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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1900
Page
4
The narrator vows to seek seclusion from the sun and fear in Hawaii. He describes fragrant air, shade in woods and valleys, shifting colors, and gaudy birds. The vivid scene stirs the soul as the observer, Leslie Collins, sings of beauty.
In a warm afternoon scene at Constance Weston’s seaside cottage, journalistically styled dialogue reveals a widow, the late Col. Weston, and Walter Courtenay, once a friend, now unsettled by Fifi Clark’s jilting. Constance hints she prefers Walter, promising to reveal the name of a worthy bride in a month. There are hints of past romance and class tension between Walter, Constance, and their shared past.
An organization of students across several American universities tests the idea that sleep is largely habitual and that working hours can be lengthened. They seek to reduce sleep to a minimum while preserving health, studying bed construction, mattress firmness, and pillow height to maximize restfulness and efficiency.
Constance Weston hints to Courtenay that he should marry. He seeks a confidant who helps steer him toward a match with Constance, who claims she loves him but jokes about a former crush. A month later Constance finally admits she loves Courtenay herself, revealing he was her true desire.
A group of newspaper men recalls a humorous example of a 1930s traveling correspondent who formed a one man editorial staff in a small town. He hires a Detroit printer as foreman and, aside from a two day drunk weekly, the venture appears to run smoothly with local endorsements.
A Chicago Inter Ocean anecdote recounts a printer's ruin after a foreman misread an obituary headline. A celebratory “One More In Heaven” became the scandalous “One More In the Oven” in Detroit editions. The printer, blamed for the error, failed to save his job and eventually sold out, lamenting a drink‑driven misread.
M Jean Finot argues in a historical survey that French, once the language of the broadest civilized audience, has fallen to fourth place. He cites English at 116 million speakers, Russian 15 million, German 80 million, and French 58 million worldwide.
A late 19th or early 20th century survey notes vast uncharted areas worldwide. It estimates about 20,000,000 square miles of untouched terrain, listing Africa six and a half million, Arctic three million eight hundred thousand, Atlantic fifty three thousand, America two million, Australia two million, Asia two hundred thousand, plus scattered islands.
Smith and Jones exchange quips during a light court session about half time work and half a loaf as the judge presides. The dialogue playfully contrasts labor and rest with a witty twist on the proverb.
In a fragmentary Indianapolis Journal excerpt, women discuss Mrs. Dragger’s exhaustive club papers. The tone hints at social rituals, cigars, and the comfort of feet on the table as light consolation amid trouble.
Chicago inventor Louis Gathmann proposes a armorless battleship fitted with huge guns and gun cotton explosive to strike decisive blows. The design envisions wide sailing radius and high speed, relying on a single accurate projectile to disable targets and revolutionize sea warfare.
A description of Gathmann's proposed warship detailing its sharp bow, minimal freeboard, and speed emphasis. It compares dimensions to Texas and Wisconsin classes, notes light steel construction, armor belt design, aft engines, and a main battery armed with enormous guns capable of a single shot equal to a full broadside. The report highlights high speed, low visibility, and tactical advantages against heavy warships.
A speaker argues a $5 watch can equal pricier models, pressing a seller on value and a fivefold price claim. The vendor defends each assertion as gospel, while the critic accuses the claim of being as false as charging $100 for a witch, asserting a $1.50 watch suffices. The exchange ends with the critic noting the seller’s confusion.
A hotel eyewitness recounts four true statements that together form a big lie. He describes visiting a jewelry store, asking to see a cheap watch, and being shown a tinclad $1.50 piece. The lid of its pasteboard case claimed it equaled better timepieces, illustrating how small facts can mislead when aggregated.
The Americans report Bessemer steel rails output in 1800 with ingot totals and state breakdowns, noting high production and comparative growth. A vivid Colier's Weekly anecdote recalls Gen. Lawton's fear under fire as Maj. Strong recounts, alongside a moral on marital treasure piling and happiness.
A pudgy woman and her friend seek a bargain at a picture frame shop on Wabash avenue. The manager humorously offers a complete frame for 50 cents, stoking the shopper’s doubt about the deal as he laughs over selling a $3 frame for half a dollar.
The article ranges from folk greetings on Otahelte Island to lamb behavior, royal marriages in early ages, and lists of centenarians by country. It notes ages of monarchs at marriage, a claim of a 150 year old in Rio de Janeiro, and a Moscow coachman said to be 140, illustrating wide, varied curiosities for readers.
South Africa treasures the ostrich. Ostrich farming is hard due to willful birds and fragile legs. Chicks require care from young Hottentots who are often troublesome. Ostriches retaliate against caretakers with food theft, scaring, and potential harm. They are massive, fast, and powerful, with dangerous two toed feet and a colossal stupidity.
A Coldstream Guards private wounded at Winburg writes of the battle at Modder River. He recalls finding a small looking-glass that provoked a grim joke among comrades as they prepared to advance. The London Spectator praises this light moment amid the fighting.
The Earl of Dundonald, famed for Natal service, holds a title derived from a Ayrshire locale but is landless there as family estates passed to the Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon last century. His surname Cochrane comes from an ancestress, while Blair remains his real patronymic, though long-used.
A Red Foatee man boasts of supporting the town’s electric street car system while a drummer probes if kickbacks were paid for the council vote. The exchange, from the Washington Post, highlights distrust and the caching of compliments amid civic pride.
A survey of cases on legal qualifications for judges, landlord liability, and homicide justification. It covers Jamieson versus Wiggin on legal admission, Meacham versus Galloway on hotel guests and liability, Tucker versus State ex rel. Johnson on deadly weapon killings, Tullis versus Lake Erie and Western on railroad employer liability, Humboldt Lumber Manufacturers Association versus Christopherson on maritime jurisdiction, and Bartram versus Sharon on defective highways and third party negligence.
A father presents Leo XIII to Carpineto peasants who fill a palace saloon while pipes and fates announce the infant. A Viterbo college rector hails two boys as having bright futures, and Salvation Army rallies occur in a Jewish Los Angeles synagogue, a first for such an venue. Women improvise nursery lighting using the husband’s den as a nickname.
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