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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1909
Page
4
A lyrical meditation on the antelope’s speed and grace as it races across the plain. The text contrasts earthly form with spiritual blithe, describing air focused motion, windbound leaps, and a life linked to speed and open space, ending with a marginal credit to Van Dyke in Necreation.
A compact survey of how the number seven appears in weights and measures, navigation and arithmetic. It cites Webster and Century dictionaries, Egyptian cubits, Roman feet, and ancient habits of measurement such as the Egyptian cubit and Babylonian pacing, noting varied volumes and early metrology across civilizations.
A garbled reminiscence recalls an architect and a builder shaping a city’s skyline amid postwar haste. Names drift, anecdotes blur, and the Chicago News tone laments changing times while weaving disjointed dialogue about love, faith, and social change in a sprawling urban panorama.
The note stresses choosing quality stock over saving cents. It argues that a slightly lower profit on a single job and four returning customers is better than using subpar material. It highlights customer satisfaction as the main value and urges avoiding cheap mocks that risk loyalty.
The tale recounts how a returning Abraham Lincoln, weary from long court travels, failed to recognize his own home. Mrs. Lincoln allegedly added a second story while he was away, prompting him to joke about the mix up for years, as told by Major Hittinger in National Magazine.
B F Keith launched the first continuous show on a leased Boston storefront stage in January 1884. He paid performers 20 dollars weekly for single acts and 40 for doubles, running from noon to night with audiences allowed to stay all day. The experiment aimed to attract crowds at low cost before evolving to manage theater occupancy.
A collection of notes on the pyramid’s construction costs and dimensions, the labor and material estimates by Eh Wheeler, and a mix of curious Old New England epitaphs. The piece contrasts ancient engineering feats with humorous quotes and brief anecdotes from period publications.
A Tuskegee conference feature recounts a Black woman's farm success starting from a pig she raised from a stray puppy. She explains swapping for land and a home, growing to forty acres and a paid-for house, with a pig-derived livelihood. Booker T. Washington notes the contrast between men’s fears and practical gains.
A 25 reward is posted for the recovery of two Draws cylinders weighing 340 pounds that were placed on the Portland and Suburban Express Co. car at Portland Doe ath, but were removed before reaching St Johns. The request cites Johns Water Works and Light Co and St Johns in the context of the incident.
An Iowa druggist Mr L H Marnham of Spirit Lake endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tebletes as the best remedy for constipation. He claims they are agreeable and pleasant in effect, priced at 25 cents with free samples, and available at all good druggists.
The Tribune endorses moderative home treatments such as hot foot baths free perspiration and staying indoors for a day or two but warns of pneumonia risk from fresh colds. It favors Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a reliable cure, noting it is widely sold by druggists.
City of St Johns resolves to lower Pittsburg street to subgrade and add a 10 foot rock strip between Perry and Crawford, with 6 foot sidewalks on prepared sides, curb and gutters, under city engineer plans. Local Improvement District No 20 to assess costs to benefited property, published April 1 and 9.
Francis L. Murphy sues Jennie Forbes and Alexander Forbes in Multnomah County Circuit Court seeking cancellation of a 1906 deed and a mortgage, partition of undivided one third interests in lots one and two, and a release of the mortgage. The suit requests a decree granting Murphy one third and a dower in remaining two thirds, with restraining order against foreclosure and costs. Publication span runs six weeks starting March 6, 1900.
County Court of Multnomah County Oregon appoints Cecile Bittner administratrix of the estate of Douglas Olds, deceased. Persons with claims must present them within six months to the administratrix at 04 East 18th Street Portland Oregon. Date of first publication March 5 190%. Cecile Bittner Administratrix of the Estate of V Olds deceased Attorney BL A Rilke McMinnville Oregon
The notice explains charges for card of thanks and notices of church or lodge entertainments at admission events at one dollar per line. It states events without admission will be published free and clarifies the rule to readers and friends.
Fragmentary OCR of transit timetable entries from Voion Depot Portland lists leave times from West Side and East Side lines with scattered codes, station notes, and partial schedule figures. The scrawled text includes references to St Johns Ferry, morning and afternoon runs, and various alphanumeric tokens that resemble patrol or route identifiers.
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