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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
5
Weston readers learn Roy Read returns from railroad artillery service with tales of training and travel across camps including Camp Watts Rogers and Fort George. Other items note soldiers home from France, a Say farewell from Sergeant Sid, local trades and sales, and residents visiting kin in Colfax Walla Walla and Logan Utah.
Local items report a Weston sailor due home on furlough and staff assisting Weston Mercantile during inventory. notices mention car sales and business names, then a wave of flu cases in Athena, impacting schools. City council sworn in New Year with Banister as mayor and a quip about abandoning orphans if anyone quits.
The Wurzers write from San Pedro California that they have settled for now after leaving Pasadena where they stayed about a month. They describe following the citrus belt through Glendora Uplands Jato San Bernardino Highland Colton Riv Slade Pomona and remark on orange and lemon groves. They praise Venice as Southern California’s playground and note ideal weather with some frost. They visited an alligator farm and a tortoise farm and say their funds are quickly limited by sights.
City complains water users must pay promptly or face shutoff after the tenth of each month. Mayor J. M. Banister and Recorder J. W. Porter urge timely dues to avoid service interruption.
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