Interesting trip abroad to the Orient and Pacific voyage
A St Johns Review reader recounts a voyage on the Empress of India to Yokohama. He describes delays at Vancouver, mail contracts, violent Pacific weather, Japanese customs like kimona labor tags, and the rudimentary roadsteads used for loading by small escort boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns Review
St. Patrick's
Vancouver
B. C
Yokohama
Japan
Orient
Montreal
Pacific Ocean
Canadian Pacific R. R. Co
England
Canada
Victoria
Cape Flattery
Vancouver Island
Royal Arsenal
Canadian Pacific R. RK. Co
Bowen
India
Aleutian Islands
Kure Hive
Ramble Through a Town's Oddities and Local Shops
A rambling tour visits the whiskey studio Mansfield and Kaemlein, a cigar emporium run by George W. Simmons, real estate firms, Dan's Grill, and several other businesses. The narrator notes shops, banks, and civic figures with playful, satirical descriptions of daily life in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield & Kaemlein
Dr. Smith
George W. Simmons
George
Whiskey Hospital
Mr. Wood
Shepards
Sam Downey
Sam
King Bee
H. G. Ogden
Walker
George Hall
Commercial Club urged to boost civic effort in St Johns
A Thursday Commercial Club meeting in St Johns saw speeches by J F Hendricks and others urging business leaders to push city progress. Members criticized apathy, called for younger members to energize enterprise, and formed an entertainment committee including Willis Moxon John Hollefson and G J Perkins to spark interest.
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Commercial Club
Autzen
J. F. Hendricks
Hendricks
Messrs
Perkins
Pratt
Taylor
Heraldic St. J
Detroit
Chicago
Salem
Portland
Pos Pusahute
Ban Iillatuette
Columbia
Rouse Ag
K St. Johns
Metropolis
St. Johns
Lof Willis Moxon
John Hollefson
G. J. Perkins
Asbestos Plant Moves to St Johns From Portland
A new asbestos plant at the foot of Pittsburg street in St Johns showcases a two story plus basement building 56 by 216 feet. The facility houses grinders mixers a steam heated system large evaporating tanks and a machine shop. Plans include expanding to full capacity and adding a dock to connect Portland shipments with the local plant. Superintendent W H Chambers praises the efficiency and prospects for growth.
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St. John
Pittsburg Street
Chambers
Hi Motor
Portland
St. Johns
W. HL. Chambers
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Anton H. Edlefsen
Portland & Suburban Express CO
First and
Flanders Streets
Burlington Street
Peterson & Noce, Tailors
Postoffice
Boston
Mother
C. W. Bennett
Oregon
Dan
Goodell
Votter & Gooll
Goold
Potter & Goold
St. John's
Peninsula
Hillie
Billy
Hilly
Dad
Himelf
Couch & Co
Dionysius
Couch
Anaty
Kelley
Finkertons
Sherlock Holmes
Pacific Coast
Holbrook
C. B, Bailey
St. Johns Land
East St. Johns
Columbia Boulevard
O. R. & N. Railroad
Leroy H. Smith & CO
Cochran Block
Abington Bidy
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