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Newspaper

Colville Examiner

Location

Colville, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1917

Page

2

Unprecedented floods hit eastern Lewis county and more

High water caused widespread damage in eastern Lewis county. A Seattle officer, Captain W. K. Turner, is listed among wounded in a Canadian casualty list. Floods blocked the Portland Tacoma highway and cut light to Napa vine and Winlock. The Garfield warehouse burned in an incendiary blaze.

Lewis County W. K. Turner Seattle Morton Pacific Portland Tacoma Seattle Construction & Drydock Company Walter A. Luckenbach Pacific Northwest Garfield Fruit and Produce Company Garfield State Board of Control Washington State Penitentiary Walla Walla Allen Republic-Wauconda Road Okanogan County North Pacific District Rimrock McAllister Meadows Tieton Valley Napavine Winlock Napavmne Spokane Pacific Northwest Milk Dealers’ Association Northwest Milk Inspectors’ Association Northwest Livestock Association Lewiston E. A. Matson T. Nolan Robert Solen United States District Court Olympia National Forest Reserve Port Angeles William Blackman State of Washington Wage Adjusting Board The Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Benson Puyallup Valley Pierce County Grays Harbor Quinsault Timber Company North River Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Southern Pine Washington Northwest United States

German Counterfeiter Painted Twenty Dollar Notes as Art

An old German counterfeiter in the United States gained fame for painting lifelike twenty dollar banknotes with brush and pen. He created each portrait in about a week, earning roughly three dollars a day in a pursuit driven by belief the world owed him a living. Jail terms did little to deter him, and collectors valued his bill portraits highly, with one offering five hundred dollars for a specimen.

The Ancient Dragon and Early St Louis Nickname Pain Court

A paleontological note compares the pterodactyl to the dragon of fable, noting its wing span and lifestyle. The article then explains how St Louis earned the nickname Pain Court from French settlers and nearby villages due to bread scarcity and garrison provisioning.

Vs. Louis Missouri St. Louis Laclede Louis XV Mississippi Ohio Wabash Place Pain Court

Beatrix oryx Desert Thirst Quencher Mystery

A Wide World Magazine piece describes the Beatrix oryx of Arabia as never drinking water, surviving ten months without surface water. It explains a natural adaptation a thirst quenching parasite grows on desert bush roots, giving the antelope a water filled spadix, and the animal digs sand holes to access it.

Arabia Wide World Magazine

Farm equipment and stock for sale at Colville Wash listing

For sale includes one good work team one small horse Berkshire pigs eligible for registry several well bred Shorthorn cows registered and grade Shorthorn bull calves one good farm wagon 200 ft 4 inch cable an International 6 horsepower gasoline engine small threshing separator good gang plow 28 inch circle wood saw and bracket all ready to work 6 hp gas engine International C M Baker Colville Wash Percent F D No 1.

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