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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
4
A China Mail critic notes that most village schoolmasters gain the post after multiple exam failures, living on meager meals and an improvised setup. He describes their memory, reliance on old books, and a daily routine of worship and quiet drudgery.
Maria refuses a tramp offered coat. Austerity and contempt show in a tense exchange. John Henry contemplates sending it back to Chicago, while the Tribune is cited as a distant reference. The dialogue captures social strain and urban irony through terse, stage-like talk.
The article discusses that the left side is often weaker in most people, with the right arm and bones typically stronger while the left side may be weaker in the legs. It notes side biases in senses, injuries, and diseases, and even pneumonia tends to strike the stronger side first. It includes anecdotes about Lucinda Main and others, illustrating social and personal consequences.
Two youths arrive at a door asking for Mise Swellington but are redirected by Norah who says she is away and asks them to enter together while she sorts out who is who. The scene ends with a command to come in and be guided by Ou.
A London critic contrasts masculine and feminine tea buying. A man orders and tips with a wary, brisk routine while a woman, with a family in tow, makes a grand, precise ritual and questions strength and milk quantities. Also noted are brief digressions on dream time, rent collection tricks, and a New York green bluefish mystery.
A thrift lesson on preparedness warns that sunlit days end and households should keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand for rapid treatment of dysentery diarrhoea and cholera morbus noting it is sold by Jackson's Pharmacy in an official directory
The County Court of Multnomah Oregon orders Ida Kiley Edward Scott Lucy A Quay Wilfred Scott Alfred Scott and Hattie Townsend and Lucy A Quay guardian to appear on September 26 1906 at 16 o clock to show cause why Kinood I Quay as administrator should be authorized to sell private property in St Johns Multnomah County Oregon Lot 8 and 9 Block 1 Chipman Addition Lot 3 Block 5 Adams Addition to settle all debts and claims. citation dated August 1906 and published in St Johns Review August 17 24 31 September 7 1906.
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