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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
3
The notice outlines subscription details for Colville Washington, with prices for domestic and foreign copies, advance payment expectations, and renewal reminders. It lists editors and associations, payment methods, address changes, and advertising rate cards.
We present summer cool drinks and year round smokes. We offer fishing tackle Seapun, candies, and flowers in winter. A lost friend you will always find here. For Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen. We wish you a Happy New Year.
Colville residents share holiday gatherings and family visits as J M Eilertson heads to Camp Lewis and relatives plan Christmas celebrations. Tuberculosis tests begin for eastern Washington herds while flu quarantines ease with Colville schools to reopen January 6 and influenza cases decline.
Mr and Mrs L A Connelly of Aladdin receive word from the War Department that their son Roy Elmer Connelly died October 6 from wounds suffered in action in France. Born in Howard Kansas he moved to Colville 14 years ago and sailed for France July 6. He was in heavy fighting from September 10 and earned corporal stripes early in the war. He leaves brothers Luther Lee in the service at Ft Baird New Mexico and Edmund at home.
Sergeant A C Woolard discharged after service since 1917. He trained at Camp Lewis and Camp Pike Arkansas and led Colville High School commercial department. Sergeant Louis Arneson returns to Colville post office after Camp Taylor Sheridan service in Alabama and 75th Field Artillery. Burle Casey discharged from navy at Bremerton. Dr Milton Acorn granted furlough from Camp Lewis for Christmas with wife in Molson.
Merchants report a strong Christmas trade with demand for useful gifts. Handkerchiefs and stationery sold briskly while toys shifted toward durable, educational items. Post office handled 25 percent more packages, many to army camps. local shoppers bought apples, nuts, poultry, and meats for holiday meals. Discharges and visits from former locals noted.
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