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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
4
Heavy showers flooded streets in Eugene as residents reported rising streams but no freshet. Local trades see shipments of fruit, wire fence, and box shocks, with civic groups promoting events and notices about choir socials, races, and public figures visiting.
Local social column records motions of residents and guests: C R Moore visits Halsey. J D Wigle from Coburg stays in Eugene. Henrietta Ham visits Portland. Grover Long from Portland in city. Mrs O F Knox travels to Albany to see son Roy. G Irvine of Newport noted as prominent. R J Kirkwood heads to Roseburg. M C Goodenow from Cottage Grove. Jas Hayes returns to Junction City via moon train. Paines return from East. architect Free Thomas tours Junction City. Elma Hendricks travels to Portland. J S Magladry returns from Cottage Grove. Mrs W M Miller of Portland visits Eugene. Herbert Button goes south on insurance business. Luckey brothers go to Portland on noon train. Mrs Berkshire returns to Goshen. John H Hartog to Corvallis for booster meeting. City Recorder B F Dorris returns from Blue River mining properties. Mrs G G Stone of Creswell in Eugene.
Have you neglected your kidneys or overworked your nervous system causing kidney and bladder trouble. Williams Kidney Pills promise a cure. Sold by Linn Drug Company at 50 cents.
William Shoring sues Fitzhenry Bean Lumber Company at the circuit court seeking $200 plus 6 percent interest from April 23, 1908, and $26 attorney fees. C A Wintermeier represents the plaintiff.
An old advertisement notes Chambers Hardware Co selling high quality tents and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers liver pills through local druggists, highlighting a mixed hardware and pharmaceutical retail pitch in a single listing.
The Texas state prepares to oppose Waters-Pierce Oil Company motions to consolidate three U S cases in the Supreme Court. Attorneys seek to hear main ouster and penalty case alongside receivership, a move Texas argues would favor the company and risk broader reversals. Attorney General Davidson vows to exhaust legal means to block consolidation. Local market notes cover poultry, eggs, and wholesale commodity trends across Portland and region.
The weekly Eugene market lists prices for mohair wool dairy and poultry products with figures for eggs butter hens and turkeys alongside vegetables and livestock values. The Portland market notes a hop price lull a weaker wheat market and a poultry price slump driven by high feed costs and heavy recent arrivals.
A brief advertised barter request reads from R. McMurphey seeking a fresh cow that yields good milk in exchange for a high quality buggy. The ad also promotes De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as superior and sold by all druggists.
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