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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1901
Page
10
A national sorrow as President William McKinley is dead after being shot. The former Civil War soldier rose from private to captain and served with credit in the rebellion, gaining the nation’s trust and respect. Citizens mourn a life marked by rectitude and noble service. His final words, spoken as death approached, evoke deep sympathy. A nation mourns.
The article reviews early vice presidents who ascended after assassinations or deaths, noting Tyler Fillmore Johnson Arthur and Garfield’s successors. It asks whether Theodore Roosevelt, the current vice president, can maintain party unity and gain respect from opponents, given a history of fragile holds on power. Time will tell his fate.
A Oregon paper laments a 40 percent rise in newsprint costs since June 1900 driven by a paper trust. Despite no subscription or advertising rate hikes, the paper faces higher costs as inventories rise from $2.85 to $4.00 per hundred pounds. The piece questions who profits from the increase and notes no wage growth among mill workers or new oil discoveries in Oregon.
A mob in Kentucky yesterday lynched three Black men from their own race amid claims of murder as provocation. Details remain scarce and authorities have not identified the victims.
The St Louis Post Dispatch reports sixty percent of canned vegetables contain preservatives. It notes thirteen lemon extract brands lack oil of lemon and most are colored with aniline dyes.
Thomas Malone, a Portland wardsheeler and deputy sheriff, sparked discipline when he said President McKinley ought to have been shot long ago. Chief Deputy Theissen suspended Malone and stripped him of his star.
Postmaster Van Cott of New York receives congratulations for design of new mail carts. Six carts are in operation improving mail service. The collector sits at rear left, hops to street to collect mail, and signals driver via speaking tube. In a town of 25 boxes, saving about one minute per box is claimed.
John Benson about 60 of Weet Eighth street escaped death when dirt caved in on him while digging a sewer ditch near J H MecClung's brick sewer. He was dug out with only bruises and a headache and plans to work Monday. Some witnesses feared a repeat of a deadly sewer collapse two years ago.
An Analysis of Aboriginal burial practices in Queensland depicts a sun dried corpse buried under rushes and Kangaroo hides with poles. The dead’s tribe shuns the grave causing locals to avoid the area due to perceived spirits. The piece critiques their beliefs lacking religious sentiment and notes a vague metempsychosis notion linking animals and humans.
Rufus Choate recounted in Dana’s Diary how Aaron Burr, famed for extraordinary self restraint, faced a Hamilton bust in Boston. Burr walked up to the sculpture, exclaimed here is Hamilton, and touched the face lines saying there was the poetry. His contemporaries noted Burr’s poetic mind.
A promotional piece explains how a mirror can flatter a wearer by using white gauze draped around the frame. A milliner’s method supposedly softens features, emphasizing complexion, eye, and hair color for a more harmonious reflection.
A humorous Irish dialogue on matrimony contrasts a child’s view of marriage as purgatory with adults debating its meaning. The parish priest defends the child’s idea, while an Irishman quips that courting is a form of self-preservation before death.
An exchange presents a home remedy from a reader cured by the treatment. Peel and grate a potato, wrap in a white cloth to cover the ulcer, warm and apply in the morning, renew at noon and again at night, leave on overnight, and repeat with three fresh poultices the next day until healing. Wash the ulcer each time the poultice is renewed.
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt a playful discussion notes a widow’s perceived skill in catching a husband. A child asks why, and a mother explains widows may be adept at securing mates, prompting a fateful child’s remark about becoming a widow to wed.
Ohio State Journal notes need for a collection agency as workers report slow pay and debts. Mention of Willie Wentwork and weary efforts to collect from employers. Historic dialect style signals labor dispute tone.
The first royal speech transmitted by telegraph delivered by the late Queen Victoria opened parliament on November 15, 1897. Transmission speed reached 56 words per minute.
The piece traces the egg as a symbol of creation and renewal from Persian vernal festivals to Jewish and Christian Easter meanings. It notes medieval church ball games using eggs, the custom of red Easter eggs for Christ’s blood, and enduring Teutonic games where players hit, roll, and win uncracked eggs through competitions and downslope rolls.
A Cleveland man recalls a bishop renowned for high principles yet frugal in money matters. At a church conference a penknife cut his finger, and with no court plaster a clergyman offered a five cent stamp from his card case. The bishop used the stamp as a makeshift bandage, then pasted his own one cent stamp over the wound.
A young Wagner wrote a sonata that met some success but he later denied it. He pressed the publisher for stock and paid a large bill. Months later more copies arrived as the dealer claimed copies were sent to distant sales points. The scam forced further payments from the composer.
In a Mississippi case during a house vote to ban liquor sales in army canteens, John Allen did not vote as he was paired with his wife’s opinion. He explained he deferred his vote to align with his spouse, saying he doubted Congress would advance temperance for soldiers. The remark was reported by the Sgt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The transposition of letters in The Bull Hour by Professor Phelps yields a humorous slip where calm becomes clam. A large number was printed and disposed of before the error was found, changing the line about the stillness of the hour to a playful misprint at sea.
The Chicago Post recalls a romantic episode where she sprang to his arms in a dramatic moment. He questions the scene yet concedes the moment likely startled him, noting the jar of such a reveal in the storyline.
A tall stone monument on Union Pacific land near Sherman, claimed by a shabby prospector as his under homestead law, led to a squatter dispute ending with Union Pacific paying 5000 dollars to secure the tract. The monument sits close to the station and attracts travelers tempted to dash to the pyramid and back during train waits, often ending badly due to the thin air at high altitude.
A Turkish tale attributes a sharp witticism to Ismail Ismail Hassam of Stamboul. A neighbor seeks his donkey, Ismail answers with a tale of his boy traveling toward Scutari, and a donkey’s bray reveals truth, leaving the neighbor unsure who’s lying.
An old explanation states spiders are not insects. It cites eight legs eight eyes simple eyes and no metamorphosis as key differences. Spiders breathe with combined lung and gill organs and lack antennae, placing them outside Insecta.
A Christian Endeavor World contributor recalls a scene at a colored school where a boy stubbornly says have went. The teacher confines him overnight and has him write have gone fifty times. Returning, she sees have gone fifty times and on the reverse she finds Il have went home.
A Judge Mowland tale about a Maine farmer married four times ends with the neighbor greeting Cyrus who admits he is “kinder out of wives just now” after the death of his fourth wife. The Detroit Free Press cites the humorous anecdote.
The stagestruck youth asks if he can act a part and is told by the busy manager that greater distance between the two when acting will better suit him. The remark is attributed to the Chicago News.
A description of the fata morgana a mirage-like optical phenomenon common in parts of the world and especially vivid in the Strait of Messina between Sicily and Italy. It features rapidly changing images of castles arches palaces cities ships and a rainbow halo, explained as atmospheric refraction with legends tying it to Princess Morgana.
In a tenth century tale from a monkish miscellany a wealthy lady in a south of France castle hides a grim secret. She reveals to a friend that her husband, outwardly loving, forces her to kiss a skeleton in a secret chamber, a dead gentleness slain by a past betrothal she would have chosen otherwise.
A husband and lover exchange lines from an old tale about names and affection. The man jokes about Mary as the sweetest, then asks about a even sweeter name. She blushes and softly reveals the answer: Wife.
A historical note explains vast sums of unclaimed money in banks, especially the Bank of England, with estimates ranging from under 500000 dollars to far higher. It argues the public deserves access to lost money lists, critiques the bank for avoiding legal challenges, and explains accumulation through stockholder omissions and unrecorded investments at death.
Fordhought and his bride spar over letter tone with a playful medieval banter about posthumous fame. A Chicago Tribune note adds that Sicilian women are often called illiterate yet prideful of it, with rural speech claiming readers “see with four eyes.”
A ground patch in Colorado spanning six by three miles is said to produce about 20 million dollars in gold yearly and is regarded as inexhaustible for at least a century.
A partial, garbled OCR item references route names, a vowed group, a court near future, individuals such as Roosevelt and Abbott, a Reded or rededication, and mentions of corn, trade, riding, and Billy’s sahoot racket.
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