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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1900
Page
9
Eugene Weekly Guard reports on anecdotes from various sources including Italy’s mourning for its murdered king and anarchist protests, Chicago health improvements, and British statesman Balfo urs remarks. It notes how infant feeding and nurseries reduce child deaths and how innovations like elevators and new harvesting methods transform American industry across continents.
A comic tale recounts a July journey from King’s Cross to York on an express. A flirting passenger and a bridesmaid on board improvise in the wake of a mistaken smoking car, a dash to a wedding interruption, and a budding courtroom romance that blossoms into a future match.
The article surveys diverse topics from an introduced insect in California and scarce Antarctic life to a new gutta-percha process near Singapore. It notes large Rubinkorff cells, Brazil nuts wasted near Para, color effects on mood, and tornado patterns. It also covers Norton Sound gold sands theory, US labor and machinery output, and a baseball tale with Plunk and McGuggenheimer.
The Lewiston Journal notes a collision in Maine with no injuries. An elderly fiddler, famed for punctuality, plays The Girl I Left Behind Me from eight to twelve at dances unless pressed by dancers to switch to Speed the Plow. He hints Speed the Plow carries a peculiar sentiment, so he blends into The Girl I Left Behind Me.
An English surgeon Dr. Frederic MUL cites a shark incident where a man overboard near a mill was saved by Hill who seized a belaying-pin and drove it through the shark’s jaws as they were about to bite. Both rescuers and sailors were brought aboard unharmed. The rescuer quips about needing a clean shirt afterward.
A Russian avunt spent a full year in Verchojansk Oriental Siberia and kept a daily temperature record. The yearly mean is 2.74 degrees below zero with January 1800 at 4 degrees below zero. The terrain sits about 107 meters above sea level.
A dated remark notes Austria as the only empire without colonies or transmarine possessions and explains its ambitions have remained continental. The piece also mentions a widow’s remark about obtaining a husband by a casual ear-tugging boast.
A retrospective on the Hutchinson family singers led by John W Hutchinson. Their abolitionist and temperance ideals, 11,000 concerts, and enduring legacy in Hutchinson Minnesota. The piece recalls a 19th century tour of England and praised songs like Teating Tonight on the Camp Ground and The Fatherhood of God and We Brotherhoad of Man.
A humorous baseball rememberer recalls Plonk McGuggenheimer’s heroics for the Hurtling Lilacs against the Whistling Thistles. After a wild pitch and a damaged ball, he belted a drive that burst through first base canvas, driving in all runners and sealing a 50th win in a flawless season.
A New York Ledger letter reports a shipment of 7,807 ounces of gold from British Columbia in a cone shaped block weighing about 7,807 ounces and valued at 185000 dollars. At the US Mint in Philadelphia it is said such large masses are unusual and the mass must have cooled in a crucible. Bricks larger than common forms weigh about 1500 ounces and 900 pounds, while some bricks resemble silver due to alloy content. Most gold from mines arrives as dust or small lots refined at assay offices before minting. Philadelphia Ledger.
A California stagecoach robbery is recounted with comic danger. One traveler near a shotgun-wielding bandit explains his itchy nose must be scratched. The highwayman offers to scratch it himself, the narrator notes the improvised "cure" ends with a decisive moment as the muzzle performs the task.
A passenger vents at a conductor about a slow timetable, smoky tunnels, gritty car conditions, and windows opened for tunnels. The conductor retorts that the passenger is lucky to ride only briefly, while the conductor endures hours daily.
M Deibler the French executioner has saved 500000 francs from guillotine work. At a Paris execution he brought his young son, leading to conjecture he plans to train him in the same trade.
The Cossacks, numbering 60,000 to fight and up to 128,000 in emergencies, maintain only 440 businessmen. A note compares swift-running animals, noting a land crab and a Cuban animal can outpace a horse, highlighting unusual speed claims.
An elderly traveler recalls encounters with Indian monkeys in temples and forests. He describes their bold, mischievous behavior, including stealing, pulling, and imitating humans. The account notes temple settlements, large populations, and a group dancing in a highway field.
Constitutional tax mandate as a guide to disputes over improverment assessments and executive power. Cases discuss the legality of assessments for mining or railroad projects and the authority to order depots, including Crow v Kramer and similar rulings. The piece also notes education’s spread and a satirical life sketch, with fragments on Russian fish culture and irrigation.
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