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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1901
Page
10
The Atlanta Constitution expresses a hopeful view of life despite hardship. It contrasts weary world weariness with sunlit faith and a belief that love lightens burdens, ending with a message of forgiveness and home harmony.
A Liverpool bank receives a ring call from a London firm chief Silverton arranging a counterfeit note sting. Cecil Hampton is lured to a counter with two thousand pound notes and a plan to lecture him into returning the money and fleeing abroad. Golden coordinating the sting arrests him at the office door.
Frederick De L. Booth-Tucker, visiting the United States, succeeded Ballington Booth as commander of the Salvation Army of America after Ballington and Emma Booth Bo Withdrawal. Born in England fifty two years ago, he formerly led work in India and now heads executive relief efforts with a heartful, humorous preaching style and hallelujah methods.
A thief named Hampton accepts a £500 gold bag in exchange for forged notes from Mr. Silverton who insists he flee England. Inkster tails the scheme, aided by a telephone clerk who inadvertently leads police to Hampton as the plan unravels. Hampton is captured before traveling to the United States.
A St Bernard named Bruno in Bloomfield New Jersey awoke the Baldwin family and led firemen to rescue his favorite horse from a burning stable. He chewed off the rope and with the help of the owner dragged the distressed animal through smoke to safety as flames raged around them.
A French trial uses an iron hook and wire to trigger an engine brake when a lever is raised. The system, guided by electricity, stops a train quickly, preventing collisions in fog and at stations. The passage ends with a stray reflection about promises made after meals and smoking.
Jefferson Lee of Putnam County Florida trains alligators to tow his boat on the St Johns River. He raised two young gators, taught them to swim drag a weight, and to steer by ropes at their teeth. Harnessed to his boat they pull true and turn with reins through their mouths. Neighbors show great interest as more gators are trained for duty.
The article extols fleas as formidable, detailing their strength, agility, and diverse behaviors. It notes fleas can leap vast distances for their size, their use in decorative gold collars, and historical curiosities. It contrasts cat and dog fleas and covers life cycles, habitats, and potential disease links.
The piece argues the thumb reveals character through three phalanges representing will logic and love. It claims proportion and joint strength signal traits from willful dominating to reason governed, with examples like Souvaroff Danton Galileo and Voltaire cited to support mind body links and palmistry assertions.
William Perrine tells in The Ladies Home Journal the story of Kate Chase who aspired to politics. Born into prominence she showed early political prowess and a dream of her father becoming president, shaping her ambitious career.
Nostalgic note on the approaching demolition of the Coutts Bank frontage in London. The piece recalls the bank’s historic ties, famed clients like the Duke of Wellington and Sir Walter Scott, and promises preservation of interior features such as Cipriani marble chimneypieces and portraits. The dining room is said to house papers sent by Lord Macartney to China in 1792 05.
A humorous scene shows a man rejecting French menu terms while asking for elusive phrases like sine qua non and tempus fugit. A polite waiter searches for items that fit the humor until offering beef and cabbage. The piece ends with a note on the Malay peninsula Wonder flower, a leafless parasitic bloom.
A Baltimore World quip imagines Eve modernized by wire cutters snipping fangs and posing as queen of reptiles on a Pan American midway. It adds that politicians are weighed and found wanting a big salary with little work. It notes educated men help undertakers' profits.
A collection of cheerful incidents and jokes aims to entertain both old and young. A dealer notes the desire for a perfectly noiseless lawn mower. A citizen jokes about neighbors hearing lawn work and lending machines seven times. A cartoonish exchange about a cashier’s missing funds is also teased.
A lawyer asks a client for grounds in divorce. The client insists on exertion as the reason, explaining his wife has continually exerted herself to make him miserable. The exchange ends with a quip about waiting to get rich before marrying, reflecting humorous dialogue from Puck.
In a brisk dialogue from The Question Nowadays the teller’s abrupt departure becomes a point of urban gossip. Band President laments the exit while Mrs Gabbleton and Mrs Flint weigh the social divide and blame, as Puck offers cornered irony.
A collection of quoted exchanges on public figures and actors. The debate includes Polehunder and an unnamed Arctic explorer, with jests about egos and Ham actors. Short quips from Puck and Philadelphia Times illustrate theater and public figure satire.
A Philadelphia Record note reports an Investigating Committee weighing whether a soldier’s fatal wound came from tobacco use or hot fruit. The exact cause remains undetermined as the committee has not reached a verdict.
A Life column quotes Tit for Tat and Broadway as society women turning to acting due to crowding out by marriageable actresses. A Philadelphia Press joke depicts a new waitress hearing ham and eggs and the board mistress correcting her to say Ham or egga, highlighting quirky daily humor.
A fragment from Life quips about cold weather and windows, asking when the window blushed and noting how the weather strip observed the chill. The terse lines evoke a sly, playful mood from a vintage context.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press recalls an editor and assistant debating how to refer to a President of a Woman's Rights Club. The assistant suggests shifting from "strong-minded person" to "weak minded person" for future mentions. The quote highlights sensitivity to phrasing in newspaper writing.
A collage of light quips and cartoons from various papers. Tess-Della Mode is praised for making plain people look stylish, while readers joke about politics and social scenes. Numerous jokes touch on leisure, manners, and everyday life.
The column mix includes playful exchanges about engagement and love. whimsical lines from The Smart Set and Life tabloids. remarks about a man named Gotrox dodging taxes. and a jewelry note describing pigeons blood rubies, opals, and Alexandrite with color-shifting flashes under artificial light.
The Berlin city mission led by A Stocker issues 108000 sermons each week for those unable to attend church with 20000 distributed within the city.
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