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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
10
Humorous bits show a generous butcher gifting larger roasts, a teething syrup pitch from Mrs Winslow, and Allen’s Foot-Ease ad. Includes jokes about cursing a scoundrel by telephone and a man buying a state game laws compendium for proper hunting season compliance.
M Floresco reports to Paris Academy of Sciences a fixed relation between hepatic iron and skin hair color in animals, with dark-haired subjects showing roughly double the iron. Campbell notes sun corona arises from ejected solar matter. mean sun temp near 6200C. Van Hise doubts deep ore deposits, citing shallow, water-formed pockets. Yukon trappers pursue winter fur, chasing black fox valued at 200-300 dollars, silver-gray foxes 100-200 dollars, bears 10-25 dollars, beavers 3.50-7, mink 1.50-8, martens 3.50-12, otters 4-8.
A corner druggist muses on a family almanac rich with half tone pictures. He recalls childhood almanacs with woodcuts, sun and moon phases, and monthly scenes from January through December. He notes the persistence of weather forecasts and unsolicited testimonials in both old and new editions.
Mall and Express remarks muse on the gap between old time almanac ideas and current tastes. The speaker longs for a modern almanac featuring half tone pictures to reflect contemporary clarity and style.
An English settler recounts a near fatal African night when a lion approached his veranda. He rushed to a rifle, fired once, and the big cat fell, fatally struck by a shot that hit the forehead above the eyes. His wife and child remained motionless through the peril.
Elmer Bowman, born in Denver and based in New York, discusses his work on Go Way Back and Sit Down and his other compositions including Ive Got Chicken on the Brain. He describes inspiration, personal sacrifice for art, and his pride in his music career.
A shorthand writer boasts of typing speed, claiming 16 words a minute, often more, yet cites marriage as a reason for long effort. The dialogue hints at biased rhetoric and self interest in personal explanations, suggesting people justify odd views to suit their stakes.
Captain Steele of the Sixth Infantry, after Philippines warfare, argues dogs should accompany troops as scouts to prevent ambushes on jungle trails. He cites Dane the dog’s success and recalls Steels's winter campaign with General Schwan, where the dog covered vast ground and befriended soldiers.
The first post office in the country was New York, established by Parliament in 1710. The note mentions encouragement to many towns lacking funds, implying spread of postal services aided by colonial governance.
A quip from Sleepless about preventing a dog's night barking prompts a joke response of giving it away. Bildad and Perkina weigh the idea of a large pile and hesitation over its size, reflecting a humorous exchange about value and action.
An old theater quip notes a man’s hair often gray years before his beard. The joke attributes the difference to about a 20 year age gap between the two facial features.
Grimes praises Landsman’s marine novel as the most perfect thing Lever acquired. Hurley agrees, saying it is charged with the sea and that he was sick before finishing the first pages.
The courteous croupier advises a remedy for the guest amid a casino scene, while he rakes in another stack of Lord Rogslyn's blue checks. The exchange hints at tension and the grit of high stakes gaming within a refined setting.
A heavy plague of grasshoppers in Hay New South Wales obscures all street lamps at night causing total darkness over the town and hindering nightly activity.
Miss Belle Mackinnon of Utica New York has been admitted as a partner by her brother in his large knitting mills and will oversee 2000 employees.
A dialogue contrasts sentiment and pragmatism as one man argues divorces cost more than marriages and another replies that they are worth more, highlighting differing views on relationship outcomes.
A Detroit Free Press item quotes a backhanded literary plot heist and a flippant exchange about marriage and money. The dialogue features Scribbs and Stubbs discussing selling a new novel and hiring a Chicago man to disclose the plot while slyly debating a yacht and affection.
A fragmented advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional blood disease best treated internally. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Catarrh Cure combined with a topical balm as effective, promising testimonials and listing Toledo, Ohio as the company base with a 75 cent price.
An amateur statistician claims 116000000 speak English while a cynic remarks that some never reach the stage. The exchange mixes numbers with humor about language and performance.
An undergraduate claims involvement in a disgraceful action regarding Mr. Waters, noting that his left leg was the part taken under a pump. The exchange centers on accountability and the nature of the misconduct.
A brief exchange notes the editor from The Imp is not in the office. A caller reports the editor has gone home after confirming his wife phoned that their baby was asleep. He intends to check the home to see what it looked like.
In the mill district a speaker notes extreme noise while a friend nearby laments inability to hear. The conversation reveals a neighbor is deaf and mute, prompting reactions about the impact of factory sounds on residents.
Eli Wilt ehire of Landsdowne Terrace Calne Wis recounts twenty years of rheumatism and six rheumatic fever episodes. He credits St Jacobs Oil with rapid relief and claims others were cured by his recommendation, including cases of toothache faceache and sore throat. He pledges continued endorsement.
Mrs Corntassel and Josiar discuss neglijay shirts advertised in bargain sales. A local observer calls neglijay a softer alternative to the traditional boiled shirt, noting it appears in NEN writing and advertisement requests to mention the paper.
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