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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1902
Page
6
February 22 report notes artisans protesting age discrimination by employers setting limits at forty five or even thirty five. The piece laments age-based poverty and calls for civilization to solve the issue and protect workers past productive age.
Cadiz Ohio gossip centers on Alfred F Elliott a wealthy resident who ran away with the family coachman a year ago. The husband refused forgiveness but hired his wife as a paid servant to help the children, while she assists in the kitchen cleans shoes and acts as a maid. Elliott a retired real estate dealer now tends a model farm with thoroughbred stock. The wife remains refined and educated despite the arrangement.
The text argues Russia supports the Anglo-Japanese agreement to preserve China's integrity, presenting it as consistent with Russia's policy despite decades of territorial grabs in China. It notes Port Arthur as a Pacific port Russia desires, closed by ice four to six months, making a southern port essential, and warns Russia will wait and press China again.
The Oregonian criticizes tariff policy and questions Republican reform rhetoric. It notes party loyalty due to business interests while insinuating Republican leaders push changes to protect trusts when prompted, inviting contrary evidence if mistaken.
A fragment notes tension around General Chaffee in the Philippines, suggesting he cannot pose as a philanthropist. The statement trails into an incomplete thought about greater implications or threats.
A harsh passage accuses a United States official of proposing to end the war in the Philippines by extermination. It condemns the tactic as a bloodthirsty historical blueprint, naming figures as brutal precedents and urging readers to blush at their countryman’s proposal.
The Register names Hono H Friendly as a possible Republican state senate candidate. The piece notes he is a capable, active Lane County businessman with practical legislative aims, while suggesting his name may fade by the convention.
Victoria residents create a company to search for pirate treasure on Cocos Island in South Pacific waters and the admiral offers to reveal the site for a small share. Also noted is the National Calendar Company's 1903 announcement with calendar samples to be delivered by March, months ahead of general use.
Eleven fled victims died in a St Louis hotel fire on Sunday triggering talk of an indictment against the proprietor for failure to provide fire escapes. Skeptics question why city authorities allowed the missing exits to go unaddressed and compare the move to locking the stable after the horse is stolen.
The article contends Chamberlain rejected links between Britain’s claim to South Africa and its mineral wealth, noting Britain only asserted rights after mines grew valuable and Boer history might have differed if lands remained pastoral. A Portland widow’s will disinherits children in favor of her husband, California sets life terms for highway burglary, and London coronation invites will be limited to ambassadors and spouses.
Will C Brown, newly elected third vice president of the New York Central Railroad, began his rail career as a section man and piling cord road worker, rising to the top executive ranks.
A man died after falling forward into a marshy area near Forest Grove in Washington County. He suffocated with his face in the mud, and authorities investigated the curious death reported by local residents.
J M Dick a longtime minister born March 17 1831 in Pennsylvania died February 8 age near eighty four after three days of illness. He traveled from New York to California Oregon Lane County Camp Creek and spent years in Eugene Arizona and Oregon before his death. He never married and was respected as a man who loved his fellow man.
A voyage tale from Lloyds register dated October 23 1888 recounts the brig Swan a Liverpool trader capt Streeter attacked by native boat crews off Africa. After a drunken shore party and a whale using the anchor as a fishhook the brig is towed, then escapes, and the narrator a deck apprentice survives aboard until rescued by a French ship with the captain and crew all slain.
February 13 1902 list shows names including Angell Mrs J M Collins Frank A Clayton J H Crandle Ed Elguard W Fischer August Frazer R M Hayes Florence Hubbard Frank Kruse A H F Long Mrs Lucinda Macleo Frank Mitchel Frank Malkey A McDonald Alexander Montgomery Wim L Pipes Mr Hattie Price Lauretta Shaw Talia Weitman Frank A charge of one cent will be made for all letters given out Persons calling for letters should state when advertised H F McCorsack P M
Marriage reports from Cottage Grove Feb 12 1902 Chas Finnerty to Minnie McKibben with Rev Eugene Emmerman officiating. Births Feb 7 1902 coast fork to Mrs Weeden a boy and a girl. Feb 1 1902 Divide A S Emmersons wife reports a boy. Feb 1902 Abureton W Rose wife gives birth to a daughter. Feb 14 1902 J J Wood and wife near Eugene welcome a son. Albany Democrat notes Troop movements and an alert on Long Tom bridge with Congressman Tongue, Major Dyer and US artillery units in the Philippines context.
Sue warns how to tell Papa about the engagement with playful mock drama. The line suggests a jokey exchange where one character proposes starting by saying she has just died, illustrating the light, teasing tone of a domestic moment.
A detective proposes a paid ruse where a companion is hired to surveil a wife abroad to prove her loyalty. The plan backfires as the detective grows involved, the wife’s innocence becomes clear, and the husband’s jealousy is exposed. The narrator rejects payment, aids the couple’s reconciliation, and contemplates leaving the life by pursuing acting under a new name.
A humorous note from New York Telegraph contrasts the wild talk of courtship with a settled state. It jokes about men chasing romance while couples are already bound by marriage, highlighting social habits of relationships and the era.
A narrator recalls spotting a mysterious woman in Smith's window a June morning and daily glimpses that haunt him. He pursues her through theater crowds then discovers the object may be a mannequin posed by the shop. A friend Robinson ultimately reveals the woman is a wax figure.
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