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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1896
Page
1
Editorial notes report Hon. Robert Bond arranging an earlier start for the coastal steamer’s Northern Mark Service. A steamer will leave St. Joan's around April 21 unless ice blocks the passage, reflecting Bond’s active interest in local welfare and national good.
The piece urges reestablishing a marine insurance scheme in the bay after 1894 losses. It favors a Twillingate style club with lower rates than St Johns, noting nearly 200 vessels fished in 1895 and seeking experienced input on practical operations.
The notice touts The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York for the year ending December 1 1895 with gross assets around 220 million and a 23 million payout to policyholders. Local agent William Ashbourne, Esq., is appointed to guide district residents seeking insurance.
A recent ore discovery by Capt. Phillips at Tilt Cove is expected to push development forward amid a milder summer. Congratulations are extended to the captain for the find and potential new activity in the area.
A reader criticizes Prohibitionist and Son of Temperance for alleged distortions while defending moderate drinking. The exchange questions statistics, culpability, and the social impact of prohibition on revenue, crime, and public welfare.
A damaged OCR fragment shows a personal letter discussing drinkers, moderation, and character. The writer references trust, restraint, and moral concerns, ending with a closing line from a lover. The text is incoherent and lacks clear events or dates.
A garbled OCR fragment cites a tentative legal action with scattered numbers and phrases. The readable bits suggest a routine filing or notice but lack coherent details, entities, or dates to confirm scope or parties involved.
March activity in Tilt Cove includes seals struck and taken by landsmen, an ice retreat noted, and a led measure for men失 in seal hunting. Andrew Elliott loses his gan, Captain Phillips finds a valuable load near old west tines, and a gore mats lee amputation is praised by Dr. Lawrence. Nathaniel Mills, with a broken arm, improves under medical care. Ensign Freeman and cadets visit, weddings loom, smelting workers face discipline for skipping Sunday pay, while moral talk and religious admonition circulate.
Chalk, tasked by Kinsman of Frdigar Arm Lumber to fetch Mis inal picky from Burnt Bay, crossed ice with a horse that fell through. He improvised by tying the horse to a stick across the hole and walked four miles to seek help. Helpers returned to pull the horse free, but it died soon after reaching Indian Arm.
A reminiscence from Mr. Whyles of Wild Cove recalls the Ghecedtilude schooner sailing to cross the Atlantic in the year Kichteem twenty nine with thirteen hundred quintals of fish for the English Market. Captain Sanways and mate Thomas Drake navigated the voyage, among passengers including A. A. Pearce and Mr. Whyles, who later witnessed Bristol to Ghannes paddle mail steamers. The tale highlights dramatic changes in marine travel sinceEngland’s days.
Two men adrift on the ice near Cape Spear and a third who perished are rescued or die as Captain Taylor’s ship searches the drift. Patrick Barron and James Sullivan survive after sustained endurance, while James Billings known as Bayly dies. Barron vows to tell Billings’ wife of the loss.
The post mortem on the late Mr Andrew Bostle, who died after a long illness, found the cause to be a medullary cancer forming on the stomach side and spreading to the liver. Magistrate Thompson is praised for strict enforcement against evildoers in Brigus. A Glasgow firm reportedly bought the Locks Hr mine for £15,000. Norwegian fishery output listed at 41,000,000 versus 55,600,000 last year. Continuous east wind and ice block the bay last week. Arrivals by train include W. Baird, S. Bart J. Guy, and Mrs. B. Tantar.
The Masars Reid plan an extensive railway dock at Bay of Islands with many laborers next month. They expect rapid progress and hope to ship native coal by year end. A St Johns correspondent notes Green Bay sealers had poor year, suggesting moral cause or overkill.
Recount of Dr. Grenfell’s daring acts aboard the Neptime during a perilous voyage. He is praised for his skill with the gaff and his readiness to aid in rescue as many crew members went overboard.
By Telegraph Wintsourny The Aute arrived Saturday with harps, reports the Fangway Thursday last. March 14 shows they were on Sunday Magdalen Istads repel and Nimrod the former and the latter one lund spoken. House of Assembly prorogued until May 14. TM
Foreign dispatch from VIA WHITBOURNE reports ex premier Geeilhades suing for immediate dispatch. The piece mentions a force of a thousand cavalry troops and Dervishes retreating to Ozehrie abandoning mules and stores. Abysstain advances with the Dervishes seeking an alliance of natives.
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