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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
1
A reflective piece contrasts the noisy wake up call of a new neighbor with various types of people who rush or stall daily. It argues the Busy Man and Lazy Man fault norms, condemns excessive toil, and suggests self wakefulness is possible if one avoids gluttony and stagnation.
The St Johns public schools reopen Monday under city superintendent C H Hoyd with 27 teachers. New principals and staff include C A Fry promoted to principal of High School and Miss Agnes Watkins to lead manual training. Lower grades will gain sewing and drawing supervision, with expanded crafts and basket weavings.
Kea vel Mays, noted city capitalist formerly with Union Meat at Troutdale, has taken options on several parcels at Maegley Junction on the Peninsula. Indications point to independent stock yards, potentially tied to a new packing lot by James Packing company. Louis Burke, a Portland livestock figure, is connected to the plan as details remain guarded. One option covers the Friedman property near Maegley Junction.
The text surveys global trends in abolishing capital punishment, citing Maine Michigan Rhode Island and other states with varying outcomes. It notes fewer homicides post abolition comparisons to retained-law states and mentions commutations in England Austria Sweden Norway Denmark and Bavaria.
An early spring volunteer potato patch at P. A. Bredeen's North Jersey store produced a remarkable harvest. A single spud grew into large tubers, yielding about 22 j s per plant with some potatoes weighing around 34 ths. Local claims include six rows of Irish potatoes at 52 feet each at G. W. Dunbar's residence, with witnesses presenting four Burbank towers as proof of size and crop quality.
A pharmacy case last week at St Johns Pharmacy shows a parent sending a prescription to a druggist. The misread note listed terms like Rome camfor and carbace while the correct reading is Bay rum camphor amica and carbolic acid mixed together.
No. 46 To PF G Magill to build a dwelling on Olympia between Midway and Fairhaven cost 250. No. 47 To Eliza Jensen to build a dwelling on Mohawk between Olympia and Swenson cost 1000. No. 44 To C Spies to repair First National Bank on Jersey between Burlington and Leavitt cost 250.
The record shows no case of a lifetimer freed, then committing murder, with only two known instances in far afield areas. The argument that confinement drives insanity is weak, as insanity is typically linked to solitary confinement, which is now rare except for incorrigibility cases like Skelleton and the Barber.
A Sunday evening drowning near St. Johns ends in the deaths of Orpha Meyer and Leonia May DuMond after a river boat outing at Richmond street dock. DuMond, an expert swimmer, dies after trying to save her friend as a lantern falls and a large vessel passes by without aiding. The victims, both residents of St. Johns, are mourned by families and the local community.
At a Tuesday governors meeting the Commercial Club considered establishing a passenger and express depot on Dawson Street and urged contacting parties to avert delays. They also debated investigating the Gatton tract for bridges and county road improvements to secure county action and good road conditions.
J B Ray of Salt Lake City visits his daughter Mrs A W Davis in town. He recalls life on the plains between Salt Lake City and Denver, claims ties with Wild Bill Hickok, and notes a famed shooting past. Now he pursues mining and real estate with notable success and is praised as sociable and engaging.
Advertisements list dentists Dr Rambo and Dr J Vinton Scott with office hours by appointment and contact details in Columbia city area. Also includes physicians Dr Joseph McChesney and residence and office addresses in St Johns Oregon, plus real estate firms McKinney Davis and St Johns Transfer and Storage offering property listings and moving services with addresses and phone numbers.
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