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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1901
Page
4
In Idle Days and a Clever Rascal
A reflective meditation on seasons and fate opens with lines about the endless cycle of life. A narrator narrates an audacious ruse to marry for money, introducing Mrs. Kingsley, and stages a rapid wedding to appease an eager uncle. The scheme collapses over a dating mismatch, but the uncle reacts with humor, praising the narrator's wit.
A Tale Of Deception In A Private Boarding Home
A man recounts fleeing a creditor and seeking cheap private board. He courts Grace Kingsley, a widow, and fabricates a wife and child to fuel a growing web of lies. When his rich uncle announces a Philadelphia visit, he schemes to claim Kingsley’s baby to maintain the ruse. He fears exposure as the deception spirals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Kingsley
Grace
Melody Made Him Homesick A German writer returns to Chicago
A Chicago German newspaper writer visits his Rhine birthplace for an planned six month stay but returns after five weeks. He recounts a farewell supper with English and German friends, jokes about his quicker return, and an electric banjo tune that made him homesick for Chicago, prompting his early voyage back and a toast to the Stars and Stripes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rhine
Germany
America
Bremen
Sall
Europe
Helmwel
Berlin
Stars and Stripes
Ocean Freight Rates Decline From England Over Two Decades
Within the last twenty years freight rates to and from England have decreased by up to seventy three percent. The report notes substantial room for improvement in the overall freight system and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Haggin's Elmendorf estate expands for breeding, life in Kentucky
Millionaire J B Haggin builds a vast Elmendorf farm near Lexington with 4400 acres and a planned square estate known as Green Hills. He aims to endow the breeding ranch for his widow after his death and to move his residence there by fall. The farm will include a central telegraph like office, a grain elevator, a power station, and improved brood-mare barns. The article also notes Britain’s Bishop of Chester proposing regulated alcohol outlets to reduce excess drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Haggin
Elmendorf
Lexington
Kentucky
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Harrison
Mr. Haggin
Huggin
Green Hills
Haggin
Blacksmitth
C. J. Eneight
England
Chester
Washington Drive In Car Tour for Unaccustomed Viewers
A brief note describes an automobile coupe used by visitors aiming to view Washington, noting the drive is popular among newcomers and highlighting the approach to sightseeing from the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jaggin Plans Four-Year Road Project At Place
Notes indicate a road project may take four to five years to complete. The plan hinges on Mr. Jaggin's involvement and wishes. Details are sparse in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaggin
Electric diet for pigs and other oddities in a waning age
A peculiar array of clippings discusses electrical fattening of guinea pigs, noting Dr W J Herdman's experiments with galvanic current to boost tissue growth. The piece weaves in railway and hotel anecdotes, then a German scientist’s musings on love vibrations, concluding with reflections on homesickness and orderliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Herdman
Dr. Herdman
Provenmler
Recent Judicial Decisions From State Varies In Tax and Property Rulings
The text surveys several rulings including nonresidence as a basis for legal action in State v Allen W Va, taxation of merchants by annual sales in Ks vs Cotterel, and grain mortgaged under crop contracts. It notes that personal property rights, uniformity challenges, and foreclosure redemption rents determine ownership and liability outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Va. Allen W
Evother
Boards of Trade
Kutsely
Cotterel
Kh AL SR
St. Anthony & 1) Elevator Company
NS. Db
April Fool Wedding Becomes Fifty Year Union
In Newburg New York on April 1 1941 MHS Watkins wed a young woman after a playful suggestion at an April Fool party Their first birthday together marked their long marriage as gossip faded and they later celebrated their fiftieth anniversary at their Williamsport home with four children and many grandchildren They joined the Baptist Church seven years after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburg
N. Y
Edward Watkins
Mr Watkins
Watkins
Mrs. Watkins
Williamsport
The
Baptist Church
Braggart Bridegroom Drinks From Finger Bowl Scene
A rural groom at a city hotel incorrectly uses a finger bowl as a drinking vessel during a meal. His shy bride, both in painfully new clothes, remains silent while onlookers note their formal table manners. He urges her to try, but she declines, leaving him to finish the tasting course alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandy
Seth
Huxley Learn Dipper Tale With John Fiske’s Family
Professor Huxley’s visit to America included a lesson on the tin dipper learned from John Fiske’s family in Peter sham. Fiske recalls how a New England August day by a waterfall and mountain water clarified for Huxley that the Dipper is a Yankee notion and tied to Ursa Major known as the plow in English books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huxley
America
Petersham
John Fiske
Mr. Fiske
Atlantic Monthly
London
New England
Huxleys
Man Offers Daughter to Suitor Despite No Cash
A Washington Star excerpt shows a man named Comroz granting consent for his daughter’s marriage proposal, stating he has educated her to read newspapers and that if she cannot say no, she does not deserve better luck. The suitor, well-born but without money, thanks him and is told to proceed with the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Astoo
Washington Star
Tsee
Broadway hotel mascot typewriter inspires superstition tale
A tale notes a woman typewriter in a Broadway hotel who copies plays, becoming a superstition figure. Dramatists supposedly wait for her at Wherry and her early post graduation plans dissolve as confidence fades. A doctor purchases a cigar at a drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Wherry
Doctor Sever
Laughable Bits From A Busy World Of Jests
A collage of light humor and quips from newspapers and magazines. Jokes range from a circus misadventure to a policeman helping a man locate his sweetheart, to witty exchanges about politics, fashion, and social observations. Amusing vignettes feature puns, misunderstandings, and playful banter across various scenarios and characters.
Out of Their Clues and Amateur Actors in Broadway Life
The Philadelphia Press notes muddled remarks about Florida’s steady seventy five degree warmth this month and mocks amateur Broadway actors for their vanity. It observes a general sense of envy among performers and hints at timing and temperance in stage life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Broad Way
Jokes and Jibes Across a Turbulent Gossip Page
A collage of humorous quotes and quips from various papers. Snippets mock evolution talk, youthful vanity, landlord wit, and social pretensions. Humorous exchanges touch on fame, ancestry, and household life with a light satirical tone.
Quips and Quarrels Across Pages of Old Newspapers
A collage of witty exchanges and comic lines from various papers. Jests about juries, witnesses, time, and money mix with flirtatious quips and street anecdotes from Chicago Record and Life magazine.
Lorgnon Or lorgnette Mix Up at Philadelphia Shop
A cultivated Philadelphia woman seeks a lorgnon for a friend in a jewelry shop. The clerk corrects her to lorgnettes, but she wittily keeps the mispronunciation while the clerk shows wares. Solomon’s line about a good name is cited to contrast wealth with virtue.
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Philadelphia
Solomon
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