St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-12-18
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iii OnrlSClan science lecture 10
next Sunday: "Is the Universe
including Man, Evolved b!
Atomatic Force?"
Buy a ticket to the Bachelor
Club Benefit performance to bt
held at the Multnomah Theatre
the evening of December 21st.
Peter Villevieve of Crysta
Falls, Wisconsin, was a guest OF
his sister, Mrs. Chas. Muck,
and other relatives in st. Johns
the latter part of last week.
At meeting of the Board of
Governors of the Commercial
club Tuesday afternoon, Deane
H. Knowles was elected secre-
tary of the club, to succeed John
E. Hitler, who resigned.
Are you thinking of buying a
Graphophone for your home this
Christmas? If so. do not fail to
investigate the special offerings
of Columbia Machines by The
st. Johns Pharmacy.
A number of our young folks,
and some of the older ones also,
enjoyed themselves skating on
what is known as the Five Mile
lake" near the Columbia Slough
the first of the week. The ice
was in splendid condition.
Fire broke out at the First
Trust and Savings Bank build
ing Sunday morning. The fire
boys responded promptly, and
the flames were extinguished
with the chemical. The fire or
iginated from the hue. The
damage did not exceed SIS.
Come to the w. c. I. u. meet
ing next Monday at 2:30. The
subject will be Santa Claus and
fairy stories. Come and take
part in the discussion. Shall we
tell our children the truth. or
shall we deceive them?-Re.
porter.
The various clubs of the city
of which each member has been
asked to secure and dress one
doll. may leave the same at 202
North Jersey street. Also it is
desired that any one having toys
in fairly good condition leave
them at the same place for the
Community Christmas tree cele-
bration.
The Port of Portland Com.
mission have agreed to send a
committee to st. Johns this
week to inspect the roadway
built by the city from the Will
lamette boulevard TO the plant
of the Western Cooperage Com.
pany. Mayor Vincent" John
Edlefsen. Peter Autzen and II.
+. Pennell have asked the COM
mission to contribute toward the
cost of building this roadway.
A young lady took down the
receiver and discovered that the
telephone was in use. IL just
put on a pan of beans for din
ner." she heard one woman COM
placently informing another.
She hung up the receiver and
waited. Three times she wait
ed. and then exasperated. she
broke into the conversation.
Madame. | smell your beans
burning" she announced crisp
ly. A Mortified scream greeted
the remark and the young lady
was able to put in her call. -Ex.
James ID. Barr died at the
home of his nephew, James |.
Barr, $40 st. Johns avenue. De-
cember llth. 1914. He was
aged 78 years, and had never
been married. For the past ten
months he had been a resident
of st. Johns. He was a lumber
man by occupation, and was
born in Ontario, Canada. The
funeral took place Sunday after.
noon. services being conducted
in the chapel of the st. Johns
Undertaking Company; inter-
ment in Columbia cemetery.
The public is getting mighty
tired of the page smears of story
and pictorial war reports which
are made up in a New York or
Philadelphia newspaper office
and fed to the country by rehash
of old descriptions and battle
prevarieations. The reading
public is turning to home news
and allowing the war zone TO
keep its news under censorship
as tightly as they please. We
don't want in the war business.
anyhow, as we are going to be so
busy supplying the armies over
there with materials of all kinds
that we can't even read the head
lines. Exchange.
The Progressive Study Club
met Thursday, December 3, with
Mrs. Fred Houghton. 808 Ober-
lin street. Mrs. Geslin read the
life of Edgar Allen Poe. Mrs.
Arnold gave his characteristics
and Mrs. Thyng read a poem.
During the social hour an ad.