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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1930
Page
2
Neighbor teases Janie about fatigue as Little Jane complains a newborn at their home keeps broadcasting through the night. The exchange highlights the sleep disruption caused by the new baby.
A shopkeeper jokes that his mouse traps cannot catch trains after Miss Simpson asks for one to catch a train, illustrating a light exchange from a Confederation Life scene.
Walter Critchlow of Wheaton Illinois claims a Vapor Moisture Gas Saver and Carbon Eliminator for autos raises mileage with reports of 40 miles per gallon for New Fords and 66 miles per gallon for older Fords. He offers samples and urges agencies to adopt his device promising monthly earnings from 250 to 1000 dollars.
A historical item lists donors and attendees for the Tae Nag Wing Campaign at Memorial Hospital. Named individuals include Fred N. Osmond H R Brett R J French Sandy Knight Wight Cecil Stuckless Norman Jennings Joseph Osmond Miss E R Taylor John Taylor Sr W A Jennings Robert Taylor Giles Jennings William Taylor John Taylor Jr George Taylor B Rice Samuel Brett Jr Geo Cornick James Wall Elijah Taylor Rev Isaac Davis Harry Osmond Stanley French Ella Butt Mabelle Knight Knigh Jr Hedley Knight Jennings Crowns show varied contributions with amounts like 10 00 5 00 200 2 00 100 1 co.
A Bridport tally lists funds collected by Samuel Young totaling 75 001 with names including Samuel Young Jim Jones Calvin W Jones Ernest Wall Theophilus Jennings Otto Stryde William Cannings John Cannings Mrs Robert Jennings Stewart Jennings George Jennings Cyril Verge Moses Noel Frank Jones Ernest Stryde Philip Young Reta Corey Thomas Stryde Whyman Osmond Donald Stryde Robert Bartiat Esau Jennings. Total currently 14.55 in small denominations.
The item lists names and sums from Western Head collected by Norman Fuge with multiple contributors such as Mrs Redvers Rideout and Basil Rideout. It also includes a Sir Thomas Lipton anecdote about paying a parson a shilling for a deck chair aboard a crossing, ending with the speaker’s grin at the joke.
In the Supreme Court this morning Justice Kent delivered verdict in a collision near Exploits on July 4 1929. He found mutual negligence by both ships and apportioned liability equally with each party paying its own costs. A damage assessment will follow after a master determines the amount.
Mr. Andrews Soutar laments prejudices and praises memory's purity like falling snow while condemning daily life’s sordidness. He argues the spirit deserves freedom from material constraints and calls for a true holiday for the body to uplift the soul.
A notice offers four dollars a day to a Christian manor woman for distributing religious literature. Applicants are asked to state ages and church connections and to write to Mr. Conrad at Tower Building, Toronto.
A quick comic exchange features Gypsy offering fortunes for a dollar and Walter replying with a sharp question about price. The banter turns on misdirection and humor as the street show unfolds.
An insurance agent notes Mr. Kinklestein has suffered a third accident in a month while Mr. Finkelstein reacts with a shrug and ungrammatical reply indicating poor luck.
Glasses needing new lenses or repairs may be mailed for prompt service. Pieces should be sent to Optical Parlours operated by H B Thomson O D Optometrist and Optician at 180 Water St opposite Garland's Book Store P O Box 1337.
In a sharp exchange, the question of Brown’s wealth is answered with a claim he funded himself through hold ups, then contrarily denied. The period dialogue concludes with the bold assertion that he manufactured garters to finance his activities.
The first printed book was the Bible and the King James Version is now the best selling book. It was printed in 1611 by Robert Barker and the Latin Bible was the first book printed from movable metal type. The Bible contains 66 books 1 180 chapters 31 173 verses and 3 536 489 letters.
Jed asks how Ted found his wife at home. Ted replies the same as pie, short and crispy, a playful exchange about a quiet homecoming with a pun on pie.
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