St Johns Review notes and notices from 1900s era
An aged fragment from the St Johns Review describes delivery, advertising rates, and local events in Saint Johns Oregon. It mentions a weekly paper at 117 West Burlington Street, postal status, circulation quips, and a dockside social note along with remarks on prominent topics including safety cave conservation and fashion norms.
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THE
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West
Burlington Street
Saint Johns
Oregon
City of
St. Johns
Big Dance Proposed at City Dock Draws Club Debate
The Commercial club discussed a large dance at the new city dock to be held Thursday evening August 8. It would offer extensive dancing space and attract many visitors from out of town with a water launch from Portland. Proceeds fund city advertising and activities, with plans for strict order and crowd management.
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New City Dock
Bt. Jona
Hieelty Dock
J. Hodgens
Grewhow
Michigan
Bie
Smith Blacksmith
Woodland
Cal
Johns
California
John Burch
Mary and Her Pets by Dad Imitates a Verse Parade
A playful spoof of nursery verse style about Mary and a lamb that bikes a rascally lamb and a rat in her hair. The piece riffs on a speckled hen and a troublesome brother John, with comic misadventures and a final punchline about turning a misbehaving sibling into a button.
Rebekahs Install Officers At Laurel Lodge Meeting
The Laurel jwood Rebekah Lodge installed officers at the regular meeting on Wednesday night in July with N. G Mayme Monahan and other officers named. A big dance at the northwest pavilion drew crowds Thursday evening as residents viewed the city book before filing with grain.
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Laurel Jwood Rebekah Lodge
Mayme Monahan
Ote Hi
Anna Hathaway
Kate Rambo
Minnie Hall
Anna Glover
Kila Aiken
O—iubert Simmons
Rh. BN. G
Cynthia Hewitt
V. GeeMary Elliott
Mary Downey
Amy Day
Alma Dorrie
Box Factory Names Governor Fletcher President
At a Monday meeting of the Collapsible Box Company board, W. & Lauthers resigned as president due to business pressure, Gov. J. H. Fletcher was appointed to the post. Directors plan enlargement and new directions to accelerate growth amid past discouragements. The firm has no canal output yet, and rapid expansion is anticipated once this is recognized.
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Collapaible Box Company
W. &. Lauthers
Gov. J. H. Fletcher
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18 IN THE EATING MEATS PROMISES OF PURITY AND QUALITY
A meat market advert discusses integrity and customer patronage, asserting their meats are always pure and delivered without resorting to denigrating competitors. HITGOOD COLE promotes their own goods and urges trust through demonstrated quality.
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Hitgood & Cole
City dock sale ordinance in draft as street work lingers
The discussion notes lingering street work delaying action until fall. The mayor says North West Warehouse’s attorney is drafting an ordinance to authorize the sale, with a likely vote near Tuesday evening pending final wording and approval or rejection.
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Northweet Warehouse Company
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Taft to Visit Oregon and Other Pacific Northwest Notes
Fragmented early 20th century clippings note President Taft’s planned October visit to Oregon, with a Portland stop and a Sea guest. Obscure market data from Portland shows records, cattle and produce prices, plus a sketch of a proposed Pacific Northwest utopian colony led by Dr. Rudolph Hoague and a salt and diet discussion. Also included are local notices on horses taken up, obituaries, and incomplete municipal items.
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Taft
Oregon
Martland
Mourne
Hiv Guewt
Portland
Pacific Northwest
Rudolph J. Hoagie
Vancouver
Wash
Ute
Dr. Hoague
Bowel Complaint in Children Stirs Agnewville Merchant’s Family
Six month old daughter of B H On Dewny, a prominent Agnewville merchant, suffered a bowel complaint and cholera infantum. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was used with effective results when prepared per directions. The medicine, mixed with water and sugar, was pleasant to take and urged as a reliable remedy for young children.
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Dewny
Agnewville
Chamberlain
Golden Wedding Recipe Promotes Wallard’s Herbine
A nostalgic health ad urges couples to maintain long marriages and good health by using Wallard's Herbine at home. The copy claims daily use protects health and vitality, promoting the product as a remedy available for 40 cents per bottle at North Dank Pharmacy.
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Wallard
North Dank Pharmacy
Orchid Hunting and Dangers of the Tropical Forest
A fragmentary serial piece describes orchid hunting in the Orinoco with a perilous trek, detailing a partner’s death, fever and wildlife perils, and a grim tableau of ruined canoes, bones, and dead guides as 1,500 alligators rot beside 100 withered orchids in a decayed camp. It opens with a jungle anecdote and shifts to brief vignettes and jokes from period magazines and papers.
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Orchid
Port of Spain
Havana
Ike
Binek
Angostica
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Ordinance Adopting Fessenden Street Widening Plans
City adopts report plat and survey by City Engineer for widening Fessenden Street from Jersey Street to the Willamette River in St Johns. Condemnation details list 10,150 square feet plus additional parcels 10,430 square feet and 10,750 square feet, affecting multiple lots in James John and Chipman additions. Publication notes dates July 20 and July 30 1000.
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City Recorder
Whitwood Court
Ion
Itecarder
St. Johns
City OF
Jerry Sita Willamette
St. Johe
Jole
Forenden Street
Jersey Street
Willamette River
Fessenden Street
Connell
Ming
Sald
Trent
Sald City
Johna
Oregon
Cid
Coutcil
James John Addition
Bt. Johns
Forsenden Street
James John
Chipman
City of St
Merchant Inepartment and Trust Co
O, KR
N. Cova
Johne
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