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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1900
Page
6
A sentimental piece from Woman's Home Companion praising a baby as the world’s treasure. It declares the baby loved by one mother no matter race or origin, celebrating maternal pride across nations and cultures. The passage extols a child’s universal innocence and the mother’s affectionate gaze.
Barbara Bessinger faces pressure to marry Giles Ferguson from her father Quin ns while a wealthy Californian heir, Robin Ferguson, arrives with proof of his mother’s tale. Barbara rejects the match, discovers Ferguson’s deception, and ultimately reconciliation unfolds between her father and the unexpected suitor, leading to a double wedding with Barbara and Rob.
State Fish and Game Commissioner Johnson recounts a miracle fish sighting claimed by a scientist of national prominence. He describes a saltwater fish about eighteen feet long supposedly frozen in an ice glacier near Longs Peak, linking it to the biblical flood and promising formal department notice and a possible scientific inquiry.
A traveller on Corsica finds Porto Vecchio striking from afar with white granite houses and red roofs set against blue sky and green knolls, yet locals on the east coast seem less aware and even unmoved by the famed peak inland as a mountain with snow. The encounter highlights a gap between beauty seen from a distance and recognition by those who live nearby.
Prof Simon J Brown director of the naval observatory in Washington stands before his desk when a colleague enters. The exchange turns on posture and parenting as the mother of boys fears for boys’ teething while Brown jokes about the difference between raising boys and raising girls.
A Chicago Inter Ocean excerpt discusses poker superstition and social gambling habits, noting players’ odd rituals from sitting position to foot on chair rung. It covers slang like bluff stand pat and steam for cold feet, mentions women’s cheating in euchre, and prizes in home games, with reflections on the social impact and rumors of cheating.
The New York Herald argues General Grant’s illness was not caused by tobacco but aggravated by pipe smoke. It notes that cancer of the lip aligns with localized irritation from clay pipes, not tobacco itself, and stresses early detection via a warty lip patch and surgical cures.
Botanists warn dead swamps and trees harbor pests and pose risks to living forests. In Mexico and the Southwest a tarantula hawk wasp preys on tarantulas, paralyzing and burying them for brood. Garrett and Leiberg report Pacific climate drying, threatening redwood lumber. Dr Kotz links eye fatigue to eyelid blinks, with illumination benchmarks. Leboyer tests firing photos into enamel on basalt for permanence. Russell notes calcareous marl in Michigan lakes suitable for Portland cement, a potential major industry with inexhaustible supply.
Eccentric notes describe queer vegetables in the Philippines including Bamboo Opae and Cocoonut Peart. The text hints at rare finds with bamboo usually empty and cryptic lines suggesting hidden paltered hollows and repeated counts, though the passage remains fragmentary and unclear.
The famed pianist Paderewski explains his routine to keep hands supple. He mentions handing his hands to a valet for finger twisting and palm rubbing, then soaking them in extremely hot water before taking the stage.
Japan emerges as a rising rival to German and French manufacturers in both foreign and home markets. About 4,000 power and 008 band loom silks are produced in Japan at very low costs, prompting concern among European rivals.
A massive five petaled bloom nearly a yard across is discovered in the Philippine Islamis. At distance beds resemble giant cabbage heads. A single flower reportedly weighs over twenty two pounds.
A New Orleans visit by a police commissioner recounts a famed murder case. Dr Smith allegedly murdered Colonel Jones using a forged indorsement and a poisoned tablet, then fled to Oklahoma where he died of pneumonia before extradition could proceed. The tale is deemed absolutely true.
A member of the House of Representatives was recently called upon to deliver a few remarks to a gathering. The event featured practical exchanges and addressed a public issue, highlighting political discourse and parliamentary procedure.
A fish dealer jokes with a customer about live oysters in a barrel. When the man speaks to the oysters they rustle, open wide, then snap shut at any loud sound. A nearby woman learns the creatures appear to be taking in air as they clamor for space. The dealer notes the shells close as quickly as a wink.
A Philadelphia Press note points to a Jesuit traveler Charlevoix anecdote about a red Indian pursuing a thief who matches a little old white man with a short gun a small dog and a short tail. The piece suggests Doyle may have read this tale before creating Sherlock Holmes and calls it rabocination of the detective.
A circulated tale claims Jane Hading’s childhood eyelids were altered to create her long, almond shaped eyes. The report notes her father’s time in Turkey and observes how Turkish children’s eyelids are slit slightly to mold adult eye shape.
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