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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1900
Page
10
A collage of medical claims and consumer ads cites Hood's Parila for skin eruptions and a Foot-Rase remedy for foot pain and frost, including user testimonials and price details. It also notes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as an ironquinine remedy with plain bottle labels.
A cluster of mid 19th century ad and news snippets describe Bromo Quinine Tablets claimed to cure colds in a day, a Chicago firm running a cheap passenger line for five cents, Cascarets and Cathartine digestion aids, English attitudes toward the American ice habit, and San Francisco laundry hours limiting workdays to reduce labor. The items mix patent medicine pitches with social notes on public spaces and labor rules.
A collage of anecdotes and curiosities features Governor Bob Taylor pardoning inmates on insistence of a legislature committee, Secretary Hay handling a telephone boast with discretion, a king visiting Neapolitan prisons, and Prince Alfred’s brush with a Governor’s daughter. It also covers Indian scout movements, a fatal wire incident framed as humor, and a Popular Science Monthly portrait of hummingbirds.
The piece asserts North American Indians shaped modern combat methods, with frontiersmen and soldiers adopting Indigenous tactics. It notes France studies the Indian method through the “lexicon torch” and a Twentieth Infantry captain comments on Indian gait and movement without full familiarity with the term.
Archaeic anecdotes recount a Union cavalry colonel’s sharp command at dawn on Gettysburg's last day with a quip about sounding better. Reports discuss oyster beds near Chesapeake, overfishing risks, a cure claim, and fleeting notes on acts, pills, and curiosities from a bygone era.
A Beirut hospital patient hid forbidden items such as a looking glass and rouge in her locker to delight in appearing less pale before an imminent operation. A Berlin rumor claims the Kaiser wears a steel cuirass after the king is murdered, with the Count von Waldersee gifting one in Rome to King Victor Emmanuel.
In early times Europe marveled at China’s gifts including silk tea spices and remarkable inventions. The article notes astonishment at Chinese produce and ideas shaping European curiosity and exchange.
A jumble of patent medicines and moral commentary fills the page. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is touted as a universal remedy with a one hundred dollar promise, while Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup targets teething infants. The piece also notes wireless telegraph experiments, a one day cold cure, and Transvaal war cost estimates for London papers.
The census bulletin confirms that the growth of American cities is tied to their capacity to support manufacturing activities. It argues that urban expansion is strongest where industry can be pursued economically, highlighting the link between industrial potential and city development.
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