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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1901
Page
9
A column of varied snippets from Morgan on Wall Street to curious medical claims, politics and science notes. It mentions a 350 000 seal catch, a Chicago stomachless man, a straw hat trust, France pensions, and US trade and bond data with scattered remarks on soldiers, education and microbes.
The article contrasts national securities with gold, praising a Richmond Kentucky worker William Phelps who sacrificed his life for a married colleague, telling Stansbury to escape first. It lauds selfless courage, recounting Phelps’s final words and actions while noting the broader moral questions surrounding crime and public safety in kidnap cases.
The London Chronicle notes a tiger briefly escaped at Clifton during a children’s fete. A morning search failed to find it, the keeper kept silent, fireworks lit the gardens, and at dawn the tiger was found near a disused monkey house trembling but returned to its cage. Many things might have happened that day.
A severe Montana cold spell killed a sheep herder who tended 200 sheep. Two dogs stayed with the body and guard, guiding the flock to the prairies and back each day for three days without eating. The dogs refused to harm any sheep, a remarkable display of loyalty amid the tragedy.
Charles G D Dawes who aided McKinley Illinois campaign and served as Comptroller of the Currency has emerged as a hopeful for the United States Senate seat to succeed William E Mason. Born in 1844 at Marietta Ohio he is son of General R R Dawes and a descendant of Revolutionary War rider William Dawes. He studied law at Cincinnati and lived in Lincoln Nebraska before moving to Evanston Illinois.
A Brahmin in Calcutta conducts a theft detection ritual using bamboo rods, peepul leaves, vermilion and a coconut to identify a thief among household staff. Names are written on leaves, and two rods pick out the culprit as a crowd watches, with the implicated nephew eventually confessing and restitution made.
Anecdote recalls Paul Morphy whose chess prowess led to a saying that he could beat the devil. He reportedly visited a Richmond preacher where a painting depicting a chess game between a young man and the devil hung over the mantel, illustrating the legendary tale of Morphy and fate.
Robert J. Burdette in the Ladies' Home Journal warns that habit of tinkering at repairs breeds a decayed character and weak, patched virtues. He argues constant patching and cure-alls disguise decline rather than fix it, leaving a man morally and physically misaligned.
A Henley man recalls his six year old son who clamors for spending money. When asked why the boy wants it he replies there is no reason, but he insists. He then poses a hypothetical encounter with a highwayman and asks what he would do if told to give up his money.
A Detroit Journal excerpt notes a casino scene at Monte Carlo where the croupier pays winnings with reluctance and a quip about coughing prompts only muffled laughter from a crowd that largely lacks bilingual understanding. The remark underscores cultural and language gaps amid a genteel, cosmopolitan audience.
Berlin electric trams caused 2.02 accidents in the year 14, resulting in twenty six deaths and injuries to 14 severely and 1,202 slightly. A proverb about a mother and her daughter's match hints at domestic prudence and social expectations.
An English lieutenant, Henderson, survives two perilous encounters in Sova camp and at Samory’s court by calm defiance. His sleepy defiance convinces captors he wields influence, leading to safe passage to Samory’s throne. There he sits beside the king, shakes hands, and is accepted as a British representative rather than a captive, fostering future relations.
In 16th century Baden occupying Prussian officers faced gambling warnings. King Wilhelm discreetly halted an officer’s winnings after several red results and advised him to quit. Two days later a review led to a repayment demand for the prevented losses. A German general recalls the lesson as a cure for gaming, better than imprisonment.
Sir Edwin Arnold, famed writer and traveler, is now nearly blind and widely mourned. The piece recalls a Birmingham school incident in the 1840s when a pupil's strike ended the master’s use of the stick after the pupil, urged by the master, struck him in a moment of remorse.
A drunken Irishman in a Scottish police station makes noise by kicking a cell. The constable prompts him to adjust his boots and promises a rub to make him respectable before the ballie tomorrow. The man complies, only to find the door closed and the remark that he may kick away as long as he likes now.
Sir Henry Irving meets Wilson Barrett after Barrett finishes Hamlet. Barrett says Hamlet and Irving retorts with a sharp barb noting Barrett cannot play Hamlet. The exchange ends with Irving claiming Barrett is the only actor who cannot.
The passage notes visibility of stars ranging from 5 000 through 50 000 000 via various instruments. It suggests stars exist beyond telescope reach and ends with a humorous aside about not doing things by halves and opening lim oysters.
In dawn light Boston, Billy Bender, now an orphan, seeks work with R J Selden Co. He meets George Moreland, Yale graduate, who offers a job and access to a library. Billy learns Jenny Lincoln may recall him from Chicopee, while Henry Lincoln belittles Mary Howard, a pauper, igniting Billy’s resolve to protect her. Mary’s future ties to Mary Howard unfold as Billy’s quiet affection deepens.
A jagged excerpt shows a dialogue where praise and money are discussed between an older man, a father, and a younger man, mentioning a daughter and wealth amid fragmented sentence structure. The tone hints at a domestic or social exchange rather than a formal event.
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