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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1903
Page
7
A brief subscription notice from the Eugene Guard lists pricing and contact details for readers. The ad references the Odd Fellows Temple near Seventh and Willamette streets and provides a telephone contact at Main 191 for subscriptions and terms.
The Catholic Church plans a global mourning after the Pope's death. Churches worldwide will drape in Papal colors and hold memorial masses. Archbishops, bishops, pastors, and people will observe daily prayers ending with benediction until a new Pope is elected.
The Pope reportedly will die without personal wealth. He told nephews he lives by alms from the faithful and that as pope he owns nothing he would deny the people by giving to his family. He said his personal property had been divided long ago.
An anecdotal tale highlights the spread of American goods as the only visible English words in distant Siberian towns along a new railroad. Flour sacks and salmon cans carry the labels, underscoring American consumer influence even far from home.
Dowie known as Elijah the Second leads Zion colony but Samuel Priddle, erstwhile Zion ally, counters with his own venture as Samuel the Second direct agent of God. The text ridicules the pair as fools duped by egregious frauds in a satirical local account.
The Rome press mocked Doctors Mazzoni Lappont and Rossini for not curing or saving a 94 year old patient within a week. Verses mocking the doctors circulated, asking what Italians would have. The piece questions ridiculing physicians for failing to perform a miracle.
In Portland a midnight streetcar ride ended with a passenger shot in the back and seriously wounded then robbed. Several other riders were relieved of money and valuables as two assailants moved from the crime scene to a second victim nearby. Authorities warn of increasing danger and residents may adjust to earlier hours.
The timber era left numerous abandoned camps across northern Wisconsin. Many camps resemble small villages with log houses or shanties that could shelter many people if rebuilt. Though decayed, most camps remain preservable and sit on land that could be bought cheaply.
Mrs G Comminge and children return to Eugene by team with Frank Mendenhall. Coburg visitors Bertha Beeson and Lou Mathews attend a Saturday picnic and stay for the dance. Beeson and Mathews pursue posts and training in Portland and at North Pacific Hospital. Local figures Cogswell and Davis in town, hay harvest reports, Porter family health outing, and Miss Musett Baker heading to Halsey for a Springs trip.
Uncle John Currin, a respected pioneer citizen of the vicinity, suffered a severe paralytic stroke last Monday morning at his farm home five miles east of town. Dr. W. W. Oglesby treated him, and by evening he could walk. At 87, Currin has been in strong health and shows signs of rapid recovery from the shock to his nervous system.
The famed Smeede farm near Walerville covers 177 acres with river bottom land and strong improvements. It includes 17 acres in hops, 12 acres fruit, 20 acres in hay grain and vegetables, and remaining pasture. Cleared extensively, it is offered by FP Baker & Co of Eugene with offices at Lane County Bank.
An old advertisement touts King’s New Life Pills as transforming weakness into strength and lethargy into energy, offered by W. L. De Lano for two cents a box. The deer season opened yesterday, with hunters expecting hard trips as Oregon deer populations decline.
The Detroit Free Press states opposition to the removal of the vermiform appendix from the patient. The brief notes the stance against surgical excision and calls for preservation of the organ in the current case.
The Rev Dr Boardman recalls a funeral sermon and a nervous undertaker who jokes about the afterlife. The undertaker fears the long sermon will delay burial, while the minister affirms the resurrection and the sermon’s quality.
A historic county ledger lists numerous road workers and crushers with payments for road work, gravel, wood, and engine hire. Names include Cudney, Boggs, Hill, Kalbert, Boggs, Elwin Taylor, Harvey Taylor, Bushnell, Jett Cox, Mathews, Stinson, Abel, Loughamiller, Peter, Bailey, Harwood, Nestle, Lee Bailey, Walker, Nickling, Christeosep, Mattigson, Marquise, Reed, Simmons, Obleen, Hansen, Kelzo wood, Buody, Templeton, Dickey, Koepke, Gorgle, Rauch, Kerr, Lord, Vernon Stewart, Strome, Calloway, Smith, and others with various line-item amounts.
The Howthern Pacific Company offers low round trip fares to seaside resorts along its lines with return by October 10. Three day tickets to Yaquina Bay depart Saturdays and return Mondays from Eugene and the north. Portland to Yaquina Bay tickets allow return via Albany or Corvallis. Baggage is checked through to Newport. A Newport Kindergarten opens this year with a qualified teacher. A new illustrated Yaquina Bay resorts booklet is available from agents or W. E. Coman Portland or Edwin Stone Albany.
Notice of sheriff sale issued after a circuit court foreclosure in Lane County Oregon. W F Brown sued Bertha M Wilson et al with a decree to foreclose on Lots 3 4 5 in section 26 and Lot 2 in section 35 in township 2 south range 12 west Willamette Meridian. Sale set for August at Eugene County Courthouse with cash bid and redemption rights.
Sample copies of the Weekly and Semi-Weekly Journal of Portland offered as premiums with the Weekly Guard. Readers urged to come in for a copy. The Journal is described as a splendid Democratic newspaper. Subscriptions for the Weekly Guard and Journal one year for 1.85 and the Guard with the Semi-Weekly Journal for one year at 2.00, payable in advance.
Miss Annie Dooley and her brother Eugene returned home for the summer after a few months in Douglas county. Prof P W Lough of Indiana lectured in Irving on Tuesday night to a large audience, praised as eloquent and musical. John Maxwell began improvements on his house while farmers show growing interest in dairying. New cream separators arrived at the station. Richard Cook received wagon and carriage materials from eastern factories. Prof Haroon, formerly at Philomath College, passing through Irving en route to Goshen to take a pastorate. The home of I P Hower burned on Tuesday during a high wind, his wife saving only some contents. Effie Mangold summoned to Eugene to serve as a witness in justice court.
Excursion rates east to major cities offered by Great Northern Railway with round trip fares listed for Chicago St Louis Peoria St Paul Minneapolis and Delath all shown in dollars. Dates of sale June July and August with tickets valid ninety days contact H Dickson city ticket agent 122 Third street Portland Oregon for full information.
The Weekly Guard has arranged a clubbing rate with the Portland Journal. The Journal offers full news, telegraph, features and market reports. Subscriptions priced at 2.00 or 2.25 per year for paid in advance customers, including both papers.
Classified column lists livestock for sale including cows goats sheep and Hereford cattle plus farming equipment and timber land for sale or rent. Also requests for cherry orchards and hardware store ads note Deering machinery and peerless ice cream freezers. Local details include Eugene Salem Saginaw Pleasant Hill Springfield and addresses.
In Eugene travelers can find a good clean bed at the Courthouse Lodging House. New beds and freshly papered and painted rooms greet guests with clean painted floors and bright Brussels carpet rag at each bed, located just back of the courthouse.
Brevities report licenses issued for J A Higgins with Melvina Tilton and J E Campbell with Mre Cath ereen Campbell. L R Walker, ex partner of F T Plank, joins with Benjamine Reee of Minnesota to run a Dunn block Willamette Street real estate office. Guard readers urged to share personal news and weekend plans amid Salem Eugene game chatter. D C Kellems will evangelize in Corvallis Christian church with T Honecker of Des Moines to lead chorus. Albany hosts three autos by Young Graves and McClanahan. McClanahan’s return from Portland sparks playful pursuit by local belles.
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