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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
1
Oregon reports foreign imports at Mart land and Elporta plans. Harvests, highway bonds, population figures, and accidents feature in monthly notes. Highlights include Crater Lake visits, freight rates, labor day observance, and local crime updates across multiple counties.
Mrs. L H Dowd nee Emma Jane Dinamore died August 7 1920 in Washtucna Washington after a long illness. Born September 19 1869 she was married to I Dowd of Dallas Wisconsin and leaves husband nine children three sons Hugh Ralph Henry and five daughters Ruth Gould Alice Pearl Margaret and Rhehamy Dowd. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church and interment was in Weston with Rev W R Storms delivering the tribute.
Rain boosts harvest pace as crows rush fieldwork. Miss Kittie Sharp returns to sound home for vacation. Walla Walla visitors and local repairs fill week with wires and poles on Main Street. A pistol misfire injures Rusall Cardos’s leg. X ray confirms cartridge location. Infant born Monday to Don and Mrs Wilkes dies shortly after.
The Granite Cutters Journal from Quincy Maas features a cover with a half tone of the monument to Jennie Gaines Watts in Athena cemetery. The Barre granite monument shows a broken column with a figure and is attributed to sculptor Angelo Ambrosini as one of his finest works this season.
The Tlue mountains report a record huckleberry harvest drawing hundreds mountainward. Camps are filled and out-of-the-way spots host berry pickers as water sources are found. Only since 1894 has such a prolific crop occurred, boosted by the high cost of other fruits.
Hythe England. Great Britain and France say the Bolsheviks aim to seize Warsaw and topple the Polish government. Allies approve plans to act with Russia, impose a blockade, and aid Poland with munitions and advice while withholding full allied troops. A defensive line in Poland is discussed as a safeguard against Bolshevik expansion, pending Minsk stance.
Oregon Idaho and Washington public service commissions will hold a joint hearing in Olympia on August 17 at 10 A M in the senate chamber. They seek to harmonize local rate increases with the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling demanding a 45 percent return.
Fran efico Villa and his band surrendered to the De Is Huerta government in San Pedro Coahuila after marching into the town Monday night between welcoming crowds. The surrender followed terms reached recently at Sabinas.
The foreign office issued a categorical denial of dispatches claimed to be from San Sebastian. The reports suggested the League of Nations formed an International general staff, which Paris says is false.
A twilight army of bankers lawyers doctors and merchants shed white collars and join harvest work in Bismarck North Dakota to relieve a looming farm labor shortage.
Washington reports a total of 151 convictions secured by the department of justice in its nationwide campaign against profiteering. The agency says cases spanned multiple sectors and jurisdictions, reflecting intensified enforcement efforts.
London reports that British labor heads declare a war against Poland by allies and Soviet Russia would be an intolerable crime against humanity and warn the government that organized labor will be used to defeat such a conflict.
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