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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
4
The St Johns Review lists weekly Friday issues from 117 Weet Burlington Street Saint Johns Oregon. It notes post office mailing as second class matter under congressional act and mentions monthly rates and annual subscription.
Multnomah county residents hear a candidate’s re election bid while statewide debates center on two measures initiative bill 328 allowing towns to regulate or prohibit intoxicants or push for state wide prohibition. An assay from Mohawk Mining shows 18.61 in metals with first lead at 64 in zinc. Oregon forests suffer fires near St Johns and Thompson street. fire department response noted with comments on alarm handling.
A historic pledge defines Statement One as a voluntary offer by a legislative candidate to let the people directly choose the United States senator. It describes a public pledge that if elected, the candidate will vote for the candidate who, by popular vote, has the most votes. It frames the pledge as a direct selection system versus legislative selection.
Building permits issued last week include No 113 for Toickfort and Tenhaut to erect a dwelling on Mohawk street for Mrs N E Penny cost 750 No 114 to W M Ruger to erect a dwelling on Allegheny between Banks and Hendricks cost ? No 115 to A A Arendt to erect a dwelling on Dawson between Mohawk and Tyler for H B Harris cost 3850 No 116 to FP A Blasing to erect a dwelling on Polk between Hayes and Willamette boulevard cost 200 Editor Review announces candidacy for Justice of the Peace in St Johns Multnomah County Oregon subject to district voters recall and primary preferences Laundry services offered by Rich 901 from St Johns Laundry Churchill Bros proprietors
A local ad touts cheap cleaning and pressing at St Johns Chancing and Dyeing Works on South Jersey street. The piece blends assorted notices about realty, banking, hardware, farming produce, and a charity like toast to savings. It also mentions a Bachelors’ club dance and local residents visiting or relocating.
One of the region’s best bouts is set for Labor Day in St Johns pitting Guy Lee former Portland welterweight champion against Jack Dolan of San Francisco. The ten round contest features Lee now at about 134 pounds after weight cutting and Dolan a rising lightweight past in San Francisco. Preliminaries include two heavyweights and a Portland youth clash Frankie O Brien versus Kid Exposito.
Old real estate advertisement lists multiple parcels in River View Block and near Portland Boulevard. Shows cash prices and installment plans with monthly payments and interest rates. Highlights include a 1800s-era one and half story four room house and a corner lot at Fessenden with limited cash and monthly balance options.
S L Dobie of Jersey Street is invited to attend the church service on the first Sunday in September. The pastor C L Owen will lead both morning and evening sessions with a focus on The Ideal Sunday School. All church members friends and the general public are urged to attend and sit together as a family.
An advertisement urges readers to subscribe to the Telegram best evening paper on the coast starring Ed Stockton. It promotes Central market goods, urges saving at First National Bank with 3 percent compound interest, and promises steady returns for diligent shoppers and savers.
Several good houses priced from 800 to 1500 with 50 cash and 10 monthly payments. Two acres with house burn chicken house orchard feed and close to town. priced at 1000 with 100 cash and balance monthly. H King Company advertises rentals sales and exchanges with offices in Wolcott St Johns and Portland and phone contacts.
Wanted a good farm near St Johns or Peninsula with contact through Mrs J 5 care Review office. Promotes viewing the new St Johns range at Culef Bros I’s a home and worth seeing for potential buyers. Includes St Johns Sand and Gravel Co for basement cement and plaster estimates. Phone Richmond 17t.
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