Eugene Weekly Guard subscription details and staff
The Eugene Weekly Guard lists Charles H. Pisher as editor and publisher and authorizes Creswell J L Clark Coburg George A Drury and postmasters to receive subscriptions. Published every Thursday in Eugene Oregon with yearly rates of 1.50 in advance or 2.00 at year end. Entered at Eugene post office as second class matter.
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Creswell
J. L. Clark
Coburg
George A. Drury
Eugene
Oregon
Incame
Free Oregon Agriculturist or American Farmer with yearly advance
The Weekly Guard offers subscribers who pay one year in advance a free copy of either the Oregon Agriculturist or American Farmer. A silver and kitchen set promotion is also advertised. Read the page advertisement for details and availability at GUARD PRINTING COMPANY in Eugene, Oregon.
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Oregon Agriculturist
Weekly Guard
Address Guard Printing Company
Eugene
Oregon
Wood Pulp and Sawdust Waste as U S Lumber Gain
Government estimates show four and a half million cords of mill slabs burned annually and four million cords of pulp wood used last year, with a quarter imported. If slabs and sawdust from mills can be converted into pulp, invention could curb waste and boost pulp supplies, leveraging existing waste heaps for new briquettes and fuels.
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United States
United States Forest Service
Proposed Logging Congress to Boost Pacific Coast Industry
The Timberman argues for a Pacific Coast logging association to share ideas and methods, urging annual congresses with Seattle hosting the first during the Expo. It stresses logging as an engineering operation and a driver of lumber costs, calling for a permanent national forum to elevate the trade.
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Timberman
Portland
Pacific Coast
Unien
Seattle
Increase in Gold Production In United States
The United States is expected to produce more than 100 million dollars from its gold mines this year, based on conservative estimates. Australia leads other nations with about 87 million dollars yearly from its mines, while South Africa follows with substantial yields.
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United States
Australia
South Africa
Gold Sustains Value Amid Surging World Production
The article notes yearly gold production figures for the United States and Russia, observes a tripling of U S gold output since 1880, and discusses how new fields and improved ore processing boost supply. It questions if abundant gold could lose its status as a universal standard, urging readers to consider both sides before forming opinions.
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Russia
United States
Australia
South Africa
Alaska
Kingdom of Precious Metals
Oregon
Real Estate Dealers See Housing Shortage In Oregon Growth
Eugene real estate dealers report securing houses for newcomers as the main challenge this fall. Similar conditions exist in principal Western Oregon towns, signaling rapid growth since westward movement began. Oregon has room for several times the current population and immigration will likely continue until congestion rivals Eastern states.
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Eugene
Oregon
Eugene Boosts Booster Fund By 15000 This Year
Eugene reports raising 15000 for the booster fund this year, a turn from 10000 a year ago. Officials credit larger, better town conditions and effective advertising as the driving force behind the stronger campaign. The paying movement started with difficulty but is now hard to stop, reflecting a campaign that has only begun after its first year.
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Eugene
Packet craft Defeat sails to Salt River with rivals aboard
The Defeat packet will depart tonight to Salt River, with staterooms fully booked as usual. The passenger list is expected to be larger this year, with about six defeated presidential candidates among those aboard, but the vessel remains sturdy and will take on all who can board.
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Salt River
Boston preacher bars marriages for income under twelve dollars
A Boston preacher declares he will not marry consumptives or men earning less than $12 per week. The note challenges the practicality of such thresholds, noting thousands of seemingly good, successful men have married on incomes at or below that level.
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Boston
Boston Divorce Suit Claims Pie Toss by Harvard Man
A Boston divorce suit accuses the husband of throwing a pie in his wife’s face. The defense notes he is a Harvard man and suggests the act was a misjudged attempt to persuade her to eat the pie without a knife.
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Boston
Harvard
Betting ban at track urged by California lawmaker
“Lucky” Baldwin offers to bet five thousand to forty thousand that the California legislature will not outlaw betting at race tracks in its next session. The note frames the issue as a test of whether lawful lawmakers or night riders will govern, urging swift citizen resolve.
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Baldwin
California
Senator LaFollette Announces Clean Up Bid in Senate
Nobody accuses Senator LaFollette of pursuing personal popularity as he announces plans to clean up the Senate. The statement frames his move as a reform effort rather than self aggrandizement, signaling a focus on Senate ethics and governance.
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LaFollette
Senate
Charles W Smith leaps from bank presidency to Oregon bishop
The text notes Charles W. Smith resigned as president of a Pennsylvania bank to pursue a calling as a Methodist bishop in Oregon, highlighting a notable career transition and bold shift.
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Charles W. Smith
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Taft Ends Campaign Day Amid Large Crowds in Youngstown
Taft wrapped up a whirlwind last day of campaigning with a six and a half hour stop in Youngstown Ohio where thousands formed a long parade and attended three speeches. He urged votes for the Republican ticket defending prosperity and labor interests. The circuit included Dun Kirk Weatfield Erie Ashtabula Garretville Cleveland with a monster fair parade.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Taft
Cincinnati
Dunkirk
N. Y
Weatfield
New York
Erie
Ashtabula
Garretville
Cleveland
Republican Party
Samuel Gompers
A. L. Faulkner
National Order of
Window Glass Makers
Garfield
Representative Burke
Pennsylvania
New Life Pills Promise Health Benefit Ad
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a cure for biliousness malaria and jaundice. The 25 cent product is sold at W A Kuykendall's drug store. Byron Drake and his wife from Dolan D arrived to make Eugene their residence, having sold their farm and staying with David Humphrey and family while settling in the city.
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Dr. King
W. A. Kuykendall
Byron Drake
Dolan
Eugene
David Humphrey
Kodol Digestive Aid Ad and Local Real Estate Purchase
An advertisement touts Kodol as a stomach aid that digests what you eat and sweetens digestion. Separately, J D Buell bought BE Wilson’s 40 acre farm, four miles northwest of the city, for 4007 via E J Frasier agency.
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J.D. Buell
5. BE. Wilson
E. J. Frasier
Eugene Youth Arrested for Forging Paycheck Raise
Ernest Atkinson a 19 year old from Eugene is jailed on forgery charges after attempting to raise a paycheck from 2.97 to 297 by erasing figures with a blade. He worked for the North Bank line and presented the altered check to the United States National Bank yesterday morning. police were called.
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Ernest Atkinson
Eugene
North Bank
United States National Bank
Atkinson
Oregonian
Junction Farmers Buy Fine Stallion at Auction
Junction City Oregon November 1 a four year old stallion weighing 2240 pounds was sold for 3000 dollars by C W Bowers for J Crouch Son of Sacramento to local farmers. The horse was imported from France earlier this spring and won first prize at the Sacramento state fair this fall. Buyers include M L Barnett J L Caton E Trout W H Evans George Humphrey Sons Robert Kyle R H Hewitt and Charles Campbell.
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Junction City
W. H. Evans
George Humphrey Sons
Robert Kyle
R. H. Hewitt
Charles Campbell
Minister Rev Erskine Injured After Fall From Orchard Tree
Rev Erskine formerly in charge of the Methodist church at this place sustained a broken thigh and severe bruises after falling from a tree while picking apples near Coburg last Friday. Many friends here regret the misfortune.
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Erskine
Coburg
Junction City Times
Married at Eu gene home in 1908 ceremony
H. Clay Owen married Mrs. Martha Smith at the bride’s Eugene home on Sunday evening November 1 1908. The groom is a noted timber locator and cruiser and the bride is the widow of the late Jack Smith.
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Eugene
H. Clay Owen
Martha Smith
Jack Smith
Two Killed and Another Wounded in Ardmore Shooting
Ardmore Oklahoma November 3 constable B Cook from Mulkey and A Simes a Provence farmer were shot and killed on East Main Street by John Braziel a local character Braziel was arrested James Billings a farmer and companion of the dead men was seriously wounded The shooter was captured.
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Ardmore
Okla
B. Cook
Mulkey
A. Simes
Provence
East Main Street
East Ardmore
John Brazier
James Billings
Braziel
Hearst Files Petition In Haskell Transfer Request
W R Hearst filed a petition before a Nebraska court asking that the 606,009 libel suit brought by Haskell in the Nebraska Supreme Court be transferred to federal court. Hearst argues the ties to the suit reside elsewhere and the case cannot be tried in a state court. Battin is Hearst's local attorney.
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Omaha
W. R. Hearst
Haskell
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Battin
Hearst
Court ruling denies new trials in DC defraud case
Justice Stafford overruled Hyde and Joseph Schneider's motions for new trials in a DC conspiracy to defraud the United States tied to a land grant in Oregon and Washington. The arrest-of-judgment decision remained undecided, delaying sentences. The scattered report also recounts political jests and a Kentucky mayor’s intro at a speech.
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Washington, D. C
Justice Stafford
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Hyde
Joseph Schneider
United States
Oregon
Washington
Neck Broken by Blow on the Chin in Saloon Fight
Seattle, Nov 3 W W King a laborer forty years old was struck on the chin in a fight with Frank Paquette a barber in a South Seattle saloon last night and instantly killed Paquette was arrested today. His victim's neck was broken. The men had been drinking and quarreled.
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Seattle
W. W. King
Frank Paquette
Paquette
Death Notice for Chris Emerson in La tham October 1998
At the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Benjamin Emerson in La tham on Thursday October 29 1998 Chris Emerson aged about 22 years died of consumption.
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Benjamin Emerson
Latham
Chris Emerson
Seven Years of Proof for Dr King’s New Discovery
W V Henry of Panama Mo touts seven years of proof that Dr King’s New Discovery best treats coughs colds throat chest lungs and other diseased conditions. The world has thirty eight years of proof it remedies lagrippe asthma hay fever bronchitis lung hemorrhage and early consumption. Timely use may prevent pneumonia. Sold with guarantee at W A Kuykendall’s drug store. Trial bottle free.
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Dr. King
W. V. Henry
Panama
W. A. Kuykendall
Lost His Head by Flywheel Tragedy at Mill
Seattle Nov 3 Joseph Charran age 22 was caught in a flywheel at the Montana Lumber Company mill and his head twisted from his body in a fatal accident.
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Seattle
Joseph Charran
Montana
Veterans at Oregon Soldier's Home Lose Vote Privileges
In Roseburg Oregon the new corrupt practices act threatens to bar veterans at the Oregon Soldiers Home from voting. Previously the old soldiers were brought to polls in carriages due to immobility, making them lose the right they claimed as citizens.
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Roseburg
Oregon
Jahn Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Everett jurors return a second degree murder verdict against J H Jahn for the killing of Jesse Price at Darrington last March. Jahn claimed insanity due to alleged persecutions by Price and his family in Pittsburg Ohio.
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Everett
J. H. Jahn
Jesse Price
Darrington
Jahn
Price
Pittsburg
Ohio
Cough Cure Sold Widely in 19th Century Still Noted
An aged remedy touts liverwort tar and wild cherry as a safe cough treatment for all lung ailments without opium, priced at $1.00 and sold by Linn Drug Co. The text also cites a 37 year weather summary from District Forecaster Beals of the Portland Weather Bureau detailing historical temperatures, rainfall, and sunshine days to suggest expected conditions this month.
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Linn Drug Co
Willams Mfg. Co
Cleveland
Beals
Portland Weather Bureau
Augusta Day Appointed Administratrix of Day Estate
Augusta Day today appointed administratrix of the Simon Day estate who died in Springfield recently. T H Garrett M D Mitchell and Lawson Liggett named as appraisers. Estate value estimated at $2700.
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C. Augusta Day
Simon Day
Springfield
T. H. Garrett
M. D. Mitchell
Lawson Liggett
Man kills woman then dies by suicide in Seattle
E L Bancroft long time manager of the Amos News Campas bar branch in Los Angeles shot and killed Mrs Minnie Goodman age 34, a widow, then shot himself. Bancroft had been jailed on threats to force marriage, and today shot the woman at a boarding house run by the man and died after the pistol shots. Goodman leaves three small children.
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Seattle
E. L. Bancro
Amos News Campas
Los Angeles
Minnie Goodman
Bancroft
Cure stomach trouble with Kodol now sold by druggists
You can cure dyspepsia indigestion sour or weak stomach or any form of stomach trouble. You will take Kodol occasionally. Try it today on our guarantees. We know what it will do for you. Sold by all druggists.
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All Drug
S.S.S
S. S
SWIFT
Coast League season ends with final game scores
The Pacific Coast League wrap includes Portland 6 to 2 over Los Angeles and Oakland 6 to 4 over San Francisco. Final standings show Los Angeles 110-56, Portland 95-60, San Francisco 160-104, Oakland 183-116 with corresponding winning percentages.
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Portland
Los Angeles
Oakland
Francises
San Francisco
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