City Council Meets with Several Repairs and Proposals
All members attended the regular council meeting with Mayor Vincent presiding. A rating bureau inquiry led to a committee inspecting fire apparatus and conditions in St Johns. A light at Midway and Armor and a hydrant at St Johns avenue and Old street were proposed. more time was given for a full report. A telephone for the paid firemen was ordered. Bills totaling 172.50 were allowed. A claim for 40 for burned bees was held for review. sidewalk defects on North Kellogg street and Willamette boulevard were to be remedied. A grade change for Charlston street between Hayes and Willamette boulevard was approved 4 to 3. A dead end water main on Tyler street was reported and referred to the Water Company.
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Cit Council
Wit
Vincent
Equitable Rating Bureau
City Recorder
Spparatus
St. Johns
Graden
Midway
Armor Streets
St. Johns Avenue
Cld Street
Munson
J. T. Mayes
Hahn
Kellogg Street
Willamette Boulevard
Charleston Street
Hayes
Aeemen Graden
Tyler Street
Water and Light Committee
Burglary at John N Edlefen Home on Willamette Boulevard
Sunday afternoon burglary at the John N Edlefen residence on Willamette Boulevard resulted in $25 recovered from occupants with $15 from the housekeeper and $10 from Miss Whelan. Entry method unclear as all doors and windows were securely locked. Police seek clues from the odd, amid a series of domestic disturbances.
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John N. Edlefen
Willamette Boulevard
Iy Miss Berew
Edlefsen
Land Products Show in Portland Promises Wide Displays
The forthcoming Manufacturers and Land Goods Show will run in Portland at the Armory from October 2 to November 14, 1914. Features include an electrically operated farm display by Portland Railway Light Power Co and a miniature irrigated farm by Union Meat Co with Oregon Agricultural College cooperation. A scenic tree backdrop of Mt Hood and country scenery will enhance the exhibit alongside band concerts, a Better Babies show, an old fashioned baby pageant, vaudeville acts, and many other attractions. Admission is 26 cents.
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Portland
Armory
Portland, Railway, Light & Power Company
Union Meat Company of
Union Meat Company
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Mt. Hood
Oregon
Woman's Auxiliary
Death of Mrs Kemp in Athena Oregon
Mrs Rachel Kemp died at her home 628 Smith avenue north on Friday August 21 two years 11 months and cage The remains were prepared for shipment to Athena by St Johns Undertaking Co and shipped Saturday funeral took place there Sunday Mrs Kemp a pioneer of Eastern Oregon She and her husband crossed the plains from Illinois to Umatilla county Oregon 32 years ago and settled in Athena Survivors include her husband two daughters Mrs E L Barnett Portland and Miss Florence Kemp St Johns and two sons L M Kemp Colton Washington and H L Kemp Newport Washington
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Rachel Kemp
Smith Avenue North
Athena
St. Johns Undertaking Co
Kemp
Oregon
Plains
Illinois
Umatilla County
Jose
Building Permits Issue For Occupied Lots In City
Building permits list two projects with costs and sites. Harrin plans a dwelling on Allegany street between Central and Hudson streets at 500 dollars. D A Church seeks a church edifice on Central avenue between Charleston and John streets at 1500 dollars.
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Harrin
Allegany Street
Central Avenue
Hudson Streets
D. A
Charleston
John Streets
John
Polk Street
For Rent 311 South Jersey Store With Living Space
For Rent at 311 South Jersey a modern store with living space in rear and conveniences. Location described as convenient for business. Contact information appears garbled but indicates rental availability and property features.
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South Jersey
Haine
Financial optimism voiced by A L Mills on US economy
A L Mills president of the First National Bank of Portland speaks at a banquet to visiting buyers, arguing that US financial conditions are sound, panics are unlikely, and the economy will benefit from gold reserves, a stable stock market, and the Federal Reserve system. He warns against pessimists and outlines wartime trade implications for the Northwest.
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A. L. Mills
First National Bank
Portland
Mills
Northwest
United States
Nic
York Stock Exchange
Europe
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Mmist
Dai
Aldrich Currency Commission
England
Chicago
Vreeland
The
Currency Association
The Man Who Wins And The Vreeland Currency Plan
A narrative on the value of versatile skill and steady work, highlighting the axiom that the man who wins is the man who works. The piece then surveys a proposed Vreeland currency system in Portland Oregon, detailing bank involvement, capitalization, security requirements, and tax penalties.
Library hosts mothers and fathers reading display
The library invites parents to view a Tooke for Mothers display on child best care and development. Featured titles Include Ives Bad Boys in the Family and Montessori Method among others with notable articles from Atlantic Monthly and Scientific American. Also notes hop pickers and circus reads The Autobiography of a Clown and On the Road with the Circus.
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Ives
Magaae
Alsace-Lorraine
Atlantic Monthly
Little
Belgium
Scientific American
Europe
Fox
Pacific
Russia
Western
France
Italy
Austria
Spain
Herlands
England
Needle in Shoulder Mystery Surfaces After Thirty Six Years
Mrs Lester E Dresse of Selins Grove Pennsylvania carried a swallowed needle for thirty six years. Sealed in her body since age six it reappeared near the shoulder causing itching and pain then slid out by itself during sleep removal by her husband ended the discomfort.
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Lester E. Dresse
Selins Grove
Last giant log placed on Oregon building colonnade
San Francisco reports the final log for the Panama Pacific Exposition Oregon building colonnade is installed. Fifty logs symbolize Oregon forests, with the last piece a fir section weighing 23 tons. Exposition commissioners will show motion pictures across Oregon for state subscriptions.
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San Francisco
Oregon
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Bank of England
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Aldrich- Vreeland
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