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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
4
A Christmas gathering at 116 South Jersey Street hosted by Mr and Mrs H H Jencks drew 34 of 42 farm members. Grandchildren delivered speeches as gifts were distributed from a large decorated tree. A festive dinner followed, with turkey cranberry sauce cakes and pies, ending with prayers and memories of past gatherings.
Jencks and his wife with four children recently arrived from Oklahoma where he owns a stock and grain ranch. Mr Charlea Jencks with wife and seven children travels by auto from Oklahoma toward St Johns. May the parents greet every one of their numerous family this Christmas.
A playful poem pleads for a cherished potato to return, contrasting cosmic imagery with homespun hunger. It laments rising costs and food scarcity, pleading for the spud to comfort and restore incomes and meals. The speaker appeals to the fruitless chase for bullion as a remedy.
For sale is a 50 by 100 foot ground with seven fruit trees and a six room house plus an extra dormer. Features include a full cement basement with wash trays an economical furnace baths closets in each room and recent interior painting. Located within walking distance to St Johns Terminal. Inquiries to the owner or Mr Downey neighbor north of the house. W H Bonham
A garbled ad lists multiple real estate offers. It mentions a modern six room home near a corner lot, priced around 2100, a five room bungalow with furniture included for 2200, another long bungalow near a hard surface street priced 2800, and a motor home with lot value around 4500. Also notes Oregon St Johns tract with five room bungalow and full bearing, plus many other buys and quick sale promises.
The store emphasizes its regular hosiery stock valued around 5000 dollars and notes growth from single purchases to bulk lots of sixty dozen directly from manufacturers. It highlights offering top quality hosiery at moderate prices and expanding into higher grade silk for women with prices 2.50 to 3.00 per pair.
In December a shipment of Misses and Childrens shoes arrived late. Purchases were made last April and prices are shown as reduced from fall market rates by at least 20 percent. The factory makes small shoes that fit and wear well, with many pairs available.
The article argues patterns let buyers pay the designer and paper labor, offering control for the family wardrobe. It contrasts pattern purchases with ready made garments and notes the customer ultimately bears costs in both routes.
The notice promotes 75 percent reduced bath robe cloth to 53 percent, four off dresses for small children, and 25 percent off sweaters. It stresses fair pricing, value, and buying now before spring arrivals, offering to save about ten dollars on men's suits if purchased from on-hand stock.
The piece promotes Regal footwear and Interwoven socks, praising durability and consistent supply. It notes factory origins, steady demand, and a slogan emphasizing quality, fit, and dependability as core selling points.
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