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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
2
The Saint Johns Review, published Fridays from 117 Burlington Street, declares mail matter status second class under March 3, 1879 act. Subscription price is $1.00 per year.
Fray over sports tempers reports a judge ruling that a baseball fan may swear when the home team loses. The era's moral tone appears in remarks about provocation and profanity amid school smoking statistics from Kansas observations.
A retro editorial mix praises Bitgood & Cole for honest meat and low prices while urging civic pride through a rose show in St. Not, notes on a missing pocketbook with legal considerations, and touches on the Gould divorce scandal. It also highlights Whitewood Court housing, local hardware displays, and vacant lots with hay being wasted, urging residents to act.
The list records 53 sales across St Johns Heights South St Johns and Point View with buyers including J Henry Smith Samuel Lear J Blacher and more. Total value reported at 52300 with notes urging McKinney to seek buyers and promote property in St Johns.
A collage of small items mentions subscribers, thanks for support after a death, a banking and lumber figure from Coloma, a ferry outage due to high water, and a new gasoline boat across the river. Also notes on an insurance case, shell keepsakes from Linnton, a Bachelors Club dance, Capt. F.B. Emich’s freight venture, local real estate sales, and an upcoming sermon by Rev. S. H. Dewart at the Methodist church inviting teachers and parents.
A terse appeal to St Johns residents urges support for Smith and his so called clean markets. It criticizes the Beef Trust for cheap tainted meats and claims Smith was falsely charged with tainted meat while asserting others warn of danger from California imports. The writer links wartime beef shipments to Cuba graves and urges trading with Smith for pure Oregon meat.
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