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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1901
Page
10
Royal Baking Powder Co of New York is listed at 150 William Street. The brief entry records the company address in a plain business notice style from the era.
A court session hears the accused ask for time to explain how he came to possess Mr. Smith's chickens. The judge grants a period, replying blandly with a specified number of months.
A vintage ad promises a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Hromo Quinine tablets. It guarantees a full refund if ineffective and features Grove’s signature on each box, priced at 2c.
A fragmentary exchange blends a layman’s harsh view of clergy with a bishop’s defense and a humorous sales patter for patent medicines. The dialogue satirizes religious figures and consumer health tonics with quirky lines about garb, meals, gowns, and easy remedies.
Rear Admiral Cervera was promoted to vice admiral before Sampson or Schley could defeat his fleet, a sequence seen as ironic given that their ships ultimately destroyed his squadron. The contrast underlines the unexpected timing of promotions relative to a decisive battle.
A humorous 1900 letters-page exchange features Hot Dog’s mayor questioning an advance agent about his act of lifting horses. The agent replies proudly, while the mayor cautions that horse lifting is an unhealthy game in the region. A reader from Trinity Springs Indiana endorses a cure for consumption.
Mr Meddergrass notes a virtue in classical music, saying listeners can start or stop anywhere without spoiling the music. The remark highlights the art’s accessibility and enduring enjoyment for audiences and performers alike.
Lord Wolseley and an aide known as Charlie helped clear a congested London post office during the Soudan campaign by sorting letters and papers by regiment, distributing mail to camps, and expediting delivery. The act revealed Wolseley’s humorous disguise and leadership.
The article lists various facts from history including Germany investing 300 million in electrical works, Philadelphia producing 90 percent of a carpet, a cat devouring mice, an owl shot 400 miles at sea, bears in Yosemite Park near roadways, labor strikes against the New York Sun, sparrows on wires in Cincinnati, limited labor laws in Kansas, and large freight trains moved by a single locomotive. It closes with a warning to not forget friends or give them flowers.
A dialogue presents a professor rebutting a woman's indifference by asserting a general proposition about appearances not revealing true nature. The exchange turns on the notion that what a woman seems to be may not reflect her real self, highlighting witty intellectual banter.
A man who had taken his own life was found with one of Percy's poems in his pocket. The incident caused Percy's notoriety as newspapers across town reported the connection, making him briefly famous overnight.
A New Orleans Times Democrat anecdote recalls a bachelor party mishap tied to thirteen. The author notes two dozen misfortunes from a thirteen supper, then shows a similar twelve-person gathering producing multiple calamities. The tale stresses superstition’s pull and urges calm.
Stamp collectors seek Cape Colony stamps overprinted with S. A. RB and Boer coin values. Regular British stamps pass through the annexed area and are scarce in quantity. Dealers cannot yet secure many specimens, and values depend on how many were issued.
Miss Gertrude Gilbert of 3201 Dauphin Street Philadelphia recounts long illness diagnosed as heart disease and consumption. After failed treatments, she pursued Dr Williams Pink Pills, noting improved blood, relief from breathlessness and rapid heartbeat, restored appetite, and regained daily vigor. She endorses the pills as responsible for her recovery.
A discussion on carob trees as cattle fodder in Hawaii explains how the pods and beans sustain cattle on dry lands, noting windward and leeward climates and French missioners. The piece also describes a cork poison indicator device with barbed corks, invented by Victor H. Kopold, and briefly quotes Harper's Magazine on Russia and a reminiscence of Gladstone on Cromwell.
The excerpt notes Pekin is enclosed by a wall forty feet thick and fifty feet high with a sixteen mile circumference, while the Great Wall spans nearly 1,200 miles and dates back over two thousand years. It also observes a proverb about trusting a husband and urges saving money as preparation for trouble.
English artist Walter Severn patents a bullet proof shield for bicycles to capture fortified kopjes in South Africa. Steel plates five to six pounds per square foot deflect bullets, mounted on wheels and workable as movable shields for advancing troops, wounded, or protecting wire-cutters. The design envisions transportable armor that can turn a wagon into an armored car, with use suggested beyond combat to travel and transit methods in colonial times.
De Sales states he disclosed a trade secret to a customer. He overheard the boss being called an old block head by the customer, leading to potential implications for workplace discipline.
A recent statement warns England’s forces are inadequate to deter a sudden attack. The analogy likens the country to a fragile stomach and urges Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as the remedy to cure dyspepsia constipation indigestion liver and kidney trouble and restore tone.
The Vicksburg national park will soon complete land acquisitions totaling 1231 acres. It is planned to restore all military features that marked the 1863 struggle.
Dukane tells Gaswell of a night at sea where a revenue cutter went out and made a sharp cut in revenue. The dialogue hints at financial strain and shifting priorities aboard the vessel.
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