INTERESTING TRIP ABROAD Continued from last week
The author details travel through Yokohama Tokio Kyoto and Kobe to Shanghai via Magi and Shimonoseki. He notes Japanese life lingering 50 years behind western ideas except postwar changes in government and attitudes toward foreigners. Japanese management replaces European captains. Nippon Yusen Kaisha grows. farming, terraces and irrigation expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickshiman
Yokohama
Tokio
Kioto
Kobe
Japan
Shanghai
China
Magi
Shimonoseki
Nippon Uson Kaisha
Imperial Japanese Mail Line
Banco
Portland
Anay
Sonians
St Johns Townsfolk Praise Civic Work And Local Businesses
A rambling notice salutes the city council led by Mayor Couch for stabilizing finances and revising the city code while praising the New St Johns hotel and Cochran Bros livery. It lauds Mrs Zapora Hamer’s clothing store, Mr Hamers new quarters, Mendricka Hardware, St Johns Land Co, J K Williams, T P Ward meat market, and Brother Ward for service, character, and hospitality in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribe of the Apostles
Hizoner
Couch
Secundum Artem
St. Johns
Council
City Hall
Cochran Bros
Ivanhoe
Burlington
New St. Johns
J. B. Hall
St. Johan
Clothin Emporium
Hamer
Clothing House
Home Bakery
Jersey
Mendricka Hardware Company
Hendricks
St Johns Land Company
Charles Bailey
Mine Ogiden
J. K. Williams
East St. Johns
T. P. Ward
Mr. Ward
Angel
Malta
Ward
Brother Ward
New Jerusalem
Observations on Japan and China from a Western Traveler
The author contrasts Japanese discipline and social customs with Western views, noting labor, festivals, and etiquette. He describes geisha performances, housing and dress norms, gender dynamics, and the dense urban life in Japan and China, including consumption, hospitality, and perceived moral standards, ending with reflections on travel challenges and ongoing notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Japan
China
Orient
Afternoon Walk to Swift Packing Plant
The narrator and companions stroll from Oregon slough to the Swift packing plant site, noting birds and crow lines. Unger balks at a 50 foot bridge, so the group splits. Markle guides Unger home while others navigate slough mazes. They observe dredging, lumber piles, and land clearing for the plant, praising the site’s suitability and accessibility before returning home tired but content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mansfield
A. Unger
A. W. Markle
Swift
Oregon Slough
Oregon
North Bank
Insula
Brother Unger
Darkey
Mr. Markle
Harry
Swifts
West
Columbia
Willamette
St. Johns
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anton J. Edlefsen
Portland & Suburban Express CO
St. Probus
Ae Teaaloes Shipelan Soraie
First and
Flanders Streets
Woodlawn
E. Burlington Str
Peterson & Noce, Tallors
Swift Packing Company
M. L. Holbrook
C.B. Pailey
St. Johns Land Co
Peninsula
Columbia Boulevard
O. R. & N. Railroad
Holbrook
Phone Union
Clark & Wilson Lumber Co
Linnton, Oregon
Lumber Manufacturers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!