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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
4
Our grocery department offers a complete stock with guaranteed quality. Prices have risen nationwide, but we bought early and present low prices on many items. Choose now for value this season and reduce table expenses with fresh vegetables carried daily.
Final wind up of the season offers fifty hats from the milliner at 98 cents each. Hats, once selling up to five dollars, are laid out on a table for customers to choose from as the sale ends.
A local store offers about 100 pairs of end of stock ladies pumps in patent leather gun metal and kid—shoes previously selling up to 4 50 per pair. The lot will be closed out at a reduced per pair price.
Weston announces A W Lundell buys car for Kansas City Life work. Mrs. Lee of Dry Creek undergoes major surgery in Walla Walla. Weston Lodge plans officer installation July 5. Portland visitors, dances, and dinners noted along with crop prospects and later harvest timing. Local items include autos, a guild meeting, large eggs from Black Minore hens, and travel to Lewiston for farm opportunities.
Athena announces Civilization as the era’s most astounding production. The ad hails the film as a humanity loving lesson never to be forgotten with scenes of ten thousand horses in air battles and early army aeroplanes, framed as the greatest love story of humanity.
About a dozen of 300 legal voters showed up for Weston school district No 19 annual meeting. Joe Wurzer was re elected to the school board and Frank Price was re elected clerk amid a contest by women voters for representation. District stats include 241 pupils, seven teachers, library 700 volumes, and total expenditures around 10 422 dollars with tax valuation at 767 509.
Washington reports Japan refused to back the United States in urging China to settle internal difficulties. Britain’s rejection is noted as contributing to a jointly proposed action. The issue stems from a June 4 note to China inviting rival factions to restore order, with Japan misunderstanding the U S initiative.
A terse fragment echoes a moral about leadership and crowd behavior. It speaks of lone action over collective gathering and implies success comes from taking the lead while others follow. The lines mix archaic phrasing and a paradox about wisdom, motive, and social motion.
Bluestem wheat fluctuates around 2.52 to 2.60 with red Russian and turkey red cited at 2.46 to 2.62. Barley runs about 42 per ton, hay Timothy at 30 per ton and alfalfa price listed. Butter Creamery quoted at 38 cents and eggs at 31 cents. Wool from Hautern Oregon and other regional entries appear with scattered figures.
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