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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
3
Local residents return from Newport and Ashland while others travel for visits and work. A ferry captain covers for Whitcomb. a child’s death shocks the community. A long lease to Western Cooperage signals industrial growth near the drydock. Regional greetings note gatherings, church plans, and carnival queen voting excitement. Local scenes include Fort Union and Oswego moves, plus a crab fishing mishap near the ferry docks.
A noisy ad page lists diverse offerings from cleaners and laundries to land for sale, cottages, and tailor services. It highlights Dobie and Williams properties, Petersen & Noce tailoring, West Coast Laundry, Ward's Central Market, and Home Bakery, inviting readers to inspect and buy on installments or cash.
Jared Aiken and family with C W Arnett dined with C T Moe and wife. Charles Swengel praises St Johns and contemplates settling here. The Portland Homestead No 916 drill team will initiate St John Homestead No 1221 at Bickners Hall on Sept 6, with H A Miller present. C W Bennett plans cash sales for meats. watch for next week’s ad. Dick Shepard returns from Grand Rapids praising progress and noting peach trees die from borers and frost. Michigan trip included a river launch excursion.
J T Saylor of The Dalles, foreman for Great Southern construction south of The Dalles, visited St Johns on Wednesday. He plans an elegant residence here and commits to railroaders with a welcoming note. Also mention of Henders on abstracter and notary, and Congregational church notices with speaker topics.
Alvin Albertson, about 20, died instantly when his loaded shotgun discharged while he rode in a rear seat. The tragedy occurred during a chicken hunt. The incident deeply distressed his relatives including Mrs Zoe Poulson and her sons. Mrs Poulsonisha husband long employed as an instructor in Turner educational institutions.
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