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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
7
A garbled snippet from the Washington Star hints at themes of spelling reform, a longing for old ways, and the urge to read aloud. The text references a book, a journey through classic schooling, and a wish to regain former focus and discipline.
A jumble of comic snippets and names from Philadelphia gossip to Pittsburgh quips. Anecdotes feature a foreman, a curious baby, and neighbors with humorous exchanges. A mosaic of brief, unrelated lines in a late 19th century newspaper style.
A Chicago News letter narrates a diplomat’s attempt to pressure the sultan of Turkey over long overdue debts. The envoy boasts of Tejano riding and Civil War exploits but finds the sultan, with a gentle voice and benevolent face, cunningly immune. The debtor remains unpaid, the diplomatic visit ending in defeat.
The question asks about contract coal and its role in supplying large buyers like railroads and steel industries. It notes contracts set minimum prices and volumes, favoring buyers in steady terms yet benefiting miners by ensuring steady demand. Operators may face low volumes in dull seasons and high demand in busy periods, with companies often taking minimum quantities when dull and maximum during peak to maximize profits.
The shah of Persia, famed for moods, disrupted Russian court events during a recent St. Petersburg stay by sleeping for 24 hours at a stretch and forbidding disturbance on pain of death. He favored time with the grand duchess and let children handle his diamond collection, a treasure worth a king’s ransom.
A brittle OCR style advisory explains methods to modify eggs by piercing shells and filling with sand to make a stable resting egg, and with shot to create a heavy center of mass. It details how to seal holes with wax, heat the egg, and use the weight to keep the egg in chosen positions for playful demonstrations.
The piece describes Marquesas visitors as a striking race of tall athletes whose skin garments are their own bodies. Chiefs reach six feet ten inches, and on stilts they perform feats rivaling New York stilt walkers. It also touches on heat shimmer and the invisible currents that blur heat.
The period piece describes hat decorations with flowers like American Beauty roses and pussy willows, hatpins to match attire, and enameled orchid shades. Bolero jackets echo Eton coats with fussy elbow sleeves and lace trim. Linen batiste skirts suit spring walking outfits, featuring triple corded stripes and practical summer wear with rich hat detailing by Judionchollett.
A curious note on Trymouty likened to a wondrous acoustic phenomenon where the sea’s sound is visible, paired with a pun about bakers denying themselves because they sell what they knead.
A playful verse by Giella George Stern in St Nicholas about a dull penny becoming bright after rubbing it on the carpet. The narrator imagines the penny shedding worries and becoming glad as it gleams once more. The piece captures childlike wonder at a simple object’s transformation.
The severe shirt waist returns in sheer fabrics like handkerchief linen mull and batiste. Variations feature fullness resembling double box plaits, narrow side ruffles, scalloped cuffs, and long sleeves with cuffs at the elbow. Epaulet shoulder lines and lace, embroidery, or lace trimmed ties complete the look. Jubic Chollet.
A humorous tale recalls Daniel Drew as a fashion frugal man who bought his own clothes despite his wife’s protests. She urges underdrawers, he returns with ill fitting garments, and a notebook entry laments undershirt design and the awkward fit of today’s underwear.
Charles G Gates son of John W Gates the New York millionaire dislikes small denomination bills and carries large four figure notes in Philadelphia He refused to receive change in sums under 100 dollars and asked to mail a check for his 70 dollar Bellevue Stratford bill The Porters were astonished at his remark and the cashier began counting hundred dollar bills
Lord Coleridge rereads Samuel Taylor Coleridge in a new light with a tale of a beautiful singer moving him to tears and prayer. Westminister Hezekiah Butterworth meets an old drunkard on Boston Common and offers a loan, urging him to use it to quit drinking and face the hereafter.
In a London Tit-Bits tale, a loyal father figure explains to a son that Kitty is not his daughter but his adopted ward. He recounts a dramatic Bernond street fire rescue where he saved a woman and child, suffered severe injuries, and learned the girl was left an orphan after the tragedy. Kitty learns the truth amid the emotional revelation.
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