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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
2
The St Johns Review notes local fiscal matters and public works including railroad talk, street line disputes on Richmond street, a Sunday closing inquiry, school meeting turnout, and a feature on a driving mate for sale in St Johns. It mentions Pacific Telephone franchise and local tax issues, with comments on Manning and city development.
A councilman active in politics warns the Marine Ironworks may gain a valuable water frontage near its plant by swapping land with the current city dock. The piece discusses campaign pledges not to give away streets and questions the council’s handling of a potential dock expansion for St Johns. The piece mentions John Jones & Co and local politics amid calls to lease land for a larger dock.
Notice by Geo M Hall City Treasurer of Bt Hthion Organ stating a public auction at the City Hall steps for a parcel and goods to be sold to the highest bidder at the first door of City Hall. Auction scheduled for July at 4 oclock. Details reference property at street and town, with total value estimated and terms.
An elderly philanthropist repeatedly carries a man up to a third floor front apartment only to find him on the sidewalk each time. The janitor confirms the man is in a window not a bed, revealing the repeated misdirection as the old man persistently tries to aid a nonresident.
A humorous tale from the Buffalo Times depicts two neighbors one nearby on the same block. A dinner interruption prompts a quip about a cow and its calf while a visitor feigns news. A separate note explains equatorial Africa’s climate and topography with brisk, factual details.
A widowed clergyman with grown daughters travels away and writes that he has married a sturdy widow with six children, causing a stir. Upon returning home, his daughters cry that they too had planned for the widow but she is married to another man.
To Exchange. Farm of the acres near Albany Oregon worth six hundred dollars to trade for St Johns property Inquire 74 First street Portland Also 80 acres to trade for lots.
Trade Hood River property for St Johns lots in Henderson. Call in and subscribe now for details on the exchange terms and location specifics.
A writer argues that social ritual compels actions like removing a hat to meet a woman, not for beauty but due to social norms. He contends bourgeois priorities prioritize appearances, funeral rites, and tribe religion over aesthetics, praising savage common sense as a foil to refined vanity. Landon Illustrated News.
A London periodical recounts delays in publishing a Biblical dictionary due to controversial flood material. Editors wrestled with balancing science and orthodoxy as entries like Deluge flood and Flood see Noah triggered postponements until a trusted writer could handle the final revision.
Arctic explorers note abundant singing birds beyond belief as cranberries and cloudberries ripen in northern swamps. The berries are preserved in melting snow and feed the birds, a scene described with rustic railway humor about misheard times and clocks.
Colic and diarrhoea pains are quickly relieved by in's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by St Johns Drug Store.
First class hotel of 16 rooms at No. 24 Albina avenue with good transient trade. Inquire at K Charleston street.
The proposed ordinance grants Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company and successors a twenty five year franchise to maintain and operate its telephone system in St Johns Oregon. It covers underground and aerial lines, poles, conduits, and related works, with city supervision, required relocations, and annual payments in lieu of licenses. The measure sets conduit and pole placement rules, service obligations to city offices, and conditions for acceptance and enforcement.
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