounts Cayuse lore of Chief Qula mi som keen’s twin daughters born before white settlement. The piece highlights their extraordinary beauty and mentions their companionship among the Cayuse people with a focus on traditional life and wild ponies.
The article recalls the near flawless partnership of William and Mrs Gladstone. She was his confidant and keeper of state secrets, choosing to reveal nothing except once when a dinner remark nearly betrayed a cabinet matter. After an emotional moment she apologized, and the incident closed.
A historical roster records presidents with ages at death and causes ranging from throat inflammation to assassination. Entries include Washington at 67, Adams 91, Jefferson 88, Madison 85, Monroe 73, Adams 81, Jackson 78, Van Buren 80, Harrison 68, Tyler 72, Polk 66, Taylor 66, Fillmore 74, Pierce 65, Buchanan 77, Lincoln 56, Johnson 66, Grant 63, Hayes 70, Garfield 49, Arthur 56, with various illnesses and violent deaths noted.
The rare feriwah feather from the birds of paradise is valued at prohibitive sums and sits atop the Prince of Wales coronet. In Manitoba a proposed franchise act would bar voting by those unable to read English, targeting Galacians and Dounk botars seen as undesirable citizens.
In a fragment from the Chicago Post a speaker laments her weakness to operate a sewing machine noting it nearly uses her up during a century run and urging care not to stog the baby while rocking the cradle.
Experimental reports from Copenhagen and Paris describe phototherapy using red curtains and lamps to expose patients to red or ultraviolet light. Dr. Chatiniere treated measles in twelve children with red light, while Dr. Finsen applied filtered ultraviolet rays to smallpox cases, noting fever reduction, fewer eruptions, and less pockmarking. France, via Dr. Larat, has adopted the Finsen method for smallpox and certain skin diseases.
The confectionery trade traces to apothecaries 600 years back when doctors used syrups and medicated candies to mask bitter potions. Sugar was scarce, lollipops were medicinal, and confections gradually separated from medicine as tastes shifted.
A large road living in a wall niche at the corner of respect avenue and Independence boulevard is fed by an electric light each night. The toad emerges, eyes glinting in the glow as insects are drawn to the pavement, where it catches them with a quick red tongue. It remains for over an hour, then retreats to its crevice, watched by pedestrians. Kansas City Star reports.
The Princess of Wales receives £10000 yearly as pranks money and would gain £40000 as Princess Dowager if the Prince dies before his mother. Queen Adelaide held £40000 yearly as queen and £100000 as dowager with much given to charity. The Duchess of York would face an unsettled income if widowed under her current title as no official provision exists for such an emergency.
A humorous humor column notes Little George reading biographies of Horace Greeley Lincoln Peabody and Grant. He sighs that if only they were poor there might be a chance for him, delivering a light old time wit about wealth and aspiration.
A schoolteacher grants a polite request after a pupil named Ethel asks Miss Smith to come to tea. The girl explains her mother instructed the invitation, and the teacher responds that she will attend, praising the child’s obedience.
A Somerville Journal excerpt notes the china sea set has lasted nearly fifteen years with only one broken piece. Mrs Whyte recalls the long duration and rarity of damage while Mrs Greene remarks on the inconvenience of doing one’s own work.
A vivid, fragmentary scene recounts Robbie's petty revenge mindset and his mother's attempts at the golden rule. Separate chatter captures a detective asking about a buggy sighting and a woman described in last year's style with a turquoise jacket, white pique skirt, satin straw hat, and pale blue hydrangea trims.
A brief humor item notes a wife asks her husband to shave and keep a parrot from learning bad language, the husband agrees, and the wife jokes about sound language in the house. The item reflects light regional humor from the New York Journal.
A man applies for work with the line I have eleven children as his proof of responsibility. His exchange hints at rural labor life and family duties as a selling point for a thrashing job opportunity.
A dialogue snippet shows Sara and Richard debating weighing ice. Sara dismisses having the team weigh in her presence and says she saves time by weighing M on their scales herself.
A frail family tale unfolds with a quarrel over summer plans and a surprising count of nearly identical shirtwaists. A meddlesome interloper weighs in on romantic intentions amid a playful domestic dispute.
A brief exchange between a couple features a $12 weekly salary remark and a vow to cope, highlighting practical worries in daily romance with a touch of newspaper humor from “An Appropriate Place.” The line repeats in quotation as the dialogue centers on financial strain and partnership.
The Philadelphia Record quotes Maud asking about bathing and a farmer named Mr. Green, noting his large herd including cattle horses pigs and fowls. A casual tally of livestock and keys appears, with the narrator reflecting on material trust and a curious family scene.
Fragmentary lines describe a MeJigger who touts a lawyer persona, working hard while others question his bona fides. A Thingumbob notes rising early after an alarm clock sighting, as a cold morning prompts plans to reach an office and then home, set in Philadelphia.
A fragmented dialogue chapter shows two voices in a street car exchanging terse opinions. One speaker clings to a stance while the other asserts an opposing view, the exchange suggesting a social clash over expression and intent.
A jumble of fragmented dialogue and humorous snippets includes misread names, exaggerated dialect, and brief exchanges about articles, exhibitions, and oddities. The collection references Mr Johnson Dat Miss Mindy Miss Porter Ah and various streetwise asides, showcasing a satirical tone and clipped newspaper humor.
A scrambled report notes a rival floral variety created by a Russian botanist now exhibited in London. It discusses potential uses as table decoration and funeral adornment, and mentions tourism interests in gardens. The passage also references the City of Hong Kong and a land area dispute or transfer involving Great Britain.
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