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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement extols the Columbia Grafonola always ready to play many dances with latest lively foxtrots one-steps and waltzes from Columbia records.
Notice to qualified electors in Stevens county Washington that a June 24 1920 election will decide on issuing bonds of 450000 for irrigation canals works and property rights. Polls open 9 am to 4 pm with three precincts named and listed polling places and election officers. Order signed by President Seth L Savage and Secretary Walter B Barger.
Colville gains hosting duties for the 1921 state grange meeting after efforts by M H G Allen and Milo Boughner at Aberdeen. Local affairs note a hotel property on north Main sold to W D Estey for remodeling, plus lodge and civic activity. Weather report for May 1920 shows record cold and low rainfall. Several residents travel to Tacoma and Spokane for events and personal business, including Atty W Lon Johnson's hospitalization and plans for the Republican convention.
Atty and Mrs John B Slater depart by auto for Oregon and California planning a summer in California They will visit their son Dr Ronald Slater in Los Angeles and stop in San Francisco for the democratic national convention Slater long a Stevens County resident will divide his residence between California and Colville and will maintain county business interests.
Sabbath school every Saturday and Sunday services with a 1 pm chapel service. Wednesday evenings at 8. Sunday morning sermon God the only cause and creator. Catholic mass at 8 and 10 on first and third Sundays and at 10 on second and fourth Sundays officiated by Rev. E. Bell S. J. Sunday school at 10. Evangelistic services at Orin each Wednesday. Prayer meeting Thursday. Women sew for the poor each Wednesday afternoon at the church.
Rev C H Alborn presides regular Sunday worship with junior and senior B Y P U gatherings. Robert H Allen ministers morning service at 11 with a sermon by the pastor, no evening service due to a chautauqua. Prayer meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday evening.
T. H. Meredith invites nonregular attendants to Bible school at 10 for a lesson on Saul's Failure. Devotional and communion at 11 with song. Evening service at 7 features a sermon on How Much Better is a Man than a.
A church schedules midweek services on Wednesday at 8 o clock to accommodate those wishing to hear Count Tolstoy. The note invites punctual attendance and offers to assist with audience needs as speakers and choruses draw growing crowds.
Morning worship at 11 led by Rev J M Huggins with the subject Gifts. Miss Henrietta F Gohlman will sing. No evening service. Miss Elsie Kapper of the general promotion board spoke at the Ladies Aid and church meetings in Colville last Friday, with visits to Marcus and Kettle Falls. Pacific Garage advertises Willard Storage battery service as factory representatives for Stevens and Ferry counties, replacing shop repairs.
A live wire man in each county in eastern Washington is urged to own his own business and earn good money from the start. The notice frames a resale or local enterprise opportunity and invites immediate correspondence.
An advertisement promotes Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil from Bewley Manufacturing Company Spokane Washington. It touts uses for cuts burns and bruises and urges farmers mechanics railroaders and laborers to keep a bottle at home with prices 38 and 60 cents.
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