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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1903
Page
5
A collection of short satirical observations on memory egoism and self-reliance. The snippets touch on naval speed, weather prophets, Manchuria, in-law jokes, religious calls, nomination luck, cannibals and missionaries, knighthood refusals, health fads, tartary rumor, kissing cures for hysteria, and a sea captain suing a publisher over ship name confusion.
The speaker dismisses England’s protest that islands were seized and frames the incident as a negotiation. He asserts the exchange of William Waldorf Astor for the islands favors the American side and argues the value of Astor exceeds the terrestrial holdings.
A digger unearthed King Mena's battle ax beside a cook’s area used for kindling. A German editor faces lese majeste over printing George of Saxony’s charity to a widow and five children. President Dina of Mexico seeks a new four year term. critics mock autocracy, while editors and ministers clash over truth and bluster. The national bankruptcy law amendments are cited as reducing voluntary petitions, with Court records showing a downward trend expected to continue in a weak economy.
A discussion on bankruptcy policy favors restraint on dishonesty and clarifies creditor rights after payments. The piece laments the degraded value of learning by heart while praising memory as a tool for wisdom, style, and moral formation through quotes of classical figures and poets.
In Chicago a man using a hair clipper terrorizes a 12 year old girl. He chased Gladwea Henderson shouting I wanted that hair then drew shears and snatched her hair before fleeing. Police seek suspect identified as Galan 8 Henderson.
The article notes that all animals suffer parasites, detailing a pigeon louse that helps birds by thinning plumage in heat. It also describes a carp and pike parasite with posteriorly attached paddles, first leg-like suckers, and a possible beneficial role in feeding on fish mucous while moving between hosts.
A Dutch physician traveling in Java observed Javanese prisoners treated without drugs by compressing the ear artery to induce stupor. He studied this method and suspected it was an ancient practice, distinct from modern anesthesia. Women may be outspoken, but they are never out talked.
Opinion pieces argue that happiness comes from balancing work and rest with proper use of faculties. Nature rewards activity, warns against laziness, and urges recreation in labor. Includes Pittburgh Dispatch reflection and New York Independent notice on forest-fire prevention and logging cooperation.
The piece argues education benefits beyond intellect, shaping appetites and social aims, but warns higher education narrows career paths. It criticizes graduates lacking aptitude for intellectual work, calling education a curse for many who fail to find suitable trades, and urges selective pursuit for true fit.
The USDA Bureau of Forestry estimates annual fire losses exceed 12 million in Oregon and Washington and Adirondack losses near 10 million. A nationwide fire problem study divides districts for investigation in hope to curb escalating damage.
A Christian Guardian observation notes rising heart disease and paralysis as men rush through life. It argues chronic stress harms body and soul, urging a slower pace to work and endure longer.
The Atlanta Evangelical Ministers Association urges reform of funeral customs including discarding sermons and orations, reducing extravagance, discouraging mourning, avoiding Sabbath services except in emergencies, and discouraging grave hats. The Atlanta Constitution endorses the plan, arguing for independence of precedent and common sense in last rites.
The famed frontierswoman Calamity Jane, linked to Bret Harte’s The Luck of Roaring Camp and tied to Custer and the 1876 Big Horn campaign, died in Deadwood after a life of border exploits and a late marriage in El Paso.
The article details Calamity Jane born Martha Canoury in 1852 Princeton Missouri. It traces her overland trek with her father to Montana, her rise as a rifle shot and rider, joining General Custer’s scouts in 1870, and being named Calamity Jane by Captain Ragan after saving his life. It notes her numerous engagements with Indians, the 1873 campaign against the Nez Perce, and accompanying General Crook to the Black Hills frontier.
Collier's Weekly argues that women's longevity and youth depend on active lives, varied impressions, and open opportunities. It contrasts aging among women with the freer role of men, cites climate and customs, and notes an Italian tutor praising American youth and late marriage as signs of opportunity.
Passersby witnessed a dealer treating a large python from West Africa after a wire cut opened a gash on its forehead. The snake resisted, coils were banished, and Balm of Peru was applied. the wound healed and the reptile calmed. The scene highlights odd accidents in a pet store run by the dealer, who also boards birds. Cage superstition about No 13 influenced his cages but was lightly believed.
A hazy Plain Dealer strip captures a humorous dialogue about beauty and envy. The dialogue pits two characters discussing the Bickerford girl with quips about curly hair and natural charm, ending on a note about happiness not asking questions.
Two American naturalists report small balloons, a quarter inch long made of tiny bubbles, carrying a fly of genus Empts and attracting females. Also described are fusible alloys Wood's metal and Lipowitz's metal for casts and preservation. Dr Keen notes hospitals' advantages for patient care and diagnosis. Wireless speech on Erie ferries shows potential for river craft intercommunication. Industrial shifts show anhydrous paper dielectric for underground cables now made in America.
The New York Herald outlines a laborious process to prevent counterfeiting. Notes are printed from steel plates. vignettes, corner lines, and the full network are etched and rolled into hardened steel, with a $5,000 lathe to create precise raised and sunken features.
A scientist, M. A. Lassaut, proposes deep subterranean observatories sunk by boreholes to monitor temperature, pressure, gas composition, and magnetic state. Spanning kilometers in some regions, the network aims to centralize data, linking variations to exterior phenomena and advancing terrestrial physics.
Letters by a son of General Lafayette recount a dramatic U S tour with his father. He describes crowds greeting the pair with emotion, the heroism of the father, and the awe of spectators as independence and happiness are celebrated. The writer notes limited time to write and the ongoing voyage.
A garbled snippet mentions Mrs Wise and an Emperor of Japan, then a remark about twenty men carrying something since the Free Press. A man today says you can't blame the twins as someone acts desperate, leaving unclear context or events.
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