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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
2
The St Johns community praises the county court and Matt Welch the county engineer for delivering a new ferry boat. Delays occurred due to sourcing from the East and Portland material failing to meet quality, but the project advances toward the initial appearance in St Johns for the regatta.
Tuesday regular city council meeting with new alderman I B Martin sworn in. Remonstrance filed against Dawson street improvement claims city lacks right to condemn. streets and buildings cited for removal costs. Bids opened for Bar rington and Olympic street works. contracts awarded to Beechill Bros and Mason. Library gift contingent on land and cost around 25000 dollars. county to maintain. Ordinances for paving Benene street and Ivanhoe street passed. Chamberlains Liniment recommended for muscle soreness.
A Portland reader recounts visiting the editor over a postal doo incident. The editor humorously shows debts from paper, type, fuel and more, saying he’d called reliable gentlemen to help settle them. The subscriber relents, pays up, and renews for another year.
We offer comprehensive excavating for street work and related projects along with sidewalk and building material services. Located at Newton and Fessenden Streets St. John Oregon, contact via Columbia area phone.
Notice instructs advertisers to submit changes by Wednesday at 3 p.m to ensure publication. encourages readers to inform the printer and save the printer from delays or errors.
City of St Johns resolutions authorize widening Dawson Street to sixty feet and paving with six inch concrete, with sidewalks and curbs on both sides. Project funded by local assessment district per charter, plans by the city engineer, penalties and terms detailed, published in the St Johns Review July 12.
Proposals for street work sealing on South Hayes Street from Hubbard to Hold Street in St Johns are invited with bids due July 28. The engineer’s estimate is 63 746.06. Bids must include a certified check for ten percent, payable to the mayor, and may be rejected. Published in St Johns Review on July 6 12 and 19 igta.
The city council of St Johns Oregon enacts the time and manner to improve Ivanhoe Street from Mohawk to Richmond. Cost prelim estimate 487.02. sixty days to complete from last publication. proposals due July 30 at 8 pm. sidewalk and curb specs with 3 inch drain tile. assessment to Local Improvement District No. 5. published in St Johns Review July 12 1918.
The city of St Johns Oregon enacts an ordinance to improve Fessenden Street from Jersey Street to Smith Avenue. It fixes a sixty day completion time with proposals due by July 90. The plan calls for graded and concrete pavement and assigns costs to Local Improvement District No 38 as described in the resolution approved July 5.
An advertisement asserts Chamberlain's tablets aid digestion and bowel regularity for the elderly. It promotes aging well with mild, gentle relief and suggests these pills are suitable for older people and available through dealers.
Sealed proposals will be received at the city hall for sale of not less than 1, and accrued interest, of improvement bonds of St Johns. Ordinance No 487 sets terms including $9,000 total, denominations of 600 each, 10 year maturity, 7 percent interest, coupons payable annually, redeemable after one year. bids require a 2 percent certified check, money and bonds to be delivered in St Johns Multnomah County. The city reserves rejection of any or all bids.
A historical notice announces legal blanks for sale including menace deeds quit claim realty and chattel mortgages bills of sale and leases at a uniform price. It invites readers to subscribe to the St John Review for city news and urges a visit to the central market.
An ad urges prompt, neat and tasty printing at Port and prices or less. The notice resembles a gospel preachy promotion by St. Johna, encouraging early hiring before funds run out.
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