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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1900
Page
8
A publication by Mrs. Pinkham claims confidential letters from women are handled only by women in Lynn Massachusetts with a million suffering readers ready for cures. The piece also notes Confederate military ideas, Allen’s Foot Ease advertising testimonials, and New Zealand government work for able-bodied men at two dollars a day.
Advertising is viewed as an economic business proposition by leading and successful businessmen globally. The statement underscores its role in driving growth and market presence across industries and nations.
The United States Army tests a new automatic machine gun weighing 12 pounds and operable by a single man, delivering 450 rounds per minute. Also noted a teething remedy for children and a telegraph pole preservation method using an earthenware pipe and sand resin mixture.
The text notes a patent remedy by Dr Pfunder claimed to cure dog bites using pulverized jawbone of the biting dog. It also mentions French rifle clubs forming nationwide to train marksmanship, modeled after the Hoers who teach children firearm use.
In Stella Washington and nearby regions prospecting advances push Northwest coal mining with a new investment group from The Dalles taking a half interest and plans for a rail link to the Stella mine. Grangeville Idaho sees a major sale of the Big Buffalo mine interests for 200000 dollars, while Blue River area draws attention for new quartz prospects and Hood River firms back tomato plantings for canning. Mohair fleece pools in Corvallis fetch 25 cents per pound in a second sale of about 2931 fleeces, following a prior 28 cent sale.
Bradstreet's notes more irregularity in trade and prices for iron and steel due to weather and ongoing price friction. Overall trade conditions remain favorable with heavy railroad earnings, reduced bank clearings from holidays, and weather effects across cereals, agriculture, wool, lumber, and sugar markets. Wheat shipments total 3 898 945 bushels. U S business failures 161. Canada 19.
An English traveler notes the American practice of letters of introduction, comparing social trust and social currency. He recounts meetings in Washington Nashville Memphis and New Orleans, highlighting how introductions quickly connect him to prominent hosts and clubs, while warning about the risk of false flattery and misuse of letters.
Fred FE Wilmarth buys an interest in the Burns Oregon News as Alba Oregon plans a new saw mill in Umatilla County. A 100 ton Fossil waterworks load will be hauled from Arli ton by team. The Coquille River bridge at Myrtle Point is completed and opened, touted as the best in Coos County. Sugar Leaf Creamery in Coos County resumes operations, handling 10 000 to 15 000 pounds of milk daily and producing cheese as roads improve. George Snodderly, 69, pioneer of Grant County Oregon, dies at Long Creek after moving to Canyon Creek mines in 1860. body to Susanville for burial. Field Superintendent Larson reports 700 acres of beets planted with 500 more prepared for seeding at the La Grande beet sugar factory. J F Birney of Everett WA travels to Snohomish to survey a logging camp for Campbell Bros. of Batt's Slough, with 700 acres of timber to be handled. Port Townsend custom house sale sees opium $10.50 per pound. Chinese bidders prominent. Vast shingles loss from scow capsizing near Port Townsend. 500,000+ shingles drifted ashore. A cattle buyer on Lower Coquille contracts 611 calves at $8 each for September delivery to Fresno, California. Republic company operates 52 freighting teams from Republic to Colambia BC. Asiz horse outfit hauls 5,000 pounds on five-day round trips. Illinois reports 219 national banks in operation.
A dense market catalog listing prices across Seattle districts for onions lettuce beets cabbage apples prunes and dairy. It covers dairy meats produce grains and fibers with numerous per unit and per sack figures and mentions several regional sources and varieties.
The piece recounts Buller’s anecdote of a Cornwall born officer denied aid by a government depot shipwreck tale, then notes sea fly fishing’s ancient roots across Britain. It claims rod fishing in the sea dates back ages, with Highlanders and Irish coast natives using rods to catch bass and glissanes in tidal waters.
Mrs. Burton Kingsland writes in the Ladies' Home Journal about wedding customs. The piece notes the ring as a uniform symbol, the belief of a nerve to the heart, and debates obedience in marriage. It recalls old and foreign customs like the bride's father’s whip in Russia and the groom waiting at the altar.
In a ColIier's Weekly account from South Africa a British officer, amid bursting shells, offers to introduce a friend to help marshal a struggling gun. He says the ally will lend a hand, hoping no one is knocked over, as bullets fly and chaos surrounds them.
Readers urged to try Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a constitutional disease requires constitutional treatment. The ad promises internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollars for any case it fails to help, plus testimonials. Also notes Hall's Pills and a Breslau doctor experimenting with hens fed horse flesh and egg shells for gout relief.
A 1900 letter from J Addison Baker extols the dining car service on the Rio Grande Western and Denver and Rio Grande. He commends fine food at moderate prices and offers to testify to Rio Grande Western staff. The note notes Pullman sleeping cars San Francisco to Chicago and invites inquiries from agents in Portland and Salt Lake City. A brief, unrelated squib from Philadelphia North American mentions dangers of trolleys and drownded in a bathtub.
In a humorous exchange a character named Rastus asks the doctor what the matter is. The doctor quips that it is only chicken pox. Rastus, nervous, protests he has not been what he could catch, while the judge presides.
A collage of sensational blurbs notes aristocratic decadence, health cures, and a paradoxical claim about General Roberts. It mentions Hoster’s Stomach Bitters, a San Rafael gun law, and Collier’s Weekly quirks, all in brisk, era-like prose.
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