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Newspaper

Eugene Weekly Guard

Location

Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1903

Page

9

Edison’s bold urge to abolish the horse echoes in Eugene

A long column of assorted clippings surveys fiscal missteps and social snippets. It notes Edison style reforms, a steel trust stance, half a million thefts, and a Missouri court quip about male treachery. It muses on heroines, Kipling, Venezuelan blockades, and German poetry before turning to pensions, foot coins, Maine game profits, Chinese coal, and university student economies.

Slow Motion as Antidote to Low Mood in Daily Strife

A reflection notes that dwelling in low mood through moping and sighing worsens it while deliberately adopting cheerful, slow actions can gradually lift spirits. It argues slow movements and speech calm agitation and, though the person may not know the psychology, can lead to mental quiet.

Record Breaking Limits and Hospitable Guests Probed

A Wisconsin justice rules hosts can bill visiting second cousins for five weeks of board, despite kinship claims. The discussion shifts to the shrinking limits of track records as sports times edge toward fractional seconds, predicting a future where records disappear or rely on precise measurements and jury verdicts.

Wisconsin Milwaukee

Advertising as a steady, prudent business tool

The Philadelphia Record argues advertising should be treated as a prudent investment. Merchants must ensure honesty and clarity in ads, plan thoughtfully, and maintain steady effort, using factual, convincing messaging to reach potential customers and sustain long term success.

Philadelphia Record

Goupart Seeks Fortune Returns to St. Julien Estate

Goupart St Denis, once a beloved guest and suitor to Louise, arrives penniless seeking new fortune in New Orleans. He rekindles old memories with the marquis and Louise, while Simon Lobois contemplates winning Louise’s hand. Louise reacts with playful disbelief as Simon declares love and asks for her future.

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Morning ride and secret talk in the manor grounds

Goupart and Louie ride with the marquis and escape two horses before dawn. They return gleeful while Simon Lobels watches Louise’s radiant smile. Simon seeks private talk, pledging long service to the St Jalien family and their children, and expresses gratitude yet hints at strain.

Goupart Louie Marquis St. Denes Louis Louise Simon Lobels Simon St. Jalien M. St. Jalien Vale

Deer Jacked by Tugboat at Fort Point Cove Maine

Judson Perkins, a Maine lad, shot a buck deer using the beam of an ocean going tugboat at Fort Point Cove near the Penobscot River. The tug’s searchlight swept the shore where a seal roamed, and the deer stood in the beam before the boy fired. The incident marks the first known record of a deer jacked by a tugboat in the area.

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Uncle Sam and the Food Adulterants Scare

The article condemns widespread food adulteration led by beef and sugar producers and details Dr Henry W Wiley’s plan to test effects of adulterants on human subjects via a government funded boarding house. It cites boric acid and formaldehyde as preservatives and notes the control by a few corporations over major foods.

Uncle Sam's Poison Brigade Genera Pa. H. W. Wiley United States Uncle Sam Washington Henry W. Wiles Agricultural Department Wiley Barkis Willin

Inquest Reveals Giant Pills From Chinese Doctor

A Melbourne inquest heard a wanderer from the duchy kingdom died after taking pills the size of a duck egg prescribed by a Chinese physician. The medicine supposedly contained forty ingredients such as mood, tasshoppera, abes, bone dust, clay, dates, honey, sawdust and ground insects.

Duwery Kingdom Melbourne

Memory Strength Varies by Season Says Study

Scientists report memory retention improves in summer compared with winter. Researchers tested recall and found seasonal effects on cognitive performance, highlighting environmental factors that influence how well information is stored and retrieved.

Dramatic Craze Sends Mr Fijit and Epicure Onstage

A brief item notes the dramatic craze surrounding Mr Fijit and Epicure as a friend group releases several cookbooks and hints at a possible stage adaptation. Oblo Stare Tournal reports the chatter and future plans.

Fijit Epicure

Canon Kid Bert Moore Builds Cattle Empire at 23

A historic tale traces Bert Moore’s ascent from a messenger boy to a famed cattle king in the Big Horn Basin. He homesteaded 160 acres, then two partners, expanding to 480 acres with several hundred cattle and horses, earning the nickname Canon Kid among cowmen.

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Thoroughly domesticated Mrs. Wagtung

A New York News piece quotes Mrs. Wagtung chiding women who gad about town, naming Mrs. Smythe, Mrs. Jaynes, Mrs. Bright and others she sees at lectures, sales, art events, and flower shows, asserting her own husband’s luck in a wife who stays home.

Agai Mrs. Bright Hom Brs Braham George Wagtung Gadding George New York News

Lavish Silverware Inventory At White House Revealed

An extensive array of sterling and plated pieces fills the White House stores including nearly a thousand solid silver forks, three hundred plated forks, and about three hundred fifty knives. Also abundant are spoons, tureens, dishes, platters, teapots, candle-snuffers, napkin rings, and other useful items. A Mayflower silver bound mirror and a large French glass plateau with gilt figures accompany the collection from Philadelphia Centennial 1876.

White House Philadelphia

Japan’s Musical Insect Trade Creates Lucrative Niche

More than 3,000 people in Japan earn a livelihood by breeding and selling singing insects such as kusa-hibari suzu-musi and kajika. Kept in tiny bamboo cages, these insects are cared for like pet birds as buyers pay premium for well bred, well trained specimens. Breeders travel to fairs in June and July across major cities to sell their stock.

Japan Americas Canaries

Bacon Did You Understand The Language In Pars Summer

Egbert recalls a self conversation about language proficiency during Pars summer. New York Evenings 3 records a quirky dialogue fragment mentioning Bacon and a reflective moment. The snippet highlights internal dialogue and historical newspaper tone.

Bacon Egbert New York

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