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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
3
The Colville Examiner is published weekly by Stevens County Publishing Company Inc. It lists J C Harrigan as editor and manager and notes second class mailing status with a 1907 date and subscription price of 1.50 per year.
A son born to Mr and Mrs Chan St Clair on November 20. Marriage licenses issued for Isaac Brady and Helen Chamberlain and Carl L Russell and Laura L Ross. Thanksgiving gatherings, Odd Fellows dedications in Milan and Medical Lake, and a Chewelah high school dance. A $165 verdict in Lasswell v Peterson and church union services noted. Local visits, medals, and a Typhoid death reported along with Echo at Spokane.
A. Loiselle hosts an oyster supper this Thursday evening with all invited. Mrs. G. W. Davis visits Mrs. Nelson in Bear Creek for a few days. Neighbors of Mrs. Huseland harvest wood to last all winter. A stranger in Cronin seeks his Colville homestead but has not located it yet. Local deer hunt planned next week amid light sightings. H. P. Carlin nears completion of a stockade house on Cronin outskirts. Omhic returns from Spokane with winter supplies. Rocky Creek settlers thank commissioners for a county road project. Mrs. Guy A. Young returns from Spokane trip. Ed McKee brings a beef load to Cronin Tuesday.
Bear Creek closes a five month school term with a dinner and program led by students. A rule drill by six boys and a phonograph piece by Will Nelson delight attendees. Mrs. W. E. Nelson departs for the south Basin, leaving many friends.
A dramatic line depicts a wife seeking damages after her husband is hit by an automobile. The lawyer recalls her earlier description of the husband as an abominable brute, sparking a sharp commentary on changing motives in a divorce case.
A stern father questions a five year old who admits to teasing the cat after his mother warned him he would have to smoke the pipe. The boy confirms he teased again, highlighting a comic domestic moment from Chicago News.
A man endures farewell at a port as his fiancée dies abroad and is buried in Avondale. He returns weekly to a cemetery where fresh flowers appear on her grave, meeting a living rival who shares his loss. A twist reveals the dead woman returns to test his faithfulness, then departs, leaving three mourners to part.
A humorous essay collection satire on marriage, wealth, and social quirks with quips about bachelors wives finances and common beliefs. Includes short witticisms about obedience, sea storms, society, and the stage life with brisk, punchy lines.
John Baker, a discharged railway conductor with a starving family, confronts a con artist spotter who deceived him. After a public beating, Baker exposes the man, regains status, and resumes work. The incident shifts sympathy to Baker as passengers jeer the spotter and applaud the conductor’s action.
A poem contrasts a gentle man with a sudden surge of aggression at baseball games. He avoids violence in daily life but roars for the umpire amid crowd fury, imagining a brutal slaughter pen and birching the official’s fate. The piece links hot temper to sports conflict and Chris Hoyle style gambling of fate.
A collection of brief quotes and quips shows plays on language and misheard lines. Jokes touch golf linguistics misdirection Nero Rome and a club speech, with playful dialogue about payments and misunderstandings. The tone mimics light newspaper humor snippets.
A collection of quips on love ambition and public life. The lines mix social witticisms about voters appearances and ambition with musings on luck timing and opportunity. Each brief thought casts a humorous light on human behavior.
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