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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
2
The St Johns Review dated September 10 1909 notes local concerns in St Johns Oregon including attempts to create a cemetery land plot and improve trade with Portland. It mentions impure milk issues in Portland affecting child mortality and a Commercial Club meeting with low attendance. Other items include visits from McMinnville and Charlotte Michigan residents, hop field trips to Salem, a Teeling infant death, and a North Pole pole joke.
A Portland column urges readers to avoid impure meat linked to milk concerns. It promotes BITGOOD & COLE'S new market on North Jersey street as the place to buy pure, wholesome meat, arguing sickness rises with poor meat quality.
A dramatic warning urges residents to arrest a burglar in town who harms health rather than stealing money. The ad promotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a cure for coughs chest troubles and possible consumption with prices three sizes 2 6 50 and 1.00 sold by North Bank Pharmacy.
Public schools begin Monday with expected large enrollment. Some residents misconstrue the start, believing term begins September 20, but the correct opening date is Monday, September 11.
Local brief notes Olive Phone Richmond 51 and Boraine Street in St. Johns Oregon reference mixed addresses and names with minimal context. No clear event or outcome is provided. Authorities or organizations are not specified. Further readable details are needed for a proper summary.
Peninsula Feed & Fuel Co markets Potlatch Coal with no delivery or middleman profits for sixty days two tons delivered free to any Peninsula home for 14 dollars cash. Coal touted as clinker and soot free and cheaper to burn than wood with stoves and ranges sold at wholesale cost to encourage adoption.
A local report notes a school and a church examining favorable terms offered to home builders. The feature highlights exceptional inducements aimed at attracting residential development to the area.
The page mixes community items from St Johns including a Labor Day recap a St Johns Apostolic defeat and a G A R tribute. It mentions Conkey's Lice Powder offered by Lauther's for free trial, a woolen mill theme days, and a request for tract sales agents for water filters. It also advertises Chamberlaine Liniment and Ballard's Horehound Syrup with local pharmacies carrying them.
Proposals will be received at the Recorder of the City of St Johns until Tuesday September 14 at 4 PM for South Jersey Street improvement from Richmond to Mohawk. Plans require 6 foot cement walks each side and 16 foot macadam, with completion within 60 days. Bids must include a ten percent certified check. city reserves right to reject all bids. Published in the St Johns Review.
A Portland sample of customer letters and endorsements for Potlatch coal dated 1909 show praise for high heat and clean burning qualities. Notable names include D. W. Hart C Beach J H Campbell Hughson A W Bagley M McKinley and several businesses. The Peninsula Feed & Fuel Co invites further orders from University Park and Portland addresses.
The readable fragment lists capital stock paid in and time certificates of deposit, with figures like 4 990 00 and 2 995 283.05, but the OCR is garbled and no clear names, dates, or entities are identifiable.
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