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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1903
Page
7
Weekly Eugene Guard lists office near Seventh and Willamette streets at Odd Fellows Temple with Main 191 telephone, the August 22 Saturday edition notes location and contact details.
Professor I. Caldwell of Philomath College visits Irving to oversee interests. Threshing is in full blast with good yield and quality. Daisy Minkler of Portland visits. J B Saleaman returns from Soldiers Home. family updates. Hallett warehouse readies for new crop wheat. watermelon car arrives. Maggie Dooley enjoys Newport excursion.
Lorane August 19. Davia and Stone moved out their steam thresher as farmers await their turn. A B Walkley and wife of Eugene visited old friends here last week. Mrs W Lockwood is ill. Ella Addison returned from Cottagehove where she stayed with old friends. Berp visits Mr and Mrs Chauncy Davie and their new son. Junction creamery wagon visited the valley. Clyde Russell of Thurston returned home after visiting schoolmates and relatives.
W. K. A. Cherry, night agent at the Southern Pacific passenger depot, learned his father was dying and left for Eugene after the telegram. He arrived after the father’s death. funeral will be held in Eugene. Mrs. Cherry joined him. The estate is valued between 840,000 and 850,000 and will be divided between two sons. W. Simon of Albany fills Cherry’s night operator position. Robert Cherry may not return to the ticket window to manage the estate.
Mrs. Chas. Applegate of Alexandria Indiana reports a severe nightly cough that kept her from sleep. After trying many medicines, three bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery cured the cough and throat troubles, with a trial bottle free at W. L. DeLano’s drug store.
Grant's Pass Oregon listing by Sugar Pine Door and Lumber Company for soft pine fruit and picking boxes. Orders accepted at Booth Kelly Lumber Company's office in Fagene.
An old notice advertises Jersey cows, a driving horse, and farm implements for sale at Chambers' Hardware on River Road near Eugene. It mentions Groves Tasteless Chill Yonk with a plainly visible formula on every bottle.
O W Hurd prepares to start his cannery within weeks. George Wiscarson wife visit Rome and Florence. Miss Helle Turner and Miss Brynd visit. James Furnish plans to return to Eugene for a store clerk job. Mapleton residents map a trail from Knowles Creek to Turner Creek. Upper Sweet Creek reports improving amalipox patients Lucian Johnson two children and Mrs Lloyd recovering.
The Aug 2 1903 post office list for Eugene Oregon shows unclaimed letters for Allen Miss Mattesse Anderson Hattie Anderson Eda Andrews Harry Bradley RK 8 Coyalla Henri Cord Joseph Pauline Fisher Walter Fox E Freeman Mrs Kelly Mrs May EF Miller Miss Emma Miller Miss Della Miller James Nealey Mrs Myrtle 2 Ogden Harry M O'Brien Elmer Revere L FP Scott A B Sharkey F C Thomas Miss Mabel Vandervert Thomas Watt Miss Bella Weat J A Whale Mrs Maudie Whiteaker Mrs Selina Wood M Young Wm H Yeroff P M Zimmerman Samuel When calling please say when advertised J L PAGE P M
Joe Goldbrick of Colusa California testifies after 16 years of rheumatism that Electric Bitters relieved his pain. He claims it cured liver and kidney troubles and general debility after trying numerous remedies. Offered by W L DeLane, a druggist, at 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
Barbara Link to sell at public auction at her Spencer Creek place miles southwest of Eugene on Monday August 31. Items include 50 head of cattle 2 horses 1 disc 1 binder 2 mowers 1 hay rack 1 harrow 1 household furniture. Sale begins at 1040 hours. Cash terms.
Sealed bids will be received at the office of the County School Superintendent for remodeling Hethel school house District No 8. Bids open at 3 p.m. Saturday August 22 2008. Plans and specifications available at the superintendent's office. The right to reject any or all bids reserved Directors District No 52.
William Wooten of Pleasant Hill announces that his wife Alice Wooten has left without provocation and that he will not be responsible for her debts. The notice is dated July 16, 1908. Also includes a health ad for Bromo, claiming a cold cure in one day with the price and box claim.
Hop pickers needed in West P Cheshire hop yard starting Monday. Al A Simmons offers photo work at the old stand at 6th and Willamette. Next week Lr Lowe, oculo optician, tests eyes in Eugene office with 17 years experience offering glasses at value.
An itemized list details allowances and road work payments by the county on August 6. It names Parvin & Cruzan lumber, Ioman lumber, Hurlburt gravel, Bond gravel, Lockey gravel, Jennings gravel, Mulkey Brothers gravel, Wilhelm & Sone gravel, Morehead gravel, Griffin Hardware merchandise, Griffin Veatch merchandise, and many individuals paid for road work, bridge work, blacksmithing, and lumber. The tally includes various vendors and workers such as J. Richardson, Jesse Soverns, Ed Bailey, Albert Dickey, Frank Kelso, James Calvert, and dozens more, with amounts ranging across the hundreds.
Threshing dominates work with John West using a steam thresher and Walter Renwick a hay baler. grain quality is good and plump. Visitors include Mrs. Rachel Bradford and daughter from Astoria. Anda Davis visits from Portland for her mother’s illness. Creemery closed but may reopen after rains. six baptisms in Coast Fork by D C Kellems. Amos Walker traded 100 acre farm for 160 acres near old West farm. families relocate.
In Palestine Pointers Crow Aug 15 the sawmill and rock crusher and threshing machines signal busy times. A J McDaniel and J J McCulloch plan to move their families to undecided new localities in October. Arbuckle family hauls hay to Bjerke barn, planning to move once Davis vacates for eastern Oregon. Hadleyville post office to close with no new postmaster. E S Kraal shuts school Aug 22. Elmira correspondent notes sharp news nose.
Notes from the seashore describe campers returning from Newport and Yaquina Bay with sunburned faces and peeling noses. The piece contrasts California heat waves and a tornado with Oregon's stable climate, joking that Oregonians overlook their own pleasant weather while California endures extreme conditions.
Sheep stock for lease on shares for one or more years inquire A C Jennings 100 West Fifth street Eugene. Strayed or stolen reward eight for information leading to recovery of described mares by I N Ed wards Junction City black mare about 15 hands high 10 years old brownish bay mare 16 inch high four years old no white on either both worked purchased near Cottage Grove.
Democrat Prof. T. A. Hayes was elected Albany schools superintendent. Born in Missouri forty five years ago, he studied at Kirksville and Stanford, led Independence and Ashland schools, taught psychology at Ashland Normal, and earned a reputation as a thorough, popular educator with a wife and two daughters.
216 acre farm for sale in Pleasant Hill precinct with 150 acres cultivated and rest pasture and 16 acres timber. Suitable for grain hay and stock, wells fed by springs, two dwellings on site. For inquiries contact C. B. Richardson Pleasant Hill Oregon or C. A. Parker Springfield Oregon. Also listings: McKenzie Stock Farm Springfield Oregon seeking men to cut wood. Deering self dump hay rake advertised. Climbers' Hardware.
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