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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1920
Page
7
Primary election falls on September 14 with general election November 2. Candidacy filing opens July 16 and closes August 14. Registration closes August 25, with notice ten days prior. Books reopen after the primary and stay open until 20 days before the general election. Closing date October 13 and voting requires registration.
The wartime training boosted demand for sweets creating an army of four million candy eaters. Before prohibition millions relied on alcoholic drinks, and the new era pushed a shift to alternatives satisfying the sweet tooth.
Confectioners note candy demand grows as returned soldiers become regular buyers. The candy industry has, in three years, moved into the essential food producing sector. Subscriptions reminders for the Examiner follow address credits and expiration dates. The Hotel Colville Cafe serves a Sunday chicken dinner 6 to 8 pm, led by Mrs. J. W. Reynolds. A morocco loose-leaf notebook or recipe book makes a practical gift.
A traveling salesman sold jewelry to a small town general store owner. When the goods proved faulty, the merchant returned them, but the wholesaler tried to collect via a sight draft. The draft bounced, and inquiries to the postmaster yielded a sharp reply exposing the salesman’s deceit. The reply identified the merchant as banker, postmaster, lawyer, and church pastor, warning the usurer to desist.
The Montreal Herald muses on widespread disappointment from unmet dreams. It questions whether the fault lies in the vision or the timing and urges faith to see possibilities beyond expected forms, citing Columbus as an example of faith guiding discovery.
A Devonshire poor law home inmate displays astonishing memory by reciting entire psalms from their numbers and repeating hymn verses from their numbers. Even more remarkable, given any date, he can specify the day of the week. The story notes his lack of general sanity with only memory intact.
A French paper reports a supposed Bolshevik republic formed in Manchuria near Chetuyga seventy years ago by conscripted Chinese miners forced to mine gold. The deserters allegedly set up a mountain republic later opposed by brigands tied to Japanese protection and anti Chinese persecutions.
The son of a newly rich man debates career paths with his father and friend. A self styled expert on wealth explains auctioneering in a humorous Cockney narration. He insists the craft needs both a hammer and a head, and that the hammer alone is useless.
In a crowded scene Mrs Brown suffers a coughing fit this morning while patrons stare. Jones notes pity while Mrs Jones comments on Mrs Brown’s new $50 hat attracting attention.
A Toledo firm led by Frank J. Cheney swears to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The oath, sworn December 6 1886 before Notary A W Gleason, claims internal remedy works through the blood on mucous surfaces. Also notes testimonials and local sales through I J Cheney & Co and Hall's Family Pills for constipation priced 76 cents.
A small note promotes Dean's Regulats as a mild laxative to ease chronic constipation and recommends taking it regularly. The ad lists a price of 80 cents per box.
A small auto shop advertises expert vulcanizing with quick service and fair prices. It highlights experience and a commitment to quality from trusted friends of the business.
Gun repairing of all kinds offered with saw filing available. Located one mile southeast of Colville.
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