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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1900
Page
9
Eugene weekly notes in a mixed opinion column criticizing social pretenses and distant authorities. It discusses open trials, open court trends for juveniles, hydrophobia myths, humane treatment of animals, and the evolution of telegraphy from early cables to the Atlantic network, with reflections on civic safety and progress.
A Rainy Day Club debate in New York features Dora Goldthwait’s claim that women do not always tell the unqualified truth. The discussion explores definitions of lies, the role of tact, and contrasts male direct deception with female circumspect falsehoods as debated by May Bushnell Moody and others.
The Boston Globe reports that hioxide of sodium may renew oxygen and absorb carbonic acid. Two divers with a sodium dioxide apparatus reportedly lasted two hours under airless conditions and then thirty minutes underwater. Potential uses include submarine air vitality and safe mining by neutralizing fire damp and toxic gases, though wide adoption seems unlikely.
A visitor notes remote Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and North Carolina districts where money is scarce and barter prevails. Coon and squirrel skins are traded for groceries and coffee while storekeepers go months without cash, selling hides four times yearly to Lexington buyers who send funds to Cincinnati for new stock.
Observations on British use of small horses in South Africa claim they outlast large drafts, perform equal labor, require less feed, and present smaller targets to the enemy, underscoring a perceived advantage in campaign conditions.
A fragment describes bees in a hive with nursing workers tending eggs and young while a subset leaves to ventilate the hive. These venting bees position near the entrance and flap wings vigorously to circulate air, as an orator’s attempt to lengthen the discourse appears garbled.
Matthew Deane confronts Widow Clarkson over unpaid rent and is halted by Olive Mellen who locks him in and delivers a bold moral lecture. He promises to pay, then woos Olive and plans marriage, noting he enjoys being henpecked by her. The tale ends with Deane willingly conceding to Olive’s will.
Dr Dewey drives a townwide no breakfast movement in Meadville Pennsylvania claiming breakfast is unnecessary. Followers eat later or skip meals, arguing digestion siphons brain energy and health improves with fasting. notable adherents include Leonard Thress and George Schwartzman who gained weight after ten years without breakfast.
An English traveler recounts a night ride in India where a small Parsee family enters a compartment. The English passenger complains of chatter, prompting a calm Parsee reply urging quiet and wishing the English gentleman to sleep. The exchange illustrates early intercultural tensions between residents and English travelers in the peninsula.
A Lewiston Meman crafted a distinctive watch chain using nine peach stones, each carved on both sides to yield eighteen designs. The stones are linked with gold bars to form a rich and peculiar chain.
A Winnipeg inventor Eli Denne designed a door attachment to latch a door between rooms while hands are full. The device adds a short crank arm fixed to the latch spindle to allow easy unlatched opening without releasing the load. This handy feature assists carrying dishes between dining room and kitchen.
A device uses a pivoted foot plate linked to a vertical rod and balanced weight to return the plate to place after foot removal. A short rod through the pivot allows a second plate to be attached from the opposite side enabling bidirectional door opening via foot pressure and a released catch.
In Weldon a hotel guest needed to catch an early train and wake at 4 am. Uncle Jerry Washington, a respected colored man, offered to wake him. Around 4:30, two hours after the train arrived, Jerry appeared and said sleep was induced by mosquitos, exclaiming they naturally put him to sleep.
An early Literary World note recounts a schoolboy critique of Sir Walter Scott. It contrasts Scott as poet and lawyer with public affection. A quip on dying hints at a personal line about death and the minstrel. A remark on a girl’s posture links to a “queenly bearing.”
A collage of light humor and witticisms about everyday life. Jokes reference cuisine purchases, fashion costs, travel, and modest work humor. Characters include a farmer and a barber noting low corn prices and raising prices accordingly. The tone mirrors a mid-century humorous page.
The dialogue scene features witty exchanges among social types. An heiress scorns work while an artist boasts of not selling pictures. A neighbor asks about Mrs Getalong after a railway accident as she weighs legal options. A photograph exposes a wardrobe mishap. A seaside hotel prompts quiet inquiries about guests and trunks.
A humorous exchange notes one man asking where the other spent Sunday and the reply that he Sabbathed. The Detroit Journal records the banter with light churchgoing puns and a playful moral takeaway.
A playful exchange has Browne proposing to his typewriter and Greene replying that his wife will insist on becoming his machine, highlighting a quirky domestic bet about marrying a typewriter as a wife. The dialogue uses humorous banter to dramatize a joke about tools and companionship.
A collage of quips and dialogues from Life Philadelphia Record and The Smart Set, noting memory in love and the social pressures of marriage. It includes sayings on forgiveness, obsession with memory, and humorous exchanges about living costs, tenancy, and courtship. The tone mirrors early 20th century newspaper humor and social commentary.
A collage of dialogue and vignettes depicts romantic games and parental tension in a lively era. Characters debate marriage prospects, health, and social propriety while witty exchanges reveal class foibles and domestic curiosities across a mosaic of names and places.
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