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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1901
Page
9
A Eugene Weekly Guard column surveys honesty across eras and nations, praising Benjamin Harrison for consistent honesty. It traces moral lessons from ancient myths to modern diplomacy, noting that real honesty remains rare and valuable despite historical lapses.
The piece contrasts the Yankee commercial traveler in France with French courtly habits and notes Americans lack of ceremony. It cites an Indiana jury setting a kiss value at 1500 dollars, warning this not establish a general market price. It mentions auctions at church entertainments for worthy causes.
Ambitious schemes for arid West reclamation promise vast water control. Storage reservoirs and massive dams would create inland seas and canals to irrigate thousands of square miles. Feasibility remains debated though theory supports it. practicality is uncertain.
A French letter claims 270000 foreigners spend about 1000 francs each per winter in the Riviera totaling 250 million francs. The English provide a third, the French another third, and Germans Belgians and Russians the rest, with Americans possibly lumped with the English. Nice, once poor after annexation, is now among the richest departments.
An uptown New York widow of a Supreme Court Judge has created a long cage nicknamed the cat mission to shelter and feed stray cats. The thirty-two by ten foot enclosure includes cushions and a hot water heated house. A local milkman supplies daily milk for the inmates, with over forty cats housed to date.
A Sabbath school teacher asks a first time attendee for his name and learns he is called Jimmie for short though his full name is Jameas Christian Register. The exchange highlights a child’s confusion over a long formal name versus a nickname.
The note presents a cryptic directive about handling gossip from a friend who repeats what you told her. It references Jane Smith, a planing mill tip, and a fragmented reflection on miseries, suggesting a cautionary rule about sharing and quoting confidential remarks.
The article laments the decline of May Day customs from olde world observances to modern routines. It recounts ancient rites in Korea and England, the May Queen and Maypole traditions, and the Druids origins, noting how contemporary life favors economy over poetry and nature. It closes with a call to revive May Day in schools and communities.
A Chicago story recalls Philip D Armour aiding a troubled literary man by funding his sanitarium treatment. The donor’s name remained confidential, but the beneficiary recovered, becoming a successful citizen. The tale highlights private charity guiding public good without seeking praise.
The narrative recalls Paul Rainey the coke magnate and Charles Latimer an engineer who backed divining rods for locating gas. Latimer dies and Rainey’s well stops the same day, prompting humor about turning off the flow. It then shifts to the adoption of iron ships, noting initial fears as unfounded and likening to opposition to New York elevated railways. Washington Star.
A Star reporter quotes a renowned naval officer who says officers were staunch opponents of iron ships, debating their practicality and readiness for combat. The remark highlights early resistance within the Navy to new steel vessels and their integration into fleet operations.
A historical note outlines Thomas Carlyle as a tobacco slave, citing his constant pipe use at home, in study, and outdoors. It mentions his insomnia in later life and a remark by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy about his smoking.
The account recalls Carlyle’s struggle with sleeplessness and digestion and his attempt to quit smoking for a year on a doctor’s advice. He found weakness in the country and decided tobacco remained essential, returning to smoking with no hindrance. Later he used a Dublin clay pipe called the Repeal, but could not obtain a supply, and Sir Charles Duffy suggested it was reserved for Irish nationalists. Carlyle never qualified to receive it.
The article argues that cross‑breeding and mingling of peoples strengthen nations. Darwin is cited to claim human and animal development share laws, with English and Anglo-Americans formed by centuries of mixing Britons Romans Picts Scots Danes Saxons Normans and other settlers. It notes Slavs Germans Latins melding to form a broader Anglo‑American identity.
A passage from Engineering Magazine describes a future giant human race formed across Canada South Africa Australia New Zealand and other small places. It envisions a common language literature laws customs and shared political interests driven by industrial civilization.
The article recounts how Roosevelt, before becoming New York Police Board president, secured city funding to replace unusable uniforms for rescuers. It notes a veteran roundsman saved twenty-nine lives over years and, promoted to sergeant, saved his thirtieth life the following week.
The article recalls Mme. Albani as a child in Montreal where she first succeeded on stage, later becoming first soprano in Albany’s Catholic choir at fourteen and an organist by sudden notice. Her Messing debut drew long encores, then triumphs in London, with a Downtown window inscription praising a man not troubled by fatigue. Wigs are linked to the color red as flowers signal.
A historical account recounts how nitro glycerine humor and treacherous blasts have caused fatalities since 1867. It covers William Munson’s Ol City magazine blast, Clarendon Pennsylvania’s four test ton explosion, and William Pine’s wagon catastrophe on a steep hill. The piece cites Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly as the source.
A New York picture dealer recalls locking a private studio with a roving catalog ritual. He notes illicit gliding gilding on door knobs as women examined paintings, and how a future wife learned of the private room through a decoy catalogue.
Missouri Governor Alexander M. Dockery is said to have shaken hands over 4 million times last year during his campaign tours. He reportedly never tired his hand or wrist, continuing to greet voters as he pursued the governorship.
A new Raw Pom Society forms to promote abstention from cooked foods. Members pledge to live on uncooked fare and advocate natural eating practices within the community.
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