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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1920
Page
3
The Colville Examiner lists weekly Saturday issues with second class mailing, rates of 1.50 per year in advance, 90c for six months, and 50c for three months, plus 50c extra postage to British Columbia and foreign destinations. It explains renewal procedures, notices of expiration, and accepted remittance methods.
Local notices cover J. W. Lee opening a shoe and harness shop in the old laundry building east of Colville, Curtis Milns and Sybil Crook wedding at the Congrega tional parsonage, a parcel shower at Valleyview for Miss Pearl Kohlstaedt, Chewelah visitors to Colville and a near marooning incident in Standard City.
The churches announce Sunday service at 1 p m in the chapel with Wednesday prayers at 8 p m. Sunday morning sermon titled Ancient and modern necromancy and hypnotism denounced with Mass at 8 and 10 on first and third Sundays, and 10 oclock Mass on second and fourth Sundays, Rev E Bell SJ officiating.
Sunday school at 10. Evangelistic services held at Orin each Wednesday evening. Prayer meeting Thursday evening. The women of the church sew for the poor each Wednesday afternoon at the church.
Rev. C. H. Alborn, pastor, leads regular Sunday services. Junior B Y P U at 3 and Senior B Y P U at 6 30. Prayer meeting scheduled for next Wednesday evening.
Morning worship at 11 with the subject A Prince of Friendship and special music. Evening worship at 8 with The King's Business. Everybody is cordially invited to attend these services.
The pastor away at the general conference causes no public worship in the morning or evening. The W M S of the Methodist Episcopal church meets with Mrs Barney Smith on Tuesday afternoon June 1 at 2 50.
Bible school begins at 10 with Oliver Kildow as superintendent and Miss McKeown leading the primary. An adult class on Jonathan and His Armor Bearer is organized. Sunday morning includes song devotion and communion with a sermon on Prayer. Evening service at 7 45 features Christ Has All Authority. Mid-week meeting Wednesday at 8 includes devotional and address by the minister.
Vitagraph star Alice Joyce earns a standout role in The Vengeance of Durand adapted from Rex Beach. The film, directed by George Randolph Chester and his wife, marks the best part of Joyce’s notable screen career.
Miss Violet J Hallowell hosts a pupil recital at the high school with 10 cent admission to fund a gym piano. Performances include Mary Had a Little Lamb Birds and Flowers and a range of solos duets and dances by pupils such as Wilma Aspend Kroeger Pearl Wilken Barbara Walte and Rose Wilken. A later anecdote features cottage pudding provoked by a joke about plaster and wallpaper.
Memorial day May 30 marks the start with events across the region. June features the 5 State Grange gathering Aberdeen Colville Chautauqua and a Free Methodist camp meeting. Major national conventions in Chicago and San Francisco are listed with local celebrations in Colville Deer Lake and Colville Livestock Show details.
Rural residents nationwide appeal for farm related books amid the American Library Association push for Books for Everybody. The movement seeks to expand library access as farmers show interest in volumes on drainage agriculture and related topics.
An advertisement promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a cleansing blood tonic for various skin eruptions and rashes. The ad claims it can purify the blood and lists a price of $1.20 at all stores.
The extension of the county library system rests on enabling acts in about twenty one states and other regions yet to act. A network from a central library to rural stations aims to provide good books to every resident. Letters to libraries reveal demand for resources on farming, science, and practical topics including a plan to raise 22 million dollars to fund the Everybody movement, with librarians and local groups leading the effort.
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