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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
4
Ex-President Grover Cleveland weighs the value of higher education in a Washington Post essay. He argues success is not only wealth and honors and urges parents to guide sons toward truth, honor, and democratic ideals, stressing education should equip men for real contribution to civilization.
Across Britain about nineteen or twenty cities own and operate street railway networks. Public ownership accounts for over a third of the total track mileage in Great Britain. In Paris Fountaine Marchand is slated for demolition soon. There are at least eleven such public systems existing today.
An 19th century ad digesting food claims. Dyspepsia Cure promises aid for indigestion and related ailments. Parker's Hair Balsam claims to cleanse, beautify, restore color, prevent hair loss, and promote growth. Product lines include E C Kett Co ChicagoVincent Co Corner Drug Store Parker's Hair Balsam.
Consular officers are barred from private inquiries into the financial standing or repute of local business houses. A proposal suggests keeping Dublin’s temporary gateway to honor Queen Victoria with a permanent stone memorial at a costly event. An Australian patent nail promises to repair uneven horseshoes by a large-headed nail that covers worn surfaces and restores height.
Oregon timber interests suffer heavy loss from a massive fire stretching from Mary's Peak to Yaquina Bay. The blaze covers 18 to 20 miles in width and about 30 miles in length, with potential timber loss estimated at ten billion feet. First reliable date for the outbreak is 1846, and white trappers rather than Indians are blamed for many instances.
Northern Pacific timber cruisers seen on the Siuslaw region near Lake Creek last week. The company forest reserve scrip covers 1,295,600 acres and seeks to file on valuable timber lands along the coast. Buyers in this year’s hops are offering 9 to 10 cents. Yakima districts report similar bids. Few contracts have been signed at these figures.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph report quotes a manufacturer on new barrel making machinery. The old method required six men and hours to produce about ten barrels. The modern system uses one machine, producing roughly 30 barrels per hour, with finished barrels ready to ship.
Dr Pardini of Turin proposes a method to treat stubborn insomnia by seating patients and having them imitate drowsy nodding. He says the head tilts first to the right then to the left, with gradual return to the initial position, repeated as needed. This supposedly uses nature’s own sleep-inducing mechanism.
In a quoted passage from Leslie's Weekly the piece humorously critiques Chinese counting and measurement quirks. It notes inconsistent pricing by weight and measure, uneven distance calculations, and aging by tens, with a witty interpretation of how starting point or stage of life alters perceptions.
The Atlantic notes that writers like Howells and Schuyler produced notable works tied to foreign life despite the lack of official reports. It argues the fault lies in the system, not the men, as red tape stifles useful insight from consular service.
If we ate properly the physician would lose his occupation and we could eat for any goal from fat to lean or to influence disease. An open door awaits them all. Is it too much to hope the twentieth century will see a law compelling cooks to take a medical course.
A light exchange: Miss Fortee asks if he will love her when she grows old, and Miss Tenny reassures her, saying she will soon know. The dialogue frames enduring affection and worry about aging in a playful tone.
A brief, comic exchange from a Philadelphia newspaper features MeJigger and Thingumbob debating later misfortune. Dyspepsia is mentioned as a blessing in disguise, with the speaking pair joking about blame for a bad mood. The fragment showcases quip humor rather than a full news item.
A Worcester man Solomon Parsons carved a deed to the Almighty onto a rock on Rattlesnake Hill. He paid William C. Hall $125 to convey land to the Almighty. The move was not recorded in life, as clerks said no record was needed for such a transfer. After Parsons death, an administrator listed the parcel in the estate, and a lawyer challenged tithe but the judge ruled for the administrator.
Anecdotes recount Colonel Ege a famed early figure from Doniphan and Atchison counties angering a man during wagon recovery near Independence creek bottom. A throw of a wagon gate struck him, leaving him pale and bald, yet he remained a gentleman who offered shelter and care. Proverbial satire from Spain and England follows, mocking the fair sex and reflecting age old sayings about women mothers and luck in Chambers Journal.
A satirical rant by John Kendrick Bangs mocks a moth as a formidable foe in the home. It compares moths to disasters, detailing imaginary depredations on clothing and furniture. The piece lampoons household woes and even a book agent alongside the pest.
The Hartford Courant was owned edited and managed in 1777 by a woman known today as the Widow Watson. She held exclusive charge of the paper and is credited as the country’s first woman editor. After a couple of years she married a Hartford leading citizen who helped in running the paper.
An urchin in a country pariah in Scotland began reading a newspaper aloud to his parents in a parish school drawl. His mother halted him, exclaiming that he dared read a newspaper with the Bible twang, creating a comic clash of culture and propriety.
A fragment notes Havana dealers assert silk resists yellow fever during outbreaks, urging constant use or possession of silk items for its supposed absorbing properties, though the claim appears unverified and speculative.
A dentist recounts unusual requests for gold fillings including a vaudeville actress who wanted a gold J-shaped tooth to reflect her fiancé named John. He notes ethical limits and explains most clients seek gold fillings as decorations rather than medical necessity.
A New York paper recalls Robert N. Wilson praising a Texas rainflower the copperta, blooming hours after rain. He describes a ten acre barren tract suddenly carpeted in blossoms with intoxicating fragrance after a heavy shower. natives note such blooms occur rarely, typically three to four days after rain.
Police rush to a scene where a pale scholarly man in spectacles fought off a burly thief who demanded him to raise his hands and searched his pockets. The professor, a rhetoric expert, knocked the attacker down after the would-be robber threatened violence.
A stockbroker’s daughter praises Algernon’s Shakespearean knowledge while her father warns that no stock exists resembling his boasts. The London Standard quotes the exchange with a note of satire on pretension and market savvy.
The Lewiston Free Press notes Dan Rice fixed a clock for the town after performing without a license in Lewiston and being arrested at McVeytown. He kept his promise to donate the clock to avoid delaying his show, a gesture praised amid local moral commentary. The piece also mentions Bailey’s critique of dull reception toward excellence and a remark on sky color tones allegedly shaping local character.
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