Embroidery Fabric Sale on Friday and Saturday
A sale offers 500 yards of fine embroidery fabric 10 inches wide suitable for corset covers or flouncing. Regular prices are 35c and 40c with special Friday and Saturday bargains noted.
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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
1
75 Boys Three Piece Suits Closure Sale
Local store advertises 75 boys three piece suits offered at extra good value as a clearance sale. Limited stock available as items are closed out to make way for new inventory. Good sizes and fits highlighted for boys.
Attempt 10 Preserve Falls of Niagara
Secretary Taft moves to resolve Burton act questions over Niagara River waters to prevent falls being sacrificed to commercial interests. Attorneys argue no federal power over stream waters except navigation, while the U S may regulate currents of electricity from the Canadian side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Niagara
Niagara Falls
United States
Hamilton Gains Point in Lawsuit
In New York on December 26 judge Bischoff of the supreme court sustained the New Reassurance Company’s complaint against Hamilton, compelling him to account for 574,250 dollars received and distributed on the company’s behalf. The company may amend its complaint upon paying costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Haril
New Resurance Company
Bischoff
Supreme Court
Japanese Flock to United States Faces Border Smuggling
At El Paso on December 26, Japanese nationals, many penniless and described as discharged soldiers, flock to the Rio Grande border seeking entry to the United States. A number are being smuggled across, highlighting a surge of desperate migrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Rio Grande
United States
Injunction Sought Against Hill's New Stock Plans
In St Paul on December 26 Attorney General Young filed suit to stop the Great Northern Railroad from issuing sixty million dollars in new stock recently authorized by its board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Young
Great Northern Railroad
Board of
Representative Gaines to push for nonattendance forfeiture law
In Washington on December 26 Representative Gaines will urge Congress to enforce the 1556 statute that forfeits per diem for missing sessions unless justified by illness or other good cause. He will demand strict enforcement of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gaines
Congress
Duel with pitchforks ends in groom's fatality
In New York on December 26 two grooms from a riding academy fought with pitchforks over tips and pitchfork possession. Thomas Connelly was fatally injured by James Cassidy who was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Connelly
James Cassidy
Aliver Spoon Stockers Offer Wide Selection
A local ad promotes a large stock of aliver spoons available for purchase. Call inquiries invite customers to inquire about sizes, finishes, and pricing with the goal of rapid orders.
The Count Zeppelin Airship Trials Impress Admirers
The most powerful airship yet operated by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin carried nine passengers on trials. Built for potential military use, the 430 foot craft features a single aluminum cylinder housing fifteen balloons, with carriages fore and aft for crew and ballast. Trials reached speeds from eighteen to thirty miles per hour before returning to its float touchdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Count von Zeppelin
Inter-Urban Train Collision Near Edgewood Kills Four
A morning crash one mile north of Mil ton near Edgewood between an Inter-Urban passenger train and a work train left four dead and sixteen injured. A flagman failed to stop the passenger train on a sharp curve in a deep cut, two flat cars piled onto the first car. The Angman blamed for the wreck is missing. Victims include conductor George Ross and motorman William Guyon. William Harris and another man are fatally injured. Four injured are in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Dee
Milton
Edgewood
George Ross
William Guyon
William Harris
Third
Multnomah Defeats Seattle in Close University Game
Seattle Athletic Club loses to Multnomah on the University of Washington grounds after a tense hour of play. Bagshaw scores the decisive try as Rod James misfires on a 40 yard drop kick. The win follows Multnomah defeating Seattle, with implications for the 1906 Northwest championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lub
University of Washington
Rod James
Bagshaw
Seattle
Jordan
Multnomah
U. of O
Beattle
Judge Orders Young Sloane Sent to Prison
Sidney Sloane who killed his father was ordered to Walla Walla penitentiary until further order. Judge Huneke cited permanent insanity and community safety as reasons. The court cannot direct prison treatment and Sloane appeared low in spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Sloane
Will Furnish Street Railway Ties for Eugene Project
Virgil Rowland secured the contract to furnish 6000 ties for the proposed Eugene street railway. Two thousand ties are to be delivered at once. Rev McCallum asks the Guard to inform those awaiting Christmas books that they arrived today and should have arrived by Saturday. call on him for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Rowland
Eugene
Taft Says No Official Word From Leavenworth Incident
Secretary Taft stated no official word had been received from the street car carrier at Leavenworth, Kansas, involving members of the Ninth Cavalry. He added that the matter appears to be for the police to handle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Leavenworth
Kansas
Ninth Cavalry
Monster skating rink planned at Sixth and Willamette
Good fellow the skating rink man closes a deal with FE Preston to build a large rink at the corner of Sixth and Willamette. The four spaces measure 50 by 160 feet with a maple floor. Completion is promised within ten days of signing. The rink will feature modern conveniences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellow
FE. J. Prester
Sixth
Willamette Streets
Snow and shipwrecks as England endures severe snowstorm
December 26 dispatches report two inches of snow in London with deep drifts hampering transport. Coastal wrecks include several schooners and the steamer Hereldine striking a cock off Cloughey, crews saved by lifeboats. another lifeboat rescued the Ringleader’s crew off Dungeness. In Tehran, the shah’s condition deteriorates with death expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereldine
Death rumors at Scooba raise doubts of race violence
Reports from Scooba on December 26 state four negroes were killed yesterday following earlier trouble at Mahalak, with soldiers on duty and the population quiet. Governor Wardman later said his latest reports suggest the trouble is exaggerated, though militia will stay to assure order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahalak
Jackson
Miss
Wardman
Scooba
Obituary notes from Eugene and area deaths
In Eugene Oregon December 24 906 John F Bennett age 59 died from pulmonary troubles and pneumonia leaving a wife and seven children Funeral services held from the family home by Rev D H Trimble Interment in I O O F cemetery George H Stansbury died at 225 East Tenth Street from heart failure He leaves a wife and two daughters Virgil LeRoy infant son of Mr and Mrs Ansel Wood of Saginaw died at Rev J W Gardiner home of bowel inflammation Mrs Wood visited her parents near Baginaw He died after three days of suffering Horace Hanns former U C athlete now with a railroad bridge crew visited Cottage Grove en route to his home in Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Oregon
John F. Bennett
D. H. Trimble
East Tenth Street
George H. Stansbury
Stansbury
W. Ty Campbell
Jas. Noalind
Creswell
Virgil LeRoy
Ansel Wood
Saginaw
J. W. Gardiner
Horace Hanns
U. C
Cottage Grove
Washington
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Pri Rive
Hamilton
Sey Boys Cit
Hart Schaffner
Marz
Hampton Bros. Cash Store
HILL
von Zeppelin
Wash
Seattle Athletic
Spokane
Sidney Sloane
Sloan
W. A. Huneke
Monster Skating Fink Building
Dune
England
London
Britain
The
Tropolis
Ringleader
Dungeness
Shah
Teheran
Memphis
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