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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
12
An old health advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Reatorative as a cure all. It urges readers to request a free sample by mail, claiming dramatic nerve and heart benefits and urging reliance on the product over physicians. It warns against delays and offers a home delivery postal option.
Mrs Julia Bachus a 42 year old woman while walking to her sloop climbed from the third story window of her home and fell 40 feet to the ground landing on a post in a track garden. She suffered a broken arm and minor cuts but lives.
An ad touts Sutherland s Eagle Eye Salve as a creamy snow white ointment in air tight tubes that cures sore eyes without harming a babe Eyesore remedy advertised by Dillon Drug Co and J W Barringer. A house move is reported as J W Barringer relocates a dwelling for Ole Casperson on his farm three miles below the city along the river road.
McAlester Okla Aug Jake Hammon charged Representative Creager with seeking large sums from McMurray after Creager backed a land sale bill. W T Holman Choctaw testified he was paid a dollar a head for contracts that created 10 000 listings, with 10 percent attorney fees and a $3 000 000 profit for McMurray and partners. He said Indians would have accepted 25 percent or more and knew land values ranged from 30 to 49.6 million. D C Murtain testified McMurray offered a 25 000 bribe in 1906 to withdraw tribal opposition to disapproved contracts.
An advertisement claims Hall’s Texas Wonder has been sold for kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles for five years with a guarantee. It states a 60 cent price per bottle and assures customers no complaints have been made.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brown and their child are back home after an outing at Newport, returning with stories of their day and a restful time by the seaside.
Senator Gore read telegrams to the McMurray Indian contracts committee showing Vice President Sherman and Senator Curtis named with McMurray in Washington. One message from May 2 at Kinta to Richard Adams discusses favorable claims with Sherman and Curtis. Gore says the evidence does not exonerate them but notes names may have been cited falsely.
A. R. Tiffany registrar predicts a large enrollment rise next year matching a 30 percent increase seen two years ago. Freshman class may exceed 400, up from about 300. Last year total four classes numbered 619, with rising high school graduates and more choosing the university. W. B. Kempthorne named mathematics instructor, resigning from Miami University to join the State University faculty.
Washington August 9 The United States has protested the invasion of American property in Nicaragua by Madriz troops The State Department has reiterated its demand that American property be protected amid the precarious position of the Madriz government per department reports
A notice states Eagle Eye Salve is only for eyes and not suitable for other conditions. It claims the product treats granulated lids styes weak eyes and dimness of vision but discourages non eye use and notes Dillon Drug Co sells it for 25 cents.
Edward Dawson of England filed with the county clerk his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States.
Jack Myers, a transient, was arrested Saturday night on forgery charges and bound over by Judge Bryson to face the grand jury. Ball set at 800 dollars. Myers claimed he could arrange bail through contacts in Portland. He passed a 60 dollar check drawn on First National and signed by The John Miller Co. at Stanley department store, later confessing to officers he acted under duress from an associate.
A crazed man in Eugene has two recent incidents dubbed Jack the grabber. Friday evening on Lincoln near Ninth he grabbed Miss Graham from behind and fired as they screamed, then fled toward downtown. Saturday evening on Ferry near Eleventh a similar attack occurred from a hedge, with a girl grabbed and the assailant fleeing on a nearby wheel. Residents urge police patrols of the residence district.
Bilboa Aug 8 six thousand rifles were seized by authorities today on a tug chartered to San Sebastian where a large anti government demonstration was planned yesterday before clerical leaders abandoned their rally. San Sebastian Aug 8 the city remains calm with no further demonstrations after hot headed clericals shouted death to Spain long live the Pope. Troops stay in the summer capital for several days as officials deem the Carlism faltering and not an insurrection to follow.
George Ross, a steam shovel engineer on the Natron extension, was seriously injured when a cam drum wound rope around his arm, jerking him into the air. He suffered multiple arm fractures, a dislocated shoulder, and flesh wounds. Doctors treated him at Eugene hospital before he was moved to a Portland hospital. return trip covered 18 miles of rough mountain road in under two hours.
Washington August reports a sanitary society of women offering 4 cents per hundred houseflies to exterminate typhoid breeding pests. The reward targets small boys already eager to apply insecticides, amid community efforts to curb disease vectors.
Kuykendall's advertises Dr King s New Life Pills claiming they cured 12 years of liver and kidney trouble for W Beade of Coal City Alabama. The copy touts relief from constipation malaria headaches dyspepsia and debility at 25 cents per box.
Local interest grows in stopping colored ice cream cones amid health concerns. Portland officers have halted sales after exposure of unsanitary wholesale production. Dyes used to color dough are poisonous. large quantities can be deadly. Community urges health officials to ban sale or require local, sanitary production.
Advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a quick healer for burns cuts scalds wounds piles sores ulcers boils felons eczema skin eruptions chapped hands sprains and corns. Sold by W A Kuykendall for 26 cents.
Advertisement touts Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey for coughs colds grippe or bronchial trouble urging readers to buy a bottle today and look for the Bell on the bottle sold by the Dillon Drug.
A fragmentary item mentions Dr Ben and references Bre Cenene and Os involved in an unclear context. Readable details are limited, with no coherent action, date, or location to anchor a fuller summary.
Lisbon reports Portugal near open rupture with the Vatican over government censure of the Braga archbishop for suppressing a Franciscan newspaper without government approval. Clericals, allied with Cardinal Merry del Val, smear the government while Republicans fault the king over unredeemed amnesty for political offenders tied to royal assassinations.
Washington August 8 The average condition of the corn crop on August 1 estimated by the department of agriculture reporting board is 79.3 below last month’s 85.4 and the ten year average. Winter wheat yield projected at 15.8 per acre about 458,294,000 bushels vs 446,366,000 yesterday. Spring wheat at 61.0, oats 81.5, quality 92.6.
Two new secretaries join the Oregon Idaho YMC A staff in Portland to meet growing needs. H A Dalzell and C A Steele, both Oregon graduates, will work with the existing force including B Rhodes and F E A Smith. Dalzell starts Sept 1 as student and boys secretary managing fourteen college associations and youth programs. Steele will handle office work and supervision of corresponding members in both states and support missionary training. Both were active in Portland YMC A before college.
Reports from Bell Grove detail the worst forest fires in memory, with Ned Calkins describing 300 foot flames and scorched yellow pines. Dozens of families lose everything as 600 firefighters work to contain fires across five Coeur d Alene forest districts amid improving conditions in Idaho.
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