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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1920
Page
3
The Colville Examiner lists J.C. Harrigan as editor and proprietor and notes his memberships in the National Editorial Association State Press Association Washington Newspaper Assn and United Typothetae.
An advertisement promotes Dean's Regulats 30c boxes as a mild opening medicine for constipation. It claims relief from headache digestion dizziness and drowsiness and notes availability at all stores.
Bernard Bridgeman eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs E E Bridgeman died after being struck by a Ford driven by Henry Parsons sixteen while playing baseball in northeast Colville. He died after midnight at Colville General Hospital. Burial set for Spokane.
The Leader in Colville installs an Elliott-Fisher bookkeeping machine that handles billing, ledger posting and continuous proof, promising daily precision, reduced human error, and ready customer bills. Also reports Legion meeting, ward 3 enumeration status, upcoming tire price rise, U S Rubber Co. signs, Grange officers, and a Colville marriage.
Sabbath school held every Saturday in Adventist church. Catholic masses at eight and ten on first and third Sundays and at ten on second and fourth Sundays with Rev. E. Bell officiating. Christian Science holds Sunday service at 1 and Wednesday at 8 at the chapel.
Sunday school at 10, preaching at 11 and 7 30. Evangelistic services at Orin every Wednesday evening. Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Women of the church sew for the poor each Wednesday afternoon at the church.
Sunday school at 10 with E. C. Durdle as superintendent. Bay P. Y. 21 six eighty. Evening service only at 7 30. Beginning Sunday evening January 11 the pastor will preach a five part series on The Mission of Christ to the World. Each sermon will be preached weekly to be interesting and edifying. Come and hear them.
Morning worship at 11 with topic Our Present Opportunity an Obligation. Epworth League at 7 discussing A Strong Character and How It Is Attained. Evening worship at 7 45 with Beginnings.
Sunday school begins at 10 a m with Mr Verge a Spokane layman speaking at morning and evening services next Sunday January 11 Special music and a hearty service expected Rev G B Harbison new M E pastor at Chewelah and Addy holds Addy services tomorrow at 11 with Sunday school at 10 his regular preaching at Addy on other Sundays in the evening
This column provides Colville farmers with current market prices for produce tied to Spokane values. Quotations come from the Wilson Produce Company Wingham's Market TopNoch Mills and Old Dominion Creamery detailing the week's meat prices.
Jan 10 high school vaudeville and Leap Year Dance. Jan 17 Franklin’s birthday. Jan 29 McKinley’s birthday Car nation day. Jan 29 Stockmen’s banquet Colville. Feb 12 Lincoln’s birthday legal holiday. Feb 14 Valentine day. Feb 16 24 Northwest Mining Convention Spokane. Feb 22 Washington’s birthday legal holiday. Sympathy to Mr and Mrs Bridgeman for loss of their son. Ruth Mantz employed in Dr Diffenbacher’s office.
A humorous old note shows a professional man asking for a dime and being offered instead a large iron washer as a meal aid. The seller jokes that a dime would not satisfy hunger and offers the make‑shift item. The dialogue highlights thrift and wry city humor.
The item lists a school program featuring a Movie Melodrama by Class of 1922 with hero Hansomer Jr and Modesty Jane, a villain Bombasticus, and a graveyard plot. It also notes a farce comedy by Class of 1920 about George the iceman and Lucile, plus a blackface act. Cast includes Howard Casey Cyril Archibald Vere de Vere Will Dare anything Bombastious Vida Norman and Beatrice Sparks among others.
The text notes life expectancy rising from 21 in the sixteenth century to 45 in the twentieth, with 25 million dead in the plague era and high child mortality in 1761. It contrasts India’s current 24 year life span and praises modern medicine in civilized societies free from superstition.
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