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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
2
The St Johns Review discusses Jamestown exposition doubts, Cassie Chadwick death, October weather, St Johns growth prospects, street improvements, telephone franchise progress, and a charter amendment vote. It notes local board actions, proposed street works, and urges readers to write letters and participate in the Oregon political scene.
Pence filed a petition in county court Monday asking to extend his franchise for constructing an electric line on the Linnton road. He requests extension under court conditions and denies inserting a common user clause in the franchise.
The piece blends playful seasonal imagery with sports jargon and rural scenes as November approaches. It invokes October, Thanksgiving, and the president setting a turkey day, weaving autumnal anticipation with playful notes on football, hunting, and small-town life.
The new Bicker building under construction has been leased. W M Scarbrough will use a room for North Bank Pharmacy Mutterworth the jeweler has taken over GCM Salisbury will occupy another room Owens Tos will move their pool and tables into a third. Ablig the furniture man goes out of business. The vacant space is noted as unlucky.
In Maltiomaleatiuaty, taxpayers are invited to inspect desensitiont tolls and county books held open at County Assessor Sigher's office. The record remains available until evening for taxpayers to spot errors and raise concerns at the board meeting next Monday.
Free lectures by Rev EW Hremienen of St Vout Mina will be at the M W A hall Sunday with two talks on Bible subjects not commonly understood. The Kentuckian visits under the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society program. The subject is The Three Worlds of the Bible. Everyone invited, no admission fee, no collection.
A London market porter named Puller once bet he could leap from London Bridge with a sack tied around him. He carried a knife to open the sack only when he touched water. He completed the dive and was rescued unharmed, the stunt remembered years later.
Swift & Company plans excavations for a seven story brick meat packing complex on a peninsula site in Portland within 60 days. The facility will cover four city blocks on each of seven floors totaling 28 acres under one roof and will include main building slaughterhouse dressing and packing rooms. Local manager C C Colt and chief constructor Leonard visit Portland to source local brick beam spike and shingle and to assess material availability amid East shortages.
Henry Sweetser, a salesman for Joel Goldthwaite in Boston, shows carpets to a lady planning a house. He discusses cutting carpets and sending them, unaware her husband may buy a lot and build, then need the carpets, leaving him speechless as she exits.
An old sentence from Reed’s narration recounts a lifetime of hunting guilt after killing a single bird Mandpiper IT chased Reed along a millstream. A mall boy observer answers simply Oh I was thinking of per are how small the Boston Herald.
A celebrated figure endures a jealous outburst from his wife during a visit by two old friends. He remains calm, changes nothing in demeanor, and shifts focus to engaging conversation, preserving dignity and avoiding blame. The incident ends with guests departing, unaware of the private distress. Glasgow Times.
A quarrelsome Derby farmer, angered by neighbors, is tricked to ride all night by a hoax of horse theft. Dawn reveals he rode his own horse back, a bizarre midnight ruse reported in London Tit-Bits. A studio jokes about an impossible photograph showing a girl kissing her reflection in a mirror, prompting a germ worry tale.
A student explains that a pin cannot stand on a point because a point has no parts or magnitude, and because a pin cannot stand on its point, plus the need to press it in hard enough. The response blends Euclidean definition with humorous misstatements.
To whom it may concern a notice seeking the name or address of the owner of any Johns in the vicinity. It mentions Pall on or write T. T. Parker attorney at law in Holbrook building for titles to real property.
Miss Ida Jones, a candidate for queen at the Multnomah County Fair in Gresham, narrowly missed the queen position but was elected first maid of honor. Frank Goodell oversaw voting as St Johns workers campaigned hard, 800 votes for Miss Jones, four shy of the leading Gresham queen candidate.
A Va resident touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cold treatment and urges quick use to prevent pneumonia. He notes years of use and recommends it to friends, with St Johns Drug Store carrying the product.
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