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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1918
Page
8
Persuasive notice touts Toan's Kidney Pills as the cure for weak kidneys. Testimonial from Mrs L Bruch of Ritzville describes backache relief after using three boxes, claiming three years without kidney issues. Available at all dealers as Dean's Kidney Pills from Wester Milburne Buffalo NY.
Colville residents are urged to use a mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine and Adler- then ashes to cleanse the entire bowel and prevent appendicitis. Adler-i-ka is claimed to relieve sour stomach gas or constipation by removing foul matter. Instant action is promised by Cc. H. Carroll, druggist.
Washington special reports Raymond B. Fosdick, chairman of the Commission on Training Camp Activities, urging families to support demobilizing soldiers by writing letters and providing home warmth. He emphasizes morale, continued guidance, and responsibility as two million service members return from overseas. Mothers letter sample stresses self control, fidelity, and hope for a clean homecoming.
Washington official urges mothers fathers sisters and sweethearts to write letters full of home and motherly warmth to service members. The War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities designates December 15 as Letters-from-home week with pulpit and press backing to boost support.
A 1918 collection of public sale notices from Stevens County Washington announces tax foreclosure sale by the county treasurer at the Colville courthouse on December 28 1918 for Lots eleven and twelve, block nine Springdale, with cash terms and possible daily adjournments. Separate items call sewer bond payments, a public auction of property seized from Ed Sandberg and HL Dolman, and an estray notice listing a heifer and a steer taken up by Co F Smith with sale set for December 18 1918.
The Stevens County board of commissioners will meet in Colville on December 27 1918 to close the year's business. Any person with a claim against Stevens County must file with the county auditor by that date. Ear T Gates county auditor Will C Spedden deputy first publication December 10 1918 last December 26 1918.
J F Signer reports taking up two estrays on Dec 12 1918 near Colville Washington a three year old iron gray horse with no brands and a one year old black colt with a white face and white hind feet. Both will be sold for cash to the highest bidder on Dec 30 1918 at 10:00 am if the owner or legal representative does not appear to establish ownership and pay charges.
A batch of 1918 Stevens County notices includes a divorce summons in Northport, a notice of intention to prove up land claims in Spokane, a hearing to resell county property in Colville, a sheriff's sale of real estate to satisfy judgments, a delinquent tax certificate foreclosure, and a preliminary notice to Crystal Marble Quarries Co. The entries name plaintiffs such as C William A J Johnson and Wm L Shepard, defendants including Mary Johnson and Crystal Marble Quarries Co., and list locations Northport Colville Park Rapids Spokane and Colville with dates November 1918 through January 1919. The actions involve divorce decree requests, land proof filings, tax certificate foreclosures, property sales, and hearings on county property disposition.
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