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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1902
Page
10
The piece exhorts boys to strive through hard work and duty to become true Americans. It praises courage, honesty, and loyalty, linking personal effort to national ideals, and urges readers to stand fast for the right, keep eyes on the stars and stripes, and build a life worthy of the title American boy.
Rolfe Burton returns from the Philippines to Millville for a Fourth of July that spirals into chaos. He greets friends and suspects a wedding plan between George Ames and Alma Phillips, but farm tensions flare as Seth Phillips blasts the match and Burton’s schemes unravel. The scene shifts with a lawyer guiding Burton toward philips and Ames farms while questions linger about loyalty and romance.
In a small town tale, Uncle Rolfe uses a Fourth of July fireworks misadventure to settle a land dispute between Ames and Phillips over an eighty acre strip once owned by the Morris estate. A buggy explosion destroys both leases, prompting Rolfe to deputize Russell to buy the land and gift it to George and Alma, who plan to marry next Fourth of July.
The piece recounts Washington wearing ill fitting false teeth late in life crafted by dentist Greenwood. A surviving letter from a Philadelphia dentist complains the teeth were very black from port wine use. Flo warns about acidic wines and suggests cleaning, soaking, and replacing teeth to prevent decay.
The article reports hazing among Sage College students with sophomores targeting freshmen, including a toastmistress seized and paraded, a freshman speaker hustled into a cab for speeches, and a flour‑sprinkling ritual. It notes similar antics at Vassar and Wellesley but mocks them as outdated. Vassar and Wellesley are called “only girl’s colleges” and Ithaca is cited as more up to date.
At a Fakenham concert the violin and violoncello players struggled with sight-reading as a tenor started an operatic number. The ensemble faltered and the violin complained to the cello asking where the tenor was, while the cello proposed marching on the open strings to find him.
An elderly man skeptical he could hear his wife by telephone at five miles distance. In a country shop, his wife near a similar instrument, she guides him. He shouts hubla, Sarah aloud. Lightning strikes the wire. he recovers and declares That's Sarah every inch.
A survey of romantic proposals among Europe’s rulers, recounting moments at Rosenberg palace in Denmark, Balmoral in Scotland, White Lodge near Richmond Park, and Balmoral’s grounds. It includes Edward VII, Frederick of Germany, the future Nicholas II, and Queen Victoria’s journal notes on engagement of Louise and Lorne.
The article discusses plant defenses via mimicry of protected species. It cites white dead nettle resembling stinging nettle and a Riviera yellow bugle mimicking euphorbias, noting how such resemblance offers immunity to enemies. It also mentions a tropical pineapple family plant resembling a shaggy lichen and a parasitic flowering plant BalenoPhora volucrata mimicking a vivid fly agaric fungus.
A parlor version of a human cockfight is described with two men seated on the ground, legs tied, knees to chin, hands crossed, and a cane used to topple the opponent. The winner is the one who cannot renew his position after being shoved.
Description notes accurate representation of scarlet cap with dotted warts, a white stem and volva.
French motorist M Serpollet wins the Rothschild cup with a record 76.45 mph on a Promenade des Anglais course. The 12 horsepower machine shatters electric and gasoline records, beating Fournier and Vanderbilt, with an English buyer paying 11000 dollars and taking the car to England.
An essay praising the turkey hunter as highly scientific and strategic. It argues the turkey’s keen sight and forest knowledge rival human mastery, notes myths about scent, and details methods like ambush, traps, and guided calls. The piece emphasizes timing, terrain, and the hunter’s expertise.
Veteran artist Sidney Cooper who died recently at an advanced age shares habits for longevity. He describes regular routines such as daily walks of five to six miles in youth, now three to four, and a strict painting routine starting at 7 a.m. in summer and a half hour later in winter, with oatmeal porridge for breakfast.
Warren Pennsylvania witnessed a dramatic experiment as a camera lowered to seventeen hundred feet captured the bottom of an oil well after a glycerine torpedo blast. The shot created a fourteen by seven foot cavity below the oil sand with oil collecting in the cavity ready for pumping.
A Chinese engineer builds a transparent glass pavilion for the king of Siam to escape intense heat. The 28 by 16 foot structure sits in a marble basin. gates close, seams seal, water fills the basin, and only the dome remains above water to allow airflow.
A traveler recalls buying a postage stamp in Siberia while an army officer in uniform sits behind the counter. He also describes a hot Amoor voyage where a merchant is shamed into wearing a coat in the presence of an Emperor likeness. Voodoo in Martinique is discussed with doctors famed for prophecy and a tale of a fortune told to Josephine.
An old 1991 cyclopedia tallies total gifts and vests at 107.5 million dollars in the United States for the prior year. The piece closes with a light remark that husbands should not expect wives to value their approval of new hats.
A simple inexpensive glass decorating device uses a funnel and long emery powder tube. A stencil is fixed to the glass, emery falls through the tube and cuts the exposed surface quickly. Glass remains stationary while rotated slowly to form initials or ornamental borders.
A home built glass engraving setup uses a mounted spindle a cork counterweight and a spool drum with a cord running through fixed and movable pulleys. A fish line can substitute, pulleys reduce wear. a cork in the funnel stops flow for inspection and a crank rewinds the cord while the emery keeps grinding.
Practical advice on training parrots emphasizes positive treatment, good food, water, a large cage, gnawing wood, and grit. It notes parrots learn by patient, hidden instruction from a teacher and mentions female parrots as non talkers in contrast to songbirds.
Dr M A Stein reports discovering sand preserved wooden tablets in Turkestan towns and villages. The documents, sealed and inked, may illuminate ancient life of desert dwellers. Script resembles an India used form. Buried towns lie up to 100 miles from desert edge, with ruins spanning 24 square miles.
A Baltimore News column parodies female curiosity and marketing manipulation as Watson remarks that smarter women are easier to sell to. The exchange ends with the idea that a well informed husband may recognize sales tactics. The piece satirizes gender dynamics and consumer alertness in a light comic tone.
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