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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1904
Page
2
A fragmentary study discusses how children’s games echo ancient rites such as Odin worship and the Diane myth. It mentions blind man's buff, tag, London Bridge foundations, and offers simple craft ideas for playground props, with verses about a sleepy head named Rose.
Lady Gregory recalls an anecdote from Gort Workhouse where two aging poets, Raftery and Callinan, are debated by inmates. Callinan’s advocate praises his steadiness and skill, while Raftery’s champion admits flaws yet extols his poetic fire. A lone old woman sings Bridget Vosneh as the final tribute, reflecting on the worth of rival bards.
A Southern reader extols Canadian honesty after a Niagara on the Lake carpentry job. He notes a fair, underestimated bill under $100 and a credit for unused material, arguing Canadians value virtue and scrupulous dealings. The column includes a humorous aside from the Chicago Post about engagement quarrels.
A transcript-style exchange has a teacher defining a fort as a place for soldiers and a fortress as a place for soldiers wives, highlighting a simple misstatement by the students.
A Chicago Daily News excerpt recounts a loquacious man praising a sharp, bright woman who listened intently on a long evening. He asserts she cannot be deaf and boasts about engaging her on topics from shipping trusts to socialism, while other women allegedly chatter about gossip.
A compilation of statistics on population growth in Germany and Britain, Senate counts in the United States, fatal snake bites in India, Buenos Aires monuments for Garibaldi, high altitude expeditions in Europe, British height averages, daily speech estimates, a Pittsburg technical college opening, royal piano holdings, coal exports, French coal production and imports, US fish hatching, Paris workmen classes, immigrants’ remittance from Norway, Maine spool factories, telephones in use and on farms, King Edward’s baronetcy, Welsh coal quality, Pocahontas coal, Vienna exhibitions, UK export growth, and the central role of water in life and chemistry.
The American Syren and Shipping Journal explains dynamite as a giant gunpowder explosive whose strength depends on nitroglycerin content. It states nitroglycerin is made from glycerin and nitric acid, notes its high but not maximum power, and warns nitroglycerin itself is unsafe to handle, hence dynamite is preferred for safety.
The passage outlines how powders labeled Giant Hercules Jupiter Atlas contained 30 to 80 percent nitroglycerin with inert residue such as rot ten stone and sawdust. It describes dynamite preparation, calcining infusorial earth, cartridge formation, and ignition via fulminate capsules, plus nitroglycerin production from nitric and sulfuric acids and glycerin, and notes its taste, headaches, and freezing point.
The article surveys the British peerage ages revealing many peers hold multiple titles. It notes large numbers of courtesy titles, with examples like the Duke of Atholl and Duke of Argyll. It also highlights scarcity of heirs to carry these titles and lists groups with repeated surnames such as five Lords Howard and five Lords Hamilton.
The New York Times recounts a tale where an actor husband endures a wife who swears food should fit the consumer. Milk hot water and cereals alternately nourish the genius as the pair clash over meals and even a window garden of seeds.
A quirky quoted exchange from the New Orleans Times Democrat discusses English language usage and expectations between Americans and British counterparts. The fragment hints at a visitor named Chumppe or Chumppe-Aw and a meeting in London with remarks about English in America.
Workmen uncover a near perfect skull of a woolly Siberian rhinoceros in Salisbury Square London. Beds of peat reveal additional bones from another rhinoceros species nearby. The find rekindles fascination with ancient English fauna and prehistoric life.
In Europe’s interior cities postcard culture overwhelms travelers from station to hotel. Waiters and cashiers showcase cards, porters and concierges distribute them, and shops line the streets with card shops. Humorous quips follow about courtship and social pretenses.
A compact collection of light humor and quips on folding beds jokes about a washstand to coffin transformation and other domestic gags. Cartoonish vignettes poke fun at love, work, and daily foibles with a brisk, old timey newspaper vibe.
A brief exchange in the Boston Transcript features a Boston intellectual-Dumley duo. One remarks he has a clever answer to a conundrum, expressing confidence he would publish it if a fitting conundrum could be found.
A witty column notes Dolly Footlights the soubrette celebrated her silver wedding yesterday. The joke questions her age and marriage count, mocking the idea of a twenty-fifth wedding in jest. The exchange references the American Duchess and a playful line about marriages for money.
A witty exchange unfolds as a girl jokes about nerves and talking, a man quips about a bargain marriage, Mrs. Stith mocks age, Mrs. Twist notes a wealthy husband, and Mrs. Homer complains of luxury desires while a protective union is formed. The dialogue highlights social pretensions and flirtatious banter.
The excerpt shows a dialogue where Mrs De Trop doubts a housemaid’s whereabouts while the maid asserts uncertainty. A joking exchange about money and a touring car humorously twists the tale, reflecting light newspaper humor of the era.
A light exchange on the term dot for a bride's dowry. The theory suggests the term arises to curb the groom's financial troubles, framing the dowry as a safeguard for the masculine half of the marriage arrangement.
A man asks to marry another's daughter with blunt, humorous exchanges. The other suitor responds that his aim is simply to wed the daughter, not to pursue a formal betrothal. The dialogue centers on a direct proposal and the playful resistance it triggers.
An English immigrant recalls loving England while a home-grown American says he did England a favor by not staying there. The banter centers on national loyalty and pride in choosing to live in the United States.
A landlady shopping for winter supply asks for half a cosen coal scuttles and specifies a quaint size of about three pints in a brief exchange with the clerk.
A dialogue contrasts fatigue from doing nothing with a tramp's claim that endless tasks create weariness. The exchange highlights frustration and humor as characters argue over energy and purpose in a moment of闲 conversation.
A witty exchange with anvil and bellows reveals hard knocks and raised hopes. characters Jones, Smith, Smitth, and Parental Objections thread through jokes about love, salary, and parental objections. The dialogue hints at a tough economy and changing affections in a small shop.
Daniel Le Roy Dresser recalls an Irishman Patrick O Malley who chased a garden thief. He grabbed the boy, threatened a flogging, and the boy cried that he was not to blame. O Malley replied he would pick what there is of him, a rough anecdote from a garden tale.
A terse exchanges in the Detroit Free Press shows an old man asking for a hundred until next Thursday while Hill declines due to an upcoming note due Friday, highlighting a small street conversation about debt and timing.
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