Oregon News Flash From Mortlake 1907 Public Life
A scan of the Saint Johns Oregon area dated June 14 1907 details political shifts in Mortlake including mayoral actions and tax concerns. It notes a shift in state governance proposals and critiques of local business practices tied to advertising and furniture pricing. It mentions a Northwest trust case exposed by the Portland Journal and calls for anti trust action. It references a campaign against saloon closures and debates over public policy, plus a proposed sale of city riverfront land and a local transit of print notices.
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Fortiture Trust
Northwest
Wolverton
Portland Journal
Portland
Journal
Fixing Broken Glassware and China At Home
Practical guide to mending glass, china, and bric a brac after breakage. Advises careful edge fitting, glue using isinglass and gin solution, sun drying, and rubber band framing. Describes repairing metal pieces with solder and plaster egg white glue for mixed materials.
The Man in the Moon in Germany Folklore
A German legend recounts an aging man who cuts faggots on a Sunday and meets a pale stranger. The figure declares Sunday on earth is Monday in hell, and the man and his bundle vanish to the moon, left as a perpetual warning for Sabbath keepers.
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Germany
Hell
A Conflicted Patient and a Doctor's Cautionary Tale
A doctor advises a patient to quit smoking and adopt a quiet life with better meals and milk. A month later the patient returns, praising the changes but insisting that starting to smoke again nearly killed him, illustrating the dangers of midlife smoking.
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Hine
Sunday School Test Begets Riddle From Peter Tale
A young pastor fields questions in a Gueense Sunday school. A little girl offers a version of Peter the Apostle from a nursery rhyme, "Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater," claiming he had a wife and could not keep her. The minister is pleased by her memory.
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Apostle Peter
Peter
Toroan
Congregationaliat
Land Exchange Offers Near Albany for St Johns Property
Advertisement states a 160 acre farm near Albany Oregon valued at 5000 seeks trade for St Johns property. Also offers two acres to trade for lots and provides inquiry address 74 Inst Street Portland.
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Albany
Ore
St. Johns
Portland
Trade Hood River property for St Johns lots Henderson
Hood River property trade offer seeks Hood River property exchanged for St Johns building lots. Contact Henderson at 244 Stark for details and subscription information.
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Hood River
St Johns
Henderson
Stark
The Spirit Lake Massacre Survivor’s Courage
Winter 1856–57 brought extreme cold and storms across Minnesota frontier settlements. Sioux attackers destroyed the Gardner family. daughter Abbie Gardner was captured and later rescued by the U.S. government. Her account details fear, courage, and strange captive experiences, including bread rising with the按raditional recipe and the Indians’ cautious eating.
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Town
Minnesota
Rowland Gardner
Abbie
United States
Spirit Lake
A Perambulating Pudding
A New York Sun item by a commuter from up the Hislion river offers a vignette of Finnish import Hilda and a missing cold pudding. The kitchen autocrat reveals the pudding has vanished downtown.
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Hislion River
New York Sun
Finland
Hilda
A Blight Disadvantage
Ten year old Margaret bears family duties as two younger siblings remain away. A visitor asks for Helen and Agatha while Margaret sits on the doorstep, lamenting that she cannot join the others because mother trusts her so dreadfully to stay responsible.
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Margaret
Helen
Agatha
Yieitor
The Price of Dinobedianse
An Italian prince forbade smoking for his daughter yet she secretly smoked. On a balcony she wore a light muslin dress and, to hide the cigarette, hid it behind her back. The dress caught fire, she burned from head to foot and died after intense suffering.
For Sale Fine driving mare and near new buggy
J. 3. McKinney offers a four year old stylish driving mare and an almost new buggy for sale or trade for a jet. Located at 203 East Polk Street, St. Johns.
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St. Johns
J. 3. McKinney
East Polk Street
Wanted Hand Ironers at West Coast Laundry
Help wanted for hand ironing at West Coast Laundry. Apply at once and bring your printing documents. Local store seeks ready workers for immediate start and efficient garment pressing duties.
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West Coast
Dramatic Dreyfus Degradation Scene Across Field
Thompson depicts a dramatic portrayal of Captain Dreyfus's degradation with a marching procession. General Darras signs the sentence as soldiers advance. Dreyfus proclaims innocence amid jeers and cries of Judas as the crowd demands death. He endures with unbroken resolve and proclaims Vive la France.
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Dreyfus
Darras Aring
Fou
Tia
Dolmans
Judas
France
Republican Guard
Vance
Vance Thompson
Succome Magazine
His Weapon in County Mayo Hotel Quill Tale
A London Answers tale notes a Cockney waiter in County Mayo who misunderstands a bank staff joke. When asked about officers, Sim replies that a bank officer recently left with his sword behind his ear, revealing wit and ignorance of local slang.
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Ireland
Jim Bender
County Mayo
T Tenight
Jim
Sim
Yussir
London
Made It Even Curran Suffered a Carriage Pole Incident
Curran riding a rolla in Ireland faced a carriage crash when the pole of the following sarsiage pierced the back of his carriage. He shouted to stop and the coachman warned it was all right as Pat joked about the pole.
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Curran
Rolla
Ireland
Ind
Arrah
Pat
Journey to deliver parcel ends in early return near Maldon
An Englishman sent to deliver a parcel about twelve miles from Maldon Essex returns soon after dark. He explains he started late and only halfway reached the destination before it grew dark, planning to continue the journey the next day. The tale highlights a simple misadventure from seaside Essex.
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Maldon
Essex
Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Sold at St Johns Drug Store
Advertises Ceamistiain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for relief from colic stomach pains and diarrhoea, available for purchase at St Johns Drug Store.
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St. Johns Drug Store
Hotel For Sale At No 24 Albina Avenue
First class hotel with 16 rooms offering good transient trade. Inquiries directed to No E Charleston street.
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Albina Avenue
Charleston Street
Americans Rush Meerschaum Pipes Spoiling Their Quality
A German pipe dealer from Vienna criticizes Americans for hasty care of meerschaum pipes. He says true pipes are cherished, cooled properly, and handed down, while Americans slam bowls, stuff pipes in pockets, and rely on machines. He explains differences between soft and hard meerschaum and wax coloration, noting old-country pipes are hand carved and boiled to absorb wax. Kane County Times.
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Vienna
Old Country
Kaneus City
A Poet Physician Delivers Aid to a Poor Husband
A poet physician, moved by a poor woman's plea, visits a ailing husband believed to be a patient. He promises help within an hour and later sends a small box containing guineas with a note urging patience and good heart as needed.
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Goldsmith
Leavis
Ting
Lost husband in a department store hunt parody
In a humorous vignette from Woman's Home Journal a polite footwalker asks a square jawed loki shopper for help locating a lost husband described as wearing a light brown suit and a black derby. The wife explains the man is wandering the store with a bundle under his arm after a crush at the fancy goods counter.
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Woman's Home Journal
Reading Delights and Names Echo in Courtroom Exchange
In a courtroom scene two prisoners, Pat Murphy and Denis McCarthy, are questioned by a judge. They disclose no fixed address, with Murphy claiming to live nowhere while McCarthy humorously adds he lives next door to Murphy, adding a local color note to the proceeding.
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Pat Murphy
Wort
Denis McCarthy
Pat
Subscription Notice Price and Cessation Policy
The Review lists a subscription price of $1.50 per year outside Multnomah county in advance. All papers will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for.
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Multnomah County
For Sale Mitchcow First Class Guernsey Ad
Classified notice offering Mitchcow first class Guernsey for sale. Inquiries directed to 202 Polk Street St Johns Heights.
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Mitchcow
Guernsey
Polk Street
St. Johns Heights
Every Man His Own Doctor Remède Adverts
A historical ad extolling self care with Chamberlain remedies for colic diarrhea cough balm stomach liver tablets and salve. It urges individuals to keep medicines at hand and lists five preparations priced together at $1.25, sold by St Johns Drag Store.
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Chamberlain
Chamberlain's
St. Johns Drag Store
St Johns Market Promises Special Family Trade Delivery
We make family trade a specialty. Orders solicited and delivered to any part of the city. Call and you will be convinced that our prices are right. Phone Scott 6062.
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Scott
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