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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1900
Page
6
An 19th century tone meditation on centuries of faith, peace, and endurance. The fragment references sentinels, memorials, and the staying power of inherited creed across diverse paths, as Paine reflects with Chambers' Journal style.
The Exchange recounts Robert Crawford describing Zanzibar as a major ivory market. A warehouse keeper explains a theory that elephants go mad from toothache, noting one tusk broken at the tip with a decay hole near the base, causing pain and frenzied behavior seen in wild and circus elephants alike.
A series of observations on urban awareness and aging reflects on missed everyday details in a Washington Star excerpt. Devonshire and West Country anecdotes follow, noting beauty standards and a photographer’s request provoking a quiet confession from a 75 year old subject who jokes about stuffing The Western Morning News.
The New York Sun recalls Battery Prince linked to Manhattan’s barter with the Dutch in 1626. It notes 1603 plans for a coastal battery under fort rock and Gov Fletcher orders for stockades. In 1785 Governor Cosby built the George Augustus Royal battery, shaping city maps and lingering as a symbol of peace amid warfare.
A 20 year old man in Boston was admitted after attempting to swallow suspenders. A buckle prompts esophageal risk, but extraction via throat opened with forceps and a string attached to a brass ring successfully removed three buckles and part of a suspender. A probang cleared the rest and the wound healed. The rest of the report notes Nome Alaska conditions and lawlessness.
In Indianapolis a long solemn man with piercing eyes handed a fiend a small paper and explains T¢ means a tip. The envelope contained about two dollars in dimes and nickels. The donor says the collection funds a single future performance to avoid a double showing in one night.
A tale from the Kansas City Independent describes two men walking by a railway when an express train roars past. One man, deaf, remains ecstatic as the hearing man grimaces. The deaf man jokes that he has beaten the spring robin, a humorous contrast of perception. Also notes Japan’s paper handkerchiefs and twisted cords. The contented man is never poor, the discontented never rich.
Mrs H B Boal daughter of William F Cody Buffalo Bill lives at B X Ranch Slack Wyoming. Visitors ask about scalps pets and Indians. One day Colonel Cody rode by and a foreign guest mistook him as an Indian. Boal asserted he is a gentleman and not an Indian.
The demurrer to the contestant's complaint and notice of contest is filed by defendants Knox and Kincaid through attorneys Gee Dorris Walton and others. They contend the notice and complaint fail to state a legal cause of contest or proper basis for action against contestant L L Stevens and others in Lane County Oregon.
Paris Fair highlights American perseverance and national pride as the Government Building nears completion. An extended note extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a fifty year dyspepsia cure and tonic, promising they aid digestion, liver and kidney health, blood richness, and general vitality. A legal note references a not guilty verdict in a case before Judge Winter.
A Boston firm charged $5 for making out a $10 mortgage and then interest on a loan. A Lowell lender loaned $20, charging $3 for the mortgage, then had the borrower sign a new mortgage monthly, $3 each time, plus interest, yielding about 100 percent yearly. Mortgages were not recorded after the first, and every $3 paid stayed with the lender.
In a brief Free Press snippet, Dix and Mix discuss a matter of congratulation regarding a fine boy, with Mix noting only about 15 minutes of sleep last night as part of the exchanged remarks.
The Guard job presses run steadily turning out six kinds of commercial and society printing. Biyles stay up to date. Joaquin Miller has been sent to him as correspondent for the San Francisco Examiner during the present troubles.
The article surveys lunged fishes and gill breathing, noting gill filters protect respiration but clog from debris, leading to fish deaths. It highlights air breathing species like dipnoans, climbing perch, and bowfin, with examples from India, Africa, New Zealand, Siam, and Ceylon, and remarks on adaptation and biology’s wonders.
A Linn county farmer bought his first banana at a local store and after eating it wrapped the peel in paper and said he would take it home to show his wife who had never seen one. He earned a several thousand dollar yearly income, the Oregonian notes.
Benny Bloobumper reports two bad cent flips and a penny found after they vanished. Mr. Bloobumper questions Benny about playing, labeling him an In-a-cent bretand er. A brass plate in Montgomery marks Jefferson Davis oath of office as Confederacy president.
A New York Sun report recalls doctors at a large hospital who paused a bedside call to play poker. One physician delayed tending a patient, arguing the man would die anyway, provoking debate on cold blooded professionalism among the medical staff.
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece describes cattail down gathering as a growing, hazardous industry on the Hackensack meadows. Gatherers harvest feathery seed from tall cattail heads in spring, dusting clothing and skin, then dry the down for use in pillows and similar fillings. The work pays fairly but is unpleasant and risky, with fibers easily irritant.
A Philadelphia Press article reports the cat catcher earns well preying on cats lured by catnip. Dealers pay 50 cents to 1 dollar per skin, with method using chloroform and a bag to trap pets, causing household sorrow as pets disappear.
A Well Merited Hetart notes ex-Assistant United States District Attorney Sutherland Tenney of New York graduated from Columbia Law School in 157% and carried off the first prize. A disappointed rival quipped about illegible thesis. Tenney retorted that practice should be adopted in all work.
The Boston Transcript reports Benson Harding severed ties with the Brownstone Improvement Company after repeated warnings. The employer expresses relief at finally dismissing the nuisance. The circumstances imply ongoing friction and a formal termination of his involvement.
The document outlines Neiousl Guard routines at Caup Geer with repeated calls and formations. It lists reveille at 6 15 a m along with mess calls, roll calls, drill recalls, assembly times, adjutant and officers calls, and parade cues. It notes sunset related events including assembly before sunset, drill recalls, and tattoo and taps. It includes church call times for Sunday services and numerous musician led calls throughout the day.
Andrew Vincent died in Lane county Oregon on July 6 1900 at 120 pm from neuralgia of the heart aged 67 years. Funeral services will be at LOOF cemetery Eugene Monday afternoon at 2 o clock officiated by Father Prayty- Iskio Meciatiog. Interment will follow. A brother in San Francisco telegraphed he will attend. Friends invited to attend.
The Verns and family express heartfelt thanks to all who kindly tended to and assisted during the last sickness and fatal illness of our husband and father.
The guard, July 7, to the Excampement, the Guard contributes to the National Guard en campment under Captain RSllasten and Sergeant Claude Sylvester with Musician H W Keowleod. The force will be very short next week Mer Hert East and will assist the office dong local work and any courtesy extended bin will be appreciated.
Mrs Eliza Ford aged 34 died of consumption Friday July 6 1900 at her residence below Irving. The funeral services will be held at the family home and the burial will occur tomorrow at the La per cemetery.
A worker named Brokex fell from a load of hoy ort town and sustained two broken ribs. T W Harriv attended the scene and aided the injured man amid the incident.
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