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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1901
Page
6
A fragmentary verse image describes themes of fame, mortality, and heaven. The speaker evokes swords, crowns, shadows, and a friar who finds daylight sweet, ending with a quiet heart and leaving the rest to heaven.
In a Chicago suburb two ghost lovers wander earthbound troubles and guide living couples toward reconciliation. They recall past estrangements, comfort, and the enduring pull of love across realms, concluding that love’s ways persist through time and place. The scene ends with the ghost pair inspiring the earthly lovers to reunite.
A strange, imitative letter arrived at Mr. Cudahy last week demanding withdrawal of now two reward offers for the kidnapers. Mailed from the Omaha post office, it warned of trouble for the children and the destruction of the Cudahy family if not complied. The remainder reads like a spooky fiction, with two ghosts speaking of happiness and lovers as they float away together.
The article recounts Thomas C. Bent, bandleader, marrying a wealthy widow, Mrs. Albert Wyckoff, after the death of his prior spouse Isabelle Nixon. Bent’s marriage portion is said to be $15,000 a year. The piece lists her wealth, their romance at the Waldorf Astoria, and a curio-filled description of revolutionary-era tents and Washington’s uniform, presented in a florid, sensational tone.
Germany showcases rapid electrotechnic advances with electric locomotives on the Gesundbrunnen Lagerhof branch line in Prussia. Early April tests show great promise for a transportation revolution, suggesting electric motive power could transform global rail travel.
An electrical locomotive using 12,000 volt overhead power and a commutator expects speeds up to 120 miles per hour. Water power generates the electricity, with running costs around 4.25 dollars daily versus seven for steam locomotives. Similar tests occur in Germany and Italy.
One of the museum’s most interesting artifacts is the camp chest used by George Washington, preserved in the National Museum in Washington. The relic highlights early American military life and leadership credentials through its worn wood and brass fittings.
A veteran recalls a 19th century town uproar when a temporary gravedigger buried a man with feet to the west, defying local tradition that the body face east for Gabriel’s trumpet. The coffin was later turned, the digger dismissed, and he notes a drift from old beliefs as burial directions now align with plot-path orientation.
A noted Philadelphia portrait painter contends that American women's necks have lengthened over five years. He cites life studies and student exhibits as evidence and recalls a critic who measured necks at the Inat exhibit to compare data from ten, five, and present years, noting an average elongation of about an inch.
The Sydney Bulletin reports Jamce Balfour, a member of Victoria's legislative council, denounced as a man without redeeming qualities during Melbourne Sabbath dinner debate. He claimed his household had hot potatoes for the principal meal that day, prepared by an atheist neighbor.
The Quakers form the most represented religious group in British Parliament though numbering only about 15,000 adherents. They secure a notable presence in Members of Parliament, reflecting influence beyond their size.
A single leaf of the orange tree, when fully planted, will often take root and grow, illustrating a simple propagation principle observed in citrus horticulture.
A survey of armless virtuosi shows Mile. Rapin and others who created portraits and bas reliefs without arms. Contemporaries and past figures include Miss Bitten, John Valerius, Herr Anthan, Matthew Buckinger, William Kingston, Caleb Orton, and stories of remarkable skill with teeth and toes. The piece links these feats to broader themes of modern civility and declining ugliness in women as the century ends.
Prematurely quoted from the Daily Cinematograph of Dec 31 2000 a writer predicts the twenty first century will be science driven with rapid change. He recalls 1900s life noting trains telegraphs gas lighting coal and early electricity and comments on social shifts and evolving communication.
A lighthearted miscellany recounts anecdotes about Dr. Stubbs and other notable figures. The Bishop of Oxford humorously recommends Jericho. a London newsboy debuts a hoarse extras card. George Sand debates work habits with a British journalist. Dr Johnson’s strict truthfulness is praised as a sacred duty.
A historical item notes a temporary submarine cable linking St Michael and Nome. The piece, drawn from period science writing, also touches on seeds remaining viable for decades, early tuberculosis diet experiments, and various scientific observations from Britain and America. It includes anecdotal accounts of elephants and giant trees with age estimates debated by Professor C. E. Bessey, along with a Chicago Inter Ocean excerpt recounting bootblacks’ town fame.
A Fortnightly Review analysis reports 223,081 white emigrants to Siberia with over 50,000 returning penniless in six months. Chinese influx grows, filling public works at half white wage, driving peddlers and merchants, amid a Manchurian scheme. Russians fear cultural and economic shifts as Chinese labor may soon eclipse Slavic influence.
The Hartford Times recounts a courtroom exchange where an attorney questions a witness about an alleged burglary. The witness admits he was at Miss Billings's house, then fled through a window when the prisoner rushed in, mistaking the attacker for the lady’s father and failing to defend or alarm.
In Berlin the scarce rootlacks reflect duties of German servant girls and porters in hotels. Boottlacks stand at main railway depots, drawing more women than men. The text muses on life’s failures.
An elderly circus man recalls a nightly rite where bootblacks lined the giant’s path, offering to shine his giant shoes. Boys of the town, led by Mike, worked in shifts beneath the giant’s feet using makeshift blocks, turning a dangerous task into a thriving communal spectacle. Three cents for a shine, prewar days, framed this curious ritual.
A U.S. machinist advantage is portrayed as European workers struggle with complex American tools. A leading toolmaker notes that without on-site experts to install and train, a continental shop will wreck a machine within forty eight hours.
A Stockman memoir excerpt recounts a Frankfort party where Herr von Radowitz preens as a scientist. While a barn burns, a guest aids the blaze, then von Radowitz boasts of witnessing the aurora borealis atop the building and waxes on magnetism and electricity before slipping away.
In Rome Signor Briguiti notes X rays differ from visible light as a glass splinter can be seen while wood cannot, and some inks are opaque while most are transparent. X rays even pass through a post office directory unless a handwritten page is placed inside, altering visibility.
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