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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
7
Six boys aged ten to twelve in Kearny New Jersey faced charges for destroying property. Court offered five dollar fines per parent, chosen by the parents. Police officers spanked each boy, eliciting cries in court. After admonition, the youths apologized, promised reform, and were discharged. A fine would not have bothered them.
The article notes Paterson New Jersey suffered a recent multi million dollar fire and the Atlantic states face floods causing heavy property damage and loss of lives. It highlights a hard luck coincidence linking fire followed by flood impacting communities including Northeastern Pennsylvania with five million dollars in damages and twenty deaths.
A new safety device uses an elevated electric light projected hundreds of feet high to warn pedestrians and motorists ten miles away. It improves visibility where standard headlamps fail, such as McVey Point three miles above Eugene, where an up train approaches unseen until near the crossing.
The Northern eniironda call their consolidation a merger to escape the odium attached to trust. The article argues the move hides a big combination aimed at larger profits from public patronage, taxing every resident to boost stockholder dividends, and keeping courts and legislatures busy.
Kentucky noted for beauty and feuds witnesses a rare juror practice as a murder verdict is read after prayer. The Hopkinsville trial ends with the defendant receiving an eighteen year sentence.
The public easily knows a single given name such as Theodore or Elihu, but many businessmen sign with initials. The fault lies in using a second name. If a man has only one Christian name, everyone knows it. few write as "J Smith."
A powerful late storm scours Pennsylvania causing heavy snow near noon and continuing in several counties. Residents face misery as homes are damaged, livelihoods disrupted, and widespread travel halted. Local officials warn of worsening conditions as more snow falls.
A vintage advertisement praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for chronic female ailments and weak health. It asserts dramatic benefits, offers free consultation by letter from Dr R V Pierce in Buffalo, and includes testimonials from women like Mrs D Marwood. It also advertises Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for biliousness.
A J Crozan, aged nearly 54, longtime Pleasant Hill pioneer, dies at home after a long illness of old age. He leaves several children. his wife died May 12, 1593. Funeral Friday at 10am at Cloverdale church, interment in Pleasant Alll cemetery, Rev Edward Gittina of Springfield to preside.
John Willis Baer general secretary of the World's Christian Endeavor Union will attend the 4 district convention of the Young Peoples' Christian Endeavor Societies of Lane and Douglas counties in Eugene starting March 196. He will give an address on Monday March 24. Baer, born March 2 1961 near Rochester Minnesota, grew up in Cleveland and worked in Cedar Rapids and Minneapolis before his call to the ministry, renowned for his eloquence earnestness wit and courtesy.
Two rich Montana sheep raisers were imprisoned for stealing sheep. The men pursued the illegal route to wealth, ultimately leading to their conviction and confinement.
Local notes report improving health of a Goshen woman staying with Hunsaker. Goshen visitors include Vincent Mayo and Edgar Johnson. Bids opened for a new schoolhouse with WH Fenton winning the contract. Parvin and Crozan lay the mill foundation for equipment arrival. Ernest Mooney returns from Marcola. Blood poisoning improving. A March 22 basket social at Trent benefits the school. Georgia Parker and Belle Kelsay in a runaway incident. no injuries. Loggers’ supplies scarce. urging workers to find work.
The Portland Telegram comments on bold political shots while President Roosevelt signals strict enforcement of the interstate commerce law. Voter apathy shows in Seattle’s Tuesday election with only eighty percent turnout, and the head of the ticket remains hotly contested.
Santos Dumont the French aeronaut plans ascents over London in his steerable air ship to boost coronation celebrations. If he continues, future ascents may take on a spiritual character rather than purely physical feats.
Creswell residents report health improvements including Mr John Robbinett and Mrs Semith. Tax visits to Eugene draw many locals. Thomas Pringle plans a spring Eastern Oregon trip. Mumps affect Hazel Hazleton and Mr J N Lindsay. Aunt Wincie Davie is ill. Clara Clark stays with Mrs Moe Johnson during a storm. J Montgomery visits Eugene. Danea Hazleiom and Hattie Hawley plan a Cottage Grove trip returning Sunday. Roaca.
A Detroit bank vice president allegedly robbed stockholders and depositors of one million dollars. The court released him on a ten thousand dollar bond pending trial, raising questions about what portion of the embezzled sum influenced the bond level.
The brain of Rev William A Clark, pastor of the Broadway German M EK church in Baltimore, was lifted from its bed to remove nerve routes causing neuralgia. The operation reportedly went well and recovery is strongly anticipated.
The Electric Light Company seeks proposals for old growth fir wood in lots of 50 to 500 cords. Deliveries to the plant next summer. Address proposals to Jas F Rosinsen Sapt Eugene Ore.
The Corvallis Times reports a Corvallis minister, involved in a fight weeks earlier, had a second altercation in which a club and hatchet were reportedly used. A letter from Monroe describes the minister denouncing Catholicism, a young man seizing a hatchet, and the minister being driven from a store, then briefly preparing to renew the clash with a plank before it ended.
The Oregon Children's Home Society lists several children available for placement in family homes including girls a boy and a girl ten years old. Since 1886 the society has placed four hundred fifty children on the Oregon coast and Lane County has already seen many children placed in excellent families with Mrs Tobey in Eugene and Supt Tobey in Portland.
The postmaster lists names including Cox May Daniela DT Fale Miss Kate Ganeloff A RK Gray Karn Haughland Jessie Kelly PS Lopp Mra JC Lundy WE Magen L D Manning C H Miller Ira Pratt Eathie A Pratt Geo Rowley L 8 Rice Carl Staubridge Minnie Sterling Mrs Henry Watt David Young Mrs S.jeel Rowland L W. A charge of one cent will be made on all letters given out. presume when calling for letters will case stale when advertised.
Two mares arrived at a homestead near Liewellyo Post Office around February 1. One is gray with a blind left eye, the other is light sorrel with a white face. Claimant H Rebmen says all charges will be paid to recover the horses one mile south of the post office.
An old advertisement offers a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a refund if ineffective. It notes a misprinted address on the package and mentions a reward for information about a three year old horse named Darke Wheat seen near October 1 in Coyote.
Multiple classified items advertise Brown Leghorn cock erele in Irving Oregon with named seller J i Yaves. Also a Eugene Willamette Street residence for Sale via TN Segar Hotel Eugene, plus a 120 acre grain and stock farm for sale near Goshen with stage access and contact CS Richardson o1 A Parker. Additional notices offer a Springfield house for rent with barn, and a 440 acre stock and fruit ranch for rent near Walterville with E M Bowerman contact.
Svwarverud traveled to Portland to recruit newcomers for Eugene and Lane county. He aims to attract many settlers by distributing printed material, noting a shortage of suitable illustrated pamphlets hampers efforts to publicize the region.
The fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best in the world extends around the earth. It cures cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers felons aches and all kin eruptions. Only infallible pile cure 250m box at W L De Lano's.
Repaired beads offered free if brought in before March 15 at F L Chambers and Bro. Also a claim about a patent medicine with a foolish label. No cure, no pay. An address for the office is provided.
In a dim workshop scene the editor notes carpenters' tools, saws, knives, and gouges laid unused. The tone hints at decline and idle labor, with a focus on worn edges, dull blades, and an atmosphere of halted craft. The fragment evokes a stalled trade and unfinished projects.
In a tasteless form the notice touts a tonic described as Groves Pestelene Chi and Quiulne with no cure and no pay promises. The fragment hints at a patent remedy claim and payment terms without clear efficacy details.
Fragmentary OCR item notes a contract style query with pricing and a warning about payment conditions. The readable words reference steps, cage and works, and a cold related phrase suggesting a service or product offer. No clear names, places, or dates are identifiable.
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