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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
9
Eugene Weekly Guard notes a string of oddities from across the country. It jokes about a Georgia bride with a shaved head, a Western woman’s Good Health party platform, and a survey on marriage ages. It also comments on New York bond sales, theater encore disputes, and the death of Charles Dudley Warner. The tone blends satire with brief cultural observations.
A reader laments sleeping car snores and urges immediate reform. The piece proposes a dedicated snorers’ end separated by soundproof walls, suggesting four to six snorers per car to spare others from sleepless hours and advocating laws to restrict snorers to their section, while acknowledging technical challenges for roof integrity.
The Wichita and Kiowa Ghost Dancers organize a ghost dance to deter white settlers as lands near allotment are opened. Blank, aging leader, is a respected priest and dreamer guiding the effort to safeguard tribal power during threatening incursion. The piece also reflects on Chicago harbor lighthouses and Fresnel’s lens system transforming naval illumination.
A flippant quarrel about marriage ends in a rushed union. The woman initially refuses a proposal, offers a two day window, then a six month delay, finally settling on thirty days. She notes the suitor married a different woman, the “putty-faced Bimberling girl,” the following week.
A witty conundrum notes the distinction between a man with intermittent rheumatism and one who is always well but lives at home with his mother. The answer comically claims the latter is well all the time and has a room at his mother's, while the former is well only part of the time and has rheumatism elsewhere.
Canton China boasts the queerest street in the world with a roof of glazed paper on bamboo and the highest signboard density per square foot. The street houses only apothecaries and dentists, a striking contrast to typical commerce.
The Trans-Siberian Railroad will be completed at the present rate of work in about two years, with costs likely to exceed the original estimate of 175,500,000 dollars.
A watch kept running continuously will tick 160,144,000 times in a year, illustrating the regular cadence of timekeeping and the precise count of its cycles over a 12 month period.
A presidential appointee serves as keeper of a marine lighthouse, a role of high trust and solitude. The piece explains lens orders, Fresnel and Carcel lamps, and oil consumption, then recounts Postmaster Hawilton fending off a grizzly attack before escaping to his cabin.
W H Person, a local manager for a typewriter company, received a morning letter from Tom Hamilton, post master at Hamilton in Routt County, describing a thrilling encounter with a big grizzly. The bear, upon seeing a human, charged forward, a dramatic scene that the writer recalls with vivid detail.
An English resident urges greater use of mussels in the United States, noting how scarce they are in markets and valued as a nutritious staple. He cites abundant beds near New York and eastern ports, describes preparation methods, and dismisses fears of poison.
Under government encouragement Siberia is adding 200000 farmers yearly and exporting cereals butter wool leather and dried meats. Once seen as a frostbound wasteland it is now discussed as a possible competitor to major cereal producers. A French bureau estimate suggests Siberia could support up to 80 million inhabitants in Europe though currently it is far below that. It yields about a tenth of the world gold output though many mines and coal deposits remain underused.
A novel chicken feathering machine uses air currents from rotating electric fans to strip a bird of all feathers and down. In another note a girl waving a broom at a mob head is called a Joan of Are, a playful twist on a famous heroine.
A map shows a former single landmass linking Australia Africa and America as an ancient Antarctic continent. Fossil shells in Patagonia inland evidence along with shared fauna and ostrich parallels support no land bridge or drift migration. Scientists anticipate Antarctic continent discovery with high importance.
An exploration of word origins traces terms like rigmarole to the ragman’s roll and venomous etymology to venery. It explains cur tails, village, riot, pad, tallyho, and bankrupt from bench breaking in Venice. The piece blends linguistic history with examples of huntsmen, coaches, and 13th century nobility.
A young woman recounts her experience seeking rooms only to face universal “gentlemen only” notices. She confronts outright prejudice as she asks why lodging houses refuse female tenants and recalls the dismissive reply that women are not accepted.
A garbled column mixes jokes about Scots nobility, a Washington hotel room dispute with a German musician over keys, Macaulay references, a Standard Oil clerk’s odd encounter, and a Chinese legation anecdote. The excerpt blends names, rooms, and near-satirical vignettes without a single coherent event.
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