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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1920
Page
2
The document records a formal summons by publication in Colville Washington for delinquent tax certificates across multiple parcels. It lists numerous properties with owners and assessed taxes and charges readers to appear within sixty days of August 1920 to contest or settle the tax delinquencies.
An insane patient at a Margland Devonshire poorhouse astonishes observers by instantly reciting any psalm or hymn when given its number and by naming the weekday of any given date. Doctors remark only memory survives, not reason, amid questions of explanation.
A French newspaper profile claims a Bolshevik republic existed in Manchuria at Chetuga seventy years ago. It says conscript miners sent by the Chinese emperor formed the regime after deserting, with brigands later policing Manchuria for Japan. The piece also describes primitive fire-making methods with tinderwood and a spindle.
About 120 aster species are native to the United States with 54 in northeastern America. Most are purple or blue. distinguishing them requires patient study. The New England aster is prominent with tall hardy stems and violet to pink blossoms.
A short reflection on music as a universal necessity and its healing power for shell-shocked soldiers. It notes music's role in patriotism religion and church services and questions its place in amusements. The Chicago News quote affirms music as essential, beyond mere luxury.
A man with a grand French name opened the town’s most exclusive jewelry store on Fifth Avenue. Not a single item is shown under $10,000 and clerks resemble Parliament members in frock coats. A customer seeking a $1,000 ring faced a blunt rebuke and a suggestion to shop elsewhere.
In Nablus markets called souks, tiny East Nablu stores display European and Danascian wares. Cows of silversmiths craft ornaments while coffee shops line the street with men on stools sipping thick coffee and smoking narghiles. Street stalls spill large trays of kana fie pastry with sweet cheese and butter syrup.
The article extols Georgia as an ancient independent state with a history rivaling Greece and Rome, noting Christianization in the fourth century and centuries of Persian and Turkish pressure. It highlights Georgia’s restoration of independence in May 1918 after leaving the Russian empire.
The text traces playing cards to Eastern origins around 1100 with warriors returning home and gypsies spreading them across Europe. Early packs had 78 cards in four suits of 14, plus 22 trump cards. Suits used swords cups sticks and money. face cards included king queen knight and knave. Emblem cards showed emperors Cupid chariots hermits the gallows death the pope fortune the sun and the moon.
Historical notes describe the influenza outbreaks recorded by Noah Webster and Benjamin Rush, linking 18th and early 20th century epidemics to earthquakes, eruptions, comets, droughts, and other natural disturbances. Descriptions include fever, hoarseness, weariness, chills, and sensory head pain.
The piece notes that Chile has long employed conductorettes since 187, with women in ordinary dresses plus lace-trimmed aprons and patent-leather hats. They race in lace length, wear high heels, and climb roofs of cars when trolleys fail, without danger to heels or lace.
Dreaming of a long fence signals a long life for the dreamer. A short fence warns of few years. Building a fence suggests comfort in old age while climbing it implies a fast, useless life. Pulling it down warns against foolish acts. Burning a fence signals home happiness.
A New York Evening Teleqream letter decries whistle blowing on surface trams underground cars and buses. The writer calls whistlers pests and urges suppression even by force, arguing fare collectors should not be forced to endure their noise or facial contortions.
C M Baker filed a petition with Stevens County Board of Commissioners seeking a franchise to cross county roads with a water ditch to convey water from section 20 to section 18 in township 34 north range 41 east. A hearing is set for August 11 1920 at 10 00 a m in the commissioners room Colville courthouse. Objections may be made by any interested party. Dated Colville WA July 15 1920. WrEL Co SPEDDEN County Auditor. First publication July 15 1920. Last August 7 1920.
Districts in Stevens County Washington call payment on all general fund warrants through various numbered dates. The notice lists warrant ranges for districts including Union High No. 2 and Union High No. 3 with treasurer Sarilda McKeown. First published July 22 1920, last August 7 1920.
Albert Roll and T. W. Smith seek a franchise for eight years to lay down maintain and operate a lumber tramway across a Stevens county road near Waitis Lake three and three quarter miles west of Valley Washington. A hearing is set for August 7 1920 at 2 p.m. at the county commissioners office Colville Washington to show cause why the franchise should not be granted. First publication July 8 1920. Last publication August 7 1920.
Fred A Rimars files with Stevens County commissioners a petition seeking a four inch pipeline franchise under State Road No 22 about 260 feet north of the Colville River Bridge. A hearing is scheduled for August 10 1920 at 2 30 p m in the courthouse commissioners room Colville Washington. Objections may be presented at the hearing. Colville Washington July 15 1929 Will C Spedden Deputy Auditor.
Grace A Stayt and Annette S Hall filed with Stevens County a petition for a franchise to construct a tie line across state road 22 in section 10 township 35 north range 37 east. A hearing is set for August 9 1920 at 2 30 pm in the commissioners room at the Colville courthouse. Objections may be offered by any interested person. Public notice dated July 1920 with latest update August 7 1920.
Forest Center Telephone Co. filed for a franchise to lay a telephone line along State Road from Springdale to Valley, with Hesseltine Road routes included. A hearing is set for August 10, 1920, at 4:30 p.m. in the Commissioners room, Colville Court House, where objections may be presented. July 1920 notice. The page also contains unrelated advertisements and notices.
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