June 11 Sunday Weekly Eugene Guard column notes
A compact roundup recaps diverse topics from advertising timing and rain effects to hop yield predictions, labor and politics led by Mark Hanna, weather contrasts between the Pacific Northwest and the East, and church and social issues. It mentions Rome’s papal death, sunstroke cases, Portland versus Seattle statistics, tourism impacts on Swiss flora, and unrest spreading in Russia with May leaflets and street disturbances.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Proclamation Warns Oregon on Fire Laws by Governor Chamberlain
Governor George E. Chamberlain issues annual blaze prohibition reminder citing sections 1737 1788 1789 1790 191 and 12 of Oregon statutes. Proclamation outlines penalties for malicious arson and accidental fires on private land forest lands and state or federal lands with fines imprisonment and equity provisions for information rewards and tax fund allocations.
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Bellingers and Cotten
Oregon
Chamberlain
United States
Chorge E. Chamberlain
State of
Klondike Steamers Bring Seventy Three Klondikers Home
A Seattle steamer arriving from Skagway carried seventy three Klondikers reporting a total of one hundred thousand dollars in all. The average was about one dollar per person. Some had more, others nothing, and the latter were likely glad to return alive.
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Klondike
Seattle
Skagway
Sherar and Shurte Sued Over Property Attachment in Fllensburg
Creditors attach property of Sherar and Shurte in Fllensburg Washington while Shurte’s shirts remain exempt. The suit seeks recovery of debts though clothing and personal wear are not liable to seizure.
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Sherar & Shurte
Fllensburg
Wash
Shurte
Last Words of Pope Leo and Kent Reflect Fatigue
A historical note recalls Pope Leo at eighty three expressing weariness and readiness to die. It parallels the late Kent the poet, whose final words also voiced fatigue and a wish for rest. The brief comparison links mortal toll and artistic resignation across two figures.
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Leo
Kent
Southern Pacific uses oil from its own wells and from others
The Southern Pacific railroad uses ten thousand barrels of crude oil daily for locomotives, but only three thousand barrels of that amount are obtained from its own wells.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Simple Chamber Overlooks St Peter's Cathedral
The Pope's grave illness highlights his humble living as observers note his private bed chamber contains a single window facing St. Peter's Cathedral, underscoring the simplicity of his surroundings during illness.
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St. Peter's Cathedral
Thibet Saga Reveals Harsh Wages in Central Asia
A Russian subject returns from Thibet reporting meager pay in the Central Asian country. Men earn two to three cents a day while women serve for their keep. A priest receives ten cents for a day's prayers. Monasteries abound with one house housing nearly sixty thousand. women handle all mercantile tasks.
Portland Judge Rules Initiative Referendum Amendment Flawed
A Portland circuit judge holds that the initiative and referendum constitutional amendment was not legally passed. The opinion contrasts with the broad legal expertise in the legislature and the extensive discussion and study devoted to the measure.
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Portland
Record Fourth of July deaths surpass prior year
Last year 21 people were killed in Fourth of July events, and by Sunday morning this year 36 deaths are reported with about 2000 maimed or wounded. Over a hundred injured by gas pipe cannon blasts as crowds blamed for unsafe powder charges.
Roosevelt and Hanna shaping a rival ticket narrative
The 1904 ticket debate highlights Marcus Hanna pressing Roosevelt away from a potential second place while opponents force the issue. The text notes a strenuous future for Roosevelt amid party politics and praises Hanna’s chanced boldness. Immigrant influx rises sharply with April 1908 Ellis Island arrivals tallied at 12,784 as port congestion grows and officials foresee a record year.
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Marcus Alonzo Hanna
Ohio
United States
Roosevelt
Theodore
Hanna
Presidency
New York
Lfllis Island
St. Louis Republic
Europe
Ellis Island
Republic
Immigration Bureau
Justifiable Sarcasm and Pacific Coast Notables
The Eugene Register lauds John Barrett as a foremost Pacific coast citizen while Salem Journal notes public sympathy for the tail-end era, urging generous pity flows.
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Salem Journal
Eugene Register
John Barrett
Pacific Coast
The Wesleys Father of Methodism and His Nineteen Children
The bicentenary of John Wesley highlights his family. He founded Methodism and fathered nineteen children, including Charles Wesley, famed hymn writer. Susanna Annesley, mother and preacher's daughter, raised a gifted brood who wrote poetry and religious works. Most later married unhappily, shaping their lives despite early piety. Madame Wesley might praise reforms if she lived today.
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Man
Charles Wesley
Susanna Annesley
Wesleys
Madame Wesley
Mr. Roosevelt
Great Wealth Enables Global Cable Quest
A contemporary tribute extols Clarence Mackay's fortune for funding the Pacific cable and the world spanning telegraph link. The Fourth of July event featured President Roosevelt in New Jersey while Mackay was in New York, with cordial exchanges across roughly nine thousand miles of wire and multiple oceans.
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Clarence Mackay
Pacific
Roosevelt
New York
New Jersey
Blinded Royalty Raps Personal Intercourse With America
A passage notes Emperor William of Germany reacting to an American ambassador speech during the Keil visit of the American squadron. The author ridicules the emperor for praising his brother Prince Henry and argues that ordinary Americans were curious but indifferent to royal personal contact. The piece contrasts royal pretensions with common sentiment.
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William
Germany
Keil
Prince Henry
Death Chamber Planned at West Oregon Penitentiary
Under a law for executing condemned criminals, a death chamber is to be built at the state penitentiary with six steel cells. If the verdict and sentence stand, the first execution will be of W. P. Peacock, convicted of murdering Alexander Kerr at Parker Station, sentenced to hang August 7.
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West Oregon
State Penitentiary
Alea
Supreme Court
W. P. Peacock
Alexander Kerr
Parker Station
Woodmen of the World to Organize Camp in Lambra Territory
The Woodmen Camp plans to organize a Woodmen of the World lodge in Lambra territory. A A G Woodcock, who was in Eugene for the May festival, will oversee the affair. They aim to organize next Saturday evening with about 2 members.
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Lambra
A. A G. Woodcock
Eugene
Card of Thanks and Local News Digest
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends for sympathy after bereavement. Brief notes report Pope Leo death preparations in national papers, Henry Turner missing from Grants Pass since June 15, third such disappearance in six weeks. Small item notes scattered tacks on street, hallway hazards for wheels. Weather shows drought relief and good hay crops despite down valley shortness.
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Henry Turner
Grant's Pass
Fainting as a fashion in older fiction fades away
The passage notes that fainting in earlier novels was a fashionable achievement for women, requiring a discreet setting and a male rescuer. It argues the practice was aimed at impressing men, not fellow women, and that modern heroines no longer faint, signaling a shift from weakness as a weapon to different traits.
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promises for Women
A historical advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and related illnesses. It cites testimonial claims from Mrs. Milton Grimes and Miss Ella Sapp, describing relief from long standing ailments and improved daily functioning, and touts Dr Pierce's Medical Adviser as a valued resource for women.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Ella Sapp
Amestown
Guilford Co
N. C
Golden Medical
Nana
Elmer D. Sheare
Mount Hope
Lancaster Co
Albany Warehouse License Notices
A list of warehouse license applications and the bonds posted by applicants in Albany and nearby towns. Names include Albany Farmers Company, A Wilhelm & Son, A Wat gate, Sterling Brothers, M. Y. K Halsey, Martin Thompson, A W Ky Peoria, May & Senders, with bond amounts ranging from 400 to 2000 dollars.
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Albany Democrat
Spep
Dune Albany Farmers Company
A. Wilhelm & Son
A. Watgate
Albany
Sterling Brothers
Brownsville
M. Y. K Halsey
Martin Thompson
Card of Thanks From Cyclone How Company
On behalf of the Cyclone How Company we extend sincere thanks to Mrs W Grove and Miss Ada Christie for decoratory hose cart and other courtesies. The young men who volunteered to take the place of members unable to be in the parade on the Fourth are gratefully acknowledged.
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W. ©. Grove
Ada Christie
June Patient Numbers Rise at Salem Insane Asylum
The June report from the state asylum in Salem shows an increase in patients from 132 to 1324 during the month. Maintenance costs average $10.43 per patient per month, or 34 cents daily. Overall health among patients reported as good.
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Salem
Jane
Bucklin’s Arica Salve Cures Piles and Burns
A period ad-like testimonial features F. A. Gull of Verbena claiming years of pile disease with 44 tumors. Bucklin’s Arica Salve allegedly cured him after other methods failed, touting relief for burns and pains. Available at W. L. DeLano’s drug store for 20 cents.
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F. A. Gull Verbena
Bucklin
W. Il
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