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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1906
Page
8
A fragment describes fall linz by Henry Friendly with imitashuns. It notes none met in style or made clothing for wearing. The piece praises his Kollege suits as swell dezin and suggests observers will say they are surely fine.
Two divorce suits from Cottage Grove were filed in the circuit court this afternoon. Annie Hohlman versus George Hohlman and Mattie W. Kirk versus Jones W. Kirk are the two actions. The Hohlmans wed at Cottage Grove on July 24, 1900. Cruel and inhuman treatment is alleged. The Kirks married in Lane County on September 11, 1844 and have three minor children. custody is sought by Mrs. Kirk.
Two weddings are noted in the era column. Pearl Hinton wed Earl Brown with KK Bryson officiating at the Hoffman House on October 17 1900. Albert Owens and Iona Miller married October 10 1906 at the Miller home south of Junction City, Rev Handsaker officiating. The Owens couple left for Dallas to begin residence. Gifts include willow shams and a bedspread from Mr and Mrs FL H Millerenke.
The fragment credits the stomach as the source of temper and troubles and promotes Kalmaroo Celery Tonic as a key to improving health. It claims the product supplies necessary energy and supports a sound body. The ad invites readers to bring prescriptions for accuracy.
A scattered catalog from a Eugene newspaper item lists household items for sale such as berry sets, tea pots, cutlery, a Angora rug, and Bible among many names like Norma and Rosa Andrewa Leta Kirk and Edna Miller. It also contains Want ads for a traveling salesman position and various sales including pork, dresses, team and wagon, horses, cattle, and a farm for rent with details on location and contact info in Eugene Oregon.
Appointments of Divinity School professors and students listed including Wigmore Monmouth Morris Kellems Medford and others. Notes mention a six week period with crew taken out by the local freight and a Goshen visit by Mrs H L Marston and children. The woodsaw returned home after recent work around Goshen. Iriving and Goshen crews quit work over wages, took dinner, and walked home as idle men.
Special Correspondence Pleasant Hill Oct 17 Rev Me Connell district evangelist is holding meetings at the Christian church with good success. Walker and family return to Medford after two years here. Wm Laird of Garfield visiting brothers Henry and Pomeroy. P N Shelley and family back from Kitson Springs. Eva Malkey of Monmouth teaching Enterprise school. Ben bby blacksmith visiting friends in Portland. A bear causing mischief in the vicinity despite traps. Mrs William Ringo and daughter Flora visiting in Portland.
Goshen reports Copenhaver family moving to Springfield where children attend the Springfield school. Wade Wallace rents his house for winter. Mrs. W W Mathews of Nevada visits W H Mathews and leaves for Cover d'Alene Idaho on the lawal. Frank Hampton to move onto Horace Hampton's place to deal in cattle. Goshen had church services in the M B Church last Sunday and will hold services again on the 28th. Concrete cars sidetracked in Goshen for the past.
A rounded list of residents and visitors including A Beers Reed KE J Templeman Zion James Laxton Springfield Wooten Pleasant Hill A J Niles moving to Elmira Thomas Walker returning to Pleasant Hill C P Jackson Harrisburg Frank M Jackson bringing injured man from Saginaw Rev Lyman Rockwell to Fresno Geo Rogers of Hailers piano house selling two pianos and an organ Miss Kittie Millican returning to Junction I M Garrison visiting Forest Grove Gentry Taliafero and wife from Sumpter visiting Lane county Charlie Taliafero Springfield crack pitcher going to Portland John Lewis Adrian Piquet Mohawk valley George Fisher joining Eugene Real Mate Co now Eugene Real Estate Co.
Florence October 16 The Silverside salmon run in the Siuslaw river is the strongest in a decade. The Avery and Gibson cannery at Acme is blocked with fish, boats limited to 100 each, while Wm. Kyle & Sons Co cannery runs full capacity storing thousands of sal mon awaiting the big run. The largest catch on a single boat in one night is 70. Kyle & Sons will take all their fishermen catch, refusing fish from rival canneries at any price. The Coos Bay loaded shearer She tag Robarts returned with Kyle & Sons fish and sails today with echium bark. The Oakland is expected from San Francisco in tow of Sampson success. Apples, eggs, grains, butter, poultry, and produce prices are listed.
Weekly report covers local market with prices for wool poultry eggs dairy fruits vegetables and livestock. Entries list per dozen prices for eggs butter and fry prices, meat values for steers cows veal sheep and hogs plus grain and hay costs including wheat flour and oats listed with old style shillings and pence notation.
In Portland on Oct 18 the local hop market hovered around the Se mark with likely gains ahead. Brews hold eight to ten months of supply while 75 percent of the Coast crop is already bought or contracted. Foreign buyers hesitate over Oregon crop quality amid mold concerns. A close study pegs state yields above 120000 bales, with grower surpluses awaiting contracted use. Wrapped by cautious buyers in Portland and elsewhere, the market awaits New York and England to move first. Grapes and apples arrive. California tokays hold, while Santa Cruz cornichonas appear for holiday trade. An imported wine list was attempted but met limited success.
In J E Young’s mine on Elephant Mountain Bohemia district workers last week exposed a four foot wide oxidized quartz vein rich with coarse gold and heavy concentrates. A narrow hard quartz vein also carries gold, with ongoing tunneling to reveal further values. Young remains cautiously optimistic about a potentially phenomenal find.
Co M private Jones died at Creswell Sunday morning at three of hemorrhage of the lungs. He was 21 years and seven months old, son of Mr and Mrs J H Jones. He leaves two brothers and three sisters including W P Jones Pendleton Wiley J Jones Nevada Mrs J R Porter Pendleton Minnie and Olive Jones Creswell. Family formerly lived at Pendleton and came to Creswell a year and a half ago. Remains taken to Pendleton for interment.
Sudden weather changes stress the scrofulous and consumptive. October often brings worsening symptoms. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised for radical, lasting cures of scrofula, claimed to be proven in many homes and widely known as a world famous remedy.
Notice forbids any sale negotiations of property by listed parties in Eugene dated October 12. The Board of Education's committee on teachers has chosen Miss Ella Dobie of Portland to teach Latin algebra English and likely geography at the high school. Dr. Lowe, eye specialist, will be in Eugene office next week. Walton and Nees, attorneys for H M Spurgeon, filed a motion for a new trial in the estate case on appeal from county court.
Chicago reports the Americans winning yesterday’s decisive game to claim the world pennant and American League title. The Nationals struggled against strong pitching from Brown and White, while the Americans surged with 22 runs and 89 base hits across the series despite 14 errors. Manager Murphy praised his club after a dramatic finish.
Little Rock dispatch reports Sam Jones, famed Carteraville Georgia, died of heart trouble on a Rock Island train near Perry Arkansas. He was traveling eastbound in apparently good health. illness was brief. The body was moved to an undertaker and funeral plans call for transport to Georgia for family services.
This afternoon the Lucky Boy Company through Thompson and Hardy filed a demurrer to the complaint in the case of S C Sparks et al against the company. The grounds claim a defect of parties plaintiff and that the complaint fails to state a cause of action.
The fragment mentions Greenleaf and relatives in Goldson and Idaho visitors, a Powers' event tonight, travels by Bat Downing with pigs and cattle, and the death news of H. Jones from Polis Indiana. It lists a Willamette street coin find, and a sale notice for a thirteen er-a mile street road with a price offer.
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