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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
9
A collage of opinions on ego, wealth, education, and reform. It argues that rich youths may benefit society via spending, criticizes vanity and self indulgence, defends legal reconciliation over divorce, and laments emigration of rare books while calling for character and discipline to match past virtues.
A New York Tribune piece surveys varied scientific curiosities from optics of krypton colored tubes and retina spots to birds’ astonishing migration speeds and Tibetan river sources. It notes Kozloff’s Tibet plateau findings, sun distortion at horizon, and a Brooklyn caisson use of compressed air with blowpipes to move sand.
A microscopic photograph highlights the housefly eyes and head enlarged many thousands of times. The image reveals the fly’s large compound eyes and the multiple facets within a single eye, illustrating why it is difficult to catch.
In Norway during an expedition the German Emperor greeted John Wanamaker aboard a Hamburg American Line ship. Wanamaker presented to the Kaiser and declared pride in American enterprise. The informal exchange reportedly pleased the Emperor.
A quoted exchange reveals mixed feelings about a visit to Eivieray. One speaker expresses pleasure while the other notes a lack of comfortable lodging, saying there were only intimate friends nearby. The dialogue hints at social dynamics and hospitality concerns in the area.
A historic note explains using a walking stick as a simple measuring tool for tall objects. By placing the stick and marking a distant point, one can relate distances to height. It also describes finding cardinal directions with a sun and watch, noting noon sun south and hour hand toward 12.
A Chicago woman owns a crust of toast from a 1860 banquet at the Richmond House given to the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VI. Mrs. Charles Hunt preserves the crust, said to have been taken by her husband who gave it to her as a gift from the prince. The tale includes Mayor Long John Wentworth’s hunger and the prince’s closing toast “I have finished.”
Samuel E Moffett examines Charles Schwab of United States Steel as the lone top industrialist who prefers salary work, contrasting him with Rockefeller, Carnegie and others who built personal fortunes. The piece argues Schwab embodies wage-earner capitalism through stock accumulation while others gain private wealth. A comic aside about Little Dorothea and a cheese in a mousetrap vignette appears amid the analysis.
Holmes and I chase clues through Lauriston Gardens and Audley Court as he explains his deductions based on cab marks ash analysis and wall writing. We hear Rance's account of the murder scene and discuss the German ruse while plotting next moves toward Halle's concert and the Norman land.
A garbled column listing curios from history mentions petrified sponge London substratum, Kruger Sovereigns, Sousa’s Imperial Edward march to King Filward, a Governor Flower statue in Watertown, and a long tally of notable figures including Jonathan Littlefield, Prince Henry, King Ost of Sweden, and General Winfield Scott. It notes Roman and British figures, an extended Gibraltar governorship, and scattered anecdotes about autographs and naval lore.
A stranded stern wheel steamer sits high and dry a mile and a half from the Colorado river, now distant from the riverbed after the river carved a new channel last fall. Captain Pabson and crew, warned by Indians of falling water, attempted to move but found the bow stuck in mud as the river dropped, leaving the ship static while awaiting floods from snowmelt.
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