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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1902
Page
4
In a Southern lyric noted in the Atlanta Constitution, a man travels with Sally toward a hoped union, voices inner doubt, and finally confesses a deep love on a day of meeting. The beloved reveals she senses his spiritual burden, and he declares his heart’s full affection.
A traveler recalls meeting Ezra Dale at a shabby farmhouse where Dale recounts his odd courtship with Daisy Owens. He reflects on women’s persistence and his stubbornness, ending with a suggestion to reconcile with Miss Daisy and wed by a parson.
A historic overview of Great Lakes fisheries law and policy, highlighting the Guerin bill cutting the Lake Erie tonnage tax, patrols enforcing fishing boundaries, and Canada-US jurisdiction. It notes Michigan’s growing role, the state hatchery near canals, and the scale of Erie’s fishing economy with tugs, nets, and packing for distant markets.
The Figgites led by Louis Figg form a swamp-dwelling holiness group near Aretha spreading despite tar and feather threats and court actions. They renounce all creeds, obey the Holy Ghost voice in daily life, and stage loud denunciations at nearby meetings while growing in numbers among devoted women and two grown Figg sons. In Maine, a Bangor letter notes A O Lombard’s steam log hauler, an invention aiding heavy spruce log transport, using a self-laying rail system to gain traction on snow and avoid wheel slippage.
German naturalists study a new ant bear specimen placed in Berlin's Zoological Garden. The animal is an exceptionally rare variety with distinct color and formation. It is reportedly unique in Europe, likely the only specimen for now, captured by chance and not yet traced to any other among locals' searches.
A columnist discusses Grant's calm, tireless mental discipline and contrasts it with a lawyer's sleepless pretrial nights. The piece argues that resting sleep outperforms night thoughts for judgment and planning, likening overwork to burning a candle at both ends and warning it harms efficiency.
On Warren's Island off Maine an estate described as a palatial log cabin rises of spruce logs at a cost of $75,000. The island was bought by the late William H. Folwell of Philadelphia who died before completion. His son William H. Folwell Jr now supervises the work, and the structure features twenty two sleeping rooms on the second floor.
The text asserts sleep as a key factor in Napoleons power, noting he slept for an hour even when empire fate hung in balance, and cites Grant as another example of disciplined rest. It references the Wilderness campaign and military movements as context for sustained effort after quitting time.
In Cuba cabbages often weigh up to twenty pounds and vegetables thrive. Radishes can be eaten 14 to 18 days after sowing, lettuce in five weeks, and corn yields three crops yearly. Sweet potatoes are perennial. Natives harvest tubers, replant vines for new crops in three months. Various fruits, greenhouse plants, and bulbous stock are cultivated.
Towne Scribbler bought a cheap old platitude book at a secondhand store. It proved to be surprisingly valuable as he transformed the verses into quatrains for magazines. Philadelphia Presse notes the transformation.
The Countess of Dudley, famed as England's beauty, faces ruin after lavish living and a drastically reduced income. She sold her London home to J. Morgan and her jewels for 450000. Her late husband Earl Dudley amassed wealth but insanity and extravagance drained the estate. The heir, the present earl, squandered much of it. income dropped from 500000 to a tenth.
In northern Maine woods a past proposal to run an electric railway from Moosehead Lake through the Alleghash valley faced ridicule as impractical in such rough terrain. The article notes new logging methods using steam and electric machines to heal logs in Maine.
Boston Herald notes Arnold Arboretum as part of Harvard, a 225 acre tract in Boston’s park system. It highlights unique live collections for study and enjoyment, tracing 25 years of North American tree knowledge advancement and the arboretum’s founding with James Arnold's funds. The hemlocks are a noted crown of the collection.
The essay discusses the origin of loafer from galloferro through glofero to lofer and finally loafer, noting Spanish roots, Mexican through Texas, and the usage by American writers like Josh Billings. It contrasts American and British loafer types with a quotation on social markings and idle behavior.
The article outlines government decisions to let private enterprise build a global Pacific cable network. Commercial Pacific Cable Company will connect San Francisco to Honolulu Midway Islands Guam and Manila with links to Hong Kong Siberia Europe and Australia. The project includes government liaison with land telegraph services and substantial depths of ocean laying, aiming for completion by early 1905.
A short, sharp anecdote from a courtroom features Congressman Williams of Mississippi and a man in dialogue declaring he has a lawyer, then admitting to chicken theft. The piece closes with a pun on “fel tough” and a liver remark, attributed to Omaha Ree.
A close acquaintance of authors with biblical phrasing appears in numerous modern works. The piece notes how the tithes of authors echo the terse expressive phrases found in scripture, drawing direct inspiration from biblical wording.
A veteran horseman asserts that keeping goats near stables benefits horse health. He claims goats rub against stalls and wallow, reducing sickness, and advises keeping a few goats around to prevent common ailments.
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