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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
4
Davenport Washington resident C. C. Buck testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his lumbago and back pain after kidney troubles. He urges others with back or kidney issues to try the same remedy, noting it only took one box to restore strength. Available at 60 cents in all stores.
Colville news highlights Christmas bargains at Colville Bankrupt Store and local ads. The town reports employments for plumbers in Bremerton, school board halves Christmas vacation, and discussions on Saturday classes to shorten spring terms. Local residents face WWI restrictions as Louis and Siegfried Strauss, German-born brothers, are blocked from enlistment due to alien enemy status.
City of Colville Washington calls sewer bonds numbers 31 through 40 for payment on December 30 1917 interest ceases from that date. Treasurer notes first publication December 13 1917 with last publication December 29 1917.
N F Hanscom reports a Jersey cow found on his Bluecreek Washington ranch on November 3 1917. The blind left eye animal weighs about 1100 pounds and will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on December 27 1917 at 9 a m unless the owner or legal representative appears to claim and pay charges. Auditor Earle T Gates of Stevens County issued the notice with publications from December 13 to December 22 1917.
Pedigreed Poland China boat and bred gifts offered by Cloverdale Ranch Orient Washington. Ford touring car recently overhauled in good condition for sale at 697 N Hofstetter Colville. Toys Toys Toys store carries items mostly 5 10 15 cents. Jonathan and Wagen er apples sell for 1 dollar per box for A May Colville.
A collection of church notices from Christian Science, Free Methodist, Congregational, and St John’s Episcopal churches outlines services, sermon topics, baptism and Christmas events, plus a New Year service invitation. The column ends with a domestic happiness essay by Rev Dr Madison C Peters advising mutual respect and shared decision making.
Sunday school and worship services listed for Baptist and Methodist churches in Colville with sermon topics and times. Announcements include a pre social from Christian Church, a note on Spokane district growth, explosives license forms from County Clerk, and a local ad section with market items and a Chewelah lumberman’s town visit.
An Atlantic passage extols flowers Cyclamen as playful and quaint, likening them to animals and fleeing maidens. The writer expresses love beauty and spirituality in flowers, seeing them as merry companions and a conduit to divine reverence and wonder.
The piece describes Andean village doors in San Pablo Colombia with keyholes shaped like a swan a man horse goose and other odd forms. Locks are quirky hard to fit travelers must rely on locals before moving on.
The advice cautions against heavy clothing while skating and warns against skating until exhaustion in cold wind. It notes risks of a cold or pneumonia and suggests using an overcoat over a fiber vest to protect the back and chest. It also recommends avoiding low shoes or buttoned boots while skating.
Colville Washington December 14 1917 calls for payment of all general fund warrants to date with interest ceasing. Notice lists numerous warrant numbers and ranges across Stevens County schools. Also drainage district number two bonds in Stevens County are called for payment with interest ceasing from that date. First publications in December 1917 with treasurer Frving D Sill.
Do You Practice Thrift The art of acquiring meane consists mainly of thrift. It is in every persons power to practice this art. The best start in life that parents can give their children is to teach them thrift. Thrift makes strength. The strong men in any community are men of thrift. Thrift begins to be acquired when one distinguishes between luxuries and necessities and restricts luxuries. Wasting a cent a day wastes 3.65 a year. This would buy the use of almost 50 at 8 percent interest. The thrifty man does not have to haunt the free employment bureau or feed his family on mush and milk. Thriftiness with money means independence of the pawnbroker and the loan shark. Thrift of time enables a man, if he wishes, to acquire a liberal education.
In foggy night conditions traffic officers at risky St. Louis intersections are shielded by nitrogen tungsten searchlights mounted on nearby buildings. High powered reflectors on upper stories illuminate the officer’s position, a method adopted after other attempts failed.
The New York Sun notes William Charles Adamson of Georgia is best known for coffee brewed in his private office adjacent to his committee room. He uses a tin pot, glass serving, sugar and cream, served by a smiling elderly man.
A Joy told a man to carry sunshine to warm his heart and hands. Joy praised music even with a single string fiddle, saying life will be hallelujah if music stays in the soul every day. The exchange centers on warmth, song, and hopeful living quoted from the Atlanta Constitution.
In a brief exchange from the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph Mr A notes the Tompkins-Chorkins match is broken off. Mr B says the Tompkinses object to Chorkins being economical and that he sent circulars to ministers asking for their lowest ceremony estimates.
An eastern railroad burns discarded wooden cars to recover iron. Before burning, cars are inspected and salvageable timber is removed. The iron salvaged from the wrecked cars is sold as scrap.
The bulletin from the American Society For the Control of Cancer notes that many patients are otherwise healthy and unaware of early warning signs. It warns cancer often progresses without pain and stresses that prompt surgical removal offers the best chance of cure, with delays lowering survival chances.
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