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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1902
Page
3
A miscellany of humorous and editorial snippets. The text quips about Bernhardt fattening, a bed ridden man selling mining stock, King Christian’s age, a professor’s relics claim, postal stamp humor, mafia depictions, and varied cultural notes. It weaves fragments on Indian corn emblems, someone’s college path, and a long digressive look at migration and homeland sentiment.
The remark speaks of loyal citizens who balance devotion to the country of adoption with affection for their old homeland, noting that true patriotism arises from quality love and steadfast civic virtue.
Dr Alfred Hillier in The Fortnightly Review warns tuberculosis or consumption kills over a million annually in Europe. In England and Wales more than 100000 die yearly, surpassing the Black Death era. He cites vaccination and sanitation as key to suppression and urges compulsory reporting and sanatorium care to control the disease.
A London Chronicle summary reports Turkey’s spy network undermining social life and trust. Prominent figures are watched, crowds avoid gatherings, and conversations mute as rival services denounce each other. The piece reflects broad demoralization under pervasive espionage patterns.
The article recounts Texas declaring independence on March 2 1836 while fighting Mexico. It notes the Washington on the Brazos gathering, signatures led by Richard Ells and Sam Houston, and the Alamo siege as the event’s climactic context within a larger arc of Texan statehood.
A Detroit Free Press article recounts a slender man who, while asleep, wandered through Ohio and Pennsylvania on a bicycle. He describes riding at night, beds, a hotel, a river swim, and a chase by a constable and a fast express. Doctors say such episodes might have ended differently if the train had not derailed his flight.
The conseil general of the Seine department approved selling a loan of five million pounds to fund public works in the department and Paris. The measure aims to finance new projects and improve local infrastructure as part of a broad development plan.
A commercial traveler recounts a bizarre incident at Kings Park State hospital where a barber with delusions about oppression shaved him, then caused a scene leading to solitary confinement. He left with half shaved hair and a tale of uneasy amusement, and vows to avoid crazy barbers.
The piece laments widespread slaughter of fur bearing and game across Alaska and nearby regions. It notes Indians and others hunting moose heads, caribou remains, and live game in traps, calling for congressional action to curb the vandalism. It cites buffalo heads sold for ornaments in British Columbia and Yellowstone Park raiding, and reports Alaska coast Indians killing mountain sheep for five dollars while dealers in Chicago sell them for up to four hundred.
A trenchant critique surveys the fate of the word smart as fashion fades from use among the fashionable. The piece notes the smart set has become a joke and predicts swift obsolescence, with swagger and swageer alternatives unlikely to endure. Fashion in language shifts daily, making today’s precedent tomorrow’s relic.
In Timperley, the narrator and Louise Lacroix pursue clues about Louise's father Mr Lacroix and a mysterious nightingale sighting. They suspect Steinhardt’s manipulation while a London connection emerges via a first class ticket found by an old man, hinting Lacroix involvement and a Croydon school bill.
The narrator seeks to fill a rector’s vacancy in Timperley after the six month mark but learns another candidate has been engaged. He faces cold replies to curacy applications in nearby parishes, wonders at the rector Steinhardt’s decision, and learns Louise has received a cryptic letter related to a missing gesture incident from March 16, 1882, raising questions about who may have opened it.
There are comparatively few Japanese in the United States with about 100 in Chicago. Many are students in schools and several merchants and foreign representatives are present. A few Japanese businessmen pass through Chicago daily, but there is no intent to emigrate like the Chinese.
The passage cites Wendell Phillips urging spiritual progress to prevent a future historian writing the republic's downfall. It frames the query as seeking an approach that makes such a history impossible, not identifying any specific individual.
A former chief of the United States signal service and ex professor of mathematics at the University of Pekin China, once president of the University of Washington, now works as a roller of logs at Port Blakely Washington for $1.50 a day. Politics and sickness are blamed for his decline.
Smith-Poor Wederly endures a rough run in domestic life after divorce from his first wife and alimony payments. His current wife is the dressmaker for his former spouse, creating a tense personal arrangement reported by licago News.
Joe King a 28 year old inmate at Anamosa Prison writes to the Prison Press that crime is not profitable. He notes the articles he stole were worth 67 dollars and contends that in 12 years behind bars he could have earned 16 800 dollars as a printer tradesman.
A fragmentary history notes American cities built to burn with cycles of flourishing halls like libraries churches and stores. then a new fire destroys them, recording long losses and rebuilding. The text reflects on repeated destruction and reconstruction as a pattern in urban development.
Germany unveils a new tariff on sewing machines, aiming to curb imports and protect domestic production. The plan targets cutting export values by about one million dollars annually, with last year’s shipments totaling around 6.125 million dollars.
Fragmentary report notes a high price for a record linked to Piatti and a banker buyer described as a grand-nephew deleohn. The readable text mentions a price of 20 but lacks full names, places, or events for a precise summary.
In England on Salisbury Plain a long range artillery piece fires about 7000 yards marking the longest 08 inch gun test in the British Isles. The test showcases extended reach beyond previous limits.
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