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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1903
Page
5
The piece lampoons doings from coeducation to oysters in Europe, notes on an anti kissing movement, and a New York magistrate's stance on women smoking. It critiques public reform zeal, the absurdity of sensational cures, and ends with commentary on postal service marriage related clerical appointments.
The piece contrasts country and city life highlighting home as the lasting treasure of a real family. It argues the boarding house harms domestic virtue and laments the rise of city ease at the expense of shared work and love. It notes a census showing many more marriageable men than available women, skewing opportunities for bachelors.
By President Roosevelt permission, nine chandeliers from the White House will be installed in the Capitol. Each valued at 1500 dollars, two go to Ways and Means and Appropriations rooms, two to the House lobby, one to the District of Columbia committee room, one to the Vice President’s room, one to the Speaker’s room, and one location undecided. Also moved are marble mantels and tablet cases from the White House for Senate and House use.
The article argues that real leadership in society does not align with being best dressed. Wealth and time spent on clothes influence taste, while stage actresses often treat dress as a trade tool. Notable figures like Sarah Bernhardt, Eleanor Duse, Maude Adams, Annie Russell, Anna Held, and Lillian Russell are cited to illustrate varied attitudes toward fashion and public appearance.
The city spends about $50,000 yearly on maintenance of trees along sidewalks with about 87 trees counted, excluding those in the park. Women patients are more popular to hospitals than men, yet men are more popular among boarding houses. Under evolution, the last woman on earth will be a dressmaker.
Bishop Thomas A. Dudley of Kentucky sits on a Louisville veranda during Easter watching passersby. A passerby greets him with a playful remark, and the bishop replies that he is merely observing the Passover on the dreary afternoon.
Excerpt features Brooks and Rivers debating the meaning of an aching void and the effects of travel on a boy. It mentions a precocious Freddy and a channel crossing. The text also references human progress, selective breeding, and a controversial line about women and a pond and drowning.
General Crook and the trapper observe Hell's Trap as four cowboys are shown bound and tortured by Indians. Dan Follett captures Bertha Lyle and a bold rescue is plotted at dawn while Follett seeks leverage against Hammersley and the Lord of the Desert.
William N Roach former United States Senator from North Dakota died in New York after a nine months illness of cancer. Born in 1840 in Washington he once led in banking and politics. Roach served as senator after defeating scandal rumors linked to a bank case though no investigation was held. He later headed the Cuban Asphalt and Oil Company in New York.
A New York Press report notes a woman resisting millinery fashion that dressed hats with cherries currants cucumbers and other produce. She declines the decorative fruit cluster saying such items belong on the dinner table not on the head.
A quirky tale from a northern Scotland schoolhouse shows a master admonishing a pupil who eats from a lunch while a geography lesson proceeds. The feature then shifts to the New English Dictionary noting the word omnibus and Mr Shillibeer’s plan to build two French style omnibuses for the Paddington Road, as Saunders' Letter hints at the new vehicle’s birth and early use.
A compact anthology of sermons by Rev. Yorkevine and others from Akron to New York, discussing faith trials, labor unions, social life outside the church, personal character, unity with the dead, the church's mission, Christ as central truth, forgiveness, and the forward motion of society. Prominent names include Rev. W. E. Tomlinson, Rev. J. M. Gleason, Rev. Dr. Holderby, Rev. Robert Haddow, Rev. Thomas Campbell, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Rev. Dr. Stires.
The piece notes 757000 strangers in the German Empire in 1900 with counts of Austro Hungarians Italians Swiss Russians and Americans. It cites a total population of 55,587,000 and 1901 emigration of 22,073 with 7290 via Hamburg and 9100 via Bremen. comments that many crooked people find themselves in such circumstances.
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