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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
2
The City faced criticism over allowing the skating rink to operate on Sundays. Judge Gatens issued a perpetual restraining order preventing officials from interfering with Sunday skating, forcing the city council to comply or risk damages.
The upcoming Fourth of July festival grows with Brownie Amusement Co set to provide a merry-go-round and shows. A Coney Island act of a man and wife performing rope trapeze from sixty feet will headline with two daily shows on July 4 and 5. A grand parade is planned with civic groups invited. A bandstand is to be erected at city hall grounds and balloon ascent discussions proceed. A Goddess of Liberty pageant will feature four maids of honor and sixteen girls. Funds are being gathered to ensure full backing. The Caples tract and Hill plaza will host rest areas, and pony races require participants. The Goddess contest began yesterday and St Johns promises a memorable celebration.
Building permits numbered 22 issued for A Poeppingtone to construct a pair store building on Jersey street at the corner of Charleston. The project cost and related financial details are not specified in the readable text.
A historical passage discusses how bones grow with age into the forties, noting spinal pressure from body weight may stunt height and heart and lung capacity. It contrasts a British scientist's view of continued growth under reduced downward pressure and cites The Chicago Tribune and various book-name curiosities from the Cromwell era.
The City of St Johns Oregon adopts an assessment roll for the New York Street improvement from Smith Avenue to Fessenden Street. It fixes total cost and distributes charges to benefited parcels, directs docket entry, and provides for notice as required by the city charter. The ordinance is certified by city officials and published in the St Johns Review on June 29.
A humorous parable about a scheme to guard a house by a booby trap. a burglar enters with a lit match and defeats the plan. The dialogue reflects social satire on privilege and mistaken bravado, noting a lord’s public court humiliation and a character’s intent to reform after a comic misadventure.
Notice declares assessment for improvement of New York street from Bavith avenue to Fessenden street totaling 500.63 dollars, levied on all lots within the line, entered June 18, 1913, due July 18, 1913. interest accrues after June 23, 1919, with collection by property as provided by the city charter. Published in the St Johns Review on June 20 and 27, 1913.
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