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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1906
Page
1
The store extends half price cash sales on wash goods through further notice after a Thursday Friday and Saturday ducting. Dress stuffs carried away in the last three days prove advertisements are trusted. if an advertised article is marked by us you can depend on its reliability.
The advertisement highlights durable trousers that resist tearing and a named Gordon Hat priced at 3.00. It also promotes cool underwear designed for warm days, signaling a practical menswear lineup.
Very large area of San Joaquin river lands inundated after levee failure on the Jones tract. Fourty thousand acres of barley potatoes and asparagus submerged. Charles Wereng and his crew with thirty horses trapped as men escape. horses likely to drown.
Seattle, July. Judge Gordon Emory, a distinguished lawyer, was shot Saturday night by Chester Thompson, a university student, reportedly in a bid for the affections of Charlotte Whittlesey. Emory died this morning. Thompson surrendered after barricading himself in a room. Authorities note an unsettled motive and missing cartridges from Thompson’s coat.
Cleveland July 11 The grand jury adjourned awaiting testimony from M G Vilas Standard Oil of Ohio treasurer and possible charges canceled at Lake Shore records center indictments hinge on that action McEwan and Dodd clash over records Dodd claims theft and Lebel leads talks on a tunnel under the Bering Strait linking Siberia to Alaska as Russia and the US discuss civil engineering projects.
The Eugene city council unanimously approved a franchise for the Willamette Valley Co. to build an electric street railway from the depot to Villard Avenue, with a key deadline by October 1, 1907 for a line to the university campus. The vote settled disputes over freight car rules and extended the line, while opponents argued over street restrictions and timing.
Ex United States Senator James K. Dores of Arkansas, former DNC chair, reports a letter from William J. Bryan dated June 14 in Stockholm. Bryan says he will accept a third nomination if offered but will not pursue it unless demanded and stresses Jeffersonian democracy over personal ticket goals.
Portland July 10 Prosecutor P F J Heney says that the first land fraud trials will be those of Charles Nickell Henry W Miller Frank Kineart and Martin Hoge indicted for conspiracy in relation to timber land applications Their trial is set for next Monday The court today accepted the bill of exceptions in Congressman Williamson s case and the appeal will be perfected
Admiral Train, commander of vessels in Philippine waters, announced the arrival of the big drydock with a dispatch read today that declares Dewey arrived. The message emphasizes a smooth transit and the readiness of the dock for operations in the region.
Portland July 9 Henry Meldrum former surveyor general of Oregon petitions the federal court for a writ of review and intends to take the case to the Supreme Court seeking liberty in a high stakes legal contest with potential national implications.
Washington reports a government crop survey with corn at 87.5, winter wheat 4.0, spring wheat 91.4, and oats 4 percent. Some Eastern Oregon towns saw shade temperatures reach 10 percent above normal, with sand blowing in.
An unclear OCR line mentions Pacific six and a course at Cara Village. It references a family involved with a golf event or outcome, but readable details are extremely limited and no definite people, organizations, dates, or outcomes are identifiable.
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