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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1902
Page
4
A poetic meditation on gratitude praising a thankful heart. It extols life, beauty, sight, human love, solace, hope, and daily cheer. The verse reflects on aging with grace and lasting appreciation, attributed to Harper's Bazaar.
In a tale set after Cousin Joshua’s death, four women debate inheritances of cash and property left to churches and the late bachelor. A half acre and six room cottage at Tyler’s Crossing become the prize as they move toward a seaside town and a curious “Garden of Eden” with a watchful neighbor’s son. A snake incident delays but brings a working romance and a new village bond.
In an Indianapolis Sun story Persis Bassett frets over a marriage plan after learning her suitor is Charles Frederick Greyson, her cousin Joshua’s heir. The twist reveals a double identity as Persis confronts love with deceit, ending in engagement to Greyson as Bassett steps aside. A separate Pacific coast expedition plans a long eight month transcontinental automobile journey from New York to London. The Panhard Levasor car features a four sleeper Pullman body, yellow with red relief, for a grand tour of inspection. An English railway heating system uses two concentric cylinders and acetate of soda to provide unique adjustable heat in train radiators.
Dr Lehwess a naturalized Englishman born in Germany, living in Paris, plans a world looping automobile journey. He aims to gather material for a book and capitalize on potential trade between Russia and England after the Trans Siberian Railway. Route may proceed Brussels, Cologne, Berlin, Warsaw, St Petersburg, Moscow, Nijni Novgorod, Kazan, Omsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk, Kransta, then either to Pekin and Tianjin via Gib desert or via Nirchinsk, Ghabarov to Vladivostock depending on politics.
A tale recalls an indignant lady who, after being rudely treated by a railway official, asks a stranger to relay her view. The stranger quips that the official is an understrapper with brief authority and unusual impudence, echoing old fashion critiques of quiet women and shop clerks.
European military experts praise the twin cannon built in Germany for sharing a carriage and requiring less space than two guns. They note its rapid firing capability and flexibility to fire singly or together. Lieut Col Delanney, a French authority, says it combines firing efficiency with weight economy and anticipates the principle will apply to larger calibers.
From North to South America and beyond the Pacific Rim, vast volcanic activity marks the Earths crust. The article traces major chains from the Cascade Range to the Andes, notes lava plains east of the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone complex, and lists notable volcanoes Jorullo Popocatepetl Cotopaxi Consequinca Krakatoa. It highlights Hawaiian eruptions around Kilauea Hualalai Loa and the immense Kea.
A hostess hosts a gossip party with equal numbers of men and women. Guests receive topic cards, pair seating is numbered, and five minute conversation rounds move speakers around. After each round, couples switch seats while topics continue. Women vote for men whose gossip interested them and prizes go to the top two.
Rev George W Stone argues the line between sacred and secular weakens when citizens ignore municipal politics. He urges church leaders to form a men’s good government club to curb crime and corruption, stressing concentration, originality, and perseverance as keys to success in business and life.
The Chicago Record-Herald argues women cannot throw due to shoulder structure, citing top spinning as proof. It contrasts boys’ throwing mechanics with girls, then notes Holland’s evening primrose blooms suddenly at sunset like magic, followed by a blunt remark on society’s insistence women stay young and from old families.
The article argues most men would answer life is not worth living due to storm and stress. It describes modern toil in American life as exhausting, leaving little time for family, recreation, or self improvement. It holds that happiness, beauty, and intellectual growth define true life, urging wage justice for eight hours of daily toil.
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, following the Russian czar, seeks to reduce European armaments. Since acceding two years ago after King Humbert's assassination, he has implemented household economy and reforms, improving finances. Queen Helene favors pragmatic policies as the king travels incognito among subjects. A Deadwood inventor, Thomas O Potter, previews a combined passenger car sleeper design to ease daytime seating and night travel with couches.
A description explains a chair redesign where the back lowers to form a couch using a slotted bar and a belt clamp. A separate back bar connects and supports weight, releasing the clamp drops the back to the seat level. The note mentions a proclamation from Oaxaca to drill artesian wells with tax exemptions for ten years. The prize offers 5000 Mexican currency for successful completion within three years, open to American drillers.
The article notes discomfort of night travel in half sitting, half reclining posture in sleeping cars, acknowledging not all travelers can afford high rates and suggesting movable back seats convert to couches as a solution. It discusses railroad accommodations and passenger dissatisfaction with standard sleeping arrangements.
Elisabeth Cady Stanton predicts future shifts where women become barbers and hairdressers, doctors and dentists, driving men from politics and leadership as women prove better moral teachers. She notes traditional masculine duties, like preaching voting and lawmaking, falter, pushing women to seek work outside the home as household tasks diminish.
Syndicated remarks by Sylyman J. Gage assert there is a booming demand for skilled bankers. He argues capable men can secure high salaries, with $25 000 a year or more possible, but only after proving their abilities through mastery of banking details and responsible duties. The supply, however, remains insufficient to meet the need.
The author argues that success depends on the quality of concentration of effort, noting that different vocations require distinct abilities. He asserts that while the good soldier need not be a good lawyer, and a good businessman need not be a diplomat, one universal trait remains essential in all paths: focused effort.
A golden opportunity for American well drillers is presented as Andrew I. Harlow United States consul general at the City of Messea unveils a new tract offering 65 000 and privileges to the capable digger.
The passage argues that women value strength in men whether physical, intellectual, or moral. It claims women despise cowards and avoid weak allies, seeking partners who embody power and leadership. It suggests women secretly rely on men to compensate for perceived personal deficiencies, while maintaining guarded respect and disillusionment.
The test of life in any calling is intelligence efficiency and moral station These qualities should be the test of the school Help us to courses of study which produce these attributes Give us more frank hearted men and women and less method Let us continue to build character the foundation of which is duty Our schools should maintain and produce the rugged independence of thought and action of America's forefathers and eliminate time serving diplomacy which places individual security and prosperity before permanent liberty and personal independence The future of Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines depends more upon their teachers than open the sword The teacher and the home will solve the future problem of government in this country and in any new lands coming under its flag
A Manila scene describes coolie labor as low paid and discontented, living on scraps while enduring hunger when driven by need. Observers note a siesta culture, with workers half awake after meals of rice and vegetables, as part of a broader portrayal of colonial urban life.
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