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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1902
Page
4
A lyric vignette from Lippincott's about a minstrel and ferryman's daughter. The rhymer becomes captain while she continues steering, their bond ripening as they drift along life’s river. The piece blends love and faith with nautical imagery.
Cranfield endures a dull night at the hunt ball as his mind wanders. He notices Daisy’s sister Daisy, who reveals a spark of attraction and a confession about mistaken identity. A tense, romantic exchange follows in which Cranfield questions if he is merely entangled by infatuation and whether the moment will change his course.
Col. A. A. Pope, a leading official of the American Bicycle Company, argues advertising revived the bicycle industry after a slump. He recounts spending 500000 in a year on publicity, founding Pope Manufacturing, and building a Hartford plant with 2000 workers. Pope served as a private in the Civil War, rising to lieutenant colonel under Burnside, Grant, and Sherman.
An American iron Plant is described as rapidly raising a skyscraper, prompting an English observer to exclaim at the swift ascent. The Westerner answers that the process is much like growing maize, with iron pins and street sprinklers cited as proof of quick construction.
A humorous piece on oyster biology and dining habits pokes fun at scientific jargon and culinary use. It notes the oyster's sedentary nature, persistence, and the various humane killing methods approved by societies, ending with a reminder to stab raw oysters before eating.
Louis Warren Hill, son of railroad magnate Tomes J. T., stands as a leading figure in U S railroading. At 30 he presides over twenty corporations and holds top roles across many lines, acting as the right hand to his father in the Great Northern. He is noted for democratic access to any grade of worker and rapid ascent from Yale education through accounting, shop work, and executive posts.
The article discusses a coming era of electrification in Louisiana and Texas rice fields, forecasting vast growth and new irrigation pumps. It notes dangers and fatal accidents linked to electric work, urging caution while highlighting plans to double rice territory within a year and mentioning experimental success of the new irrigation scheme.
A described washing machine uses a corrugated inner tub to scrub clothes as the crank drives an inclined plunger path, simulating hand scrubbing over a board with a compact, household friendly form. Inventor H A Robinson of Port Turon Michigan details the device and operation.
A readers note describes Cocoanut Cookies mixing butter sugar coconut eggs and soda into a soft batter drop onto buttered papers. Orange Sago instructs soaking sago in water then boiling water until clear and serving hot over peeled sliced oranges with sugar.
A recipe outlines soaking and boiling dry beans then adding saleratus and cooking pork in a pan until browned. It also describes an alum paste for eyelids to use with an eye covering at night, claimed to cure the trouble.
A recipe fragment explains pounding or grinding shelled roasted peanuts to a powder, then mixing with a half cup of butter to create a smooth paste. The wording is unclear and appears to describe a basic preparation step for a peanut mixture.
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