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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1900
Page
4
Fragmented OCR outlines a political contest with Eugene and Inman as figures. It notes veteran support from publicans and tensions around a state senate race. The distorted text mentions birth place, business ties, and anticipated candidacy without clear dates or outcomes.
Eugene City Guard notes possible presidential contenders with brief references dated July 7, highlighting local civic angles and political speculation.
The letter discusses tariff policy, criticizing protection for wheat hops and lumber while noting some industries enjoy high protection. It cites 1899 trade values, argues protection harms consumers and labor, and questions the Dingley tariff. It also contains political notes on Bryan and McKinley electoral prospects.
The poem praises the vigor of youth as spring, nature, and dawn alike renew the spirit. It envisions barefoot walks, clouded skies, and the desire to remain forever children under a hopeful heaven, with the author’s voice urging the heart to stay young.
William J. Bryan argues the trust menace was foreseen in 1896 but ignored. He cites a rising protest against systems allowing a few to fix wages and prices across industries. He notes Republican shifts, Ohio platform calls for regulated, restrained trusts, and warns that definitions of hurtful monopoly shield wrongdoing.
The piece argues China’s vast labor force could dominate global labor markets if equipped with efficient machinery, enabling control over wages and labor forces worldwide. It foresees industrial captains in America and Europe leveraging Chinese labor for overwhelming global dominance, predicting doom for civilized nations as China’s development accelerates.
The Dalles Times Mountaineer notes stronger support for woman suffrage than expected. The equal suffrage amendment failed by 2137 in a 54,667 total, suggesting many Oregon men are chivalrous and willing to grant women equal rights at the polls.
Spokane board of public works will issue no more permits for corrugated iron structures within the fire limits. Only brick and stone buildings will be allowed. Grain and hay cutting persists in Spokane valley with winter wheat and rye yielding variable prices. Wheat hay brings in Spokane about 7 to 15 dollars per ton, rye slightly lower, though paid per ton varies.
Dramatic scenes unfold at Magersfontein as Duncan Farquharson of the Black Watch is wounded and, amid fire and thirst, the laird dies. Piper Farquharson keeps the laird’s pipes and grants a final reel as dawn breaks. Duncan preserves water, retrieves the body, and the dawn chorus plays Lochaber No More while Boers note the haunting tune.
A reflection on mysticism as personal definition in language. It recalls a cabinet maker who spellings bureau his way, Christ sayings Ye must be born again, and thinkers like Jacob Behmen and Swedenborg, noting poets as mystics through symbols.
A Cleveland Main Dealer quip notes Stimeon’s stinginess, claiming he spends all his money before returning home to prevent his wife from going through his pockets for change. The joke centers on his habit of spending early.
A brief dialog scene shows Merchant expressing intent to fire Fok for laziness. Friend-Siow replies that Fok is not lazy in all things. Merchant counters that he tires quickly. The excerpt captures a clipped coinage style with terse social exchange.
The article portrays Cabinda Bay in West Africa as a site of daily rum exchange for palm kernels. A single white trader runs a small shop with locals arriving from interior villages from dawn until noon. The scene ends with most people drunk or quarrelling, then sober and returning home for another cycle. It also cites smallpox and sleeping sickness as major African curses and notes separate communion cups for Christians due to sickness.
General Sir Herbert Chermside once sent Angora cats to a Constantinople recipient. His servant, paid to buy more cats, embezzled the money and collected many felines. The women demanded a curse, accusing him of stealing their cats as he left the consulate.
The greatest profit to the government came from fractional shinplaster currency during the Civil War. Total issue reached 508 724 079 dollars with 6 880 538 never redeemed. A large amount has been collected but not yet presented for redemption.
Fragmentary text shows a brief quoted exchange about work direction and a family in a carriage. The source is damaged with missing context and names.
A Pittsburg visitor in Algiers wanders to find a barber, struggling with French and English. After failed attempts with locals, he uses a pantomime shave maneuver to locate a shop and escape linguistic confusion.
A young man teases a shopgirl about buying anything at a large store. She replies they sell everything, then jokes about family tiles and family jars due to demand. The man leaves dissatisfied, and the piece closes as a humorous anecdote from the New York Tribune.
A courtroom exchange questions a plaintiff’s sanity after a witness testifies that the plaintiff claims to be the prophet Mohammed. The lawyer challenges the notion of declaring divine identity as proof of insanity, and the witness self declares the same claim in return.
A passerby recalls a girls college benefit supper described by a major as not a circus. The exchange notes the crowd assessed costs for snack items with a burned ball of popcorn priced at 50 cents, while peanuts would have cost less.
Fragmentary poem note asks if they will miss the poet as editor and writer discuss manuscript drafts and editor role. Sparse readable lines reference violet ink, git paper, and letters to editor amid unclear OCR.
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