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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
2
The Colville Examiner lists weekly publication with post office receipt as second class matter since October 1907. Subscriptions are paid in advance at $1 yearly, 50 cents for six months, 25 cents for three months, with foreign postage 50 cents extra. Renewal notices, payment methods, address changes, and advertising rate card available on request.
Colville notes report Mrs Harriet A Camp has returned for winter with relatives after visits in Montana led to good times in Lewiston and Butte. Judge Perkins recovers from grippe. Miss Mildred Pike visits from Rock Cut for Christmas. Special Mass and music planned at the Church of Immaculate Conception. Northport Commercial club to discuss Inland Empire highway at a good roads meet and smoker with visitors from county and Spokane. Colville steam laundry owner’s wife joins husband after arrival from Colfax. Plumbing upgrades at Northport New Zealand hotel. Frank Nicholas assists a big store sale at Ritzville. Colville visitors include R R Coleman from Meteor and Sam Christman from Pullman. Masonic lodge to install officers Jan 4, 1917. D W McMillan returns from Washington State University for holiday, and family mourns the death of Dr L B Harvey with relatives arriving from St. Louis.
Dr L B Harvey longtime Colville resident mayor for eight years and physician dies December 16 at Colville sanitarium from acute nephritis after unconscious spell at office. He built Colville sanitarium and led civic and fraternal work, eight-time mayor, health officer, pension examiner, and organizer of the Colville fire department. Funeral held at Masonic temple with extensive floral tributes and memorials by lodges. Burial at Highland.
A December 20 1916 surprise party at the Ostrum home on South Elm Street celebrated the first wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs C B Ostrum. Guests included Dr and Mrs John J Ingle and Mr and Mrs Warren B Lane with gifts of nut bowls and crackers. The gathering featured cards, songs, and refreshments, with many attendees listed. An advertisement for Deans Regulats and Deans Ointment concludes the write up, noting their health benefits and availability.
K F Hall of Mabe Virginia writes he suffered a fourteen year cough and throat irritation before Foley's Honey and Tar. After taking one bottle the cough ceased. Carrolls drug store advertises the remedy.
John Latham, an American tea agent in China, follows a white lantern through crowded streets to a leper colony. There he discovers Dr. Clay Foster, a physician in service to the outcasts, shielding Latham from a deadly fate. Latham learns of true courage and resolves to aid Foster’s work and reveal the truth to a loved one back home.
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