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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
4
Alaskan Gold from the Master Molder's Hand
A poetic excerpt from Youth's Companion describes the ancient formation of gold in Earth's furnace. It portrays gold as shed dust from stone as granite and mica-schist cooled into crust, with vast time scales and mythic imagery of gods and mastodons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth
Why Don't You Get a Lady at the Quiet Restaurant
Boynton spots a violinist in a mirror at a quiet restaurant and becomes smitten with a girl who playfully taunts him. He later learns Miss Sturm will perform but discovers the violinist is a German cashier in disguise, leading him to wonder who the merry girl really is as he watches from across the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boynton
Buce
Counte-Nance
Boyton
Mark
Mark Boynton
Eureka
Miss Sturm
Miss Boynton
Bost
Scott
Amateur photography craft advice spans plates to developing
The piece urges using filtered rain water for solutions and wax edge rubbing to prevent frilling. It advocates DIY development, critiques overdeveloping, and praises patient practice, detailing setup, lighting, and storage for beginners. It surveys genres from portrait to architecture, urging study of past work to form a distinct personal style.
Conservatory pupil Edith Sinclair as potential whist partner
Miss Edith Sinclair, a Conservatory pupil, confronts Mark Boynton after a mistaken hiring incident. She jokes about partnering in a whist game while he laments not having a partner, and the two exchange playful, flirty banter amid the evening scene in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Sinclair
Mark
Miss Boynton
Miss Sinclair
Barbara Sturm
Miss Sturm
French Fads Stir Paris Society Over Fox Cubs
Paris society women prize fox cubs at 20 to 25 dollars each and send larger cubs to country estates. Guests demand monogrammed sheets and new napery, as Czarist disguises and Romanoff insignia influence host linen choices. Drapers profit from refined taste in visiting etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Napoleon II
Czarina
Casimir's Chef d oeuvre to retire after long service
The famed Paris chef Casimir, inventor of Potage Germany, plans retirement after nearly fifty years directing the culinary department of Maison Doree. Gourmets on the boulevards reportedly shed tears as Casimir laments the decline of dining and admits he has never seen the Eiffel Tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Vatet
Maison Doree
Casimir
Eiffel’s
Parisian culinary genius earns praise for new soup
Former Casimir lauded for a celebrated creation potage germing a soup made from egg yolk cream and sorrel. The dish, served at a Marquis de St George dinner, brought Casimir widespread acclaim as if unveiling a new play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Casimir
New York
Marquis de St. George
Loud Trousers Light Up a Cripple Creek Encounter
An Eastern visitor with flashy patterned trousers walks with a fair Cripple Creek cousin. She teases that his loud pants are audible from afar as they climb a hill. He tries to regain dignity while gasping for air, and she keeps pressing with sarcasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Denver Times
Pie at church fair earns expert nod for taste
A humorous exchange notes a diner praising a pie at a church fair. A neighbor in the leather trade calls the opinion valuable as expert testimony. The clipping also references theater skepticism and a Swedish peat fuel test, plus a quip about control in married life.
Jenny Lind Echoes From a St Louis School Hall
IL Wyman recalls a 1849 incident at his father Edward Wyman s English and Classical School in St Louis where Jenny Lind performed from a public hall below. The schoolboys heard her through a ventilator as trap doors opened, applauded, and the aria repeated three times before closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Jenny Lind
America
IL Wyman
Edward Wyman
Key
Fiddler uses music to fend off two rattlers
A Deep Hollow Pennsylvania fiddler named Gabe Crandall tried to charm two rattlesnakes with his violin on a mountain road. As the snakes closed in, he played harder, then attacked the snakes with his fiddle neck and stones, killing both. The tale blends peril, music, and a town anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabe” Crandall
Deep Hollow
Pennsylvania
Men who weigh words offend Philadelphia Press
A fragment notes that some men who weigh their words would please readers if they would refrain from giving such poor measures, as cheekily referenced to the Philadelphia Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pleasant Incidents and Quips Across the World
A collage of lighthearted gags and humorous exchanges from various papers. Jests about gowns and promises, family woes, silly misunderstandings, and cartoon quips headline a string of brief, readable jokes and witticisms. Contains familiar jokes and captions from early 20th century humorous columns.
Fragmented Punchline Newspaper Teasers Across Dated Columns
A collage of clipped quotes from The Philadelphia Press Chicago Record Herald Puck and The Smart Set features snippets about a girl named Mame and her dog Fido, a left turn past a station, and various quips on marriage, potatoes, and pensions. The tone mirrors a late 19th century humor page.
The Usual Procedure to Carry an Heiress
The text presents a wry quip about romance and honor, references a rejected political candidate, and includes multiple humorous exchanges. It features a brief dialogue about love and debt to a father, a remark on surprise at a marriage proposal, and a cartoonish line about a sour person who believes he deserves more in life. The piece ends with a reflection on manners and secrecy in trades and a line about young ladies and twilight.
Two Periods in History Compare Gold Supply to Present
The article notes two historical eras for evaluating money metals: post conquest of Mexico and Peru after 1492 and post gold discoveries in California and Australia. It describes rapid depreciation of metals, economic turmoil, and shifts in banking rates as new gold flooded Europe. It cites Bank of England holdings rising from 40 million to 110 million by 1853 and a drop in discount rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mexico
Peru
California
Australia
Queen Elizabeth
Charles 1
Europe
Bank of England
Gladstone
Curious Contrasts and Quirky Observations From a Bygone Era
A collage of odd facts and reflections traces longevity gaps for single people, wealth and land ownership, malaria incubation, gold to silver values, Portland trees, Australian kangaroos, US labor versus German wages, TB risks, a sea sickness remedy, memory feats in history and science, and a humorous photo caption exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Australia
Cologne Gazette
United States
Germany
Imperial Board of Health
A Matter of Effect Pauline How Would You Differentiate Wit and Humor
A fragmented excerpt contrasts wit and humor with phrases about expected laughter and social views. It includes a note on racial terms and a census ratio comparing black and white populations. A Pine Needle Factory in Oregon is mentioned as notable for being outside Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline
Homor
Emeline
Oregon
Germany
Weight and Height and the Stage Life
A ponderous aphoristic piece notes a rule of thumb that a man should weigh twenty six pounds per foot of height. It questions men who claim to be overworked and exhausted while they juggle time. It also remarks that every woman is a Missourian, contrasted with boastful cooks, and warns that getting fat is particularly problematic for performers on stage.
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