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Newspaper

Eugene Weekly Guard

Location

Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1902

Page

10

Curzon Tiger Hunt Highlights Viceroy and Lady Curzon

Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, and Lady Curzon join a big game shoot in Hyderabad. Four big cats fall to Curzon, including three tigers and a tigress. An accident hi lighted helmet damage but no injuries. The expedition features elaborate transport and a dramatic helmet blast.

Lord Curzon India Shikari Stripes Curzon Nho Lady Curzon

Mosquito Brains Compared With Humans

A Chicago News quip notes a scientist stating the mosquito has a relatively larger brain for its size than the average man. The remark follows a joke about bore-like men, as Mothers are advised to use Mrs Winetow's Sooth Syrup for teething babies.

Hix Chicago News

Thoughts Unutterable: Cuss Thoughts In Travel Dialogue

A Chicago Record-Herald snippet contrasts language rules with inner speech in a brief exchange. A Japanese traveler denies swear words in speech yet concedes thoughts may harbor cuss. The dialogue cues a linguistic irony.

Omokura Chicago Record-Herald

Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad Snippet

An aged newspaper fragment promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a safe agreeable laxative. It urges readers to buy from druggists and mentions a 25 cent price, reflecting vintage marketing language.

Lost lapdog ad inspires humorous misprint

A tale from Tit Bits recounts a morning newspaper classified noting a lost mangy lapdog named Fido. The ad humorously promises a two pound reward for a tailed return, while the dog is described as too fat to walk and missing a tail and an eye.

Fido

Price of Victoria Cross Shows London Sale

Forty seven pounds was paid in London for a Victorian cross won by Gunner T Arthur R A at Sebastopol in 1855. The item reflects a rare military decoration exchange in the capital.

London Gunner T. Arthur R. A Sebastopol

Monopole Fruit Canning Ad Promotes Finest Quality

A vintage advertisement urges buyers to ask for Monopole peaches pears strawberries or other fruits packed by Wadhams & Kerr Bros. of Portland Oregon. The copy touts top grade fruit and heavy sweet syrup in a blue label with gold lettering and warns against substitutes.

Wadhams & Kerr Bros. Packers Portland Ore

Teapot Kettle Repair Becomes Law Business Jibe

A humorous exchange features Maria and a wife debating how marriage changed a man. He jokes about a good mechanic spoiled by entering the law field, while his wife quips about spoiling a bachelor by marriage.

Maria

Nervous State Fueled by Self-Talk Quip

A witty exchange hints at a speaker’s agitation from hearing herself speak. The remark suggests self-awareness of public scrutiny and verbal overexposure as the source of tension.

Farmer repays 14 cents for honest ride to Leeds

A Rugby Junction, North Carolina farmer rode to Leeds without paying 14 cents for the four and two thirds mile stretch. After months he sent 14 cents in stamps to General Passenger Agent Whitney to settle the conscience fund in a quirky railroad tale from St Paul Pioneer Press.

Great Northern North Dakota Rugby Junction Pierce County N. C Leeds Niles Chuch Whitney St. Paul

A Purse for Highwaymen in 1781 Scene

Horace Walpole recounts a highway robbery near nightfall in autumn 1781. He and Browne travel with Lady Browne toward the Duchess of Montrose when a black horseman squeezes between the carriage and hedge, beginning a perilous adventure in a dark lane.

Horace Walpole Browne Lady Browne Duchess of Montrose Te Chaise

Curious Vegetable Fly in Cordyceps Fungus Chronicle

A historical note traces Cordyceps invasions where fungus infiltrates insect hosts turning caterpillars and wasps into plantlike mummies. It cites Darwinian skepticisms, museum specimens, and early observations from Watson and 18th century notes, detailing the fungal life cycle and its global presence.

Watson Washington Star Cordyceps

Deaf and Dumb Notice and Hamburg Drops Ad Pair

A beggar with a Deaf and Dumb notice interacts with a philanthropist who questions verifying the claim. The scene features dialogue about charity and honesty amid a humorous local setting. An aside promotes Dr August Koenig's Hamburg Drops as an indigestion cure.

Augnest Koenig Hamburg

Fragmented Farces and Country Car Ride Dialogues

A garbled mix of old dialogue and captions recalls a rural outing in an automobile with a boy and his grandmother. It includes disjointed phrases about walking, a car ride, and a brief, puzzled exchange about clothes at night, all rendered in a faded newspaper fragment style.

Ayer

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