Haircuts and housing boom mix in Fragments of Local News
Local notes recount Gilmore’s barber shop hints, G B Sexton’s new Tioga street dwelling, travels to Newport, and a long list of odd tidbits. Mentions of finance optimism, a Delaware man killing a snake, and various small ads fill the page with scattered society and business updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore's
G. B. Sexton
Tioga Street
Marion Johnston
Newport
N. Hayes Street
W. W. Mason
Long Beach
Cal
Local Advertisements and notices from St Johns area
A collage of local classifieds and notices includes shop ads for Gilmore’s barber and an electric massage, Portland Manufacturing Company crates and picture framing, auto repair at Home Garage, Columbia Dressmaking by Mrs Dunagan, Rogers Watches time pieces, and H M Waldref car hire. Also rental, secondhand furniture sales, typewriter ribbons, plumbing move, Hood River cherry record, hypnotist Villae at Multnomah theatre, and school safety tips from Oregon college. Community events include a St Johns Pharmacy ball game, Buyers Week in Portland, and local agricultural and civic notices.
The Tramp Portrait by John Laurence McMaster
A Farm Journal piece portrays a nomadic wanderer as a complex figure. The writer stresses shared humanity and spiritual kinship beyond poverty, noting the man’s ragged life yet recognizing his stubborn dignity and place within community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Laurence McMaster
Farm Journal
The Bachelors Picnic Should Not Be Tolerated
The Bachelor Club and ladies enjoyed a picnic aboard the Era of Portland sailing up the Columbia to Washington. Harry Fassett led the Sons of Rest to victory in a 2 to 1 ball game, with Miss Gladys Garvin winning races. The piece blends light social events with a harsh editorial denunciation of labor treason and calls for severe punishment of agitators, referencing Haywood and military discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachelor Club
Portland
Columbia River
Washington
Vancouver
Camas
Harry Fassett
Archie Smock
Fassett
Sons of Rest
Smock
Gazella
Guzay
Gladys Garvin
Misa Garvin
Byerlee
G. Teeling
Pren
Nolse
Haywood
Goodwin's Weekly
City Eyes Measured Four Party Line Service
Officials consider replacing the old ten party line with a measured four party line in Portland. The council discussed rates of around $5 per month plus per call charges, with Daly proposing a rising plan up to about $1.50 monthly and per call fees. Company officials will respond in a week, promising better service than the former ten pay line system. St Johns may seek similar rate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Uke Council
Daly
Portland
St. Johns
St Johns Druggist Praised For Adlerika Remedy
Local praise for C K Thompson for introducing Adlerika a simple buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture once famed for appendicitis now claimed to relieve sour stomach gas and constipation in a single dose. Advertisement change deadline noted for Wednesday at 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.K. Thompson
St. Johns
Ady
First Baptist Church Starday School Expands to University Course
The First Baptist Church Our Starday School offers varied classes for all attendees. Services include Sunday morning sermon Found Wanting and 5 o'clock evening sermon Learning to Be Great. The church and Mulnonal County Sunday School Associations plan an all day destitute event Tuesday next with a 5 a.m. start. Thursday July 2nd marks the Annual Roll Call led by B. P. Borden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
St. Johns
Ormesby
Alice Clark
C. A. Phipps
Else
Portland
Alll
U O'Ehoek
Multnonal County
Ansociations
Elias
B. P. Borden
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Bes
Ormandy Bros. Furniture
St Johns Lumber Company
Ainsworth & Boston
St. Johns Lumber Company
Burlington & Bradford
Sts
Oregon
Pacific Telephone
Columbia
Portland Woolen Mills
Willamette Boulevard
Alex. S. Scales
Grocer
SOI Fessenden
Burr Street
Oregon Agricultural College
Weile
teTadio Corvailla
Sylvia
Mother Pankhurst
Chas. Tooley
Barton
C. J. Seal
Mohawk Street
W. D. Ord
Oakland
G. H. Lemon
C. C. Call
Lohawk Street
Miller Hardware Co
Philadelphia
Sully
Ellin Wheeler Wilcox
Paris
New York Zoo
Miss Veda
William Carley
Montreal
Mia Davidson
Cyra Niver
Pennsylvania Moving Picture Canereehich Board
J. KE. Hiller
Commercial Club
Holbrook Building
H. G. Finch
Finch
Cruikshank Street
Dravn
Capt. Freeze
O. K
Gilmore
Portland Manufacturing Go
Richmond Street
H. F. Clark
the Furniture Man
Smith Avenue
Co G. B
Ledam
Guadren
C. W . Dunagan
North Jersey Street
Post Office
Adv
Rogers
Jersey Street
H. M. Waldref
Fessenden Street
South Jersey Street
Columbia St
C.R. Thompson
St. Johns Pharmacy
G. W. Overstreet
Hood River
Villae
Multnomah
Mondas
Johnny
Villa Grays
Scos
Rays
Whitatone
Stecher
Pacificorthwest
Pacific Northwest
N. A. Gee
Toledo
Silete
J. M.swisher
Eighty Aime
Mr. Swisher
Life
P. H. Edlefsen
Frank A. Rice
Cannon Beach
Debonair Club
the Oaks
Howe
R. McKinney
Frank Alice
First Trust and Savings Bank
East St. Johns
Liberal League of
Moose Eas
McChesney Block
Thomas Hopkins
Missour
B. T. Simms
Oregon Cee College
State Board of Health
Lory
Curren Resources
United States
Houde Wat Securities Hanking House
Pere
Joan N. Kormany
F.C. Kware
S.L. Doni
Tion
Conkey
Lauthers’ Mercantile Co
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