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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1903
Page
5
A collage of wry observations on gender, dress, wealth, and international politics. It riffs on Polonium value, court talk, labor and marriage, fashion reform, and famous figures, with playful quips about Japan, Russia, Belgium, and Americans abroad. The piece closes with a kindergartener's take on George Washington.
Dr Barton mocks the college man saying he acts like a gold brick with little cash return and fails in a showdown. He scolds the biceppy bulldog pipey Greckleiter frat boy for poor character and effort.
A fragmented era sermon style piece questions fear and duty in American life. It cites a Missourian engineer and a Topeka doctor as symbols while urging vigilance against danger and urging youth to answer a call to national service. It discusses heredity versus environment and cites Arthur McDonald on crime.
A long argument asserts that changing surroundings and better company raise children, while some people are inherently unliftable. It critiques marriage as a contract eroding obedience, discusses college graduates facing industrial life, and praises Dr. Draper for stressing work over mere study while warning against educated loafers.
Residents of Bennington and Windham counties fall prey to gold fever as they pursue mining claims. Samples sent to Prof Mason of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute receive discouraging reports, noting no paying quantities of gold in New England. Despite warnings, many invest thousands in wildcat ventures across Readsboro Wilmington and nearby areas.
A Philadelphia father notes locals now call a common ailment malaria in place of the older phrase chille and fever, reflecting changing attitudes and language in the town.
Opinions on how comfort blurs class lines, fuels urban congestion, and invites disease. The piece argues people long for rural life to regain vitality, preferring simpler living over constant luxury, with the barefoot country boy portrayed as healthier and happier than the overdressed city youth. It cites Brooklyns Eagle and notes the appeal of country life versus urban excess.
The town of Salem, NX, reports 137 years with no fatal or major fires. A strict fire ordinance requires building inspections, hazardous appliance removal, and checks on flues stoves chimneys and ash receptacles. Residents cooperate with inspectors, reflecting the adage an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Transportation Company, based in Duluth, has launched the first of ten steamers to move grain from Lake Superior ports through the Canadian canals to Montreal and Quebec. Cargoes will transfer to larger vessels for Atlantic transport, signaling a major advance in the Northwest grain trade.
A St Paul Pioneer Press reflection reminds readers that time passes swiftly. It warns that youth undervalues hours and urges valuing every day, balancing work and recreation while avoiding purposeless frittering. The piece contrasts youth with middle life and stresses prompt effort toward meaningful aims.
A Western paper recounts a legal prank in which tissue paper stuck to the senior lawyer's glasses blinded him during a jury address. The mischief caused a panic as he cried out to the court that he was blind, only to realize the gag once he removed the fake obstruction. The judge and peers reacted with little humor at the stunt.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes a parade of refined diversions that grow bolder each year. Hosts dazzle society with monkey tricks on a Newport ferry, horseback banquets in Sherry’s ballroom, mid air dinners by M Santos-Dumont, and barnyard tableaux with live fowl. The piece mocks routine labors of daily life while praising lavish inventive displays and costly extravagance.
Report of the death of Jimmy Turner, a renowned jockey and trainer on Western tracks, noted by his peers who voiced regret yet privately anticipated the loss. The fragment underscores Turner's prominence in racing circles.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls Jimmy appearing pale and sickly, with a man noting the flush on his cheeks for months. Another adds Jimmy’s wife heard he would not live long, then a newcomer says he died in a passenger train collision, the moment captured as he was struck.
A white owl, exhausted from the Newfoundland voyage, paddled through sea air and leaped from an iceberg to the whaleback steamer Forest Castle near Newfoundland. The crew watched as the lone bird struggled to reach the ship then rode its course toward the distant iceberg field, a remarkable Arctic visitor in a stormy voyage.
A sea odyssey unfolds as a famished owl flees a Britisher’s vessel, gliding over a glassy stretch of water that blocks flight. The bird makes a final dash toward safety as the pursuing ship, far to the south, keeps a steady course, but the owl prevails in a stern chase.
Fragmentary note from a rug seller in Wichita describes severe times and social reflections on women, husbands, and daily burdens. It hints at domestic strain and fatigue from housework, with a wry aside about heavenly introductions and long years in the afterlife.
A Pasteur Institute study finds Coffea Canephora contains up to 1.07 percent caffeine while two species are nearly caffeine free. Discussions cover radiation weight effects, solid tires boosting traction, Bose on telegraph plant leaf movements, and glacier boring near Vent Tyrol showing melting at the tongue and slower movement at the bed.
A critique of common sayings about animals challenges the view that donkeys geese and owls are foolish. It argues intelligent donkeys with patient temperaments exist and that the phrase as silly as a goose obscures actual animal behavior, urging readers to reconsider biases in familiar adages.
The Commercial Appeal warns that massive axe work in Memphis and surrounding regions endangers hardwood forests. It discusses vast lumber cuts, the impact on markets, rail ties demand, and the need to protect forests while condemning incendiary practices that destroy trees by girdling and leaving debris to rot.
An odd piece recounts the career and moods of consul Plumacher, a debated figure tied to Maracaibo and yellow fever stories. Across comic vignettes and classroom snippets, it blends diplomat woes with quips on language and reputation, reflecting late 19th century newspaper whimsy.
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