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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
2
Four shopping days to Christmas features a selection of handkerchiefs in hemstitched and plain styles priced from 10c to 95c. Also offered are leatherette gloves, four-in-hand silk ties, and plain linen handkerchiefs in white, with ranges from 15c to 3.50. Various colors and finishes advertised for men and women.
Winter coat buyers are urged to shop now for the broadest selection of styles and fabrics at unusually low prices. The ad lists coats from $18.60 to $47.60, with silktone, wool velour, Melton, plaids, fur trimmings, and a wide range of colors and sizes. Also features Phoenix and Iron Clad hosiery, silk and knitted mufflers, gloves, and a large blouse selection for gifts. Grocery items and produce are advertised with everyday low prices.
Dr Livingston Farrand executive head of the American Red Cross endorses the 1919 Christmas Seal sale run by the National Tuberculosis Association and allied organizations. A fund exceeding 6.5 million dollars will fund the 1920 educational and preventive campaign. Farrand praises the effort and urges generous public support in the postwar health drive.
The National Tuberculosis Association issues Health Bonds in graded $5 up to large denominations to ease large subscriptions. Proceeds fund the 1920 TB death reduction effort, aiming to curb the disease that killed about 150,000 in 1919. Bonds available through state and local TB associations. Also notices household remedies and ads for Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
The article notes a mania for perfumes across Italy in the sixteenth century. Pompeo Molmenti describes scenting gloves, money, socks, and shirts in Milan’s glove and perfume guild. Patrician ladies carried pouncer-boxes and amber chaplets, while inventories list amber musk aloes myrrh peppermint jonquil and other scents.
The Belle Ehurche irrigation dam is the world’s largest earth embankment. Authorized by Congress at a cost of 5 million dollars, it features a 6 200 foot dike 20 feet wide on top and 15 feet high, with a two to one slope and gravel protection. The 42 000 000 cubic feet of earth forms a 9 000 acre reservoir expected to be the state’s largest lake.
Colville notices describe Doan's Kidney Pills ads and multiple estray notices. Listings name residents P. H. Stewart and M. F. Lawrence, plus local ranch locations, animal descriptions, and sale dates in December 1919.
Public notice lists estrays including a black mare branded 8, a brindle cow branded H with calf, and two Holstein heifers. Notices dated December 1919 in Stevens County require owners or representatives to claim and title the animals or they will be sold on December 24 or December 22 1919 at specified times.
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