This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
2
Weston Leader carries a miscellany of local ads and jokes plus excerpts from the Oregon Fire Marshal Bulletin. It notes Freewater bathing caution, Armenia article urging aid, Chicago women cutting living costs, a winter superstition list, pea farming prospects in Whitman and Spokane counties, and the Sirius star rising bright in southeast skies this season.
Describes how fir, pine, hemlock and spruce dominate barren areas after leaves fall, creating a wintry scene. Holly berries, desired for Christmas, were hard to obtain this year as extreme cold spoiled them, leaving the berries withered and blackened.
In a brief market note, egg prices hold steady while competition between newspapers, Evening Tribune and East Oregonian, causes chatter but no price changes locally. Local vendors report demand remains firm as markets absorb the rival press dynamic.
The advent of the season brings animation and high spirits to our town. Shapes are crowded with containers. table linen is eagerly sought. Housewives busily arrange dwellings in apple-pie order as Christmas bells and wreaths appear in many windows.
A chinook wind and rain melted heavy snow in Athena causing a Thursday morning flood. Water filled cellars and basements, flooded Athena Department Store, and overwhelmed the Kirk farm house cellar. The flood reached Main Street north side while trains on the Oregon Washington line were halted and highways damaged at the Havana crossing.
Notice to subscribers dated 1920 requests prompt renewal as expiration looms. Rates listed are $2 per year, $1 for six months, and 60 cents for three months. The Leader is discontinued at expiration.
The Athena area reports a busy social calendar and local movements. Elaine Warren of Pendleton attended, visitors from Washtucna and Alberta welcomed home, and several residents travel for holidays, hospital. Also noted are theatre changes, civic club activity, a turkey shoot, and weather impacted travel on routes through Milton and Walla Walla.
A man in New Kensington, identified as John Pulveo, was found with numerous bottles and incriminating items. State troopers searched his car and home, uncovering a barrel of pork and a submerged rhim barrel in the cellar amid a chaotic scene.
Defendants named in a dissolution suit against Pisin Belehe and Granville P Belehe, with service deadline set for February 6 following December 1010 publication. Hon. Wm Phelps presides. last publication dated February 6. attorneys Pareason Eisner & Clagh represent the plaintiff in Oregon.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.