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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text includes a plea from a young girl asking Mrs. Shea to care for a baby, mentions a mother writing a paper on infant care, references local officials and Crimson, and contains stray phrases about prohibition, obits, and a Washington Star quote about salt and stomach storms. The excerpt is incomplete with garbled names and places.
President Wilson declared in Washington that the United States is ready to join any feasible association to secure world peace. He stressed opposition to aggression and treaty violations, urging a new and more whole-some diplomacy to prevent future wars and protect territorial integrity.
Mr Vogier notes a 2 hour 28 minute Pendleton to Dayton leg and a 2 hour 3 minute Colfax to Spokane run. He says Portland to Spokane by auto is rare and not a three day Northwest tour, praising the route scenery as favorable to any in the country.
A Washington Star excerpt features a provocative line about personal delight and disrespect, prompting readers to weigh tone and intent in public discourse. The fragment highlights tensions between humor, offense, and freedom of expression in newspaper reportage.
Mrs We Green of 882 E Addison Street Indianapolis says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after long illness. She weighed 109 pounds at the start and 123 pounds after months of use and now handles all household duties. The testimonial hails the product as a godsend for women suffering from weakness and invalidism.
In a Herald piece by Venizelist editor, anger rises over Bulgarian actions in Macedonia. The article notes Greek casualties and economic ruin threats, with The Herald issuing a black border mourning page as national sentiment runs high.
In San Antonio Texas rapid decreases in Texas National Guard manpower are reported. Officials cite budget pressures and recruitment challenges as the main factors. Local units note slower enlistment and higher attrition amid shifting defense needs.
District forester George S H Cecil announces Whitman National Forest in northeastern Oregon is 879 216 acres with 2742 acres set aside for later study. The Blue Mountains region holds about four billion feet of commercial timber, mainly western yellow pine, with limited agricultural value due to rocky soils and variable rainfall. Snow ranges from 20 inches to 30 feet. frosts occur monthly. The report concludes the area is primarily valuable for forest purposes and not suited to agriculture under the 1906 policy.
Marchfield George W Suydam of Denmark Curry County spent decades developing a chemical wood preservation method. He stored multiple woods of the same type to test aging and found unaltered wood differed from treated trunks. Detroit financier LB Swan bought half interest to back the exploitation of the process.
Voters in the Malhour valley approved organizing an irrigation district by an 84 to 11 vote on Saturday. Plans include a dam at Riverside to hold 200,000 acre-feet of government water as the most feasible and cheapest option. New land, about 26 000 acres, will be cultivated under the project.
Northwest market reports detail general crop conditions and various livestock prices. The piece cites California red and other meats, hogs, sheep, and lamb values, plus notes on mohair, cattle estray funds, and Curry county lamb losses amid winter damage and coyotes.
The article notes Britain has one sheep per 25 acres while the 16 American farm states average one sheep per 31.4 acres. It discusses pasture benefits, including fertility and parasite control, and then shifts to a domestic scene with a boy awaiting a dog on a rug.
Slacker foreman laments enlistment of workers as editor jokes about patriotism. A frantic ad for resmoi reinol ointment claims skin relief. A brief classroom quip shows a teacher and Johnny misreading a scene, ending with a joke about darkness and perception.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a threat involving Holt in New York and an implied headline style remark. Details are unreadable, but the fragment points to a local incident or report with potential danger or confrontation.
The readable lines describe a flushed fragment from the Courier Journal with garbled dialogue about plans and a dubious figure. It mentions a person named Sueew and a mysterious backstory involving a plombiaro and a tall man. The passage is damaged and difficult to interpret.
Rundown after winter leaves circulation stagnant and uric acid buildup. Describes backache swelling and rheumatic symptoms. Recommends hot water to drink and Pierce’s Anuric with invitation to mail for a full treatment from Pierce’s in Buffalo.
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