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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
7
Report notes potential coal substitute as peat fuel is tested successfully. It mentions continuing persecutions in a Christian context and asserts that believers endure suffering with hopeful faith. The fragment references Christian endurance and martyrdom across an unspecified period.
Shipbuilders race to finish a colossal six masted schooner of 7700 tons displacement at an eastern yard by May next. The Vanderbilt news arrives via wireless telegraphy as Mrs Charien Fair and family learn of her death in a car crash in France during their ocean return to America.
Elmore of Astoria plans to switch from salmon canning to asparagus growing on 100 acres of tide land at Tillamook Bay. The low Willamette River and high water use at Oregon City reduce water flow, making a walk across exposed river rocks near the falls a novelty.
Two climbers died in the Alps with both bodies recovered from separate Swiss glaciers. Officials say the men were experienced mountaineers and the accidents occurred during ascent routes. Rescue teams recovered the remains amid harsh weather conditions.
About 13 000 positions remain unfilled by civil service while the total executive civil service posts total around 236 826. Only nine percent of federal political appointments are exempt from the civil service law.
Deputies seized two hundred twenty ti cycles at Portland this year for riding county paths without permits. All but twenty were redeemed. the remaining twenty stay with officials for lack of two and one dollar bail each for tax and toll.
Dr Forward of Cleveland Obi claimed assets of 4225 in bankruptcy, after securing 478587 in dec. He preyed on credulous victims across society and deserves penitentiary action. JP Morgan plans push subscriptions for a new ocean steamship shipping trust, implying ongoing schemes and cautions about value.
Two of the largest vessels in the United States began at New York Shipbuilding Company. Each 620 feet long, 65 feet wide and 51 feet 3 inches deep, with 12,000 indicated horsepower and 14,000 gross register tons. Both destined for The Atlantic Transport Company and service out of New York. Names not yet chosen.
Pleasant Hill Grange No 234 P of H Oregon expresses sorrow for Wade Martin the first white child born in Lane County near Pleasant Hill born 1847 served in Co K Fleet Regiment Oregon during the Civil War married Nancy Ann Shelley 1652. charter to be draped in mourning 30 days copies sent to Eugene Weekly Register Eugene Weekly Guard and Pacific Homestead.
Special to the Guard reports the Wylie machine operating at Trent and Parvin Templeman starting late this week. Alf Stewart leaves Huonsaker for Springfield. A party including Fred Parker and wife John Parker Ruby Hunsaker and Irma Holt outings to the lakes. E R Parker resigns Trent school principalship to Creswell School in September.
Special to the Guard Zion Aug 17 Fred Parker and wife with Parker, Honeaker and Emma Holt left for an Odell Lake outing. Honaker builds a kitchen using mortar. Addington’s dwelling advancing under Mottee. Lillie Vincent visiting Elgin Oregon. Mooney hauling Bay to new farm. Maley and Ed Griffin visited Zion. mail management by OM Parker satisfactory. Leura Hawkell and daughters visiting sister Mrs Thee Hmauseker in Creekwill.
A historical ledger style summary lists elections allowances with names such as Frank Moore and Chas Cochran as registering electors and special officers, plus many others. It records supervisor fees for O F Baxter, J Darneilie, E Templeman, J F Miller, and numerous others along with pauper, printing, medical and tax refunds, and various balances. The long list includes medical exams, insane care, and justice fees, followed by multiple classified notices offering farm equipment, livestock, and real estate for sale or trade in Oregon towns.
Small gray leather bound valise containing boy’s clothes was found between Muddy Station and the Coburg McKenzie bridge on August 7. Please leave at Guano office for a reward. Superior Stores, Stops through and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim a cure in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents.
Luckey the jeweler announces stock of colored glasses and eye protection for summer. Includes 40 second-hand burghs, cartes and wagour, many good items with some no good. Prices very low at Chambers Hardware.
Multiple compact notices describe job offers for teams to haul ore from a Helena area mine with weekly pay and expenses, plus vacancies for trustworthy representatives in each state and a Chicago office. Also ads for rent, farm trades, lost items, and a horse theft reward appear in this fragment.
Advertises 12 south and north city lots priced from 50 dollars each with plans for rapid price increases. Notes several additions near Willamette Street and First National Bank, plus 40 50 acres of fruit land at Locust Hill farm with houses barns and orchards. States owner sells only own lands and invites inquiries at the local bank for viewings and exchanges.
In Verbena Alabama F A Guliedge paid costly doctors for a severe piles case causing 24 hours of agony. Buckley’s Arnica Salve reportedly cured inflammation and aches after others failed. Delane’s drug store advertises Grove’s Tasteless Tonic with iron and quinine. No cure, no pay.
Amanda Strong appointed administratrix of the estate of 5 H Fisher by the county court. All claimants must present their claims with proper vouchers to the law office of L Bilyeu in Bugne Oregon within six months from the notice. Dated July 1902. Amanda Strong, Administratrix. Attorney Louisiana?
A compact notice lists J. W. Kays Furniture Co as embalmers and Francal Directors in connection with local services. The item identifies the company and its roles within the community.
Letters for the following persons are main applied for at the Eugene post office William Karger Mrs James F Brennan Prof J T Harrison A L Hudbine five Mrs Mary E Jones C H Kennedy William Platte Bert Petel George Veatch E L Varnes E M Wilman
Readily updated lodging in Eugene near the courthouse with new beds fresh paint and papered rooms. Clean floors bright Brussels carpet at each bed and no dusty carpets.
From Salem word comes that small grasshoppers have denuded hop vines in part of a yard near Woodburn. The pests seem plentiful but less destructive than hop lice and are hoped confined to the infected district.
For sale pure bred C tewed bock lambs and registered Poland China pigs at La Vitas Farm three miles from Living off River Road. Squire announces availability at the farm with address details.
A damaged line of text suggests a nuisance remedy titled Grove's Tasteless Chili and Fever Tonic, marketed with claims of cure. The fragment hints at unsourced promises and a No Cure, No Pay posture, typical of late period patent medicine notices.
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