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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1900
Page
2
A quirky Eugene Weekly Guard column mocks public figures and events. It jokes about W W Astor, John D Rockefeller, and a female driver in Pottstown Ma Mehlhouse, praising progress and challenging stereotypes while riffing on trains, health, and church naps.
A discussion of shortening correspondence by dropping formal closings and salutations. It cites an experiment showing a single typewriter would take 6,700 years to produce such phrases for global mail and estimates substantial yearly cost savings if replaced with concise signatures. It also notes American athletes' success at Paris and their stance on Sunday contests, alongside unrelated text about crime.
The article discusses reactions to political crime and the idea of ending bloodshed through punishment, condemning the notion that some lives are expendable. It recounts anti-anarchist sentiment and warns against endorsing might over law, while noting outdated views. It shifts to a historical note on ginseng trade in the West, its early commercial value, and China’s demand driving profits despite limited therapeutic value. It also mentions ginseng diggers in Appalachian states facing Chinese tensions and seeking an early settlement.
The article traces the history of envelope production from folded sheets sealed at one edge to machine made covers post 1835. It notes multiple machines and their labor equivalents from early inventors to Berlin & Jones Leader Richards, with each advancing efficiency, and cites a US figure of envelopes used last year at x thousand million.
A Brooklyn Times brief recounts a marriage case discussed in Borough Hall where an elderly pair sought wedlock. A grandmotherly speaker explains the groom’s English limits and money, noting two previous wives who died. The old couple are legally joined as alderman Billy Wentz jokes about the marriage fee.
The article describes Kent farmers using motor cars to move fruit to London. Cars can transport nightly, addressing railway delays and fruit spoilage. It notes wives pressuring husbands about appetite, reflecting broader social humor of the era.
Neighbors suspect a prank as a baggage wagon pulls up and trunks are unloaded in front of a man's home, sparking chatter about a practical joke.
A historical note on the planned second Brooklyn bridge in New York, detailing its steel construction, height at 445 feet, main span above water, four tracks for streetcars and trains, promenades, and bicycle paths. The project features granite piers, caissons, and cantilever spans, with Brooklyn and Manhattan connections extending to Havemeyer street and Norfolk street.
Cap Hatfield, famed Hatfield clan outlaw and rival of the McCoys, dies from bullet wounds in a West Virginia lumber camp. The feud between Hatfields and McCoys dates to a long history of vengeance over hog ownership and political clashes, with Anson Hatfield’s marriage bridging briefly before hostilities resumed. Cap Hatfield’s life ends after a confrontation with a workman, with details leading back to a decades-long feud marked by killings and escapes.
News notes the Hatfield clan largely eliminated by death or prison with most members dead or imprisoned. The McCoys have suffered heavy casualties and few remain, signaling the feud’s end.
A husband recounts how his wife tried to drug his coffee to curb his smoking. He pretended to quit cigars but began craving cigarettes, eventually exposing the ruse. After a brief “treatment” and a mock plea to stop, they compromise with mutual restraint. The story cites the Indianapolis Sentinel.
Walter J. McKnight of Buffalo New York devises an electrically operated device to prevent the possibility of being buried alive. The device aims to detect life signs and alert caregivers before burial, addressing long standing public fear through early warning technology.
The article describes a coffin device with contact points near the hands and chest to detect movement and ring a bell at the surface. A tube carries wires, air, and a communication channel to the buried person, enabling warning before exhumation.
The Post of Philadelphia reports G Grant Allen revised his insect study after realizing his portrayal was unjust. He wrote the publisher to return proofs of the bugs chapter, confessing a dream prompted an unfair line and acknowledging a later source corrected his earlier misrepresentation.
Experts say a vast area near Fort Duchesne Utah on an Indian reservation could provide a large asphalt supply. The bed remains largely intact though extraction would require opening the area and careful handling of tribal lands.
Within twenty years the number of American and English female physicians in Asiatic countries rose from twenty to 220. The remark appears amid a broader survey of professional mobility and foreign employment, noting shifting gender roles and international practice trends.
The article reports a rising theft trend where copper telegraph and telephone wires are stolen for profit. An organized gang, aided by higher copper prices, has looted storehouses and poles, with several arrests and long prison terms issued, and incidents continuing across weeks.
William S Mallard of Darien Georgia patents a counter mounted bag filling device. The vertical standard with conical annular seats supports adjustable shelves to hold the funnel scoop and bag while clerks fill and tie, with a circular funnel holder for filling bottles.
Greenwich Observatory reports minimal clear skies with sun and stars often hidden. Over seasons annual sunlight follows a pattern of one day in four in autumn, one in eight in spring, and one in sixteen in summer. In the last twenty years ending 1886 there were eight days with fourteen straight hours of sun.
A fragmentary dialogue notes threats from at least a dozen men who would be glad to harm me if you died. The other speaker asserts control and influence, suggesting strong training and potential danger.
A rare clear sky in Zululand allows distant objects to be seen as if by starlight at a distance of seven miles with reports noting exceptionally transparent air and good visibility across the region.
The Sues canal is eighty eight miles long and cuts the distance from England to Lodia by about four thousand miles. The article notes the lord arranged sunsets for the girls to rave over and tyrant workers set a dish washing hour to coincide with that time.
A collage of humorous lines and social quips from Washington Star Pittsburg Evening Bulletin Exchange Indianapolis Press and Chicago Record. It features light vaudeville style exchanges about weather music fan and domestic jokes. The items showcase playful wordplay and everyday irony.
A garbled World front gives a fragmentary line about dot dash phonetics and a comic exclamation. The readable portion centers on playful language and the New York World imprint. No clear event or person emerges from the fragment.
A fragmentary poem scene unfolds with locals quoting verses while crowds drift toward the shore after Cape x gold chase. Snatches of dialogue hint at town talk about a luncheon and city life, with characters like Amelia and Edgar referenced in brisk, domestic exchanges.
A fragment from the Chicago Record features quirky lines about a tough character named Tommy and a soaked Sammy. The exchange hints at wind from a brewery and a joke about marriage, ending with a comment on flat weather helping tasks as heat eases.
A collage of misc quotes and jokes from old papers satire on money marriage and work. Lines poke fun at wealth control generosity and physician fees with era style witticisms. A fragmentary glimpse of humorous social commentary and editorial tone.
Excerpts show a tense exchange about charges and money with a bright youngster under scrutiny. A Washington Star fragment hints at cynicism over influence and finances while the Indianapolis Journal notes weather and letter writing among relatives.
In a Philadelphia Call comic quip a boarder in pink suspenders declares a cheap board source, provoking eager questions. The exchange turns on an ironic punchline about a lumber yard as the supposed bargain.
A terse exchange at a social scene asks who in a couple cannot dance, prompting onlookers to study the middle couple for clues. The remark hints at underlying tensions as guests weigh the question.
The dialogue notes neighbors asking to borrow a cow while the owners are away and then request that feed be lent as well. A simple exchange highlights neighborly borrowing and shared farm resources.
A fragmentary item notes confusion and omission in a crowded scene. The readable text hints at frustration or obstruction but provides no clear persons, places, or events to pin to a concrete report. The sense is thematic but lacks actionable specifics for a fuller card.
Fragmentary tale from Harper's about a new postmaster in a western village. The clerk delays mail, an inquiry reveals resistance and confusion as reform debates loom on the edge of upheaval. The prose hints at social strain and distant governance shaping rural postal service.
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