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Newspaper

Eugene Weekly Guard

Location

Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1903

Page

7

Weekly Eugene Guard Subscriptions Ad

An old subscription notice for the Eugene Guard published on a Saturday lists rates for one year six months and three months at 2 00 and 1 00 respectively. It provides the near corner Seventh and Willamette streets location and Odd Fellows temple with a Willamette Street phone Main 191.

OFPIS Seventh and Willamette Streets Oddfellows Temple Willamette St Telephone Main

Expert Workers Wanted From Growing Engineer Shortage

A long description notes that American medical colleges graduate about 10 000 annually while need is 2 500. It warns of shortages across civil engineering topography geography irrigation and sanitary fields. It highlights high demand for mining and mechanical engineers and designers in rail and shipbuilding.

United States

Fakir Deceives Corvallis Households with Expensive Needles

An itinerant fakir exploited Corvallis housewives by selling overprice needles after a brief display of deformity. He began his scam by buying boxes of needles with a dime, then knocked on doors seeking sympathy. A merchant recognized him from an earlier purchase and ordered him away. a rain only partly helps the tale.

Corvallis

Montana outlaws and safety in the bad lands refuge

A terse note depicts a refuge dubbed for criminals in a harsh frontier setting. The fragment hints at a sanctuary described as a deterrent or safe harbor, reflecting rugged western lawlessness and the era’s safety concerns. The text signals a place named for criminals’ protection and risks.

Montana

New York to Europe tourist departures rise by June end

A New York authority tied to Atlantic ocean routes forecasts that by the end of June about 125,000 American tourists will have left New York for Europe, with the cited price at 1000 dollars per person.

New York Atlantic Ocean Transportation Lines Europe

Great Calamities Across Intervals Highlight Fire and Floods

The passage notes a series of disasters from the Johnstown flood to Mt Pelee and St Pierre, and now Fast St Louis. It reflects on fire and water as powerful yet irresponsible masters that strike with shocking regularity, leaving lasting impressions as calamities recur.

Johnstown Mt. Pelee St. Pierre St. Louis

Journalistic Courtesy Rehashed In Retort Over Sousa Band Tale

A contemporary defends journalistic courtesy while criticizing a Medford paper reprint. The piece recounts a Sousa band musician's joke about German waiters accepting tips, noting the humor as a reaction to misrepresentation and falsehood.

Register

Rockefeller Ready To Donate To Chicago University

The article notes John D. Rockefeller plans another gift of a million or two to Chicago University. It criticizes gasoline price hikes blamed on Standard Oil Company’s monopoly, arguing no justification for higher prices beyond monopolistic control.

John LD Rockefeller Chicago University Standard Oil Company

Linn County Vote Perspective on Hermann Lead

The Albany Democrat explains Hermann carried Linn county though Republicans claim it. Half the eligible voters did not vote, making the result seem misleading. If the turnout neared 5500, Democrats would hold a small plurality, as many Democrats stayed home while Republicans voted heavily.

Linn County Hermann Reames

The Party She Favored Ex Senator Tells A Voter Tale

Ex Senator Walcott recalls a Colorado woman who went to a town registration booth to qualify for voting on a school question. Asked her party affiliation she hesitated and feigned indifference, saying she would vote only for a candidate she admired and calling him one of the nicest men she had met.

Walcott Colorado

Not now sub says man who knocked him down has let him up

In Little Rock a citizen asks where Hon. John G Boomwaller is. A door keeper replies not now. He adds the man who knocked him down for calling him a liar has let him up about three minutes ago.

John G. Boomwaller Little Rock Yamhack County House of Representatives

Reason For Jollity at Dr Grim Visit

Mrs Brickrow praises Dr Grim for lifting spirits during illness. Mr Brickrow quips that a three for a ten minute call would make anyone jolly, implying a favorable but humorous view of medical service.

Miss Ware Sets Ladylike Example in Timber Conspiracy Arrest

In the Oregonian Note and Comment, Miss Ware becomes a public figure by coming forward and being arrested, presenting a ladylike example amidst alleged timber land conspirators.

Steel trust profits rise in April and May report

The steel trust shows earnings for April and May totaling 25,000,000 with profits above a fair interest rate, signaling strong performance for the period.

Steel Trust

Kansas flood cleanup by six hundred men

Six hundred professional and business men did the right thing by shoveling mud and cleaning up Topeka Kansas after the recent flood.

Topeka Kansas

Connecticut Bridegroom Marries Much Older Bride

A thirty year old Connecticut groom wed a sixty five year old bride recently. He paid the clergyman forty five cents for performing the ceremony in a small-town nuptial.

Connecticut

Cheeky Patient Resists Undisclosed Surgery Plan

In a tense hospital scene physicians debate delaying surgery on a man thought to have appendicitis. They pause as the patient, still bed bound, weakly asks what they think he is, jokingly questioning his treatment and showing awareness before any procedure proceeds.

Eppinger & Company Faces Severe Finanical Woes

San Francisco based wheat buyer and shipper Eppinger & Company is in dire financial trouble with liabilities around 1,5973,000 and only 650,000 in assets. The text notes exporting wheat is high risk, as ships must be chartered long before loading, making small changes in charter rates or grain price impact fortunes of traders handling many ships.

Eppinger & Company San Francisco

2% Cent Beds at Court House Lodging House

Clean rooms offered at the Court House Lodging House for two percent beds with outside recreation. No cooking except for family, and that is separate from the lodging. Painted floors with a rug at each bed. Located just behind the Court House in a quiet area. No sores. beds available any time.

Court House Ludgi

Sample Copies Offer for Journal and Guard Bundles

A printer advertises sample copies of the Weekly and Semi-Weekly Journal of Portland as premiums with the Weekly Guard. It promotes subscriptions at advance rates of 1.85 for one year with the Journal and Guard and 2.00 for the Guard and Semi-Weekly Journal, urging prepaid payment.

Portland Weekly Journal Journal of Portland Guard

Ivison News items and local notes from June

The Ivison News reports frost and a light hay crop this season. Rev L F Smith preaches at Noti schoolhouse. W S Barron and son log at Elmira Mill Company. Bee swarms split and hived separately. Central cemetery annual meeting and Socialist Local No 13 gathering. Hottest day, 100 degrees in shade. Several locals visit Eugene and Bay. Wild Cat Grenada road progress. Miss Pearl Davis visits Walton and W T Cornelius. Miss Stella Owen returns from Crow teaching. Mertie and Gertie Owens back from Elmira. Clarence and Allie Warden, 13 and 11, wound a black bear after salting cattle. bear badly hurt.

Central Cemetery Reeves Cemetery Association Socialist Local No. 13 Eugene F. M. Nighewander Bay Wild Cat-Grenada Pearl Davis Walton W. T. Cornelius Stella Owen Crow Mertie Gertie Owens Elmira

Dexter Items in June Valley News Brief

Dexter June 10. J B Hopkins of Eugene visits lumbering interests in the valley. A bunch of horses passes through from Eastern Oregon. Hills Brothers dam broke delaying driving. Mr and Mrs D Tilton return to Eugene from visit with daughter Mrs Good. Mrs Clyde Jenks and daughter from Hutte Montana arrive for father’s sickness. Barbie of San Francisco makes short visit. Pleasant Hill picnic draws locals. W H Penton visits family. R K Edwards buys a new buggy. Children’s Day plans at Sunday school on June 2. Mrs Garth of Trent ill. W O W monument unveiling at Pleasant Hill attendance. Elva O’Brien visits Georgia Parker. Sani or Jacobs returns from Portland.

Dexter J. B. Hopkins Eugene Oregon EB. J. Johnson D. Tilton Good Clyde Jenks Hutte Montana Barbie BK. B. Hupsaker San Franciso Lawrence Pleasant Hill Jane Garth Trent Elva O'Brien Georgia Parker Sanior Jacobs Zion Portland

Child Operates Deering Self Dump Hay Rake In Stock

Chambers Hardware advertises Deering self dump hay rake operable by a child with a carload in stock and full inventory of all sizes. The notice emphasizes ready availability and household farm supplies at Chambers Hardware.

Pleasant Hill Hometown Notes and Events

Pleasant Hill June nine report of a successful Saturday picnic with a large orderly crowd. Local pastor Rev D C Kellems named for the year. Funeral of Uncle Sam Baughman noted with high regard. Miss Ruby Baughman praised as teacher. Miss Anfi Parks to Eugene. Miss Helen Swift visiting from Eugene. Monument unveiling for W W O W over Michael Walsh. memorial exercises followed. J K McKenzie shipping baled hay to Cottage Grove.

Pleasant Hill Wiltse Harrisburg Christian Church Sam Baughman Robert Crary Ruby Baughman Anfi Parks Eugene Helen Swift O. W Michael Walsh

Cloverdale Items Guard Special Service

Miss Louise Mathes returns home from Springfield. W R Gilfry hires Charlie Butler as bell boy for new hotel. John Gilfry passes through Cloverdale with cattle band. A Winzenried begins painting his house. John Sherman of Pleasant Hill passes through. Bicycle accident injures none seriously involving Floyd Mathes and Myrtle Smith. Walter McFerson and family visit from Springfield. John Winzenried builds a new constable. George Townsend of Creswell visits Cloverdale. Maud Gilfry visits relatives at Enterprise. Warren McFarland of Cottage Grove visits the farm. Earnest Mathes returns from Lake County. Fred Streeter visits Cloverdale. Lloyd Doyle takes contract as coachman to Crenwell for first trip.

Cloverdale Louise Mathes Springfield W. R. Gilfry Charlie Butler Jobn Gilfry A. Winzenried John Sherman Pleasant Hill Floyd Mathes Myrtle Smith Walter McFerson John Winzenried George Townsend Creswell Warren McFarland Cottage Grove Earnest Mathes Lake County Fred Streeter Lloyd Doyle Crenwell

Lorane Items Update From Lorane Community

June 11 Lorane notes report butter consignments sent Monday. Miss Linnie Doty returns for summer. Mr Lotts and family from Illinois visit relatives. Mrs John Addison back from Eastern Oregon to stay with family. Ray Fidler ill with measles. Ishmael family recovering from measles. Mrs Richardson and children return from California for summer. Lorane lawyer Mr Jones home due to measles. Elza Crow returns from Eugene for vacation. Rev Olson leads Christian church meetings.

Lorane Creamery Company Ray Fidler Mr. Ishmmael Elza Crow Eugene Rev. Olson Christian Church

Travel Tickets Listing Across Cities

A dated travel notice lists routes Chicago to St Louis, Peoria, St Paul, Minneapolis, Delath and Portland with multiple return segments. It specifies sale dates in June July and August and notes tickets valid for a number of days. For full information contact H Dickson at 122 Third Street Portland Oregon.

Chicago St. Louie Peoria St. Paul Minneapolis Delath H. Dickson Third Street Portland Oregon

Farm land sale notice by M. JOUGLAS & CO

One hundred and eighty scores of farming land desirably situated and in a high state of cultivation is offered for sale. See or address M. JOUGLAS & CO, Bugen.

M. Jouglas & CO Bugen Pleasant Hill Richardson

Hay and livestock for sale at local farms

Hay for sale from stand crop at Smith field by Vrobovesky. Sheep for sale at Frank Perry Eugene Oregon yard head seven dollars each. Forty nine early lambs with balance ewes. Also sale of team and harness, farming implements, cows, calves, sow with pigs, incubator and more by Mrs E la Bissell Henderson Station.

Frank Perry Eugene, Or E.la Bissell Henderson Station

Wanted Cherry Orchards for Sale in Oregon

Wanted. Cherry orchards, large or small. Write describing the property and asking price to Commercial Cream Company in Salem, Oregon.

Commercial Cream Company Salem Oregon

Strayed or stolen mares near Eugene seek owners

Two 900 pound mares missing from a farm five miles north of Eugene on river road. A black mare with a white forehead bears BY brand on the left shoulder. A sorrel mare with white forehead and hind feet bears M with a bar beneath on the left shoulder. Both in good condition. St. John offers suitable reward.

Eugene River Road St. John R. F

Closing Out Piano Sale by F A Rankin

F A Rankin launches a genuine closing out sale of pianos organs and small goods ahead of demolition for a new brick building. Popular makes include Chickering Weber Kimball Crown Decker Busch Gerts and others. Call early for first choice as prices on pianos are slashed and the sale is in progress at No 22 24 West Seventh Street.

F. A. Rankin Chickering, Weber, Kimball Crown, Decker & Sons Busch & Gerts West Seventh Street

Stock Ranch-Farm For Sale Near Eugene Oregon

A first class farm and stock ranch combined for sale. Located only three and a half miles from Eugene. For particulars inquire of Be. J. Crow, Eugene, Oregon.

Eugene Oregon BE. J. Crow

Chittem Bark Warrant and Hardware Ads

Local notices offer Chittem bark for sale at top market price via W Sanders with address at 07 West Eighth Street. Farrow & Company promote plows and harrows. Al A Simmons at 6th and Willamette streets offers affordable photo work. New Deering mower praised for ball bearing light draft. Chambers Hardware advertises a car load in stock.

W. Sanders West Eighth Street al. A. Simmons 6Th and Willamette Ertreets

Also Mentioned on This Page

Eugene Guard the Register Medford Sousa Bandemen Bandeman Germany Albany Democrat Linn New York Times Arkansas Oregonian Ivison News Noti L. F. Smith U. B. Church Barron and Son Elmira Mill Company Lewis Blivena Siuslaw Geo, Nichols and Sons M. P Carence Allie Warden A. Warden Clarence Brain Hills Brothers Mr. Adams Ashland Cole W. H. Penton RK. L. Edwards Chambers Henry Bristow Dusty Harry Shelly Rev D. C. Kellems J.K. McKenzie Cottege Grove Maud Gilfry Enterprise John Addison Fred Weathworth Great Northern ILWAY Smithfield Vrobovesky Chittem Farrow & Company Chambers Hardware Chapman Place South Willamette Street H. H. Wood W Sanders J. W. Kays Schwarzschild’s Book Store S. H. Friendly Golden Rule Cockerline & Wetherbee Just
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