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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
1
The store advertises a four day rummage sale in Eugene with extensive dress patterns in multiple colors and widths. Items include 46 inch all wool dress goods priced at $1.10 per yard, various patterns and bolts, and silk fleeced sleeping garments for children offered at sale prices.
Tacoma reports widespread flooding from a major rain event. The Puyallup valley is submerged, with streets, rail and steam roads damaged. Brookville homes and stores flooded as residents relocate belongings. Blewtron power plant damaged and streetcar service disrupted. Buckley bridge washed away, Weston and Lester bridges over Green River washed out, severing Northner Pacific line traffic. Widespread property damage in low-lying areas as trains run under difficulties.
Newark report notes Princess Estelle de Broglie performing vaudeville with Prince Robert dé Broglie conducting the orchestra. Paris dispatch says Miss Alexander wed the prince in August but French law may void the marriage due to an unreconciled prior divorce and unrecorded second nuptials.
MHS Sun Yue romance threads through San Francisco society as Rik Cleam and Jay Cleam marry. Mrs Howat, linked to late Jay Gould wealth, seeks a brother in law. Katherine Clemmons previously married and estranged from Ella May Clemmons, while Sun Yoo becomes wife of a San Francisco merchant and Mrs Charles Overckner enjoys high standing.
Paris November 14 The tribunal of First Instance of the Seine grants Countess de Castellane formerly Anna Gould a divorce and custody of her children with restriction on removal from France. The count Boni de Castellane may visit at the grandmother home and receive no alimony, with costs awarded to the countess.
Rediscovered obituary notes and local notices recounting personal histories and community events. Includes details of a woman known as the Angel of Chinatown for relief work among Chinese residents after plague, earthquake era, and reflections on her husband’s fate. Also brief death notices near Oregon and a windy, rainy Deadwood correspondence with hatchery and logging remarks and a line about continued coverage.
Portland dispatch reports A J Hembree, found guilty of murdering his seventeen year old daughter, sentenced to an indeterminate term at the state penitentiary. He allegedly also killed his wife, with both bodies burned in the family house blaze on December 28, 1905. The crime is described as a base act alleged as motive for the daughter's death.
The Thetis will be sent from Fort Townsend to search for the missing British ship Iverna, believed ashore off the Oregon coast.
The battleship Louisian a with President Roosevelt aboard arrived at Colon Panama at 1 30 p m ahead of time. It was escorted by warships Tennessee and Washington as heavy rain fell over the harbor.
The grand jury indicted Nes Owen Herman Breyer Frank Ware and Charlies Mayhew all of Eugene and J T Witer of Springfield for selling liquor. Sheriff Fisk arrested them this afternoon. The jury has bottles of liquor as evidence. The men have not been arraigned but likely will in two days. Roy Johnson charged with carrying a concealed weapon. jury selection and verdict details follow.
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