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Newspaper

Eugene Weekly Guard

Location

Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1909

Page

8

Peruna ingredients cited by United States Dispensatory

The article questions Peruna as a catarrh remedy and cites US Dispensatory entries for canadensis golden seal Corydalis formosa Codron seeds and other components. It notes these ingredients’ traditional uses as tonics and in treating chronic catarrhal conditions and digestive issues, urging readers to view testimonials as evidence while acknowledging varied physician opinions.

United States Peruana Peruna

Rumor of Changed S P Tracks Reaches Lebanon Oregon

In Lebanon Oregon crowd gathers as word spreads of a potential change to the Southern Pacific track alignment. A civil survey notes a seven mile new road bed from Lebanon to Crabtree and a widened corridor near San teinte junction while plans stir debate over river crossing and city access.

Lebanon Marriman Fae Oregon Boen Bantiam Southern Pacific Railrow Santeinte Leiahon Latanon Crabtree

Danner Rites Held After Eugene Area Death 1909

John C Danner aged 52 died August 26 1909 at his home 1 percent north of Eugene after a long illness He was born in Illinois on April 10 1936 and came with family to Eugene from Kauai years ago He leaves his wife a son Ernest and Mrs Florence Horn Also noted Bidney Stickels Fern Ridge built a seven room house on Ter e street near Fourteenth and moved to town with Mrs Stickels Alton Hampton spent Sunday at Mage Grove noting rapid south lane growth with prospects for street paving Four or five brick buildings going up on Main Street.

Eugene John C. Danner Llinois Kauai Ernest Florence Horn Bidney Stickels Fern Ridge Oliver G. Andrew Tere Street Fourteenth Mrs. Stickles Alton Hampton Mage Grove Main Street

Tragic Ohio Wreck Told by Survivors in Vancouver

Vancouver report details 131 survivors from the Ohio liner wreck near Seattle. Passengers describe long night at sea in rain and darkness as boats filled, fishermen from Swanson Bay aided victims, and several crew members died saving others.

Vancouver Swanson Beygrim Whelom George Review Seoneon Pay Nobie Cruise Wreckame Hilo East Findlasvoo Channel Alaska Points Johnson Carter Bay Koclos Wos Swannon Bay

Loan swindler in toils of law at Vancouver

Vancouver J C Aug 28 W W Smith allegedly swindled residents from Oregon Idaho and Eastern Washington by promising loans on their property and charging 1 percent of unrealized sums. he was arrested last night. Oscar Campbell Lois Goodrich and Geo M Miller appraised property of Allee Jay J Vida and Margaret McLean minors reporting inventory valued 506.52 Sterling Foster from Alameda Col purchased the Chambers addition tract of 100 acres west of the city and plans to market it.

Vancouver J. C W. W. Smith Oregon Oscar Campbell Lois. Goodrich Geo. M. Miller Allee Margaret McLean Sterling Foster Alameda Col Chambers Addition Lt. Chambers Foster

Auto Race At Brighton Beach Claims Lives And Injuries

Brighton Beach August 28th. The 24 hour race on the new motordrome saw a driver killed and others injured within the first twelve hours. A policeman was crippled and a participant burned as spills and crashes forced emergency responses. Rebault led early but trailed by over forty miles from last year’s pace as crowds of about 15000 watched the hazardous event unfold.

Brighton Beach Trecek Rebault Tracit Cole Grosse Weround Cire Tripe

Benzoate Policy Shifts At Food and Dairy Convention

Denver reports at the state and national food and dairy convention show benzoate of soda no longer needed as a preservative. Speakers note experiments allow food preservation without chemicals. A paper by Alice Lakey on meat supply consumer protections was read by Florence Kelly. Dr Wiley discusses light exposure and bleaching of flour and the chemistry behind it. The department chemist presents technical aspects of flour bleaching under ozone and chemical treatment.

Denver Food and Dairy Convention Misa Alice Lakey Cranford SN. J Florence Kelly New York H. W. Wiley Department of Agriculture

Champion Hop Picker Hawken Readies 24th Migrimage

Lebanon Or Aug 26 In a few days Samuel Hawken Civil War veteran and Linn county pioneer will make his 24th annual hop yard migration to George Gentry near Brownsville The 72 year old veteran carries three rebel buckshot in his left hip and tends the same hop yard he has picked for 24 years Gentry offers an oyster supper and a medal to entice his return This year marks the quarter century of Hawken working for Gentry He was born in Pennsylvania lived much of his youth in Missouri enlisted with the Earth Missouri Cavalry and moved to Oregon 27 years ago settling near the Howe school house east of Lebanon He is married with five grown children scattered across the state.

Lebanon, Or Samuel Hawken Linn County George Gentry Brownsville Hawken He Gantry Mr. Howe Lebanon State

Advertised Letters in Eugene August 25 1909

Local post office lists names of people awaiting mail including Mrs Lizzy Crawford Dan Campbell R W Candy Miss Sibie Dickerson Mrs Maggle and P M Espy Miss Verona Fisher J Franke Walter Green Mrs George Gross J J Harrington Mrs C W Laraway Seth E Lemons Joe Lukens A C Mamil Arthur MelIntoff Miss Amelia Morse Miss Leona Murphy F M Parsons Miss Julia care W C Meyers Penny Miss Della Pippin F C Porter A T Robertson Mrs J A Schrader Mrs Marie Sullivan Jerry Ware LaVerne Wray Mrs C P Foreign Hermes Mrs Mande J L PAGE P M with multiple entries.

Eugene Bown Lonisa Campbell Dan Cloves R. W. Candy Lizzy Crawford C. Davis Sibie Dickerson Rollen Dixon Maggle P.M Espy Verona Fisher Jess Franke Walter Green George. Gross J. J. Harrington C. W. Laraway Seth E. Lemons Joe

Final trials at Rheims aviation field for grand prize

Bethany Aug 27 finals in the Grand Prix de La Champagne determine the longest distance without refueling. Latham leads at 95.88 miles, Farman surpasses Paulham to take second place with 111.78 miles, while contested attempts and protests mark the event as searchlights illuminate the field.

Bethany Rheims Latham Paulham Bleriot Count de Lambert Henry Farman Louis Paulham de LaGrange

Curtiss Enters Contest At Last Moment In Grand Prize

Rheims reports Curtiss won the International championship and aviation grand prize after a sudden decision. He took off at 10:11 am with minimal prep and a leather jacket, circling the field multiple times before finishing in a blazing sprint. The record fell as the white ball rose and Curtiss expressed satisfaction with the aeroplane’s performance. His time was 7 minutes 55 15 seconds.

Rheims Curtiss Tribunes

Steamer Ohio Sinks Off Sheep Point After Collision

The steamer Ohio left Seattle August 24 for Valdez Alaska with 125 passengers, struck a rock off Sheep Point at 1 PM and sank with five lives lost. Humboldt and Rupert City rescued passengers. M J Heney aboard Humboldt was unharmed. The Ohio belonged to Alaska Steamship Co and was valued at 300000 dollars.

Seattle Ohio Valdez Alaska Sheep Point Humboldt Rupert City M. J. Heney Alaska Railroad Alaska Steamship Company Ketchikan George C. Eccles Winnipeg Manitoba F. J. Stephens Wash M. J. Weney Stephens Eccles Clarence Cunningham Taft Steamship Company

Wrecked on Reef Victoria Near Spire Island Reef

A wireless message reports the Ohio wrecked at Spire Island reef marked by a buoy, south of Ketchikan near Victoria on August 27.

Reef Victoria Ohio Spire Island Reef Ketchikan

Grading Begins in Crook County on Harriman Road

Mairas Oregon August 25 The first railroad construction in Crook county started at Willow creek canyon one mile west of Mairas with Powell Bros contractors in charge The work covers ten miles south of Mairas and will mainly involve earth work with little rock moving From the contractor’s view the project is not very profitable due to light work and tight bidding latitude.

Mairas Crook County Willow Creek Canyon Harriman Road Powell Bros

Spokane Man Hanged for Wife Murder at Walla Walla

Joseph Gauvitte of Spokane was executed at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla after being convicted of murdering his wife. His last words were spoken to a Catholic priest who accompanied him to the scaffold at sunrise.

Walla Walla Joseph Gauvitte Spokane State Penitentiary

Professor Ressler Marries Mrs. Babbett in Newport

E. D. Ressler former Monmouth Normal School president wed May B. Babbett of Monmouth in a private ceremony at the bride’s mother’s cottage. Officiant Rev. J. R. N. Bell of Corvallis. Couple to reside in Corvallis where Ressler is on the Oregon Agricultural College faculty. Ressler founded Eugene high school.

Newport E. D. Ressler Monmouth Normal School May B. Babbett Monmouth J. R. N. Bell Corvallis Professor Ressler The Eugene High School

August Strawberries From Tsiltcoos Lake

The Guard reports a tin box from Mrs. E. B. Miller at Tsiltecoos Lake containing strawberries grown by her and her husband on their lakefront place. The August crop yields exceptionally large berries, showing what can be done in coastal country for fruit production.

E. B. Miller Tsiltecoos Lake

Escaping convict shot down near state fairgrounds

Salem August 25 Frank Campbell a convict employed with a state fairgrounds gang attempted to escape by breaking from the line. Two guards fired and Campbell was wounded in the back but expected to recover. Serving two years for burglary from Wasc o county his real name said to be Redding and his father city recorder of Albany Oregon.

Salem Frank Campbell Campbell Wasco County Redding Eity Albany, Or

City Council Lets Three Sewer Contracts to Local Firm

The council awarded three sewer contracts to McArthur & McClain of the city. An extended franchise for Lane County Asset Company to build a street car line on certain streets was approved. Resolutions condemning the Modes building passed. Bids on a power transmission line opened but letting contract was deferred. A street was renamed Kineculd street.

McArthur & McClain Lane County Asset Company Kineculd Street

City awards sewer contracts to McArthur and McClain

City council last night awarded sewer work to McArthur & McClain for sections between Lawrence and Jefferson streets to Cheshire street, between West Ninth and West Tenth to Monroe, and between West Sixth and West Seventh from Madison to Blair. McCrum & Rein bids were higher on the same sewers. Bids for Woodard avenue Oregon avenue Cherry street and Peacon street graveling were considered too high and referred to the city engineer and street committee. The council granted six more months on the Lane County Asset Company street railway franchise. The city solicitor announced a suit by C Hodes to stop repairs to his Willamette street building housing the Electric theatre. a resolution to condemn was passed with Mayor Matlock casting the deciding vote. Transmission line bids to Eugene were opened but action deferred pending engineer Kelsor’s arrival. A street name change from A street to Kincaid adjoining the University campus was approved to prepare an ordinance.

McArthur & McClain Lawrence Jefferson Streets S. P Cheshire Street West Ninth West Tenth Jefferson Monroe West Sixth West Seventh Madison Blair McCrum & Rein Woodard Avenue Oregon Avenue Cherry Street Peacon Street Pranchise A. F. Campbell Lane County Asset Company Whhich Hodes J. M. Pipes C. Hodes Willamette Street Electric Theatre Aye Garrett Roach Moon Berger Henderson Gilbert Heller Williams Matlock

Idaho Counties Vote Dry Under Local Option Law

Boise reports Idaho counties voted "dry" yesterday under local option law. Canyon County rejected saloons by a margin of 1850, marking the first local option elections in the state.

Idaho Boise Idaho County Canyon Couty

Mrs Margaret Smith Funeral Notice At Eugene 1909 36

At the Eugene hospital on August 26 1909 at 1030 am Mrs Margaret Smith wife of F M Smith aged 36 years relict funeral will be held Friday with interment in Franklin cemetery

Eugene Hospital Margaret Smith F .M. Smith Franklin Cemetery

Mound Happenings Mixed Local Notes Aug 25

Haying is nearly done with reports of trips to Eugene and timber cruising for companies. Grade work resumes below Mound while Goan Johnson returns to old habits. Local timber buyers and goat sales, rail road hopes, and a Brooks store assignment touch local concerns as Salem Statesman notes. Leslie Miller and wife return from Seattle honeymoon and he resumes teaching at Lebanon High Sept 20.

Mound G. W. Lane Eugene M. D. Johnson Jay Johnson Home Wolf Creek Roy Bierce R. Garrison H. D. Johnson Ed Pettit L. M. Mackintosh Ign Rose Mary Grace Doster Sinslaw Harry Minto Edward A. Finney Brooks R. L. Sabin Ramp Salem Statesman Leslie Miller Seattle Miller J. J. Poll Lebanon High School

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