Elsewhere in Eugene Weekly Guard This week’s wide world notes
An eclectic mix of opinions and observations from abroad and home cites European rulers policies and social trends. The piece highlights Ethiopian tobacco bans British attitudes toward American industry and a Philippine education drive offering three year teaching contracts. It also reflects on wealth happiness co education in the United States and desertion cases stressing legal gaps in family support across states.
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Leah
Mariana
Philadelphia
Ohio
Humane Society of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Covington
Kentucky
Intercollegiate athletics rules proposed to curb excess
A committee of seven universities studied college sports and proposed twenty rules. Athletics should stay secondary to academics, include faculty oversight, ban special students, require course work equals regular candidates, and limit gate money. Contests should be on college grounds to protect integrity.
Rescue at Niagara Falls The Loveliest Woman in America
In a Ladies' Home Journal reminiscence William Perrine recalls Emily Marshall, famed Boston beauty, and companions Nathaniel P. Wills and Job Smith who ventured under Niagara Falls. A rock gave way leaving Marshall stranded. Wills watched as Job Smith leapt to reach her, sacrificing himself to save her, a rescue aided by a guide with a rope.
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America
William Perrine
Ladies’ Home Journal
Emily Marshall
Boston
Niagara Falls
Nathaniel P. Wills
Job Smith
Willis
Job
Gulf
Marshall
A Double Change of Opinion on Celibacy in Art
On a transatlantic voyage two artists with strict beliefs in celibacy and devotion meet. A priest and an artist discuss love and art, weathering a storm that leads to a confession. The clergyman shifts to the view that a wife aids art, while she contemplates marriage after completing a painting before Chicago.
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Mirable
Chicago
New York
Chicago Tribune
The Cabman Explained Rooted in a comic travel tale
A tourist tells of imagining a Paris cab ride to the tomb of George Washington. The cabbie, puzzled, offers a monument in a square and claims the inscription for Christopher Columbus refers to twin brothers who died for England. The tale ends with a joke linking Columbus and Washington.
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Paris
Hin
George Wishington
George Washington
Christopher Columbus
England
Architecture Oddities in Frankfurt and Paris
In Frankfurt on the Main two houses across a street lean so their roofs meet over the road. One of the houses housed Lord Rothschild at birth. In Paris builders tighten facades to improve stability while a central, oversized stone bulges three and a half feet over the sidewalk yet remains deemed safe.
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Frankfort-on-the Main
Lord Rothachild
Paris
Real Fishermen Sport at Kyak Slaska Fishing Grounds
Report notes rich fishing near Kyak Slaska with halibut to 34 pounds cod to 42 pounds and salmon to eight pounds. Also includes a quip about a woman’s pride when her son asks for a fork to eat pie and a proverb about customers seeking “the best” but paying the cheapest.
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Kyak
Slaska
Surveyors Harassed by Hostile Indians in Oklahoma Reservation
Report from San Francisco Argonaut describes a survey party from Washington working among the Comanche Indians to divide land into quarter sections. The camp was attacked by about 500 warriors in war paint, forcing the surveyors to retreat toward Texas. Cavalry from Fort Sill was dispatched to protect the group. The account suggests cowboys and young men staged a practical joke.
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United States
Washington
Texas
Fort Sill
San Francisco
Not Her Station and the New Rat Seller
A London Spare Moments excerpt recalls a solemn woman in a Brookfield to Stamford train wreck asking if she had reached Stamford. A rescued man replies this is a catastrophe, prompting her remark. The item ends with a quip about a man selling a new breed of rat in town, joking about public interest.
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Brookfield
Stamford
Peor
London
NEW CENTER OF POPULATION INSCRIBED SIGN NEAR COLUMBUS IND
Census officials place an inscribed board at a farm near Columbus Indiana marking the new center of population. The site 18 miles east of Columbus shifted slightly north and west since 1900, remaining in Indiana near Decatur County with coordinates around 30 1 56 west and 85 32 53 north.
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Columbus
Ind
United States
Columbes
Decatur County
Westport
Indiana
Greenwich
Seymour
Jackson County
Story of a Smooth Dime Returns Like a Bad Penny
A young physician friend tells how a worn silver dime, almost tin smooth on both faces, with a unique edge mark, appeared in his change and kept returning as he tried to discard it. The Saunterer narrator uses the coin to illustrate the proverb that a bad penny comes back.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Chewing Gum Trade Notes and Regional Habits
The fragment surveys chewing gum use across cities and groups. It mentions Boston and Western cities, the German and French elements, and old vs young consumers. The passage hints at regional preferences and market dynamics without a clear narrative or outcome.
Fragmented note on home decor trends and furniture fads
A garbled paragraph discusses prevalent tastes in furnishing homes with ornate gilt chairs, gold clocks, and gilded frames. It mentions protests in a Ladies Hogs war context and critiques like heavy gold frame mantels and unusable rooms. The text is incomplete and difficult to parse.
Center of population moves westward through american history
A report traces the center of population from 1790 near Baltimore to 1870 near central Indiana, noting westward drift and north-south shifts tied to territorial growth, wars, and census data. An aside describes a Chicago collector finding and returning a distinctive dime after a chain of exchanges ending with a curiosity classed in a coin collection.
Lie to the Census Taker on Age Figures Across Regions
A 1910s style analysis argues women and girls inflate ages to appear younger or older for social and mating reasons, citing Cuba and U.S. census patterns. It notes enumerators often fail to treat data seriously, while regional differences may shift the perceived favorite ages from 15 to 19 years depending on north or south contexts.
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England
United States
Cuba
Statistica of
Lnyman
South
Good Chewing Gum Towns Says Gum Maker in New Orleans
J J Amend traveling representative of a leading chewing gum firm speaks to the Times-Democrat reporter. He doubts a local gum factory would succeed here, noting gum comes through New Orleans but market size here is poor. He cites Kansas City and Chicago as major gum markets and says Chicago has surpassed New York.
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J. J. Amend
United States
New Orleans Times-Democrat
New Orleans
Tropics
St. Louis
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
The Drawing Room and Parlor Ideals in Wealthy Homes
A discussion of furnishing a drawing room with affordable items to resemble a wealthy parlor. It describes arranging a four black haircloth chairs setup, a top table with a plush album, a haircloth sofa, wax flowers in glass, a rose carpet, and masking sunlight with a musty, cemetery-like scent to create a parlor mood. It notes the existence of a best room and a drawing room as symbols of a complete house.
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Rutal
Franklin
King Oscar Was His Host Tale From Bonnier
A botany scholar near Stockholm recalls meeting a “stranger” who turns out to be the king of Sweden. They walk to the palace gates after declining to visit an inn. The royal guest apologizes he cannot enter anyone’s home, then invites the botanists inside to discuss plants all afternoon.
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Oscar
Sweden
M. Gaston Bonnier
M. Bonnier
Stockholm
Zangwill’s Fame Tale Began in London University
Israel Zangwill, a Jewish writer, produced his fret book as a London University student. He and I paid £10 to publish it in pamphlet form, and it sold well in one shop and a few bookstalls. He offers advice to would be authors, saying talent plus hard work over years can achieve fame despite early obscurity.
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Leliever
Mirable Appeston
Rupert Hagand
Father Hazard
Miss Anne
London
New York
Chicago
Mirable
Rupert Hazard
Howe
Zangwill
Israel Zangwill
London University
Fort
Smith
Fragmented quote about sincerity and welcome sign from Washington Star
A garbled passage quotes a discussion on sincerity and menace, mentioning a welcome mat and the Washington Star. The text mixes incomplete phrases and misread words, making the exact meaning unclear but preserving the sense of remarks on civility and openness.
Florida Tobacco Growth Report Sparks State Debate
A mid century Florida tobacco note highlights the crop's rising role in the state's economy, comparing its prominence to other crops and noting recent production increases, with discussion focused on regional impact and market potential.
We Were Over Time at the Horse Show
A brief report notes delays and crowd movement as equestrian events unfold under a tight schedule. Officials work to clear stalls, restore order, and resume the program with minimal disruption.
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