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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
8
A set of letters from Union City Tennessee and other towns extols Peruna as a grand medicine. Seniors claim lasting health, energy, and relief from ailments including nervous issues and bronchial trouble after years of illness and ineffective remedies.
A Kansas City Star note recounts tangled marriages and odd kinships causing mental strain. The piece highlights William Harris of Titusville Pa who claimed he was his own grandfather, and quotes a coroner’s report framing a web of step relations, marriages, and offspring among Missouri governors and others, illustrating the puzzle of tangled families.
Corvallis reports reveal George McDonald, also known as Morgan, died in the city jail after a life shadowed by a wartime Philippine departure, a hidden return, and his wife’s remarriage. He told Father Butler he wed in San Francisco and that his daughter is being sought with Father Nugent’s help.
Greenleaf report chronicles Pearl Lamb's death in Portland and funeral plans for Deadwood. Local weather warmth contrasts with hatchery water shortages and diligent tasks at Brenton Lamb and Chastain families. Ed Robertson and Tillie Sprague wedding draw Black Jay residents to Lowell. Several men seek cream hatchery work. telephone line upgrades promise a more reliable network.
The University of Oregon research unit collects data for lawmakers covering Oregon constitutional provisions revenue sources public lands policy school fund finance highway and transportation policies and rail statistics. Enrollment surges to 521 across liberal arts and engineering with 53 out-of-state students. Multnomah leads in student numbers followed by Lane Marion and others as local residents relocate. Regular.
Several new families have arrived in Springfield from the East this week with plans to settle permanently. Houses are scarce, forcing some newcomers to hotel stays or camping in rain. Cr W Johnson and John Kestley filed bonds in Eugene and secured a plumber's license for the city, with Johnson securing major contracts and a hardware sale slated. Mr Bradley sold his Browneville restaurant and returns to Springfield. he will become city marshal next Monday. Earl Hill, former Springfield first baseman, visited briefly after playing in Idaho for two months. Henry Stewart, now in Eugene, moved his family there yesterday.
London Oct 28 suffragists disrupted the House of Commons prompting a temporary closure of strangers and ladies galleries. A placard cry for suffrage sparked a disturbance as hand bills fluttered down and a man shouted Justice to the women. Suffragettes chained themselves to the grilling and were arrested briefly as police removed them.
Pleasant Hill special correspondence reports farmers busy with plowing and seeding delayed by late rains. Lem Drury P N Laird and Wm Laird of Garfield Washington return after a week of hunting fall geese and bring back several birds. Continued mention of visiting Avis and wife.
Union City Tenn October 25 Red Burton a night rider confesses implicating at least 40 men some prominent in the disturbed section. Burton says James F Carpenter drew Rankin and Taylor to Walnut Log for a timber deal. He aided in the plot but says he was not a member of the band. The confession covers the Rankin killing at Reel Footlake October 20 and the burning of a fish week at Samburg along with whipping a Justice of the Peace Wynn. Other riders remain under arrest or bond.
Sacramento, Oct 28. Ex press trains from Oregon to California have been guarded nightly by extra railroad police and Wells Fargo guards armed with sawed off shotguns. A private dispatch warned of a planned hold up near Ager in Siskiyou county last Saturday night. Guards were stationed on No 14 the Oregon Express north bound and Special Agent Horgan prepared for an attack though nothing occurred. It is unclear if the warning was real.
Frank Lemley of Junction City pleaded guilty in district court to violating the local option law and was fined 150 by Judge Harris. Lemley was arrested on an indictment from last June. he worked for Ermol Cook, who also faced a 200 fine for the same offense. Divorces Granted in Grace Ivy v Claud Ivy and Ella N McFarland v James B McFarland were issued this afternoon.
The notice lists names such as Mrs Louise Anderson Mr Beem John F Daries George Fergerson E J Harris Homer Hays H M Holcomb J M Maring Mrs Ella McConnell Hazela Morris Dave Morrison Mrs Murray Mrs Frank Natehke Joe Nelson or Hanson Louisa Notting Misa Elsie Rutherford Misa Blate Scott Mra Mayme Steavens Hoy Stanley Charles J L Page P M.
W. and Spencer, who previously filed on Triangle lake water rights for electric power, made another filing to retain the right. C. P. Houston is listed as interested in this proposition.
Dr H I Atwood and son, operating a private hospital in Tri dent St and Mount Scott car line area, were arrested on charges of indecent acts under a statute used in high profile cases. They are jailed on $1000 cash bail after a warrant led to their capture by Deputy Sheriffs Bulger and Kelly, as prosecutors allege malpractice caused Pearl Lamb’s death in Eugene. The case signals broader action against alleged medical malpractice in the city.
A surveying party from the Umpqua arrived by scow with seven pack horses in Marshfield prompting rumors of a route for a Coos Bay Hill road or a Harriman line. Observers offered varying theories while few details emerged and some doubts were voiced about official affiliation.
In Cleveland on October 24 a 24 month old boy Louis Tomazain of 8112 Marble Avenue was observed drinking beer and smoking cigars, declaring cigarettes nasty. His mother says he is healthier since indulging in these so called evils. The child drank several swallows before asking for a cigar. Meanwhile Bauer, living on River Road, bought land on Fast Seventh Street to build a new residence.
A marriage license was issued today to Chester C. Hayes and Miss M. Sutherland, both residents of Lorane.
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