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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
5
A public appeal highlights women’s daily sacrifices at home while overwork and pain undermine well being. It stresses the need for assistance to relieve aches and improve home life, addressing faithful homemakers and their hidden struggles.
A Mayville New York and Beaver Falls Pennsylvania reader share how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped them regain strength to resume full work. The ad extols the product as a long standing remedy for female troubles including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and invites letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
Taft and Bryan will meet at the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet on October 7, per a Republican bureau announcement. Taft accepted the invitation to speak, while Bryan will be invited. Chairman Dixon calls previous charges that Taft avoids Bryan twaddle and notes Taft’s Chicago date was adjusted after the Galesburg incident.
President candidate William J. Bryan travels 500 miles from Rochester to Delaware delivering speeches at Harrington and Shellpot Park critical of the Republican Party. He dines with Judge George Gray and plans a 6:30 am departure for New York for talks with leaders and a Carnegie Hall speech on Republican tendencies.
Cincinnati dispatch notes Judge Taft will spend the interval before his western trip in preparing a large set of speeches. The speaking itinerary has been decided, with emphasis on deliverables for the west. The report highlights the campaign cadence and scheduling ahead of the journey.
The text recalls William Jennings Bryan speaking repeatedly and denouncing Roosevelt and Taft. In Utica, Sherman’s hometown, he shared the platform as Bryan and Kern’s images are shown. A celebrated train passage through Washington Street in Syracuse drew a mile long march of support with crowds, cannons, and a dense throng. Chanler rode in an automobile, then was lifted by Bryan and others to join the public procession.
In New York on September 17, Mr. Bryan and National Chairman Mack will discuss a speaking tour that may cover the middle west and possibly reach the Pacific coast. The journey is slated to occupy nearly the entire October. Bryan intends to speak only in cities where he has not already spoken on prior trips.
William J. Bryan toured New York State delivering speeches from Cornwall through Kingston to Rochester on September 16. He attacked Taft and Roosevelt, calling Taft Roosevelt’s appointee and denouncing the Republican platform. In Rochester he spoke on Mr Taft and His Scares to a packed Convention Hall with Lewia Stuyvesant Chanler present. The Bryan tour drew massive crowds and strong Democratic support across the West Shore and New York Central routes.
At a crowded event in New York, Mr. Bryan introduced gubernatorial nominee Mr. Chanler, who received a warm reception. Bryan praised Chanler with glowing tributes as bouquets and sizable campaign contributions flowed to support the ticket.
Mrs. Carrie Nation visited the Taft residence in Cincinnati on September 17 and urged a discussion of liquor policy. Taft declined, Nation began her liquor speech, but Taft backed away and Nation exited the room.
Editor Guard The Siuslaw urges regional improvements to move Willamette Valley produce to market. A fruit cannery and fruit dryer, a reliable wagon road, more dairy cows, land clearing for more crops, and a fixed bar to allow larger ships to navigate with lumber to keep Eugene mills running. Cream shipments reached twenty thousand pounds last month, shipped to Portland via Lane County.
In Le Mans France on September 18 Wilbur Wright witnessed a deadly aeroplane accident that killed Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge and wounded the other pilot with several broken ribs and a broken thigh Wright is reported to be doing well at the hospital despite the injuries.
The Wright aircraft suffered a midair propeller failure that damaged the rudder, making control impossible. The machine crashed. Orville Wright survived briefly while Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge died from a skull injury. Soldiers and bystanders aided, moving them from the wreckage to Fort Myer Hospital.
F L Barker AB EM has been elected professor of mining engineering at the University of Oregon succeeding Terrill who moved to the University of Idaho Barker holds AB from Colgate and EM from Colorado School of Mines He has run Colorado mines and exported Montana mines and taught six years as one of the best known mining men in the Middle West.
The Building Trades Department of the AFL is installed and chartered. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, founded in Chicago in 1881, now counts 1,703 locals in 1,275 cities with over 161,200 members. Panama Canal labor on May end employed 21,036 workers, convict and prison labor yielding net revenue. Trade Union Congress in Nottingham rejected amalgamation with the Labor party though American delegates were warmly received. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers plans a one million dollar headquarters and skyscraper in Cleveland at St. Clair and Ontario, with construction starting next month.
Ariel of Marcola says 8. P. Co sawmills have orders to clear docks of lumber signaling a near restart. Rail tires piling up since last winter are being shipped daily. Sunset Lumber Co. remains active with a full crew, while other mills may resume soon.
Harrisburg reports Miss Amy May daughter of Samuel May of Portland returned home after a pleasant visit. Calvin Ingram died in the city from consumption on the 16th inst. Miss Ameliana arrived to assist in May and Senders business until Bernard Senders recovers from typhoid fever. Mrs Mary Edris of Portland visited while en route by auto to Eugene.
The excerpt defines catarrh as a constitutional disease from impure blood and claims a constitutional treatment that purifies the blood for a radical cure. It asserts the greatest constitutional remedy but does not name it in the provided fragment.
Farmers rapidly dispose of grain with wheat at eighty five cents net per bushel and oats at forty cents. Three quarters of the grain shipped by Messrs May and Senders have been sold. Early hops block sold at seven and a half cents per pound. Fifty tickets sold for the state fair. The French and Company barn received a new foundation and repairs by M W Canten.
The updated law makes parents liable for sending children ages 6 to 14, and those 14 to 16 not regularly employed, to school. Violators face fines from 5 to 25 dollars, plus 2 to 10 days jail or both. Teachers and school officers must report violations or face fines up to 20 dollars per offense.
M C Stewart of Curtin Pass Creek canyon reports strong sentiment in north Douglas and south Lane for forming a new county. Residents with timber interests seek road and bridge improvements and county aid. Cottage Grove eyed as county seat to speed development for Lorane Pass Creek Coast Fork Bohemia regions.
Mrs Mary Garrett widow of John A Garrett died at her Brownsville home last Monday at age 74 Born in Pennsylvania she came to Oregon in 1862 Her first husband John A Heavig died crossing the plains and in 1863 she married John A Garrett Surviving children include Mrs Roza Rebhan Mrs Lottie Kirk Hiram Heaing Frank Healing Mrs Ellen Long Charles W Garrett Mrs Allie Cole Melvin Garrett and Thomas J James O Garrett of Brownsville Oregon Albany Herald
Hickory Bark Remedy by Hickory Brak Remedy Company Salem Oregon guaranteed pure and to cure cough or money refunded. Also promised to make a friend of you and offered by Hulls Red Cross Drug Store and other first class dealers.
The Allen cannery on Bartlett pears closed for a few days after a good crop and a run about normal length. The operation employed over a hundred women and girls plus the usual male staff for heavy labor.
A new Central Presbyterian church will be dedicated on Sunday, September 27, with services and a ceremonial dedication. Local congregants and city officials are invited to attend and witness the historic milestone in the community.
Salem Oregon reports the largest attendance in state fair history with an estimated 22 000 visitors for Salem Day at the fairgrounds. Charley D wins the 2 08 pace for 5000 prize but fails to beat the 2 06 % northwest record set by Sherlock Holmes last year. Tidal Wave and Delilah the Oregon favorites place behind the California horse Charley D in a three heat win, with two year old trot winners Zombell Florodore and Dr Jones, and other race results listed.
A mill man A. D. Owens of Silk Creek was arraigned before Justice Vaughn on a charge of dumping sawdust into Silk Creek. He pled guilty and the minimum fine was imposed. No trial. Walter Eaton, mining engineer at F. J. Hard’s Bohemia properties, got lost traveling to the mines and spent a night wandering before finding his way. He has accepted a yearly contract. The new McKibbon Bros. mill has run five days, with orders to Christmas. roof not yet on. Guests from Do Reina and Black Butte visited Bohemia mine with F. J. Hard, drenched by rain. Dr. Kuykendall of Eugene and Dr. Kime attended the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks in Cottage Grove. she is ill with typhoid fever.
Major General Charles Ward Luard retired, linked to his wife’s murder, killed himself by railway train in Waterinsbury England. He left a note claiming inability to endure the strain of grave accusations. An expert testified bullets in Mrs Luard’s death could not be fired from his revolvers.
Grandmothers of old Dutch Dunkard families in Western Pennsylvania produced Hickory Bark Cough Remedy for a century and now it is sold by dealers. The ad claims the remedy is pure and the best cough remedy today and encourages readers to try it.
James O Newland of Roseburg reportedly bought 134 acres inside Eugene city limits for 15.14 from the state school land board under the lien selection law. The tract, described as lot 30 section 30 township 17 south range 8 west, lies along the Willamette river near Skinner's Butte. Officials say much of the land may be river bed washed away in recent years, leaving uncertainty about actual ownership.
A fragment reports a transfer or settlement dated September 1 18 involving W. Champion and his wife’s daughter, with location described as south of Eugene.
In Corvallis Oregon on September 17 Judge L T Harris dismissed ex county clerk T T Vincent's election contest and named Victor Moses as Benton County clerk Moses victory increased by ten votes after review of about a hundred ballots The judge found no evidence of full ballot tampering though some irregularities existed and noted substantial costs for the plaintiff's side.
Salem report shows Lane County placing on first, with Benton taking top honors after a county exhibit competition. Marion County did not enter the first prize group. Judging panel included Clee hibits and others. Lane scored 94 with counties including Marion 100, Benton 108, Yamhill 99, Multnomah, Clatsop, Polk, and Columbia also listed. In a separate item, a man from Metcalf Brand killed a large buck east of the city after a confrontation with the animal near the roadside pond.
Mrs Patterson sold a property built this summer at the East Flee and Pearl streets site to Mrs D M The deal involved a $2000 amount and reflects a completed transaction in Saskatoon records.
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