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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
4
A quirky Irish shopkeeper in upper Manhattan recounts a tale of a tattooed eye that cost $1,000 after a blast left a white film on the eye. The story includes a private hospital procedure to match the blue iris, a skeptical husband, and a glimpse into a colorful era of medical bravado amid wartime bravado.
A London Telegraph snippet recalls a young girl entering a Whitechapel grocer. She asks for butter and cheese and offers to send a shilling later when a parent returns. The grocer agrees but the child insists on getting change for a penny to feed the gas meter.
A miscellany review touches Shakespeare’s Hamlet as borrowed from Saxo Grammaticus and Belleforest. It compares Horvendile Fengon and Geruth to Hamlet figures, then shifts to anecdotes about a Columbia University voice on foreign phrases, a lively Algiers court riot, Omar Khayyam stories, and a Johannesburg oath joke.
Rheumatism and muscle pains addressed with Ballard's Snow Liniment priced at 29 cents. Testimonial from CR Smith of Tenaha Texas asserts family relief for pains and aches. Sold at St Johns Drug Store.
Royal tale recounts Louis XIV and the Crown of Agrippina milled with paste replacing diamonds by a dresser at Montespan's court. The story is followed by a warning on lead poisoning in lead-working industries, detailing symptoms from pallor to nervous degeneration and joint paralysis.
A fisherman lowers a white canvas screen from his boat to lure fish. The shoal mistake it for a floating obstruction and leap over, jumping into the boat to be captured. The practice is noted as curious and is also pursued by fishermen.
The Life Insurance Muddle has stirred public interest as Ballard's Horehound Syrup gains praise for coughs influenza bronchitis and pneumonia relief. The ad urges readers to join the procession against sickness and notes the 25 cent price and retail by St Johns Drug.
Baptist church schedules Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. and services at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Preaching at 8:00 p.m. All invited. Methodist church with Sunday school 10:00 a.m. and services at 11:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m., Epworth League 7:00 p.m. Holy Cross Catholic church Portsmouth Station holds low mass 8:15 a.m., high mass 7:30 p.m., vespers and benediction. St Andrew's Episcopal Chapel University Park regular services 7:30 p.m., Sunday school 3:00 p.m., Bible class 7:00 p.m., Lenten service Friday 10:00 a.m. Evangelical church Sunday school 9:00 a.m., preaching 10:00 a.m., Junior K, EK 2:30 p.m., Senior K, L. C 7:00 p.m., preaching 8:00 p.m. Chester I Gates, pastor. First Congregational Church Pastor F. G. Nelson with Sunday school 9:00 a.m., preaching 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Baptist Church University Park Pastor Rev. A. B. Waltz with regular services Sunday morning and evening. German Baptist Church holds Sunday school 2:00 p.m., preaching 3:00 p.m., Rev. Paltmeat, pastor.
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