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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1901
Page
9
A collage of witty anecdotes and opinions touching politics, exploration, gender roles, science, and culture. Bits on Roosevelt and Cleveland, Peary, and a humorous note on a royal coronation. The piece blends quotes, quips, and reflections from late 19th or early 20th century discourse.
A reflective piece contrasts counterfeit glitter with true beauty and moral judgment, tracing the tramp problem, debt, and social optics. It weighs professional vagabonds against the deserving and critiques luxury living versus restraint, illustrated by a window-side umbrella gossip tableau.
Vice President Roosevelt recounts when he was Governor of New York receiving a large express package addressed to His Excellency the Governor Albany. Inside were axes daggers and blunderbusses, later learned as theatrical paraphernalia for His Excellency the Governor company.
An Amsterdam correspondent reports a shortage of the 244 cent half penny in Holland due to widespread use of automatic gas meters. The Netherlands prime copper coin, the half penny, is vanishing from daily use as gas meters absorb coins. Mint policy does not ease the shortage, and dealers sell the scarce coins at a ten percent premium, one penny for every twenty coins.
Karen Krupp, head of the great gun works, declares annual income for taxation at £1,000,000. The fortune is valued at 0D with 8 employees at the Krupp works, including 5,000 workmen and 15,000 clerks. Poets are born, but verse writers grow of their own accord.
Evelyn Buss narrates a Nome Alaska voyage where a party of travelers are carried out to sea on a patch of ice. Audrey Bell Charles Hagelin Eric Johnston and Buss drift for four days amid freezing conditions using sleds dogs and improvised shelter before reaching shore six miles away after signaling bonfires and cold winds.
A note of innovative devices describes ball bearings inside stationary pneumatic tires to cushion loads, a pencil attachment with a pivoted scale for weighing letters, a Brooklyn snow melting machine with multiple furnaces and a conveyor elevator, an oil burner with a central atomizer for cheaper furnace fuel, and an electric appointment clock that rings until set for the next time.
The narrator recalls fearing the ice would fail as they drifted, covering their head in anticipation. A cry announced they were on the beach, revealing a boy crying with joy and Mr. Chisman, Choohook road-house keeper, arriving with an Indian companion to greet them.
A brass founder in New York recycles a Gambrians statue into a Columbus likeness for a Central American city. The craftsman swapped keg feet for an anchor, globe in hand, laurel replaces hops, and added the name Christoforo Colombe. The altered sculpture ships to adorn the public square.
A female traveling salesman recounts her first Western experience selling goods. At a hotel, after settling her bill, the owner offered drinks and even a cigarette. He finally pressed gum as a parting gift, a gesture she accepted with good humor, noting the humorous perquisites she gains as a woman in travel sales.
The Philadelphia Press quips that distance doesn’t improve judgment about money. It notes that men with loose habits are rarely seen as refined, suggesting a sharp edge to social commentary on virtue and wealth.
Martin confronts Johanna about her sister Julia’s feelings while Julia and Captain Carey grow closer. Martin releases Julia from any promise and vows to remain single as he watches her choose a new life with Carey. Anxious bystanders note the shifting romantic ties amid social pressures.
Dr Martin Dobree confronts a murky past as Olivia Foster’s death is questioned by her former husband Richard Foster and Carry. Evidence appears to prove Olivia’s death and a marriage, while Julia urges Martin toward companionship, prompting a plan to wed and break his bachelor exile.
Mar tin learns Olivia has died and Jack reacts with shock as they face the grim news. The two old friends recall Olivia and the missing proof behind her husband’s presumed motive, hinting at a broader scandal.
Dr Eugene Murray Aaron describes Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption as the greatest explosion in modern times. He asserts it surpasses all previous manifestations of power in science, noting a global shock wave circumnavigating the globe and air disturbances seen far away.
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