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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
4
Locals defeated the Brewers 6 to 4 after a slow start by the home team. Lerch pitched well until the seventh inning when he struggled, allowing three runs before Charlie Moore relieved and delivered a two base hit to drive in two more.
A reader urges Albina voters to approve bonds for public improvements on the peninsula. The letter hails a 100 foot boulevard along the Willamette, an expanded Columbia Park, and a shared effort with Portland to build a more beautiful coast city.
A humorous note on the waste basket of a newspaper man, contrasting what is printed with what disappears. The piece laments reader complaints over minor errors while praising restraint shown in publication, suggesting many contributions remain unseen and unprinted.
Letters praise Ballard's Snow Liniment for rheumatic pains as a household staple. A Hempstead Texas resident, T H Pointer, endorses its effectiveness and availability at St Johns Drug Store. Also mentions Joe Thwaite now in New York and Oregon travel remarks. Hawkeyes fortune noted with copper ore strike near Milton, and Iowa oil prospects teased.
The juvenile court report for Multnomah County ends June 16 1907 shows 614 children under 16 appeared, 472 were sentenced including 404 boys and 68 girls. Of these 318 had both parents native American 253 both foreign and 43 mixed. The note urges parents to guide children and curb associations and amusements to save them from disgrace.
Monday morning a Union Meat wagon delivered a load of meat to town and parked before the meat markets. The meat was exposed to flies and sun, causing grease to run and patrons to be turned off. The paper urges the company to deliver in a cleaner, more sanitary manner.
A testimonial from Great Falls Montana claims Ballard's Horehound Syrup cures coughs and prevents consumption. The ad urges self care to avoid illness and notes the product is sold by St Johns Drug Store.
A Greenville Alabama user states that a single dose of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured a severe diarrhoea attack after nine days of ineffective treatment. The testimonial notes sale by St Johns Drug Store and endorses the remedy for bowel complaints.
Water used for sprinkling yards sidewalks or washing porches must be paid in advance and used only between 5 and 8 am and 9 pm. It must not be used for sprinkling streets. Violators will be shut off without further notice. St Johns Waterworks and Lighting Co. P H Edlefsen Supt.
Mrs Mary E Hammond of Moody Texas states she suffered liver trouble for over a year with little help from doctors. After using Herbine she took three bottles and was cured. She praises the medicine and keeps it on hand, and notes it is sold by St Johns Drug Store.
The notice explains a standard billing practice for church and lodge entertainments. A charge of 1.00 is applied for resolutions of respect and notices with admission fees, while free events are published without charges. The rule clarifies why some notices incur fees.
Short notices list services and Sunday schools for Baptist, Methodist, Epworth League Catholic, Christian, St Andrew's Chapel, Evangelical, First Congregational, German Baptist and other churches. Times vary from 7:30 p.m. to 10 a.m. with Holy Mass and vesper services noted. The page also warns copy deadlines for ads and printer changes.
A fragment notes Luther Burbank developing a thornless cactus that allegedly produces an enormous 200 ton fodder yield per batch. The text asserts such plants are highly valuable, calling the workers or inventors behind it “worth their weight in diamonds” to the world.
In the name of the state of Oregon you are summoned to appear and answer the complaint in the suit Hogan v Hogan. The first publication was August 16 1907 and you must appear by September 6 1907 to avoid further relief. Judge T V Gatenbine presides.
Full line includes beef pork mutton and veal with hams bacon and home made lard and sausages. Also pickled meats and poultry dressed to order. Family trade welcomed with swift city delivery. Prices claimed to be right. Call Scott 4062.
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