City Council Proceedings and Street Improvements
All council members attended the meeting led by Mayor Mack. The St Johns Water Co sought curb and macadam work on West John street north half between Edison and Decatur, granted. Petitions for Ivanhoe street improvements and Polk street improvements were referred to prepare data and adopt necessary resolutions. The Hartman street grade was directed to be set by ordinance, curb width on South Hayes street kept at petitioned size amid objections. Caples park discussion urged a special election after Mrs Caples may present writings. park and Dawson street opening debated with two-park plan supported. Commercial club urged purchase of a team for sprinkling, garbage hauling, and fire apparatus support. decision delayed. Bills totaling 4552.91 approved, electric bills included. City finances showed over a quarter million handled last year. Street and county road concerns noted for Belden area and Willamette to Bradford crossing.
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Mack
St. Johns Water Co
West John Street
Edison
Decatur
Davis
Ivanhoe
Mohawk
Richmond
Valentine
Polk Street
Willamette Boulevard
Jersey Street
Hartman Street
South Hayes Street
Hiller
P. H. Rilefsen
Commercial Club
Caples Park
Caples
Dawson Street
Hill
Council
North St. Johns
Horsman
Alderman Hill
Kellogg
Valentine Ree
Bradford
If I Were a Suffragette
A mixed item combining a Pearson’s Magazine excerpt on suffrage with local city council notes. It contrasts a poetic hypothetical about suffragettes with a lengthy report on street improvements, remonstrances, and aldermanic debates over macadamizing streets, inspectors, and associated contracts.
Bay View Booming H. 8. Hewitt Visits Bay View
Sun tanned trapper Hewitt returns to St Johns to tour the Bay View resort with J H Smith. They report a growing town building a store, cottages and a hotel while life saving crews practice daily. Hewitt praises biscuits called biskites and recounts humorous mishaps with clams and a flying crow during a lively vacation tale.
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Hewitt
St. Johns
Bay View
J. H. Smith
H. S
Smith
R Hewitt
Dornicke
Mount Hood
Bre'r Hewitt
When to Quit a Hartford Church Offering
Mark Twain recounts a Hartford church gathering where Mr. Hawley, a city missionary, urged aid for the poor. The speaker foresees generosity but grows weary as the sermon drags, finally slipping ten cents into the plate, illustrating how small temptations can lead to crime.
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Hartford
Hawley
Mark Twain
Greenhouse Ad Promotes Plants and Floral Services
An advertisement highlights bedding plants cut flowers shrubs cal tomato and cauliflower starts. It notes floral design work and points to the location at Buchanan and South Gresham streets with a reference to P W Valentine for insurance.
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D. E. Brodahl
Buchanan
Gresham Streets
Atp
The Brooding Sorrow over the Titanic Disaster
Goodwin's Weekly reflects on the Titanic catastrophe and its global sorrow. The piece notes the inevitability of death from industry and war, the fragile confidence in progress, and the limits of human foresight. It warns against judging unfamiliar emergencies, stressing humility before tragedy.
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United States
Atlantic
St Johns Elects New Mayor Amid Active Association Line
The St Johns community, led by retiring mayor K C Couch, passes the mantle to A A Muck, a dynamic member of the Portland Association noted for sharp intelligence and full engagement in municipal duties alongside his grocery business.
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Portland Association
St Johns
K. C. Couch
St. Johns
A. A. Muck
Muck
Oregon
Maes
Peninsula Title Abstract and Realty Co ad notice
Prompted by the fragment, the Peninsula Title Abstract and Realty Co advertises accurate abstracts continued or examined with reasonable fees. Manager H Henderson is listed at 205 North Jersey in the McDonald building in a period voice.
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Peninsula
Henderson
North Jersey
McDonald Building
Our Old Mush Kettle Remembered in Family Hearth
A narrator recalls the old mush kettle kept in the living room, once used for meals and family chatter after school. The iron kettle with a removed leg rests filled with rose leaves, evoking dinners, schoolyard conversations, and faith that bind a rural family through memory and hope.
Right End First Editor Review for St Johns Paving Policy
D C Lewis argues St Johns should limit taxes to aid working class and warns against costly street paving before sewer systems. He cites Hassam asphalt examples in Vancouver and Salem, urges inspection of local Hassam, and advocates sewer then best paving, emphasizing doing work right end first.
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St. Johns
America
Vancouver
D. C
Salen
D.C. Lewis
Library notices city readers urged to inspect new lists
A typo caused an electrical list explanation to be omitted in last week's Review. The home study list is available at the library for readers unable to take a regular course. A mothers meeting is posted for next Monday afternoon at Mrs Kelley, inviting mothers to review books on reading the child to ten years. New magazine stories include Stella Maris, The Amateur Gentleman, Stover at Yale, Heart of the Hills, Captain of His Soul. New diary and travel writings: Seeing Europe by Automobile and Cruise of the Snark. Books emphasize costs, gear, and routes. Visitors urged to examine new arrivals in person.
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Stella Maris
Locke
Century
Gentlema
Farhol
McClures
Stover
Yale
Johnson
MeClaires
Heart of the Hills
Fox
Scribners
Mitchell
London
Merriwether
Europe
Socaday
Holland
Bargain Days Advocated for St Johns Retail Scene
Ruiter Review urges local patronage to bolster St Johns stores arguing bargain days will keep money at home. The commenter notes department stores’ discount pull from nearby areas and cites a firm already running bargain days as a model. The piece criticizes retail leakage and suggests domestic shopping as civic duty.
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Ruiter
St. John
St. Johns
Portland
Reid's Hotel Proprietor Hints at St Johns Move
W HL Reid of Reid's Hotel Devil's Lake North Dakota notes a wish to retire to St Johns but cannot leave now due to a busy period. He references Port land as a favored home and recalls seven months of winter. He mentions owning property in St Johns and potential May 14 Shriver excursion involvement.
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HL. Reid
Reid
Devil's Lake
N. D
St. Johns
Portland
Thore
Mr. Reid
Twig on the Train Child Sparks Gentlemen's Debate
A young mother and baby ride a train when an elderly man compliments the child and hopes for upright character. The mother laughs, noting evidence suggests the child’s lineage is bent toward a girl, while the bystander quips about nature and nurture.
Lots Almost Given Away in Point View Fire Block
Auction notice offers Lots 31 to 34 in Block 4 Point View for fire sale. W H Reid of Devil's Sake advertises learning to weave at night with pay during training. Call Portland Woolen Mills at once for details.
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W. H. Reid
Devil's Sake
N. D
Wamceden Aes
Portland Woolen Mills
Dentists Open Evenings and Sundays by Appointment
Dr Rambo and Dr J Vinton Scott advertise dental services in Oregon. Offices open evenings and Sundays by appointment. Office phone Columba 1490 and resident phone Columbia 3.
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Columbia
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Council Proceedings
Flinders
Pris'n
Pearson's Magazine
Hill Alder
Valentine and
Fessenden Street
Ovwego
Wise
Perrine
Whitsell
Rh. G. Brand
Horman
Mr. Perrine
Gresham Street
Ida
Whitwood
Comellious Davin
Mae
Pewriter
Earn Tk
Bay View Booming
P.W. Valentine
Goodwin
Gospel
Gt. Johns
the Library
Rambo
First National Bank Building
ST. Johns, Oregon
DR. J. Vinton Scott
Joseph McChesney
McChesney Bik
Daniel O. Webster, A. B. M
Pliter
University Park
Perry C. Stroud Lawyer
SY. Johns
J. Gatzmyer
Attorney AT Law
St, Johns
St. Johne
McKinney & Davis Real Estate
Jersey St
St. Johny
POR
H. M. Satterlee
St. Johns, Or
J. R. Weimer
Linnton
Baprese Co
Cly Dock
St. Johns Express, Transfer and Storage Co
North
Jerny Street
Burlington Street
Ptnk. JM
Wray
Coliutitia
Honday Res
Doric Lodge
Eastern Star Minerva
Sunsie Magers
ODGE
Oy W. Mason, Je Po, Howenan, KR
Laurel Lodge
F .St. Jones
Lowe Hall
Mal Weloute
Columbia 92 Edmondson CO
S. Jersey Street
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