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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1922
Page
3
The Colville Examiner is issued every Saturday morning and listed as second class matter since Oct 31 1907. Subscription is $2 a year in advance with renewals prepaid and postage rates to British Columbia and foreign areas at 50 cents extra.
Local entries report multiple family visits during Christmas with Knauss and Van Buren households hosting dinners and trees. Obituaries note J H Jackson’s death as illness struck Spokane-bound travelers. Basketball results show Colville second team 16 15 win over alumni and high school 20 14 over Vera as weather shifts bring 2 4 inches snow in Colville valley.
G B Ide named administrator for B F Goodman estate who died Dec 11 of heart trouble. Mrs A M Grace appointed administrator of Patrick H Grace estate. Victor Klement and Vernice Smith of Addy received marriage license last Saturday. Chewelah Chamber of Commerce officers elected E D Germain president F L Reinoehl vice president H E Durkee secretary E H Sleight treasurer governing board named Robert Johnson L A Conyard A I Kulzer B F Cook Dr L C Hayes Dr Milton B Acorn. John Chervewell opened a bakery in Northport. The Commoner and the Examiner one year for 2 50 with subscription offers and discounts for current Examiner readers.
Archdeacon G H Severance oversees both morning and evening services at St John’s Episcopal Church with Agnes D Roberts and W A Worker listed among wardens for the day.
Christian Science services occur every Sunday morning at 1 at the chapel with the subject Christian Science. Catholic services by Rev B Boll S J include eight and ten o clock masses on first and third Sundays and a ten o'clock mass on second and fourth Sundays.
Rev W H Haight serves as pastor with Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11. F L Cook also listed as pastor. A cordial welcome is extended to all to attend services this year, with the pastor ready to minister to anyone inside or outside the church.
A capacity audience attended the Congregational church Sunday to see the Sunday school pageant under Superintendent W. C. Keller and helpers. The program featured angels and shepherds, the visit of the Magi, and a White Gifts for the King collection for the needy with fruits, vegetables, and other gifts. Substantial silver gifts were raised and readers pledged service for the coming year.
The Examiner has for years specialized in high class job work and offers commercial printing society printing color work engraving embossing punching ruling perforating loose leaf work with binders and fillers. It sells all classes of cuts notarial and corporation seals corporation books stock certificates bonds warrants office supplies filing cabinets and legal blanks.
Jan 1 New Year’s day. Jan 9 Parent Teacher meeting. Jan 18 19 Eighth grade exams. Feb 1 Garner Jubilee Co on Senior Lyceum course. Mar 5 Hendrson Trio on Senior Lyceum course.
Weekly price quotations for Colville producers based on Spokane rates. From Wilson Produce Company, Wingham's Market, Old Dominion Creamery, and Colville Meat Market. Beef cattle veal and hog live weights listed. hen and butterfat figures shown. eggs and butter trade values noted. hides priced.
University of Washington and other colleges list students home for holidays. Names include Carey Silke Williams Conner and Williams, Ruth Williams, Edith Cattle. Washington State College students Dan Allen Warren Yeakey Warren Anderson Peddycord Copp Carr Johnson Bresnahan Squire Taylor Yeakey. Bellingham Normal Bernice Stolts Dorothy Anderson. Ellensburg Normal Mary Jackson. Cheney Normal Alice Sexton Floyd Pond Gerald Smith Lauretta Craft Josephine Bresnahan Lenore Black Edith Walston. Whitman Ross Durland. University of Oregon Ethel Waddell. Portland Dental College Don Durland Curry Clark.
A fourth annual Farm Bureau federation meeting in Chicago approved a plan to coordinate thousands of cooperative marketing associations under a national federation led program. A Washington committee will present the stance to over 200 cooperative bodies as a unified effort to expand education and sales, with last year’s $1,000,000 plus business seen as a floor for growth.
A Detroit Free Press exchange recalls a physician noting a long time family left after not agreeing to an operation. The doctors discuss that while the family paid bills, none consented to surgery, marking a shift to another provider, Doctor Green.
Mr Bibbles and Mrs Bibbles discuss Mrs Woppit noting she is charming and that Mr Woppit makes home brew. They decide to visit together that evening to learn more about their neighbors.
A column contrasts beggars with touts at auditorium entrances noting the pitiable look of street wanderers and the public’s response. The piece observes men lingering near venues waiting to escort spouses home from lectures, describing their jittery pace and preoccupation with signs and lithographs.
A humorous exchange about marriage and fortune prompts a family quip on wealth and bargaining. A dietitian’s broth yields a humorous misfire as a mother’s soup joke frames a slice of life dialogue.
In a satirical recital a citizen declares his name will echo through time while Senator Sorghum responds with modest, ironic insistence that his services deserve memory in political conventions. The dialogue highlights ambition and recognition in political life.
A four man power figure in the community argues with a traffic policeman. The dialogue notes the conflict causes traffic congestion. One responder says progress comes slowly and the experience will benefit the powerful individual.
Dialogue fragments show Farmer Corntessel planning to teach his son Josh self reliance in legal matters. The piece blends regional humor with ideas on economy taxes and opportunity. The World’s Show and The Modern Idea reflect social themes and competing maxims.
In a Strange Biz item a party seeks direction to a lady barber amid a flirtation. A bearded lady enters the scene. A joke about caring for a rubber plant follows with a choice between a druggist or a florist for treatment.
The Examiner notes ongoing discussions over where to settle questions about leaving limits. A contrasting view questions why a conference on keeping cooks is not held, framing the debate as a matter for public discourse in the home paper.
The Curtiss pursuit plane, tested amid Army and Navy interest, uses the Detroit racing motor and wing radiators to reduce air resistance. It reportedly stores for twenty years and can be ready to fly in twenty four hours. Early tests suggest it may be the most powerful fighting ship in existence.
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