Daily and Weekly Guard Subscription Prices and Agents
Subscription price is 41.60 per year if prepaid or 92.00 at each year. Entered at Eugenes Oregon post office as second class matter. Published every Thursday at Eugene Oregon. Agents authorized to take subscriptions include Creswell J L Clark and Copurg George A Drury. All postmasters can receive and receipt for subscriptions to the Daily and Weekly Guard.
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Eugenes
Oregon
Eugene
Creswell
J. L. Clark
Copurg
George A. Drury
Northwest
Premium papers with free gifts offer from the Guard
The Weekly Guard invites subscribers to pay a year in advance and receive either the Oregon Agriculturist or American Farmer subscription free plus a geo advertisement offer. A silver and kitchen set gift is promised while supplies last, with delivery arranged by the Guard Printing Company in Eugene Oregon.
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Oregon Agriculturist
Weekly Guard
Address Guard Printing Company
Eugene
Oregon
Belected on Anointing Friends Before Death
An exhortation to openly express love and sympathy while friends are alive not after death. The text urges using “alabaster boxes” of kind words and gifts to brighten homes before funerals, arguing post mortem kindness offers no real comfort.
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The
Los Angeles Express
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Charleston
Galveston
Messina
Advantages of Oregon in 1909 promotional piece
A Portland Commercial Club Bulletin summarizes Oregon as rich in timber, arable land for 20 million people, and strong in irrigation, dairying, and fruit. It cites timber reserves of 300 billion feet, a 700,000 current population, fruit land returns of 300 to 1000 dollars per acre, and a $17 million dairy output rising from 5 million in five years. Neighboring mining, poultry, water power, and diversified climates bolster the case for migration and investment.
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Portland
Oregon
Portland Commercial Club Bulletin
United States
Uncle Sam
United States Reclamation Fund
Public Schools Education Trends 1906 07 Nationwide Report
The United States educator report notes about 10 million pupils in 1906 07 across public and private schools with twenty percent of the population attending common schools. Average school year length rose from 130 to about 150 days, and daily attendance rose from 62 to 70 percent. Secondary enrollment reached roughly 1.13 percent of the population, while college or higher institutions touched about 0.33 percent. Teachers numbered around 475,000 with men nearly one fifth. Salaries rose slowly, not keeping pace with other costs, and funding shifts favored permanent improvements over current expenditures.
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United States
Commissioner of Education
Redu Ns
State Funding and Road Plan Reflected in Editorial
The editorial urges a balanced Oregon road system funded by state coffers, favoring a continuous main road from the Columbia River to the California line over a Medford Crater Lake route. It notes high education spending in 1906-07, calls for prudent allocations, and supports public tax delinquency publication to curb injustices while praising engineering resilience after earthquakes.
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Medford
Crater Lake
Oregon
Lane County
Jackson County
Columbia River
California
China seeks equal treatment with Japanese subjects
The Chinese Six Companies appeal to the president for the same rights granted to Japanese nationals. While the logic is clear, the chances are slim. The piece argues forceful pursuit of recognition, noting aggressive posture often wins in disputes for both nations and individuals.
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China
Japan
Footprints of the devil sighted near Burlington NJ
A late press report claims devil footprints were found near Burlington New Jersey. The remark contrasts with Billy Sunday’s claim that Satan’s realm lies near Portland. He says he can smell brimstone, and preachers are not known to lie.
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Burlington
New Jersey
Billy Sunday
Portland
Billy
Eugene urges $75,000 City Hall vote soon
The editor notes Eugene has $27,000 bonded debt for sewers and $300,000 in light and water bonds. It argues the city is financially able to fund a $75,000 city hall, predicting broad voter support when the measure reaches the polls in a few weeks.
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Eugene
Icc report to senate on railroad late law powers
A condensed line notes the Interstate Commerce Commission’s report to the senate explaining why it blocked the bill to amend the railroad late law by expanding its powers. The author asserts the full 20 000 word discussion could have been told in fewer words.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Local officers praised for efficient work and court actions
Report notes officers to aid penitentiary operations and courts sending offenders promptly. Harry Thaw accuses the judge of despotic power after asylum commitment. Nevada’s population small yet many familiar with public attention. A string of hold ups in one night places Eugene among Portland and Spokane.
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Harry Thaw
Harry
Paur
Eugene
Portland
Spokane
Bomb throwing extortion attempt foiled at Jones home
Kansas City February 16. A man about 40 with a revolver and dynamite bomb tried to extort 7000 from Lawrence M. Jones president of Jon Brothers Drygoods Co. He was overpowered by Jones and his son Chester L. Jones and arrested at the police station. The intruder planned to abduct Jones to a suburb to chain him in a prepared house. He gave the name C H Garnett.
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Kansas City
Lawrence M. Jones
Jon Brothers Drygoods Co
Jones
C. H. Garnett
Garnett
Jones, Sr
Independence
Young burglar arrested after burglary at haberdashery
A teenaged suspect named Ray Martin, about eighteen, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Croner near the electric theatre. Stolen items from Polders & Davis haberdashery were found in his lodging and a valise, including a $32 suit, $4 shoes, underclothes, socks, stick pins, and possibly neckties and gloves. Martin, from Marietta Ohio, admitted guilt and gave details of the burglary.
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Abo
Ray Martin
George Croner
Electric Theatre
Polders & Davis’ Haberdashery
Martin
Otto's Grill
Marietta
Ohio
Bown
E.R. Davy
Sheriff Bown
Denny Croner
Mr. Davis
Tim
Polders & Davis
Otto's
Erill
Callison
Otto
Polders & Davis’ Store
George Stanley
Patterson Street
East Ninth
Mill Race
Professor Leonard
University
Stanley
Prof. Leonard
Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion Ad Offers Relief
An advertisement claims Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion does the ordinary work of the stomach so that taking a little Kodol prevents indigestion or stomach trouble and that it is sold by all druggists.
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Bingham
Nevada
Pierge
Ig Medicine
Sunny San Luis
Wall OF Colorado
Mainz
VW Liberal Commission
Denver
San Luis Valley Laws Irrigation Co
Bank of Commerce
Bidg
Kansas CI
ST. Joseph, Missouri
APPLE
Bannei
Wenatebee
Hood River
Omee
St. Joseph, MO
Bender
St. Joseph
Kasparilla
Hoyt Chemicar Co
Oregos
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