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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
2
The St Johns Review reports on local events and opinions including city hall matters, school funding, Meeker’s Oregon Trail monument, and a projected electric railway between Portland and St Johns. It reflects on crime, governance, water front issues, and regional progress with a mix of editorial commentary and notices.
School notes recount a meeting where the Literary Society selected Nome-Happa Delta, with six class histories read and primary grade exercises praised. Mrs. Alderson returns to teach night school at Portland High.
Enrollment at the public school rises to 607 pupils, straining classrooms and teachers. The school board seeks a bond issue to fund a new building as congestion worsens, with detailed grade enrollments listed and the community urged to decide.
Regular church notices list services for Baptist Methodist Catholic Episcopal Evangelical and Congregational churches with pastors, Sunday schools, morning and evening preaching times, holy days, and lay activities. All are cordially invited to attend the listed services.
Mrs Ora Bussard of Brubaker reports her child recovered from a lingering cough after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She praises the medicine as acting like a charm and helping the child gain strength and weight. For sale at Jackson's Pharmacy.
The article argues issuing permits before construction would create a complete city improvement record including type, location and cost. A small recording fee could fund the system, guiding growth estimates and calibration. It also suggests standardized planning rules to satisfy plumbers and contractors alike.
To Exchange. A two year old room hotel in Albina rents for 25 dollars per month and will exchange for a house and lot with vacant lots in St Johns. For sale new six room cottage river view full lot price 1250 dollars with part purchase possible. A few bargains left in south St Johns. Good bargains in business property and acreage swaps this week. T. G. Ocprn Review office St Johns.
A Mobile merchant testifies that Ballard's Horehound Syrup has cured coughs and pulmonary ailments for five years, saving his children from many sick spells. Sold by St Johns drug stores.
The National Life Insurance Co. of America established in 1868 seeks an agent in St Johns and vicinity. The right party can earn good money. Apply to Rh. O Belland, State Manager, 305 Fliedver Building, Portland.
An advertisement praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children and effective against colds croup and coughs. It notes sales at Jack Johnson's Pharmacy and mentions a hospital association branch office at Spencer Dey Hampton 201 South Jersey Street with hours extended to accommodate late members keeping dues current.
An early 20th century style notice touts Julius Cansar as a man of nerve who cures sickness by regulating the liver with Herbine. Mrs Carrie Atetin of Mallon Kansas endorses the product and notes it is sold at St Johns drug stores.
The St Johns Harness shop offers Harness Oil and Neats Foot Oil at 1.00 each. Buy now to treat and care for harness gear and horses before time runs out.
Help wanted for hand ironers at West Coast Lanaliy. Apply at once to join a local laundry team seeking reliable workers for steady daytime shifts and prompt, careful ironing. Prior experience preferred but not required.
Notice of a school meeting in Multnomah County Oregon to submit to voters a bond proposal of twenty thousand dollars for school improvements and eight thousand five hundred dollars for indebtedness retirement. Polls open at 2:00 PM and close at 5:00 PM at the school district. Dated September. Published in St John Review October 5.
A clipped notice records an attest statement from THORNeyER and R ler published in the St John Review on October 19, with minimal readable details.
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