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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1900
Page
8
The column mentions F L Chambers and Jobo Scrafford in Dexter cross cut matters, C D Bowles and Bent as mayoral candidates, Celia Loomis to replace e Cano as clerk, and local business ads for Rock Island Plows, Loomis Miller and Peter, and district items from Vale. It also cites Utah Colorado Wyoming Idaho female vote study, Salem Journal pardons, and Malheur county plans for a new court house.
Special to the Guant reports Mra W J Harris granted divorce from a millionaire mining husband with 250000 of common property. The Guard notes Pope Leo confined by illness in Rome. Dom Paul Kruger lands in Marseille after Suez voyage amid crowds. Boer defeat by British at Bloemfontein. General Brand wounded. Washington announces W M Meredith, of Illinois, named chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The Oregon hop crop nearly 90 000 bales shipped with only about 6000 remained. Export stock sells abroad at about 12 to 14 cents per pound. Old crop cleared. Waterville Times notes calm due to election and firm holders, with bids of 17 18 cents refused. Few buyers report sales of small lots at 15 to 16 cents by several sellers around Beansboro Madison and nearby.
Blue River district sees Park, a mining expert hired by English capitalists, re bond the Lone Star mine formerly Treasure mine from Fisher and Chapman who hold a bond from John Downer. Terms private. Park plans to deploy miners to begin work and aims to run 800 or 400 foot tonne before outright purchase.
On the evening of Monday November 19 80 Blumauer grand president of the Native Sons of Oregon visited Skinner's Cabin No 5 in Eugene. A large attendance and snowstorm failed to deter members. The grand president spoke on progress and future plans and a banquet followed with addresses by F M Wilkins C Willame Judge Wintermeier J L Campbell L T Harris and others. The Eugene cabins plan a 10 days celebration in Portland in 1901 to raise funds for a pioneer monument.
An analysis claims electric lighting will cut 6000 annual deaths by replacing gas oil lamps and candles and reducing illness. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and stomach disorders, urging digestion as nutrition and noting bottle stamps.
Daily Guard reports two local weddings, one at the bride’s parents home with Daniel H Roberts and Mabel M’Cann married by Kev Mac H Wallace. the Spokane attorney groom and AE Wheeler clerk bride plan a Portland and The Dalles bridal visit before settling in Spokane. Ada Mathews and Mrs C Hammond wed in a decorated Ninth Street parlor, with 70 witnesses, a floral bower, lavish gifts, and a Southern Pacific depot honeymoon stop.
Southern Pacific plans a two mile extension to join the Woodburn-Natron line with the Mohawk branch at Henderson Station near Eugene. The lumber headed to California now travels 40 miles down the Willamette valley to reach Tallman Junction, then eight miles to Albany and 46 miles back up the valley to Henderson. A bridge over the Willamette is required, delaying completion until next spring.
A postal note to a Pleasant Hill farmer contains Chinook Jargon from 1900 with a translation. It shows a white and Indian era phrase about hunger and lack of provisions, asking for potatoes soon or risk hunger for the family. Your Goop Friend.
Mrs. C S Freeland wife of the chief engineer in charge of the Mohawk branch died in Springfield after a short illness. She became ill at Isabel while the family was there and was transported by train. Funeral plans involve embalming by Day and shipment to San Francisco. She was a member of the Order Eastern Star and will be laid to rest at the Masonic cemetery after services, with Evangeline chapter in charge. Her mother and sister were traveling from San Francisco for the funeral.
A group of 50 leading Eugene business men sign a one year reward agreement dated November 10, 1800, promising $100 for the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing from stores in Eugene Lane County Oregon. The pledge targets thefts and purloining of goods with the aim of securing penitentiary or reform school sentences.
J O Watts announces a holiday promotion offering two dollars in cash to every purchaser of glasses at his store starting Monday November 26th through December 26th 1990. Limited daily quantities. Sale promotes a new jewelry store and holiday stock with guaranteed work one door north of Griffin Hardware Co Eugene Oregon.
A letter from EV Carter of Ashland to Game Warden Quimby reports thousands of ducks illegally killed in Klamath county. He cites railroad workers and a 6000 pound shipment from Ager California to the San Francisco market, with birds shot on the Cascade reserve near Pelican Bay and delivered through Merrill.
A list of real estate transfers and chattel mortgage transactions including Mary Winner to LD Hunt for 10 acres, EH Gomphetux to LD Hunt for 10 acres, Hiram Lee et ux to J E Ostrander et al for Andrew Jackson mining claim, Charlotte J Cox to US for 4.09 acres, Geo HB Dorris executor to US land, Usto Wm Renshaw 160 acres, D M Hegan to G R Chrisman, LC Moffitt 160 acres, W W Withers sheriff to W P Chesher for 40 acres. Amounts range from 50 to 700 dollars with various dates and patent notes.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an uncured catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co is cited with endorsements from West and Trouax and Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists in Toledo. Price listed as 75 cents per bottle. Testimonials offered free.
The Oregonian reports a barrel of Winesaps and Blue Pear apples from New York arrived for a display. Consigned to F Barnes, the fruit was sent as a gift from a New York friend and shown to Colonel Wosch for comparison with Oregon apples. The apples are sound and firm but smaller than Oregon varieties.
A Philadelphia resident Mr Jobo Oliver recounts a near fatal illness with yellow skin sunken eyes and back pain. After three physicians gave up a bottle of Electric Bitters improved him within a week and three weeks completes a recovery, praising the remedy as life saving. Available at W L Devine's drug store.
The San Francisco Call ran a cartoon labeling Oregon rooters for the State University football team. Fred Fisk’s caricature highlighted the university athlete, noting his notable feet and webbed appearance as part of the artist’s focus on the squad.
A village blacksmith at Chahameville Gullivania Mr HA Aleck is praised for using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to treat his five year old son’s recurring croup attacks. The mother reports it dissolves mucus and safely relieves the child during the dangerous episodes. The note states the medicine contains no opium or injurious drug and is suitable for young children.
Cortace Grove, from Bohemia, reports in Cortace Grove Nova that Chase Bronese of the Helena mine arrived with news of two strikes. Free milling ore shows gold content. a drift assay yields 2600 in gold. Press iron, sulphides, and copper noted at the new base.
An old ad note touts Caseston is a Sete The Kind You Have To Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. W F Grove’s signs appear on each box. Also mentioned are Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and an Atkins cross-cut saw priced for various work. Election results fragment notes Republicans carrying 28 states and Democrats 17 with margins.
Senator Higgins of Seneca Illinois writes he suffered for years from piles and found no relief until Bucklen’s Arnica Balm cured him after two boxes. He calls it the best pile cure on earth and urges readers to try it. Sold by WL DeLano, druggist.
A Philadelphia woman reports Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption cured a lifelong backing cough. The remedy relieved chest pain and restored sleep, with the patient praising its universal benefits for throat chest and lung troubles. Trial bottles free at Wo L. De Lano's drug store, priced 10 cents and 1.00.
J N Pearcy attorney of the city returned from the Klamath court where he defended several persons charged with crime He said I cleaned out the jail but declined to reveal outcomes The Portland Telegram report dated November 3 notes he remains active in business and in touch with Oregon State University circles.
A fragment lists names of people with letters remaining at the Eugene Oregon post office dated November 22, 1900. It includes Burne J C Hutler Mre Anna Chamberlain LA Emily Mra W rait Prof. W Grimm Hogler Walter Hegan Capt Johnson Meeker J P Moore Mre Gertrude Phipps Allison Senders Miss Mina Fanta Clius Sherwin EA Wilson Jane A Motonsaca PM and note about a one cent charge for letters. An followed ad promotes Chamberlain s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with testimonial from Poteau Ark and a sale by W L De Laso Drug Store.
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