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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
7
Fragmented OCR notes discuss road and bridge costs, including a $10,600 per foot estimate, and plans to interview new electees about funding. Mentions travel, shale use, and road repairs, plus voter registration and policy prohibitions amid a Portland regime context.
A Drain Watchman sketch recalls Jesse Applegate's life, detailing his ruin after bond fraud by secretary Samuel B May. Applegate lost money, land, and traces of prosperity, while May's theft persisted under a veneer of legal justice. The piece condemns Oregon’s action and honors Applegate's simple funeral wishes.
A poetic reflection narrates a traveler wandering a desert as the sun blazes, seeking a distant home. The speaker confronts fear and disillusion, realizing true joy lies in loving friends and serenity rather than imagined dangers. The piece ends with a return to welcome, amid renewed hope.
In The Monthly Record editor Douglas Baird receives a manuscript from Claude Hellingham under a male pen name. A meeting reveals Hellingham’s deception and the editor discloses he is the original author of The Liar, tying the Cape Town Mercury story to the current submission. The scene uncovers motive, poverty, and literary ethics in a London setting.
Reading through New York and London prospectus hoards, the Klondike firms formed with large capital on paper nearly vanished in two years. Much gold came from the Klondike, yet stockholders saw little return as the ventures dissolved, while imperialists push Philippines trade gains. The war department notes Manila imports from August 1898 to December 1899 totaled 5.9 million dollars, with only 0.57 million from the United States, suggesting the vast trade flows did not cover war costs.
In the Inn garden a dog feasts on meat while covetous crows plot. After one crow tears off a piece the flock surrounds the dog and the leader drops the meat within his reach. The dog snaps at it but loses the large fragment as crows snatch it away and eat, leaving the dog bewildered.
A clubman recalls a gift from a former laundry worker now in San Francisco. The jar holds a brown paste made from peanut buds and ginger jelly. It is produced by grinding tiny plant growths from peony kernels, a life germ, roasted and processed into a fine flour then mixed into the jelly. The result tastes aromatic and costs ten dollars an ounce.
A Boston boy named Willie Jones starts a curious venture by selling live insects to neighborhood children. He displays a handwritten price list offering small green worms, fuzzy worms, and tiny toads, prompting a mob of amused onlookers as the mother discovers the unusual enterprise in the back yard.
A commercial traveler frets about smallpox and his wife who warns of contagion. She pockets a lump of asafetida in his coat corner to ward off illness. He returns claiming he smelled odor all along. She confesses she sewed the scent in before he left. Memphis Scimitar notes.
A quotation from Professor Simon Newcomb to Youth's Companion notes that Arcturus appears to move swiftly across the sky yet, over a lifetime, seems stationary. It compares celestial motion to a voyage from New York to Liverpool, highlighting vast cosmic distances and the illusion of movement.
A humorous exchange where Tommy explains he was kept after school for difficulties spelling after a quarrel with the teacher. Mrs Tucker questions the incident, and Tommy admits he had words with the teacher. The cartoon-like dialogue highlights classroom discipline and spelling woes.
A Philadelphia North American item notes Boney joins the Sharpes firm when Hawley cannot receive a higher salary. Boney keeps services but the firm loses money daily, while Skinnie comments positively on the arrangement.
In the battle of Finstings the main weapons were swords and battleaxes. One soldier fell fatally wounded per every thousand troops, illustrating the deadly toll of close combat in the engagement.
The brief notices column from the Boston Commercial Bulletin surveys local commerce and public affairs with concise items. It records business changes, public notices, and community updates in compact form for the city’s readers.
A Kansas native recalls how a real Kansas blizzard begins with soft quiet and ramps to a blinding wall of snow driven by fierce winds. The storm can last days, disorienting travelers and trapping people in cyclone cellars until thawing reveals the lost.
A senator recalls Joe Blackburn negotiating with the secretary of agriculture amid cabinet resistance during a Democratic era. Blackburn erupts over J Sterling Morton's stubbornness, while Senator West reveals his commitment to Hoke Smith. The anecdote ends with the bill never being reported.
An old land surveyor in a complex criminal case sought to give his professional opinion but was ordered to wait until questioned. After hours of testimony, he revealed he had hardly heard any of the proceedings and requested to sit closer, noting he had not heard a nod from the witnesses or the prisoner.
A Colier's Weekly recounts Foote the actor in a heated dining room exchange with a young nobleman. When asked what his father was Foote replied a trade man. The nobleman claimed his father was a gentleman and Foote retorted that it was a pity he did not make him one.
Dr. Svéh Hedin describes Chinese dinner invitations conveyed by a small card kept in a large envelope If accepted the card is kept If declined the card is returned Banquet times are rigid with guests arriving after two o clock rather than at noon
A Youth's Companion quip describes Sir Robert Peel viewing a portrait with a friend. The friend praises the lifelike quiver on the gentleman's lips while Peel notes the arrows seeming to fly from the mouth, highlighting sharp saying.
Fragmentary Chicago Post text describes a scene where a woman blurts a remark about a boy as the band returns home. The exchange hints at a familiar likeness between father and son and suggests prior experience shaping the response. The brief snippet conveys domestic tension and recognition.
An excerpt from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph describes a cooperage machine transforming barrel production. It notes the old method required five to six men per hour for about ten barrels, while a single worker can produce around 90 to 100 barrels per hour with a single integrated machine.
Dr Pardini of Turia argues that the best treatment for obstinate insomnia is patients imitate a sleepy man’s nodding while seated. He says nodding is a pathologic but natural sleep induction method, repeating the cycle until the patient feels rested.
A Lestie’s Weekly note mocks Chinese arithmetic and measurement quirks. It cites inconsistent coinage and distance, such as eight miles from B to A and three decades counted as ages, highlighting playful cultural stereotypes.
George F. Parker in The Atlantic notes consular service yields few reports of value yet many writers produced notable work before during and after service. Authors like Howells Schuyler Hawthorne Burritt Underwood Harte Penfield Richman created literature despite red tape, suggesting the fault lies in the system, not individuals.
A persisting call prompts that proper eating could render doctors obsolete. The text argues for universal medical training for cooks to shape public health. It imagines the twentieth century enforcing cooks to study medicine to guide dietary decisions and combat disease.
In a brief dialogue from Stray Storiet, Miss Fortee and Miss Tenny discuss hesitation about engagement. Miss Fortee wonders if love endures as she grows old, while Miss Tenny reassures that the answer will come soon.
Uneven OCR fragment mentions dyspepsia and Blessing terms linked to Thingum and Thingumbob with a Philadelphia Press cue. It preserves a historical newspaper vibe without clear events or names.
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