St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-25
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Wnere snail get my hair cut
AT Gilmore's barber shop. adv
II Stanley Barsewski is having 6
fine little dwelling erected or
Swenson street.
| Business at the woolen mills
is picking up and more hands
are being added to the force.
Mrs. Curtis of Tacoma, WASH,
is visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Scales, this
week.
Tabletsl Tablets for school!
The largest line in the city.
Beautiful post card free with
each tablet at The st. Johns
Pharmacy.
o. ID. Juergs, whose residence
on South Jersey street was des-
troyed by fire some months ago
is having it replaced by a modern
and attractive structure. II. ID.
Beam has the contract.
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at your home, you have a guest,
or If anything else of Importance
happens around your home, tell
us about il.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. V. Anderson. which scored
100 per cent at the Better Babies
Show held here recently, has
been presented with a bronze
medal by the Ladies' Home
Journal, in recognition of the
splendid showing she made.
A. w. Handberg of Astoria,
chief engineer on the river boat
Oneida, has purchased four lots
and a five room bungalow on
Pierce and Edison streets from
Mckinney & Davis. Mr.. Hand
berg expects to take up his resi-
dence thereon next spring.
The Rally Day service at the
United Evangelical church is in |
charge of the Sans Dieu Rien
Sunday school class, and they
are preparing a good program. |
There will be several out of
town speakers Sunday, Septem.
ber 9th.
The st. Johns Cash Market, |
opposite the Mutnomah theatre, |
is making splendid window dis
plays these days. and are at
tracing a lot of admiring atten-
ton. The market is a model of
cleanliness and attractiveness,
and its business is steadily i'm
creasing.
S. II. Satterlee, who had been
conducting a barber shop at
Wildwood Court for the past
couple of years. has moved his
apparatus to 205 North Jersey
street, where he has a shop nice
ly fitted up and Is doing busi-
ness. Mr.. Satterlee at one time
conducted a barber shop on Phil
adelphia street.
j. ID. Gray Of st. Johns has
invented an ingenious arrange
ment for opening and shutting
car doors or big barn doors. II
works with sprocket wheel,
and the doors are opened and
closed without IL being neces-
sary TO touch them. The prob.
abilities are that Mr.. Gray will
realize considerable money from
his invention.
The adoption Of the proposed
eight hour law at the November
election would be disastrous to
the state, work a hardship on
the farmers of Oregon and ought
to be defeated. was declared by
Mrs. Mary S. Howard. state sec
retary of the State Grange.
Mrs. Howard commended the
plan of the oranges to discuss
measures on the ballot. and
urged special consideration of
the eight hour law.
There has been some COM
plant about the charge made by
the city for cutting weeds on
ots where the notice to have ,
the weeds cut was not needed.
The price charged. however, was .
not as much as that charged by !
the city of Portland for a like {
service, and the people were
given an opportunity to save the |
extra expense if they had heed
ed the notice placed on their
School officials of Portland es- (
innate that the change in text |
books recently ordered by the :
school board will entail an ex- !
penditure in Portland alone of 4
$50. 900 for new books. OF this !
sum. $50. 900 will be the cost of !
books purchased by the gram q
mar grades. and $40. 900. by the i
High School pupils. There is I
very widespread feeling there q
hat the change was unneces-
'ary. and it is looked upon as a ;
particularly needless burden put II
lpon the people at this time. h
Registration books for county |
md state are now open at JUS q
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