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Newspaper

Eugene Weekly Guard

Location

Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1901

Page

4

Wyoming hall cant

The garbled query appears to reference Wyoming and a hall but lacks coherent facts, names, dates, or events to summarize into a valid news item.

If All My Ships Come Home Poem Excerpt

A fragment of Ella Wheeler Wilcox poetry speaks of ships returning home and the value of wealth, honor, and love tied to a single beloved vessel. The speaker longs for one ship to come safely home while fearing a naval loss that would erase all others.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Deserter's Fate in Spanish War Love Triangle

In Manila Nin a Filipino girl sways two friends Cecil Butterworth and Guy Chadwick. Butterworth pursues Nina while Chadwick wrestles loyalty. A covert note tempts Chadwick to join insurgents for Nina, but he resists as his rival battles inner turmoil and duty.

Ecil Butterworth Guy Gensides Spain Uncle Sam Butterworth Chadwick Philippines Manila Lieut Nina Mack Guy Cecil Ning Tapa Neaotes

Girls Take Part in Classic Outdoor Playground Games

The article celebrates girls joining traditional outdoor pastimes once dominated by boys. It notes a shift from dolls to exploration, tagging, hopscotch, and rope jumping, with emphasis on exercise, fresh air, and simple games like chalked hopscotch and the lively Spanish rope. It laments the waning doll fad while praising active play and enduring grandmotherly games.

Gladys Gwenideolen

Deserter Lieut Follows Fate in Filipino Skirmish

Private Chadwick mourns his betrayer friend and the girl who deceived him as a clash with Filipino insurgents unfolds. A sentry fires into the air, a volley ends the fight, and the dead lie with a grieving Chadwick beside the deserter lieutenant. The New York Evening Sun reports the grim scene.

Che Chadwick Lieut. Buforth Lieut Butterworth Guy United States Army Boys In Blue New York Evening Sun

Scent as Tracker Normal in Savage Tribes

Across cultures and eras travelers noted keen olfactory senses. Humboldt and Houzenn claim that some peoples, including Peruvian Indians and Africans, distinguish strangers by smell in darkness. Australian aborigines, famed for odour discernment, were used as police trackers to pursue criminals.

Humboldt M. Houzenn Antilles Aleppo Babylon Australia

Nubian Desert Well Reveals Deep Water Supply

An engineer bored a well 75 miles from the Nile in the Nubian desert. At 1,000 feet above the river he found abundant water at a depth of 1,400 feet. The Arabs, confident in local knowledge, faced a surprising discovery confirming water presence deep underground.

Nubian Desert Nile

Manchuria Defined as Chinese Territory Hunted by Russia

The article outlines Manchuria as a historic Chinese territory wedged between China, Mongolia, Corea, and Russia. It describes its borders, size around 300,000 square miles, and its division into three provinces Northern, Central, and Southern Manchuria. It notes two physical regions: northern eastern mountain ranges and a southern plain from Monkden to the Gulf of Leaouung.

Manchuria China Mongolia Corea Amur Gulf Leaon-tong Yellow Sea Nonni Keanchang-tese Great Wall of China Ules Vin Teitsibar Kirin Matehoria Leapu-tung Elth Monkden Gulf of Leaouung

Osage Wealth Spotlighted in Oklahoma Pasture Rentals

The Osage Indians own 1.57 million acres with income from 8 million dollars in Kansas sales and 600 thousand dollars annual rentals. Per capita income reaches about 804 dollars with a family of ten valued at 30 thousand dollars. Education and houses prosper while a poll tax funds tribal governance and curbs white emigration.

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Oklahoma A. C. Tanner Indian Affairs Kansas United States Washington Post

Sign Language in Car Sparks Curious City Observations

A young lawyer recalls learning deaf-note sign language and noticing two women on an elevated train using the method to discuss a handsome man. He overhears their flirtatious, coded commentary through gestures and a mirror glance, sparking his amusement and mild self-consciousness.

Umbrellas as Symbols of Dignity Across Cultures

A survey of how umbrellas signify status in various regions. In Siam a magnate’s dignity forms from his umbrella count, with a “Lord of Thirty seven Umbrellas” title cited. An African chief seeks the largest umbrella, in London crafted with 40 foot ribs. Red silks and flounces mark Chinese ranks, while Turkish and Moroccan norms limit umbrella use to royalty and royal family.

Siam London China Turkey Morocco

Waterproof Clothing From Lanolin Mixture For Ventilated Wear

A report on a water repellent yet breathable fabric using lanoline from animal grease, mixed with petroleum solvent to treat textile. Alum and lead acetate solutions tested. fabric remains light, color and texture intact, and not clogged. Also features clippings on Klondike trading oddities and a sleep writing case.

A. Berthier Berthier St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Different Points of View From a Public Exchange

A Chicago Post fragment notes a humorous exchange about a woman catching a thief and chasing him four blocks. The sarcastic rival questions why some girls pursue men, while the aphorism about news reporting likens ale traveling by telegraph and truth by freight to delays in delivery.

Chicago Post

Smile Worthy Sayings Across The World

A compact comic vignette lists pleasant incidents and witty lines from newspapers. It parodies patriotic symbols and monograms with jokes about dollar marks. The piece features quips about pie, a Persian flavor, and a playful reference to Omar Khayyam.

Rail line forewarns auction over wrecked track

A fragmentary Ohio State Journal quote notes red flags along the track and a wrecked express car, with comic captions from Cayuse and Pete characters. The Pettyville Postmaster and Drummer exchange jokes about dismissal, implying changes or upheaval around a railroad incident.

The Only Way Bores Try To Outlead The Bores

A brief quip from Puck features a sparring line about bores. The exchange plays on who can take the lead and keep others engaged, with a tongue in cheek jab at the boredom challenge.

Puck

A Definition of a True Musician and Wit in Fragments

A collage of humorous quotes and sketches from early 20th century papers. It juxtaposes musicians, widows, and social scenes with dry punchlines about art, church, golf, and courting. Notable lines: a musician praises art for its own sake within limits, a wife notes church attendance, and a philanthropist chides suitors as compassionate.

Puck

An Adjunct to Teara Requests Help from Floorwalker

The scene unfolds with a pompous demand from Adjunct to Teara to the floorwalker who interjects with precise directions to the han’k chief department and the counter in the next aisle. The brief exchange highlights tension and humor in a retail setting.

Han

Commuter Misses Train in Somerville Story

In the Sommerville Journal a commuter laments losing his train while a bystander quips why he did not have it wait. The exchange captures a moment of urban frustration and humor on a transit scene.

RK. Osgood Mason Ladies Home Journal Bordeaux France Sommerville Journal

Theater programs must show house layout with marked exits

A humorous exchange about theater programs reveals the law requiring exit plans on programs. The characters debate whether the design patterns seen on programs are meant for exits or fashion, highlighting public safety versus misinterpretation.

Diegrame New York

Their Weak Point and Domestic Quips in 1900s Gossip

A collage of old newspaper jests and quotes from the Indianapolis Sun and London Tit Bits about farm life skepticism toward automobiles, a magistrate’s parchment of peace in an assault case, wartime talk of Roberts and Kitchener, and a grain of misfortune in a wife and dog quarrel.

Silas Indianapolis Sun

Arithmetical Packing in a Child’s Snack Tale

A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a child named Jimmy and Sammy debating who ate extra caramels. The boy explains the sweets wouldn’t stretch to all children, so he felt compelled to eat them. The brief item captures a domestic moment with regional newspaper voice.

Jimmy Sammy Detroit Free Press

Quotations and Curiosities Spur Street Humor

A collage of wry snippets and quips from Puck, Chicago Record-Herald, Brooklyn Life, and Washington Star chronicles social satire in brief gags. Jokes about love, marriage, cooking, and manners mingle with a tale of a Rousseau manuscript hidden in a Paris club parcel worth an estimated 10,000 francs.

Porter Rousseauu Paris Jean Jacques Rousseau

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