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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
4
The store slashes spring stock with special inducements to clear seasonable merchandise. The campaign promises lower prices as shoppers from Pendleton and Walla Walla visit for groceries. Featured items include Chase & Sanborn teas, canned Goody, fresh produce, and trade-ins of cans, butter, meat, and lard.
A fragmented ad lists prices on men clothing shirts gloves shoes and children's hose. It notes lows on overalls suits and canvas gloves with mentions of remnants discontinued and short end lines available at bargain counters.
Local shop lists Tiger and Mulvey hats in new spring blocks. Bargain tan doxen value hats former $8 now priced at $2.79. Customers urged to browse sales tables and pick sizes.
A local sale promotes shirts at 49 cents to clear stock. Limited to two per customer, the offer emphasizes low prices and quick turnover as prices rise, with emphasis on good styles and value.
Weston and area updates cover home sales and repairs, travel notes, car purchases, and school positions. Mrs. Mansfield buys a Dodge. Kennard brings an Overland for Dr. Sempert. FR Melcher orders flags. Weston elevator foundations completed. wheat prospects vary with recent weather. Local politics, clergy, and civic club plans are outlined alongside family visits and town news.
A Rainbow car from Bonnesville hatchery will arrive at Wexton and release trout in Pine Creek above the waterworks dam and in nearby Milton streams. State deputy game warden George Tonkin says the shipments feature several small varieties and should be ready to hook in a season, boosting Pine Creek as a trout stream this spring.
Washington reports the conscription measure passed both houses amid mixed support. The draft would call 3,000,000 men, with House votes near party lines and notable opposition from Hemutorn and others. Joint conferences aim to reconcile differences as the draft range is debated.
A garbled U S dispatch notes bombs dropped by an airplane Sunday night over Zerlanil in the Dutch province. Three persons were killed and material damage reported while the national origin of the aircraft remained undetermined.
Fragmentary text shows a plea involving France and the United States flag. It references Washington and a newspaper correspondent, with references to rallying support and confident hope for the flag to be raised in historic contexts.
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