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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1902
Page
9
A column from Eugene Weekly Guard mixes maxims with social satire. It touches on Dreyfus, divorce, wealth, education, and an array of curiosities, including royal gossip, literary careers, rural migration trends, and Churchill in New Hampshire politics, ending with a French philanthropic bequest for study abroad.
A New York Mall and Express account describes the Ramapo area within thirty two miles of New York City as a rugged, nearly inaccessible region where residents live by baskets and small goods. It recalls Tory ranger descendants, rattlesnakes, wild dogs, and camping among pristine forests with cordial locals.
A discussion praises Mrs Humphrey Ward as highly paid for her literary work, and cites Marie Corelli, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Edward Everett Hale. It recalls Corelli’s scorn for blanket financial warnings to writers, while noting Retribution and Corelli’s Boston Public Library rebinds.
Hubert L. Pierson, head of the Second National Bank of Orange New Jersey, is totally blind yet runs a wide business empire. He manages flour mills real estate deals brokerage and bank contracts with astonishing precision and vigor. His blindness is unseen by colleagues who witness his keen business acumen and steady management.
In a BrooklynCitizen quip a boy answers a woman shouting from a window about stones, saying he throws at her cat because she has no dog to throw at. The exchange captures local humor and street banter.
A quoted military statistical breakdown states that among 110 projectile strikes on soldiers, 43 hit the legs, 33 the arms, 22 through the torso region, 1 in the neck, and 11 affect any part of the head.
A French writer states that 189 per 100000 soldiers or sailors become hopeless lunatics. Among mechanics a similar rate is noted. The text also remarks that delaying a baby's teething disrupts a father's sleep.
In a New England town Squire Patterson, town rep, faces constant pleas for justice. A widowed caller laments her poverty and asks him to admonish neighbor Nathan Boge over rumored coercion and her faded finances, noting her one cow and six head of gal children.
An 1902 narrative describes Eastern Oregon’s vast desert belt with lava walls rimrocks and water oases. It recalls Indian conflicts, caravan tragedies, and the lure of hunting game while detailing a fortified frontier residence and its Scots keeper tending a busy household and armament.
A rounded central summit rising about a thousand feet from base, called Mount Juniper, with evergreen juniper forests on its south face and barren east north and west sides. Deep canyons hold huge boulders and springs burst forth in southern canyons, feeding a meadow below the mountain. A barbed wire fence marks the area.
A frightened speaker mutters about the danger of a female traveler reaching a place in safety. He drinks from a goblet to steady his nerves, the terror of his sin clearly etched on his pale face.
A frontier duo discusses a two day trek through dangerous territory as the Piute war path looms. The rugged guide warns of ambush by Snakes the Piutes, urging rest before a long ride across hostile, rock-strewn terrain.
In a palace garden memory the princess recalls a playful scene where a girl dives into a small lake for a joke as attendants chase her. The white harem dress, ribbons, and the lighthearted pursuit fill the scene with laughter and spirited splashes amid the serpentine waterway.
The article discusses radium and Roentgen rays, noting the unknowns of radioactivity, the need for safety in handling, and the potential for luminous paints far brighter than现 calcium sulphide. It imagines impacts on illumination and electrical arts, comparing radium’s promise to historical discoveries.
AReading of verses and songs titled Old Favorites and Long Long Ago recalls a homeland nostalgia. Poems describe heaven, a promised rest, and a singer’s longing, paired with recountings of childhood scenes and cherished memories. Mary Lee Demarest’s verses mingle with traditional lyrics, reflecting faith, distant home, and enduring love.
Police note the lounge game scam, seen at least once in Brooklyn and twice in New York, where a wagon arrives with an allegedly misdelivered sofa. A couple of men pretend Mr A ordered the sofa, pressure the resident to accept the delivery, then return for the lounge to hide valuables inside.
The London Ontario Advertiser notes a merchant's scheme to display goods with two mirrors behind to attract women. The plan backfired as passersby only stared at the mirrors, not the goods, revealing the gimmick's futility.
A census reports Germany’s fruit trees cover every square tile of territory with Flam 2 apple 251 pear 119 and cherry 4. About three trees exist for each inhabitant. Grass houses in Oklahoma noted as Wichita Indians continued building их unique homes. Gossip persists about Lon Byro pad spouse life, despite years apart.
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