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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
3
Private party offers loans of any size on improved farms at a low rate. Prompt service and confidential terms described in full by writing. Address Box 157 Kettle Falls Washington.
A mixed local column from Kettle Falls notes for sale of a team of horses and wagon, welcomes visitors, and reports births and illnesses. Christmas greetings from The Scimitar appear alongside numerous town happenings including visits to Colville and Spokane, church programs, and community party remarks. Local families such as Hammers, Batson, Llewellyn, Robertson, Williams, Noble, and Smith are mentioned with dates of December and Christmas activities.
Mrs. Nancy Stafford, mother of Mrs. Chas. M. Fish of Kettle Falls, was taken to Colville Monday charged with insanity and will be moved to Medical Lake for treatment. Charles Henry Livermore died in Colville from nephritis. he owned a fruit ranch near Kettle Falls and is survived by his wife and son Leon. Funeral services will be at Kettle Falls with Rev. Walker preaching. The Kettle Falls Masonic lodge elected officers for 1917 and conferred three third degrees followed by an oyster supper.
A Colville advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a tested remedy for back pain headaches dizziness and urinary weakness. It features a testimonial from Mrs Geo A Chapman Deer Park Washington praising relief after using the product priced at 50 cents and sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Notice to Subscribers lists subscriptions expiring this month and urges prompt remittance to keep papers from missing issues. It states a low $1 per year rate for paid-in-advance subscriptions and asks readers to notify the Examiner of any expiration errors. Bargain offers propose Colville Examiner remittances of 1.80 or 1.00 to encourage quick payment.
The passage argues that a successful advertiser is a business man who acts now. A good businessman must excel beyond just advertising, yet strong advertising is essential to maximize returns and achieve high success in a growingly competitive market.
A lunch on Fifth Avenue ends with a diamond cross found in a Russian leather box. A self styled detective seeks the recovery, while a well dressed crook eyes the prize. The narrator and a refined owner seek to settle the matter without court, turning to wit and caution.
A narrator recounts confronting a false detective who threatened to arrest a young woman to seize her jewelry. By exchanging a plan with the blackmailer, paying a ransom with counterfeit-like pin pricks, and coordinating with police, the crook was jailed while the rightful owner reclaimed her diamond cross. The woman later agrees to testify, and the narrator reflects on their ensuing bond.
During World War I, Boris Gustab a Servian private faced extreme danger as he carried a concealed message to the French. Despite relentless searches by Bulgarians and Bulgarian guards he endured torture false leads and a damaged leg wound to deliver a 500 word encoded note written on fine paper by concealing it in a medicated capsule read by a surgeon and finally handed to the allied commander
The column lists officers for Meyers Falls and Colville areas, with names for president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, sales manager, and committees. It also provides an extensive catalog of thoroughbred animals owned in Stevens County, detailing breed, animal name, registration numbers, birth years, and the owners or ranches from Colville, Addy, Rice, Bossburg, Waits, and Valley.
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