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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
3
A collage of quips and anecdotes from Eugene Bell Bros. era press notes. It touches on money, marriage, business, and public figures like Morgan Carnegie Rockefeller Jr and Roosevelt, with jokes about proposals, predicting wars, and stage life.
The piece discusses railroads planting catalpas and other trees to future timber needs, compares salaries of officials to royal pay, and riffs on Lord Kelvin's dismissal of practical flying machines. It notes Santos Dumont's influence and suggests inventors form serial clubs with big prizes to spur progress while reflecting on small things and progress.
A reflective piece argues great achievements arise from many small efforts. It rejects genius as heaven born, insisting sustained, cumulative work by steady daily study builds skill and accomplishment across time.
The New York Sun notes European cities report fire losses far lower than Boston and New York. Paris with 2.5 million residents rarely exceeds Boston’s losses. Milan averages about 1500000 in damage yearly. Venice totals about 20000. London’s losses run around one fifth of New York’s. Fireproofing by brick and stone and restrained wood use explain the contrast.
Uncle reveals a desk full of clipped remedies collected over forty nine years in response to a young man asking for a cure. He claims six hundred twenty seven infallible methods exist and urges trying them all, promising more once finished. The scene ends with the visitor coughing himself out.
A Washington Star report quotes a court stenographer recalling an Indian nicknamed Foggy Cloud of the Chippewa who wore eyeglasses, noting surprise at sight aids among natives and reflecting on cultural adaptation in a cross section of American aborigines.
A dated reminiscence notes the fashion of setting bullets in jewelry, citing the King of Greece and a Rhodesian Horse figure as examples. It remarks the bullet as a trophy and charm, linking it to loss and barbaric symbolism, and ends with a sharp social observation on idleness.
A timid maiden confronts a charming man who helps a drunken stranger and carries a baby. He calls her Nora yet suspects she rejects him, while both fear revealing their true feelings. A slice of New York life ends with mutual recognition and unspoken bets on love. The piece blends social romance with urban bustle and a camera’s distant frame.
A Western railroad general passenger agent sponsored a massive life size camera to photograph the company’s Limited Flyer and road scenes. Built with a forty gallon cement-dark chamber, metal braces, and an extended twenty foot length, it required a crew to operate and a specialized lens system.
Two young marmosets in Washington amuse and educate their owner with pilfering games that end in remorse. After stealing items from the dressing table they console their mistress, fetch back the loot, and express contrition before resuming playful affection. A parallel anecdote from a Washington Star item follows about streetcar etiquette and expectations of courtesy.
A montage of editor etiquette and literary anecdotes urges straightforward manuscript submission. It cautions against flattery or theatrical appeals, sharing humorous lines about writers and teachers, plus notes on habits of birds and wealthier minds, all in a reflective, period newspaper voice.
In Basel Fraulein Haas confesses a long held link to Emmanuel Steinhardt and hints at a hidden danger behind a patent dispute. The Reverend Unwin probes a murder mystery tied to Steinhardt’s London partner and a missing heir, while Birler’s letter urges a rapid return as the watcher of Louise’s fate deepens the case.
General F C Ainsworth, chief of the record and pension division, displays a Philippine and Chinese relic collection. The arms include two finials resembling oversized muskets and another weapon over ten feet long with a one inch caliber iron barrel. The items are in good working order and were burnished for display in the War Department.
A Laredo businessman issues a circular styled as a top written letter proclaiming himself versatile and humorous. He markets as proprietor of multiple enterprises including hotel annex sample room restaurant saloon hatchery gas plant chicken farm lunch room and billied hall. The piece features portraits flanking the line This is Me and This is the Ol Woman with Me-an-the-ld- Woman Sole Proprietors.
The Chemiser Zeitung describes sun experiments to create artificial diamonds. Carbon heated in inert gas within an iron jet at high temperatures produced pea sized pits with hardness and crystalline form like diamonds. Stones have gray tint making them unsuitable for jewelry, but drilling potential exists. A chemist reports making tiny diamonds by heating pure carbon under pressure.
The excerpt notes English princesses on Victoria's side, praising Queen Alexandra as strikingly attractive in youth. It mentions Princess Victoria as the only unmarried daughter of King Edward and hints she cannot wed, implying an ultimate path to spinsterhood.
The Imperial Health Council released tables showing cancer cases rising since 1892 with more cases among the young and a higher share among women than men. Despite higher incidence, a large proportion of patients do not succumb to cancer.
A pastor in central Pe mails slips asking parishioners to name any subject for a sermon and offers a box for hopes in this effort to be of service to the congregation. The note implies the pastor seeks guidance on topics of interest to better meet their needs.
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