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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
7
Eugene City Guard reports Saturday June 16 features Prof Goodwin Smith of Toronto analyzing China's rights and the missionary question. His opinion supports China retaining possession and discusses foreign protection, modern armies, and the implications for Western intervention.
A garbled fragment argues about labor absorption by capital and market hunger for bread. It describes wages per day and living conditions, noting women or children sold for pennies and a correspondent lamenting daily work costs, with references to clergy and public property.
The report details Capo Meme aivaawr shipping cattle from Portland at 100 per head with large hogs and cattle loaded for Michigan. It notes the immense size of many animals, the challenges of unloading, and references experienced shipper Baumgertmer. It also includes a New York Sun discussion on whether daily newspapers align with Christian teachings, asserting press influence toward higher morals.
Yesterday Seattle received the season's first Alaska gold deposit. Fifty miners recently arrived from the north deposited about $200,000 worth of gold with the government assay office.
The canvassing board of Vierk Lee, Justice Wintermeier and AJ Dodd reconvened to complete the official count. JM Williamos represented the Republican Party and L H Patterson with F M Wilkins for the Citizens Party as the county judgeship is settled. Kincaidia is named the new official by a one vote margin.
Fire apparatus hurried from City Hall to a blaze on Willamette Street when Fire Warden M Kubble attempted to mount the chemical engine. He was struck by a wheel, suffering a broken right leg and facial injuries, with a bruised arm and skinned face. He was cared for at home by Dr Paice as friends offered sympathy.
Special to the Guard Astoria Oregon June 14 The wedding of Miss Isabelle Trullinger daughter of Mr and Mrs J Trullinger Astoria to Theodore Thurston Geer Oregon's chief executive took place this afternoon at the First Presbyterian church in Astoria Governor Geer and bride will visit Victoria British Columbia and Sound points returning to Salem next Tuesday
Fragmentary text describes a planned erection and layout with rooms baths kitchens and a balcony. It mentions an individual named Tom and references measurements long and unclear. The passage is garbled with stray phrases about rooms and amenities and a potential date or figure.
The University of Oregon Board met at 8:30 in this city with Judge Ros Bean as president and J J Walton as secretary. Officers were re-elected. Prof E B McElroy resigned. Two instructors were to be employed: Joseph Schafer at 800 dollars yearly and Henry D Sheldon or M Triplet at 1200 dollars yearly. Alfie routine business to board adjourned.
Special to the Guard reports chaos as areas near Caswaitlish erupt. Troops guard the city while American units clash with Japanese and British forces. A moving mix of rumors, pay disputes, and personal accounts fills the page as Republican helpers discuss campaign funding.
I awoke with severe stomach pain and felt weak at work. Miller & McCurdy's drug store recommended Chamberlain's Coke, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. One dose fixed me. I praise it as the finest stomach remedy I ever used.
A garbled note details a widow's illness and limited work ability, a mine worker's decline and deaths, a university connection, and a runaway incident with a damaged report. The scrawled content mentions dates around June and June 18, 1900, with scattered names and places.
Real estate transfers include Win Morris to F E Wilson for $200 and Geo J Saunders to Siuslaw Boom Co for $50 with other land deals noted. An ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve claiming quick cures for ulcers and wounds and promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for colds with a 5c price. A Clay Zumwalt line advertises a 2 miles west of Irving with a 12 horse advance separator and a 2 horse advance traction engine on sale terms.
Mrs S Doty of Des Moines Iowa thanks the manufacturers of a cough remedy used for Sally’s coughs lugg troubles and wheeping coughs. The note expresses gratitude and mentions the product being sold by W L DeLano Des Moines as the distributor.
Tan bark wanted twenty five hundred cords at nine dollars per cord. Taines and Company at Eugene tannery advertise. Charles M Kissenger now admitted to practice in Oregon courts by Supreme Court. Sale Monday. FOR SALE CHEAP one Jones mower one steel rake, 28 inch Pitts separator ten horsepower, all complete in good order. Milne C Mathers box 614 or Roy Milne at Ax Billys Store Eugene Oregon.
A testimonial from Etta M. Hager of Athol Massachusetts praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifier and strength booster for workers. The copy emphasizes blood as life and links purity to vigor, urging readers to improve health to earn more from personal service.
During last winter an epidemic of whooping cough infected the children of Norwood NY. Jobo E Clifford of Norwood House reports using Chamberlains Cough Remedy for croup and finding it relieved the cough and effected a complete cure. The remedy is sold by WL DeLana.
Chittim bark wanted with highest cash price offered by W Sanders at Green's grocery for sale. Also 200 acres of excellent farming lands listed by Joan Van Duyn Coburg, Ur. Second hand buggies at F L Chambers offered cheap. Use Acker's English Remedy for coughs and colds priced 35 and 50 cts by W L DeLane.
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