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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
2
An old style medical sales pitch promotes Dr Shon Restorecive claiming to restore vitality and nerves. The text urges readers to mail for orders, mentions home visits in communities, and touts a free trial and guaranteed improvement, with various benefits and testimonials implied.
W. M. Green promotes crockery and glassware with large purchases enabling lower prices and better selection for customers. The ad stresses a bargain and improved range for shoppers.
Geneva reports police confirm wholesale exodus of Black Hand members seeking new operations. Sixty operatives, including forty expelled from Switzerland, head via circuitous routes to the United States. Forty alleged Black Handers remain in custody awaiting trial on charges of blackmail assault and murder.
New York report states the Phoenic Insurance Company of Broklyn is under investigation for suspected irregularities that may have impaired its surplus by at least 1 million dollars and could lead to criminal action. Superintendent Hotchkiss notes the capital may be intact but the inquiry is ongoing. He cites almost 23 years without examination and suggests stronger oversight for non life insurers.
Berlin reports the Wieper Allgemeine Zettung cites Austrian foreign office sources stating King George of Greece is resuming the idea of abdicating his throne. The monarch reportedly cannot overcome the pressure or sustain rule.
The king faces pressure as his sons quit the Army and Navy undermining the Crown Prince's succession. Courts seek to deter abdication while urgent court talks and a telegram from King Edward last August influenced the king. King George is despondent, fearing deposition and a shrinking chance to sustain the dynasty.
The steam schooner Majestic bound from San Pedro to San Francisco went ashore near Monterey in ballast. Captain and nine crew members reached shore safely. Owned in San Francisco by I J Harmon and leased to H J Knowles, she was driven ashore by a heavy west wind and rip current. Recently she lost a propeller blade on a Puget Sound trip, adding to handling difficulties. the Majestic, a year old, cost $150000.
Advert: don’t be hopeless about rheumatism and stiff joints. Balliard's Snow Liniment claims to drive away aches pains and stiffness and restore former health. News notes: M. J. Thompson sold his Marcola drug store to J. B. Churchill and moved to Eugene to reside.
Washington reports that Treasury Secretary McVeagh submitted 1911 appropriations totaling 732,223,075 dollars, down 103,370,303 from the current year and 123,066,493 from 1910. A broad cut is planned with costly exceptions like nearly 15 million for Isthmian Canal work.
Washington athletics posted a $2250 gain this year as football receipts reached $9417.32 with expenses of $7100, boosting the treasury to $6000. Profits came from the Thanksgiving game against Oregon and a home schedule with Whitman College, while a $40,000 stadium project to seat 20,000 and include a track and fields facility was proposed.
Captain Palmer E. Pierce president of the International Athletic Association announced the annual convention in New York on December 25. Football revision will occupy much of the program as the association reviews changes to curb undue roughness and serious accidents, with a rules committee to draft the official code alongside the existing panel.
Jud Pernell a pitcher for Aberdeen's team last season was hurt at his father's ranch on Applegate Saturday when a rope burned through his left forefinger, stripping flesh. Doctors say with care he can pitch again next season.
Pittsburg Dec 7 The Colonial Steel Co works at Monaca resumed operations with workers back at previous pay after a ten percent wage increase demand. Also that evening a marriage license was granted to Winniey S. Miller and Miss Adalaide A. Vincent, both of Eugene.
Washington dispatch notes both producers and traders of cotton condemn the present exchange trading system as the burden of the cotton market. The report outlines widespread dissatisfaction with how futures are handled and its impact on prices and profits.
The Associated Press general manager has departed for Europe for a stay of several months. Mr Stone is widely known among prominent leaders in the United States and abroad. He began his newspaper career in the seventies.
The Smith commission report condemns futures dealings as gambling and harmful to legitimate trade while endorsing a strong central market framework. It criticizes New York exchange abuses, notes New Orleans practices as more natural, and highlights artificial quotations misleading growers and provoking broker risk.
The Oregon High School Debate League prep group from Gene High School completed tryouts selecting two teams for the season. Jens Kellema Hazell Young Bertie Lombard join the affirmative with Victor Morris Armstrong McCallum on the negative. Ming Mabel Utterback and Harold Wumbert to alternate. Finalists scheduled for January 7 at Albany or Salem with surrounding arrangements pending.
A North Carolina reader reports chronic indigestion and illness eased by Lr King's New Life Pills after trying many doctors and $200 in medicine. The note claims full relief from constipation biliousness headaches and digestive troubles. Also cited are school census figures for Eugene district and Handon showing population estimates and school age counts amid remarks on New York cotton exchange policies.
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