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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1901
Page
9
A Eugene Weekly Guard piece recalls Cyrano like charm aiding a Chicago counterfeiter capture. It critiques persistent pessimism, old age wealth, and public ethics while noting Andrew Carnegie’s wealth and a Hawaiian population decline theme. It honors heroism of Kridor who saved a woman at a crossing, dying in the attempt.
The article traces early forest protection acts from 1789 onward, noting Secretary of the Navy roles and later efforts by Schurz and Noble. It discusses population projections by Pritchett and Giffen, predicting U S growth to 475 million by 2000 and doubling European-origin populations, and ends with a speculative presidential campaign ahead of 2000.
John Elfreth Watkin Jr predicts in Ladies Home Journal that fast electric ships will cross the Atlantic in two days. Ships will skim on buoyant air runners with air jets to reduce friction and propellers powered by electricity push them through water and air. They may dive below the surface in storms and stay dry in fair weather with fireproof cabins.
A fragment describes two lovers once engaged quarreling and growing apart. Jepkie confronts a caller at her home seeking personal business with her father, but denies his inquiry and questions who called. The terse exchange hints at lingering pride and a potential reconciliation.
A French scientist surveyed 100000 naval and military personnel and found lunacy rates highest in those fields, with artists, lawyers, doctors, clergy, literary men, and civil service following. Domestic workers near them, mechanics far behind, while commercial men showed the lowest rate, about 47 per 100000.
The passage notes Chicago now surpasses all U.S. cities in population, while New York exceeds the combined populations of all cities in 1850. It mentions Walters in Germany and wages for workers, with statements about wage reception and critiques of practice.
A reflective poem on reviving an old overcoat after moth damage. The narrator describes stormy weather, frost, and the process of cleaning mothholes from pockets, sponge and brush efforts, and the social envy of those with new clothes while awaiting wear. The piece centers on thrift, nostalgia, and modest pride.
Noemi Verdier, a Valenciennes lacemaker, supports her soldier brother Louis during his military service. After Louis is wounded, she finds him in a military hospital and vows to help him recover, while planning to send money from a lace commission to aid the English house that ordered it.
The article compares the signatures of First Lieut. William McKinley Jr and President McKinley, noting similarities across time. A wartime tale follows Louis Vernier and his sister Noemi as Noemi sews a keepsake for the wounded M. de Lauterac d'Ambroyse, saving his life with a hem stitched face piece. The wounded officer survives. Louis becomes colonel and Noemi’s daughter and two sons accompany their family.
Arthur J Brauer and Robert T Brauer of St Louis patent an ankle brace to support skaters whether on roller or ice. The leather plates with semi circular steel braces sit under the foot and pull to push the ankle back when it turns, preventing tilt and aiding stability.
The brace is described as lightweight and easily attached, offering support for football, baseball and golf players and serving as an aid to their performance and safety.
Home made liniments offer broad medical value for chest and throat rubs, rheumatism relief, and bruises. Mix camphor with olive oil, or prepare stronger formulas with camphor lavender alcohol ammonia, or combine alcohol ammonia and salt for bruises. Keep liniments warm under flannel, apply with friction, and follow care by covering skin after use.
A Parisian craze spreads to New York with skin imprinting through a chemical process. A Dinkerescu claim describes stamping a loved one’s lineaments on the skin, requiring a ten minute exposure and a triple chemical bath to permanent fixation. Separately Prof. Verrill reports Bermuda Islands shrinking from 300–400 square miles to about 20, with subsidence of 50 to 100 feet, their base an ancient volcano and surface formed of shells and drifted debris.
A hundred years ahead predicts Americans will gain one to two inches in height due to improvements in medicine sanitation nutrition and athletics. Life expectancy may rise to fifty years with suburban living replacing crowded city homes. Building restrictions could rise as city blocks become illegal and commutes shrink to minutes with penny fares.
A compact panel of lighthearted quotes and jokes from various sources. Snappy exchanges about dining choices, social standing, and everyday mishaps feature in brisk, dated humor. Notable snippets include opinions on butter substitutes, house rent versus dinners, and small clever retorts.
A collage of humor and brief exchanges from multiple papers. Jokes about time, cooking, travel, and marriage humor unfold with banter between editors, readers, and illustrators. Notable gags include a sailor’s fear of hoisting a salute, a cook book pun, and a Klondike family cartoon.
A collage of brief humorous lines and quips from multiple papers including the Philadelphia Record Philadelphia Press Detroit Free Press Boston Transcript and Philadelphia g Regrette. It includes jokes about coal prices birthdays and wealth with attributions to various unnamed sources and mock conversations.
An assortment of miniature comic exchanges and quips from early 20th century papers shows witty banter about servants, education, hospitality, and age of responsibility. Characters joke about maids, social status, and a gent’s inability to supervise learning while reporters lampoon daily life and public manners.
Reports warn that paint containing petroleum ether, used to speed drying, has caused several explosions recently. Authorities note repeated fires aboard ships and in interior rooms, urging prohibition of petroleum-based paints in enclosed areas to prevent tragic losses.
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