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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1903
Page
3
A garbled montage references London crime estimates and police records, implying 70 000 criminals with unclear relation to Scotland Yard. It touches on a stray story about Eskimos and a petting dogs anecdote, then shifts to a judge’s humorous city man quip and a marriage anecdote from Atchison Globe.
Unimproved prairie tracts totaling 400 acres in Kansas with clear titles. Suitable for corn, wheat, rye, and alfalfa. Will swap rail access for a small saw mill, shingle timber, or ranch property in Washington or Oregon. A. B. Newell, S18, Seattle, Washington.
A roundup of forthcoming titles and authors from major publishers. Linens fiction, Caroline Brown, Mrs Everard Cotes, Myrtle Reed, Bliss Carman, Ferns and other science and travel volumes are announced. Notes on Lin gard abridgement, James Otis Kaler, and Mackillan’s Everard Cotes projects accompany literary market sketches.
A Detroit woman Miss Guinra Gannon of 359 Jones St testifies to dramatic relief from female weakness after six weeks of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes initial misery and shooting pains followed by complete restoration and happiness.
The German war messenger dog program shifts from retrievers to Scotch shepherd dogs due to endurance and reliability. Retrievers proved diverted from duties by game en route. A separate note mentions a telegram sent to a newlywed couple wishing health wealth and luck, with a promise to attend the christening.
A baby brother arrives at Hamlin's home and, in a practical moment, weighs ten pounds. He muses that ten dollars seems fair, noting beef costs about twenty cents per pound, reflecting a humorous take on value and parenting.
The text notes a limestone species called sarcophagus used by ancient Greeks to make coffins. It claims the stone uniquely consumes a body within weeks and places its discovery in Assos, a Lycia city.
A thoughtful defense of the camera's educational value arguing it sharpens observation, connects readers with nature, and enhances literacy. It compares the camera to books, urges responsible use, and praises photography as an enriching, broadening art. It notes women often excel at letter writing.
A child spills ink causing domestic fuss over a five cent bottle while a debtor and a wary merchant joke about debt collection. A businessman recalls hiring a woman collector who never returned because he married her.
A fragment shows a couple strolling to a parental home after theater and supper. The man asks why he resembles the moon and the woman answers uncertainly. The text shifts to a government report noting world gold production since America’s discovery, ending with a dubious number.
A Sunday school memory reports King Solomon as a great wise man who had 100 wives and then lost faith in God. Also, an ad endorses Piso’s Cure for Consumption as a helpful cough medicine priced at 25 cents.
An investigation funded by the Russian government finds that the Obi and Yenese rivers are navigable by ocean steamers for about 1,000 miles from their mouths, indicating significant inland waterway potential.
Electric lighted trains with unequalled service offer low fares to Chicago, Dubuque, Des Moines, Kansas City and the Southeast. Write J P Eimer G P A Chicago for information.
Government astronomer in Australia predicts routine rainfall when the moon moves south and drought when it moves north. The Persian festival the feast of the arrow recounts Arieh’s arrow that reportedly landed 500 miles away by the following day’s noon. A jumble of ads and odd facts follows, including remedies for teething and patent medical claims. Britain’s 300 ship sales last year are noted, with Herat cited as a repeatedly besieged city.
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