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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1909
Page
2
Medicines and drugs offered include medicines chemicals toilet articles rubber goods and sick room supplies. The ad proclaims best grade quality and asserts it costs the buyer no more than inferior options while emphasizing value and reliability.
At the Valley hotel in Portland two daylight demonstrations cause furniture to move, kettles fly, and plaster peel as 11 year old Ernest Harps witnesses the events. His mother Annie Harps falls ill from nervous trouble requiring doctors Birney and Trimble. A second room experience includes a table tipping and a chair moving without contact.
In Salem on October 31, bloodhounds enabled Warden Curtis and guards Gage and Busick to recapture two convicts after a two hour chase. W. C. Alexander of Baker County and Thomas Copp of Linn County, both serving terms for larceny, escaped from the penitentiary farm while digging potatoes. They were traced to the reform school bridge and returned to the penitentiary by 4 p m.
New York officials of the North American Lloyd discredit rumors from Paris that life belts from the steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie have been found on the Normandy coast. Mike Kebelbeck of Cottage Grove is in Eugene.
William F Marshall died at his Eugene home on November 2 1908 aged 64 years 2 months and 158 days He worked as a gunsmith and mechanic and years at Barr Brothers knife factory The funeral is at 230 pm Wednesday at 725 East Eleventh Street with burial at Laurel Grove cemetery Rev C A Wooley will conduct the services Spencer Butte lodge I C O F will lead grave ceremony.
Marriages recorded include James M. Mooney to Frances Josephine Haney at the courthouse Eugene with Judge Thompson presiding. John J. Dillon wed Helen W. Magee at Cot‑tage Grove Presbyterian manse with Rev Seldon Adams officiating. Martinus Lee married Mae Florence Lee by Justice Bryson in Eugene. note says bride is widow of the groom's brother. J W West returns from Tsilteoos Lake outing.
Ralph C. Matson of the State Board of Health reports colon bacilli in water from the city well beside the fee factory. The bottle sample sent to Portland confirmed it unsafe for drinking. The 80 foot well will be put out of commission after dysentery concerns and odor complaints.
Two Florence men J N Frederickson and J D Fosbak pleaded guilty after a complaint by M C Jensen charged them with setting nets more than one third of the Siuslaw river across. Justice Severy fined each $50, payment made. Local items note other river and mill activity. Florence West reports.
The Red Cross Dine Oo promotes Mi-ona ami tablets as a cure for acute or chronic indigestion offering a money back guarantee. At 50 cents a bar the ad claims rapid relief from gas belching stomach pains foul breath and dizziness, promising to transform a troubled stomach in weeks or return.
A Harrisburg man and family fall into indigent circumstances after paying $190 as security to an Alaska work scheme that offered employment but produced neither company nor work. The seller touts Hall's Texas Wonder for kidney bladder and rheumatic trouble with a 60 day treatment per bottle and no complaints reported after five years.
In Oregon City on October 20 the preliminary exam for Prof. Walton C. McKee charged with larceny by balilee of high school student body funds was set for next Tuesday evening at 7. The circuit court opens next Monday with a grand jury impaneled. if the grand jury hears the case, the exam in justice court may be unnecessary. McKee, former city superintendent and treasurer for student enterprises, allegedly diverted $200 to $300 and at least $60 for a plant purchase. He also failed to pay piano and school debt, and misused funds from a fundraising drive for the McLoughlin home. The board and a committee investigated, leading to Deputy District Attorney Stipp obtaining a warrant. Brownell represents McKee, who arrived in Portland after being in Eugene.
Cottage Grove Oregon reports over 150000 invested in new construction this summer. About 100 houses ranging from 1000 to 3500 dollars each have been built. Five brick business district buildings add to the boom, including Woodward Brick with pressed brick front and a modern steam plant.
Mayor J P Matlock returns from Pendleton where he visited his brother seriously ill with typhoid fever The illness is said to be spreading in Pendleton but not as bad as Eugene years ago Contaminated city water prompts plans to seek a new supply Also notes Springfield visitor N S Burch and J O M Kitchan travel reports Rural progress and land sale in Wendell plus a county marriage ceremony conducted by Judge Thompson and witnessed by locals
Advertisements tout Kasparilla as a household remedy curing disorders from digestion to sour stomach and bad breath. It claims to cleanse the digestive tract, stimulate appetite, ease constipation, and relieve headaches and fatigue. The copy promises refunds if it fails to please and references a price and supplier details.
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