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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment mentions exclusions and familial terms. It references people likely connected by kin or residence but provides no clear event date location or authoritative details. The readable bits suggest a notice involving family and exclusion actions without concrete facts.
This nostalgic note recalls childhood tunes sung in a country village. The speaker cherishes melodies like King William, Bea Bolt, The Maple on the Hill, Whippoorwill, Starry Night for Ramble, and Coming Through the Rye, evoking springtime memories and first kisses. New Orleans Times-Democrat
The article portrays Kaiser Wilhelm II as a skilled yachtsman who commands the helm aboard his vessels. It details the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern, its size, armament, and luxurious fittings, plus notes on the Emperor’s preference for white horses, extensive fleet, and the yacht’s dual role as a prestige warship.
Followers purchase the Lynn Massachusetts Broad Street house where Mary Baker G Eddy wrote Science and Health. It will be remodeled into a church while preserving the upstairs room where Eddy worked as a memorial. Public access is limited. the room remains central to pilgrimages and devotion.
A sharp eyed shopgirl Miss Wood helps detective Bruce expose a cloak theft racket in a department store. Eugenia Zaffman and her brother plot the thefts, but Wood’s autographic analysis reveals the culprit. Bruce is cleared, promoted, and declares love for Bernice Wood.
An 1820s wooden track on Lackawaxen Creek to a vast modern network. eightfold girdle around the world when laid straight. Eight cars per train, twelve miles progressed daily, five workers per mile, 240 new joiners daily. One of fifteen workers relies on rail industry for livelihood. Also a note on sleep talking and a patient seeking a dentist.
Citizens of Santa Fe press anew to reestablish a garrison at Fort Marcy, the oldest frontier post. Military need is debated, but historic value argues for retaining a post at the bluff overlooking the city. Denver News notes no current garrison in New Mexico and urges a cavalry squadron to Fort Marcy.
A female voice laments the difficulty of basic arithmetic in everyday shopping. She describes how cashiers tally change from a five dollar purchase, recounting how forty cents and subsequent sums confuse her until she retraces the calculation from one dollar to five.
In a light scene the women recall schooling in fractions and arithmetic, debating why math is taught. They reveal a lack of practical math sense in daily life, recounting a simple debt exchange where 25 cents owed and 18 cents owed must be settled, finally counted to resolve the difference.
From Aden comes news of renewed piracy along the Arab coast from Hodeida to Jeddah. Turkish warships police the area, yet a sambook laden with goods worth about 21000 dollars and 12000 in cash was seized by twelve armed men in two fishing boats. They looted, took prisoners, then sailed to Towall before returning to Jeddah with the loot and returning the captives only with one day of provisions. Ahmed Gobaish is named as gang leader.
A humorous exchange shows a father doubting Tom leading his class while the college president confirms it, remarking on his son’s mischief and the lively campus atmosphere as reported by the Somerville Journal.
A fragment discusses the Aztec language lacking certain sounds noted by letters and symbols. It then offers quick quips on youth, money, and gender dynamics, noting a young man can be bright as a dollar while some girls prefer the dollar itself, and that a woman's warmth is rivaled only by her temper.
A collection of light humorous lines and quips from various papers, including exchanges about job references, cooking, schooling, smallpox jokes, college yells, and domestic misadventures. Notable bits reference Mrs Homer, the Massachusetts Tech yell, and marriage as a recurring theme, with wordplay on noise, temptation, and everyday folly.
A playful note on a newspaper you once started. The speaker reflects that it may have been among the best editions and muses that enduring greatness can fade early, citing a Chicago News quote about the good dying young.
A giddy young woman asks if a scientist says life is electro dynamic. A confirmed bachelor replies that it explains the spark of love and the current of affection, and why wires cross when people marry.
A humorous dialogue from a local paper notes nine deaths in Shakespearean plays and jokes about how often the author’s works are “killed.” The exchange features Mrs Crimsonbeak and Mr Crimsonbeak and is attributed to the Yonkers Statesman.
A playful exchange defines a chaperon as a lady man who acts as a halfway figure between trainer manager and referee. The dialogue mocks roles in boxing culture via witty street language.
A collage of quips and jokes from 19th and early 20th century papers. Snippets reference academy fame, a melancholy suitor, a marriage proposal via widow question, and a Koer spy poking at English camp mishaps with a pun about missing letters.
A father tests a suitor by asking if he has heard his daughter sing and how he can prove love, exposing the old man’s stern caution and the suitor’s fear in a Philadelphia Record snippet.
A collection of old time quips and jokes from various papers. The items feature playful lines about politics voting baptism and engagements. The humor centers on quick retorts and social mores with names of newspapers as sources.
A humorous exchange about loving two girls at different times. Miss Queery asks if it’s possible to love two at once. Mr Flyrty replies it’s possible to love one at 8 o’clock and the other at 8:30 if they don’t live far apart.
William H. Sargent recalls a 19th century Texas exchange between David B. Culberson and Buck Kilgore on Congress salaries. Kilgore laments low pay, Culberson counters the salary is regu larly powerful, illustrating historical views on legislative compensation.
A brief exchange questions smoking habits with Bloom, who replies that his wife sends him outside, and the playful line suggests social norms and domestic banter in a dated voice. The snippet captures humor and character interaction in a compact, period-tinged style.
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