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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1909
Page
2
In London I suffered severe eczema with itching and dry patches spreading to arms and legs. After exhausting hospital treatment and many remedies, Cuticura products finally relieved the itch and cured me after three sets of remedies. 2022 St. Little Rock, Ark. Oct. 8 and 10.07. Potter Drug & Chem
Port land as Annetin FPlege Jr Abe B Blackman and Samuel Burbart with Charles Widlund of Healdsburg Cal are suspended a year for hazing last Friday. Thirty one others face one semester absence or a written statement of penitence and obedience. President Campbell defends campus discipline and vows hazing to end.
Local shipping: Washearore bound for San Francisco with Acme lumber. Albion sails for SF with city market lumber. Acme residents Hewitt ill. Dr. Bartle called. Mrs. Mills seeks Portland treatment for throat. Joe Morris Jr and kin hunt on North Fork. Lumber raft drifted ashore near Ten Mile bridge. Rufus Johnson and John Hoffman bring Jer sey cattle from Eugene. Mrs. Dietz improving after hospital visit. visiting sister in Heceta. Obituaries: Vera Almeda Goode aged 10 months. Lucy Drew of Indian Town dies of consumption.
A Eugene Oregon resident lauds Doan's Kidney Pills as a long time household remedy for kidney related pains rheumatism and fatigue. The ad claims the pills cure kidney trouble and urges purchase from dealers with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
In Salem Oregon a fugitive, George Meyers, wanted for the murder of Patrolman Eckhart, is believed to be moving toward the Cascades. Sheriff Minto and others track him through Marion County while Meyers allegedly subsists on wild foods and seeks shelter in the mountains. The hunt emphasizes careful strategy and vigilance as authorities warn ranchers in the region to be on alert.
Otto Hoff Man, a German arrested in Colfax Washington, was committed to the Medical Lake Insane asylum by Judge Canfield. Papers on him suggest he recently came from Eugene Oregon and believes secret orders persecute him. He claims a lodge held him for the third degree and that Eugene lodge ex pelled him for violating an obligation. He is a logger who traveled up the river and recently fought in the streets, sustaining a black eye. The cause of his insanity remains unknown.
The Springfield election extended city limits after a light turnout. Inside the city, 52 favored expansion while 1 voted against. Outside the limits 1 voted in favor and 29 against, showing mixed sentiment. The new area includes the Kelly farm and territory north and east, adding several hundred people. the Hooth Kelly sawmill remains outside.
Store rooms in the Bangs building at West Eighth and Olive streets have been leased after Campbell-Feltman Co vacated. Bailey & Knowles will use the western half for second hand furniture, with an eating place to occupy the east room. The upper rear wareroom will become lodging rooms connected to the eatery.
Samuel Handsaker of Eugene, one of Oregon's early pioneers, died after a long illness at Dexter on October 5, 1909 at age 78. Funeral services are set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Gordon's undertaking parlors, with the body to be taken to Portland for cremation.
Weather warnings urge care against coughs and colds that may become pneumonia or consumption. Bailard's Horehound Syrup is advertised as a standard American remedy and preventive for lung diseases. Available in 50c and 1.00 bottles through Dillon Drug Co.
An old promotional note touts Mi o na tablets for stomach trouble. It claims relief within five minutes and permanent cure by cleansing and rebuilding the stomach and bowels. Test samples are offered and a money back guarantee is advertised through Redrosa Drug Co and Booth's Mi o na.
Yale Treasurer McClung resigns at Yale Corporation meeting to become United States Treasurer, serving until November 1 for succession by an appointed replacement. He is a Yale football captain from 1901 02 and longtime Yale insider, member of Skull and Bones. He resides at the Kensington and is a wealthy bachelor.
Chicago Oct 5 The Court of Appeals today affirmed the guilty verdict against John R Walsh for misapplication of funds at Chicago National Bank. He must serve five years in prison unless the Supreme Court upsets the decision. Walsh faced scrutiny over alleged $16,000,000 misappropriations via clerk signed memorandum notes. the bank failed December 18, 1905, amid vast holdings in railroads quarries and ships. Counsel may seek rehearing within 30 days.
Ten men died and several injured after an explosion at Mine No 4 on North Western Improvement Company property in Kowslyp. Names include OUs Newhouse and Carl Werger. others were Aaron Isaacson James Guroell Dan Hartelero and more. Medical aids and survivors listed. later notices named Ethridge Hardesty and Lillian M Harrison of Eugene and others.
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