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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
2
The St Johns Review reports on Oregon politics and local issues, noting the Legislature in session with promises of reform and debates over railroads and taxation. It critiques state officials, highlights Seattle and Portland energy problems, and sketches local development wants, including streetcar lines, water, and housing, with a tone of civic watchfulness.
A detective recounts bold Guatemala pickpockets who strip a well adorned man of rings wallet and chain, while he loses tie and personal items. The chase across streets ends with the operator captured by police chief and a warning about New York street thefts. Mosquito discusses in America juxtapose European towns. A Danish dentist jokes about battleships and nerves.
Local note records Uncle Ed residing on Jerny Street in Lobia Oregon with brief address details noted.
The article extols archery as a superior recreation offering physical exercise and deep pleasure. It argues archery builds strength, improves posture, and supports long life, while fostering self control and cultured character through precise, coordinated movement. It cites York round distances and bow weight to illustrate the discipline and education inherent in the sport, noting historical prominence of elderly archers and the bow’s adaptability to aging.
A visitor describes the Maison Paternelle near Tours France where unmanageable rich youth aged twelve to twenty one are confined. The facility features iron barred cells and solitary living with one hour daily supervised access, monthly baths, and education by visiting professors. Access is through a keeper and inmates are identified only by numbers. The system costs fifty dollars per month plus extra for instruction.
An advertisement invites buyers to invest small sums in the first addition to Linn ton with lots offering views comparable to Council Crest. Early buyers secure prime locations with prices set at 46 0 60 75 and 100 dollars. Ten percent down and five dollars per month. For details contact HH G Ogden, agent, Review office, St Johns.
On a 270 by 230 foot lot two fine homes are offered. The property includes a one room cottage and a six room house, both modern with full basements. The sale is described as a bargain by JS Downey Sr and Jonna.
Harlem tale describes a housewife nurse who runs a modest three story apartment in East One Hundred Twenty-fifth Street. By joint savings the couple bought the building and the wife raised the husband's rent while still living in harmony with him. The husband works Downtown in the medical field and each month he pays the increased rent to the household fiduciary agent, New York News.
A short, moral tale from the New York Times recounts Clayton, a boy who accepts rewards and pennies from relatives for good behavior. He ultimately stops accepting money, ashamed to keep taking charity after being praised as virtuous.
Archdeacon Sinclair recalls a story of an Eton head master known as Flogging Keate. He finds rows of boys in a study and begins to flog them as usual. The terrified pupils beg for mercy but are silenced as the master presses on with the punishment.
Ad touts Ballard’s Snow Liniment as a universal remedy for aches and joints on the stage of life. Urges trial bottles at 25 cents and a dollar, with St Johns Drug selling the product.
Horton Kansas resident T C H reports Ballard’s Horehound Syrup cured his cough quickly after years of use. The product is sold by St John’s Drug Store, amid bold claims linking to Carrie Nation’s barroom crusades.
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