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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1900
Page
10
A garbled spread of patent medicines, household hacks, and new gadgets. Mentions Men s Foot-Kase for foot problems, Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds, Groves Chill Tonic, Mrs Winslow s teething aid, a carpet stretcher tacker combo, and a cal magnesia paste burn remedy. References Chicago Historical Society building cost and library.
A collection of brief anecdotes and reflections from public figures and artists. It includes a humorous misattribution about Abraham and wives, a Barrie telegraph anecdote, notes on earthquakes near Vienna, a Paine court moment, Haydn’s timing tale, a lawyer’s arson defense, a stock broker’s plumber anecdote, Hawkins supporting authors, and Rubinstein’s early Liszt era piano playing traits.
Dr. William Mason recalls Liszt and a 24 year old Anton Rubinstein arriving at Weimar during a festival period. The encounter describes Rubinstein’s bear like manner, his initial reticence, and Mason hosting him as Liszt toured Europe. The narrative sets Rubinstein’s early prodigy status against Liszt’s circle and Hummel’s earlier residence in the same rooms.
The article cites Flammarion's The Unknown noting imagination can influence life. It recounts two 19th century experiments: a condemned man subjected to false blood loss and fear leading to death, and an English smallpox sleep study where a man exposed to the dying, later contracting smallpox and dying.
Edward Bok argues against home study in schools and urges parents to send notes to teachers demanding no home assignments. He contends that ending home study would force a reallocation of study time and possibly reduce overall school hours. The piece also touches temple architecture in India, New Mexico sheep industry shifts, and state rankings in sheep production.
A young clerk at Oliver-Finnie Grocery Company cut himself slightly and the manager sent a black helper for flesh colored plaster. The helper sprinted off, returned in a rush, and asked whether white or black flesh color was wanted, in a Memphis Scimitar report.
Taking the United States as a whole only a little over one fifth of railway earnings come from passenger traffic. A large portion of lines run passenger service at a loss while others merely cover expenses and show no profit. The text notes investment volume and varying business activity.
A compilation notes experiments by the New York Zoological Society on wall painting for birds, outlines the Chinese situation caused by foreign abuses, and promotes various remedies. It cites digestion issues and advocates Hostetter's Bitters, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, and cosmetic tips with charcoal for plant color vibrancy. It also mentions Professor Lloyd Morgan's claim about instinctive swimming in newly hatched chicks.
Joel Shomaker editor of Farmer and Dairyman North Yakima Washington recounts a decades old battle with Locomotor Ataxia. After failed medical treatments he found relief through Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and cold water bathing. He credits his recovery to the pills and endorses them.
A reader notes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic lists iron and quinine on each bottle with a no cure no pay claim. A New Haven company offers to deliver hot meals within seventy miles using wagons with separate compartments. Venezuela’s elephant beetle is the world’s largest insect, weighing about half a pound when mature.
A rambling column notes reforms for the Mexican army, improvements in Austrian field dress, and shifts in wool profits as farmers favor early lambs. It praises a bed bound reader’s desk table, remarks on giraffe skins rising in value, and warns against oversized tea biscuits while extolling yield and texture of a proper two inch biscuit.
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