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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1900
Page
10
An ad style excerpt touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for uterine ovarian and related female ailments. It claims long-term success over thirty years and contrasts with imitators, urging readers to seek true spiritual imitation of Christ as a separate note in the text.
A collection of old advertisements notes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for soothing sore feet including bunions and ingrown nails, with claims of 30 000 testimonials and mail order offers. Also mentions catarrh cures from Cheney and Co, Hall's Family Pills, Mrs Winslow's Teething Syrup, Jamaica troubles, and various products like Carter's Ink and Piso's Cure for Colds.
Kendall of the Astoria Progressive Commercial Association circulates a subscription for a fund to pay $1 for seal scalps and $2.50 for sea lion scalps to aid fisheries. The plan aims to support licensing changes and was spawned by fears of sea lions devouring thousands of fish daily near the river mouth. Other items include highway case in Canada, oyster seed imports, new clubs, mines, mill plans, and regional market prices.
Bradstreet reports a continued subsidence of demand and leveling of prices across several lines this week. The shift, aided by unsettled labor considerations, leads to dullness in distribution, cautious venture creation, and digesting existing commitments. However, general business conditions stay broadly favorable with crop outlook and export demand intact. Wholesale activity quiets while retail demand draws focus, especially on Pacific coast and Northwest signals. Flour shipments remain high. weekly wheat and flour shipments total 4,537,022 bushels, up from 863,863 last week. U.S. weekly failures total 153 versus 182 last week. April Dominion failures fell versus last year, liabilities down about 15 percent heavier.
Market listing shows bag N tm 14 priced at 160 per pound in Eastern Oregon with regional quotes 12 16c for Valley, Northern 10 12c. Hops crop 1599 at 11 18¢. Butter Fancy Creamery 17 17 40, do seconds 16 16c. Feye Store 15c, fancy ranch 17e. Millstuffs middlings 20.00, bran 12.50 15.60. Hay prices wheat 6.50 9.50, wheat and oat 4.00 9.00, barley 5.00 7.00, alfalfa 5.00 6.50 per ton. straw 75 40c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose 60 65c, Ore Burbanks 70¢ 1.00, river Bur banks 40 75c, Salinas Burbanke 50e 1.10 per sack. Citrus orange Valencia 2.75 3.25, Mexican limes ice 5.60, lemons 75c 1.50, choice 1.75 2.00 per box. Bananas 1.50 2.50 per bunch, pineapples sem inal, Persian dates 6 64c per.
The Rio Grande Western Railway resumes its fast train service from Portland to Chicago in three days and a half with no layovers and one car change. Three daily express trains depart Ogden Utah, Salt Lake City and Denver stops offered. Rates and details via J D Mansfield Portland Oregon.
Andrew Carnegie and a Standard Oil rival publish essays in defense of trusts, arguing most evils are self limiting and monopolies endanger independence. The discussion appears alongside satirical snippets about social mores and a brief health ad touting Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters.
An testimonial claims Hood's Sarsaparilla improves digestion by restoring stomach powers, boosting appetite and strength, and curing dyspepsia. A mother’s recovery from severe stomach trouble and weight gain after four bottles is cited, with address and name given as Miss Orie McCoy of Lebanon Indiana.
A collection of archived clippings notes Hood's Sarsaparilla and renewed talk of restoring tracery in the Doge's Palace windows in Venice. It recalls the palace exterior built in the 18th century, the 1577 fire that spared only walls, and the once ornate window tracery. Also glimpsed are humorous vintage anecdotes from Polly and a governess tale in unrelated columns.
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