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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
5
Eugene weekly column notes broad social commentary from 1900 era. A city of Portland, Oregon, acts decisively against hobos, reporting fewer arrests and calmer streets as “rock pile” work reduces vagrancy. The piece cites Oregonian accounts of diminished hobo activity and improving public order.
A long feature contrasts homesickness among soldiers in the Philippines with calls for daily U.S. news to ease isolation. It then warns of widespread adulteration in bread sugar and meat, urging stronger laws and harsher penalties to protect consumers. The piece explains atmospheric science, barometers, and climate, then offers a Cromwell era anecdote from the London St James Gazette.
A playful old game describes several participants each standing on one foot with the other foot behind the back and grasping the ear while a posted object is placed on the ground. They race to catch it with their teeth and raise it to height, with winners cheered and losers paying a forfeit.
The piece recounts Richard Cromwell after the collapse of his father’s rule. He lived quietly at Cheshunt with 10 shillings a week, amid poverty and simple habits. Accounts kept by landlady Mrs Pengeilly, and notes by Sir Richard Tangye, show a former protector’s son smoking, lending money, and receiving visits from his daughters from Hareley in his later life.
Capt. James Parker reports Hindu fakirs use hypnotism in tricks like a ball of twine rising and a severed body parts illusion. The fakir appears to restore the boy to life, while a near observer recalls seeing the act from close range and witnesses their friends reacting in awe. The tale contrasts sensational disbelief with a skeptical nearby witness.
Griselda informs Vera she has ended her relationship with Seaton while Vera learns Tom Peyton knows Seaton and his engagement to Miss Butler. Seaton confronts his father Gregory Dysart about a night in the garden and a betrayal by Gronch, leading to tense accusations and emotional fallout within the Dysart household.
Vera confronts Gregory Dysart in a hidden passage where he guards a parchment and gold coins. The confrontation exposes fear, scandal, and Vera’s resolve as Dysart collapses into a frenzied, dishonored state.
A new affection of the eyes has been discovered, blamed on the current seating arrangement for streetcar passengers. The strain from gazing at passing objects causes twitching in the external eye muscles, an annoying condition.
The Navy will count two years at the Philippines as a three year cruise for officers to gain shore duty. It cites the arduous duties in the Philippine climate and notes personal growth by maintaining self-respect as a criterion of true greatness.
Four dreary days pass as Griselda and Tom Peyton hide their secret affair under a grim garden scene. He flaunts new clothes, jokes about his luck, and vows to meet her again while avoiding Seaton. Griselda fears discovery and contemplates confiding to Gracie. A wet day mood lingers.
A historic note describes White House Grounds as a favored urban habitat for sparrows robins blackbirds thrushes and bluebirds. Sparrows breed in quiet courtyards while robins nurture nests near flowers. A Lafayette Square rain crow is cited as a local weather predictor. Winter migration to the South is noted for robins and others return in spring.
In a witty dialogue a Mrs Michmond laments visiting a drugstore and not buying, while Mrs Broazborough counters by declaring she always purchases something. The piece closes with a punny quip about mushrooms and toadstools, framed as a light historical New York Journal joke.
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