Local Housing and Commerce Notes on Bank Ellison and North Filmore
A hoarded collage of brief local items details Peter Singer building on Bank street and Thomas Burkles starting a home on Ellison near New York, Katie Holcomb North Filmore residence, Adam Heinrich Astor street under construction, and furnishing offers. It notes Willamette Boulevard width likely to be settled after suit by R K Thurmond and wife, plus small ads for rooms for rent, secondhand organ, and job seeks. Also mentions church services at St Clements and Christian Church, a baby elixir ad, and Portland activities including a Seattle Potlatch trip by local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willamette Boulevard
R. K. Thurmond
The Fifty Cent Sale That Repaid A Dollar Intent
A puzzled customer bought a fifty cent Rexema Remedy box after the clerk suggested it as a safer option than a one dollar bottle. The exchange ends with the woman promising to return if she needs medicine, while the shop notes its peculiar business disposition.
Weekly cut-rate list advertisement features a broad catalog
A fragmented advertisement lists cure-alls and household goods with Wilber forceful pricing. Items include Arnica Salve 10¢, Danderine $1, August Flour, Palmolive Soap, Kidney Pills 296, Nyals products, Grape Juice 13¢, and various tonics, oils, pills, and cleaning agents, implying a general sale spread across multiple categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Lithia Water Soc Welches
Bon-Ami
Fragmented health note on egg keeping and egg quality
The text describes Egg-Keep as a leading product claimed to improve egg quality by smoothing pores and preventing moisture loss. It mentions a time-dependent process and emphasizes maintaining natural shell integrity while inhibiting unwanted entries.
Tabloids and Tea Taboos Prominent in 19th Century Nonsense
A fragmentary note extols a portable tea to be carried easily and with uniform quality. It mentions judges and connoisseurs adopting the tea for its convenience and strength, praising its security and fine flavour while touting a fashionable beeline for 25 cents.
Secondhand ads and notices fill a busy local page
A cluttered page lists varied items for sale and service including furniture office gear and chickens. It notes a residence addition by John Joseph Basie on Scott Avenue and a modern constriction on a local property. Local social updates mention a chafing dish luncheon and a Hawaii-bound couple. Community notices touch postmaster resignations and a Grants Pass mining meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Basie
Scott Avenue
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Clef Brea
Postoffice
St. Johns, Ore
Japalac
Garret
ST. Johns Hardware Company
Slabwood Dry
ST. Johns Lumber CO
Richmond
Serrurier Hardware Co
Vive Ween Beese
Eeevenaletie
Semstock
Hemstock Bros
University Park
Oregon
Mamstoce
Peter Singer
Bank Street
Thos. Burkles
Ellison Street
New York
Katie Holcomb
North Filmore
Catlin
Calef Tos
Adam Heinrich
Astor Street
North Lyanhoe
A. W. Davis
Jersey Street
Muck Mercantile Co
Anna, Herrall
Portland
J. F. Wright
Journal
Clark Furniture Co
Nees St
M. Parker
Seattle Potlatch
Automobile Club and
Press Dul
St. Clements Catholic Church
Portland Boulevard
Burr and
Newton Streets
Setakoten
Christian Church
Ior Endeavor
Tabernacle Corner
Leonard Streets
J. R. Johnson
McGre
St. Joris i Pharmacy
St. Johns Pharmacy
Majestic Taloum A
St. Regis A A.D
Taloum
Rember
Allen
North Bank
NYALS
Currin
Columbia
Bt. Johns
A. S. Scales
North Ivanhoe
Hayes St
Telegram
Ed Stockton
Calef ‘Os
Mase
M. K
J. W. McDougall
F. N. Sandifur
Kelloggae
Chicago
Polar View
Jas
W. H. Reid
Devil's Lake
North Dakota
Singer
Fillmore Street
Agile —Gauma
J. Dayton Homkins
A. W. Patridge
George Ingledue
Ithica, Mich
Allen Murray
Kay
Seattle, Wash
B.A. Murray
East Richmond Street
Seattle
T. J. Monahan
Post Office Department
Washington
Grants Pass
Balard
George Igon
Mason City
Iowa
Recorder Rice and Wife
Tiamook
Gresham
Chamberglain
St.Johns Pharmacy
Gio
Campbell
Mortland
Carrie Chambers
W. W. Sale
K. F. Johnson
Young's River
Wash
Weat
Umbia
St. Johns
A. B. Lindboe
Burlington Street
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