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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
4
A candidate pledged to form a basic administration for the county of Mulianial, reduce costly conflicts with county departments, and improve efficiency in county affairs. The plan aims to cut waste and ensure better service to the public in collaboration with the City of Mortland.
A visitor recalls a shaggy Tibetan yak in a shed and enclosure. He muses on Tibetan maidens calling the yak home at sunset and wonders what chords the creature has touched. The tale ends with the prisoner remark and zoo imagery in London Daily Mail style.
The text describes how infants use head nodding to express approval before speech and notes a child’s progression from eager mouth openings at food to gesture ungulates of agreement. It compares early nonverbal cues with animal behavior and hints at evolutionary links to signaling yes.
A garbled account describes an event with an organ and violin figures in a country setting. The text recalls names and places in a fragmented manner, mentioning Crone J and PEW ey velit AN Mths mabittiet eat Pte He Phe Me den Intern ret ae ored ore aya. The piece references a lively edging and a speaker who links to Birwanty, with scattered names like Shelia Yeul and Lanm.
The text traces how the term wallop emerged from a tale of French forces and naval actions near Bir Foti Willow and Chetat, describing a boastful claim of defeating the French. A youthful speaker recalls attempts to translate and capture the word’s meaning, with a Boston Transcript reference noting the changing usage.
A humorous remark traces the persistence of laughter from ancient times to modern vaudeville, noting how classic jokes endure beyond centuries. The quip suggests enduring appeal of a familiar joke across eras and audiences.
The Christian Science Monitor reviews a dense legal eloquence piece from England noting the overlong oratorical style. It praises Warren Hastings for penelment and Burke Box and Short for eloquence, while remarking swooning as a general trait of the era and Sergeant Saunders as a striking contrast.
In the 1700s war between England and France spurred a massive national debt. A coin drain and county hoarding led to a bank run by February 1707. Government action followed to authorize the bank to issue notes as legal tender to avert collapse. Rising prices and tightened credit compounded the crisis.
An antiquated passage discusses ancient weights and measures, referencing systems like the stone, the ton, and the yard. It notes shifts in standards due to Parliament statutes and church influence, and mentions the ongoing tension between local custom and centralized regulation, reflecting historical measurement evolution.
Fragmentary OCR describes courtship and marriage customs. The text mentions the Cirwon and Withee groups, early bridal attire and the ritual of bringing the bride to a new domain with a controlling approach, noting limited ceremony and lack of dowry rules.
The Medical Record notes mosquitoes avoid well lit modern spaces and prefer old fort-like cottages with dark rooms and little furniture. It warns that poor sleeping areas or restricted space can allow mosquitoes to spread from infested rooms to susceptible people, especially in homes.
A garbled report describes a fashionably dressed physician entering a room and greeting a patient. The dialogue is largely indecipherable, with stray phrases suggesting a morning consultation and uncertain responses from a patient and another person.
A county commissioner candidate endorses 100 percent Americanism in all departments, promises strict law enforcement, budget reform through consolidation, promotion of home labor and products, and keeping office doors open for prompt public business. Paid Adv.
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