St Johns items mix visits industry and local notices
Local notes report visitors like Mrs Lawrence Hensel in California and Miss Rowland teaching piano, plus W J Sterling guest in St Johns. New warehouse work at St Johns Sash and Door, cigar ads, and several residents moving to or from town amid updates on schools, business signs, and health notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hensel
California
M.L. Rowland
Portsmouth
B. C
W. J. Sterling
Seattle
James Sterling
St. Johns
St. Johns Sash and Door!Company
Jersey Street
Edgeworths and the burden of growing up in 18th century England
Fragment from a 18th century social column recounts the Edgeworth family pressuring Maria Edgeworth to grow taller using harsh methods. It mixes antiquated anecdotes and jests about courtroom mishaps, a husband’s dangerous boating remark, and a burglar’s quip about business success, reflecting light humor and social norms of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ote Hageworth
Maria Edgeworth
Dolly Lawlows
Maria
Edgeworths
Edgeworth
Family Visitors From Minnesota And Michigan
Mr EK Horton and W ON Hutchinson of Duluth Minnesota visit Mrs Hutchinson. Mr and Mrs W I Weeks of Lake City Michigan came to visit Mrs Hutchinson. They plan to stay for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Samuels
Mae
Reniorney
Mr. Samuels
City
Ek, Horton
W. ON. Hutchinson
Riley Hutchinson
Duluth
Minnesota
Hutchinson
Mex
Weeks
Lake City
Micigan
St. John
Collection Notice on Cone Limber Company Accounts
All accounts with the Geo. W. Cone Limber Company are now due and payable at Peninsula Bank in St. Johns. Accounts must be settled within a limited period, stated by Geo. W. Cone Loan Co on October 12, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Cone Limber Company
Peninsula Bank
St. Johns
Gro. W. Cone Loan Co
North St. Johns
Whist Party Entertained By Miss Heigway Saturday Night
Saturday evening Miss Anna Heigway entertained a party of acquaintances with card games and refreshments. Present were Miss Kiva Brown J Mo Epperson and Davix of Portland Archie Wan of Portsmouth Myrtle Medeod Ruth Sthet Heigney and others. Three whist tables were in play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Heigway
Kiva Brown
J. Mo Epperson
Aid — Davix
Portland
Archiewan
Portsmouth
Myrtle Medeod
Ruth Sthet Heigney
Furnished room near post office with heating stove
A compact lodging note offers a furnished room two blocks from the post office and near the car station. The fragment mentions a heating stove and an unclear reference to ice and a station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
W. C. Adams
Ifs and questions on public works and street planning
A stream of rhetorical questions on public docks, street maintenance, subscriptions for Jerey Street, early rising workers, sidewalk business, electric flour testing, and plans involving Mortland Consolidated Cellar Park, the Oaks, and the Northern Pacific surveyors staking land along Fessenden Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortland Consolidated
P. C
Northern Pacific
Ts Bridge
Fessenden Street
Weyerhaueser
Better Read It New Ad Urges Careful Consumers
A concise notice from Better Read It, Couch and Co promotes a simple shopping tip for all store patrons. The ad emphasizes memory of the guidance to ensure careful, informed purchases at the popular grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couch & Co
Hotel Changes at Central Hotel New Proprietor Named
The Central Hotel in the Cochran block has been disposed of by Mrs. Tyner who retires from management. J B Gentry becomes the new proprietor and with his wife brings notable hotel experience. The hotel will be run as a place of excellence serving regular and transient trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Casteel
Lewis and Clark
Fiske and
Amhrist
J. A. Carlson
Town
Thornton
Fiske Street
Annie Wilmans
Everett
Washington
Frank Wilman
Frank M. Heath
Portland
George Haltzworth
William D. Bollman
C. F. Bollman
Negaunee
Michigan
C. W. Bowhay
Seattle
Klondyke
Vanderbilt Street
Mr. Bowhay
Hemstock
Cochran Block
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Grist University
Valentine’s
Efite City Hall
J. Orville Farr
W. L. Thorn
Ars
Allan Donnelly
Anna Suitter
J.W
N. H. Suitter
Maine
Miss Rowland
C. M. Beller
Clara Beller
Pomona
P. Heily
Spokane
Joseph Coyne
Graceville
L. A. McKeon
W. A. Edgerton
Northern Hill
St. Joiis
Pearl Beebe
Margaret Corcoran
Donnelly
Peninsula Feed and Fuel Co
Couch & Company
Guy Beebe
Castle Rock
Wm. Westerlund
Win
Westerlund
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Donnelly's
M. A. Ferguson
Adams Advance
Johnson
Fergu
Ale
Florence Shearer
Ida Davis
Kelso, Wash- Inaton
Hemstick
Sammels
Olin Street
Columbia Cvntentery
Polley
Avi
Square Deal
ST. Johns Pharmacy
the People’s Drug Store
R. D. Jackson
Ascade
Zenith
Otter & Goold
Hardware Men
Oregon
Star Market
Daniel Brecht
St, Johns, Oregon
Asot
Chostiy
Fortland Jobbing Co
Tiuwate
ATL Work
Guarantent
NTN
Fifth St
Ankeny ND
W. A. Storr
Oknstc
Qineers
Couch's
London Mail
Henry
Lahall
Chicago Tribune
New York
WELCH
Morrison
Corner
First Street
Eastern Outfitting CO
Tenth and
Washington Streets
Will
Jerey Street
West Coast
University Park
Cali
Scott
ST. Johins
Oak Park
Benth
Lory
Phone Union
Rogers & van Houten
Oscar Devaul
M.D
Malbarrives
Hanna
Yee
St. Jilin
Rogers & Vantlouten Housekeeping
W. Dickson
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