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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1901
Page
1
A burglar entered Hon TG Hendricks’s Ninth and Chartnelton street residence around 2:30 am, robbing KE J Bristow of $10 to $13 and a $15 watch. Bristow led officers to discover Bristow's trousers and vest emptied, engraving a tense night. no suspect identified.
A University of Oregon correspondent to the Oregonian reports that the Seminar in Political Science and History is studying Oregon history topics such as The Ferries of Lane County. Researchers will use court records maps and early newspapers, interview pioneers, and assemble a durable archive of Willamette ferry history for scholars. The work supports broader Educational History of Oregon projects and aims to publish monographs.
Special dispatches report a contract let for an undersea telephone line between the Florida coast and Cuba. An American firm secured the work as of January 15.
January 1901 sale lists deep discounts across dress goods and fabrics. Items include shawls, shirts, men's and boys clothing, and household linens with cuts on woolen hose, napkins, towels, sheeting, and calico. Prices shown in old currency, emphasizing bulk bundles and marked reductions.
Campbell Bros publishers announce rates for business letters and directory services for THE GUARD located Walton Block East Willamette Street between Seventh and Eighth in Eugene Oregon. The office acquired from the deceased W V Henderson and offers bridge work among other services in the state courts.
Sunday Oregonian highlights Marcola as the new station name on the Wendling branch of the Southern Pacific. The name honors Margaret Cole, wife of a local settler, chosen for its distinctiveness and ease. The article discusses SP policy favoring local preferences and short names to reduce errors and aid operations.
The bank outlines its general banking business terms including sight drafts on Chicago and Port Pit Interchange, with collections entrusted to staff. President Heyrskas and Vice President Prentice are referenced in the notice.
The Willamette River surged after warm rain, reaching about 20 feet above low water at Eugene, flooding parts of the city, washing away bridge approaches, and delaying rail traffic. Reports say low lands and basements flooded, with factories and sewer systems affected, while logs and debris drifted downstream.
The University of Oregon library received a five volume file titled The Eugene Guard covering November 1865 to 1875. The collection came from Walla Walla Washington via Mrs George J Baye, widow of the founder, who kept the volumes until giving them to the university. The gift supports historical investigation and was welcomed by the university.
In Irving area, A J Zomwalt recounts a drowning narrowly averted while returning home on horseback. Crossing a swollen slough near the Irving schoolhouse, the bridge had washed away, the rider and horse sank, and he barely reached the far shore.
Yesterday afternoon J R Campbell noticed a washed out fence panel at Judkies Point with two barbed wires spanning the wagon road six feet above ground. With no wire cutters he crushed the wires using gravel, snapping them and sending the ends flying thirty to forty feet, preventing possible injury to travelers crossing the flooded road.
C M Elspass, promoter of a new creamery, travelled from Portland to Eugene to arrange construction on his recently purchased river bridge area lot. He staked the ground this afternoon and expects to start erecting the creamery building within days.
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