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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1900
Page
7
A Grand Rapids item from October 10 recounts Bryan's 16 addresses drawing large crowds. The Oregonian telegraphic head claimed the reception in Michigan was not flattering, which editors dispute as false. The piece urges management to curb biased telegraph headings and align them with the news.
Carl Schurz questions imperialists on democracy and the source of government power. He argues that just powers come from the consent of the governed and criticizes divine right force wealth birth as illegitimate bases for rule. He cites the Declaration of Independence and Lincoln on government of the people by the people.
Bourke Cochran denounces conquest and aggression at an Indianapolis National Democratic clubs convention. He questions justification for subjugation, noting trade may follow the flag while insisting violence is used to impose civilization. Laughter accompanies his critique of imperial policy.
The Medford Enquirer comments on Binger Hermann once a loud free silver advocate and Oregon congressman. It notes his apparent shift in views while acknowledging that his public handshake remains. The piece questions whether a leopard can change its spots and hints at lingering skepticism.
A fragmentary critique recalls Binger Hermann arriving with familiar courtesy and promises, mocks his influence with the senate and forest ranger bait, and notes lingering expectations amid nostalgic tone. The excerpt hints at political maneuvering and public reaction without completing the scene.
Ambassador Andrew D White defends the German emperor in a Berlin interview, saying the call to kill Chinamen was misinterpreted. He claims William II meant soldiers would face a desperate foe, not execute civilians.
The New York Journal notes two capable women, Miss Grace W White and Mrs Cornelia Stewart Robinson, among those active in convincing commercial travelers that McKinley and Roosevelt lead the ticket favorable to their interests. Both are forceful speakers and twice weekly address the traveling fraternity at New York City headquarters.
An interview released recently warns that Harrison foresees various evils if William Jennings Bryan is elected president. The former leader, now retired, again voices opposition to Bryan in the political spotlight.
University notes recount a ghostly disruption during Laurean and Philologian lectures, with moonlit forms, blue flames, and eerie sounds seen and heard as students fled and debated during a meeting. Address by Dr Sheldon and the Intercollegiate Debate drew praise amid an unusually vigorous evening.
Sergeant La Ramee questions a starving little fifer who tries to fish frogs from a frozen pond using his own clothing as bait. The mishap leads to a court martial threat, but the grandmother’s pleas and the colonel’s mercy end with a warm recovery and gift of sausages and new trousers.
Princeton graduates from fifty years ago recall President James A. Carnahan who ruled with stern humor. The tale recounts a Christmas prank where students hauled his carriage to Willow Creek, froze it, then faced the majestic rebuke and gracious pardon from the Scotch head.
A quoted critique notes Franklin’s famed humor may have deterred his selection for the Declaration of Independence while Jefferson, younger and less known, was chosen. It recalls Hancock’s insistence on unanimity and Franklin’s joking reply about hanging together or separately during Congress.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady recalls a voyage with a divinity student on a freight train. A battered tramp defeats the student in debate by claiming education matters less, exposing the fallacy of the man’s proposition as a Yale-man cites his own college.
Artena a town near Rome is famed as the City of Crime where generations of escaped convicts settled. Local families handle justice, with daily killings reported. authorities say it is better criminals kill criminals than harm the innocent.
John Ruskin condemns Victor Hugo and his novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame as the ultimate source of brutality and evil in French literature. He contrasts Hugo with Balzac Eugene Sue Dumas Beranger George Sand and asserts Hugo ranks as dull and poisonous.
Pearson's Weekly notes the motherly singer with a lovely voice in a scene with Mr. Richfello observing from a piano bench. The description portrays a stark, unflattering mirror moment and portrays the audience's reaction to the performance.
An early tale recalls a young man who later became General Fremont eloping with Jessie. Senator Tom Benton reportedly harbored fierce threats against him, promising roasts bullets and hades, to which Mrs. Benton calmly replied You had better give him Jexaje, my dear.
It is unlawful for a Chinese woman to walk the city walls of Peking yet Americans and Europeans may exercise there on days the walls are open to the public without objection.
A New York restaurant attendant, known to patrons, buys a house on an Uptown street with 4 houses energy doors below his workplace. He explains his generous tips funded the purchase, earning admiration from a longtime neighbor who asks how he affords the home. The owner’s salary averaged about $15 weekly.
George Augustus Sala notes there are few new jokes and shares two anecdotes to illustrate this. An intelligent Greek guide to Athens recalls a modern Greek Joe Millerism about a deaf plaintiff, a deaf defendant, and a deaf judge with a telling remark about the mother. Sala compares twin jokes with a tale of Skolastikos in antiquity, reflecting on humor's persistence.
A wag pays a quiet visit to a Manchester draper shop, wakes a sleeping coachman, and sends a closed brougham on a merry journey. The coachman and the mysterious mistress hold the key to what happened next, while the public never learns the final tale.
A blind New Orleans man moves daily to the post office with a light riding whip held to touch the ground. He uses the tip to feel obstacles and determine surfaces, then swiftly locates the mailbox lock and inserts a key without drawing attention to his impairment.
An eerie vignette opens with a ghastly rider on a white horse declaring himself death at a gate. A sick man warns that his wife would not tolerate any horse tying near their tree, implying a grim fate if she notices.
A garbled excerpt discusses Jeremy Tay and an Australian population estimate of about 100,000,000 inhabitants. The text appears as partial, imperfect prose with no clear news event or dated context.
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