Interesting Trip Abroad Continued From Last Week
The writer describes old dirty Chinese towns with opium houses and large central wheelbarrows used for transport. He notes governance and lineage beliefs, stops in Nagasaki, Vladivostok, and Irkutsk, and comments on Siberia’s rail plans, wartime scars, and high Manchuria to Vladivostok fares. Exiles populate Irkutsk as the journey across Siberia unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
Nagasaki
Japan
Siberia
International Express
Manchuria
Russia
Germany
St. Johns
Nath House
Joss
Enc Ales Ponent
Australia
America
trans-Siberian
Europe
Asia
Orient
Irkutsk
International Sleeping Car Co
Moscow
St Johns Ice Plant Arrives to Boost Local Industry
The article tours new St Johns business openings led by Prall Mercantile and Bonham Currier while praising Harris Ice Machine Co plans to build a large ice plant opposite the substation. It notes Mr Prall’s bargain prices and Mr Taylor’s tea store, plus local shopkeepers like Scarborough and Butterworth. The Harris firm aims to ship a modern 4 by 8 foot ice blocks plant with 20 ton daily capacity, moving to St Johns if rail spur and transport improve, promising cleaner, cheaper ice and job growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Street
T. P. Ward
Mr. Ward
Prall
St. Johns
Puich
Portland
Buster Brown
Mr. Prall
John Peterson
Pratt
Taylor
Brother Taylor
Hood River
National
Bonham & Currier
St. John's
Messrs. Bonham & Currier
Mins McNeill
W. M. Scarbrough
H.T. Butterworth
Mansfield
Fortland
Butterworth
Harry
Mr. Butterworth
St. Johns Lee
Harris Ice Machine Company
Leroy H. Smith
Mr. Harris
St. Juhus
Oregon Hills
Harris
North Hank Road
Maegley Junction
Met
Leroy HH. Smith
Harrislee Machine Company
Tim
Across Asia and Europe Russia to Germany a travelogue lament
A traveler recounts harsh poverty in Asiatic and European Russia with peasants living in strawstack homes and bands of famine immigrants heading to Siberia. The piece contrasts Russia’s decay with German thrift and modern cities, urging education and a reevaluation of money's value as happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Asia
Jm Mgm Ln
Russia
Anne
Moscow
Old City
Tony
Germany
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Denver
Salt Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ofice
Anton H. Edlefsen
Portland & Suburban Express CO
First and
Flanders Streets
Woodlawn
Peterson & Noce, Tailors
Postoffice
Harris Ice Machine Company of
M. L. Holbrook
C. B. Bailey
St. Johns Land Co
East St. Johns
Peninsula
Columbia Boulevard
O, R, & N. Railroad
Holbrook
Oregon
W. Jower
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