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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1900
Page
4
Coal Exports From America Spark European Fuel Shift
The article argues that American coal increasingly fuels Europe, with ships exporting coal at English prices. It notes Britain’s limited reserves, rising U S coal exports for naval use, and key West Virginia and Alabama mining regions likely to supply foreign markets. It provides cost tables and freight considerations, suggesting American coal can undercut Welsh supplies even after transport costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Cumberland
West Virginia
Elk Garden
Fairont
Davis and Elkins
New River
Kanawha
Pocahontas
United States
Cardiff
Pennsylvania
Seaboard
Clearfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fruitta and Reading
Pitts
Marseilles
Naples
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Atlantic
America Expands Coal Role Europe Amid Freight Strains
The article compares world coal supplies and notes the United States holds 14,000 square miles of deposits with vast unexplored area, while Britain relies on imports. It details export totals for seven months ending July 31, including 2,481 tons anthracite and 3,600,274 tons bituminous, and discusses anthracite prospects and freight costs shaping global coal trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
British India
Europe
India
United States
Alaska
Pacific
China
Japan
Britalm
Rene
Greatritain
United
Torala
Amazon palm cradle and curious nursery myths
A palm leaf cradle rocks Amazon River infants while monkeys warn of falling cocoa nuts. Cider bottling tips describe rolling, boiling, and cork sealing for long storage. A moral note observes honesty as a virtue, contrasting with deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon River
Humorous Sayings and Doings From The Week
A collection of light jokes and quips from periodicals including Philadelphia Press Puck and New York Weekly. Snappy lines on romance mishaps, parrot swearing, scarecrows, and blunt humor about love and marriage. Read as a compact humor roundup with quick wits and social mood.
Local ad asks for partner with three million dollars
A reader complains the ad placed four days ago seeking a partner with three million dollars has received no response. The note reflects frustration with the newspaper for not delivering a reply or connection.
Humorous Fragments From Aged Newspapers
A collage of quips from 19th century papers features a Philadelphia Record remark on watered milk and a hydrant, jokes about abroad health and party finances, a Harper’s Bazar vignette about a quarrel over cushions, and a seaside resort jest about costly entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
A Fact of the Times and The Summer Girl Laughing Exchange
In a witty exchange from A Fact of the Times Griggs is teased about marrying a much older woman. The punchline notes he aims for companionship for his mother as part of the arrangement. The Summer Girl features a dreamily voiced confession of love with a hint of familiarity in the girl’s response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggs
Noah
Brooklyn
Poetic Banter and Gentle Sables in Early Humor
A collage of light comic lines from 19th to early 20th century papers. Dialogues range from tea with milk and sugar to lovers’ quarrels and moral quips. The items showcase playful exchanges, misread words, and quaint humor about love, rearing, and everyday scenes.
Sufficent Heason Warwick Why London Skyscrapers Question
In a brief quip the dialogue asks why London lacks true skyscrapers. Wickwire responds the skyline seems to have no sky. The exchange evokes a playful urban contrast captured in a dated period voice.
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Warwick
London
Wickwire
Puck
The Reason for a Quiet Engagement Declined
The quip turns on askington-Why not marry, old fellow. The reply credits the girl's father finances, not the groom. Borrowby counters that lack of funds blocks the match.
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Puck
Uncle Eben and the gold bricks exchange
A fragmentary dialogue shows Uncle Eben questioned about a deed. He replies that he has not been fully done in, but he has him gold bricks, suggesting a risky or boastful exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben
Odds and Ends in Old Timey Jokes and Quips
A collage of light humor and comic snippets from early press, featuring lines about a wary officer and straggler exchange, a boastful poker tale, a Serpent Eve pun, and a mistaken identity joke from college life, all presented in a period-appropriate tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Learned professor's village lecture ends with a single quip
A learned professor lectured in a village schoolroom so loftily that the audience failed to follow. After hours he offered to answer questions and an old villager rose to ask to teach plainly what he had been preaching about.
Long Fingernails Across Orient Then and Now
A historical survey describes how long nails signal rank in Siam, China, Cochin China, and other regions. It notes nails ranging from three inches to two feet, with fingers sheathed in gold or jeweled cases, and tied to social status, despite handicaps like impaired writing or feeding.
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Siam
Assaiui
Cochin China
China
King
Hindoostan
Nubia
Marquesas Islands
Ciuiloago News
Polishing a Yale Boy by a College Woman
A young woman recounts her summer tutoring a Yale student with no sisters or aunts. She describes teaching him small courtesies, from picking up dropped items to assisting her, and his remorse at becoming ridiculous. The piece notes gendered lessons and social missteps.
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Yale
Tie
New York Telegram
Famous woman Aunte S&S Peck scales Matterhorn feat
The famed traveler Aunte S&S Peck has long been noted for scaling peaks like the Matterhorn and Mount Orizale. Her rugged outfit includes a home sewn wool ensemble, heavy winter boots with extra leather, fur gloves previously, and cald cream protection. A Swiss shoemaker added leather, then covered by naila, while she favors wool mittens for the ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S&s. Peck
Matterhorn
Mount
Orizale
Manuel
Fishing in the Philippines Ingenious Native Net Mechanism
An article describes Malay and Philippine fishing craft using a long raft and a drop net system. A central furnace, storage jar, and water tank accompany a bow net with bamboo poles and a windlass. The net sinks to the river or sea bottom and concentrates fish, allowing a single cast to yield up to 1,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osbing
Forest Schoolmaster and Life of John Paul Jones Amid New Titles
The piece notes Frances Skinner translating The Forest Schoolmaster by Peter Rosegger and Buell's Life of John Paul Jones after fourteen years of research. It cites James Lane Allen’s The Choir Invisible selling 200,000 copies, with London Academy praising its warmth in England. Also mentions over 200,000 copies of To Have and to Hold sold, possible stage adaptation, and other literary items including Joel Chandler Harris and Bertha Runkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul Jones
Augustus C. Buell
England
France
St. Petersburg
James Lane Allen
The
London Academy
Ernest Haddington
Caie
Brooklyn Eagle
Schuyler Crowninsfield
Joel Chandler Harris
Lincoln
Martin Coy
Why the Bishop Did Not Scold
A short anecdote from Ladies' Home Journal recounts a boy ringing bishop's doorbells near Bishop Brooks. The bishop, surprised at the door, smiles kindly and the boy asks if the bishop lives there. The bishop refrains from scolding, recalling he once was a boy too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Brooks
Bostom
Ladies’ Home Journal
Longest Plants Are Seaweed Nationwide Knowledge
Longest plants in the world are seaweed with tropical and subtropical varieties reaching at least a foot in length. Seaweeds gain nourishment from air and mineral matter dissolved in seawater rather than from sediment at the sea bottom or shore.
Morat Lake Turns Red Every Ten Years Due to Aquatic Plants
Morat in Switzerland has a curious property turning red at ten year intervals. The color change is linked to certain aquatic plants not known in any other lake.
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Switzerland
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