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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
5
A collage of curmudgeonly quips on flying machines yachts and marriage laws. Wry notices rail at Langley progress naval pomp and the oath of obedience while lampooning society and moral double standards. The piece mocks press gossip and political pretenses with tongue in cheek observations.
A author argues against extravagant funerals noting that a duke could suffice with a $15 ceremony. The piece suggests minimal expenditure and questions mortgaging the family home for costly burials, using the late John Smith as an example of excessive spending.
The text argues that marriages between American heiresses and English nobility cannot restore English land value or earn genuine reverence for aristocracy among American masses, despite potential family alliances or money.
A scattered East gossip game with photographs raises danger concerns. The Grafton Record notes localities where such play has persisted for years. Observations touch on gun trade shifts, Macedonia’s looming conflict with the sultan, and mockery of sensational reports about damaged towns and doomed rivers. A Chicago boy wins a prize for dress hats at a milliners’ convention. Also noted: women entering jobs once held by men, and men shaping fashion for female appeal.
The piece critiques upper class American women marrying into titled foreign fortunes and analyzes how states handle alien voters. It cites examples from Connecticut Mississippi and Nebraska, noting judges’ discretion in granting citizenship and language requirements.
A past paternal essay argues the common saying misstates feline strength. It explains cats have large, powerful muscles, sharp curved claws, and springy joints that enable rapid moves yet limited long speed. It concludes boys should aim for muscular, well balanced bodies rather than envy a cat’s true power.
Twenty four physicians in Salem Massachusetts petition the City Council to curb stent whistle use they call a life and death matter to some patients and a nerve racking nuisance to many residents within the city.
In Cuba four corn crops are produced each year. The fret crop is planted until December and the fourth crop is harvested by December, illustrating a year round farming cycle.
A mix of editorial snippets argues ministers are underpaid with salaries around 700 a year, compares urban and rural clergy compensation, and critiques societal expectations on pastors. It cites Rockwell Iowa and Philadelphia clergymen, noting cost of living and duties. The pieces urge reevaluating wage norms for church workers.
Reverend Thomas Dixon Jr. depicts a character in The Only Woman carving a line about old age and trouble. The piece argues most worries are anticipatory phantoms that rarely come to pass, shrinking to vapor as life nears its sunset.
A London Spectator argument contends that wealthy individuals who amass fortunes rarely squander them and are safe if they steer clear of political manipulation. The real threat lies in billionaires using wealth for political ends to influence constitutions, though such danger depends on the strength of a society's legislature and leadership.
The New York Tribune notes Argentina’s rising corn production as a potential challenge to the United States. It reports last year’s corn crop at 4,300,000 acres yielding 130,606,000 bushels, versus U.S. 4,400,000 acres and 2,525,000,000 bushels. Argentines produce about thirty bushels per acre, earning $13.20 per acre, while U.S. farmers average twenty seven bushels per acre worth about $10.80.
The article describes a pea canning process in a factory, detailing the sequence from field vines to ready cans. It covers machines like the viner, sieve-like cages, graders, blanchet boiling troughs, fillers, soldering, dotting, inspection, and cookers, ending with cooling and labeling later in the season.
The Tacoma Ledger reports that Japanese fishermen flocked to British Columbia after Russia barred their coast, consuming dried fish and supplying themselves with Japanese gear and labor. The note claims Canada and the U S will gain nothing as Japanese money circulates within Japanese operations.
The speaker argues that restricted salmon sales and wheat flour competition show how foreign exploitation harms domestic industries. If Japan and Canada gain access to U S fisheries and grain markets, the domestic economy suffers, so the author urges bilateral action to halt such foreign operations in government waters.
The piece portrays New York Harbor as a global bazaar where ships from American, British, German, Norwegian, French, Danish, Italian, Dutch, Cuban, Belgian, Spanish, Austrian and Portuguese nations unload daily. It describes the harbor as a gateway where diverse peoples and goods mingle, with commerce shaping urban life and geography.
A George II coin from England during George II’s reign was found on the roof of a Johns Hopkins Hospital ward building. It likely dropped by a worker during the ward’s construction. One side shows Georgius II Rex with a profile. the second side is illegible but probably shows a seven. An Atchison boy claims his stepmother is the nicest in the world.
The article surveys a range of scientific topics including the sixth sense in blind people linked to skin sensitivity, two new incandescent lamp designs with fluted glass bulbs, a durable pew alloy bearing composition, and a telegraph system that reproduces writing via a light beam. It also outlines Rutherford's radiation types alpha beta gamma and a fourth gaseous emanation from thorium, with observations on uranium and radium radiations. The piece ends with a discussion of Jewish facial features and ethnicity perceptions, citing Harper's Weekly and Mannis’ theories.
The fish symbol and the Greek ichthus phrase linked to Jesus Christ, Son of God, the Savior, served as a hidden Christian mark. In Asia Minor and Rome, ichthus lamps and rings bore the sign, enabling believers to identify each other amid persecution.
The article discusses Jewish physical features as a typal form and notes that Jews are not always distinguishable by appearance. It mentions synagogue services at major European centers, including Ber (Berline/BER).
A Missouri farmer Auspaugh abandons his farm with wife and five-year-old twins after owing lawyer Matthews $750 secured by mortgage. Neighbors found the family after days of displacement, leaving only clothes and photos while the home’s cattle and stock remained. The note left by Auspaugh pleaded for mercy and acknowledgment of debt, fearing felony charges but relinquishing belongings. Canadian metal output and speculative oddities follow in a separate item.
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